On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 108: Rise and Fall

The nine tails behind her shining bright, the blue blazes around her. She smiled. The gumhiho stood looking at her foster parents letting them see her true form for the first time ever in their lives, hiding all these years. 

The history flashed before Aenon's eyes. The death of the Fox King and life of the fairy and the fox cub handed in Queen Rivera's hands before the fairy took her last breath. The disastrous night and encounters with the beasts. Aenon did not realize that years had passed after the incident which felt like it happened only a few days ago. He realized that his foster daughter has grown into a beautiful lady, a beautiful and powerful gumhiho, standing before him with her full potential. 

"Since when did you know about this?" King Aenon managed to ask her. That was the only words that came out his mouth, standing bewildered with Queen Rivera all same, beside him, looking at her daughter with tears streaming down her  cheeks.

"Since I started spending time alone once Aqua commenced with her training, Since I was never forced to train, Since I was forbidden to learn any complex water techniques, since I was fed with more meat than anyone in the family, since I started training myself after seeing  my real form by accident in the mirror in the Forbidden section of the library, since I was held close by my parents even though I had a huge cultivation gap between my sister," She replied her father about the time she realized the truth of her being the gumhiho and not the part of Water Royalty.

"So you have known about it all along then," Aenok said looking her beautiful true from. The form that has been held like a prisoner, hid underground, behind the shadows. It must have hurt alot for not being the true self for all these thousands of years, putting on a different outfit and pretending to be things she was not. It hit King Aenon hard. 

" Pa, Ma... I know am powerful enough," she began. She indeed is one of the most powerful living being in the palace at that time, the master of nature in the Water Realm who has been helping her father to keep things on line from the shadow, unknowingly, keeping the barriers intact, protecting the lives of villagers and the beasts at the same time, using her fox bead the best way. "Pa trust me, I can protect us, our realm, i know that i have been taken into the family illegally, i know that am registered on the household as someone who do not have the ability to shape shift, I know that we are being held in the sword point for it, considering our family register as a fake one, waiting to execute all of us, but I can save us, I really can, I can manipulate, and change matters, I can do wonders you have no idea about, just let me do so," She looked at her father taking his hands. She changed from her real self, her tails hidden again, her eyes changed back to normal and the blue blaze disappeared. "Pa, we cannot let Tai do as we wishes, let me confront him," she had high expectations. "I have been training secretly all my life, my cultivation is same as Aiden's, and I can fight much better than him, a gumhiho is no joke when it comes to their magical powers, its not just any myth, let me be myself this time, please," Aenon remained silent, listening to her.

"Enough daughter," Queen Rivera opened her mouth. "We did not raise you to be used as a shield during the dangerous times nor as a pig for slaughter you must understand, " She raised her voice. "We sent Aqua away because she can manage alone and Huo will help her and sending her away will rise suspicions towards her, clearing your name. And for making you remain with us, because we want to protect our daughter ourselves, we have never seen you as anything different or less than Aqua, you are you, special and the best in your own way even Aqua can't beat," Queen mother spoke. "To us, we have have two children, the two princesses of Water Realm and it will always remain the same, the dangers we face we will face it together, but we have absolutely no intentions of revealing your true identity,  not because we don't believe in your capabilities, but fox, you are too precious, that we do not will in letting people setting eyes on you, with an intention to take away your bead and your heart, the most wanted rare item in the universe, we will not let a soul hunt for you," Queen made it clear, about the situation to Milan. 

Milan walked toward her parents and hugged them both. 

"We never intended to lock up your real self, we are just making sure," but Milan stoooed her mother from speaking further. "My real self has a nature of going in killing spree, it is the best if I don't become myself too much, I know what you mean and I know it is all for my wellness mother," she said. Her parents were so proud of her to have grown up into a well mannered woman. 

Milan settled down with her parents and King Aenon narrated about the night at the Village, the story of her biological parents and how the centuars were killed on spot. Milan thanked King Aenon for doing the right thing and for taking care of her sick biological mother and burying her parents together. She hugged her father again.

"Don't ever think that I will leave Water Realm or you, whatever my past is, I have a family and I only care about the three of you, mother, father and a sister, my life and world is made of the three of you," she said and got emotional. "And for Aiden," she said and looked up at Aenon's face, no matter how many lives I will live through, my heart can only love him," she said. 

"We know, we know you are imprinted," Queen Rivera said and kissed her daughter's forehead. She wiped the tears from her eyes and the three got up on their feet from the floor. 

"What should we do next?" Milan asked them.

"Let's get back home," Water King said. "We don't have to hide staying in random inns.  We must go back and face everything bravely, " he said. 

The three apparated back to the Water Palace together. They hurried towards the court to see the progress of the works assigned. Aiden was inside working along with the ministers. "Pa," he walked towards them the moment he spotted them. "I met with Master Bo Hai," he informed immediately. 

"And?" King Aenon asked him to explain.

"And I he told me that Aqua has become a real pain his back, she is rebelling and not obedient like she used to be, it appears that she doubts shifu and his intention, that she feels something is wrong in the Water Palace,  she is trying to get answers. She even duelled with her own master and won. And all because of her, The Demon King is also kept in the dark," he finished his report. 

"Why is it so? Why is she fighting?" Aenon asked. 

"Probably sister finds that Shifu's words and actions don't match well, he said double training and they were only given basic stuff if am right from the reports I got, he must have been careless thinking lover's spat would keep her occupied with Huo next to her, but it's not working," Milan suggested. Aiden clenched his fist listening to it and Milan did notice it. Aenon looked at her daughter and asked her to relax. "Sister is smart, the cover is going to blow up soon, when are we heading to Celestial Palace?"

"The sooner the better," Aiden suggested. 

"Your highness, " a guard hurried towards them.

"What is it?" Queen Rivera asked the guard. He then handed out a parchment signed and sealed by the Emperor. 

King Aenon took them and read through it. "How dare he forge documents? " he crumbled the paper. Aiden took then from his hands and read through it. The forged documents about weapon dealing with the Demon Clan by King Aenon and his family. "That fake bird is crossing his limit," Aiden said, his blood boiling in his veins. 

"Did you get any leads on that matter? The Phoenix?" Aenon asked.

"That is why master Bo Hai summoned me," Aiden disclosed the facts. "He got a tip but he is not sure about. The facts led to Earth. They live among the humans, it is assumed. But the informer sold the information somebody else too which he did not reveal," 

"Who could that be? Who else is searching? And why would they search?" Everything looked puzzled. Everything was getting out of hand, everything was going down the hill and Water Realm tightly held on to the Hope's that remained. They did not will to give up on the battle easily. The four stood in the middle of the court looking at each other. Meanwhile Aqua stood in front of her hut, looking at the sky, wondering about the things happening behind her back. "No, this is not right," she whispered.