Luna Rising

FORTY-FIVE

Walking out of the cave as the sun blinds my eyes. As I adjust to look up at the new morning.

I was curious to know how long I had stayed inside the cave. Taking down a giant snake and a snake demon took longer than I thought.

I closed my eyes and inhaled the fresh air.

"Master!" My eyes opened and were instantly knocked down by Saye, who held me tight and sobbed like a baby. Dominic and everyone appeared before me with a smile of relief on their face.

"Master, I'm so happy you are alive," she pulled back. Her eyes were moist with tears, and her nose was running. "You aren't hurt, are you?"

I chuckle and reach to pat her head. "I'm okay."

"It took a long time in there," Camila stated.

"Yes, fighting a large snake from the Demon Realm was difficult."

"So, you were able to defeat the hydra?" Clayton asked. "How was it?"

I brush my hair back. "It was hard."

"Saye told me that our little sister appeared, and you fought with her," I glance at Jippies.

I nod my head.

I explained to them how fierce the battle was. Hexia was still in love with my father but hated him simultaneously. I also told the Jippies and Saye that their little sister never regrets killing their older brothers. Hexia wanted power and wanted to destroy everything my father cherished.

I watched as both of their faces looked down. No matter how much they care for their sister, she is no longer the sibling they love and care for. They have to accept it. Their precious sister is never coming back.

"And what is the punishment for our sister?" Her face fell as she asked.

"Hexia is alive," I pulled my hand away from Saye's head and sat on my legs. "And...she's no longer a demon."

Both Jippies and Saye's eyes grew wide.

"B-but how?" Jippies asked in shock. "

"No way," Saye whispers.

"Hey, why are you two shocked that Lippy can do something so spontaneous?" Clayton steps in. "It's a good thing, right?"

Dominic elbows his third in command to shut him up.

Jippies turns his head at him. "It's not just a good thing. But a great thing! This is great news!"

I was confused as well then Saye rose off the ground. "No one in the Demon Realm can do that except the first Demon King, but he died more than a thousand years ago. Not even Lord Ruvik or Demir has that sort of ability."

I never knew such a thing existed.

Having the ability to remove one power as a demon. It didn't exist, but since I did remove Hexia's demon magic, it makes a lot of sense.

"My King," Jippies suddenly dropped down on his knee and took my hand as he did at Luna De Argint. Then he looked up with a sparkle in his eyes, which were large, round, and full of adoration as if he had found something he liked. His expression is that of a child in a toy store. "No, I should call you my Queen."

"Huh...?"

Then Saye did the same. "My Queen."

Dominic, Clayton, and Camila all look at the situation, confused. I shrugged, not knowing what the hell was going on.

"Jippies, Saye?"

"This is great news to all our followers and the people in the Demon Realm." Jippies rose. "I knew you were Lord Ruvik's successor and his only child, but the ability to remove magic makes you a true demon. The first Demon King was told as a fairytale. Everyone knew about him."

"The First Demon King was once an orphan living in the slums in the Demon Realm," Saye explains as she smiles. "He started from the bottom and fought with other demons. It says that he sucks the souls of his enemies as it makes him stronger."

"Yes, you can say that us demons are frightful killers and menacing beings told humans to fear us, but the Demon King fought for those who were weak. As you know, before my time, we had no leader in the Demon Realm. Everything before was chaotic and full of death; nothing green like this world has grown in our world."

"Why is that?" Camila asks.

Saye signs. "All because of an evil being that had lived more than a thousand years before the Demon King became the Demon King. We call him Kral Ogas. In our language means the evil one."

Kral Ogas.

That name was mentioned in the books. No one knows if it's a person or a thing. No one has seen how it would destroy everything it touches. Also mentioned in the archives is that a powerful demon damaged Kral Ogas. No name was printed.

What Jippies and Saye have told us is that the first Demon King was capable of ruling a realm and was respected by other demons but disappeared without a trace then, which could mean he was the one who defeated Kral Ogas.

Why would someone like the Demon King disappear without a trance?

Does it mean he was obliviated?

"Jippies, how did the Demon King die?" I asked curiously.

"That was a mystery."

"You mean nobody knows how the first Demon King died?" I need to learn more about this first Demon King from Jippies and the twins.

"Not much information is written about him because nobody has seen him.

I raised a brow.

"What do you mean nobody has seen him? Isn't he a king? Some people should have seen him." Clayton stated and asked a point question.

"Only his closes advisory, his spouse, and servants have seen him," Jippies explains. "There isn't much about him from what other demons have told us; he hides his face because of his ugliness."

"There isn't even a portrait of him," Saye added.

"Is he that ugly?" Camila lifted a brow.

"He may be ugly, but I've heard from the older demons that his spouse loves him very much."

"You keep saying, spouse?" I raised a question as the topic piqued my interest. "Shouldn't you say his wife?"

"That's the thing, and we don't know the gender of the Demon King's spouse."

Clayton groans. "You demons aren't making any sense...OW!" he hissed as Dominic elbowed him again to keep his mouth shut.

"Look, I know it seems hard to understand, but my brother and I just hear what we hear," Saye argues.

As far as we know, the Demon King did leave an heir, his son, and your great-great-grandfather," Jippies says. "Even if he was the child of the first Demon King, he doesn't possess the power of taking one magic away. But to think over a thousand years, your highness inherits it. No one can touch you. You are the rightful heir to the throne."

"That's right," Saye exclaimed. "Not only can you take the magic, but you can also give. You have a compelling ability, and any demon will be afraid of you. Demir and his dogs will never hurt you."

I look down at my hands, studying them. They look normal but to have such ability is dynamic.

Well, it's proof since I removed magic from Hexia and happened to remove the miasma from Feno's body, the little pixie who came for my help that day. With this magic, it could work on the ferals.

I can bring back those who were infected.

It's worth a shot.

I clenched my fist tight as I thought of a method to deal with the ferals without killing them.