On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 171: She Found the Truth

Aqua took Jin inside. "This is such a surprise, I did not know that you joined school," Aqua told him. He smiled uneasily. The students were welcomed and taken straight to the banquet hall. They were served food first before the ceremony itself. 

Aqua sat on her assigned desk. She observed everyone. People did stare at her, comment and smile a lot at her. But she had no idea why. She would just respond to them. 

Aqua asked Ash about his girlfriend to see him struggle to explain it to her.

"Where is she from?"

"What does she do?"

"Is she a princess too?"

"What about her parents?"

"What does her family do?"

"Does she know that you love her?" 

"Where did you two meet first?"

"Is this really your first love?"

"Brother Ash, how come you changed your ideas about love? I thought you hated it?" She asked him non stop while they sat together for dinner. They would look st the students and keep their eyes on them while they had their dinner. Master Bo Hai was yet to join them. 

"Tell me, why did you have a change of heart?" She asked again.

"It's natural to fall in move with someone, you see her, you feel your heart fluttering inside you, and you look into her eyes, and you know you are falling, don't you think," Prince Ash replied her. Looking in her eyes, saying every single word carefully. He leaned forward and helped her pick the fork she dropped and looked at her again. 

"Really?" She asked him. "Like flirting or for real?" She could not stop asking him trying to see how long he is willing to put up with the drama. 

"Hmm yes," he said smiling, looking at her again. 

"So you met her where? First? Your palace?" Her place?" She asked as she cut the piece of her grilled meat and dipped then in the garlic paste kept before her. She then took a bite of bread and had the meat along with it. 

Ash laughed and shook his head. He took a deep breath. His heart skipped a beat while his mind was confused and scared. And full of pain and troubles. 'Aqua you are killing me,' he said inside his head. 

"Say it, come on, am excited," she said. 

"Here," he blurted out. 

'Why now?' He asked himself. 'What's wrong with me?' 

"Here?" Aqua was surprised. 

"Aqua, darling, see you know an never serious about love, don't you, so let's not dig into her now," he said to her. 

"But still," she put on her sad face.

He pinched her cheek and served her more soup. "No still, just have it," he said and sat there, often glancing at what Aqua does. Aqua failed in her tiny mission. 

"Ash," she called him. Finishing the soup in a hurry. "I have to run to washroom, wait here," she let him know and left the scene. The night lights were shining bright. The stars filled the clear sky, not cloudy nor humid. It looked like a fine night. 

Aqua walked back to their dorm in a hurry and she opened the doors. Not hers, but Ash's. She wanted that letter at any cost. Something did not feel right in her head. Suddenly she heard someone opening the door. 'Oh shit,' she thought and hid under the table behind the coat close to the window. 

"Sis don't hide, it's me, I saw you walking in here," she heard the voice of Jin.

"Jin?" Aqua peeked her head outside the table and looked at him. "Oh god," she sighed and crawled out. She stood up and began searching. 

"What are you doing?" He asked her.

"The letter, find me a letter," she ordered him. She she ransacked the shelves and the coat. Jin did not find it. Couple of minutes later, she found a diary. And inside them, she found the one she was searching for. Her heart grew tensed. Even before she read them. She prayed that it's nothing. She prayed hard. She hoped for a positive news. 

To Prince Ash of Wind Realm, The guardians of Heavenly Gates.

We are cordially inviting you to the coronation ceremony of Princess Milan of Water Realm to bless her and witness the auspicious moment of the history. 

We also regret to inform that Princess Aquamarine, the former Crown Princess of Water Realm will be dethroned and Banished from heaven until the greater gods give her mercy. The trial will be held before the Coronation ceremony, be the witness for it and stay righteous.

We are expecting your presence in front of the Emperor along. 

Thank you. All are welcome. 

King Aenon of Water Realm. 

Queen Rivera of Water Realm. 

Aqua's heart exploded when she read this. It literally did. She went pale, frozen, and shivered. She crumbled the letter in her hands and she felt hot tears streaming down her face. "After all this time, after all that I have been made to go through, after all the fight I had to put up with, all the laws I broke, all the hatred and enemies I earned, all for the sake of the Realm and my family, and now they kicked me out, and they did not even let me know about it," she said going numb for some moment. She felt her legs going week. She did not expect ever to get ditched by her family. It was not something she was anticipating. Instead she hoped that her father, the great man form Water Realm will try to save her. Save her for once from the trouble she caused for them, though she never kept counts nor scores. She was willing to risk it all, but she felt horrible and abandoned. She could not even properly cry. Shout out or scream her lungs out. She could not do anything. "Why? Wae? Wae?" She kept asking, trying to find an answer. 

"Sis, sis, are you okay?" He approached her and touched her arms. She let her reflexes take action. She pulled his arms and pushed him towards wall, holding the collars. "Why did you not tell me?" 

"I was asked not to," he grew scared. "I.. I.. tired, but I failed, that's why i left home and begged shifu to take me and put me here in school," the poor thing said. "Sister means a lot me, I will follow you to any end, but please don't kill me," she was breathing hard as she listened to him. Her heart grew anxious. She looked into his eyes and felt the truthfulness in his words. By then, Ash came running inside the room. He saw the letter lying down on the floor. 

"Aqua," he called out and rushed towards her. Aqua let the boy go and moved back. She turned towards Ash, whom she trusted alot. She looked straight to his face. He looked terrible, but she felt betrayed. 

"Listen to me," he said.

"Stop," she ordered him.

"Listen, it's not like you imagine," he began.

"What is my imagination here?" She asked. She could not understand the rubbish coming out of his mouth. 

"It's not easy, there were never any choices in front of your family,"

"I don't want to hear this," she said. 

"Try to understand them," he said to her. 

"I lived my life worst than the boots on your legs for everyone, choices I made never for me alone, freedom they said I have but laywas caged while I pretended to be happy," she shouted. "I lived for the sake of others, I cured and I fought every single time, when I did not need to as a person, do you know what it felt like inside me, the pain I went through every time I lost my blood? How horrible i felt every single time i killed somebody, was it all for me? How is that there is never a choice? How is that nobody is ever willing to raise their voice but be a dog that only wags its tail and bark it gets the order?" Sne got angry. 

"Stop it Aqua," he said back out loud. "I said stop It," he pushed her against the wall, cornered her. He looked into her teary eyes with tears glistening in his eyes.

"Don't touch," she said pushing him and avoided looking at his face.

He took his hands off her. And moved back, lifting his arms. 

"Sister, sister please, don't get angry, we will find a way," Jin came towards her and stood next to her. She wiped her tears and looked up at the ceiling, to not let the tears stream down her face. She hates crying in front of people. She pulled herself together and tried to let go of her thoughts. 

"Aqua," Prince Ash called her. But she ignored and stormed out of the room. She understood that she was moved away to the school as a part of the drama to not let her know about coronation and to keep her imprisoned in the school and take her during the time for her dethronement. She smirked and apparated. She left the school. Jin tagged along keeping up with her while Ash lost her. He hurried to find Master Bo Hai who still was in a meeting.

Aqua reached the place, and she opened the gates of Water Palace herself. She stood there, with a smirk still on her face. She decided. She took her first step inside the gates when people assembled in front of her. 

"Now,"