Chronicles of the Red Sovereign

“Leave her alone Abbadon.” Kai said after he caught Luna who was falling after being hit by the demon’s attack. “Not even this clone of yours can actually kill her.”

The yellow-eyed demon, Abbadon, looked at Kai with a questioning expression.

“How did you know my name human?” Abaddon questioned with a piercing glare. “I don’t think we’re close enough for me to share my name with you. And I’m pretty sure I’ve never met you before. You do have this really interesting aura around you but my business is with that red-haired girl in your arms.”

Kai held Luna closer to him and glared at Abbadon.

“She’s the last survivor of the Lyxi Clan, isn’t she?”

Kai stiffened. He knew the Luna from the memories he received was from the Lyxi Clan, but he never knew that in the current timeline the clan had been wiped out and that she was the last remaining member of it.

‘Wait, isn’t Senior Trent a member of the Lyxi Clan as well?’

“And if she is?” Kai questioned the demon.

“Then I should finish my job.”

Kai gasped and put up a defensive stance. If things came to worse, he wasn’t sure he could fight the demon, clone or not.

All of a sudden, a figure dropped in front of Kai.

“Now, now. Scaring kids will only give you a bad reputation. Oh right, you don’t have a good reputation either.”

Kai could only stifle his laugh upon hearing the newcomer’s words.

“Who the hell are you?” Abbadon growled.

“Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, at your service. Will not yours obviously demon, but to the human kids behind me.”

‘Sun Wukong? Isn’t he that guy who’s been hovering near the archduchess lately?’

“Get out of my way!” Abbadon screeched and lunges at Wukong.

“Get Luna out of here, Prince Kai. The archduchess is waiting for the two of you.”

Kai could only nod and then he left. It did not take long to reach where the archduchess was, but he was taken aback when he found Sun Wukong with her.

“You… aren’t you supposed to be facing Abbadon?” Kai questioned, confused at the man’s presence.

“Abbadon?” asked the archduchess. “Abbadon is here? And you sent a clone to face him?”

‘Clone?’

“Well, he’s a clone as well. So sending my clone to face him is basically calling it even.”

Kai had a lot of questions in his head regarding the situation but the girl in his arms had to be dealt with first.

***

I found myself in a dream. I was pretty sure it was a memory though, of one of the times Elthesia and I hung out.

I could see my former self and my sister in our fox forms on a beach.

-I remember this one. We were on our way to the Dragon Palace to celebrate the dragon king’s birthday.

“Abbadon?” I heard myself ask my sister who was in the form of a nine-tailed white fox. Meanwhile, I was in the form of a nine-tailed red fox.

“Yes. It seems he has been causing some trouble in the human realm. He is a demon you know.”

“Eh? Aren’t demons the lesser descendants of the devils? How is he still out there wreaking havoc?”

“Apparently, a member of the Celestial Race has been sheltering him.”

“You’re not someone to believe in rumors sister.” I hear myself comment. “Is it true though? That, that demon has someone backing him from the Celestial Race? It’s scandalous you know.”

“Hmm… I’m not sure but there have been many talks about it in all three realms of Afasia.”

“I see. Well, he is only a demon. He has no hopes of wreaking havoc in the celestial realm.”

-Is it wrong to suddenly want to hit my former self? She just said something stupid.

“The future is not set in stone. We’ll see.”

-Right, something like this actually happened huh. I actually totally forgot about it.

If my estimation was right, that conversation happened about four hundred years ago in human realm years.

-Now why am I suddenly dreaming about this?

My first guess was because I hear the name before I fainted, and I’m pretty sure I was spot on. Although…

-Why does Kai know his name?

***

My mind woke up before my body did. I was aware of my surroundings and I could even hear things clearly, but I couldn’t seem to wake my body up. And because if that, I heard a conversation I was pretty sure they wouldn’t want me to hear.

“-sure about this?” asked a voice I could identify as Sun Wukong.

-Ah, so he’s still lurking around.

“It’s the only way.” another voice answered which I’m pretty sure belonged to Aunt Zaira. “If the information we received is correct, the demons are planning to do a pincer attack and take over Azte City.”

“But-“

“I can already feel the transport gate coming to life near the southern gates.”

If could gasp, I probably already did but I stayed motionless in wherever I was laid.

“Aunt Zaira, you do realize the repercussions that entail with this?” asked the voice that unmistakably belonged to the emperor, Ivan.

“Of course I do. Will I recommend it if I didn’t?” I could hear Aunt Zaira huff. “Anyway, our priority is to send the demons where they came from and reclaim the capital. To do that, my spell is definitely needed.”

“But doesn’t that spell eat at its caster’s life?” I heard Kai ask which really surprised me.

-Why is he here? I thought this is some sort of conversation for the top brass or something?

“If things go south, the archduchess can die.”

“I suppose the White Seal does have that effect when casted by regular people. But as you already know I’m not one of the regular people. The laws of life and death no longer apply to me. At most I will be left weakened until the seal is broken.”

-White Seal, where have I heard that before? It sounds familiar.

“You mean it’s not even a long lasting one?” questioned Emperor Ivan with a panicked tone.

“The White Seal is also known as the Ten-Year Seal. Which means it only lasts for ten years.” Aunt Zaira calmly answered. “If the demons want to go to war with us we can at least buy ten years of preparation.”

“But you’ll also be weakened within the next ten years.” commented the emperor.

“I wouldn’t sweat on that. Stop prying on the small details. Anyway, I will need the assistance of the Court Mage Division so have them be prepared. We’ll do the seal in thirty minutes. Make sure all our allied forces are nowhere near the city or the city limits, am I clear?”

“The transport gate in the south will activate in ten minutes.” I heard Kai point out.

-Wow, how brave of him.

“Then let them rush into an empty city and we’ll get them on one swoop.”

-I should probably make my presence known. Why were they even discussing such a thing where I was in?

I let out a groan and I could feel someone fussing over me already. I cracked open one eye and saw a familiar set of sea-green eyes; Kai.

“Hey.” he said with a smile.

“How long was I out?”

“About an hour give or take. Twenty minutes on that were spent on transporting you into this temporary base.”

“So? What is this about casting a spell called the White Seal or something? And how it will leave Aunt Zaira weakened?”

I could hear gasps in the room, but not from the archduchess in question and the foreign god who were both smirking.

“Ah, Luna. Good timing. I have a job for you.”

-Of course she does.