Chapter 23 - Rescue

"All of them have been killed. They killed each other. They're dead now. The Queen, the nobles, the Giran clan. All of them." Norman smiled at them. Ray and Emma looked taken aback but Emma didn't stop.

"Norman! Y/n! I forged a promise, everybody can escape to the human world!" Emma exclaimed. They all gasped and seemed quite shocked that they were able to forge a promise.

"You don't have to fight anymore. Hey, starting now, let's stop with the extinction." Emma smiled at him.

"It's already too late. It's impossible now, Emma. The monarchy has collapsed. A monarchy that lasted for thousands of years. Governance by the demons is impossible now. Peace is impossible with them. The Queen was the last one, and we killed it." Norman said as he glared at the body.

Y/n looked around, wondering what was happening, wondering why their mouths were moving but she couldn't hear anything.

No, it's not that she couldn't hear anything, she couldn't understand a thing they were saying.

While Norman, Ray, and Emma chatted, including the Guardians of the Paradise, Y/n slowly backed away from them.

'Who are they?' Y/n thought as she now couldn't recognize them anymore.

'Why is that girl yelling? Why are they now hugging? What's happening? Why is that guy with black hair approaching me?' Y/n thought as she covered her horns while she slowly backed away from the confused raven-nette.

"Norman, what's happening to Y/n? Why does she look so scared?" Ray asked.

Everyone turned to Y/n's direction which made Y/n feel threatened. She growled at them which shocked them.

"Y/n? What's wrong? It's me, Ray. Why are you walking away?" Ray asked but it only made Y/n get into a fighting stance.

(A/N: Whoa that rhymed)

"Ruthless?" Cislo called out as he slowly approached the half-demon. Y/n glared at him which made him stand down.

"Ruthless? Is something the matter?" Vincent asked as he made sure to keep his distance, unlike Cislo who was walking towards her.

"Ruth- no, Y/n, what's wrong?" Cislo got really close to Y/n as he asked. Y/n glared and pushed him away. Her push was really aggressive which surprised everyone.

"Argh!" Y/n held her head as she felt her horns on her forehead getting larger.

"Y/n? What the hell's happening? Didn'tcha say you don't get fits?!" Barbara yelled. Y/n looked at them and noticed a creature creeping up on Norman.

Y/n sprinted towards Norman and attacked the demon but she got pushed away which revealed her large horns.

"Oh, what's this? What is a demon doing on the human side?" the Queen smirked.

"She's not a demon! She's human, just like us!" Ray yelled which seemed to amuse the Queen.

"You are unfortunately mistaken. That's no human, she can't even talk anymore. Nij'h hrmh gnvrh, 24194? (Isn't that right, 24194?)" the Queen looked at Y/n.

Y/n's eyes widened as she understood what she said. She opened her mouth to speak.

"Re mgl oep? (Who are you?)" Y/n yelled. Norman had his mouth agape.

"Y/n! How can you speak the demon language fluently? You didn't tell me about this!" Norman yelled but Y/n didn't understand what he said. She started to shake, she was scared, she was vulnerable.

She had no idea who they were and they kept yelling 'Y/n'. The only one she could understand was the deformed creature who was consuming everything before it suddenly formed into a creature with no face.

Zazie went close to Y/n, making sure that he won't get attacked. He placed his hand on Y/N's head which startled her.

"Awahh..." he said. Y/n looked at him, also not understanding what he was saying so she thought she was getting threatened.

She pushed him away and at the same time, she jumped backward to create some distance between them.

The Queen unexpectedly grabbed the man with the broken paper bag. Y/n suddenly felt adrenaline rush through her. She grabbed the ax and ran to the Queen.

'What am I doing? I don't know that man, but why am I trying to save him? He just placed his hand on my head and I'm trying to save this man?' Y/n thought as she cut the body in half which released Zazie.

The Queen's body started to connect again and she hit Zazie. Y/n felt the need to protect the people whom she had no idea of. She grabbed Zazie and laid him down.

"So she has no idea who you are nor does she understand the language you speak of, and yet she's saving him? She forgot everything and still, she has the same heart? Interesting." the Queen snickered as she was about to attack Emma until spears were shot at her.

Y/n looked at them and she seemed to relax. Mujika approached Y/n which startled her.

"Who's this? Is she not human?" Mujika asked Emma.

"That's Ruthless but her real name is Y/n. She's a half-demon. Apparently, she got experimented on and ended up like that." Emma frowned as she was now 1 meter away from Y/n who was growling at them.

"Ruthless? The hooded figure we saw back then?" Mujika gasped as Emma nodded.

"Y/n, you have to get it together! Don't submit to your monster!" Mujika yelled at Y/n.

"It's no use. She can't understand us and she seems to speak the demon language." Norman informed as Mujika nodded.

