On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 173: Accuses and Charges

"What are you doing?" King Aenon asked her. Her mother next to him. Down the platform stood his uncle, aunt and cousin Aiden, the Grand Prince.

Volca who saw Aqua walking into the hall while she was sitting beside her father, Emperor Tai. She immediately stood up, shocked. She did not expect that. This was not what she planned in her head for the day.

"What the hell Aqua?" She asked and walked towards her. Aqua but stopped Volca, asking her the action to move aside. Volca without hesitation, obeyed her.

"Am here as the accused before the law, I want to hear it all, before the heavens kick me out, I want to know why, and exactly why from you, your highness," she spoke in a cool manner and kept walking towards the the platform where her family sat. 

And she bowed. Paying her respect to the elders. 

Nobody did it back. Aqua smirked. She stood there bravely, on her own, all alone, except Huo'er to back her. The one person who supported her. And had the guts to.

"Aqua, it's not the time yet, step aside, and let your sister take the throne," Her mother, Queen Rivera said to her. She was sweating all over, her face tensed. 

"Oh yes, why not," she shrugged and stood there itself. There was heavy lightening and thunder outside. She stood there with a stone cold heart. The nature backing her up reacting with her unfair dethroning ceremony. 

"The doors opened and Milan entered. The princess, the Fox Queen, in a lime green gown with silver and white flowers embroidered in the gown, a train 5 meters longs behind her. She indeed looked marvellous. And Aqua was happy for her sister. But she did not like the fact that they hid it from her. She still could not understand why.

"Here comes Milan, the Crown Princess of Water Realm, the protector of the Water Woods, the Fox Queen, the epitome of perfect heart," there it was announced by a eunuch, who initiated the ceremony. Aqua stood there proudly with tears in her eyes. Milan looked at her right, as she walked, looking for Aqua and found her. Her eyes grew wide in shock, seeing her in a black gown. She gasped. Milan's eyes filled with tears quickly. She then looked straight in front of her. She was doing what her parents asked her to, though she was not interested in it. She hated that she is taking the throne away from the real princess and the most powerful one in Water Realm. Her heart was constantly worried. But she believed that she had no choice. 

The drums were beaten aloud by the guards, giving a mass welcome for the new crown princess. Aqua had no idea how she decided to survive through the moment. She kept taking deep breaths and exhaling.

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Huo was yet to enter the hall. He was waiting for the right moment when it comes to his Aqua and not meddle with the internal issue of the heavens until even though he had the invitation to the coronation ceremony of Milan. He disliked them all. He did. Pretty strongly, to have avoided the eldest daughter whether they had anything going on in their mind or not, Huo hated that they did not trust Aqua enough with the matters and decided to kick her out, holding her as prisoner away from home and not even inform her about her getting dethroned. The very thought angered him. Huo'er saw that the winds were getting stronger rains falling hard on the ground, the sky going dark. The shenlong had been wronged. It was the shenlong rising up ready to bring chaos any moment. Huo wondered if Aqua would let it happen or control it herself.

Suddenly Huo turned around and saw a surprise.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I could not stay back at the castle, restless heart," he said and smiled. 

"Old heart, you should have stayed back," King Huo said. 

"Ever green heart, not old yet," 

General Hawk sneaked into the palace at the right time. Huo did not summon him but General Hawk came on his own, since his King decided to take the trouble on his shoulders all by himself. He could not sit still and watch anything happening again. 

"How is she?" He asked the Demon King.

"Cannot say yet, anything could happen," he informed General Hawk. 

"Are you sure about it?" General Hawk aksed him back. 

"When have I ever been not so sure about Aqua?" Huo asked back, raising his voice a little.

"Have you imagined about the possible resistance, hatred and situation that might arise from this one move you make, or let's say you have made already?" General Hawk tired to force Huo'er to back out from his decision. But he did not. "Are you not worried that this could turn into being enemies? And start from level 1 from the scratch to develop the better relations? 

"Uncle Hawk, you know life is never fair. And in this unfair process of living, let me do what I should to protect what I love the most," he said smiling. The bang of the drums echoed and reverberated. It was understood. The part of coronation had begun. 

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Aqua smiled. She kept feeling proud of her sister Milan. Emperor Tai sat there relaxed while Volca's neart danced inside her. Aiden stood there proudly, his head held high. It was evident that if her decides to get married to the crown princess, he would definitely become the crown prince and not just that but he would become one of the guardians and ruler along with Fox Queen.

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Milan was not enjoying it exactly. She kept turning around and went on looking at Aqua often who applauded just like others. Everyone say silently once the banging of the drum stopped.

"Milan, take your oath," the Water King said. 

"I Milan, of Water Realm, the second princess, the Fox Queen, the protector of the universe, the guardian of water woods here by promise to take the throne of Water Realm as the descendant and the rightful heir to throne. I declare that here by I will obey all the rules, regulations and law of Water Realm and heavens equally. Treat the citizens with love and care, looking after what they want and solving the problem, follow the footsteps of ancestors," she finished saying the oath but she was least welcome by the nature st that time. She met glancing at her sister sho stood with a satisfaction and she did not look and well Milan knew it well. She so much wished to spend time with her sister, but it no longer looked possible with the new lives they would be leading. 

"I want my sister to place the crown in my head," she requested. All the heads turned towards Aqua who wiped ber tears immediately. Aqua walked forward without hesitation. She climbed up the platform, she took the crown offered and placed then rightly on top of her head. Her hands shivered a little. Milan then rose and extended her arms where the sceptre was handed over to her. She took them and showed the people sitting before. 

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Aqua stepped back and stood in the front soon the ceremony ended. There were many people missing. Looked like people were leaving earlier than expected showing the resistance to the decisions made in the Kingdom. 

"Let us being the ceremony of dethroning Aqua Now," The King said. He looked calm. 

Loud voices raised inside the hall, the murmurs that disturbed everyone.

"Silence,".Emperor ordered everyone to keep silence. And it began. 

"Aquamarine, the former crown princess of Water Realm and the first born of Water King Aenon, did several crimes and broke numerous laws of heaven. 

She was found to have attacked The Celestial Emperor and his family at first in the execution platform and later inside the court room few months later, princess Aqua chose to kill innocent people in the name of protecting people, she is guilty attacked the guards and heavenly troops in the masses, she attacked and threatened the Earth King Zidan who forgave Aqua from his part. Aqua chose to walk the path of chaos to achieve her goals at any cost and forgot about the state of being a princess on her days. She defied the ancestors. She disobeyed the elders and did not respect nor remained as the crown princess of Water Realm when the Realm was in trouble. Auqamairne illegally read people's mind and hacked into lives. Aqua also joined hands with the Demon Realm which resulted in the worst fight amongst the clans, hence from today onwards, Aquamarine will no longer be part of Water Realm, inherit the throne nor step inside the borders of heaven, banishing her forever"

the king went on. And it was lupsetting Aqua more and more. 

She felt silly and stood with the head held high, not one stated in her sentence was done in a selfish motive for her in all the laws she broke. 

"Tell me, why did you not tell me about this?" 

"It's a direct order,".Water King Kept replying the same thing. 

"Was this the place I had in the family?" She aksed him. "I do not care whether am a princess or not , all I wanted was some compassion," 

"Aqua, language," Queen Rivera got up from the seat shouting at her daughter. "How dare you?"

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