The Queen Of The Demon World
16. Zen

As was the agreement yesterday, Ethelyne is now a servant in the Iceworld kingdom. Apparently, the man he helped yesterday was the 6th prince of 11 brothers.

What a shame, he also met Zachary who turned out to be a prince from the same kingdom. Fortunately, Zachary did not know his true identity. And the 6th Prince, Eadric. Allowing him to wear a veil to take care of himself.

Although he is now a Rimuru, but his unstable strength could be bad for himself.

‘Cih, why am I still not able to control my strength well? Fortunately, my hair color only changed in the day, if only seen by others. Are they gonna call me a witch? Because, in the human world only a few people have magic and include nobles or people who are geniuses.

Ethelyne dried her hair with a towel, she then walked towards the medium-sized mirror at the end of the room. Ethelyne touched the surface of the mirror, and at once it became like water. He glanced around, Ethelyne stepped into the mirror and disappeared. Just as he disappeared, the mirror returned to its original state as if nothing had happened.

But it was different from a black-clothed man who had been watching him from afar. ‘I have to report this to Your Majesty! The girl was a witch, she could turn the mirror into a puddle of water and pass through it as if teleporting. Is it okay, Your Majesty has also been bewitched by that ugly witch?! Can't be allowed! I must save His Majesty!’

“Sincerely a servant to Her Majesty The Queen.” Loreen kowtowed along with several other servants.

“Do not overdo it, why did you ask me to come here?” ask Ethelyne who sits on one of the sofas accompanied by comedy and action novels.

“Your Majesty, the total demons exterminated this month increased greatly from the previous month. It is possible, the humans intend to attack the demon kingdom when there is a shortage of many warriors.”

Ethelyne glanced at Loreen who gave a report, she closed the novel and placed it beside her. Ethelyne leaned back while holding her chest. “Did they really think they could defeat the demon kingdom after my resurrection?”

“Te-of course not, Your Majesty. The human beings do not yet know your resurrection, therefore. They are desperate to finish off our soldiers and citizens.”

Ethelyne's golden eyes stared flat at Loreen who had been prostrating while reporting, she sighed. “You can stand up, tell the other soldiers to watch out for each other. If you see a human appearing on the demon portal .. just finish them.”

“Will I tell you, excuse me to withdraw.” Loreen stood up and walked away followed by the other waiter.

The large door began to close slowly after Loreen's departure.

“You think you who can command my soldiers at will.”

Ethelyne glanced at the origin of the voice, a handsome, tall man standing before the door that had been closed. He with big strides walked towards Ethelyne and choked her.

“Just because you're a Demon Queen, you think you can rule this kingdom better than me!”

“Do you really think so, Second Prince?” ethelyne asked with a faint smile, as if she did not feel any pain despite her brother, Zen. Strangled him very hard. “Sweetie, you should think about the rest of your life staying a little. Wouldn't it be a waste if you became King, after all. You can't win against me.”

Ethelyne was mired to the floor, she wiped the blood flowing in her mouth. Ethelyne stood up and looked at the now broken wall, her gaze turning to Zen who gave off a pitch-black aura. “Wah, it looks like I made the tiger angry.”

Zen grinned, his blood red eyes looking slightly radiant. “You think you can defeat me just for being the Demon Queen? You are still Ethelyne the weak girl, you will not be able to defeat me even if your strength increases tenfold.”

“Ck, ck, ck.” Ethelyne shook her head with a concerned face, she pointed at Zen with a thin smile that always adorned her face. “You suck, Brother. My strength is not increased tenfold, but .. ten thousand times.” Ethelyne walked towards Zen with relaxed steps. “And one more thing, as long as you know. I'm not the weak Ethelyne, no. I'm not Ethelyne, I'm .. eum.” He held his chin thinking. “I don't actually have a name, so just call me Ethel. Isn't that a beautiful name? Ethel of Ethelyne.”

Zen clucked with a disgusted face. “You think your bullshit will scare me?”

“Build, yes?” muttered Ethelyne with a sweet smile but seemed terrible. “Then let's see, what I said was genuine or just a mere booze.” He raised his hand towards Zen. “Okay dark forces, come. Meet me, be in front of me. Subject to the ruler of darkness, in the name of the Demon. Come out and let her experience pain, pain, and despair.”

After saying those words, a medium-sized black magic ball came out from Zen's chest. The ball was pointed at Ethelyne and rested on the girl's hand.

Zen suddenly felt a pain in his chest, he suddenly felt tight and as if being stabbed by a knife many times and skinned. Zen bent his knees while holding his chest and groaned in pain.

Seeing that, Ethelyne just smiled. Eyes squinting. “Now, your soul is upon me. Your life and death are in my hands, so.” He was crouching in front of Zen. “Fall or you will face the most painful death.”

“You think you can ... kill me. Argh!!”

“Heh.” Ethelyne stood up, suddenly a pitch-black sword appeared in his hand. Ethelyne raised the sword and directly thrust it right into Zen's shoulder, he then crouched down while enjoying the pained face of the man who was his half-brother. “It looks like you forgot something, even though I am Ethel. But, the holy power passed down by Earlene remains mine. Remember one thing, I. Ethelyne, the successor of the previous holy maiden. It has risen along with the awakening of my Demon Queen soul, so my dear brother. I can kill you when I want.”

Ethelyne stood up and walked away, just as the door closed. The sword that was still piercing Zen's arm vanished into ashes, yet strangely enough. The wounds caused by the sword were unable to heal, the pain it was in also starting to diminish over time.

Zen stood up while holding his bloody shoulder, his clenched hand holding back the anger. ‘Look at it later, I will definitely take revenge and make you my blood slave!’

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“Um, looks like my words were right? It seems like the soul of the holy maiden did indeed rise along with my soul, or. Maybe not?” either Ethelyne touched her chin with her index finger, she smiled as she continued to walk down the hall. “Forget it, it doesn't matter. Besides, I won't let Ethelyne take over my soul like it was in resurrection.”