Proposal

With the creek sound. The gates of the diamond palace opened.

In the dreadful silence, a woman's voice could be heard.

Succubi started walking inside of the palace while her heels were making clicking sound.

Succubi: "Ezen i can't believe that there were literal tears in your eyes this afternoon. I never in my life have seen a demon cry, especially you. You know how scared i was?"

Ezen got irritated because from noon succubi kept teasing him about this. "Stop ruining my mood. I was not crying, it was someone else. I just felt some weird type of emotions for a bit. And trust me, i don't want to experience that shit again."

Succubi: "I mean, that's what you get for bounding your soul with a human girl. What did you expected is going to happen by doing that?" She laughed. "But by the way Ezen, who gave you that soul necklace and ring? Because you are too lazy to make this kind of powerful artifacts on your own. It gotta be some highly skilled witch."

Ezen: "Stop insulting me and tell me where the hell is the store room?"

Succubi: "I don't know, i don't live here. Go ask someone else." She said while looking at her nails "But i am curious, why do you want to go there?"

Ezen: "Because i have hided my lover in the store room. Is this what you want to listen?" He said frustrated.

Succubi: "Wait! What!? You have a lover and you didn't told me anything about it." She gritted her teeth in annoyance. "I bet she is ugly. Is she prettier than me?"

Ezen: "Outer beauty means nothing to me. But If your inside is ugly, then not even makeup could help you. So shutup and find the way."

Succubi: "Seriously? You called me ugly from inside?"

Ezen: "Yes i did. What are you going to do about it?"

Succubi: "No, i am not going to do anything to you. But karma did. Guess what? Wherever you hided your imaginary special girlfriend. You won't meet her again because those humans sold all the stuff from here to the museum of London."

Ezen: "What!? Ohh hell no! You won't believe who's body i hided in the store room. But i hope no one finds out about it. Otherwise i need to kill everyone."

Succubi: "What do you mean? Who's body did you hided? Do i know that person?"

Ezen: "You know her very well. It's the same person who gifted me the soul necklace and ring. It's Equ-" before he could say the person's name. He felt a strong human presence in the room.

He looked at the cupboard infront of him and noticed that it was shaking. That means someone was inside it.

He smirked because based on the smell. He understood who the person was.

"Succubi get lost i don't need you here anymore."

Succubi: "Huh!?" She thought that what the happened to him suddenly?

Is he a bipolar demon?

Ezen: "I mean't to say is that" he tried to sound calm. "Please go and take a look outside. I feel like we are in danger. it's better to be safe."

Succubi: "Alright." After noticing his strange behaviour. She ran straight outside of the palace.

His behaviour was strange not because he talked rudely with her. It was strange because he said please while asking her do something for him. 

Where did he even learned this word? Succubi thought.

Meanwhile inside Ezen kept staring at the cupboard while thinking for a way to get the person outside.

Ezen: "See, i know you are in there. So it is stupid to hide. I promise nothing will happen to you. So come outside. I will give 3 seconds. Come out fast."

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"Now, i am being impatient."

With the help of his power he opened the cupboard's door and pulled the person's body closer towards him and slammed her on the wall.

But he made sure that she wouldn't get hurt by getting her head banged on the wall, that's why he kept his palm on back of her head to keep it safe.

Ezen: "Were you spying on me?" He said while looking at Anastasia who's eyes was closed with fear.

She opened her eyes and noticed ezen's yellow eyes glowing. She was taken aback after witnessing it.

The illegal documents she was holding in her hand, got scattered on the ground.

Anastasia: "Oh my god. Your eyes looks very intimidating. I can't talk to you that way. Close your eyes if you want me to answer your questions. Otherwise no."

Ezen got confused when he heard it. Because his eyes only glow when he is angry at something. But he was not angry now. Then how could Anastasia see his yellow eyes?

Ezen: "What!?"

Anastasia: "Screw this! Just tell what you are going to do to me? Are you going to kill me? Hurt me? Do whatever you want. I am not scared of you." She crossed her arms and pouted.

That little boy's ghost also ran away when he saw Ezen.

Nowadays helping someone is biggest mistake to do in life.

He really left her alone after his job was done.

How selfish.

Ezen: "Are you crazy!? Why would I kill you without any reason? What will I get by doing that?"

Anastasia said in a sarcastic tone. "Offcourse Fun, you will enjoy killing me right? I mean, that's what tv show told me. I don't know."

Ezen didn't planned to kill her because if she died then he will die too. So what's the point of doing that? But he had an malicious idea in his mind.

What if he asked her to do some favor for him in exchange of being free?

Ezen: "I am not going to kill you. But i will, if you don't do as i say." He came closer towards her in hope to intimidate her. But Anastasia didn't moved from her spot.

Anastasia: "See, i know that you are not going to do anything to me. But just for sake of charity work. I'll listen to what proposal you have to make?"

Ezen: "Proposal? You want to make a deal with me?" He thought about it for a moment.

Doing deal was actually a good idea. Now all the plan he made to manipulate Anastasia sounds useless in front of this.

"You want to do a deal or not? If no, then i am going." Anastasia gathered all the papers which were scattered on the ground and was ready to leave but Ezen stopped her by holding her arm.

Ezen: "No wait, i would like to do a deal. But first tell me what do you want in return for helping me."

