Fated to be Villainess

Once upon a time, when gods and devils have been thousands years on war, made the lesser being suffered again and again. Tale of love bloomed between heaven and hell. The forbidden love. SHE, goddess of beauty and HE, the candidate king of devil realm.

"You're going to die. Even you're not, you'll be fugitive of the two realms," devil princess said to her husband for hundreds years. Expressionlessly.

"I'm sorry, Lucia. Even if this marriage was a political one…, I wronged you." HE hugged his wife guiltily.

They grew up together. She was fated to be another half of the strongest devil. She never did anything wrong, because as the only daughter of devil king, she had been groomed to be his bride. Tool for breeding the next queen, continuing the royal blood. It's his fault to love another woman, when devil king supposed to not have any heart for loving.

"Father is already old. Without you, winning this war will be far away. For a woman you knew less than 5 years, is it worth it to give up your dream of thousand years? Your kin? Your family? Me?"

HE answered, "I desired your power, for our dream to rule the world. But I lost it, Lucia. Love made me mad, to desire a woman I shouldn't touch. I am ready to give up the world for her."

"Alright, just this once. Next life, I won't be so nice to let you unscathed."

"Princess Lucia, the king gave his order. Please come out," a loud voice sounded from front yard.

"Just go… Brother." It's been long, long ago, she called him that.

Lucia put a drop of blood to his forehead. A tattoo curse that sealed his power fading away.

"Thanks," HE smiled sadly gratefully and vanished the next second.

Lucia sighed. Still with her blank face. Nobody could tell what's in her mind.

"Is it really okay, Princess? Prince consort will definitely die." Drean, Lucia's confidante pop up from thin air.

"Not okay, of course. That's why you should never fall in love, Drean. It's gonna be boring without Brother. I will die of loneliness if you're gone too."

"Princess… won't you regret? Didn't you care?"

Lucia let a maid draped her red robe. She did care. But, what could be done? She was the one who had been abandoned. As the only one who could crown him at the peak of world, a tool, his lucky charm. As a childhood friend. As a little sister. Even as a wife, she has no weight whatsoever.

She was a devil princess. Her royal blood was too proud to beg for pity.

SHE was a trap from the king of gods. A sacrifice to win the long war. With mission to kill the strongest devil warrior. HE forgave, giving her another chance.

That's love. So stupid.

HE was the enemy SHE should kill. But, when his devilish face in front of her, SHE couldn't think of what was right and which was wrong.

That's love. So blind.

SHE and HE, holding each other hands, surrounded by their own kin with hostility. They would be an example for the unspoken law of forbidden feeling between two highest beings. SHE and HE were ready to perish, if they could be together into the nothingness.

HE burned away. SHE melted away. Every minute, every second of their touch. The pain burning, melting of their soul, bit by bit had eaten their will to live.

There was a fire, coming from a distant. Surrounding him who hugged her in desperation. The fire didn't hurt them. A warmth of life soothed their soul.

HE looked to the far high mountain. A silver clouds on its peak. A woman, beautifully enchanting, flaming in red dress and red lips, stood proudly on it.

"Why?" HE asked in murmur.

"I don't know. When I thought we'll never meet again, I just did it. Let's say… it's for our daughter."

"You…" HE looked at her in disbelief.

"Even if it's only your reincarnation… so she could find you if she wants to see her father." For the first time since she was born, Princess Lucia let a smile. An awkward smiling, because she had not been used to it. Nevertheless, it's comparable to the goddess queen.

"This is goodbye. If we were to be husband and wife in the far away lives… at that time, please don't leave me again, my Prince." (Lucia)

"Thank you, my Princess. Goodbye…"

Princess Lucia cut her soul in half to save her husband's soul, and gave half of her remaining soul to feed child in her womb. 10 years after the incident, a devil princess was born. Unfortunately, less than a hundred years later Lucia's life force went out.

The uncrowned devil queen death was another hit for the devil realm. They lost the thousand years of war. The king and little princess were executed, left no more any devil royal blood. The winner was always right. So the loser devil became the symbol of evil, and from there on, they must live hiding in the darkness.