On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 104: The Unexpected

Huo when he took off he didn't think twice about the situation. When he reached the palace, situation looked a bit messy. The guards walking around in hurry, securities tightened and he saw Aiden walking inside the palace gates for his luck.

Huo confirmed his identity with the knights in the gate and entered quickly. He ran and caught up with the Grand Prince.

"What in the universe are you doing here?" Aiden asked the Demon King the moment he spotted Huo walking towards him. 

"What else, am here for you," Huo replied. He noticed Aiden for the first time. He looked pretty elegant for a Grand Prince, with his white and blue hanfu, the signature colour of Water Realm costumes. The hairstyle, the hair length, the braid, the weapons he carried, everything was classy. His face was no exception.  'Why the hell did he have to be another perfect male here?' He thought inside his head as he engaged himself in a conversation with Aiden. 'Better stay away from Aqua to remain this pretty in the future or I will kneed your body like a dumpling dough,'

"Why would you need me? What for?" Aiden asked him. "How did you even enter the palace easily? My guards are too weak," Aiden wanted to know  forgetting the fact that huo had turned his hair back to silver and people couldn't recognize him as a demon. 

"What's happening here? It doesn't feel normal, the atmosphere," Huo enquired. 

"That's none of your business, just tell me why you are here and leave," Aiden said. 

"Master Bo Hai is looking for you,"

"Is Aqua Alright, Is she sick or did you hurt her?" Aiden started worrying. 

"Why would I hurt my wife?" He asked back.

Aiden smirked and took several steps forward. He kept his hands on Huo'er's shoulders and dusted the cloak, patting his shoulder along. "Watch what you say Demon, don't forget you cut the ties yourself, gave her up and trampled on the pride of Water Realm, we forgive yes but we don't forget," Aiden said very calmly. 

"Don't worry, I know what to do," Huo took Aiden's hands off him and smiled confidently. "I know what am doing, just go visit my shifu," Huo said and turned back to leave.

"Oh and one more thing," Aiden said and made Huo stop walking. Huo waited. "We have decided to cut ties with Demon Realm now, the help we received in the form of several funds, we will pay back, but," he paused. Huo turned back again and looked at Aiden. He waited until Aiden spoke again. "We want you to destroy the proofs, without leaving a trace, or else we are done for real this time," he finished. 

"Mwo? What?" Huo asked not understanding anything Aiden said. "No why? Wae? Am asking you," 

"Just do it," Aiden said and nodded his head once, asking him to do it urgently again with actions. "I will go meet shifu, why don't you return to your castle and help us this once?" Aiden suggested the possible idea. 

"Why would I do that? And I do not expect any returns, I didn't loan them and never saw it as your liability,  I need nothing back," Huo poured out what he had in his heart. 

"Is this how you trick people, no wonder people adore you," Aiden kept mocking Huo who was standing there at the top level of his toleration with The Grand Prince. 

"I have said what i want to, I want the Realm and my birth home to be safe," Huo said. 

"What are you talking about? What nonsense?" Aiden asked.

"Ah looks like you have no idea, Water Palace is my home, born here, Water Kingdom is my birth place,"

"Then try protecting your birth home this time if you can," Aiden said and left. "Good luck and remember to do what I said without fail, I am taking off to the mountains," he said and disappeared, apparating. 

"Damn what does he mean?" What could he have meant, what was he meaning to tell me? Why is the place also covered with unusual faces, the new guards in a different uniform. "What the hell is going on?" He kept thinking and walked towards the court to see the king. Huo entered the well lit, well decorated court. He saw many people working but not the Water King, nor his assistants. "That's strange," Huo disguised himself as a palace knight. 

"What are these records?" Huo enquired.

"Oh sir, we are trying to make sure that there are no faults in our taxes while presenting it to the Emperor,"

"When should we take them?" Huo asked.

"Soon as possible, before the deadline given next week," he said and continued with his work. 

