On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

"I have been watching you all," King Aenon said. Queen Rivera nodded her along. 

"How? Spies?" Water Princess asked him back immediately. 

"You know your father, we got a lot of help from King Dylan and sent people for us and report to us," mother said to her.

"So you know everything?" Aqua asked.

"Everything," Water King agreed. Aqua felt bad. Her parents now knows that she is banished from heaven to have done wrong. 

"Don't worry," Father said to her. King Aenon could see how disappointed she looked knowing that she had been followed. She wonder what else her father would seen her doing. 

"I am proud of you, not an ounce less, I am so proud of the way you fought, I understand you, that is all you should know, you have to know, we were worried yes, but we never blamed you, we could not find anything wrong at what you did. If you don't put up a fight how would your survive in this strange dangerous universe?" It was surprising to hear. Aqua smiled. 

"I thought you would scold me," she told her parents shyly. 

King Aenon and Queen Rivera laughed a little trying to put their daughter at ease. 

"But one thing," she said. "How serious is this? I mean getting banished from heaven? How long? And why? And when will I hear about my trial?" She wanted to know more about it. "Why have I not heard anything about it?" 

"You would not hear from them," Aenon said slowly. "Your actions will speak," he hesitated to speak about it and ended the conversation about it soon. 

Ariana knocked the door at the right time. King Aenon have a signal to Aqua immediately and smiled at Ariana welcoming her in. Ariana had come come for Aqua this time.

"I was asked to take you around the Realm, come let's go around a little Princess," she said smiling very warmly. Aqua nodded and smiled back at her.

"That would be great," Aqua said and followed Ariana who led the way. 

The moment the girls left the room, Queen Rivera started asking her doubts to her husband. "Why did keep silence? You could have told her about the trial!"

"There is no trial Rivera, my dear," King Aenon said. His face turned serious. 

"Then?"

"She is banished, once banished, you cannot have any entitlement in heaven," he said her the truth. 

"But that is horrendous and doesnt make any sense," Queen Rivera said shocked. "Why this is not fair," 

"She attacked the masses on her own who were on the execution hall that day, and it was wrong," Water King went on. "This is why I kept shouting that she should stop it, but it is not her fault too, we would have reacted the same way, if she knew about the plan, things would have been different but now she is held in the sword point," he said. He sounded like he is regretting not letting his daughter be part of their plan leading to this banishment. He had nothing left to do but as a King declare that Aqua will no longer be the crown princess and no longer reside in heaven as long she doesn't repent. And he was sure that Aqua will never repent on her mistake she feels is the best thing she did in her life. 

Queen Rivera sighed and let of the matter temporarily. She did not have the heart to deal with the parting now. The two of them decided to spend some time with King Dylan for asking him to let them go to back to Water Realm soon. 

"No," King Dylan said straight. Water King did not like that.

"Why?" He questioned back.

"It's not the right time yet," King Aenon looked at waiting for more. "Let's wait until Tai does something.

"Then you will let us go, without conditions,"

"Without conditions," King Dylan agreed. Aenon understood that what he is waiting for is something huge and will need actions to be taken by the leaders of Water Realm. King Aenon nodded his head and shook hands with King Dylan. 

"For all the years and many more to come," Water King said.

"And this endless cooperation of the ocean and land together," King Dylan finished the couplet and patted Water King's shoulders. King Dylan seem to have no idea about who originally leaked this information to Princess Aqua first and he felt glad about it. King Aenon spent some more talking discussing politics with King Dylan and left around night back to his room and had quiet dinner with his family. Aqua and Rivera sat along with him. Aqua then called a boy out. "Come here," she said to him. "Pa let him dine with us," she said to Water King.

"Sure," he agreed to her request too. 

"This is?" Queen Rivera asked her daughter. 

"A cyclops, his name is Jin," she introduced the boy to her parents. 

"Your highness," Jin said and bowed at the two of the Royals. 

"Why do you have the Water mark from the Water Realm?" King Aenon asked him.

"I was adopted by sister," he said without hesitation.

"What?" King Aenon and Queen Rivera looked at Aqua in wonder. 

"Ma Pa do you think he did that without any intentions?" 

"What was your intention? Water Queen asked the little boy directly. 

To leave Underwater Realm and find a home away from home, in Water Realm," he was pretty straightforward.

"Why?" The king asked the kid back.

"He has his own reasons pa why don't we discuss all that later?" Aqua interrupted the conversation. 

"So he will be the citizen of Water Realm now and forever," King declared.

"I have stamped my blood and sent it to power resource, you don't have to worry about it your highness," 

King Aenon laughed at what Jin said and patted his shoulders. "Be a good warrior," he advised Jin. 

"I will,"

"You can come back with us when we return some day," King Aenon told the boy. "We will discuss about it with King Dylan and take you home officially. Jin got excited and he knelt on the ground, bowing down, touching his forehead on the ground. 

"Thank you," he said sincerely. Queen Rivera stood there watching it all silently thinking how easily Aqua is collecting loyal followers. But she wondered if they will be allowed to take their daughter back home. She soon dismissed the thoughts. 

"If you want to be on the good book of pur Queen there is only a thing you have to," Aqua said taking Jin towards her mother. 

"Be punctual," Aqua gave the tip. "That's all you will need to please my mom," she laughed then. "Queen is the best in punctuality," she teased her mother, who has been punctual hardly in her life, walking around the place instead of sitting in the court room with and taking part in decision along with the politcal matters, personally too, to be taken care of. 

Then Jin spent his the Water King for some more time and took his leave, deciding to head back home for some days. Aqua opened up about the story of Jin to her parents. Water King was surprised to know about the inside news of Underwater Realm. He did not expect King Dylan to commit a mistake based on understanding wrongly.

"What King Dylan did is to cover something up," King Aenon finally spoke out. 

"Cover what?" Aqua asked back.

"Why don't you try to get to know Ariana well?" King Aenon hinted his daughter trying to make her dig more news since he has his limitation with getting close to Ariana. 

Aqua accepted the quest after thinking a while. 

"Leo failed me in this mission, he fell in love with her, he did not find the entire matter but provided us with clues, then he returned, he had to receive you," 

"I won't fail you, wait for the news, but some days later," Aqua said trying to fix her puzzle and finding ways to do it slowly. Soon she took her leave and walked to the court hall. There was nobody in there. She decided to open the doors wide, attract Ariana's and get close with her. 

She sat right in the front, pretending to be tired. People watched her as they passed by. Aqua did her nest ignoring the strange looks and about half an hour later, Ariana showed up. "What happened Princess? You don't look so well,"

"Havung trouble with health, I don't know, an not used to the place yet," Ariana smiled timidly. Aqua often glanced at her to see her reactions. "Are you not tired working all the time, without break?" She questioned Ariana to see if she speaks ok. 

"Am used to it," Ariana smiled as she helped Aqua stand back on her feet. "I like keeping myself busy, it keeps me distracted," the mermaid replied to her family. 

"Why?" Aqua got curious. Ariana looked at Princess Aqua for a moment. And they both bursted out laughing. 

So many things registered in our minds and one more added to the list. 

"Well," Ariana began.