Chapter 5: The First Day in Demon Realm

"Human... Human...", A girl's voice coming right through her ear.

"Wake up, sleepyhead!", Another voice shouted loudly through her ear.

"H-huh?", Ai Lie opens her eyes.

The twin ghosts are in her room, they are standing next to her bed.

"It's time for breakfast!", A little girl that wears a white fox mask yelling to her.

"Yeah, wake up! Get up and take a bath!", The other girl who wears a red fox mask is also yelling at her. They are angry to her, as if they have waited for her to wake up for a long time.

Ai Lie gets up from her bed, and takes a bath. Those young ghost are waiting for her. They sit on the chairs inside her room, chattering to each other. When she gets out from the bathroom, they offer her the breakfast they've brought.

"Jie Jie, what do you want to eat?", the white fox masked girl asked. They appear to be younger than Ai Lie, like 10 years old girls. But of course, they have lived longer than her, maybe for hundred years, or even thousand years.

"Look at this! There are so many delicious menus that Mr. Han has cooked!", The red fox masked girl pull her hand, taking her to the table. There are 4 big white ceramic plates, with some food on each of the plates, hiding below the stainless steel food cover. She feels anxious, afraid with what kind of culinary that she will be forced to eat.

"*Ahem* *Ahem* I'll explain the menu!" The red fox masked girl opens the first plate, "The first one is... Pork's blood porridge with some of eyeballs topping! This is very good for our belly in the morning, they can give us so much energy! Woww look at that 'Meatballs'!"

'HIIIIIIIEEKKKK!!!!', Ai Lie couldn't believe what she just saw. She is wondering whose eyeballs are there, who knows if those were human's. She feels so disgusted. But she tries so hard not to express her disgusts towards that food.

"The second one is.... Stirred fry cockroaches! Mr. Han also cooked this sunny side up egg! It's not complete if there is no sunny side up egg ", She opens the second plate. The egg is definitely not a fresh chicken egg, the color is green and has a very rotten smell.

"The Third one is... This one is my favorite, no one can resist! Grilled bear's brain with worm side dish! Mr. Han cooked this medium rare, when you cut the flesh... the blood is still there! Very delicious!", She opens the third plate. Ai Lie definitely could resist that food. The 'side dish' are still alive, they are wriggling. She tries so hard not to puke.

"And the last plate is... The main menu!!" , the twins giggles to each other, Ai Lie feels more anxious. When they about to open the food cover, the red fox masked girl yells, "It's the rotten human's head!!"

"NO NO NO!! STOP!!" , Ai Lie push that steel food cover down, not allowing that little girl to lift that thing up. Eventhough she doesn't know whether it's the real human's head or not, the other 3 foods already bring terrors to her mind. She thought it's better remain hiding below that steel.

"Let it go, Jie Jie!!" , The twins yelling at her, both of them are forcing their hands to open that cover.

"NO!! I WON'T!!" , Ai Lie cried. She push that steel hardly, until the twins unable to lift it. She didn't usually possess this much of strength, her anxiety is the one who blesses her with such power.

Suddenly, the door at her room opened widely, "Hey you! Stop fighting! You guys are so noisy!", It's a man's voice, but not His Majesty's.

The fight of the three of them instantly stop. They turn their eyes to the point where the voice came. It was the guard that standing near His Majesty on the Altar.

"G-General Yin Ling!!", the twins are bowing to him.

"Hey, Jie Jie, show some respect!", the white fox masked girl whispers to her.

"A-ah...", Ai Lie bows to him immediately.

"You two! Get out from here, I need to talk with this human alone! And bring these shitty trash with you!", Yin Ling drags the twins out from the room, and shut the door tightly. Ai Lie can hear the twins were screaming as he throws them both and their food away like a trash.

"Hey you!" , He is frowning.

"Y-Yes, Sir!"

"Why the hell were you falling into their game? We clearly DON'T eat trashes like that! And we don't eat humans anymore, so there would be no human's head on that plate. They were obviously lying to you, but how can you believe to that lies! Are you stupid?", He yells at her angrily. Judging from the way Yin Ling stares sharply at her, he must be hating her to his bones.

"S-stupid??", Ai Lie is confused. She is a bit angry, but somehow she is still trying to be calm. How could someone she just met already humiliating her like this?

"Yes, stupid. Also, why would a defenseless little girl like you choosing to stay in this dangerous realm? You should have living your life peacefully! If you really need money that bad, why don't you and your family get some jobs? You are all lazy ass! Useless trash!", This man keeps adding fuel to the fire. Her first impression towards this man was he is calm and quiet, eventhough he is a bit grumpy. She only met him yesterday, and in their meeting he wasn't even open his eyes. But just now, their eyes are met, his mouth already throws some cynical words.

