On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Chapter 143: Locked with the fake Phoenix

Volca remained silent. She stayed still and took precautions to attack him if he any moment attacks her. He just massaged her shoulder a little. Volca sat looking straight. "It's bad to speak I'll of the dead, but I was always angry at the fact that Fiona never ever brought you to heaven, to me, not even once," Volca did not react at all. Her heart pounded loud. "I always wanted to wanted spend some time with you, be with you, while you were growing up, but I was not lucky enough, your mother was the reason, I hold her responsible," he went on. Volca looked to right side of her, when Emperor Tai withdrew his hands and walked around. He stretched his arms and circled around her. "Those eyes of yours," Tai smiled. "It reminds me so much," he paused. Volca mustered up her courage and met his eyes this time. "Of my young self," he said. They locked their eyes. It indeed looked similar. No, the same. It was the same pairs in both the bodies. Volca's heart almost failed. Reality started hitting her hard. She hated it. She was getting ashamed of herself, and her mother. 'Why did my mother had to do this?' She wondered, miserably. 

"Volca," Tai called her, waking her from her line of thoughts. "Have you ever wondered why?" He asked her something she did not listen to carefully. Volca tired to cover and said no. 

"I know, I know how you were concealed from truth, I do not wish to blame anybody anymore," he said. Volca did not understand a word. 

"Tell me," she said trying to get him keep talking. 

"Am sorry for neglecting you and abandoning you," Volca smirked listening to his empty apologies. She could feel something is about to come up from him, to use her well. "Be my right hand, leave hell, leave the demon clan, come leave with me," Emperor Tai offered her. "Live as my daughter from now on," he put the bomb finally. Volca flinched. She felt horrible but she decided to utilise the moment, thinking of her future, and Huo'er's. 

"Why?" She asked back.

"Because you were better than my son Aaron, you deserve the position," 

"Position?" She asked him doubtfully. 

"Celestial Crown Princess," he said.

"Am a Demoness, why would I be selected as the princess here?" She asked him.

"You are not pure blood, neither an angel nor a demon," 

"But my cultivation and powers even the form is of a demon," she argued back.

"But not the nature of your heart. Unless and until you let your demonic cultivation eat your heart you will never become a true demon," he said to her.

"I have even let my soul be consumed by satan, let alone a heart,"

"A heart too tender," Emperor Tai made fun of her.

"No you are wrong, am a wild witch, not a mere tender bone," 

Emperor Tai laughed out loud listening to his daughter speaking which to him sounded as rubbish. "Hold on my dear," he said and performed a spell, that completely changed the style of hers. 

The brand new Volca with the golden and black gown, the golden head dress, better belt. The starter package of heaven. But little did Tai know the real nature of Volca's heart. A lady who has no whatsoever interest in clothes, jewellery and not materialistic but rather believe only in her point of view about life. And in her point of view, Emperor Tai is the baddest person she knows in those who are alive in the universe and then comes her mother, thinking that she is the by product of two deadly people, she ran away from all the characteristics that both had with them. Trying herself to become a better person. But she did go overboard when it came to Huo'er, forgetting that they were her only friends. 

"Your highness," Volca started. "All this.." but Tai stopped her. 

"Don't utter a word, I will prepare the Princess' palace in half a day, wait and start living her now on, I can't let you back that easily. I have finally got you, my daughter, years later," he said sounding a little relieved. It was weird. Then with no other choice out before for her, she chose one and sat back on the chair. 

"Daughter?" She asked. "You say am your daughter?" 

"Why are you not proud of being Celestial Emperor's daughter?" He asked her back immediately. 

"You know am just shocked at this revelation, why would you expect me to accept it easily, I was brought up wildly," she spoke a little authoritatively. Tai smiled at her. 

"A father will love her daughter dearly, always, don't worry about. How about I give an upgrade to it?" He asked eyeing her purple claw sword. Volca looked at him carefully. But he did nothing and turned away. "Not now, not before you accept the position," he said and walked away.