"Oep'gl o/j! hrmh aejihlg ni oepg ljlao. L mgl veed wlewbl! (You're Y/n! That monster is your enemy. We are good people!)" Mujika yelled.

Y/n looked at them and glared at the monster. She then looked back at Mujika.

"Hrmh aejihlg nbb dnl ej nhi ej! mbb l rmwl he de ni ihmbb rlg! (That monster will die on its own! All we have to do is stall her!)" Y/n yelled.

Mujika then told the others what Y/n had just said and they did as they're told.

"Y/n!" Ray yelled as he noticed Y/n slowly losing balance. Ray ran to her and he managed to catch her just in time before her body made contact with the ground.

He knew the reason why Y/n had fainted. When Y/n gets too shaken up or nervous, she tends to faint, so he knew this was coming.

Just like Y/n had said, the Queen had died due to her starvation of power and intelligence or rather her own greediness.

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Where am I?

It's dark...

Why is it so dark?

What happened?

Did I faint?

Or

Am I dead?

Well, it was fun

I wonder how my children are doing...

I shouldn't think like that, I probably just fainted

As I looked around the abyss of nothingness, I soon spotted light. In desperation, I ran after it.

The faster I ran, the brighter the light shines. I ran and ran and ran until I finally reached it.

There I saw the Paradise Hideout. What am I doing here? I thought I was at the Capital?

Walking around the Hideout, I realized that no one was there, not even one of my children.

"Children!" I called, but there came no response. It was dead silent. If you were to drop a small needle, it would echo throughout the whole area.

"Ray? Emma? Norman?" I called, but yet again, there came no response. I started feeling something weird in my stomach.

Something is indeed not right. Where is everyone? Are they playing hide and seek with me? How lovely!

I giggled as I started walking around and searching for my children. I checked the house and buildings, but I found no sign of them.

I sighed and entered Norman's office by actually using the doorknob this time. As I peeked in, I couldn't help but hold my breath.

"Children?" I gazed at the lifeless pile of bodies. I walked up to them and shook their bodies in an attempt to wake them up.

"Children, you shouldn't play this kind of game. It's not f-funny." I could feel a lump in my throat.

"This is all your fault." I heard a voice. Is it one of my children? I turned around to see a tall man with a suit. Peter Ratri.

"Ara ara, what does the mop head want?" I glared at him, but he only chuckled at my response.

"You do realize that the death of your so-called 'children' is because of a demon like you?" he got back to his serious self.

I looked at my hands to see that I was carrying the body of Ray. I gasped and accidentally dropped the body. I looked at my hands to see that it was drenched in blood.

"You killed them all" Peter Ratri declared. I looked up at him with teary eyes.

"No, I didn't! You're a liar! Liars deserve to rot in hell!" I cried as I pointed an accusing finger at him.

"Look at yourself" he threw something at me which I caught. I looked at it and realized that it was a mirror.

I stared at my own reflection to see my horns glowing as my eyes were filled with bloodlust.

No...

I didn't kill them...

I didn't...why would I?

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"The hideout!" Y/n yelled which startled everyone. She looked around to see more than 10 of her children.

"Y/n! You're awake. You should rest." Emma told her but she shook her head which meant that she declined her offer.

"They attacked the hideout. Peter Ratri attacked them, they're not dead. It's a hunch, but I think they're headed for Grace Field." Y/n wasted no time to catch her breath.

"Grace Field? Why?" Norman asked. Norman had never doubted Y/N's hunches since they were always right.

"Hold up, how do you know it's Grace Field? How are you so sure?" Ray asked as he was carrying Y/n in his arms, bridal style.

"It's a hunch!" Y/n exclaimed. They all then decided to believe her and talked about the plan they had.

"Y/n, your thoughts?" Emma asked as she looked at Y/n. Everyone else looked at her.

"As long as I save my children, then so be it. I don't care whose blood I spill or even the amount of blood I'll spill. Demon or human, I'll kill those who harm my children. I won't let anyone take away my happiness from me." Y/n clenched her fist.

"As expected of you" Ray chuckled as he rolled his eyes.

"You're speaking the same language as us. Y/n, you didn't tell me that you spoke the language of the demons fluently." Norman stared at Y/n.

"You never asked, you just asked if I knew some phrases." Y/n giggled as she glanced at Zazie, Barbara, and Cislo who were lying down, restless.

"Y/n, ya lied to us. Ya said ya didn't have fits! You said yer' fine!" Barbara suddenly yelled.

"I didn't lie, I hate liars so why would I lie? I am fine. When I say I'm fine, yeah I'm not fine. But, I'm fine as in you don't have to worry about me." Y/n gave a sad smile.

"So stop worrying about me and let's go to Grace Field." Y/n got down from Ray's arms and they all listened to Y/n.

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"Mom!" Lannion exclaimed as he saw their old mom or should I say 'Grandma Isabella' enter the room they were all kidnapped in.

