12 CHAPTER 11

*Royal palace of Keltia, Kai*

After Ariel was taken by the demons and The demon general attacked the palace, Harold has been in a bad mood since 'One day, I'll show those demons their place. As for that unfilial son of mine-'.

As he was thinking a man came inside the hall and bowed, Harold looked at him and said "What is it", He said, "Reporting to your majesty, First princess has returned.".

Harold sighed, he could feel another headache coming.

First princess Alice had a strong bond with Ariel. Due to her only Ariel was able to survive the onslaught of the empress. He thought 'What should I do now, She will not stay silent.'.

A beautiful girl hurriedly entered the hall and said "FATHER, where is Ariel, I can't find him anywhere". She looked about 16 years old with brown hair, deep blue eyes and a face that could cause the downfall of Empires.

Harold looked at her and said in a stern voice "Is this the way you talk to your father", The girl simply bowed in response and said "Greeting father, please tell me where Ariel is I can't find him anywhere" She had a worried look on her face.

Harold said coldly "He left", Alice yelled at him "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE LEFT, HE'S JUST A CHILD. WHY WOULD HE LEAVE", Harold released his aura which pressured Alice causing her to stop talking.

"He was taken to the Demon empire, He was attacked in our palace grounds and his grandfather took him. From now on he's not a part of Kai's royal family, he's become the crown prince of Azael", Harold had a hateful look on his face as he remembered Robin who made him kneel.

Alice had a confused look on her face and stood as if lightning had struck her. She suddenly roared at him "YOU.... THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF YOU", tears started falling out of her eyes."Had you taken care of him a little better, he would have never been attacked? To hell with your Royal family, I'm going to Azael to meet him".

Harold stood up and said threateningly "YOU will not be going anywhere, Haven't you shamed me enough. Is your father's dignity not worth anything to you?".

Alice just stood there ignoring him, seeing this Harold coldly said "If not for my agreement with your teacher, I would have married you off right now. But don't worry the time will come".

Alice fell on her knees and said pleadingly "Father I'm willing to listen to your every command, just get Ariel back from the demon empire, I will take him with me to the Acade-"

*SLAP*

Harold slapped her as she was speaking "Just shut your filthy mouth, You're here for your holiday's spend them peacefully and leave. Do not try to search for that boy again or even if it means offending the Supreme institute ill marry you off". Due to him not holding back on the slap Alice fainted.

Harold ordered coldly "Take Alice to her room and don't let her out", two women clad in black clothes appeared and took Alice and disappeared.

*Black forest*

Its been two days since Ariel and his guards had started their journey to the Elf village, They did not encounter any major obstacles till now.

Ariel was sitting inside his luxurious carriage, he was pretty bored but as they had to travel for three more days he kept himself occupied in cultivation. Saint realm was different from the immortal realm. In the immortal realm a person has only touched the essence of divinity, but to advance into the saint realm a person has to comprehend the divine laws only then they could breakthrough.

Ariel knew this and he was pretty excited because from his master's training he got a clear idea of how to tap into divinity, and according to his current calculations. It will take him at least 5 to 6 months to breakthrough.

'Finally, I would be able to use the Blood Demon Sword, although not for a long time. But if what master said was true then within the next three years I would be able to achieve demigod realm', he suddenly sensed something and his eyes lit up in excitement.

Silias also sensed a group of people approaching them from all sides, just as he wanted to give an order to attack' Ariel ordered: "Just defend yourself, don't kill them now". All the Knights acknowledged his orders.

After some time they were surrounded by around 30 bandits, They did not attack them, they just stood there. A beautiful woman in a red dress came forward, she had an extremely voluptuous body with her dress only covering the important parts of her body, She looked extremely hot.

"We don't want to kill you, just surrender and give us your valuables and we will let you go."

Silias looked towards the carriage, seeing no response he said "We are from the royal family of Azael, We are escorting The Crown Prince of Azael, If you turn around now we will let you live or else" as he took his sword out, seeing him others also pulled out their weapons. Ariel who was inside the carriage thought 'Is he stupid-'

The woman started laughing "Well well, I didn't know that we have a prince with us. Do you want me to bow", other bandits also laughed.

"Now, we can't let you leave without glancing at the precious prince. Hell, he might as well stay here if I like him." She started walking towards the carriage.

"You're overstepping your bounds" Silias was angered.

"Stand down Silias" odered Ariel.

The woman reached the carriage and opened the door.

"Wahhhh he's so cuteee"

She screamed, she turned towards Silas and said "You can go, But he stays".

Ariel had now figured out what to do with them, he was grinning. He looked at Silias and said coldly, "Except for the woman kill all of them".

Silias bowed and said, "As you wish your majesty".

The woman was confused "What do you-" but suddenly she heard screams of her companions all over, she turned and saw most of them lying on the ground, the ground painted with red blood.

"Now, tell me, woman. What's your name"

"V-vi-victoria," she said, she looked at the kid who was also looking at her but his gaze was ice cold. She couldn't imagine that this cute boy was the one who ordered her companions massacre, she was afraid and wanted to just escape.

Ariel was bored and wanted something to entertain him and now he found his entertainment. He smirked.

"Do you want to live"