Ascension of the Monster Queen

Nessa sighed, then stretched off before wiping her eyes since she was tired and wanted to get some rest because she didn't know what was going to happen when she get to the kingdom.

She looked at the demon and her eyes narrowed as a few thoughts ran through her mind and he looked at her.

"You can sleep here, I will share the bed with you for the night, just keep your hands to yourself or you might not wake up to see tomorrow's sunrise," She said in a stern yet sarcastic tone, before laying down and covering with her sheet, he looked at her then chuckled.

"I am not stupid enough to do that, thank you for letting me sleep here, some wouldn't care, you know," He replied and she sighed.

"Good night," She said.

"Good night, lady Nessa," He replied before laying on the other half of the bed and Nessa exhaled deeply.

'Is it active?' She thought.

[Yes, good night.]

Nessa smiled, then closed her eyes and a few minutes after, she fell asleep as did the demon.

Hours passed them sleeping and when morning came, while Nessa was sleeping soundly, she clenched her fists as she began seeing things in her dreams that were not good and she flung up from her sleep.

'What the hell was that?' She wondered before clutching her head.

"Are you okay?" The demon asked.

Her brows furrowed, then she looked at him and saw he was sitting by the front door, which was opened and she sighed when the fresh air that was entering the house, brushed against her face.

"Yeah, I am fine," She responded and he sighed.

"Good morning, lady Nessa," He said then she stood up.

"Good morning, shall we eat, then thank the man and woman and then leave?" She asked.

"Sounds fine to me, you don't want to be late, a lot can happen in little time," He responded and her eyes narrowed.

"You are right, here," She said as she took out a few things from her bag for them to eat and drink, he collected his share then thanked her and both of them began eating their breakfast.

While eating her breakfast, Nessa exited the house, then stretched off and the demon looked at her then she lowered her head as she remembered what she dreamt of and because of that, her resolve to protect those around her, got stronger.

'I will not let them have their way, no matter what,' She thought.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I know you don't trust me but if you want to talk about something, I am willing to listen," He said and she chuckled.

"At what price, demon?" She asked and he chuckled.

"One free chance, you can use it whenever you want, I am done, thanks for the meal, we can leave when you are ready," He responded and she exhaled deeply then went back inside.

After Nessa finished eating, she packed up their things, then left the house and locked the door before going into the village which had quite a few people.

Both of them went to the woman's house and when she saw them, she smiled, then approached them with the man that was with her and they greeted them good morning.

"Thank you for letting us stay in the house last night," She said and the woman smiled at her.

"You are welcome, you seem like a good person, which is why I offered, I am sure my son wouldn't have minded," The woman replied.

"Your son..." Nessa mumbled.

"He passed away, he was killed a few years back along with his fiancee when our village was attacked," She said and Nessa sighed.

"I am sorry," She replied and the demon glanced at her.

"It's okay, we had time to accept what happen, we can only move forward," She said and Nessa smiled at her.

"Well, we will get going now, thanks again," Nessa replied.

"You are welcome, you kids have a safe journey," She said and Nessa nodded, then they left and the villagers looked at them and she smiled after leaving.

"I wonder how much longer until we get there," Nessa mumbled.

"Your destination is not far from here, a few hours top," He said and she glanced at them as his hood blew with the wind and he grabbed onto it and her eyes narrowed and a smile appeared on her face.

"So, you can't show your face either, huh?" She asked and he chuckled.

"You want to see what I look like?" He asked as he looked at her.

"Not gonna force you if you don't want to show yourself," She responded.

"I see, so you do want to see just don't want to admit it, there is nothing nice under here, a demon is a demon after all," He said and she scoffed.

"If you say so," She replied and he glanced at her with his eyes narrowing.

"Wait, we can reach faster," He said as he came to a halt.

Nessa looked back at him then he blew a whistle and since there was no one nearby, the dragon appeared before him then bowed his head and Nessa smiled.

"If we stay high enough, no one will be able to see us, the clouds will be the cover and when we are nearing the city, we will come off and walk the bit, how about that?" He asked as she approached the dragon and the creature glanced at her.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked.

"Yeah, if I wasn't I wouldn't have called him here, even he has things to do, so, will this do, lady Nessa?" He asked in a cheeky tone and she scoffed.

"I like your dragon, if it was up to me, I would probably take him from you, this will do," She responded and he chuckled.

"As if that would ever happen, go on," He said then got onto the dragon and got on after him.

"Shall we go?" He asked and she nodded.

"Let's go, boy," He said then the dragon bowed his head before flying up high in the sky and Nessa smiled a little.