THE DEMON KING'S EMPRESS
The Demon Queen's charm

"Yes. No matter how many years I cultivate, my sealed strength can only be unlocked by the culprit himself."

"Then, does that affect your weakening of power, queen?"

"Eitherway. Because half my power is sealed. Coupled with my weakened spiritual power, as a result of my meridians being destroyed. I don't know if my current strength is weakening or not."

"Queen."

"Hana, you must be tired. Rest."

"Emm, queen... Where can I rest? The palace is huge and there are many rooms. I'm afraid I'm wrong to enter your room."

"Rest in the room downstairs."

"Ehm..."

"Huff, come with me. I'll take you to your room."

"Good Queen" said Hana with a beaming face.

Seeing Hana's radiant expression, Lili could only sigh. The two walked through a room on the ground floor. Enter the two in front of the door of the room with a beautiful vine carving in white. Seeing the carving, Hana was so amazed that she did not blink her eyes. He was very fascinated to see the ornaments and everything in the palace owned by his queen.

Krekk! (the door opened.)

How amazed Hana saw the contents of her room. All the furniture in it is very minimalist and beautiful, making him forget himself. He immediately ran inside while twisting his body with both hands stretched out. He walked around the entire room and occasionally touched some furniture in his room. Seeing Hana who was excitedly observing the entire room, Lili just smiled. Suddenly Hana regained her senses and turned back. He saw Lili smiling at him. Embarrassed, he walked over to Lili and saluted her.

"Queen, thank you."

"Either. Do you like it?"

"Yes. I like it so much."

"It's good that you like it. But, if you don't like it, you can throw it away, replace it, change it as you please."

"Why does the queen say such a thing?!"

"Because measuring the depth of the ocean is very easy. But measuring the depth of a person's heart is very complicated."

"What does the Queen mean? I don't understand?!" hana asked with a curious face.

"We need to remove the thorns in the rose to give to others. But without knowing it, we hurt ourselves. Sometimes we take care of other people's feelings, but other people don't necessarily think about our feelings. So, love yourself. Think of yourself. Before you love and think of others. Because man can always betray, but not God."

"So that's what the queen meant. What the queen said is true. Sometimes we love other people, but we get sick from it. I don't want to fall in love!"

"Why are you saying that?!"

"Because falling in love would just drive me crazy. Heartache. Crying is no excuse. I. I will not be able to bear it all, queen."

"Hana, in this world you can never escape the bondage of love."

"Why? Why would the queen say such a thing?"

"Because the greatest danger in this world is love. With love people don't care about themselves. All he cares about is the person he loves. I sacrifice everything for the sake of the loved ones. And with love, people can be cruel. More cruel than animals. Anyone can never escape love, including me."

"How is it different from hate?! If love is dangerous, is hate also more dangerous than love?!"

"Love and hate are just a thin line."

"So that's it."

"Hana, I hope that you never experience what I've been through. May you have the man of your heart, who is responsible, willing to sacrifice, and of course love you for who you are. Accept you, have to accept your family."

"I'll remember the queen. And may God grant my wish and yours."

"My wishes?!"

"Yes. Your wish queen. I also pray that you find your happiness soon."

"thank you. Now you rest. But, before you rest, there's something I want to tell you."

"What is a queen?!"

"I'll do closed cultivation. And, I'm asking you to guard this palace. No matter what the storm outside the palace is, you should never step out from inside this palace. Never once get out of this palace!" lili firmly with a serious facial expression.

"Why queen?!"

"Because outside the palace there are a lot of wild beasts on guard."

"Did you keep it, queen?!"

"Do I look like an animal lover?!"

"That's..."

"Gd, hahaha... Hana oh Hana's. You know for yourself that I'm not interested in keeping animals."

"Then, why are there so many ferocious beasts standing guard outside the palace?"

"They are all spirit beasts. I just saved them. But who would have thought, they wanted me to be his master."

"Did you approve of the queen?!"

"Of course not. I told them I was just saving them. I'm not interested in being their employer. I'm just interested in being friends with them, that's all."

"And they obey?!"

"Looks like. Even they don't care, I want to be their employer or not. All I know is that they always respect me. So Hana, I hope you can obey my orders. To not get out of this palace."

"Eng..."

"You don't have to worry. There's gonna be someone who's sending food here."

"Who is the queen?!"

"You'll know for yourself who he is. If he is not willing to introduce himself to you, wait for me to introduce him to you."

"Good Queen."

"Rest."

"Wait queen!"

"Queen, where are you going?!"

"Don't I already tell you, I'll do closed cultivation."

"How long?!"

"As far as I am."

"Well?!"

