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Bab 44: Mated to the Demon Lord (2)

Lord Kieran was seething in anger. It was obvious to him that Xanaros was using this opportunity to undermine him by using the mortal magus against him. It would be unfair for the mortal human to take the blame for the death of Aleera's high mage.

However, it only proved that Iris's magic was extremely deadly to the extent that her magic was able to repel the magic of a high mage. The memory of the creation magic Iris showed that fateful night showed that she was more than just a fourth tiered magus.

No magus would be able to resist such a mental attack and restore one's health and life, unless they reached a certain level. Her creation magic was almost comparable to the High Queens of the faerie kingdoms. It was said that life bloomed anywhere they walked on, but Iris had practically restored the woods in a blink of an eye and dispelled the vampire lord's eternal winter spell.

Remus, a saint who was able to use divine magic, assumed that Iris was at least able to cast fourth tiered spells, but it was only because the Undead Lord placed a magic limiter on her. There was no telling how strong Iris could be if once she was capable of utilizing her magic at its full potential.

Perhaps this was why Aleera wanted Iris dead. There hadn't been any magus that were able to reach the seventh tier after the Black Mage's fall. Did she perhaps think that Iris would follow the footsteps of the Black Mage once she learned how to utilize her magic? Or was she afraid that another Black Mage would appear amongst the magi in Asnar?

"It still doesn't change the fact that Lord Kieran has marked one of the maidens as his people." Aleera insisted. "Dravial has sent us the list of the names of the tributes for us to forecast their fates. Bringing a marked tribute here has put Remus's hard work to naught."

"Kieran wouldn't take back the geas from Lady Iris." King Eldas pointed out. "Now that she's one of his people, I assume that he will take responsibility for all of this."

"She belongs to him now." The Red King nodded. "Since that's the case, let's push it one step further, shall we?"

The Red King snapped his thumb and forefinger together and Iris felt like she was being incinerated alive. She dropped on her knees and cried in pain. A rune appeared on her back, burning a part of her shirt in the process, exposing the rune for everyone to see.

"Iris!" Amelia cried. However, before she could take a step towards her friend, Ricci appeared behind her and stopped her from going near Iris.

"You can't touch her, Miss Amelia! You will die!" Ricci said helplessly as Amelia struggled in her hold. It was clear that Iris was being punished by the Red King.

Panic rose in Amelia's eyes as she looked at Iris then to Lord Kieran, hoping that the demon lord would do something to help her friend. However, her stomach dropped when Kieran ignored Iris's pain.

"How dare you?!" The Undead Lord hissed towards the Red King. A scalding sound followed and a wisp of smoke appeared behind him. "You dare to mark me with this mortal woman?!"

He was betrothed to Iris Scarborough now and will be bound to her through magic and mating rune that were embedded on their skin. The hardness in his eyes showed displeasure at the sudden turn of events.

Xanaros cocked his head on one side and clasped his hands together. It was obvious to everyone now that he was taking delight in seeing the Undead Lord try to spare the human magus from being killed.

"What? Think of it as I'm extending an olive branch to you. I'm merely helping you reach your goal. Aren't you curious whether this mating rune would be able to kill you?" He said arrogantly. "If this human dies, you do. Or is it an exception as well? Your curse surely has an exemption at some point."

Lord Kieran's jaws hardened. He then looked at the human who was crying out in pain on the dais below them. He waved his hand and Iris suddenly passed out and lost consciousness.

Seeing what he'd done, the Red King burst into laughter. His mask did nothing to hide the amusement on his face and the wicked smile on his lips. It curled deviously, showing his perfectly white teeth.

"You act like this mortal human meant nothing to you and yet you took her pain away. How the mighty have fallen. To think that there would come a day that I will see you protect a mortal human - the creatures you've despised the most? Do tell us, Kieran, what kind of spell has this magus placed on you?"

The Undead Lord said nothing, but the way he looked at the Red King, it promised slow death and torture. He would have killed Xanaros right here, right now if they weren't all bound to a blood pact they made a millennium ago.

The pact was to keep the thirteen demon lords from murdering each other. However, it wasn't enough to stop them from scheming and trying to use others to kill one of them. Xanaros had been trying to kill Lord Kieran for centuries, but to no avail. The Red King kept failing every time.

"Eldas, do you think this is enough punishment for Kieran and Lady Iris?" Xanaros ignored Kieran's deadly glare and regarded the other demon lord instead. "This way, if something happened to Lady Iris, Kieran would be affected as well."

"Do as you wish, but this better not bite your arse in the future, Xanaros." King Eldas warned him, but Xanaros shrugged it off.

"We'll see." He said nonchalantly. Xanaros didn't care if Iris died in the process. He was merely curious if the mating bond between the two would be able to kill Kieran as well.


Bab 45: Mating Bond (1)

Amelia dipped the washcloth into a basin filled with cold water and squeezed out the excess liquid before using the damp cloth to wipe the sweat on Iris's face. Meanwhile, Chysanthe and Ricci were standing near the windowsill, conversing in low voices, occasionally throwing Iris a worried look.

