Chapter 1.3: Death

Everyone was shocked by Lillian's sudden revival and transformation.

"You monster!!" Julian was furious by this.

"Eheheheh…That's no way to thank the demon that resurrected your daughter, now, is it?"

The now resurrected and transformed Lillian looked at herself curiously. "I'm… alive?" she said, very confused.

Lillian looked at her hand and then felt her head to find two new additions to her body… Horns.

Once more, unexpectedly, Leo came up from behind. He was much more battered and bloodied than before, and it looked that this time he was posed to strike down Lillian with his broken sword.

"I'm sorry milady, but I refuse to let your honor be tarnished!" Leo shouted. Lillian looked back, shocked by this unprovoked attack.

In an utter shock to everyone witnessing this aside from the Demon King, Captain Leo was easily thwarted by a demon's tail going straight through his head.

The tail recoiled back to its owner, who was none other than Lillian. Lillian looked down at the now-dead Captain Leo. She then caressed her tail very gingerly before giving an apology. "I-I'm sorry Captain… you startled me…".

The Demon King watched on in pleasure. "Heh. What a foolish man. Against a demon fed my blood, he stood no chance.". Lillian looked very sad after hearing the Demon King's words, realizing that she was, in fact, now a demon herself. She became more bitter looking back upon Captain Leos dead corpse

Suddenly, Lillian was struck by a fireball, which burnt up most of her prisoner clothes and made them a little more revealing. Lillian was surprised as she turned to find that the fireball came from a reluctant Grimwald. He was posed and ready to jump down the balcony with one foot on the railing.

"Your majesty, you and the princess need to escape now, otherwise-!" Grimwald was cut short as he suddenly found himself eye to eye with Lillian as she had both of her hands on both of his cheeks.

Grimwald was unsure what was happening. "I…I'm sorry, Grim. it looks like… this is where we part ways…". Lillian masked her sadness, forcing a bittersweet smile. "I'll always cherish the short time we spent together while I was still human..."

Lillian cried a little before closing in with a kiss that lasted a few seconds. It was then revealed that Lillian had been holding Grimwald's detached head in her hand. Soon, his eyes became lifeless, leaving Lillian to engulf his head she held in fire, charring it to ash in seconds. She looked back up towards the balcony to her family, still standing on the very spot where she was resurrected.

Lillian and the Demon King watched as Kalika could only look on in horror as she witnessed the now headless body that belonged to Grimwald fall over. The body started to gush blood throughout the balcony floor, freaking Kalika out.

"This can't be real. NO! It can't be real!!" Kalika was unable to look away from the horrific scene. She then started to scream and fell to the floor.

Julian tried to avert her gaze by getting in front of her, placing both his hands on her shoulder to turn her from the scene, but the damage was already done. Kalika was already freaked out, as she understood that she would have no control of whatever came next. Julian continued to tirelessly try to calm down Kalika but to no avail.

"Kalika. Kalika! You need to pull yourself together! You need to create a purging barrier! If you don't, we could both die! I know you can do it. I've seen it myself!"

Julian understood the dire situation. Two of Lillian's most cherished companions were killed without hesitation by Lillian herself. There was no question in his mind that Lillian would be after him and Kalika, too.

"No…. No…. I can't…." Kalika whimpered.

"You have to! If not both of us, you have to at least protect yourself!"

Kalika was teary eyed. Kalika has never felt so vulnerable in her life until now. "No… I can't do it… I don't have magic… I… I can't use holy magic… or fire magic… or any other kind of magic. I'm a fraud. A fraud who can't use magic." Kalika's last statement hit Julian hard as he saw Kalika weep from this sudden confession.

"No. you're just lying to yoursel-." Julian stopped himself for a moment. "I can't lose both my cherished daughters.". Kalika could feel a deep sadness in the voice of the father who adopted her.

"F-father?" This surprised Kalika as she was always treated more harshly than Lillian when she was young or when Lillian and Julian completely stopped seeing eye to eye. This was a side of the father who adopted her that she had never seen.

A sense of dread soon overcame Julian as he realized his own folly. "What have I done…".

Kalika now saw Lillian behind Julian, standing on the balcony railing with a very disappointed look. With a flick of Lillian's finger, Julian exploded, blood now splattered on Lillian and Kalika alike. And with that, Lillian simply smiles graciously.

"I didn't think you'd ever tell Father the truth… I'm happy."

Julian's blood and body parts poured like rain. It wasn't long before Lillian chuckled carelessly for a second before giving a crude joke. "I guess this makes us blood sisters, huh."

Kalika, witnessing this was in complete disbelief at the sudden death of her adopted father. It was almost maddening to a point where reality was just simply a dream turned into a nightmare.

"N-no way…" Kalika muttered.

Kalika tensed up, completely unable to move as Lillian slowly approached her. Lillian crouched to the eye level of Kalika, her adopted sister. Placing two fingers on Kalika's cheek, Lillian couldn't help but look into Kalika's eyes, watching her expression. Kalika was starting to hyperventilate, unable to accept the reality before her. The reflection of Lillian's smiling face can be seen in Kalika's pupils, as Kalika could only look on in terror.

"Thank you, Kalika. For being my sister." And with a flick of a finger Lillian forcefully snaps Kalika's neck.