I have a date with the devil

Chapter 26

Since childhood, apart from Kardan, Ye Miao has only been to one country, Abil. After years of encountering countless exotic cultures and legends in the sea of books, this time she could finally follow the footsteps of the bards and witness the beauty of each kingdom with her own eyes.

As a rich and leisurely princess of Kardan, the other half is de facto non-human, Ye Miao does not have to worry about the lack of money to spend, not to mention the safety problems during the trip.

Before leaving, the king and queen are like ordinary parents, for them to prepare a generous amount of gold coins and carriage, and even a carriage entourage - but Ye Miao politely refused. Dragging such a large number of people out, where there is still fun to play?

After leaving Imbal, they went all the way south, following the turn of the star track in the sky, intending to travel through the string of white pearl-like kingdoms by the Serpentine Ocean, all the way to the end of the continent of Ripass. As you can imagine, this will be a very long honeymoon journey.

Of course, traveling outside, not every moment will be satisfactory. For example, the very first month, Ye Miao excitedly wrote down the excursion plan, a little use did not send on. Because most of their time is spent in the hotel room behind closed doors.

Although the time in the palace was not much repressed, just a layer of hidden worries mentally, worrying that umm ah ah ah sounds will be heard. But after really leaving Kadam, as if the past shackles their own dogma are dissipated, she no longer need to resist Berial's temptation, rest assured that he will be at his mercy, excited, and even all-night indulgence. Just like every newlywed couple who indulge in the pleasure of fish and water.

Usually the end of the night too much is that the next morning she can not get up, and sometimes even do not want to eat breakfast. Fortunately, the person who caused her to become this way has a conscience and will not force her out of the nest, but will only kiss her eyelids intimately, and when she opens her eyes in a daze, pick her up, feed her something, and then gently tuck her back under the covers.

Often, by the time she's completely awake, the clock is ticking into the late afternoon.

During that first month, such drunkenness was the norm. The most exaggerated time, they did not leave the room for three days.

However, Ye Miao admits that he has to take more than half of the responsibility for this. Because some times, Berial simply not how to tease her, she has not been able to hold the eager to pounce on the ...... really ashamed to say.

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. The journey after that also returned to normal.

Two months later, the southern end of the continent of Ripass, Sturt Valley.

The Sturt Valley is located at the border of the Kingdom of Thar, and the transition zone where its cultures intermingle most closely with those of its neighbors.

Unlike Kardan and Abil, Tal is only a very small kingdom, with a land area only a little more than five imbal big. However, the town of the same name in the Sturt Valley is a famous wine producer on this continent.

Due to the limited size, the town of St. The night scene is soft and dark, although not the Eternal Sunset City - Flan Eden that is as brilliant and lively, crowds like a shuttle, but also has a unique style.

The prevalence of wine culture has tainted the town's air with an intoxicating romantic aura, where wineries and elegant bistros can be found everywhere in the streets. Some of the taverns are even built on the riverbank. On summer evenings, it can be a rare treat to listen to the music of minstrels while blowing the wind and clinking glasses with friends.

There is a tavern on the bank. Under a dense flowering tree, a high table was set up, with half-draped vines blocking the upper half of the girl sitting there.

In the center of the table, only a delicate candle lamp with a lotus wick was illuminating. The flame heart jumped, reflecting only a square meter of the bottom of the table, you can see the girl's legs leisurely folded, revealing a tender calf and ankle, in the dimness, the piece of skin is also white glowing, very attractive reverie.

A strong man with a long beard glanced at her for a long time not far away, drank the wine in his hand, and finally walked towards her.

As soon as he met her, his eyes lit up, and was amazed to find that it was a dark-haired, dark-eyed Oriental girl.

Her face is exquisite, graceful, and very young, but she exudes a kind of delicate and graceful seductive temperament born from a young girl, and like a flower stamen bathed in rain from the dry petals, full of spring, lazy and naive in the wind.

The bearded strong man gulped, sat on his butt in the chair opposite this girl and said a very corny opening line: "This beautiful lady, sitting here alone and drinking, won't it be boring?"

"......" Ye Miao wanted to say something but stopped: "Uh, it's okay."

The bearded strong man smiled lecherously: "This tavern is famous for more than just wine, are you hungry? Let's order something and eat slowly ......"

Before he finished, his ears, suddenly sounded an unfamiliar voice: "Laoxin, she is not hungry."

Next to not even a ghostly figure, the bearded strong man thought he was drunk hallucinations. Not waiting for him to react, the voice sounded once again, good-naturedly said: "Rather, you sit too close, squeezing me."

The bearded man's smile began to stiffen, cold sweat, legs slowly trembling.

