The Queen Of The Demon World
18. Demon Queen

Ethelyne shook her head, she held Aelene's hands together. “If it wants Aelene, Rimuru will follow. But Aelene also cannot make herself tired, if Aelene is no longer able to. Aelene can find Rimuru.”

“Ok, my cute little sister. And again, call me brother. Understood!” Aelene pinched Ethelyne's nose slowly.

“Aww, sick,” great-grandson Ethelyne while holding her slightly flushed nose. He looked at Aelene with an innocent expression mixed in annoyance. “Iya, Sister Aelene!” press it.

“Good son.” Aelene hugged Ethelyne tightly. “If you really can't stand it anymore, then come to me. You can think of me as a storymate or a place to lean, Rimuru. This palace is full of rot, you can't trust anyone here. If you're really tired of hearing those servants say, you come to me. If you want to cry, meet me. I'll be a place that makes you feel safe, and one more thing.” Aelene took off her embrace and looked seriously at Ethelyne. “If they bother you, just answer them. Rimuru right, once defeated 5 wolves alone.”

“Iya~ Rimuru definitely remember.”

“Good boy, Big Brother will come out. You stay here and don't go anywhere.” Arlene walked out, she briefly looked at Ethelyne with a gentle gaze before closing the room door.

Ethelyne who no longer felt Aelene's presence let out a long sigh, she sat on the edge of the mattress with both hands as a pedestal. “If only you knew, that my words just now were not a prank. I've literally slain wolf demons alone.”

(795 Years ago)

Little Ethelyne is taken into a dark forest and left alone in the middle of the forest by Zen's right hand, back then. He's only 5 years old.

Little Ethelyne who knew nothing continued to hum happily while waiting for Zen who had not appeared after an hour of waiting, in his hand was a sharp dagger that Meli gave.

Suddenly, five demonic wolves appeared in front of him with flowing saliva and a murderous gaze that he cast for little Ethelyne.

Ethelyne, who was still human and did not understand anything, was forced to kill all five in order to protect himself, amid pools of blood and the corpses of wolves. He cried a hiccup, let alone the blood splashed on him and also the corpse of the wolf around him made him frightened and traumatized.

“Mother, Ethel. Scared, Ethel wants to go home,” great-grandson Ethelyne as hiccups. He stared at the blood-filled dagger in his hand. “What, is this why Meli gave me the dagger? Does he know they want to kill me? But why, why didn't Meli stop them?”

“Your Majesty, why are you here? And what the fuck is all this?”

Ethelyne turned to the origin of the voice, he stood up and immediately ran towards Harvey and hugged his foot. “Huaa!! Harvey, Ethel is so scared here!!”

Harvey rubbed Ethelyne's head, he carried her and did not let her see the corpse of the demon wolf or the pool of blood. “Cup, cup. It's okay now, we're going back to the kingdom. Your Majesty just sleep and forget everything.”

Ethelyne rubbed her face rough, she lay on her back on the bed with a gaze that continued to focus on the ceiling of the room. “I should have protected you, I'm happy. You can think of me as a friend and not stay away from me like everyone else.” Ethelyne wakes up and touches the veil covering her face. “What if you know my true form? Are you going to keep thinking of me as a friend or stay away from me, Aelene. Although you'll hate me in the end, but I'm happy to enjoy our days as friends. I will protect you from anything, you are my precious friend.” He placed his fist in front of his chest, Ethelyne smiled smirkingly. “I'm not afraid of being run over or hated, I'm just scared. You stay away from me like the others, will you consider me a monster like the others?” He looked out the window. “How yes, my fate after you leave. No mother, no father. Both my brothers even want to kill me.” Ethelyne laughed blandly. “I am indeed the son of an unlucky carrier yes, there should be no one close to me. Hah, I'm really tired of this pretend life. For what is eternal life if I am always lonely.”

Tears flowed down her cheeks, Ethelyne lowered her head as she clenched her fist. “Mother, Father. I miss you so much, when are you guys going to come and take me away together?”

~~~♥~~~

“Your Majesty, several times we found humans sneaking into the demon world. We managed to cripple them and get their list of names,” said a soldier as he handed a paper containing the names of humans who entered into the demon world.

Ethelyne in Demon Queen mode took the paper and read it, she smiled faintly. “I didn't expect, even ten soldiers trained by war generals would also enter the demon world.”

Ethelyne glanced at the soldier, he handed the paper back. “Easy, first. Broke his legs and hands, both pieces of his tongue. Third, castrate them. Fourth ... eum.” Ethelyne held her chin thinking hard.

“Fourth, whip them. Fifth, sprinkle their wounds with salt, and pepper powder.”

Ethelyne flicked her finger. “True once! You, do what Ryan and I said!”

“Your order will be implemented.” The soldier stood up and withdrew.

Ryan walked towards Ethelyne as if he was counting something. “It looks like you are thinking about that human world, what is so good in the human world?”

Ethelyne glanced at Ryan, he smiled faintly. “Heh, I don't think the Crown Prince wants to interfere in Ethelyne's affairs in the human world.”

“Ethelyne?” Ryan only realized the color of Ethelyne's golden eyes, he immediately knelt with one leg as a pedestal. “Force the Prince's impoliteness, I do not know that you are standing before me.”

“No problem, no problem.” Ethelyne shook her hand. “After all, my mood is good. By the way, how is Zen? Is he not in pain anymore?”

“I don't understand what you're saying at all,” Ryan said in the same position.

Ethelyne sat on the throne with a bored face, she propped up her lazy chin. “Yeah, how ya? I took his soul core as a hostage.”

“What?” Ryan stared in surprise at Ethelyne, how could the girl take the core of her soul. The soul core that sustained one's life, Ryan even became confused as to why Zen was still alive after his soul core was taken out.

Ethelyne nodded. “Hm, it's true. I took out his soul core yesterday for pissing me off, but don't worry. I'm not gonna kill him. I used a protective Spirit to sustain her life, but remind her. If he did not obey and his soul core would not return in a month, he would die of rotting. You know, without the soul core. The devil cannot survive at all.”