She Belongs To The Devil

Damien swerved around Kenneth in order to head closer to Ariel's door. Though Ariel had closed her door, he wanted to ask her permission from outside her room. And he asked while inching closer to her door, "Ariel, I wanted to ask you some–"

However, before Damien could complete his question, Kenneth interrupted him by saying, "Why don't you go ahead and head back to your mansion? Why do you even need to ask Ariel and bother her when she already closed her door?"

Damien sighed and looked back at Kenneth. And he asked in an irritated voice, "Can you not interfere with everything that I do or say to Ariel? Why do you keep on trying to fight me for no reason?"

Kenneth nonchalantly raised his hands in front of him as if he was surrendering and said, "Look man, I am not trying to fight you or anything. I just want all of us to get ready sooner so that we all can head for the breakfast in time. Ariel seems busy, so why don't you do your own thing? Why do you need to bother her?"

Ariel was hearing the two of them arguing again. But unfortunately, she had already hopped in her bath by now. And she was in no mood to put on her dress without finishing her bath just so she could scold them again.

"They are grown men. If they insist on acting like children then I have nothing to say to them. They can do whatever the hell they want," Ariel thought to herself and kept on cleaning herself.

Outside, Damien turned around and stared at Kenneth. And he replied to Kenneth while trying his best to control his anger, "If anyone, you will be the one to make all of us wait for you. You haven't even bathed yet. And I bet everyone will be ready by the time you finish cleaning your dirty body and mind."

Kenneth clenched his fists and then stood right in front of Damien as if he was about to headbutt Damien. And he asked in an aggressive whisper, "Did you just insult me in my own castle?"

Damien gave an evil smirk and asked while looking right into Kenneth's eyes, "Why? Do you want me to drag you down to Hell and insult you there? Because I would gladly do that."

"You…" Kenneth clenched his jaw and kept on staring back at Damien without backing off.

Zach happened to see those two glaring down at each other, and even ready to throw hands at each other.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Boys!" Zach shot himself in between the two of them and asked, "What is wrong with the two of you? Why are both of you so worked up?"

Kenneth replied without wasting a breath, "Why don't you ask this half-naked exhibitionist? He keeps on trying to barge inside Ariel's room like this."

Zach raised one of his brows and turned his head to look at Damien.

And Damien immediately defended himself by saying, "I was just trying to inform Ariel that I was going back to my mansion to get a change of clothes. But he is making a big deal out of it."

"You're the one making a big deal out of it." Kenneth tried to get closer to Damien again and argued, "You're not Ariel's pet that you need her permission or something. You can simply teleport away. It's your home. Go."

And Damien shouted back again, "You don't get to tell me what to do. You might be a Crown Prince. But sorry to break it to you that I don't follow anyone's orders."

Zach felt as if he was going to be splattered in between those two. So he tried to calm those hotheads. "Hey, it's just a simple matter. Why don't you two walk back to your own rooms rather than arguing over some nonexistent problem?"

"Why don't you ask him to walk back to his room first?" Kenneth narrowed his eyes at Damien and said.

And Damien was being equally stubborn, "Why don't you do that first?"

Zach had had enough. He took a deep breath in. And then he gave a corner-eyed glance to Damien.

And before Damien could guess what Zach was about to do, Zach snatched Damien's towel and ran towards Damien's room while shouting, "Catch me!"

Damien was too stunned to even move.

And Kenneth quickly turned around and stuttered, "I d-didn't see anything." And he ran back to his room and slammed the door.

Damien slowly and awkwardly turned his neck around towards the corridor where some guards were standing. They were standing very stiffly and were looking away from Damien.

"Zach!" Damien scowled and teleported inside his room.

Zach was already on his knees when Damien reappeared there. And once he saw Damien, he bowed and apologized, "I'm extremely sorry for pulling your towel like that. That was the only way I could think of to bring you here. You two would have brought this castle down if I had left you two alone for another minute."

Damien was angry at Zach for humiliating him in front of that hybrid. However, he was glad that their pointless fight didn't escalate further.

So he took the towel that Zach had carefully placed on the bed. And he said while wrapping it on him again, "You did the right thing. Ariel would have probably killed me if I did something stupid again."

Damien then sat down on the bed. Zach was still on the floor, so he asked him to get up and sit down on the sofa. And he also asked, "So, you're ready for that breakfast?"

"Yes," Zach kept his answer short and smiled.

Damien then tilted his head a little and looked at Zach from his head to toe.

Zach blinked his eyes rapidly a few times in confusion. He felt a little scared by the way Damien was looking at him. So he asked, "Um… you're not trying to calculate how much space my body would take if you had to dig a grave for me, right?"

Damien frowned and asked, "What are you even saying?" He didn't know whether to laugh or get angry at what Zach just said.

He sighed and then emphasized, "I am trying to compare our built, you silly! I wanted to see if I could borrow some of your clothes. But you are a little too skinny than me."

Zach pursed his lips and casually asked, "Then why don't you go to your mansion and pack a few of the necessities? You will be traveling with us for quite a few days. So, you might as well bring your luggage rather than walk around in a towel or go back and forth between Earth and Hell."

Damien gave a nod. It was really a good idea to fully prepare for the trip. However, he still felt uncomfortable going to Hell without getting Ariel's permission first. So he let out a quiet sigh and said, "I can't do that at that moment. I have my reasons."

Zach guessed that it was something to do with Damien's power level at the moment. He thought that Damien was too weak to teleport at the moment. So he understandingly nodded.

He then thought for a while and said to Damien, "Kenneth has a similar build as yours. I can ask him for some of his clothes if you don't mind."

"No!" Damien was quick to deny it. "I will figure something out in a while."

Right at that moment, there was a knock on the door and Ariel opened it before Damien could answer.

She then raised her brows seeing Damien in his white piece of clothing. And she asked, "Damien? Why aren't you dressed yet? Go and get your clothes!"

Damien gave an awkward smile and said, "Er… I thought I would ask–"

"You don't need to do that every time you take a bath! Just… go…" Ariel said while looking at the stone walls.

"Okay, great!" Damien then instantly vanished from there, much to Zach's surprise.

Zach turned his head and gave a suspicious look to Ariel. And he asked the flustered Princess, "This has happened before as well?"

"What? No!" Ariel turned on her heels and quickly rushed back to her room.

Zach smirked while glancing at the empty door and thought, "Something seems fishy. I need to do some investigation."