"Hehehe, take good care of yourself and remember my message. Don't leave the palace. Do you understand."

"Good."

Lili left Hana and closed the door to her room. He walked out of his palace, into the forest. The further his footsteps were, the more he left his palace. While on the way, he heard the footsteps of the ferocious beasts approaching. Lily looked back. The sight of thousands of beasts ranging from horned horses with both wings, deer with horns of color, giant ape king, winged tiger and thousands of beasts bowed paying their respects to him. Lili also received their respects with a smile. Suddenly one of the ferocious beasts (the winged white tiger), groaned like telling them someone was sneaking towards them. Lili also gave an order to one of the winged tigers to be silent. Hearing Lili's orders, the winged tiger instantly fell silent.

"Get out!" lili said as she stared at a large tree not far from her.

Suddenly Hana came out from behind the tree.

"Hana?!"

"Queen, forgive me." said Hana as she walked towards him and knelt down while apologizing to him.

"What are you doing here?! Didn't I tell you to stay in the palace. Why did you break it?!"

"I heard a noise outside and I was worried about you."

"If I hadn't been here, I wouldn't have known what would've happened to you."

"I'm sorry queen. I'm guilty. Please give me a punishment!"

"Huff, stop. Guys, he's my servant. Name's Hana. He will guard my palace as long as I do closed cultivation. So, sorry to trouble you guys to take care of her."

"Queen, no need to worry. We'll take care of him." the giant bear told Lili.

"Thank you Mr. Bear."

The giant bear nodded followed by all the ferocious beasts present. Their sign of great respect for Lili. Hana who saw it was very amazed to see the lady who had been familiar with was able to subdue some wild stars.

"Ra... queen... Are they all talking?!"

"Yes. There's even one of them who can act like a human."

"What???!!!!"

"You'll find out in a minute. Alright guys, thank you guys for coming to see me before I cultivate."

"Queen, take care of yourself. And be careful." said the winged tiger to Lili.

"Thank you, Mr. Tiger. What about your wife? Is she okay after giving birth to your child?"

"Thank you for the Queen's help. My wife is in good condition. And now her body is so healthy, that she can breastfeed our children."

"Thank God. I hope your twins grow up as big, as strong and as great as you two."

"Thank you queen."

"Oh yeah. Hana can also science medicine. If you need any help, just ask her for help."

The entire beast turned to look towards Hana. Hana who was the first to see a wild beast with a very unique and varied shape and look, made her tremble.

"The queen seems to be afraid of us."

"He's just not used to you. Hana if you're afraid, stay inside the palace and never leave the palace. You don't have to be afraid. They already know you as my man. Only, you know my condition now. There's a lot of people out there hunting them all, including us."

"What?! What does that mean, the king and His Highness crown prince Feng..."

"Yes. So I beg of you, don't break my orders!"

"Good Queen."

Lili waved her hand towards Hana and all the other beasts. He also walked away from them. Hana was left with thousands of wild animals there who were staring intently at her.

"Ahaha... can I go back to the palace first?!" hana asked with a frightened look on her face.

Shortly after, Hana walked towards the palace by sitting on the back of the winged tiger and followed by the thousands of ferocious beasts that followed them from behind.

"It turns out you're good animals too."

"You are a good human being like a queen. Different from other humans."

"REally?!"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Would you tell me about your meeting with the queen?!"

The winged tiger looked at each other with his friends. All his friends nodded.

"We'll tell you about our meeting with the queen. But after the queen returned from her closed cultivation. Miss Hana should stay inside the palace according to the Queen's orders. And never leave the palace, even if there is noise from outside." The winged tiger told Hana.

"But the queen told me, will someone come to deliver food to the palace? Didn't I go out to get his food?!"

"Of course you came out just to get the food he delivered. It was forbidden to leave the palace. Do you understand?!"

"I understand."

They all walked together towards the palace that was already almost in sight. On the other hand, Lili had arrived in front of the mouth of the ice cave which was in the inner part of the death forest. He entered an ice cave protected by an invisible protective shield. Miraculously, he was able to pass through that protective shield. And the protective shield wasn't destroyed. It even got stronger protecting the mouth of the cave. Outside the forest of death, thousands of palace soldiers are on a chase against Lili and Hana who are still fugitives.

"Your Majesty, could it be that the two of them are inside this forest of death?!" shouted one of the bodyguards to crown prince Feng.

"Even if the two of them are inside this forest of death, how can we enter?!"

"That's..."

Crown Prince Feng could only sigh and look at that forest of death that looked just like any other forest. However, he could feel an aura of deep hatred from there.

"Lili, are you there?! Do you hate me now?!" inner crown prince Feng while clenching both of his hands.