The Moonlight Demon

5 | Foreign

ASURA'S POV

Nadia Roman.

When I first saw her, she was shoving every single food down the hatch. The moment she laid her eyes on me with her mouth full, I feel something that was foreign for me. I asked Agramon and Caia about it but they both said it's love.

What is love?

I was forced to marry my former husband. I began to care for him but he replied to my feelings of agony and sorrow. I never feel love before. Is it the same as my love for my children's? Or is it different? I leaned back in my chair and looked out the windows of my office.

After I sent Nadia out with Caia for more client hunting, I feel empty. Why should I feel this now that Nadia is here? I'm always alone before but, why, does my heart ache when she's not around. Did I fall for her? Did her action saving me from those humans in the alley made me care for her more than a servant?

What should I feel honest?

Agramon suddenly appeared in front of me.

"You're not allowed to be in here Agramon." I said nonchalantly. "Shut it. What's wrong with you? I've been calling you non stop but you never pick up." Did she?

"Something in your mind? Is it because of Nadia? You really fell for her did you?" Agramon never hides around the bushes when it comes to tormenting me.

"I'm not sure myself Agramon. When she's near I feel complete, when she's far I can't help but to feel worried about her. I never feel this way with my own husband before." Agramon took a seat in front of me.

"Yea. All you care about is having s*x with him and gave birth. Where's the time for you to fall for him huh?" I chuckled.

"My kids are my treasure." Agramon sighed. "12 kids. If that was me my v****a would explode." I smiled. "You will feel the bliss of being a mother when you went through that process. Anyway, do you need me for something?"

She nodded.

"Stray devil running around the park. He luring young girls into his trap and the Lord wanted us to take care of it. Most of the young girls are from his household and he needs it to be taken care off. Should I send out the team? Or do you want to take care of it yourself?" Stray devil huh.

"Which level of Stray is this?" I asked.

"Level 4. He's turning to a huge problem in just days. From the information given he disobey his master and ran amok around the park. The corpses of those young girls he lured were found not far from where the children's supposed to play at." I stood up from my seat. "I'll handle it myself. Prepare my team at once."

"Yes, ma'am." She mockingly saluted before disappearing into thin air.

I opened the drawer and took a small box out. Normally I would never use this ring but, this matter needs to be deal with ASAP.

I heard someone knock on my door and barge inside before I could enter the circle. "Mommy. Are you going somewhere?" Israfel asked me. "Yes. I have a mission to complete. What is it?"

He looked down. "Are you serious when you said treat Nadia like we treated you? Are you saying she will be our stepmother in the future? Tell us the true mother. We need truth." This again?

"Can we talk about this later. I need to go." Israfel stopped me from walking into the circle. I sighed. "You want the truth? I myself don't know what I will do in the future, my son. I am not like Caia who can predict the future. Maybe you should ask your sister about what I will do in the future. Okay?"

He sighed and let me go. "I'm sorry." He apologized. "It's fine. Don't forget to close the door when you leave." I smiled before I went inside the circle.

When I arrived at the place where the supposedly stray devil at, I noticed Agramon and two more devils standing by.

"He's here?" I asked.

"Well, yea but ... you should take a look at it yourself." I did and I was shocked when I saw Nadia feeding on the stray devil's corpse.

Caia turned to me and shrugged her shoulder. "What's going on?" I walked towards my servant. Nadia slowly turned to face me with her bloody mouth and hands still holding the devil's decapitated head.

"We were just about to go home when we saw him luring that girl." I turned my head to the fainted human not far from us. "So you let her eat our own kind?" I grabbed a hold on Nadia's collar and pulled her back from the corpse. Once again her eyes turned pitch black.

"Agramon heal her eyes." Agramon was as shocked as I am when she saw her eyes.

When Nadia went back to her old self, I stood in front of her, furious at what she had done. "You better explain it and explain it well." Nadia was speechless when she saw me.

She immediately expressed her regret. "He was... I don't know what came over me." I kneel and lifted her chin up. "Seems like she has your inner demon." Agramon stood beside me.

"I know. I've noticed whenever she let her demonic-self took over her body. I didn't notice she took that part of me."

My daughter rests her chin on my shoulder. "Mommy, she completes her task. There's no need to kill. She's loyal to you." Did Caia just protect her? "She is my future stepmom. Am I right mother?" She chuckled. "Caia, that's enough." I sighed.

"Caia, do you mind teach Nadia how to control her inner demon?" Caia wiggling her fingers. "No no no. I think it's best for you to teach her, mother. She is your demon and she has your blood on her vein. You're the best candidate for that."

She's right. "Let's go home, Nadia. Agramon, deal with the corpse."

