The darkness surrounded him, like a void, trapped in time, a slumber and then he felt it.
The Mighty Cursed Demon Lord felt it, that spark, a shiny silver thing, he couldn't quite see what it was but when he looked closer, a tail and suddenly his golden eyes opened. Something or someone, he wasn't quite sure had awaken him from his slumber of 4,000 years. His lips curved in a smile because he
knows that now is the time when he was
going to figure out how everything went wrong.
A sharp pain pierced through his heart or
maybe chest.... He was born with no heart, some
people call him "The Heartless." Rhenox looked around him. He vividly remembered that he forced himself into sleep with the help of a a… he couldn't quite remember as his memory was foggy. He held his chest and coughed out blood, that damned Celestial Curse, painful as always, he needed to figure out how to end it. His room looked quite the same apart from the fact that it
looked quite different. He saw some object
he hasn't seen before. He walked around
his room. The pain he was feeling was
evident in his face but why was he called
a Demon Lord if he couldn't handle that excruciating amount of pain. For now, he has to think, he remembered, the only way he will wake up was when the source that will enable him to break his curse was in this world. That was it, he thought. A tail, and it looked very similar to a fox tail. A memory suddenly
popped up inside his head, it was a fox who helped him to go into slumber. He tried to force himself to remember other details
but that was all he could remember for
now.
Rhonex then decided to go out of his room,as he walked around his home, this castle wasn't really his home, but HELL was his true home, but the curse placed on him by the Celestial Council prevented him from going there. He finally got to the door leading to the outside chamber. Immediately he pushed it open, he saw 10 people there, 4 maids, 2 guards, 3 persons he didn't know which work they were doing and a butler.
Who were all these people, and what were they doing in his chamber?
He suddenly saw the butler talking.
"I said it, thank the heavens"
Rhonex scoffed, "The heavens, indeed."
The butler continued talking.
"All of you, bow to Lord Rhonex, the Mighty Demon Lord."
Rhonex saw everyone bowing, waiting for him to say something. He suddenly remembered his butler, who was his personal assistant. So, after all these years, he had the chance of running away from him, but he decided to stay.
His butler, Molan, had silver hair and green eyes,a member of the fairy society. Rhonex didn't know the remaining people but was sure they were not here before he went to sleep,must be Molan one who hired them. Suddenly, a throne in the chamber. It was Molan who used his magical powers to activate it. Someone might actually think he was the king of this kingdom, of course, he was a king, but not of Earth. He was the King of Hell.
Rhonex went to sit on his throne and said, "You may all rise and leave, except for Molan." Everyone stood up, bowed, and left them. Molan turned to the king and said, "My lord, I knew you would awaken soon, so I maintained your castle for you well. Do you like it?"
Ronex didn't have a heart, so he couldn't feel and didn't know if he liked it or not, but one thing for sure. It was pleasant to the eyes, though he would have preferred it darker. Not hearing a response, Molan chuckled and said, "I'm sure my Lord likes it, as you've been asleep for so long, I'm sure you must be famished. Should I prepare something for you to eat?"
Rhonex then spoke, saying, "I have other important things to do than to be famished. How long have I been asleep for?" Molan replied, "Four thousand years, my lord." Rhonex hummed and said, "I've been asleep for so long, and whichever clan is ruling now only has one thousand years to rule, according to the Kinikon pact, right?"
Molan answered and said, "Yes, my Lord. The Fox Clan are the ones who have been ruling currently, and some people are speculating that they might get to rule for another 5000 years because they have managed to rule the kingdom in peace."
Rhonex then said, "The fox clan… tell me everything you know about the fox clan, especially about the ones currently leading."
"Yes, my lord," Mulan replied. "The fox currently leading comes from the sacred moonlight family,the Lunaris family. The current king is King Draelos Lunaris. He had a wife before,Queen Amanda Lunaris...
Immediately, Rhonex heard that name,"Amanda Lunaris", a bell rang in his head. He had heard that name before, but he couldn't quite remember.
Molan continued speaking, "King Draelos and Queen Amanda had a baby girl, the current fox clan heiress, Princess Aralyn. Unfortunately, Queen Amanda died."
"She's dead? How is that possible? She can't be dead yet… I have to get to the bottom of this," Rhonex thought.
"King Draelos, after mourning his wife for 100 years, married another woman from the witch clan, who is the current queen "Queen Irene", She has two children: Prince Roshan and Princess Klara. Princess Aralyn just returned after her 1500 years of cultivation in the Whispering Wood Forest and the whole Kingdom is happy,because she came back successfully with her first tail,"the most purest and beautiful tail, though, My Lord, I haven't seen it. Rumor has it that her tail glitters because she has a silver tail."
Rhonex's eyes, which had been closed as he was taking in all the information Molan had been saying, suddenly opened. He asked Molan again for confirmation.
"Did you just say a silver tail?"
Molan answered, "Yes, my Lord."
Rhonex smiled,not the kind of smile that seems genuine, but those kind of devilish smile.
Molan looked at his Lord and asked, "My Lord, what are you planning to do this time around? Because I know that smile only shows up when you have an idea in that great head of yours."
Rhonex looked at Molan and said, "I want you to tell me everything about Princess Aralyn. She might be the key."
Molan continued talking, this time precisely about Princess Aralyn.
"My Lord, Princess Aralyn is the heiress of the Fox Clan. She just gained her fox tail after 1500 years of cultivation,a silver tail,after a very severe trial. People say the trial was very hectic and she might have had visions because she cultivated in the Whispering Wood Forest, a forest known for its danger and for luring people into seeing vision, whether real or fake. To celebrate this, her father is hosting a ball in two days time at the Duskhelm Castle, that's where the Royals live, and the king has made a decree that all eligible bachelors can come and ask for his daughter hand in marriage, as he wants his daughter to get married. The problem is, Princess Aralyn doesn't want to get married but she wants to focus on cultivating till she she achieves her goal of cultivating 9 tails,because a fox that has 9 tails has a lot of great power. When her father heard this, he laughed and said, "Even I, the great king of Duskhelm Kingdom have only cultivated 6 tails. And your mother, before she died, cultivated 7, do not worry, Princess, you can continue cultivating at your husband's house". So, any suitor that comes to Princess Aralyn ended up getting rejected, because her Dad gave her the choice to choose who she wants to marry. When the king saw this,he decided, he would choose her suitor for her, since she doesn't want to make use of the opportunities she was given well". The king has said, "Suitors who are able to give something truly precious and tangible enough for his daughter, The Princess Aralyn, should prepare to meet him at the royal ball in two days time, that after the ball, the next day, he would decide who will marry his daughter.
Rhonex opened his eyes again. This time, his golden eyes shined, he stood up from his chair and said, "I know what Draelos wants exactly... and I shall give it to him, Molan, prepare for wedding ceremonies, because I shall marry Princess Aralyn." and he disappeared leaving Molan confused.