NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6: Search
The guilty feeling in your subconscious will forever torment you and affect your daily life, when you have done something against your will but did it anyway listening to other's instructions and unless you make up your mind to compromise, apologise and find peace as you recover. It's better late than never, and you definitely will be given chances to make up.
Volca was worried. She hasn't seen Huo for hours now. She searched the whole castle and failed to find him. She was also worried because of his lower cultivation status since he is yet to heal from his injuries caused by water crystals. Anxiety grew inside her leading her to think imagine all sorts if negative things, forgetting the fact that he is the Demon King.
She asked the maids and even checked his personal steam bath cover herself. But he was nowhere to be found. She set her foot outside the castle to look around. Every minute passed by, Volca's mind went restless. More importantly she didn't wish for anybody to know about it nor alert her mother.
She got afraid. She got worried for the wrong timing he has chosen to set out on his own. With Aqua's return, she already had lost confidence about how longer she could conceal the truths from her king. "I should have tagged along with him, why the heck did I let him step out on his own?" she uttered under her breath running around. 'What if he meets her? What he gets swayed? What if she pursues him? Would he remember? Will she take back her Crystal?' She wondered.
But little did Volca know how he had crossed the border and gone to the forbidden place, gone in search of truth, gone to get a glimpse of what people had been discussing about creating hype.
The sun was shining bright before it sets, giving the sky a luminous look that would please one's eye to watch such a view, pink and golden shades with purple clouds that moved freely around. Volca who usually enjoy sky gazing forgot to look up at the moment and trace his star instead of worrying about his whereabouts. Though star tracing power has been illegal, Fiona had taught her daughter every illegal activity existed going against the orders from the kings over the century.
The dry lands often led to sand storms forcing the Clan to stay indoors very often. Even though Huo'er has been able out some charms inside the cities, it couldn't be stable and withstand for long, since his powers are still too low for his stage. Volca remember to cover her face putting the veil over her head. The bushes on the sands, planted and watered once a while looked like growing well.
She met the Demon troop of ten coming back from their daily training session close to the borders. "Have you seen his majesty around the camp or on your way back?" she enquired about his whereabouts to the guards.
"No my lady,, we haven't," the troop leader said and continued with their journey. She stopped interacting with them and resumed with her search.
"How could that be?" She kept wondering, talking to herself. "Could he have gone to the water resource to meet the security team there after the meeting?"
Still it didn't dawn to her, to go back to the heaven and meet him. She decided to go back to the castle and wait for him there instead of wasting her energy.
She undressed and asked the maids to bring her new sets of clothes and boots after she takes the shower again. The rumours of Aqua's return has been spreading like a wild fire in Demon Realm. Volca wasn't liking it at all, but she took careful measures to not spill a word or commit a mistake that would expose her and her mother, the deeds they had done and truth. Yet she had zero regrets in doing this to her best friend. "Sorry Aqua, but I would still choose the same path to win over what is mine, rather than give and send you my blessing, " she said as she splashed the water in anger.
Few more hours passed by and Volca kept waiting for Huo to return back. She read through some petitions piled up that needed attention to kill time and asked the eunuchs to proceed with taking actions for arresting thieves stealing food grains from the storage.
A few minutes later, Volca heard Huo'er speaking with someone else. She ran out to see him. But Huo stopped her.
"We will talk tomorrow, I'm tired," he said and left. To Volca he did look exhausted and without saying anything further, she let him be. She wished to know what he has been doing and why he looked tired. After all he is the Demon King. She reminded herself. She felt foolish to be waiting and forever yearning to lie in his arms so much giving him all of her, proving her loyalty and worth. After all these years, and still, she hasn't made any progress with her relationship except formal and official relationship.