"I will let you know if am willing to," she said. She didn't want to say in straight and reveal her intentions. She pretended to take time. 

"Your place is prepared, you would not be allowed to leave," he informed her and vanished into thin air. Volca stood there with her one hand on her hips reminding hers about how carefully she should even breath from then on. 

For a moment she wished she could meet Huo, tell him what Emperor Tai had asked her. But the next moment, she was full of desires, her Demoness senses waking in her, wondering if she should take the chance and live to the fullest, but the very next moment she hated the people, her so called biological father and her mother who did. She was lost in her line of thoughts. She was lost without a person to call her dear, to get advice, to get help. 

Volca walked around the palace, played and passed her day like that. But soon she was invited by her father for dinner in his hall. Volca prepared and walked in. There were few minister there dining with him. Volca hesitated to walk into the hall. But the moment she reached the doors, Emperor Tai spotted her and called her. "Come quick," he said. The other ministers were giving her strange look. She grew little uncomfortable. In the eyes of the heavenly Angels, she and her mother has always been the monsters, bloodsucking demons brutally masacarring the heavenly beings. They all hated her. She was sure of how hard it's going to be make an impression in the heaven. She decided then. She was sure about it either. She forced a smile on her face.

"Your highness," she greeted him, bowing down. 

"Yes dear, did you settle in well?" He asked her.

"Very well," she said and smiled again. There were murmurs rising inside the hall. Emporer Tai nodded smiling asking Volca to be peaceful. "Take your seat," he said showing her the table adjacent to him. 

"Here?" She was shocked close to the Emperor. That's like a place it given to anybody else except Empress and Aaron. 

'Is he really trading everything he has for me, surely people don't seen fine with what's happening here,' she thought and slowly walked towards the assigned seat sitting at the right side of King's table. She took her glass of fine and sipped them. It did not taste good. It was sourer than ever and bitterness spread everywhere. She wondered whether it's poisoned or not. She looked at the King who also was drinking the same drink. 'Damn,' she cursed under her breath and put some grapes in to her mouth. It was no better. She spit them out and pretended to enjoy the meal. She tasted the chicken soup and finally felt relieved. He suited her taste buds. 

"Like it?" Emperor asked her. 

"Love it," she replied with a timid smile this time.

Soon Emperor clinged a fork on his wine glass and seeked the attention of the audience before him. "I have an announcement to make," he declared out loudly. 

"No don't, " she said but he did not listen to her. 

"Today onwards, celestial palace is the home for," he paused and looked at Volca. She shook her head. She did not want extra hatred and danger from the Angels. Volca, and will no longer pursue demonic cultivation, converting her powers to ours, live as one among us," he said without even consulting with her. It pissed Volca off. 

"What the actual fuck? I would never let anyone tame my wild heart," She whispered and got up. Everyone stared at her. Then some started clapping. 'Convert my foot,' she muttered under her breath and smiled at all of them. 'Am glad I chose not to live as your daughter," she thought and looked at the Emperor who looked satisfied. He then surprisingly revealed something else. It caught everyone's attention. "And by this, I have to say, we will no longer keep ties with the Demon Realm, whatever the result maybe, heaven is superior, and we shall keep it that way, always," 

"You're doomed,' she thought and stepped forward and turned to face the Emperor. She bowed. 

"I have to leave, I have an emergency matter to take care off," she lied and walked out of the hall, without looking back, not waiting for a reply, then she ran away, to a faraway place. She did not wish to be disturbed but inform Huo immediately to let him know that things are getting tangled, and that she is going to be imprisoned in the name of becoming his daughter, the Celestial princess. Volca did not want it. She produced a piece of paper and took out her quill. "Huo..." ultimately he is the only person she trusts and has to lean on, so she trusted her own feelings, her gut, and worte a detailed report.