She Belongs To The Devil

In the Dragon Crypt, the Dragons and the Wyverns were getting ready to transport the maids and the servants of Azriel who did not have wings.

"All right everyone," Azriel clapped his hand and briefed those maids and servants of their role and duty today. "I am going to make you look like the humans. And in the wedding, you all are to pretend to be Theodore's close relatives."

He then asked them, "All of you have already picked up a name that sounds like human names, right?"

"Yes, master," came a reply from everyone.

Azriel then asked them again, "And you have also thought of the relationship with Theodore, right?"

"We have, master," they replied again.

Azriel gladly nodded his head and advised them, "Make sure the relations don't clash with each other. You might need to talk with the humans and when you do so, they shouldn't be suspicious. Make sure you blend well."

They bowed their head to their master and one of them spoke on everyone's behalf, "We will try our best not to disappoint you, master."

"You better not!" Azriel looked at everyone and informed before moving out, "Okay, you all know the plan, right?"

They all nodded their heads but Azriel briefed them again nonetheless, "First, we will head to the Hill of Grimmer Death. I will transform all of you, including Theodore's followers. And we will fly to Wyverndale."

He pointed at the Dragons and Wyverns and further added, "When we reach close enough, I will transform my babies into the carriages. And we will enter the Palace like any normal human beings would."

Azriel then clapped his hands and instructed the Wyverns and Dragons, "Okay, all of your job right now is to carry these wingless unfortunate ones and take them to Theodore's place. I will see all of you take off and will teleport to my brother's place. I have to brief Theodore's followers as well."

"Now, go on. Move! Move! We don't have much time." Azriel watched them get ready for a while but got bored and said, "Okay, I believe all of you are capable to take off without supervision. I will head out first then."

"Umm… master!" One of the maids of Azriel held out her hand to stop her master but he had already vanished until then.

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Theodore and his mother were already at the cave. Theodore was laying down on his stomach and was watching his mother. She was preparing a wedding gift for Adeline.

He keenly watched his mother's slender fingers that were preparing the gift and complimented her, "Adeline will surely love this unique gift from you."

A hint of doubt lingered on the Goddess' face though. "I know she is more into swords and daggers. But I really hope she will like it."

"She will," Theodore reassured her while gently touching the gift.

Theodore's maids were in the common room, packing the gifts that Theodore had prepared for all the Royals. His followers who were chosen to go to the Palace were all nervously waiting for the arrival of Azriel.

And those who were going to be left out from the once-in-a-lifetime event of their master were pouting and sulking around.

The blood fairy poked the banshee and asked her, "Make sure you pay attention to each and every detail of our master's wedding ceremony. You are going to share each and everything in detail with me later."

The banshee firmly nodded her head and reassured her friend, "I will even sneak some food from the wedding. I know you just drink blood but you can keep that food in your room as a souvenir of our master's wedding."

"You will do that for me?" The blood fairy happily held that banshee's hand and her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Suddenly, all of the maids' and followers' attention was grabbed by the loud neighing sound quickly followed by the galloping sound of a horse.

A maid ran outside to check but before she could even reach the door of the common room, Arion appeared there. And he proudly asked, "Where is Theodore? I came here for him."

Everyone of course knew Arion. So the maid pointed towards the corridor to Theodore's room and replied, "Master is inside his own bedchamber."

"Okay, I will go there then." Arion slowly walked towards Theodore's room.

When he was outside the room, he neighed to let Theodore know that he was there.

Soon after, Theodore opened the door with a surprised look on his face and asked, "Hey, buddy! What are you doing here? Did you run away from the Palace?"

"Everyone was busy so I sneaked out," Arion casually replied and Theodore instantly shouted, "What? Why would you run away? Adeline will panic if she finds out that you are missing."

Arion neighed as if to mock Theodore and said while looking at Theodore's face, "Of course, I came here after asking Adeline's permission. I had already informed her yesterday night."

Arion tapped around while smelling the flowers of the garden and said, "And as for what I am doing here, I obviously am here to take my master to his bride's place. How could I miss this rare opportunity to accompany my master on one of his most important days? I am not going to allow you to ride some tacky carriage."

Theodore couldn't believe his ears when Arion said that he was here to pick Theodore. He smiled at that loving familiar of his and hugged Arion's neck.

He then said while gently scratching Arion, "I was thinking of teleporting there to the wedding venue but I am more than happy that you are here to give me a ride."

The Goddess was folding her arms and was standing at the door while watching the two of them. "I see that the bond between the two of you is as strong as ever."

"Mother Immortal! I had heard that you were here. I am blessed to see you." Arion glanced at the beautiful Goddess with his big eyes and happily jumped around.

The Goddess gave the softest smile to Arion and went to pet him.

Azriel also appeared in the garden and when his eyes fell on Arion, he asked in a surprised tone, "Oh, the winged horse is also here?"

"Oh, the winged dragon is also here!" Arion said in a mocking tone and glared at Azriel. "Hmph!" and he swiftly turned his head away from Azriel.

Azriel raised his brows and commented, "I see that the winged horse is still mad at me." He also turned his head away from Arion and then briefed Theodore, "Your 'relatives' will reach here shortly. And then I will busy myself with my illusions. Is there anything else that we have missed?"

Theodore shifted his gaze from Azriel's face to his chest and nodded, "Yes, I think you should cover your bare chest with some suitable clothes. I don't think humans would appreciate a half-naked deity."

Azriel looked down at his body and then looked back at Theodore. He gave an awkward smile to his brother and his mother. And then cleared his throat to say, "Er… I think I was so excited that I forgot to put on my cloth. Please, excuse me."

Azriel then instantly vanished like a puff of smoke.