The Queen Of The Demon World
26. Peace Before the Storm

It had been a week since Ethelyne had visited Meli, she had now returned to the human world in order to avoid the suspicion of the 6th Prince.

His magic energy had recovered after coming to the dark forest and gathering energy as well as finishing off the demonic beasts to maintain Laurie's human form.

“Master, lately you are living a peaceful life right?”

Ethelyne stares flatly at a 14-year-old girl but still sees a trace of timidity on her face, she is Laurie who has upgraded on her transformation magic. Laurie is now able to transform into a child or adult with the help of Ethelyne, who gathers negative energy from demonic beasts.

“Yes, why? Do you want to find trouble?”

“So you consider me a troublemaker?! Remember yes, Master. Do not be careless just because of the momentary peace, because it could be this peace is the beginning of the problem.”

Ethelyne ruffled her hair. “Cih, I know. You don't need to remind me of anything.”

“Rimuru, have you had lunch?” Aelene suddenly appeared in the doorway and startled Ethelyne.

The girl rubbed her chest trying to be patient. “Not yet, how about you?”

Aelene who heard Ethelyne's roar had a sullen look. “Eh~ why are you so cold to your sister? Where was your childish attitude first? I feel like you changed a week ago!”

Ethelyne was massaging her temple, fortunately the sprightly Laurie instantly disappeared upon hearing Aelene's voice just now. “Aelene, we're not kids anymore. After all, you and I work in the same palace. So--”

“Very well! I'm licking it!” Aelene puffed her cheeks in annoyance.

“Stop! Why are you being so childish?? Forget it, why did you come here? Weren't you supposed to deliver tea to Ead-khem's study, I mean prince Eadric.”

“Ah, that's yes. I was asked by the Prince to deliver you some food, the prince is so considerate huh. The absolute rumor that being cruel and cold to anyone turned out to be a big mistake, was true. Rumors should not be trusted!” Aelene stepped in and placed a tray filled with porridge and a glass of water on the table. “I heard, you're not feeling well lately. So I made a special porridge for you, I'm sure. You'll definitely heal right after eating it, after that. We'll definitely be working together again, you know. I once crossed paths with the 5th prince, he was very handsome and dashing ..”

Ethelyne suddenly felt dizzy, she no longer listened to Aelene's long rant. Ethelyne closed her eyes and tried to neutralize the pain running through her head, without realizing it. A lotus-shaped tattoo appears on the back of the right hand.

“What's up? Are you feeling unwell? Want me to call a healer?”

“No, I'm fine. You just go out and treat that wound,” Ethelyne said as she closed her eyes and massaged the base of her nose.

Aelene stared at the wound on her slightly bleeding palm, she was surprised to not feel any pain. “Ah, this wound huh? I accidentally broke a glass and injured my hand, but I am amazed by you. I didn't think you'd notice, when I thought you wouldn't know.”

Aelene was suddenly horrified to hear Ethelyne's explanation. “K-then, I'll go and treat my wound. Bye!” He ran out while muttering. “I don't want my hands cut!”

Laurie suddenly appeared in front of Ethelyne with a worried look on her face, just as she had thought. Human blood can trigger the awakening of the demon soul because of its intense lust for blood. “Master,” mumbles slowly.

“I'm fine, you better get rid of that tray from before me now!”

“Good!” Laurie immediately removed the tray as well as its contents from the table.

Only then did Ethelyne open his eyes. Curiously, the color of the eye (upper part) turned red but (lower part) remained blue.

“It seems like what you said was true, I really couldn't help but bite Aelene. If he doesn't leave quickly, I don't know what will happen later.”

“Master, half of the demon soul has risen. If the other half of it rises, then your demon soul will devour your human soul bit by bit until it is completely depleted. And when that happens, then you will become a demon completely. Devils that will be destroyed when exposed to sunlight.”

Ethelyne rubbed her face rough. “What should I do??”

“Eum, actually. I kept the mistress's gift box, I was very curious so ..” Laurie played her finger nervously. “So I opened it and found something very important.”

Ethelyne frowned. “Something that matters?”

Laurie nodded quickly, she raised her hand. Suddenly, a piece of paper appeared in her hand, Laurie gave the paper to Ethelyne. “This is the last letter the Madam left behind, as it says. The seven-colored flower can destroy your demon soul for good, but more than that. Seven-color flowers are very step, no. It might even just be a myth because until now, no one had been able to discover the existence of the flower. But this great me was certainly different, I managed to find the seven-colored flower. The flower grows on a snowy mountain.”

Ethelyne listened to every word Laurie said while reading the letter in her hand. “Haven't we talked about before? We go to the human world to find the flower instead, then what is special?”

“Ish, it's different. Master!” Laurie stared at Ethelyne's anxiety, so anxious. He wanted to finish off his master right now. “The flower we used to look for is a 5-color flower, and that's a step. But far from it, the seven-color flower is much more step and more special than the 5-color flower. From what I read, the seven-colored flower can remove all sorts of toxins, heal both outer and inner wounds, recover magic energy, and most importantly. Has magic power that no one else has ever seen.”

“Means?”

“Hem, I don't know so much detail. But everything I know I said just now, to know more clearly. The master must get the seven-colored flower itself, ah yes. One more thing, seven-color flowers can only be used for 1 hour. If it passes 1 hour, then the seven-colored flowers will fade and become useless.”

Ethelyne nodded in understanding. “So all we need to do now is to snowy mountain and pick up the seven-color flowers of it.”

Laurie sits next to Ethelyne, holding her chest. “Indeed sounds very easy, but. Master, the road to the snowy mountain is very steep and dangerous. Moreover, there was not necessarily a seven-colored flower and the snow wolf was guarding the flower with its magic until it was impossible to see with the naked eye, even you can't see it using Dragon Eyesight if the dragon's vision is below the 8.” level