"I don't understand why the Emporer is eager to destroy the Water Realm and exterminate the family, We will  be ruined, what can we do without King Aenon, the crown princess is weak and is hidden away to not include her in this and not announce her return, we must protect her at any cost, she is our only hope," he went on, telling his fellow soldier. 

"What?" Huo asked. "Why an extermination?" He asked. "I don't get it why Emporer keeps doing that," 

"I know right," the guard looked up and asked Huo to sit next to him. "Emperor has sent the royal decree saying that he has traced corruption in King Aenon's reign and also accused him of harbouring a beast," 

"A beast?" Huo asked. 

"Hmm yes, we have no idea who it could be," royal guard whispered. "But someone in the family is not a water descent, " Huo grew tensed.

"That could be a serious crime, if things regarding adoption has been hidden, but who? Could it be Aiden, he is a dilong somehow," Huo thought. He quickly got up. He wished to return back to the moutian but before that he had to clear things like Aiden said to him. Huo decided to go back to the Demon Realm, to his castle and destroy all the proofs of his trade with Water Realm and the King. 

Huo realized everything one by one. How Shifu approached him. How he asked Huo to stay with him, to stay at the moutians and cultivate with Aqua to which he gladly said yes. They went to the moutians but they hardly practiced or trained, except for completing the chores they were given. It made sense. They did need double training but not as Shifu said they should. Why would adults who know how to fight at their best levels need the training again. Aqua's capabilities did not seem less at all but she was lied how weak she is and made her believe it, sealing her powers, not letting out her full potential the day shifu met her after years. It was all a game. The problem had always existed in the Water Realm. And they covered Aqua from it since she reincarnated years later. And sending Huo to the mountains, keeping him away from castle was for nothing but to not let him hear the news and to protect Aqua from hearing them, forcing her to spend time with Huo to make her oblivious about the happenings. Huo was hated by the Water Family but then again they had no option but depend on him again for the sake of Aqua. 

Everything made sense. But he couldn't understand about the Beast they were raising secretly. Why would they hide Aqua and not the Beast. Could Aqua be the beast? But she is a Goddess who was even approached directly and blessed by Shenlong itself. But she is the one being protected. How could she have crystals if she is the beast, but then again, she was the only one who cured the beast prince. 

Huo burned his head thinking and thinking, again and again, trying to draw a conclusion. Some clues were missing while some fit perfectly. "How did everything unravelled like this? Why such a mess suddenly?" For that he had no answer. He couldn't find one. He wanted to know where the Water Royals had gone, since he did not find any except Aiden who was supervising over matters. "Would he get executed too?"

Huo hurried back to the Demon Realm. He wanted to finish the duty soon and get back to moutians before Aqua would find things suspicious. He wanted to keep the trust King Aenon has kept on him, protecting his daughter at any cost, a dragon or a beast, to Huo nothing mattered except her, his beloved. The Demon King's Beloved.

Huo entered the castle and saw general Hawk running towards him. "How come you're back already?" He asked. 

"We have some immediate work to complete. Just the two of us, don't let another soul know about it," Huo said and walked into his study. Huo looked through the files, parchments and certain other documents. He found several treaties, and he found the gold transaction he did in the form of donation for getting the water treaty with the Water Realm. He took all of them, the proofs only he kept, and he snapped his finger. The blue flames, engulfed and  burned the paper in a minute without leaving ashes or any remains, vanishing into thin air. 

"Why did you do that?" General Hawk asked. But Huo did not reply. 

Huo closed his eyes and navigated his mind, to hypnotise all the people in the castle. 

"We don't know anything about Water King and Water Realm, he refused to cooperate with us under the orders of Celestial King Tai," he said to everyone and erased the memory of all the inmates regarding the Water Realm including General  Hawk. 

Huo opened his eyes. "Am leaving, I won't be back for few more days, let things go as it is, keep an eye on Volca and sent me news if there is anything urgent," Huo said and apparated. 

"But you hair," General Hawk said. But none of the Demons had noticed it on his way to the chamber.