***

"Do you know what happens to newborn devils who ate their own kind? Death row. Since devils don't die easily, you will have to be killed several times before you face the supreme judge and he will use his magic gavel to end your life! I should know because he's my brother."

I can't believe I'm actually lecturing my servant rather than killing her the moment she decided to eat her own kind. I can't help but feel sorry if I ever land a hand on her. Why do I feel so weak against her? I need to discipline her more!

Stupid heart!

"I'm sorry. I will never do it again. I will never anger you ever again. Please forgive me, Master." She placed her head on the floor, begging for my forgiveness. As much as I want to lift her head from the floor, I need to be the Master here.

"Tell me. What did you feel when you decided to eat that stray devil?" She was silent. "I ... I just feel the need to protect that young girl that's all." Oh really? "How did you decided to eat him? It's ok to kill but why devour his flesh?" I need to know the reason.

Why did she even think of eating a stray?!

"I ... I was hungry." She was ... hungry? I facepalm myself.

She was hungry and she decided to eat that devil? "He was tasty enough in my eyes. I just ... want to fulfill my desire to eat." I sighed and asked her to stand up. "Follow me." I opened up a circle and waited for her to stand beside me.

I think it's time for her to go to the underworld, my real home.

"Open your eyes." She did as told.

She looked around before facing me. "Welcome to the underworld." I lead her towards my family personal prison and I need to make sure of something.

"What do you think of that?" I asked when I pointed inside the manticore cell.

"He will be a good pet. I think." She honestly will make a manticore as her pet? "This beast was guilty of slaughtering more than 10,000 man, woman and children in the human world decades ago. That's before I capture him and seal him off."

She didn't respond to my explanation. "That just means this beast should be tame. He probably had his own reason to do such things. Right?" She sounds like my father. He always told me to think about my action and decision before doing anything.

But her, she actually thinks positively about a beast who found guilty!

"What about her. She was found guilty for killing her own master." Nadia looks tense.

"She should be burned to death. A servant who kills her own master doesn't deserve to live any longer. A servant place is beside their master." She's loyal, I give her that. "You should die, vermin." I watched as the devil inside the cell beginning to take a step back from the bars.

"Die!" Nadia yelled before I witness that female devil kneel on one knee in front of us. "Nadia... that's enough." Does she have my obsolete obedient power? How was that even possible?! I need to control her power, fast.

If this keeps up, she will have the will of her own and betray me like the rest.

I don't know if I can take it if I have to kill someone who I slowly fell for. I lead my servant towards the private training ground inside my home. "No servant has ever entered this training chamber. My children were trained her by myself." I explained.

"Take a seat on the mat." I waited for her to sit before I sit in front of her. "I need you to focus your energy on your palm. Okay?" She nodded and I watched as her nails beginning to grow. When I try to touch them, I feel strong current running throughout my body.

Is this her power? I can feel how similar it is when I compare to mine.

"Open your eyes." Once again that pitch black eyes greeted me.

"What are you trying to do to her?" I asked.

"I'm just want to be free from being seal inside your body, Master." At least she still calls me her master. "You're supposed to stay hidden inside me. Why escape to my servant's body? You're controlling her desire, am I right?"

Her lips formed a smirk.

"Have you forgotten how you raised your sword and slain me, the great Asura Demonix? You're famous throughout the underworld because of your achievement in killing me, the strongest archdemon." I really don't want to relive that moment.

"You took my powers for your own sake and you decided to seal me off after I killed one of your many trusted servants. How dare you!" Did she take my happiness because of that? "How did you manage to escape from my seal?" She squeezes my hand.

"I can feel that this body will fulfill my desire. Unlike you who chicken out in the last minute. This body is my home now. If you decided to seal me again, I'll kill this servant of yours and make sure this body and soul will never go to hell nor heaven. She will bound inside the dimensional gap like the rest of the wandering spirit!"

She started to laugh like a madwoman. To think I should bow down to this former glorious arch demon is a new low, even for me. I clicked my tongue in annoyance while thinking of a way to free Nadia from her.

"What will you do now, my master? Having Nadia suffer like she always does or let me be. Either way, she will suffer." I am beyond annoyed with this! "Knowing my servant, she's loyal to me even with you inside her body." It's my turn to smirk.

"Looks like your time is up." I manage to say before Nadia taking over her body again. She was confused but I assure her it's nothing.

Maybe.

***

I lay down on my bed as Nadia stood there, watching me. "Aren't you going to rest? I know devil's don't sleep much but it's good and therapeutic in some point. This bed is huge enough for us both. Lay down, that's an order."