Iris had been unconscious for almost half a day now. The sun had already set and all the maidens were scheduled to travel with Queen Asheera to Shayla Kingdom the very next day.

"We didn't expect that the rest of the Court of Shadows would punish Lady Iris like this. Lord Kieran regretted than she was dragged into his dispute with Master Xanaros." Amelia heard Ricci say.

The demon lord had dropped by earlier to check on Iris, but he didn't utter a single word at her and Chrysanthe. He merely stared at Iris blankly for a long moment, deep in his own thoughts. He then left and never came back.

"Does this mean that Iris's life is in danger now? Why did the Red King forcibly put a mating rune to her and Lord Kieran? What is he trying to achieve?" Amelia took a seat next to Iris's bed and looked at the fae.

Iris's life in Dravial was already risky, and although they knew that Asnar was more dangerous, neither Amelia nor Chrysanthe expected that their best friend's life would be hanging on a thread as soon as they arrived at the world of the magical beings.

Their friend might have been able to avoid the persecution in Dravial, but here, she would be targeted by the other demon lords and darklings that had an enmity against Lord Kieran.

"Lord Kieran didn't think that Lady Iris would replace her sister and come here as a tribute instead. He might have bestowed her the geas, thinking that it would protect Lady Iris from the other darklings that are lurking near Calaren Town." Ricci explained, her eyes widening slightly seeing Iris rousing from her slumber.

"Lady Iris…"

As soon as she uttered those words, Amelia turned around and immediately helped her friend to sit up on the bed.

"How are you feeling?" She asked Iris.

"My back is aching. What happened to me?"

Iris felt like she had just hit a boulder as her whole body was aching. The last thing she remembered was the demon lords arguing about what to do with her and how to punish Lord Kieran for giving her a geas before the selection.

She would be lying if she said that she wasn't afraid earlier. Being in the presence of the thirteen demon lords was enough to remind her of how insignificant her life was in these darklings' eyes. They were willing to use her as a tool just to get rid of Lord Kieran.

"Master Xanaros placed a mating rune on you and Lord Kieran." Amelia replied, keeping her voice low, just in case Iris was having a headache. "Miss Ricci said that it would be impossible to remove, but she thinks that Lord Kieran would eventually find a way to remove it."

A mating rune.

Iris shut her eyes and heaved a deep breath. She might not have received the same education as Amelia and Chrysanthe, but she wasn't that dumb not to know what a mating rune was.

"What did Lord Kieran say about it?" She asked Ricci.

She heard what the High Fae had said earlier, but she wanted to know what the demon lord thought of the mating bond that was forced upon them. If the rumors about Lord Kieran hating humans were true, he must be simmering with rage knowing that he was bound to a mortal human like her.

"He said nothing about being bound to you, Lady Iris." Ricci confessed. "I dropped by to bid goodbye, ladies. Lord Kieran and the rest of us are going back to Aisgarth. Forgive me for not being able to accompany you to Shayla Kingdom."

The three young women could see on Ricci's face that she was telling the truth. She was the first darkling they met that didn't pose any danger towards them and regarded them with respect, despite their heritage.

"You don't have to apologize to us, Miss Ricci. You've been a great help to us from the moment we left Calaren Town. If it wasn't for you, I don't think that we would be able to arrive in Asnar without losing our heads in the process." Amelia voiced out their mutual opinion towards their new friend. "It's an honor to be acquainted with you, Miss Ricci."

Despite the thick black armor she was donning like the rest of the Frost Guards, Ricci's face turned crimson from hearing their words. A little more and Iris thought the red haired fairy's face would turn into the same shade as her hair.

She looked at them with tear-glistened eyes, which made Iris wonder if the fae never had a friend or a confidante before meeting them.

Ricci smiled at them and blinked her tears away and said, "Master Yuri left another message for you though. He said that you wouldn't have to worry about your safety or the risk of being killed as long as you are in Shayla Kingdom. Queen Asheera would keep you safe until you, Miss Amelia and Miss Chrysanthe are ready to leave."

"I see." Iris whispered as she looked at her calloused hands, wondering when she had lost the leather gloves she was wearing earlier. As she looked down on her dirty shirt, she had no doubt that she looked like a mess now.

"Can I… can I at least have a word with Lord Kieran?" She asked.

"Iris!" Amelia exclaimed, while Chrysanthe gripped the side of her skirt as she looked at her friends.

"Isn't it enough that you are in this condition because of him?" Amelia admonished her friend.

"It's not like Lord Kieran wanted this to happen." Iris frowned, then looked at Ricci.

If there's one thing she knew about Lord Kieran, it was that he won't do a thing that he might regret later. Also, it cannot be denied that she disrupted the selection and the ritual by switching places with Junifer and coming to Asnar in her stead.

"Forgive me, Lady Iris. Lord Kieran and Master Cal left an hour ago. You may send him letters later, but please don't expect any response from him. We are mostly on the battlefield and leisure time for ourselves is almost a luxury we can't afford to have."


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