Until We Meet Again

Vanessa nodded.

She stared at him, as if asking why he came to her early in the morning.

"That…"

Orcus found it hard to say she could now return to her kingdom.

They had been together for almost a year.

Orcus would be lying if he said he did not have any feeling for Vanessa.

He did not want her to leave.

'Sigh, what am I thinking? She hasn't even told me her name. It's pretty obvious how she feels about me.'

Orcus told her he could help her sneak back into Hazriel kingdom since they reopened the path.

Vanessa was not as happy as he expected her to be.

She barely smiled.

A few weeks later, Orcus met an illegal smuggler and ensured the safe passage for Vanessa's return.

He felt melancholic when she left without even revealing her name to him.

"Why do you look so down?" Anna asked him. "Is it because that witch left?"

"Huh? What do you mean by witch—"