It didn't take her long to lay beside me. Once again that foreign feelings washed over me. This feeling of mine has been making me have this kind of idea that Nadia truly is someone who will replace my former husband.

I know that at some point my kids will have their own life and I don't want to end up alone.

Even my little Draven will eventually leave me for his own freedom and life. "Master. May I ask you a few questions?" I turned to my side and gave my servant. "Go ahead." Her face was calm.

"The only time I met your kids were at that breakfast when I finally was woken up from my awakening. I know that Caia, Draven, and Israfel stayed here but what about the other 9? I never saw them walking around at all." Oh. Them huh.

"Most of them went on a journey to find their true identity. Some went into the dimensional gap, some decided to stay in forgotten time. Some even decided to go through war with humans from the past. Israfel stayed here because he's married now." The moment he told me that he's marrying four vampires at the same time, I was shocked.

Who wouldn't when your oldest son telling you how deep in love he is with four different women. He's a womanizer! I hate to admit it but he's turning to his father bit by bit. "Why? If you want to meet them you have to wait for the gala."

Gala, where all supernatural leaders gather and talk about their current state. That's where I probably am most busy and I have to endure listening to their complaining! I sighed. "What's wrong master? Why are you sighing?" Oh, Nadia, your concerning face makes me want to kiss you over and over again.

Nadia suddenly pressed her forehead against mine. "You're burning up master. Do you need something?" I need you to move your head! She's too close! What is she doing?!

"I'm sorry Master I was being rude. I didn't mean to make you feel uneasy. I am ashamed of myself." How dense can she be?! Can't she see I'm clearly into her! Why does she have to be such a clueless i***t!

"Master?" She was weirded out when I hold both her arms when she's on top of me. "I'm sorry!" She immediately moved from me and once again I wish she could just get it already!

"There's nothing to apologize about. Stop saying sorry." She didn't apologize but she bows her head again and again.

I sighed. "Nadia, what do you see when I'm like this?" I asked while she's looking at me from head to toe.

"My master in bed?" She didn't even comment on me being naked?! Can't she just compliment my body or something for a change? When I was too angry at how dense she is, I heard somebody knocking on my door.

I asked Nadia to opened the door while I took the chance to cover up.

"Asura, we have a problem ... well hello." Agramon was wiggling her eyebrows when she saw me naked. "Hello, your ass. What kind of problem?" She was looking at Nadia and me back and forth. "Should I call you Mrs. Demonix now?" I glared at my advisor and close friend.

"Geez! I was just joking around. The devils saw a couple of fallen angels flying around this building of ours. They tried to pursue but they disappeared. I did ask most devils to guard the upper deck of this suite but when I came to check them, most of them were dead and fainted."

Fallen angels huh. "Also there's black feathers everywhere. That's how sure I was." After I tied my robe around my body, I face Agramon.

"Why do they have to disturb my slumber now!" I stated before walking out of my room. "Nadia, have you ever seen I use my powers?" I asked my servant.

"No."

"You're in luck because tonight you will have the opportunity to witness our master defeat an enemy. You'll see why she managed to bear the title of Behemoth." Agramon wrapped her arms around my servant right off the bat.

Is she trying to make me kill her over and over again?

We made it to the very top of the building. I looked around but there's no sign of fallen angels except for the stench of blood, devil's blood. "This is a pain! Where are they? I don't have time to play hide and seek." Right after I said that two sets of wings flapping above us was heard.

I covered my face from anything that may come at me. "Your trespassing a Demonix territory." They landed on their feet and looked at each other with a smile on their face. "We don't take orders from devil scum like you." Said one of them. "We came here after our master gave us the order." Said another.

"To annihilate the head of the Demonix house, the current Behemoth." That's me. "You're cocky if you think you two can defeat me alone. At least bring your master forward if he or she wished for me to be killed." I was cracking my knuckles when the fallen angels spread their wings.

"Our Master doesn't have time to deal with small fry like the Demonix Family. That's why she sent us, her best servants to deal with you." Oh, they think they could take me down Huh.

"I have bad news for you. Since I haven't received any pleasure from my so call servant, I am quite mad at the moment. If you wish to die, go ahead but if you wish to live, go now and I will forget about this ever happen. Okay?" As I predicted, fallen angels are annoying!

They lunged towards me together but before they could touch me...

"Fire whirlwind," I said under my breath and showed them my palm.

I smiled before a huge gushed of fire appeared from my palm and literally burned those fallen angels in front of me. I heard Agramon laughing behind me.

"Did you see that! Those fallen angels died without even touching her!" She continued to laugh. When I turned to face them, Nadia was looking at me with wide eyes.

"Master... what do you mean by pleasure from me?" Damn it! Did I blurted it out loud?!