"Welcome back, my adorable children." Isabella smiled as she embraced Anna and Jemima.

"Mom, please."

"Please let us treat Nat's fingers!"

"Please!"

The kids begged their mother who had betrayed them physically but not entirely mentally.

"Oh my, how horrible. You poor thing." Isabella pitied Nat as she took his hand in hers. She snapped his fingers back to shape with her bare hands which made him wince in pain.

"Okay, they're back to normal. Should be good enough to serve nicely, without it being an issue." Isabella clasped her hands together.

"Now! We're going to start disposing of you all in order. Choose the first ten." Isabella smiled as she stood up.

"Dispose?!" Nat exclaimed as everyone's eyes widened.

Just as they were going to be disposed of, they heard a loud sound coming from outside.

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꧁༒☬ November 10 ☬༒꧂

"This is Grace Field? Looks like an anthill." Oliver commented.

"Where would everyone be?" Cislo asked as he scanned the map.

"Probably here..." Y/n paused as she pointed to a certain location on the map.

"Supply storage no. 2 in B2." Ray continued as he stood next to Y/n.

Y/N's horns had gone back to normal and her body was doing better. Turns out, she only gets fits when she overworks herself or when she can't control herself.

"Makes sense. They would be able to hold that many kids with the least amount of security." Vincent said.

"And without being noticed by other people." Norman added as he thought about the sisters.

(A/N: Whenever I type in 'sisters', I can't help but think of James Charles lmao)

"What's the security like for all of Grace Field?" Gillian asked as she looked at Emma.

"They have about 30 to 40 demon employees." Emma replied to Gillian's question.

"That's intel from when Mr. Minerva was still alive, right? But now..." Nigel couldn't continue his sentence.

"No, Smee's intel indicated something similar. I think it's a reasonable number." Norman said.

"But, at Grace Field, about half of the demons are guards to prevent theft. In addition, there are over 100 human employees, the sisters." Y/n added.

"So even if they're not Aristocrat level, the demons are skilled in combat, eh?" Zack mentioned.

"Add in the humans and their numbers are really troublesome!" Hayato shrieked.

"As well as the Ratri clan and the 2000 imperial soldiers." Norman added.

"Numbers don't matter to me. I'll kill them." Y/n said out loud with a smirk plastered on her delicate face that holds secrets.

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꧁༒☬ Earlier, November 13 ☬༒꧂

"There they are! They've arrived!" Cislo quietly exclaimed as he was using some kind of binoculars.

"Sure enough, the imperial soldiers are posted outside the farm." Norman mentioned.

Y/n gazed at her precious house which she believed was her home. The home that she once lived in.

The home where she met her loving mother, best friends, kids who she considers as one of her own, and where she found her soulmate.

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"Well, they wouldn't fit inside anyway. And securing from the outside makes the most sense." Ray mentioned.

"We execute the mission as planned. Split into four groups to infiltrate." Norman said.

Each of the four will be leading a group of children to the storage room where they will be barricading themselves in.

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Y/n stealthily snuck up behind a demon. She didn't want to ruin the children's innocence, so she used a flashbang to blind them.

"Let's go, children! Follow Gillian please!" Y/n exclaimed as she pointed to Gillian. They stood up and followed Gillian.

Her role was to blind the demons and run back to regroup with Ray, Emma, and Norman.

Y/n pulled her hood up so that it wouldn't fall just in case things get bloody and she ran to where the storage room was.

"Guys, over here!" Emma shouted.

"Emma, Y/n, Norman, Ray!" Nat exclaimed as they all sighed in relief. Nat purposely hid his fingers behind him so that Y/n wouldn't see them.

He knew that FI Y/n were to see his messed up fingers, she's going to enter her 'overly-protective mode' where she kills whoever broke his fingers in the first place.

They looked up and saw Isabella with two demons next to her. Their eyes widened while Isabella glared at them.

"Ignore her, we have to go." Y/n said and they nodded. They led the children to the storage room.

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"Get them!"

"There's no need. We've already blocked all exits. That's what the 2,000 soldiers outside are for." Peter Ratri halted the demons.

"Besides, they weren't able to infiltrate so easily. We allowed them to." Peter Ratri added.

"They won't be able to escape" Peter Ratri smirked.

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"What are we going to do? They're coming. And they probably blocked the exits!"

"How are we going to run away?!" Yvette cried.

"Huh?!" Oliver seemed confused.

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"Reporting, sir. They have barricaded themselves inside the storage room"

"What?!"

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"Blocked our retreat? That was one of my hunches, so we knew they would. We never intended to escape in the first place." Y/n smirked.

"We're taking over Grace Field House!" Emma exclaimed.

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(A/N: Eyoo! Chapter 176-178 is out so I can't wait to write about it. I'm sorry for not updating for a long time. Anyways that's 2765 words for you. Peace out!)