Maiden Isekai

Chapter 1: Into Maiden Isekai

Characters

Princess Delia

King Aldar

Tharen

Queen Elair

Joseph

Demon

Delia's POV

     I watch in horror as my father is slain before me by the man I loved. "Why are you doing this, Tharen?" He gave a light chuckle. "To claim what is mine." He turned to the demon beside him. "Now, that I assassinated the king, you have to keep your end of the bargain. Coronate me king!" The cursed demon took the crown from my father's head and placed it on Tharen's. "By command of the demon king, I crown you king of Astolia." Just watching this nonsense feels me with rage. "You are not the King! I am the heiress! That crown doesn't belong to you!" Tharen looked at me with.contempt I never seen. "You know, I hate you the most. You are annoying and intolerable. The only thing your good for is as a pawn. You a queen? I had you wrapped around my finger up to now. Remember?"

     Tears well up in my eyes. I loved him. I was actually in love with this jerk! I grab my bow and loosed an arrow at him, but he promptly blocked it with his shield. "I'm done with you, Delia." He charges at me. In the rush, I try to defend myself with a folley of arrows, but they miss. My bow is my only weapon. I can't defend in close quarters. In a last ditch attempt to protect myself, I grab one of my arrows and thrust it into his arm. He hisses and reflexively drops his sword, which I promptly grab. He pulls out the arrow, giving me a look that could kill ten men. "You wrench!"

     He gets out a dagger, ready to kill me, but the demon interferes. "You are pathetic. Can't even kill a maiden?" It taunted. "Shut up! I got this!" Tharen yelled at the beast. The demon grabbed his forehead. "We'll be taking your soul as promised." Tharen struggled to get free. "This wasn't the deal! I'll give you my soul in exchange for being king!" The demon giggled gleefully. "Yes. You're king. We fulfilled our end of the deal, now it's your turn. The deal never stated how long you would be king." I watched as the life drained from Tharen. His limp body fell to the ground.

     "He's... dead." I whispered. The demon heard, however. "Partially. His soul is gone but his body still lives. Without a soul, though, the body is as good as dead. Luckily, though, I'm willing to be it's new soul. I shall be King Tharen, but first, I need to dispose of the heiress." He turns to me with clear intent. I thrust the sword into his heart, but he chuckled. "That isn't where my heart is, but that was a valiant attempt." Just be gripping it, the sword shatters. He grabs my forehead, ready to extract my soul. This can't be how it ends. Astolia can't fall! I can't fall! Everyone's relying on me, but I can't do anything. Tears are streaming from my eyes. Maybe Tharen was right. Maybe I'm not suited to be king. "Someone! Please help me!"

(y/n)'s POV

(Home Town)

     "Dude, how come you never accept the dates I set up for you?" Joseph was interrogating me. "I told you, I'm just not interested in dating." I lied. The truth is, I was. I'm just not into the girls he chooses. "People are starting rumors you know." This caught my attention. "Rumors? About what?" He looked around suspiciously. "That you're gay." I role my eyes. "I'm not into guys. And even if I was, it's 2020. Would it be that big of a deal?" Joseph turns red in embarrassment. "I didn't mean to imply that it would be bad if you were gay. I'm just saying rejecting so many girls gives off that impression." I shook my head in annoyance. Well, the rumor is sort of right.

     The truth is, I have a thing for traps. Throughout my life, I was neither interested in boys or girls. I honestly thought I was asexual. That all changed when I watched an anime. I am an otaku. I love anime. One day, I was watching an anime with a seemingly normal female character. I had no interest in her, before this. That changed when it was revealed that she was actually a trap. I had never seen this before. So, I looked it up, and apparently, this was a common trope. The more I looked at the various traps, especially the erotic ones, something awoke inside me. I had developed my sexuality. Since then, I only was interested in traps. So, you can say that I'm gay. Or not. There's been long a debate about traps being gay or not. I believe being attracted to traps is neither gay nor straight, but it's own unique sexuality. So, I'm neither gay nor straight.

     "Well, anyways, I you seen that new anime that aired last night?" Joseph changes the subject. As we walk down the street, we could hear the screeching sound of tires. We turn to see... A van driving right at us! Time slowed down as the drunkard pushes the pedal. At this rate we'll be rammed! I managed to push Joseph out of the way, but it was too late for me. *CRASH!* So, many contradictory sensations go through me. Pain and numbness. My lower half is crushed between the van and the wall behind me. If I survive this, there's little doubt that I'll never walk again. I look down and see that the hood ornament has impaled me. Blood is gushing at an uncontrollable rate. Scratch what I said before. I'm done for. I can here Joseph calling out. "(Y/n)?! Hold on! I'm calling an ambulance!" There's no need. Suddenly, I heard another voice. "Someone! Please help me!"

     I closed my eyes. When I opened them up again, I was somewhere else. I saw a girl struggling against.., what is that thing?! Doesn't matter! I gotta help her. I grabbed the thing behind and he let's go of her face. "Impossible! I took your soul?! Unless.. That body was supposed to be mine! Give it back!" The thing grabbed my forehead. I struggled as my vision began to blur and my body began to feel numb. First I get hit by a van, now this?! What's going on?! Suddenly, the thing stopped. It looks down to see a blade through its chest. It turned to the girl. "Good job. You hit my heart this time." The thing began to fade into cinder and ash. "What was that thing?!" I ask her. She gives me a surprising look. One of hatred and spite. She grabs the sword and points it at me. "What was that thing?! That's the demon you sold your soul to be king, Tharen!"

     What the heck is she talking about and who is Tharen?!

To Be Continued