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He was lost. He was confused.
Most of all he was scared. Scared of his responsibilities. Scared of not being able to do what is expected of him. He didn't expect this. He didn't expect this so soon. Now he has no choice, no time to adapt, no assurance that he is worth it.

He knew he had to give in, he knew he had to embrace the sudden change and yet he chose to run away. All because he never felt confident, he never felt deserving and even though he could still get help from his friends, he couldn't bring himself to reach out to them. So here he was roaming around in the woods, not a single soul in sight, the night darker than ever just the way his life was at that moment.

As he continued walking, he saw a river in the distance. The river was silent in the night but its beauty was screaming numerous emotions. Its water was still and was being used as an enormous mirror by the moon itself.

The moon was radiant despite the black clouds surrounding it. It was proudly looking upon its reflection in the river admiring the beauty of the world beneath it, the same world which was the reason for someone's troubles.

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He sighed as he tried to calm the insides of his mind and heart. As he sat on the river bank he couldn't help but talk to himself,
"Damn it! What is wrong with me ?? Why in the world did I run away ..why didn't I stay .. but, I don't have anything to lose now, do I? I have nothing left but then why was I so insecure, why am I so insecure ??" He questioned himself bitterly.

" Haha!! I knew it! I was never worth it .. heck! I didn't even have a real fight in all these years. I can't do this ..I'm not made for this and I'm not going back ..yes!!...that's final !! " he thought out loud, making his final decision in the process. He couldn't help but cry at his situation, he was messed up and he knew it. But he didn't care, at least not now. He knew he was good for nothing (or that is what he thought).

The poor boy didn't have any kind of confidence in his abilities. All he needed was a reassurance or any incidence which can save him and which can end his misery.
As if on cue, his thoughts were interrupted by loud cries coming from a distance. He stopped his own crying as he got alert and tried to take the suddenly crazy situation in.

Okay so, he was deep in a forest and it was just sometime before sunrise. Both the place and the time were not appropriate, for a baby's cries to reach his ears out of nowhere. He quickly sprang to his feet and dashed towards the source of the loud cries.
In no time he was behind a set of trees, trying to get a better view of the scene in front of him. His demonic ears were already at work, as he tried to set his line of view.
Upon settling his view, he absorbed the scene presented to him and life was instantly sucked out of him.
At that moment, that very moment he knew he got a meaning to his life and that, he has to keep that meaning safe.

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The court had ended a while back with happy cheers of support from the courtiers and immense love and respect for the new ruler of hell. Taehyung had received praises and congratulatory messages from his officials. He was happy and content and had thanked them all for the ultimate love and support.

"Congratulations my king~~ I am so proud of you today .. you were on fire!!!" Jimin's excited voice chimed happily.

"Omoo, you should have at least warned me that you were going to summon the holy flames of satan himself. I almost died of a heart attack !!" hobi spoke in a hushed tone.

"I'm proud of you taehyung ahh. I knew you would handle the situation like a kin- wait you are already the king ..yeah sorry.." the supposedly head advisor, his namjoon hyung, said sheepishly.

"Thank you chim and namjoon hyung and sorry hobi hyung I will warn you in advance from the next time for sure. You guys are a huge support system for me ." Taehyung thanked them from the bottom of his heart, before turning to his Jin hyung, looking at him with expectant eyes.

"You did well taehyungie " jin complimented with a tight smile.

The demon king bowed his head in return, acknowledging the sentence wholeheartedly.
(Getting a word of praise from Sir Jin himself is a huge accomplishment and he received it today which made the demon king happy )

As his hyungs got busy in their own conversations, taehyung's eyes started wandering around everywhere before finally latching themselves on the main entry gate of the palace.

"Ahemm ahemm..who are u waiting for taehyung sssi~~ ??" Jimin enquired with a not so necessary wiggle of his eyebrows.
Taehyung rolled his eyes at his soulmate's tactics and again fixed his eyes to the entranceway, ignoring the demon completely.

" Yahhh !!! You disrespectful brat, don't ignore your royal advisor. I would have smacked you hard if we weren't in the main ha- " Jimin's ranting was interrupted when an overly excited demon threw themselves on taehyung. The new king was taken off guard but he quickly recollected himself, to he support the demon, who was clutching his body tightly.

