The Demon's Bride

Chapter 215: First Case-III

Elise looked away from the table to Mr. Beel before her eyes lingered at Ian. She then heard him asked, "I assume you don't know the reason too?"

"I don't," Mr. Beel replied. It made Elise to ask why Mr. Beel would agree to take the mission if he knew barely anything to begin a search.

"Beel, oh beel, since when did you turn to a saint with a wide gracious heart that you would work despite not knowing anything? Did Lucifer sniffed out your mistake?" On this, Ian saw the answer flitted over Beelzebub's face as his expression turn to a frown. "What did you do?"

"He just found a dirt on me. In exchange for his silence, I promised him to do him a favor, that's all."

Ian took note that Beelzebub had reason for not being clear with the secret that was found by Lucifer. But he decided to let it off for now. "Now is about your lease to settle in my castle. What do you know about Demon's brides?"

The term clicked to Elise's mind that her head automatically twisted to look at Ian who met her eyes as if knowing she would look back at him, "Mr. Beel offered to share us his knowledge about your kinds." When Elise nodded, Ian raised his finger at Beelzebub, "Go on."

"There had been rumors about Demon's Brides, but this rumors are far different apart than normal rumors. The story was about Sullivan, don't you remember the previous Sullivan? The one whose eyes are golden," Beelzebub took the tea to his hand to take a sip from it.

Elise questioned how a Demon could have a golden eye. By far she saw Ian had red eyes and so did Mr. Beel and she concluded it was the norm for Demons to have red eyes except for the man mentioned now.

Ian tipped his chin, "The one who had always shut himself from outsider," his hand then tapped at Elise's plate and he whispered to her, "You can eat."

Elise took the fork and her knife but she didn't put them to immediate use. The talk pulled more of her focus than the food did and she couldn't concentrate on both of them at the same time. This was about her and possibility clues of her own power. She didn't want to accidentally harm people who she didn't want to harm. More informations could help her to learn and control of her power which Elise needed the most now.

"Well, that Sullivan the sixth, had died and the authorities didn't explain for his dead. So begin a rumors from the underworlds, the lesser Demons saying that Sullivan had fallen in love with a human on his newest trip there. But oddly, after his trip, Sullivan never came back to Hell," Beelzebub knew how to entice a person's curiosity while telling the story, making Elise grew curious as time passes.

"Isn't that because Mr. Sullivan decide to settle in mortal's world with the human he love?" It was Elise who asked.

"Exactly that was what he did. But for Demons to stay in the mortal's world are not as easy as cutting a cake, miss bride," answered Beelzebub. "There are rules we have to follow for a Demon to leave Hell they need a set of rules with them and condition. Because Demons are caged in Hell. No prisoners should be able to leave in a brisk which is us."

Ian said to her, "Think of it as Heaven, like how angels couldn't leave Heaven at their will, it goes similar in Hell."

"But you could," whispered Elise and Ian pulled a smirk. His mischief coming back to his eyes that was playful.

"I'm an exception to every realm, Hell, Heaven, and mortals. Think of me as a rebel. I'm known mostly for being a bastard who appeared like ghost, but it's kind of hard for me to not betray other's wishes of having a peaceful time. When I find people living in peace I can't help but to play a trick on them which why Hell doesn't like me that much."

"So you have a lot of enemy?" whispered Elise. He shouldn't have done that, added herself in her mind.

"Hm," Ian made an agreeing voice without his lips parting, "Poor you falling in love with a villain. Did that change your mind of me being a kind person?" Ian didn't told Elise of his past deed to make her feel scared of him, but to tell her that he wasn't a good man. It was so Elise wouldn't feel betrayed when he did something that might shock or even goes against her opinion. action

Elise shook her head, "You are kind," and she was the living proof.

"Stubborn girl," Ian quirked his lips higher while speaking of the words. He then continued with Beelzebub. "So then? Now I remembered there was certainly a message sent from Hell of how Sullivan was missing. I guess I missed that since I was here in the mortal's world."

"Then Hell was on a hunt. Sullivan wasn't a lesser demon, his missing was a great case for Hell to take on," replied Beel. His eyes falling to reflect redder over the surface of the tea. "Sullivan came back not soon after, three months after he was missing to be specific. It was just that he wasn't alive when he was found. There was no sign of anything from his body, he wasn't bleeding, and there was no sign of internal or external wound from him. He was just like a person who was casted a sleeping magic for all eternity— without breathing."

"And the woman was the killer?" Ian filled the next words, saving time from Beel.

"But she was a human, there had never been in the history where humans, on top of it a woman to kill a grown man who was in fact a Demon. Many theories came up but all turning to fable. Except for one, where the name of Demon's bride came up. It was said that the human Sullivan had fallen too deeply for us the Demon's bride fated for him." Beelzebub's eyes fell at Elise, and meeting his eyes, she felt that the man was holding a deep smirk that curled higher, putting her uncomfortable as it feel as if the man was watching her like a deer he wanted to feed to lions.