When he was about to leave the place without moving, he suddenly felt his shoulder sink, and an invisible hand reached out from the darkness and pressed his shoulder.

The bearded strong man: "......" smile completely disappeared.

This chair has been shrouded in shadow, the guy was drunk again, so he did not notice that the position was owned.

Moreover, the owner of the black-hearted chair simply concealed his figure even after seeing through his purpose of walking over ......

Seeing this scene, Ye Miao could not bear to look at the forehead, and don't look away from the face.

She used to be worried that Berial and she were playing around in the human world, and if they were too out of the ordinary, they might be seen as anomalies by highly skilled humans and be killed. Now, she is more sympathetic to those humans who have recklessly fallen into Berial's hands and have been played with ......

In fact, this is the last night they stay in the Sturt Valley. Tomorrow they will arrive at the next stop, which is the southernmost point of the continent of Ripass - Ercis, and one of the places she is most looking forward to.

However, that night, Ye Miao was not able to rest as well as she wished. She had long known that Berial was cautious, but she did not expect him to take advantage of even such a trivial matter.

At the indescribable moment, midway through the slow and deliberate negotiation of the prey, as if he suddenly remembered what happened in the tavern, he badly repeated the bearded strong man's question: "Are you hungry?"

Repeatedly pressed until she cried out in shame and sobbed in response to the question before giving her a break. It's just wilful and wicked.

The next day, Ye Miao was drowsy. The good thing is, this whole day is crossing the national boundary, is spent in the carriage, just suitable for catching up on sleep.

The country of Ercis, because of its unique geographical location, the magnificent and gorgeous aurora borealis can often be seen in the sky dome on clear summer and winter nights.

In addition, it is also a very religious kingdom, with a variety of churches. Here, the followers of the God of Light instead of a high percentage, because its people also believe in other religions. This is also the reason why Ye Miao boldly took Berial to step into this place - she came for the mysterious celestial signs.

When Berial found out, he touched her cheek and said with a smile, "If you want to go, let's go together."

After understanding that he didn't mind, Ye Miao put her mind at ease and happily dragged him to see several famous churches while waiting for the aurora borealis.

After returning from the visit, Berial, however, seemed to be a bit thoughtful.

A few days later, late at night, after a good time, Ye Miao lazily closed his eyes, waiting for him to button his robe. But when she raised her hand through the sleeve, she felt something wrong with the texture of the clothes, and opened her eyes in confusion, and was slightly startled and awake.

What she was wearing was not a nightgown, but a dark and ornate skirt with an open collar and long sleeves, a narrow waist, and a hem and cuffs embroidered with cascading lace ......

Berial sat on the edge of the bed, his pretty red eyes slightly curved, kissed the back of her hand and said mysteriously, "Take you somewhere."

Saying that, he copied the bend of her knee. With a blink of an eye, through the misty black fog, they were already in an unfamiliar place.

This is a dark forest. The sky is dense with stars, and the dreamy green light is flickering in an eerie way. In the dense leaf canopy, from time to time came the mournful and hoarse hooting of owls.

Ye Miao is now a little sleepy, a little uneasy to hold the neck of Berial. He did not say anything, and carried her out of the forest. Only to see not far away, stands a lonely church. The top of the tower was full of tension pointing high into the sky. Stone pillars and the dome of the chandelier are filled with jagged human skeletons.

There is nothing irreverent about decorating a church with human bones. In religion, death is not a horrible thing, it is not the end, but a necessary process of conversion to heaven.

Only, this church should be abandoned for some time. The rows of pews were empty, the altar was thinly dusted, and the fountain had dried up.

Only after stepping onto the stone steps did Berial lower her to the ground, turning to take her hand and walk forward.

When the hem of her skirt landed, it lightly brushed Ye Miao's skin, and she shuddered sensitively, looking towards that altar, sensing something, gulped, and her heart began to surge.

Step by step, approaching the altar, beside the aisle, the lampstands decorated with human bones also lit one by one, the ghostly fire lightly jumped.

Standing on the altar, Berial's thumb rubbed her hand and finally made his intentions clear: "I always feel a bit sorry for not holding a wedding with you like this."

The brilliant aurora borealis pierced through the glass, and the tide of thousands of stars was as bright as it was dark. The dark shadows of bats hanging upside down swayed on the stacked human bones while he was gazing at her.

I did not expect this dress is really a wedding dress ...... how long has he had this idea?

Ye Miao cheeks inexplicably a little hot, lowered his eyes, snapped: "No, it has been held ......"

"That is not the same. My bride's wedding dress, it should be black." Berial smiled slightly, reached out his hand, pinned a black rose on her collar, paused, and said in a softer but rather serious voice: "You are beautiful like this."

