THE DEMON KING'S EMPRESS
A Choice

Suddenly the baby girl held by her personal bodyguard was crying very loudly. It made King Arches immediately remembered the cute and cute little figure. He immediately let go of his embrace and leaned Alviercha's body on the tree trunk. He immediately got out of his seat and approached his bodyguard, who was trying to calm the baby's cries.

"Why is the baby crying?!"

"I don't know Your Majesty."

"Why not know?!"

"Because I'm not His Majesty's mother."

Hearing the bodyguard's reply, the King of Arches sighed. Indeed, what his personal bodyguard said there was a point. But how did he calm the baby who was crying after his mother's death?

"Your Majesty, I have an idea."

"Say!"

"How about we just put this baby in the Orphanage. That way, Your Majesty can live quietly without nurturing this baby."

The king of Arches immediately thought about what his bodyguard had said. It was impossible for him who had just ascended the throne to become King, nurturing this tiny baby girl. It will be a boomerang for him. His enemies will make this baby his weak point.

"alright. I agree with you. Let's get out of here!" king Arches said as he turned around carrying the deceased Alviercha.

Orphanage

King Arches handed the baby girl over to the orphanage's mother, who was accompanied by one of his employees.

"Please take care of this baby for me. He's the son of my best friend."

"Of course Your Majesty. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about it. We'll look after him like our own son."

"Every month, I would send someone to come here to bring him all his gear."

"Thank you Your Majesty."

"Then I go first."

"Your Majesty. Be careful on the road."

For the last time, the King of Arches looked at the baby girl who was smiling at him.

"Uncle go first. Don't misbehave. Be a good daughter." whispered King Arches to the baby girl while kissing her forehead. The baby girl smiled as she played her hands together as if she did not want to see the King of Arches leave her.

Seeing that, the King of Arches asked for permission to hold him for a moment for the last time. The owner of the orphanage immediately gave the baby girl to King Arches. How happy the King of Arches was to see that innocent smile on the face of that tiny beautiful baby. He kissed both his cheeks and his forehead.

"Actually, uncle doesn't want to leave you. But, it would be very dangerous if you stayed with uncle. Uncle hopes you'll understand someday. That uncle did this for you." muttered King Arches. The baby girl smiled back at him, as if she understood what he was saying.

King Arches also gave the baby back to the mother of the orphanage owner. Soon he said goodbye followed by his two bodyguards. The three men left the orphanage. The face of King Arches was slightly grim. But slowly he started smiling. He believed that the decision he chose was correct.

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Fifteen Years Later

King Arches stood on a red bridge located in the middle of his huge fish pond. Suddenly a silhouette of a black shadow appeared behind him. It turned out that the black shadow was one of his shadow bodyguards. The bodyguard saluted him and walked whispering something into the right ear of King Arches. Both the eyes of the King of Arches glared after hearing something that had been whispered by his bodyguards. He immediately left the place and was followed by the disappearance of the shadow guard.

King Arches and his two personal bodyguards immediately rushed towards the Empress's Palace, after getting information from one of his shadow bodyguards. Arriving at the door of his consort's room, King Arches immediately broke down the door of the room.

Brakk!!! (room door was kicked so hard that it opened.)

How shocked King Arches saw the scene in front of his eyes, not least with the empress with one of the men on her bed. The two were seen naked on the bed, just a thick white blanket covering the entire bodies of the two men. The two personal bodyguards standing behind the King of Arches, also looked extremely shocked at this sight. The Empress and the younger brother of their King, were sleeping together inside their King's Palace. The two exchanged glances with each other. And before long, the eyes of the two bodyguards turned toward the King of Arches standing before him. Both of them saw an extremely strong killing expression on his face. Feeling himself being stared at by his two bodyguards, the King of Arches began to open his voice.

"Both of you, take care outside! Don't let this out of your mouth! Otherwise, you two will accept the consequences! Do you two understand?!" menace King Arches

"Yes Your Majesty."

"Get out!"

The two bodyguards immediately left while closing the door of the room and began to stand guard outside. After seeing both of his personal bodyguards off, the King of Arches immediately walked over to the two of them. He began to pull his sword which was on his waist and started to brandish his sword right at the neck of his younger brother. Seeing that, the Empress immediately stopped him.

"Your Majesty, please stop! Do you want to kill people in my palace?!" shouted empress.

"Your palace?! This empress' palace, it's still under my control! Did the judge say that to me?!"

Hearing that, the empress fell silent.

"Sister, don't I think you have very bad taste! You like my old stuff!" the King of Arches.

