She Belongs To The Devil

Maple smiled and replied to Damien, or rather dodged his question, "I'll let you know when the time is right. You don't need to know about me at the moment. I'm a nobody in this vast realm."

It didn't come as a surprise to Damien that Maple didn't answer him. He had expected something like this to happen. That was why he wanted to know about her from the others.

But sadly, he encountered an ill-tempered succubus who bad mouth and couldn't get much out of her.

Maple blew the dust off of that capsule to reveal several runes carved on that small thing. She brought that capsule close to her eyes and carefully looked all around it. She looked satisfied with her work.

She pulled the drawer of her desk and then shuffled through its content to find something.

Damien quietly observed her since she looked busy.

The witch took out a golden chain from her drawer and attached it to that capsule.

Finally, she gazed at Damien and handed that capsule to him. "Here. This is for you."

Damien looked confused because he hadn't ordered anything from the shop. "What's that?" he asked without touching it.

"It's the container for you to safely carry the Zobekker seedling to Earth." Maple pulled out a small lid from that capsule and showed it to Damien. "See. There's space here. The seedling will shrink on its own when you try to put it inside."

Maple pushed the lid in and said, "And when you close the lid, the seal will automatically activate. The plant won't harm anyone when it is inside this capsule."

"What happens if we try to take that seedling outside of that seal? Will it attack instantly?" Damien knew that Joy didn't want the Zobekker seedling as some ornament. She wanted to study it.

As if the witch had expected Damien to ask that particular question, she proudly replied, "The one who carries this seal won't get attacked by the plant even when it's outside. The seal bearer will be able to control the plant."

Maple flicked her brows and boastfully flipped her long hair. She then asked with a soft smile on her lips, "Aren't I great?"

Damien couldn't deny that she indeed did an excellent job. But he didn't answer her. Instead, he asked, "What price do I have to pay for this?"

Maple looked at the boy with great interest. And she replied in her melodious voice, "Let's just say that you owe me one."

Damien looked conflicted for a while. But he didn't have any better options.

So he took that chain and wore that capsule around his neck and asked, "You don't want me to bring any herbs or some kind of witchy ingredient for you?"

Maple pursed her lips and shook her head. "Nah. I'm all good for now. I'll ask you without hesitation if I need something."

Damien turned around to leave for the Garden of Tribulation.

Before stepping out of the door, he turned his head just a little and asked, "Can I put my trust in you?"

Maple smiled and gave a rather confusing answer, "That's up to you."

Damien walked out of the Pandemonium and then began flying towards the west.

"I should get that plant by today. I don't want to disappoint Ariel," he mumbled to himself as he took off.

The Garden of Tribulation was at the outskirt of the Hell realm.

The Garden was used by Prince Satan.

The souls who came to him would get punished by him as well as the demons under him. After getting slashed by the pitchfork and living a hundred hellish tortures, they would finally be sent to the Garden.

The Zobekkers would then eradicate those sinful souls whose unnecessary wrath brought upon the deaths of hundreds and thousands of humans.

If Reginald's soul had gotten the chance to come down to Hell then his soul would have ultimately been torn into a thousand pieces before finally being consumed by the Zobekkers.

Damien looked down and saw that he was now closing in towards the territory controlled by Prince Satan.

It was easier for Damien to get inside the Pandemonium since it was the neutral zone. And being the central city of Hell, anyone from Hell was allowed to come and go without much restriction.

However, the case was different for the place that he was heading off to now.

Just like his mother was allowed to protect her territory from outsiders, Prince Satan was also allowed to protect his.

"I hope there aren't any barriers here. Else my whole worries and troubles will be for nothing."

Damien braced himself for any impact as he approached the border. But thankfully, there were no barriers set up by Prince Satan.

Damien sighed in relief but then a different problem hit his mind. "What if there are some rules here as well? I mustn't stand out if I don't want anyone to catch me sneaking here."

And so as not to get caught while trespassing, Damien emitted the smoke which resembled the color of the clouds of Hell – reddish grey. His aura was also ash grey in color so it was easier for him to blend in with the cloud.

And after concealing himself, Damien flew higher up in the air and as slowly as he could.

Unless he was spotted by the higher-level demons, he could easily reach his destination.

Luck seemed to be in Damien's favor since he easily reached the Garden of Tribulation without encountering any problems.

Even without looking down, Damien could tell that he had arrived at the garden. The whole atmosphere was grim and dull. He could hear the agonizing screams of the damned souls who were going through the worst possible pain.

Damien finally cleared the smoke concealing him and looked below him. He could see a vast area of the land covered with black and twisted crawler plants that were at least 10 meters tall.

In several corners of the garden, he witnessed the souls being shredded into pieces and getting gobbled up by that flower.

Damien almost puked after re-witnessing that flower he was disgusted by as a child.

"Bleh! Those flowers still look as disgusting as ever," Damien pinched his nose and mumbled to himself.

While he was focused on the flowers, he didn't realize that one of those plants was approaching him from below.

Swish!

Damien heard the plant swinging itself to strike his leg with its thrones. He swiftly flew even higher and away from the reach of that plant.

"Phew! That was close!"

Damien pushed his reddish-brown hair back from his face and thought, "I shouldn't stick here for longer. Let's grab a seedling and go."

Damien used his sharp vision to look around and find a seedling among those tall and grown plants. He even saw several seedlings in the middle of those plants.

"No, no, no… I'm not diving into the middle of those things. I don't trust my smoke enough."

He flew to the side where the plants were a little scarce.

"There!" he happily exclaimed when he saw a seedling trying to take a peek from the ground at the neglected area.

He took a deep breath in and mentally prepared himself for the battle with those soul-sucking plants.

"I hope the plants will faint when they inhale my smoke. I don't want to get those things sticking their deadly thrones on me or sucking my soul."

Damien flew a little closer to the plants while being cautious about the plants that could sneak up on him.

He released the smoke while hovering in the air. And he hoped that it was poisonous enough to immobilize the plants.

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