Merciless: The Exiled Knight
Ch 2's. The King's Nightmare & Meeting With the Demon Queen, Beelzebub!

Late in the night after training in the palace side yard, Louis immediately rushed his feet into the palace. However, he also found the presence of several members of the royal family who crowded the entire throne hall of the King.

All eyes were staring cynically, suddenly in the direction of Louis, who was stopping right in front of the palace door.

"Let's look at him!" One of the royal members pointed at Louis. "Where could such a small child possibly pose a danger to our kingdom?!" he said, then laughed out loud, sparking laughter from some other members of the royal family.

Louis quickly clenched both hands, over the laughter directed at him. He slowly stepped his feet, without even looking at the crowd.

"Hey you're Louis!" appealed to one of the royal members, but found Louis still continuing his footsteps towards the palace stairs.

"Suckers! How dare he ignore me!" The man who had appealed to Louis was furious. "Hey you're a damned boy! Don't you think your life will be safe in this palace! Sooner or later you will be expelled, or at least put to death as soon as possible!!" he snapped with all his might, pointing at Louis.

The entire palace hall became noisy over the conduct exhibited by one of the royal family members, restarting their debate about Louis's whereabouts.

Mirisnya, both pros and cons with Verdy, none of them who sympathized with Louis, always considered the boy who clearly still has the blood of the King.

Louis slowly stepped his foot through the palace hallway, but suddenly discovered the presence of one of the witch elders who was about to cross paths with him.

"Good night. Elder pen—"

(Brugh)

Louis showed no manners, but he suddenly fell backwards, shortly after the witch elder suddenly pushed him deliberately.

"I don't need a word from you." The witch elder then walked past Louis, without the slightest regret for what he had done. "Your presence in this palace has already caused a lot of chaos. Get out of my sight, "he said, then just waltzed away from Louis.

Unfortunately for the fate of Louis, he always received various forms of humiliation from people who were very unhappy with his existence.

However, he did not take much heart, and immediately raised himself, then rushed towards the room.

Upon arriving in the room, Louis immediately sat on the side of his bed. "It's all because of Ayahanda's prophecy!" He immediately raised his legs, staring with annoyance at the symbol attached to his feet. "Everything because of this symbol! I don't know why this symbol should be able to stick to my feet! So come foretell the no-no of me!" the weakness in the heart.

(Tok tock)

Suddenly a knock came from outside the door, making Louis immediately get off his bed, then rushed to open the door.

"Young master. I deliver milk for you" said one of the palace's servants, holding a glass of warm milk.

The waiter immediately walked into Louis's room, then placed a glass of milk on a table near the window.

"T—thank you, maidservant," said Louis, but suddenly found the maid hurriedly leaving her room.

After closing the door, Louis immediately walked over to the table."Tumben once there was a waiter who delivered me a glass of milk." He grabbed a glass of milk from the table. "Usually this night, none of them would dare to bring me any food or drink" said Louis, who sipped a glass of milk for a moment.

At first, Louis felt a pleasure that he had never felt when he gulped down the glass of milk. However, after the very sweet white liquid entered his stomach, his vision immediately faded, with a sudden sense of dizziness spreading on his head.

(Brugh)

Louis had spewed fluid in his stomach, before he finally fell down on the floor of the room, along with his body that began convulsing.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

"Hows it? Did you make sure the kid had drunk the milk?" asked one of the royal men, a servant girl who had delivered a glass of milk to Louis.

"I've tried not to arouse suspicion on him, Mr. Verdan. Perhaps, he had been poisoned by drinking the milk, "the servant girl replied.

Verdan Grantarte, the middle-aged man who is the younger brother of Verdy Grantarte, can also be said to be the uncle of Louis Grantarte, suddenly smiled when he heard the confession of the servant girl.

"Good! Feel it, you fucking boy!" said Verdan, who seems to be behind it all.

Verdan firmly poisoned Louis, with a glass of milk delivered by the servant girl at his command.

"Mr Verdan. I went du—"

The servant girl was surprised, when she found Verdan suddenly hugging his body as tightly as possible.

"Don't go first. At least, accompany me tonight, to celebrate the death of the damn boy," he asked, groping the b*kong section of the servant girl.

Durjana and savage, maybe those two words are worth pinning for Verdan, when he was caught having sex with a servant girl. He seems to have abused all the court maid girls, who were forced to fulfill their sexual desires, in order to maintain their position as royal court servants.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

Meanwhile, in a room that seemed concerned about the condition of the furniture, Louis had half an hour lost consciousness.

There was a foamy liquid that kept coming out of Louis's mouth, which seemed to be still gaping wide, with both of his eyes remaining open, even though his consciousness had disappeared somewhere.

However, his fingers still showed little movement, indicating that he was struggling from the effects of the poison, which had weakened the nerves throughout his body.

Three hours passed, at exactly twelve o'clock in the night, Louis seemed only able to move one finger, because it was no longer able to withstand the effects of poison that almost made him meet with death.

However, before the child breathed his last breath, a dark circle of light suddenly appeared, and floated above the ceiling of the room.

"O son of man. I'll delay your death. So accept my presence, "Sounds a voice that seems to come from the halo.

(Kuzwuuf!)

The black circle of light suddenly transformed into a beautiful-faced woman, dressed in all black complete with a pair of black horns attached to her head.

The woman, who was flapping her black wings, slowly stepped down to set her feet right behind Louis, who was lying on the floor.

"O son of man. With my permission, heal!" he said, while bringing up a magic from the palm of his hand, which was protruding towards Louis.

The miracle came. Louis immediately regained his senses, shortly after the magic had seeped into his body.