Hearing her brother mocking and humbling her, she retaliated

"So talk! You think I'm gonna do this?!"

"If you don't want to, why did you do it?! Tsk, your mouth is not in your heart!"

"Your Majesty, don't blame him. It's all my fault! If you hadn't noticed that rancid girl, I wouldn't have betrayed you!" lang Empress.

"The rancid girl you said?! How many times have I told you that he is the son of my best friend!"

"Oh yeah?! You said that he was the son of your best friend?! You think I'm blind?! You raised her in an orphanage and you plan to marry her after she grows up, right?!"

"Yes that's wrong! You ignored me and your own two sons!"

"Tsk, what kind of mother and wife are you?! You're looking for my faults to cover up your affair with my sister?! You think your eldest son doesn't know his own mother's depraved behavior?!"

"What do you mean?!"

"He told me himself that he saw you making out with my sister. At first I didn't believe it, until I finally told someone to keep an eye on you. And now, I believe what my son says."

"No! No way! You lied to me, right?!"

"Since when have I lied to you?! Do you know how I am?!" hardik King Arches while glaring sharply at his wife who was currently in fear.

"You... What do you want?! No!" cry Empress.

The king of Arches turned his gaze towards his younger brother. Without much ado, he immediately slashed his sister's neck. Blood spurted out of his sister's neck and soiled the white blanket. The empress was terrified to see the murder scene right in front of her. She saw the expression on her husband's face filled with anger. Seeing that, the empress immediately knelt down and hugged her husband's leg. I hope my husband forgives her.

"Darling, baby, please forgive me. Please don't kill me. Poor our two children!"

"Humph, at a time like this you just remembered your two children. Then, while you were having fun with another man on his bed, do you remember me and your two children?!"

"That's me khilaf baby. Please, baby forgive me."

Lili who saw the scene, felt sorry for the woman. However, when he saw King Arches brandishing his sword towards his wife's neck, suddenly the scene disappeared. Lili turned her head towards the King of Arches who was still standing beside her with a look of resentment, anger on her face. Feeling himself being stared at by Lili, the King of Arches turned his gaze and looked back at Lili.

"What's wrong? Are you scared now?!"

"No. Your Majesty, did you kill your wife?!"

"As you can see. I'm the killer of both of them!"

"Then, about that curse magic...is that also you?!"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Why did you do that, Your Majesty?!"

"Little kids like you, don't need to know any adult business!"

"Your Majesty, my body is indeed small. But I'm the same age as your two grandchildren."

Hearing that, the King of Arches turned his gaze in another direction.

"I want to ask you. Do you want to save him (his grandson) or not?!" asked King Arches while pointing towards Prince Sirzechs who was still lying on the ground, unconscious.

"Of course I want to save him."

"Why?!"

"Because he's my best friend. I don't want to lose my best friend again."

"You think you can lie to an old man like me?!"

The deg! (Lili's heart thumped loudly at the statement of King Arches, grandfather of the prince Sirzechs.)

"If you want to save him, there's a price you have to pay to get him out of my curse."

"What's that?!"

"You must be willing to lose something very valuable in your life, which is to lose your magic power!"

Like being struck by lightning in broad daylight. Lili doesn't believe this. Her biggest dream is to become the first magic queen in her country. It was his dream as well as his dream since he was a child. Lili was faced by both very difficult choices. On the other hand, he wants to save his best friend's life. On the other hand, she also wants to become the first magic queen in her country. Looking at the worried Lili, the King of Arches only smiled smirkingly looking at her.

"Your Majesty, is there no other way to save him?!"

"Nothing."

"You made that curse magic, you should have broken it yourself, right?!"

"I made it. But, who used that magic?! Him or me?! You should know, that the person who uses this curse magic knows what consequences he should receive after using this curse magic."

Hearing that, Lili was silent. She did know accidentally when she heard her ex-husband's conversation with her father-in-law first. Lili felt very desperate. He felt there was no other way out.

"How did you decide, Lili?!" ask King Arches.

Lili sighed heavily while turning her gaze towards Prince Sirzechs. He saw that Prince Sirzechs was still unconscious.

"I. Your Majesty, I will save him. I'd be willing to lose my magic power." said Lili with slightly quivering lips.

King Arches smiled at the decision Lili had taken. His choice to decide to save his best friend (Prince Sirzechs) who, as well as his grandson, made King Arches a little moved and proud. It is rare to find a woman who is willing to sacrifice for the man she loves despite having to lose her own future.

"Let's start now!" the King of Arches

"Yes!" lili replied resolutely still as she looked towards Prince Sirzechs who was still asleep unconscious.