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME!", Ai Lie yells at him angrily.

"What do you know about my life, about my hard times, and about my family!? You old fart!!", Ai Lie counters his mockery back.

"O-OLD FART!?", Yin Ling widened his eyes. In his whole life, he has never been called an 'old fart' for once. His face is still young, maybe about early 20's.

"Yes, you ARE an old fart! How long have you lived in this world?? 2000 years?? 3000 years?? I have been living for only 18 years! But I'm behaving more mature than you!"

"Y-YOU!", Yin Ling can't fight back her words, because it's true he has been living for about 2000 years, yet his mouth loves to humiliate someone's weakness relentlessly.

"Ha! I see! Age is REALLY just a number! Look at you, living for thousand years, but still immature like a 10 years old boy! Shame on you!" , Ai Lie is burning so badly, until she forgets that the man in front of her is a ghost who might killed her easily.

"...", Yin Ling's face darkened.

"I was wrong....", He said it coldly.

"Ah! Finally, you realized it! Yes you ARE wrong! You are more mature than I thought, huh?", Now, Ai Lie is the one who adds fuel to the fire.

"I was wrong. I shouldn't stop His Majesty from eating you."

"Yea-- Wait, what?", Ai Lie widened her eyes.

"He should have make you his dinner. Ah... But it's not too late! It seems better for me to squash you first." , He holds the hilt of his sword on his waist with his right hand. A dark aura covering his body, readily to kill the girl in front of her.

"Wa-Wait!! I-I-I--", Suddenly, the table turns. Ai Lie is cornered in an instant.

He pulls his sword out, and swings it in the direction to her face with a great power.

"KYAAAA!!", Ai Lie screams. She immediately close her eyes, and covers her face with both of her hands.

"....", Suddenly, the silent's breaking the room.

When she opened her eyes, there was a black cloth in front of her face. She widened her eyes to see who was that. It was His Majesty, protecting her from Yin Ling's attack. With only one bare hand, he could stop the sword that was swinging forcefully to Ai Lie's head. Yin Ling's hands are trembling, he seems unable to move his sword no matter how hard he tries. That man is holding on Yin Ling's sword tightly, until the sword starts to crack a little.

"Hehehe... Amazing.", His Majesty chuckles, "A defenseless human woman picking a fight with a powerful martial ghost."

He turns his head to a girl behind him, "Who do you think will win?", smirking evily.

Ai Lie's stunned. She stares at that man's eyes without a blink. She can't believe that this man came to this room just to safe her. But the fear is still written all over her face, and her brain is still processing what was happened in the last 5 minutes. She is unable to speak.

He turns his head back to Yin Ling, and releases his sword, "What do you think you are doing in my place?"

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. I do deserve death.", Yin Ling kneels to him, and drops his sword.

"You bare your sword at her is the same as you bare your sword at me. Be more cautious for your actions, General Yin, she is my guest.", He glares to Yin Ling that is still kneeling on the floor. His eyes are somehow glowing red.

"My deepest apologize, Your Highness. I will keep your words in my mind."

"And you, little girl. Do you forget in whose territory you are living in? How can you be so brave to challenge an Asura with no power? Even the lowly Pretas are no match for you. Do you really have a death wish?"

'He is an Asura!? This bastard, Yin Ling!?' , Ai Lie still can't believe the man that speaks so recklessly is an Asura. Even Hei She is more worthy to be an Asura than that young man.

"I-I'm sorry, Your Majesty...", Her voice is trembling. She almost cry, as if she regrets her actions and words deeply. But she hides her tears perfectly.

"Ha... The best word you can say to me is just 'Sorry'. 'Sorry' means nothing if you keep repeating your mistakes."

"...", She can't reply anything. He is right, though. Everytime the two meet each other, she will make a mistake, or he will do some actions that forcing her to say 'thank you' to this man. Just like in this moment, she should have said 'Sorry' for causing trouble, and 'Thank you' for, once again, saving her life.

Afraid if she will cry, he pats her head softly, a few times, trying to comfort her. Ai Lie was shocked when he touched her head. She raises her head, and staring at his handsomeness, while he is stroking her hair gently with a poker face. Her cheek slightly turns pink. At that moment, she forgets that she just created a big mess in her own room, and almost losing her life.

"Don't do it again, okay? Just ignore this man and his shameless mouth.", He said that to her with a gentle voice. She nodded a few times, "That's my girl, Ai.", He is smiling softly, as he stops patting her head.

