"What was that? Where is he?"
Louisanna blinked twice as she noticed that the man in front of her was already gone. There wasn't even a trace of him seen on the sight as she walked onto the location where Domhall was lying down earlier while groaning in pain.
She stared onto the floor and noticed that there was a small pit of fire burning in the center of one of her tiles, which has a color of black and white.
It was too little as it can even be compared to the size of a marble ball. As she bent her body a bit and extended her arms so she could touch the fire, just to confirm if it was real or just her imagination since everything that happened tonight seems like a dream, or nightmare, perhaps— the fire immediately shrank.
It burned brightly for a split second before it disappeared.
"Oh, wow." Louisanna shook her head before she lightly tapped her forehead. "I'm not yet crazy, aren't I?"
After that, she tried to slap herself lightly onto her cheeks, just to make sure she wasn't insane, and she was still in her right mind.
"Do I have a third eye now?" She couldn't help but ask herself that ridiculous question as she went inside her bathroom and like what she did before Domhall came, she threw herself on the bed, ready to sleep.
However, because of the uncanny things that happened earlier, her whole mind was awake as she thought how Gianna would call her a crazy woman if she told her about this, so she decided to just keep it to herself since no one would even believe her if she tried to spread the rumors.
"Red eyes which looked like the eyes of a demon, and a self-proclaimed demon king who entered my house… " she muttered in a low tone as she stared into the white ceiling. "As I think about that all over again, it felt like I'm in a movie. Damn."
Louisanna chuckled a bit before she turned her direction to the side, and with that, she saw the full moon.
A smile plastered on her lips as she saw how the moonlight brightens every second she stares at it… Like it was giving her comfort on all the things she needed to deal with right now.
Without any particular reason, she loved the moon more than the sun, or the stars. Every time she stares at it, she can feel like she can feel weak and vulnerable.
She always thought that the moon would be able to protect her from everything. With that, she decided not to think about anything anymore.
'Regardless if what happened earlier was real or not, it doesn't change the fact that it was done. I couldn't do anything about it, except forgetting it,' Louisanna said in the back of her mind as she drove herself to sleep.
Meanwhile, as Louisanna was having her peaceful slumber, Domhall was walking back and forth on Inferno, sticking both of his hands onto the pockets of his pants, as his brows were furrowed because of the sentence he heard Louisanna say.
"Did she just call me a self-proclaimed demon king?" His brows even furrowed deeper as he asked that question. "I can't believe this. Wow."
What he placed earlier on Louisanna's house— The mini-fire Louisanna was staring at before it shrank and vanished was a part of his plan.
It was his way to monitor her for a while even though he was in hell. If the power he made would be compared to the technologies of the human world, it would be called CCTV.
His power in the human world wouldn't last for days since what he was doing was illegal. Even kings like him need to follow the basic rules set by the council, with the approval of the majesties from heaven and hell.
That's the only thing he knows by now, and he knew that if he tried to dig deeper into Louisanna's existence, he would be able to discover something no one had ever known before.
"Hah." Domhall chuckled as he let out a laugh when he heard Louisanna's snoring on the other world.
He was sensitive to noise, so he deactivated the power he had on Louisanna's house for a while to save his energy as well, but when he realized that something worthy could happen to Louisanna in her sleep, he immediately snapped his hands to activate his power.
But it was too late. The moment Domhall deactivated his power was the crucial mistake he made… since an unusual power was protecting Louisanna right now, even though she was unconscious.
"Fuck!" That was the only thing Domhall could say as he messed up with his hair, feeling annoyed as suddenly, there was a huge fire surrounding him.
His power was out of his control because of rage.
He walked onto his throne and he sat on it, crossing his legs as he stared into his peasants trying their best to escape this. Unfortunately, the only way they could only escape is when Domhall cursed them by ceasing them to reincarnate.
His red eyes went darker the moment he thought about what he should do about Louisanna.
He didn't care about the past, or even what race she came from— Although there's a part of him that wants to seek the answer to that question because of mere curiosity.
He's certain that Louisanna has something to do with his transformation. She's always there when something strange happens to him.
Like now, where he can feel an unusual force of energy on her body, her eyes changing from the color black to blue without her knowing, and her soul was even something.
It wasn't even tainted, like an angel.
'But how can an angel curse someone? It was prohibited.'
"This is driving me insane.." Domhall tapped his fingers onto the armrest of his throne as he thought of something he could do for a while.
If Louisanna's energy was powerful even though she wasn't aware of it, it would be dangerous for him if she remembers everything. He should manipulate her memories first before she does something about it.
"Maybe I can make her a sinner!" Domhall exclaimed in excitement as he planned on manipulating Louisanna's memory, making her have a negative and evil mindset so he could have a chance to taint her soul.
According to the book he had read before, the strength and energy consumed by a demon king will be doubled once the energy he consumes came from a pure, white soul tainted recently.
Thinking that Louisanna would be able to eliminate his horrible demonic form, or even enhance it, at least, he stood up as he immediately teleported to Louisanna's house, but he stopped when he felt an energy coming from her that was even stronger than the last time he saw her.
That strange power despite unawareness made him abort his mission as he immediately teleported to Inferno for the second time, catching his breath like someone was holding his neck, even though it wasn't the case.
"Good morning, world!"
Today, Louisanna woke up with peace in her heart. She couldn't stop smiling as she sat down on her bed, extended her arms to the ceiling, and gave herself a light stretch.