The woman then walked over, and stood right in front of Louis. "Wake up, Louis Grantarte" he commanded, making Louis stunned when he saw his presence.

To Louis' astonishment, the woman laughed out loud. "I understand your ignorance of me, Louis." He suddenly leaned over, bringing his face closer to Louis's. "I am the Demon Queen, Beelzebub" said the woman, with her eyeballs suddenly turning pitch-black, and her pupils transforming into red dots.

Instead of looking seriously at Beelzebub's face, Louis's gaze was immediately fixed on his cleavage. "B—large!" his inner.

"Hey hey! I heard what you thought, Louis," said Beelzebub, causing Louis to look away at his face.

"M—maaf Madam! I really didn't mean an—"

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"Shhhhh!" Beelzebub immediately cut off Louis' words, by sticking his index finger in the child's mouth. "I feel the pain you've been through all this time. What if we make a contract? I'll give you strength, but you'll have to fulfill all my requests" he added.

Louis looked up to hear his words. "K—power?!" tanyakanya.

"Yes!" Beelzebub re-enforced his body, which then stood up while holding hands. "The power that will make you free from all suffering! How's it?!"

With his innocent face, Louis had taken the time to think, making Beelzebub increasingly unable to resist his anxiety when staring at the little face of the boy.

"I agree! But, what is your request, Mrs Beelzebub?" ask Louis.

Beelzebub has a smile. "good. Very good decision, Louis," he said, rubbing Louis' hair.

However, the palm of Beelzebub that was touching Louis's head immediately conjured a magic that formed a golden beam of light.

Louis had felt something that was seeping in his head, before he finally suddenly convulsed, along with the change of his eyeballs similar to Beelzebub's eyes.

"From now on, I raise you as my son. Your name is Luciferd, not Louis Grantarte anymore." Beelzebub looked seriously at Louis's face, as he seemed to be transferring some energy into the child's body. "Your suffering is my suffering. Your sorrow is my sorrow. Be the one who will be proud of me someday! Take your revenge on them, Luciferd!!" he said with a loud tone.

(Godder!)

Lightning immediately struck, triggering a black cloud that suddenly lowered millions of liters of water, then fell to wet the entire area of the kingdom of Grantarte.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

The sound of lightning striking it, able to wake Verdy from his sleep. He also suddenly got up and sat on the bed, surprising Julianne who also woke up because of it.

"What is my husband's Majesty? What's been bothering you?" julianne asked, who also raised her body.

With a loud breath, Verdy said, "I had a nightmare. It looks like it will happen in the future."

"Your Majesty my husband." Julianne tried to calm Verdy's nervousness, gently stroking her back. "Calm your soul. Not all dreams will actually happen. Perhaps your mind is exhausted" he said.

Verdy was pensive. He then imagined a terrible event, which still seems to be clearly illustrated in his dream. "No way! There's no way that kid actually did it!" he said, with great concern.

Julianne then looked up when she heard Verdy's confession. "Louis?" tanyakanya.

"Yes. In the dream, I saw Louis draw his sword into Alexander's body. He also tried to draw his sword at Aleanna and Dannisa. Then a moment later." Verdy immediately clenched his hands tightly together, then went back to explaining what he had seen in the dream. "The boy drew his sword into my stomach, burned my palace, and destroyed the whole kingdom of Grantarte!" he added.

"Elter!" Julianne cheered loudly, calling out to the guards who were standing guard in front of the room.

The two guards immediately entered the room, then walked up to the King's bed. "We are ready to fulfill your call, Your Majesty," said one of the bodyguards, bowing one knee before Verdy, along with one of the other bodyguards.

"Take Louis out of his room! Brackets that kid in the dungeon!" julianne's orders, responding to the King's concerns over his nightmare.

"Okay, Your Majesty the Queen." The two guards then walked their feet out of the king's room, then hurried to obey the order of the Queen.

Upon arrival in front of Louis's room, one of the bodyguards immediately broke down the door of his room, finding the child was sleeping soundly on his bed.

"Wake up! This is an order from Her Majesty the Queen!" said one of the bodyguards, who deliberately forced Louis to rise from his bed.

"What is this?!" asked Louis, as he was forced to walk out of his room.

"I'm sorry young master. But Her Majesty the Queen has ordered us to take you immediately to the dungeon" said one of the bodyguards, who managed to escort Louis out of his room.

The words made Louis try to rebel. "Take me off!" He then bit the arm of one of the guards, who was pulling his hand.

The bodyguard groaned in pain, which Louis immediately used to trick another guard, then rushed to escape.

Louis looked back, finding the two guards running after him. However, his body immediately hit someone's body, which made him suddenly bounce towards the back.

Apparently, it was Verdan who had confronted Louis' body. He was surprised to find the child apparently survived his assassination attempt. "Where are you going, son of a bitch?!" he asked, with a sudden look of wrath.

"Mr Verdan!" appeal to one of the bodyguards, who managed to get Louis.

"What is this?!" verdan asked, who began to suspect the presence of the two bodyguards.

"Her Majesty the Queen has ordered us to take him immediately to the dungeon" replied one of the guards, trying to raise Louis from his fallen place.

"Uncle Verdan, help me! I don't know where my fault lies!" please Louis.

"Haaa?!" Verdan immediately threw his foot into Louis's stomach.

(Bugh!)

Louis again bounced back, along with the pain that sembang grimy his stomach, but both hands have been in the grasp of each bodyguard.

Blood instantly poured out from Louis' mouth, making his eyes faint, and slowly losing consciousness.

Despite being unconscious, the two guards rushed Louis' body out of the palace.

Upon arrival in the dungeon, they immediately threw Louis into the iron bars of royal custody, then left the child alone, in the dark atmosphere of a very cold night.

~Tbc