Date: After Seth's departure from the Bahamas.
Location: Demon Realm
Lars's POV:
The day after Zoey's boyfriend left,
I wasted no time at all going back into the Demon Realm,
as the only child to my father Metatron, I am now King of the Demon Realm,
and today's the day I make that known all across the Realm.
I was going to head there by myself,
but Zoey wanted to tag along,
I told her it wouldn't be safe,
but she informed me that she wasn't a princess who always needed protection, to which Yuzuhara vouched for her despite my suggestion.
Hours after crossing through the proper means into the Demon Realm,
a portal in the Cathedral of Esparta Manner that Zoey and I took a few days ago, whereas Seth,
the twins and their other sister,
I can't even remember her name,
took the more back street route.
I didn't announce myself right away because I needed to establish a council of attendants and the likes,
a real pain in the ass since no one wants to show any fucking respect to me even though I played a part in liberating the Demon Realm,
even if it was a rather small part.
Midway through the day,
Yuzuhara and Zoey went their separate ways from me,
doing who knows what,
and I fear for Zoey's safety in a realm full of Pure Breads,
as the only language this damn species of mine understand is might makes right.
Before the end of night one in the Demon Realm,
I stumbled across my father's old court advisor,
pops was the brawn of all operations and ruled through fear,
his advisor was the brains of all operations and how should I put it?
He was like the secret behind my father's non-existent charisma status. And thanks to meeting this old aquantinace,
I offered him his old job back and promised him a fair and just government where we will begin to modernize the Demon Realm.
"Your royal highness, not to rain on your prade, but 'modernizing the Demon Realm' will land us more enemies than allies, might I purpose a different plan?" I death glare the advisor and flex my aura.
"Did I stutter?"
The old man gets on his hands and knees and apologizes,
to which I sternly tell him to stand. "Your royal highness, if you truly want to see your dream through to the end, then I'll need you to accompany me to my ol' alchemy workshop in the ol' palace."
Several hours of walking,
small talk,
ambitions,
and the overall state of the Demon Realm,
we found ourselves walking the halls of the underground passages.
The castle was built around these halls, and the massive hill it stood on added to the whole intimidating vibes.
Before I knew it, my mind found itself taking a trip down memory lane.
Year 1500:
I was ten years old running around the palace,
shirking my training.
All I did as a kid was train all week long and discover the deepest secrets that the tunnels had to offer.
Unfortunately,
once this became a habit,
pops found me rather easily,
beat my ass a little,
and then dumped me on Melo Anglcrow for him to train me,
and if it wasn't Melo Anglcrow,
then it was The Legendary Black Legionnaire, Esparta himself.
My father's blood brother,
or was before he fell in love with a human.
In the year 1510,
age twenty,
I've set foot in the human realm and met up with Esparta,
the man I wholeheartedly call dad.
He practically adopted me into his family because he more or less raised me,
did a hell of a better job parenting me than my own father ever did.
1515,
Zoey and her brothers were separated, Esparta went to fight my father and his army,
seald the portals to the Demon Realm,
or at least he thought he did,
Zoey's mother took Daniel and Vero and Esparta made me take Zoey somewhere far,
far away from home,
we went west,
Zoey's mother and brothers went east. We made sure we kept in touch via letters,
which worked for a time,
that was until they died.
Unfortunately,
father's goons got to them,
but knowing Zoey's mother,
she likely went out like a badass just like Esparta.
As for Zoey's brothers,
even though they were lucky to be born with a lot of power,
they were too young to be warriors.
Poor Zoey,
no child should have to go through that. She vowed revenge,
and naturally,
so did I,
so I trained her from the ground up just like her father and Melo Anglcrow did for me,
but swords just weren't her thing.
Sure,
she mastered what I taught her,
but the older she got,
the more she gravitated towards guns and less of my teachings,
before I knew it,
she was talking my ears off about fire arms and even studying how to make them when she got older.
During the wild,
wild west era of human history,
she really started to mature,
and she became very womanly for a lack of better word.
She became a sharp shooter and a bounty hunter and started repaying me back for taking care of her.
Quite honestly,
I prefer to take care of her instead of the other way around.
During the late 1900s,
she decided to be independent from me despite me insisting on living together forever,
to which she responded with her wanting a love life and to have a life outside of me,
so I begrudgingly let her go and watched her life from a distance.
She started to date men,
and for a time,
she was happy,
but after so many dates,
relationships not working wether guys are cheating on her or her not finding them interesting enough,
she became bitter, and she learned the hard way that she doesn't fit into human society all that well,
especially because she refused to be the damsel in distress or to be treated like a princess.
It was especially worse on her because humans fear things they can't explain, like her red eyes and white hair.
Once Zoey became bitter,
it finally sunk in just how scummy humans were,
but despite that,
we had to live in peace with them. During her independent phase,
I bulked up my body into my body builder body,
and now I have the physique of a god!
I thought for sure my bulked up body would be a turn-on for her,
but I fear she doesn't see me in that kind of light.
Hey,
when you live with someone for so long and you know their not blood related and they're your only social circle outside of the casual conversation here and there,
you begin to see people in a different light,
and even if we were blood related,
I'd still tap that because I'm the only man in her life that will treat her the best.
That scrawny Demon Lord Seth is obviously a bad boy.
He'll break Zoey's heart in a year or three at tops and a few months at the earliest.
And the fucking fox chick,
uggggh,
so fucking annoying,
she really grinds my gears with how she can be,
how dare she say she'll plunder whatever catches her interest,
just the sheer sight of her puts me in a bad mood,
the FACT that Seth is even engaged to Zoey while dating fox bitch,
it gets my blood boiling!
I want to ring Seth's fucking neck and beat his ass!
But more than Seth,
his siblings are one of the few people I wish would drop dead with their arrogant attitude!
If only I were stronger,
then I'd put them in their place.
Surely,
father has some secrets stashed away that would make me more powerful,
just the thought of making Chase,
Sora,
and Terra bowing before my boots is enough to make me happy and counter balance my fears for my princess Zoey.
When Seth comes back,
I'm going to do everything I can to reveal his true colors again,
just like the night we met,
just to prove to Zoey that I'm all she needs.
After five hundred years of taking care of her,
being nice to her,
working out for her,
and helping her get revenge,
I feel entitled to getting the girl!
That's how equivalent exchange works, right? RIGHT?!
"Here we are your royal highness."
My advisor reveals a door I never noticed and opens it.
What I saw was mountains of tomes, books, and knowledge,
and I instinctively grinned,
knowing I was going to gain power very soon,
and when I do,
I'll become Demon King and rule far better than father ever could!
I'll show Zoey why I'm her dream man, and I'll chase Seth and his cronies off for good or put them six feet under. Especially that damn Chase!
I'll rip him limb by limb!
Sora will get the slowest execution ever, and I'll have Terra watch as I beat the ever loving shit out of Seth!
"Let's begin with something your father used to gain power really fast, then work our way up to the nonsensical stuff Prince Dragol."
I nod and lean across the table.
"Let's get it done. I want to rule this realm within the month."
YOU ARE READING
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