She felt peaceful and happy as she thought that today will be a great day for her, which is the exact opposite of her thoughts as everything that happened last night was full of disaster.
It was four o'clock in the morning. She had enough energy as she turned off her alarm clock and jumped out of her bed. It's been a while since she felt revitalized like this.
Maybe despite the demon king visiting her last night, her fate was able to convert that bad energy coming from him into a good one.
"Have a great day ahead, buddy," Louisanna told herself as she stopped in front of the full-sized mirror in her room.
She realized she looked like a mess because she wasn't able to even change her clothes or wash her face last night, but her body feels good. That's what matters the most.
After that, Louisanna did her morning ritual as she prepared herself to go to school.
"Good morning, dear neighbors!" Louisanna greeted some of her neighbors who were cleaning the front of their houses using a broom and a dustpan.
She's wearing her school uniform, which is a white blouse, black slacks, and black leather shoes partnered with her faded white socks, and her old black bag that she always used back when she was in her high school days.
"G-Good morning!" Some of the neighbors greeted her back just to avoid being rude.
Those neighbors had their lips parted because it was rare for Louisanna to greet them. She was always quiet and aloof.
Starting from when her mother was confined to the hospital, Louisanna even stopped playing with her friends as she needed to deal with a big responsibility at a young age.
"Have a great day ahead!" she could even hear one of her neighbors tell her.
She didn't know their names, and she wasn't planning on having a getting-to-know-you segment, anyway. She only knew them by their faces, and what kind of rumors they spread about the Lohengrin family.
They weren't the kind of neighbors everyone would think. Instead of helping them cope up with their situation, they even had them as the popular talk of the town.
"Same to you!" Louisanna smiled at them as an answer, and as soon as those people couldn't see her face anymore since she walked past them already, her smile immediately faded as it was changed into a frown.
"Plastic bitches," she muttered in a low tone as she rolled her eyes while waiting for the bus so she could go to school.
After that, when a bus stopped in front of her, she immediately went inside and sat on the edge of the bus, near the window.
It was her favorite spot because she loves looking at her surroundings, but as she was on her way to her school, the peaceful and lovely day she thought she'd have, suddenly went out of the drain as she saw Domhall, the guy from last night, standing in front of her.
Louisanna blinked her eyes— not twice, but thrice, as she slapped both of her cheeks to test if it was another set of her imagination or not.
"You weren't dreaming, if that's what you think," Domhall told her in an authoritative and seductive tone, as a smirk plastered onto his face. "Looks like you have a good day. Do you want me to ruin it for you, my lady?"
"What the fuck do you want?" Louisanna asked him without hesitation as she raised one of her brows.
Just as when she's trying to forget everything, the guy suddenly showed up in front of her.
With that, Louisanna couldn't help but check him out. She couldn't see his imperial horns— which she saw last night, but she could see how his blue polo shirt and faded jeans complimented his body built, messy black hair, and captivating red eyes.
Louisanna didn't notice that he was staring at him for a long time as her lips were parting. Meanwhile, Domhall was also doing the same.
His gaze stared at Louisanna's lips more than he expected, as he thought that those red and soft lips would be enjoyable to kiss. With that, he could feel the sudden heat traveling onto the different parts of his body.
There's something with this woman that captivates his attention a lot, even back from the time he was in the human world. He never knew why it was the case, but every time he was with her, or even just at a near distance from her, he could see himself going onto her even though he knew how painful it would be in the process.
It wasn't even helping him that Louisanna's scent lingers on his nose. It was so sweet, feminine, and delicate. He could even just smell her all day while laying his head on her legs.
He smiled at his thoughts, only to realize it was not the reason why he went to see her.
Louisanna keeps on messing up with his mind.
"What did you do to me, woman?" Domhall asked her in a threatening tone before his hand traveled onto his jaws, gripping them tightly as her lips parted.
She tried to shout and ask for help, but it seems like her voice can't be found out of nowhere.
In the blink of an eye, Louisanna found herself gasping in fear as she noticed how the people with her inside the bus had suddenly disappeared, and she was already in a different place.
Fire.
The fire was everywhere as Domhall was in front of her, and a wall was behind her. Louisanna's eyes even went wider as she thought the fire would already consume them.
She wondered how painful it was to have those fires buried in the depths of her skin.
'If I'm having a nightmare, please, let me wake up!' Louisanna exclaimed at the back of her mind.
They were surrounded by fire but she couldn't feel any heat, although sweat was forming on her forehead, she was certain that it was because of Domhall's presence, and it looked like he was ready to take her down.
Domhall took a step forward and placed both of his hands on both sides of her head. She couldn't move.
She even forgot how to breathe as she saw Domhall's face up close, and how his horns were showing while she was staring at his forehead.
"I'll ask you for the second time," Domhall told her as he placed his lips on her ear. "Who are you really, and what are you doing to me?"
"W-What?" Louisanna blinked her eyes twice as she heard that question. "I-I should be the one to ask you that, right?"
The fire went bigger as it formed into a circle surrounding them. Louisanna didn't know at that time what to feel. She always feels mesmerized by the scene like she saw all of it before, and as if she was a part of it before.
The fire looked like dancing waters in her eyes, and that expression almost made Domhall lose control.
"No." Instead, Domhall caressed her cheek before saying, "You won't be able to ask that because after this, you won't even remember me unless I give those pieces of your memory back."
With that, he snapped his fingers on his left hand as he summoned something above them. It was another ball of fire.
"I, Domhall Palmer, with the hell's power, command you to forget everything that happened since last night."
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