The Fearsome night Had Finally Passed, But the Storm Inside Sheyaan's Heart Had not Clamed Down Yet. the Darkness Was Gone The fear still breathed quietly within her Chest
When the first ray of sunlight tried to touch Sheyaan's face. she slowly opened her tired eyes. For a moment, She couldn't even understand where she was.
The very first feeling that reached her was deep silence
a strange stillness that felt more empty than peaceful.
She slowly turned on the bed and looked beside her. Somewhere deep inside, she expected Zavian to still be there sitting quietly just the way she had seen him before falling asleep.
"Where are you…?"
Her soft voice echoed back from the walls of the room.
But there was no one.
A dull ache settled in her chest. It hurt a little… as if someone close had left without saying goodbye. Then she reminded herself
He doesn't even... feel human.
She whispered to herself that he was someone who could move at the speed of lightning, who could jump anywhere without thinking, and yet nothing could harm him.
That thought only made her sadder. In a gentle voice, she said softly
"But… he never told me...anything about himself."
Her thoughts grew deeper.
Is he a vampire?
But he doesn't have sharp teeth...
Then is he a demon?
This much was clear.
he was not an ordinary human who could stay by her side forever.
As Sheyaan tried to get up, the rose Shaped tattoo on her hand suddenly began to glow red. She had no idea it was happening. What had once been a normal tattoo was now shining as if it were alive.
The moment her feet touched the floor, a violent shock ran through her body.
It felt as if molten lava was flowing inside her bones.
Her breathing got faster, sweat formed on her forehead, and her legs trembled.
"What… what is happening to me…?"
She staggered toward the mirror. Her face had turned paler than before, but between her eyes was a strange glow.
the same blue light that shimmered inside Zavian's tattoo.
Sheyaan had no idea that, unknowingly, Zavian had left behind a significant part of his centuries-old power within her.
When Sheyaan finally reached downstairs, the smell of breakfast filled the kitchen. Fangxi was Standing there, but the usual smile on his face was missing.
The moment he saw her, he placed the glass on the table and rushed toward her.
"Sheyaan! Are you okay?"
He said.
Concern was clear in his voice.
"What happened in the canteen yesterday? I brought breakfast for you, asked your friends, but no one told me anything. I searched the entire school for you… but you were nowhere.
His voice trembled slightly.
"I was so scared that I ran all over the school. When I came home, you were sleeping, so I didn't wake you up. But how did you suddenly come home?"
Then he added,
"Lucy and some college students were there too. They came to give ideas about studies to the kids… Sheyaan, tell me. how and why did you leave school?
Lucy's hateful face flashed through Sheyaan's mind. her jealous eyes, her cruel words. Fear tightened Sheyaan's chest.
If she told Fangxi everything, he might do something reckless in anger.
And Zavian… she couldn't tell anyone about him.
"Fangxi, relax…"
Sheyaan said
She forced a smile, though her hands were trembling.
"My health suddenly got worse. I had a severe headache, so I came home alone and slept. My phone switched off too… sorry."
Fangxi studied her closely.
"Alone? Looking at you, it doesn't feel like you could've come alone. Sheyaan… are you hiding something from me? Did Lucy say something again?"
Sheyaan quickly looked away.
"No, Fangxi. Nothing like that. I'm just a little weak.
She picked up the breakfast plate, but she had no hunger. The restlessness inside her kept growing.
Every cell in her body felt like it was screaming.
The power hidden inside her. Zavian's power. was far too much for a 15-year-old innocent girl to bear.
On the other side, Zavian was inside the large hall of his penthouse, while Kalene stared at him in shock. An eerie silence filled the room. Zavian's powers had now turned "Blue, and he had grown far quieter than before. as if something deep within him was breaking apart.
Kalene spoke in a worried voice,
"King Zavian, you've been troubled since last night… but where have your powers gone? I think you should try once more. call upon your power again.
Zavian sat there, his face flushed with restrained rage.
He accepted Kalene's words and tried again. Extending both hands forward, he lifted them with all his strength…
but no red light appeared.