'Ai?' , that man calls her by her front name only. Ai means love anyway, so she feels a bit awkward to be called like that. It feels like he is calling her 'love'. Her cheek is turning pinker than before when she thinks about it.

"Come to my room, Yin Ling."

"Yes, Your Majesty.", Yin Ling finally stands, and he walks behind that black robed man. Even Yin Ling that is actually tall, still shorter compared to that man. They both are going out from her room, and shut the door tightly.

"..." , Ai Lie's body is still frozen like a statue. Then she regains her 'consciousness' and suddenly the last 5 minutes's event flashes back in her mind.

"Ahh! What the hell did I do!! Why do I always make a mistake whenever I met him!", Ai Lie is frustrated, yelling to herself. She is already alone in her room.

"I didn't know that the jerk is an Asura! No, I shouldn't have answer to his words. I should have shut my mouth! Ah... that jerk must be feel very insulted.", She feels guilty towards Yin Ling.

She lays her body on her soft bed, feeling tired because of what was happened in this morning. Suddenly, she realizes that there's a bit of light coming through a window on the side of the right wall next to her bed. She rushly go to that big window that was shutted tightly. She opens the window, and look through the sky. The sky was clear, and bright, as if there is a sun in this realm. She is amazed, but half of her heart still can't believe that there will be a sun brighten this place.

'Grooowl', Her stomach begging for food, "Ah, I haven't eat anything yet since yesterday...."

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The two men walking to the main hall, they are passing through the altar, and went inside a big red door on the right side of that throne room. After they passed through the door, there are many more rooms there. But there is a very wide room in the corner, with a glorious black wooden door with silver ornaments on the surface. The door is big and tall, and when they entered the room, it was more like a library inside. There are many books, and there are some chairs for them to sits with a black wooden circle table in the middle of them. They are sitting on those chair while having a conversation.

"Hahahaha! Yin Ling, I can't believe, you are losing your words in front of her! Hahahaha!", The black robed man laughing so hard, mocking the man that sits beside him.

"....", Yin Ling didn't reply anything, his face darkened.

"She called you an old fart! An immature old fart!! But you were silent and let her to attack you more.. Ah, she must have hurting your pride so badly! Hahahaha!", He laughs so hard until he cried a bit.

"S-SHUT UP!!", Yin Ling yells at him. He is embarassed because usually he can keep his mind cool. He is also good at debates, but suddenly he couldn't counter her words, as if he is agreeing her opinion that he is immature. In addition, he even attempted to attack her, but his attack was easily block with one hand by the man that sits beside him. Behind the scene, they both are actually close. Their relationships are more like brothers, there is no secret between them.

"Hahaha! Huft... By the way...", He starts to speak seriously, "I have read her past."

"Is she really 'her'?", Yin Ling asks.

"Yes, she is 'her'."

"I see... so the circle still hasn't stop yet. Even after 500 years of bloody contract."

"Unfortunately, yes. Someone just can't keep his promises.", He leans his back to the chair, "Yin Ling, she is such a fragile creature. Hmm... if I describe her in your words, she is a deadweight. I will need your help, keep your eyes on her.", He turns his face to Yin Ling, staring at him seriously.

"With pleasure, Your Majesty.", Yin Ling bows his upper body to him.

"But remember not to pick a fight with her. She is so sensitive about her family. Think carefuly before you speak."

"Yes, I will, I will... It was as I explained, Your Majesty, I was annoyed with their noises. I was trying to meditate, but they were fighting over the 'food'.", Yin Ling frowns at him, he still doesn't want to admit his fault.

"I know that very well, you love a quiet place, but you too have your own fault for bringing up her old scar. In addition, you tried to attack her although your moves wasn't serious. You must apologize to her the next time you meet her, she must be terrified of you."

"Yes... I will do that.", Yin Ling seems to feel a bit guilty.

"Ah! I forgot to give her food since yesterday!"

"What? Since yesterday?", Yin Ling widened his eyes.

"I put a sleep spell on her yesterday. I forgot to ask her whether she has eat or not. But most likely she hasn't eat anything yet."

"... Stupid.", Yin Ling whispering.

"I heard that. But I will pretend like I didn't. Yin Ling, ask Hei She to invite her to the dining room."

"...", Yin Ling stands up.

"Hey! Did you hear me?", That man a bit yelling to him.

"Yeah, yeah, I heard you. I'll take my leave, Your Majesty.", Yin Ling leaves the room, leaving that black robed man alone.

"That kid... No wonder why she was so angry to him. Even I sometimes want to cut him to pieces, but I won't do that..." , He is talking to himself.