On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 98: Back to Present

Aqua had already looked into his past while she was absent when she returned back from the Castle waiting at the river banks. The only reason she wanted to accept him was because she believed that he would have found out the truth himself and wait for her return. But that was not the case. He chose to live with ignorance instead and won the throne just to have power. Aqua couldn't believe that he and Tai had great cooperation between them in the recent years. But she was still ignorant to the factors that related to her home, getting help from the Demon King personally. 

Aqua rushed back home. She washed her face and covered up everything to not let anybody know what she has been doing. But she ended right in front of a person she did not want to. 

"Aiden," she called him. "What are you doing around my palace?" She asked him. 

"I wanted to see if everything is fine around here," he replied her. 

"Why?" 

"I increased our security and have tripled the guards in the palace, we are trying to keep you safe as possible, don't even think of wandering around again and make our efforts go in vain," he warned her. He was aware that she had left the palace and is coming back from the trip. And he was also aware of the fact that the person she visited is none other than the Demon King Huo. But her return did not prove that she left the castle in the mind to go back again there, and it made Aiden feel well and good.

"I give you my word, I won't do anything and get into trouble, I want to live and want to show the universe what am capable of," she said, feeling strong and determined. Aiden could sense the meaning behind her words and he smiled at her. 

"Alright, you better keep your word then," he said. He handed her a small pouch. 

"What is it?" She asked him getting them from him. 

"A tiny weapon that will be useful to you, especially for sneak attack. They are tiny pins, one thrown at the right place is enough to kill a person without injuries, " he gave her information. 

"Am not thirsty to kill anybody right now but I will keep them and put them into good use when necessary," she said and  decided carry it everyday along with her sword and dagger.

Aiden bid farewell with Aqua and stood watching her disappearing into her chamber. He could see that she is hurt mentally and wondered about what could have happened between her and the Demon King. 

Aqua took off her clothes and sat on her bed wearing only the petticoat. She then let out her emotions. The memories she unlocked from his body flashed before her eyes. The way Volca had tried to put him in bed. If not for her crystals in the body, he would have already finished everything with Volca and even given her a child. The thought disgusted Aqua and she cried her heart out as all the memories unravelled. The way he hated her, believing Volca's words and how he failed to respect her father's emotions. She couldn't just forgive him thinking of any of it. "How could you choose to not search for me, think of me? How could you stop loving me in the name of losing your consciousness taken over by the crystals.  It shows how much you do not care about me anymore and want to get rid of me," she misunderstood him the big time. "We are so over Huo, we are, you are so done, " she said wiping her tears off and trying to not sob. 

Milan saw it and did not dare enough to interrupt her sister. She instead let it be and continued with her work. 

Aqua did not step out of the chamber for the next two days, shutting herself out to move on from her love. She decided to never meet him again, to not care about him, to not love him and to never be there for him. She taught herself that. 

Her family respected her privacy and did not go to her side for the two whole days. But on the morning of day 3, her mother interrupted her seclusion. 

"Enough Aqua, that's enough," Queen Rivera said. 

"What? Mother," Aqua asked back. 

"Do not forget that you are a princess and that you can escape being that, we will never let you choose anybody as you will, you will listen to us regarding such a matter from now on," Queen Rivera informed her. "Now you know love is dangerous and means nothing to the Demons," she pointed out. Since Rivera understood the fact that Aqua had known about Huo'er's past during her absence, Rivera did not hesitate to discuss about it with her daughter. "We were very disappointed and hurt seeing how Huo behaved to all of us and how he disrespected you, walking around with that Demoness. The rumours had no boundaries. We just chose not to believe it as we could, " she said angrily. "I don't want my daughter to be with such a kind of man anymore, and yes finally I can say rightfully, since you know it yourself now and since there is no more a heart left within him but turned himself to a true Demon forgetting his master's teachings, how unfilial and disappointing!" Queen Rivera said with disgust. Aqua felt terribly upset and but she couldn't help but remain silent. She hated to hear such things from others, slandering him, but she let it be and tired her best to move on from things that are ruining her.

"Remember, we will always be here for you, we live for you, we have been through a lot on this journey, along with you, you must remember all of this," Queen Rivera said again, reminding Aqua, asking her to be faithful to them and left her chamber. She ordered the maids to help Aqua take a shower, and serve her with fresh hot meals.

King Aenon was waiting for her in the court room with Master Bo Hai next to him, to train her from level 1 since Aqua had new bodily changes in her. Aiden send the guards to pass on the message to Aqua asking her to hurry to the court and he left to meet his parents. 

Aqua hurried the moment she heard about the news. She entered the court wearing a lavender and white hanfu with the crown in her head and bowed at her shifu.

"Pardon me," she apologized for being late. 

"No problem Princess Aqua," Shifu said getting up from the chair. "How is your health now?" He asked her. 

"Am fine, not entirely but not sick so far, I need to restore my levels of cultivation, " she said unaware that there is no need for it anymore. "Please help me with that shifu, I really really want to, as soon as it is possible the better it would make me feel, I cannot lag anymore," she said. Master Bo Hai smiled. 

"Calm down, and let's take one step at a time, but we will have to travel a little," he said to her.

"I would not mind that, if pa is okay with it," she looked at her father for permission. 

"I am only happy to see you getting back on your feet, I want to see nothing more than you being yourself," King Aenon said and gave his permission. 

"When do we leave?" She asked getting excited. 

"It is not easy as you see it is," Shifu told the King and the Princess. "You see, first I have to study your condition a little bit more, their find methods and techniques that will not harm your core and the crystals. Then I have to see the maximum level you will be able to unlock in that technique and study about the exhaustion rate of the technique we will choose for you, Only after confirming with the health status of yours and the cultivation you will practice, will I grant you permission to join me in  my journey to different places and teach you, taking all the potential out and out them in your hand," Master Bo Hai explained everything to King Aenon and Princess Aqua thoroughly. 

"That means it will take a lot of time,"

"In the meanwhile, we will continue with lower levels of cultivation and practices together," he informed his plan. 

"Together you mean?" Water King asked Master Bo Hai.  But shifu ignored the question knowing the reaction about to come well and good. He did not want to stir troubles and have Aqua fail in regaining her strength for some unnecessary egoes. 

"Aqua, come meet me tomorrow at the foot of East Mount Precious tomorrow morning. I will wait for you there, but not too long, remember punctuality means everything, " Master Bo Hai said to Aqua and took his leave. She watched him disappear and looked at King Aenon who looked very hopeful about his daughter. 

"I will not disappoint you father," she promised and walke back to her palace letting the King carry on with his work. She walked with her heads held high up. "I will show you who I am," she said and smirked, feeling determined to defeat somebody.