After leaving the forest, Riley was walking down a street when a rose flower in a flower stall piqued his interest, he went there and took a closer look at it and noticed that even though it isn't, it looks a lot like a Vivory rose 'I can give this to mother to replace her withered flower, she'll accept it even though it isn't the exact type. It's better than nothing after all' he thought to himself. He was going to ask the vendor for the price when he sensed someone staring intently at him from the other side of the road 'what does that person want from me and why is he or she staring at me' he thought and just ignored the person who never took their eyes away from him. "How much is this" he asked the vendor "that rose you're holding costs three gold coins" the vendor said and he took out three gold coins from his pouch then paid the vendor "thank you for patronizing" the vendor said "you're welcome" Riley said and left the stall.
He noticed the person started following him leaving enough space between them and he wondered why, then he took a turn to a deserted alley and hastened up his pace. He sensed the person was still behind him and was thinking of a way to shake them off when the person called out behind him "pretty boy prince, what are the odds we meet here" the voice said but he ignored the person who turned out to be a woman, he was going to take another turn when the person held his arm and turned him to face her "I never could have imagined that the arrogant prince Dylan would run away after hearing my voice" Stephanie said still holding his arm.
"I'm sorry, you've got the wrong person" he said simply looking into her brown eyes and realized she wasn't mortal "Don't think you can fool me pretty boy prince, I can recognize your annoying face even in my sleep" she said and Riley simply shoved her hand away "I am not a prince and I don't think we've ever met before" he replied her as calmly as ever "so you don't remember me, the warrior demon princess. Do people from the heaven realm pretend when they get to the mortal world?" she said causing Riley to figure out her true identity "and you're even talking so calmly Dylan, where's your pride" she added "I don't understand what you're saying ma'am, if you'll excuse me" he said and turned to leave but Stephanie blocked his path.
"So you're pretending to be mortal just so you can ignore me?" she said with raised brows "I'm a mortal ma'am and so are you, I don't understand what you mean by demons and heaven realm" he said and walked away from Stephanie who got pissed off. "Let's see how long he can pretend" she said to herself and shot rays of dark smoke at him, he was quick to realize and blocked before it even moved close to him, and he turned to face her only to see her shocked face "Prince Dylan you practice fire magic alongside water magic?" she asked "I am not a prince and my name is not Dylan, I told you you've got the wrong person" he replied her "I have always practiced only fire magic" he added.
"Can you explain this striking resemblance you have with Dylan then" she asked "who is Dylan?" he replied her question with a question "the heavenly crown prince" she replied "I don't know him and I've never seen him" he said "I'm sorry for mistaking you two, but you have his face and voice, the mole on your face and the pendant around your neck, he has them too" she said "except his mole is on the left side" she added studying his face closely which made him uncomfortable and he moved back "it's okay" he said wondering how the crown prince could have the same pendant as him. "My name is Stephanie, like I said, I am the demon princess. Only daughter of the demon lord" she said and he simply nodded.
"May I know your name, I'd like to be your friend" she said stretching out her hand and he hesitated for a while before speaking up "Riley" he said and ignored her hand "Riley, may I know where you're from" Stephanie asked him "I should have heard of you if you're from the heaven realm" she added "I'm from the heaven realm but I don't there, though I don't stay in the mortal realm" he replied her "I hope you don't spread word about me in the heaven realm, I stay away from there for reasons unknown to me" he added "sure, but may I know why you decide to stay away if you don't know the reason" she asked him "it's because my mother insists I don't have to know it and I hope you respect that" he replied her "no problem, I was just curious" she said and he turned to leave but stopped in his tracks.
"What did you come to do in the mortal realm; I noticed it's your first time here" he asked her "I came here to see what the mortals were like" she replied half lying "don't lie, I sense you're here for something unpleasant" he said and she frowned "I hope you wouldn't think of hurting those innocent mortals much less harm them, at least for my sake as your friend" he added surprised he could acknowledge himself as someone's friend and a woman's at that, but then, he'd do anything for the sake of peace. Stephanie was shocked with what he said and didn't know what to say but eventually spoke up "This is personal business, but I guess I can do that for you" she said "thank you" Riley said and smiled at her then teleported from the place.
"Why did I just accept what Riley asked of me" she thought aloud and headed back towards the direction of the inn.
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HEAVEN REALM
It was already night and Dylan was calmly sipping tea thinking of which concubine to spend the night with to ease the tension from the war with the demon realm, 'I really wish I can have that warrior princess on my bed, maybe then she'll stop being so arrogant' he thought and smiled to himself then called out to Jimmy. "Your highness" Jimmy said bowing when he entered Dylan's bedchamber "send me one of my concubines now" Dylan ordered "yes, your highness" Jimmy said and immediately left to carry out the order and Dylan asked a maid to clear the tray containing a teapot and his half-filled tea cup he then removed his outer robe and his shirt leaving only his pants on.
A while later, a concubine who was a brunette with grey eyes arrived in the bedchamber smiling seductively "your highness, you sent for me" she said in a sweet, slow seductive tone "yes, I did Celia" Dylan said and went to her and caressed her face slowly, she turned out to be his favorite concubine. "'Make me feel good Celia" he whispered into her ear and she smiled while he went to sit on his bed facing her. Slowly she stripped of ever piece of clothing she had on and that turned him on then she slowly walked towards him and he smiled then spoke up "don't resist Celia, have your way with me and you'll be heavily rewarded" he said and she kissed him starting out slowly but Dylan was not in the mood for slow, he kissed her hungrily without giving her any breathing space and they spent a nice night together.