Returning To The Surface

Sitting on her throne, an empress attended to her duties managing her realm while a demon knelt before her, trembling in fear as she sorted through papers upon papers, all related to the Demon Kingdom.

"My Lady, please, see a healer! This wound cannot be seen by others!" The demon in a suit pleaded as the Empress's gaze met his.

"Quiet, you've already vexed me by stealing one of Agares's collection items; I did not give you the right to speak," she said, her cold stare capable of killing the demon with just a glance.

"But Lady Lilith! Your horn!" He exclaimed, but after defying Lilith's order, he exploded.

"Dantelion, clean that up," she ordered, and a woman appeared, looking like a typical demonic maid; in the blink of an eye, the explosion from the corpse seemed as if it had never happened.

"Duke Agares," she said, and a male demon appeared by her side. "How may I assist, Empress?"