The power that once emerged with just a snap of his fingers
was now completely silent.
Kalene asked cautiously,
"King Zavian… where were you last night? Nothing abnormal happened there, did it? You know there is no shortage of enemies in the demon realm. Think carefully. where did you go, and what happened?
Zavian began to think. Scenes from the previous night flashed before his eyes.
Then he started telling Kalene everything.
"Last night… I was first with Sheyaan. I was protecting her.
After that, I went to hunt… and there, my powers were working perfectly. But when I returned home… this all started happening on its own."
Kalene looked straight at him and said,
"King Zavian, you are not telling me the complete truth."
Zavian replied coldly,
"I have told you everything."
Kalene bowed slightly,
"King Zavian, I am a loyal demon soldier. Forgive me for questioning you like this… but please tell me the full truth, so I can find a way to restore your powers.
Zavian stared at Kalene intensely. Darkness swirled in his eyes.
He stepped toward the window… and finally revealed the truth
"I came to this world for two reasons.
First, to rule the demon realm in my own way.
for the soul contracts that the Demon King has granted me for centuries.
"I have already collected countless souls… now I need only one hundred billion more.
That is why the Demon King sent me back to the human world."
His voice grew heavier.
And Second "Wherever I went in the human world, I searched for only one person… the one who created me.
But I never found that human.
"Years later, when I returned again to collect the souls of two people dying in an accident…
I saw a child lying on the highway beside them.
"As I was leaving after extracting those two souls… that child grabbed my hand.
Kalene's breath hitched.
"Any human who tried to touch me would burn to ashes instantly… yet that child held on to me for a long time.
Zavian continued.
"Until that day, my tattoo had never glowed…
but that very day, I saw red light surge through my normal tattoo.
His voice dropped into a dark whisper.
"That was the day I realized… she was the one… the human who created me."
That day, I realized she was the very human who created me.
But what happened next shook me.
That girl begged me to save her mom and dad.
And I stood there, completely stunned. I wondered.
how could someone so powerful beg instead of commanding? I looked at her closely. Her eyes and face were filled with innocence.
There was fear in her gaze…but also a fragile hope, as if she was pleading not just to me,
but to fate itself. Yet… I did not help her. Because I wanted to see Whether she was still driven by anger,
or whether the innocence and fear I saw in her eyes. still lived inside her.
I wanted to know
whether that child would escape the mouth of death or not. So I left her there ..helpless and abandoned.
When I returned to the Demon Realm, the Demon King decided to send me back to the human world once again,
because I still had one hundred billion souls left to collect. I agreed.
To return to the human world to watch that child… and to gather my souls. And when I came back…
I saw that girl saving a child. At that moment, I knew she was the one I had been searching for for centuries. In a world where humans are so busy with themselves
that they ignore others' pain…
a 15-year-old girl showed courage. and saved a child without hesitation. That is why… I protect her. beasuse I'm...
Having said so much. Zavian stops.
Kalene asks anxiously,
"King Zavian… because I'm what Please continue."
Zavian takes a deep breath and speaks in a low, heavy voice.
"Because I am… her shadow."
Centuries ago, her anger abandoned softness.
I am that anger… turned into light, wandering endlessly..The Demon King saw me. the anger of that girl, wandering as light.
That is why he took me to the Demon Realm and gave me the form of a demon.
His eyes darken Do you know why I became King Zavian?because humans are stronger in rage than in peapeae. A. human can be so stubborn
that they can even stand against demons. And I…am the shadow born from a human's anger.
"That is why they call me King Zavian."
He continues.
"I have seen people in her house who torment her. She lives in fear. That is why I protect her so she does not die from pain…
"Because if she dies… I die too.
Kalene gasps..
"Then… does she have your powers?
Zavian freezes. if she does… she cannot handle them. She is just a child.
Kalene whispers.. We must act quickly… or she may die.
Zavian smiles darkly.
If I take her soul to hell with me, I will never die. But if she ascends to heaven… I will die.
Kalene asks
"And her dreams?"
Zavian answers only with
a mysterious smile and a long breath.