On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Aiden opened the door ran walked out bravely raising his sword. At the right time, the person in front of him, stopped him with his sword by chance, getting caught unexpectedly. 

'What the heck?" Huo said out loud. "My God Aiden, how? What? How? You're back? Hiw did you?". He pushed Aiden back taking few steps forward, trying to show his face, to stop Aiden from fighting and pumped him with all the doubts and question, pretty shocked to see the people he thought was brutally murdered on the execution. Platform even thought he had a hunch that it might have been fake. He was surprised and wanted to know more. 

"What in the universe are you doing here?" Aiden was surprised. "I would have ripped you open now," he said withdrawing his sword. 

"Damn, be careful man, that was close," Huo said and patted Aiden's shoulder. "What are you two doing here? How did you come back? What happened exactly? Who were those two disguised as you two? He asked looking at Milan at the same time. 

"Long story," he said putting his arms around Milan and keeping his sword back on its sheath. Aiden took them inside the only room that was neat and Milan served the wine quickly. They sat around the bed. Volca joined them anyway trusting her since she had joined forced with the Demon King during the journey. 

"I did not expect our parents to save us like that, they pushed me and Milan into the Water Woods," he looked at Milan who sat freely, relaxing. He continued with the narration. "Milan is the Fox Queen of the Water Woods, adopted...." he went on.

"I know that, she revealed herself to Aqua, and so did I see it," Huo let Aiden know. Volca sat there simply shocked on the chair near the bed. 

"What?" She asked. "The Fox Queen, the daughter of the late Fox King Ain?" She asked bewildered. 

"Yes," Milan nodded and smiled. "You look so shocked," little did Milan know that Volca's mother, the evil Demoness was responsible for bewitching the Centuars and killed the Fix King to lay her hands on the fox bead, but unfortunately she couldn't get them since the new born has been saved by the Water King. Volca shivered and looked at Demon King Huo who shook his head asking her to keep it with her. He cleared his throat and grabbed Aiden's attention. 

"What is the purpose of coming here now?" King Huo asked them. 

"What about yours?" Grand Prince asked back.

"Did you come here to do the same as we intended to?" Milan asked for confirmation. 

"To see if Aqua had left any traces before she disappeared," Huo turned all serious and looked for answers with in Aiden and Milan. While Volca got up and left the room to get some fresh air and change her mood after knowing the truth.

"Let her be, forget that," Demon King assured Milan which followed Volca with her eyes. Aiden bright more wine and poured for all. "Where do we go?"

"I know my sister well, she is good at getting intel from people, and watching things, am sure that there must have been things she saw or found out," Milan suggested.

"She said she had a dream once, and she net a man in the dream, he talked to her about the stars of your parents," Huo informed them. 

"Like how we saw them yesterday," Aiden said looking at Milan. "So Aqua had known it longer than us?" And Huo nodded.

"She lived with me but she was not at peace, not even for a day, she lived because she couldn't return back at that time," 

"Why?" Milan asked curiously. 

"She attacked people, the heavens are angry. She broke the rule, and that too twice,"

"When was the second time?" Aiden and Huo slowly started bonding. "When she attacked the Celestial Palace a week back," 

"What did she do? The first time at the execution platform, and I remember seeing it on the sky, the phenomena, " Aiden was shocked and recalled everything from his memory, the day they were sent away and locked in the water woods. "She did break the rules, but," he paused. "She must have attacked for knowing something," 

"I believe that too, she must have done it with a purpose,"

"Where is the Empress right now?" 

"I got the news that mother has left the Celestial Palace and went into seclusion, but," Huo passed the information.

"Nah I don't think so," Milan said.

"Neither I do I, I don't think so, seclusion in the wrong time like this, and to think how Emperor Tai believed it, he must a total fool," 

"Hmm yes he is a fool, he let her leave the palace, but thank god he did, my mother successfully got out thus," Huo said in relief. But he chose not to let the other news out about her return to her home, the Star Kingdom. He didn't wish to leak the piece of intel and put his mother in danger, though there is absolutely nothing wrong in her actions going back home.

"What?" Aiden asked him.

"Nothing," King Huo said and got up. 

"Worried about the clan?" Milan asked the Demon King. 

"Uncle Hawk will take care of that," that's how he addressed General Hawk to others while Hawk never accepted it. 

"It's a surprise to see how you bonded well with the demons than us,' Aiden mocked the King. 

"There is no surprise. People like you wanted me dead, people like then truly want me to succeed and stay happy in the throne," Huo'er snapped back instantly. 

"Ok that's enough," Milan stopped them interfering in the middle. "Let's go find sister, that's what is important,"

"Agreed, wife comes first, fight comes second," King Huo said and got up. 

"Wife, duh," Grand Prince Aiden rolled his eyes and stood up. Huo'er took his sword and walked out of the room. Milan and Aiden followed him. 

"I think I know exactly where to start," Aiden said as they walked together out of the palace. "Wait only two horses? Why can't you bring more?" Aiden complained. 

"Yes I dreamt about meeting the two you here, and," 

"Ok fine, we forgive you," Aiden said and smirked. 

"Forgive my foot," King Huo said asked Milan to ride his horse and Volca to ride on hers. "What you still want to ride the horse and let the ladies walk?" Huo asked. 

"You can ride with me if you want," Milan suggested and Huo laughed out loud. 

"Honey I don't want to do that and we just need the horse until the gates of the heaven, we are going to earth, be prepared for that," 

"I have been to earth several time, am fine, Huo must be the one new to it," Milan said. Huo did not listen to that but walked while taking care of the soul sword. Aiden smiled and followed them. And then Volca opened her mouth.

"Am not coming to earth," she said. She had never gone to earth nor was she willing to do it. 

"Why? I thought you were going to follow me to any corner of the universe I go to," Huo have back the words she said to him. 

"I have a better job to do for you, thinking about it," Volca said. Huo'er stopped walking for a moment and looked at her. Huo raised his brow. "Am going to spy, get the information and report you what is happening in the Celestial Palace. The reports on death are on rapid raise and also the actions he would take to land an attack on us," but Volca also had one more intention. One more intention, what her mother hid well and what she now wanted to discover and learn. She was sure and convinced that only her mother knew about it and one more person who was part of the act. And she wanted to get into the Celestial Palace to find it out. Besides not having Empress Lihua in the Palace at this crucial time felt like a right timing to ransack and the truth. She looked at her bracelet and embraced her own heart. "Let me do what I intend to do, it means no harm to any of you, you can trust me on that Huo,

"But what if he harms you?" Fox Queen asked the Demoness back.

"He would never," she assumed and assured them. "I have more power in the Celestial Palace than you think each of you as the King, Queen and as a Prince do there," and in real that was truth. Emperor protects the culprits even though his own son Aaron died. Volca was confident hence. Huo gave it a thought for a while. 

"Off you go, don't hesitate to call for help," the Demon King said to his subject. 

"No I won't, I really hope for it," she said. "I will return to the castle first, let general Hawk about my long absence and then take my leave," she said out her plans.

Milan stepped down from the horse. "Take him with you, we don't need the horse anyway, take him home with yours," Milan suggested.

"Okay," Volca agreed and took both the horses and rode away.

"Why do you still care about her?" That was the first thing Aiden asked Huo'er soon as Volca disappeared.

"See what she is going to do! Can you imagine what is going to happen when she unravels the truth," Huo said.

"What truth?" Aiden aksed them.

"So she is some sort of key to your plans you mean?" Milan asked the Demon King. 

"Let he do it," he said and apparated together to the gates. They were getting closer to the destination.