THE DEMON KING'S EMPRESS
First Meeting in Autumn

The breeze blew away the scattered hair of Lili. He was sitting in front of an open window looking at the clear sky. Suddenly a dry leaf flew and fell on his lap. He took the dried brown leaves.

"Hana, is it autumn?"

"Yes miss." replied Hana while putting a glass of warm green tea on the table next to her mattress.

Hana is a girl who is seven years younger than Lili. While Lili was walking in the market, she met a teenage girl about the next year. He sells vegetables in the market to support himself who lives a kara. At that time, the vegetables he brought were destroyed by the actions of three other teenage girls who destroyed his merchandise.

"Tsk, your vegetables are all withered. What did you sell it for? It's nothing more like garbage to throw away!" said the first girl while picking up and stomping on the vegetables brought by Hana.

"Don't! Please don't step on!" hana shouted while saving the other vegetables."

"Really! You think your face is pretty?! How disgusting!" the second girl.

"An ugly salesman like you, better get out of here!" shouted the third girl while kicking the other vegetable basket.

Seeing that there was a vegetable merchant in his merchandise destroyed and kneeling down begging for mercy so that his merchandise was not destroyed, making Lili moved. He walked over to the vegetable merchant.

"What's this about? Why are you ruining the merchandise?!"

Hearing someone say to them, the three immediately turned to the source of the voice. How shocked the three of them were when they saw that the voice was from the famous Lili as the Demon Queen. The three took a slow step back. Seeing the three girls were about to escape, Lili immediately asked the three of them.

"Why are you three quiet. Actually, what happened?!"

The three looked at each other and nodded simultaneously. It was as if they had understood what they wanted even if they did not say it. The three immediately took a step back and ran away from the place. Seeing the three girls run away after destroying the merchandise of others, Lili could not just stay silent. It was as if he did not care about the surroundings. Suddenly the three girls took a thousand steps. Seeing the three girls trying to escape, Lili just grinned. He stomped his right foot on the ground, and from the ground came out a black shadow that resembled a hand and gripped the legs of the three girls. The three girls were shocked not to play. The three of them cried out hysterically as soon as they saw his feet being gripped by something black resembling a human hand. Everyone there suddenly turned silent, except for Lili, Hana (vegetable merchant) and the three naughty girls. Hearing the three of them cry out for help, Lili walked over to him. Seeing Lili standing before the three of them, the louder they cried out. Unfortunately, no one heard their screams.

"Please..please...help us! There's Devils! Help me!"

"Devil? Where is the devil?" hana asked while holding a vegetable in her hand.

"Basic stupid! You don't know who the devil is! The devil is he..."

Not yet had time to continue his words, the first girl already felt shudder because she was stared at by Lili. Seeing the girl who was mocking him stop talking, Hana observed the three of them who had shouted earlier. He saw something resembling a black shadow in the shape of a hand that gripped their legs. Seeing that, Hana's face turned pale. He was trembling in fear. Unbeknownst to Hana, Lili silently looked at herself. He knew that Hana was scared because she saw something like that.

"Why? Are you scared?" lili asked Hana who was still trembling.

"Ti..no."

"good. Don't you want to know who the devil is they're saying?!" ask Lili again.

Hana just answered him with a nod.

"I'll show you who the devil they mean. I was hoping you wouldn't miss a single scene from the show."

"Well?!"

Lili turned her gaze towards those who were still trembling in fear.

"Can you say, which demon do you mean?"

"You!" answer them all at the same time.

"Good!" praise Lili while clapping.

"Why are you laughing?! You're the devil! Studying the science of perversion to harm everyone!" teasing the first girl.

"Not only treat the three of us like this. You're a criminal disguised as a good man!"

"Really! You are the perverted Demon Queen! Ugly!"

The three of them immediately screamed in pain until they finally fell unconscious. Seeing the three fall unconscious, Lli smiled coldly.

"I want to know your faces after waking up. Is still covetous!"

Hana unintentionally heard Lili's words. He approached Lili and asked.

"I'm sorry if I asked. What are they saying is true?"

"Which part?!"

"If you were the Demon Queen?!"

"Hahahaha, do I look like that?"

"No. But if you're the true Demon Queen, obviously your disguise is perfect."

"Not really. There are some demons who can't do that?!"

"Because we have our own levels. All right, it's noon. I'd better help you, get your job done quickly."

"No need of His Majesty. I can do it myself. You're a queen, it's not appropriate to do such a rough job."

"It was just a call from them. I don't even know it myself."

"At least you're a queen."

"alright. Where do you live?"

"Answering His Majesty. My house is not far from here. Servants only live a single day."

"What happened to your family?!"

"My family has suffered injustice. They were all sentenced to death for practicing black magic. We never did anything like that."

Lili crouched down and patted her shoulders gently.

"If you don't mind, stay with me."

"really?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Thank you Your Majesty" Hana said as she kowtowed in front of Lili.

"It doesn't need to be like this. Come clean up your merchandise and follow me."

"Good."

...***...

Thousands of red maple trees line the journey. Many young couples who walk together enjoy this view. Some even hid behind a large maple tree, kissing. Lili seeing this kind of scene could only avert her gaze.

"The autumn this time is really beautiful. Miss, look at the thousands of red maple trees along this road" said Hana who walked beside Lili.

"Yes. Very lovely. It's only fitting that so many young couples come here just to make love."

"Hihihi, miss has no lover?!"