The wedding customs of the continent of Ripass are not consistent, such as the Abil, which is heavily influenced by the God of Light, the wedding is ritualistic. The wedding in Kardan is more secular. The only thing that is common to all countries is that - the wedding dresses are all holy white.

It seems that the wedding simply did not meet the standards he had in mind.

Ye Miao murmured, "So you guys like black wedding dresses, so special."

"Well, in addition to that, we also have to make a vow in front of the altar to be considered to have entered into a relationship."

The continent of Ripass in no way has an altar dedicated to the devil in an open and honest manner. This church of human bones has been abandoned by the gods and is so eerily styled that it can still be made to work.

　When the wedding was held in the limelight, they had also made their vows. However, that time gave Ye Miao a feeling that was not as strong as this silent night.

Last time, it was just a ritual floating in the human world. This moment began, inseparable, deep soul contract, finally established between the two sides.

There is no going back.

There is no more room for reversal.

As soon as the vow was over, Berial's eyes flashed and he grabbed her waist, rubbing her into his arms: "Baby, do you know what the vow means?"

"It means I'm married to you?"

"More than that." Berial pinched her nose triumphantly: "Wearing a black wedding dress and becoming the devil's bride means that you sold your soul to me. After you die, heaven will shut you out, and you will have nowhere to go, nowhere to escape, except by my side."

Ye Miao was blown by that soft breath and shivered gently. The hand that fell to the side of her body slowly lifted up, hugged his waist, tilted her head, and said in a small but firm voice: "I'm not afraid."

In the eyes of the world, hell is an inauspicious place shrouded in the colors of sin and death. But she was no longer afraid - where her lover was, hell would become heaven, wouldn't it?

In accordance with her wish, in the decades that followed, they traveled to every country in the continent of Ripass. At the same time, they didn't forget what they promised King and Queen Kadam, and returned to Imbal every year to stay for a while - anyway, with Berial around, it was a simple matter to travel back and forth.

The usual reason for borrowing a carriage for walking, just Ye Miao in order to experience the normal requirements of the journey - if too easily to a place, the scenery along the way does not seem so precious undesirable replacement.

The important moments of the family, such as the wedding anniversary of his parents, his brother's bar mitzvah, wedding, and the important day when his brother succeeded as the new king after the death of his parents, Ye Miao was not absent, and there was always Berial by his side.

Time passed, decades passed quickly.

Her lover has long surpassed the shackles of time, the years will not have any effect on him. Ye Miao is just a mortal, old age, sickness and death is the norm.

Although under Berial's careful care for decades, she has never suffered from aggression or injury, even if they quarrel, the two will soon make up. But physical aging is an inevitable process.

Berial saw her unease and, in order not to arouse the suspicion of those around him, he changed his appearance in parallel with her aging.

However, if she gets angry, Berial will cunningly change from a somewhat dry but still handsome old man to a beautiful young man, smiling sweetly and winking at her.

This trick has been tried and tested for decades, and every time I see him like this, knowing that it is a trick, Ye Miao will still be very indisputably blushing and deflated, simply can not beat him.

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Will death be painful?

The world after death, and what is it like?

Back then, some time after making a vow in the church of human bones, she had secretly thought about this question, but could not imagine that scenario. In her twilight years, she did not speculate anymore, but calmly waited for the mystery to be revealed at that moment.

Many years later, on a cool autumn morning, the hourglass of her life finally reached the bottom.

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.

......

When she opened her eyes again, Ye Miao was already alone, standing in a boundless sea of flowers.

When she looked down, she was surprised to find that she had changed back to her appearance as a young girl, and every step she took was incomparably light and agile.

Dazed for a moment, she seemed to realize something, some eagerness through the psychedelic sea of flowers, stepping through the crimson manzanita, following the guidance of the stars and the moon, running forward. In a short time, she saw a familiar figure waiting for her under the moon.

Her heart finally settled and she smiled, leaping forward and taking his hand.

To her, death is not horrible, it is not the end of nothingness, but - a temporary farewell to the beloved, and the process of finally converting to the beloved.

[World I: Monsters] -End

World II: Satan

The Chinese student Ye Miao x, who was targeted by the cult, picked up the Chinese teenager Berial in the garbage dump.

P.S. World II is the Satan meme that misspelled Santa.

Cuties, have you forgotten that this article is in the form of a single play?

So don't give up Berial and Ye Miao, because the next world's hero and heroine are still two.

To review the setting of the article: each unit is a parallel and independent world, without the inheritance of memory and past lives (that is to say, world two is not the reincarnation of world one, the monster and princess story has ended, of course, can also be said to continue), is the same protagonist in different environments and plots, in a variety of sweet and exciting love.