New Chapter for the Highest Tier (June 2021)

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Archdemon Empress Luna

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"How do we find the Tree of the Four Seasons?" Luna had asked Hecate's messenger.

She needed someone to make it make sense for her because something didn't add up here.

What did that have to do with the Ravin—the son of the Fallen Angel— whom the ghost claimed that this particular Archdemon would lead them to the Garden where this Tree of the Four Seasons could be found?

Why did it have to be him out of all the Archdemons in Hell?

Hecate's messenger's hollowed eyes glowed like green orbs when it explained. "Hecate intended Princess Ourania to help you with the mission and defeat Lilith. But she let her grudges with everyone got the best of her. She had a union with Hephaestus. Princess Sapphire was the fruit of her seduction with the God of Fire. She had personal issues with everyone—her daughter, her parents and the both of you, Your Highnesses. Now, she continued her rebellion with Hecate by her engagement with the Knight from the Fall Courts when she should be guiding the both of you to fulfill your roles in the prophecy."

"She is unstable, according to my observations, herald," Luna replied. "She isn't fit to guide us where to find the Tree of Four Seasons."

"Even your Master can make mistakes, huh," Apollyon remarked in biting sarcasm.

"The Goddess made the wrong choice of giving Princess Ourania a second chance due to her poor circumstances. But the lady had made her suffering with King Gwythyr, and the Summer Monarchs define her as a living being. It was just a shame that my Goddess negotiated Princess Ourania's gift of prophecy with Apollo. She decided not to fulfill her role to save this Realm on the grounds of free will." The ghost responded. "All we can do now is adjust and move on to find a replacement. Hecate signed the Archdemon of Gluttony for it whether he liked it or not. It was meant to be."

Apollyon's handsome face contorting with anger, Apollyon grabbed Luna's wrist to pull her closer as if they were under threat, and she gasped.

"I don't want Ravin to deal with my wife!" Her husband rasped, and his blue eyes were wild with unease, "Their cords to each other aren't severed yet. I don't want the Archdemon to be associated with her by any means."

Hecate's ghastly herald explained that the Archdemon of Gluttony would be easier to command as a familiar because of Luna's blood bond with him.

Luna nodded her head slowly in understanding as she remained silent during the discussion.

How could she forget something important as a blood bond with the Archdemon?

Luna wanted to crawl with shame and regret.

She forgot that her soul was still tied to the bastard.

Ravin was why her life was a hank of a yarn that was a pain to untangle.

Being with her husband's presence as they traveled from the Spring Courts and the Summer Courts lulled her into thinking that she wouldn't have to deal with other Archdemons—especially her other forgotten husband—because there was no chance she would return to Hell.

It would be a major headache to successfully conjure Ravin—her remaining Archdemon mate— in the Material Realm.

Luna would have this dilemma of having her estranged Archdemon husband with her, attaching himself to her everywhere after binding him in this plane to become familiar.

It would require Ravin to work with Luna near and having him at her beck and call.

Apollyon might like the proud Archdemon—his immortal enemy and the bane of his existence— to be a servant but not hers.

"The ownership of a familiar cannot be transferred to you, Vampire King." Hecate's herald answered his unstated question as if it already read her husband's mind.

Apollyon's have worn an inscrutable expression, but the dark aura was as black as the mists surrounding Hecate's messenger.

His utter jealousy over summoning Ravin rolled off him like waves.

"Well, is there any other Archdemon my wife could choose as a familiar rather than that fiend?" Her husband didn't even spare her a single glance when he asked the herald.

It was as if she wasn't there in the first place.

It tilted its head which changed forms depending on the direction of the breeze, "Do you want to pick the Archdemon of Lust then?"

The Vampire King's eyes were filled with fury as she felt strong bursts of power coming out of Apollyon's hand into her wrist, "Do you want to die, messenger?"

It let out a long, evil chuckle.

The ghost wasn't threatened by the Vampire King.

"I am already dead." The herald shrugged. "You can not kill me twice."

"Lust shape-shifted into my form and defiled my wife to aid Lilith with the fertility spell! I can't face the bastard without killing him!" Apollyon clenched his fists. "I haven't figured out how to kill that Archdemon."

"You will hurt your wife if you hurt the Archdemon Familiar." The ghost stared at them. "Forging a connection between a master and servant is inevitable."

Apollyon's stone-cold countenance with his glittering Prussian Blue eyes as he stared at the wall appeared like he just realized his nightmares coming to life.

"Picking another Archdemon, other than Ravin, would be difficult. You will need to start over and establish a new solid bond before making that Archdemon your familiar. That would take a long while before you matched each other's wavelength." The herald stated as he stared at Luna. "Ravin is already used to your energy since he was the first creature who was blood-bonded to you, Your Highness."

"He will be so drawn to you, and you have already acquired his real name. You are also in possession of Hecate's grimoire. What could go wrong?" It shrugged. "It wouldn't be hard for you to make him your slave. You are strong enough to do it. Your voice of command will be much harder to resist." Then, it shifted its attention to Apollyon and asked, "Don't you also want to seek revenge with the Archdemon, Vampire King?"