"Kookie~ when did you arrive ??" The otherwise emotionless demeanour of the ruler somewhat softening for a particular demon.

" Hehe ..I just reached hyungiee... I missed the court though" Jeon Jungkook, prince of Jeonovia, whined while pouting.

" Awieee ..it's okay koo, I will fill you in with whatever happened in the court today. But for now let us all have some celebration for our new king, yeah ?" Jimin suggested to the whiny prince.

" A celebration ?? Woahhh!! I am in, let's go Minnie hyung !!!" The prince exclaimed as he jumped down from taehyung's back and dashed after the other three who were already on their way to their personal spot in the palace, where they all loved to hang out whenever they were together.

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" Gaja taehyung sshi ~~ I know you are waiting for them, they will come tomorrow for sure. Let's go for now.. koo and hyungs are waiting.." Jimin assured his bestie as he dragged him along with him. They spent the next few hours in their own personal celebration, discussing the sudden turn of events and how the demon masses are taking the arrival of the new king.

Subsequently, the young king spent the rest of his day by busying himself in meeting up with the officials of his army and taking care of some royal matters before retiring to his chamber for a much-needed sleep after a long day.

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Later that night ~~~~

"Eomma ?? Are you in here ??" he asked. Upon hearing no answer he pushed the door to his mother's room and roamed around the big room to find his mother but to no avail.

"Where did she go ?" he thought out loud. He has been looking for his mother from the past half hour with no success. The latter was told she was last seen entering her bedroom by one of the maids, guess, his mother decided to complete some other task. So yeah, all in all, he was experiencing the disadvantage of living in an annoyingly huge palace.

He sighed and exited the room, now venturing in the long hallways of his
' home'. The demon decided to pay a visit to the royal cookhouse in an attempt to find his mother. As he continued his walk, his devilish ears caught on a voice. On hearing more carefully he realised that it was not just a voice, it was a whole group of voices. A group of panicked voices. He practically started running to reach the source of those voices.

Not long after, he reached a small crowd consisting of the palace maids, royal guards and chefs, all standing in front of the main kitchen.
All of them panicking, whisper-yelling and crying their hearts out. Why were they crying, what exactly happened, was he missing something? Numerous questions madr their way into his mind as he tried to keep calm.

He came out of his trance when his mother's head maid came towards him and immediately went on her knees, all this while crying nonstop. He wanted to know what was the reason for all this crying not to mention his own heart which was unstable since the very morning. And so he started walking towards the door of the main kitchen receiving numb stares mixed with pity and pain.

He reached the door as the crowd got out of the way recognising his presence. Maybe just maybe he should have taken his time.

Perhaps he should have prepared himself before barging in. Maybe he should have seen this coming because now he was standing as still as a stone, as the sun to his dark sky and the soul to his body slowly disappeared from his life.

His breathing had stopped long back while his body was pushed into some sort of a temporary immobility as his mouth tried to construct some words, but the only word which came out was,

"E-E-EOMMAAA....!!??"

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:-

Helloozz my cuties and lovelies😍😍😍 ..YASSS THIS IDIOT IS BACKKK!! ✊✊

So here is the third official chapter of my only book lol...

I think I have a few things to say (I always have things to say..I am TOO TALKATIVE..damnn!!!) So yeah first of all super thankss with all the love to all those who are reading my book along with granting me your precious votes and comments..like I am highly obliged *bows *

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Yeah so my exams are coming up and I know I am not the only one to say this but I may not be able to update for a while now .. I will try and come back soon ..don't miss me *winks* 😉😉
And oh!! I decided to name my chapters using words which would best describe the plot (you might wanna use that as a hint for the plot) for that particular chapter rather than those plain numbers...😌😌

AS for this chapter, I am sorry if I CONFUSED you..if u got confused then............................................ that means .......😎..I SUCCEEDED with flying colours ..lol.
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Btw,

WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BABY ???😯😯

REMEMBER the age of the demons should never be considered to identify the relations they share with each other...

Anyways I am gonna give you all some real shocks in the upcoming chapters so stay tuned!!

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