Anastasia smiled in satisfaction. "First you tell me what you want. What if you asked for my soul? I am not going to give that to you. My soul is mine." She loves herself too much to do something like that.

Ezen looked serious while talking with her. "I want you to resurrect someone for me."

Anastasia: "What!? I don't know how to do that. Resurrect someone how? I don't even know if i have that ability." She didn't expected him to ask her do that. Because the little boy's ghost didn't told her this.

***

(10 Minutes ago)

"Here are the papers. Tomorrow i will go to miss Agnes's house and tell her to do something about it." Anastasia said while picking up all the papers.

The boy: "Thank you so much. I don't have enough words to thank you. Now my family's soul would be in peace. All i need to do is make sure that my murderers are rotting in hell."

Anastasia kept her hands on the boy's shoulder "Don't worry little guy, they will definitely burn in the hell's fire. I hope they get biggest punishment for it."

"Hmm" the boy nodded sadly.

Anastasia also noticed that and asked him about it. "What happened? Your murderers are going to jail. You should be happy."

The boy: "Actually, i took help of black magic to contact with you."

Anastasia got confused after hearing about it.  "Black magic? Why?"

The boy: "You have the light. That makes supernatural creature run away from you. And the same thing happened to me when i tried to make contact with you."

Anastasia: "So how did you made contact with me?"

The boy: "I went in the forbidden forest" the boy started to shake while mentioning it. "You might have heard about the demon inside it. Right?"

Anastasia thought about it. The demon that lives in the forbidden. As much as she knows. She found out that currently that demon Is in Adrian's body.

She found out about this when she heard some villagers talking about a boy being missing. When she looked at the boy's photo she learned that the guy was Adrian. So it make sense. That Adrian has been possessed by a demon.

The boy: "I asked for help from him. I was very scared while doing that but i didn't had any choice." The boy begin to cry. "Now i am scared. What if I went to hell because of this"

Anastasia: "Wait! Does that mean you sold your soul to him?"

The boy: "No! I didn't. I just gave a small sacrifice to him. It was not big. I only needed to kill 3 cows. That's it."

Anastasia: "That means you murdered them?"

The boy: "I didn't had any choice alright!?" He screamed loudly and then realised about it. "I am sorry. I am just feeling guilty for killing them. But still, i think in the end i got what I wanted. Because even though I prayed many times. My prayers were not answered. That's why i choosed this path."

Anastasia: "But i heard that no supernatural creature or human could enter the forbidden forest? Then how did you made the bargain?" She heard about this from the ghosts earlier in the funeral.

The boy: "You don't need to go inside it. You can just call his name 3 times. And then you will see him. But make sure you don't look at him otherwise he will kill you."

Anastasia: "it sounds like you are telling me fake bloody Mary story."

The boy: "No! Trust me. It is really true. Many people has been doing this for 100 years when they have some kind of problems. That demon can answer any of your questions. And it can also make you connect with your deceased parents or relatives."

Anastasia: "Wait really!?" If i met him again, then does that mean. Will he help me to find my real birth parents? Should I take this risk or not?

Uggh, looks like i need to meet that demon to know if he can help me with it or not. And if he tried to kill me then i don't need to be scared. Afterall i have protection from all the god goddess.

What is that demon's name? Morana told me.

She tried to remember it. Ohh, it's Ezen.

[Ezen i can't believe that there were literal tears in your eyes this afternoon] A sound of pencil heels clicking could be heard from the haul way.

Anastasia looked at the little boy nervously and noticed the boy was acting weird. His body was kind of melting.

The boy: "He is sucking my power. Hide inside the cupboard."

Anastasia glanced at the old cupboard and without thinking went inside it and closed its door. That space was very uncomfortable for her because she was allergic to dust.

[I mean, that's what you get for bounding your soul with a human girl. What did you expected is going to happen by doing that?]

"What do they mean by bounding your soul with a human girl? Is that human girl me?" She thought to herself.

She heard laughing noise coming from the other side.

[But by the way Ezen, who gave you that soul necklace and ring? Because you are too lazy to make this kind of powerful artifacts. It gotta be some highly skilled witch.]

Anastasia glanced at her ruby necklace and noticed it glowing again.

That time she understood they are definately talking about her. The ruby necklace don't glow when she is pain. It glows when he is around her.

After that, she heard two people's bickering noises coming. She was not really interested in hearing about that. That's why she closed her ears.

But as she moved her face to the side. She saw an ghostly figure with her in the cupboard. And because of her panicking. The cupboard started to shake too.

[Oh god, please help me i am going to be caught.]  She kept thinking in her mind and started praying to God about it. But suddenly her hands felt something in it.

That's why she glanced at it and found out that it was a paper. In that someone had written a message.

[Ezen i know that i am a traitor. But please I don't want to die. She is going to kill me. I don't know if i will stay alive or not. But whatever happens, just make sure to bring me back]

From your sister,

Equ...

The page was torned from the other side. That's why she couldn't read the person's name. But it looks like. Ezen has a sister.

Should I blackmail him with that? Yeah, that's the first thing that came in her mind.

[See, i know you are in there. So it is stupid to hide. I promise nothing will happen to you. So come outside. I will give 3 seconds. Come out fast.]

Anastasia thought everything was over. Right after 3 seconds. She was forcefully pulled by strong force. And then she felt that she was in someone's arm. But then *bam* she got slammed in the wall. But her head was covered by his palm.

She opened her eyes and saw him.