We both took of he led me to the demon lords castle, while we are walking he mention before i was alive his husband cared about me, i told him thats impossible i haven't even met him, i recalled my past i have indeed met demons before and i helped some of them, i never cared about the hatred between human and demons if they could help me with my work then they could be useful to me, i sometimes transacted with demons, even Christian didn't know them i thought maybe the 'past' Christian is the only one didn't know. We walked and arrived at the demon central that I'm familiar with. I looked around and saw the corner where I mostly went to deal with some business. I smiled, recalling taking to the demons here, while wearing a cloak, and enjoying conversing with them. 'Collecting their unneeded items for gold is indeed enjoyable'. When I got back home to my family, they went ballistic; they didn't know where I went. They got used to me leaving the house occasionally, but not for this long. "We are here." I heard Sha-Sha speak.
We walked to the huge black gate. I found it extravagant, and it opened. I asked him, "We could just teleport to the demon castle; why didn't you?" He smiled warmly with sorrow and said, "I wanted to remember again." I heard that, then I never spoke. He is the husband of the demon lord, trying to remember his kingdom and the people that stayed loyal to them and protected them till the end, the last living of their era. It must have been devastating. If it were me, I would have gone insane. As we walked, he asked, "Why didn't you insist?" I looked at him; his face was like mine when I asked my question first, and then I said, "It's still haunting me." He looked at me and silenced the area. I couldn't remove the memory that was creeping around me. I could feel the sharp blade coming towards my neck, giving me a painful reminder that it was my choice. I never remembered my own decapitation this way; I just looked into the future and wondered what it could possibly have given me in the next life. I haven't heard any of the people yell, and the person watching me in despair felt, 'That's so scary; having a main character mentality is scary to the bone'.
He led me to a massive door. He knocked and it opened on its own. I got curious how this place was functioning. Sha-sha saw my curiosity and explained, "The castle itself is alive. We are walking along its organs, and it recognizes people on its own." He smiled. I halted and tried to make my two brain cells function. "The castle is a demon." I asked in a nervous voice. I looked at him leaning on the wall with his hands, his gasping for breath turning red, shivering, holding back his laughter. I got annoyed. "Please stop joking with me." I stomped my feet in annoyance. It adds youthfulness to them. Even though I lived for 21 lives, I still think I will forever be 21.
He stopped forcing himself not to laugh, saying, "Sorry, you are just fun to tease." He then said, "This is fine now because sooner or later you won't be able to laugh." I looked at him, bewildered. As I was about to ask him, he waved his hand. We appeared behind the demon lord's throne. I had goosebumps. I whipped my head to look at him, but he wasn't there. I slapped my forehead with my hands. 'Please be careful when using an unfinished product; don't do it like him.' I will place a plaque with this content to remind our future generations. The door opened on the front, and I leaned against the wall with the curtains that could cover my location. The demon lord probably already knows that I'm here, intruding on the castle. I cried internally. I heard footsteps coming towards the throne. I froze, then it stopped. I heard a familiar voice say, "Do you know how to revive a person?" I stood in shock. 'Christian!' Then I heard a deep voice I don't recognize; it echoed throughout the chambers, and I could feel them reverberate. "Yes, but why should I?".
I heard a loud bang on the floor. I got scared and caught a glimpse of Christian in his bloodied clothes, with a scar that kept on dripping with blood. His face was smeared with ashes and sweat. Kneeling in front of the demon lord, my whole body felt like it was burning with anger, pain, and sadness. I looked down, then I heard him say, "I would sacrifice myself to become a demon if you wish; I just wanted that person to live." He brought down his sword unguarded, and I heard a reply, "Why? Why do you want to revive a person who wanted to die?" I could hear the sarcasm of the person who said them, and I almost retorted, 'I didn't choose the outcome, though I still followed, so I technically did not choose the outcome.' I heard Christian pleaded, "I don't care! Without her, I don't know how I'm going to live. She is my life, my breath, and my heart!" Whispered the last words
"my everything"
i saw a tears dripping, my heart breaking in pieces as i tried to relate myself to him, this is a pain that could last for eternity, 'it god damed hurt like hell' i saw my hand shivered i tried to held both of them closer to my chest 'demon lord, don't agree we don't know each other just fight already'. A moment of silence has passed; both sides are in deadlock. Then I heard Christian speak again. "i know you are extremely soft to her, she visited this place before, nothing is not to be unknown to the demon kingdom without you hearing them" the demon lord didn't acknowledge them he then continued "you treated her like your own kind while she is staying here, now that she is gone, i noticed that before i even got to kill people that wronged her some of then are already dead, nobles that have done illegal deals and asking for demonic powers to achieve what they seek, and many more, here in the demon kingdom have all vanished and never been heard from"
i heard that i got startled 'what the demon lord thought highly of me such grace I don't deserve them i'm just a useless delusional' then the demon lord spoke "i have done them for retaliation of the person that think equally to us, a human that never discriminated between race this is not the first time i met them but the longer you interact with them the more filthy they get then getting betrayed, for us she is the first and one and only —a saint that interacted with demons."
'How? Am I the only one who doesn't know I'm the Saint?' Then I heard the demon lord say, "I will agree to them; I only have one condition when she comes back: tell her the truth. It's up to here whether she wants to stay with you as a demon lord or leave; she is a free soul; you choose this decision for yourself." I sighed, and the demon lord continued, "If you dare not tell her the truth, you will suffer a night of no rest." I hid behind the curtain because I didn't want to see them. I heard him say, "I will follow your desires; I know what my choices are, and I never once wanted so much that I would sacrifice my existence." I felt the warmth and longing in his voice; I could imagine him smiling in this situation. Then I could feel the magic pressure around me change; this color of mage magic is just like Sha-sha's. I closed my eyes in comfort and vanished from behind the curtains of the throne room.