On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

"We need two," Aqua demanded. 

"Nonsense, no, then get out," the man spoke very rudely. 

"Hey hey relax, see we are travelling together but we are not," Huo paused looking Aqua.

"Married?" The lady asked. "That's fine. Why don't you come spend the night in my room, an free tonight," she said blushing. 

"Thank you, " Aqua said and took the stair with Huo behind her.

"No thank you, we will adjust in one room," Huo said and left with her. 

"The night is tender, show her your best, she looks like a virgin, " the lady wished Huo. Huo glanced at Aqua and felt his ears burning. He tried not smile. Aqua got worked up listening to all the bullshit. She returned back but Huo pushed her to walk forward, keeping his hands on her either side of the shoulders. They walked through the tiny hall way and heard people making noises during their climax. And one room, the door was even left open. The man on top of the lady seemed to be having the best time of his life. Aqua covered her eyes instantly and Huo helped her cover her ears. They both felt awkward and was left with no option to avoid spending a cold night on the road side, freezing to death since both are not allowed to use the powers. Huo opened the door to their room and found how cramped it was. A shelf on the wall and bed folded and kept on the floor below it. Room had hardly three arm distance from one wall to another. And it also had a window that opened to the main road. 

Aqua took a deep breath and opened the window letting the wind in to avoid suffocation. Then they settled down in the floor, sitting opposite to each other. Huo glanced at from time to time, but she never looked at him.

"You better keep distance and sit there all night," she warned him. They had locked the door and the making out sound by the people did reduce as a result. 

"As if I would lose my control, " he said proudly, smirking. They remained silent. "I thought brothels are banned in heaven," he said.

"They are, they are breaking the rules,  they could even get executed once this is found out," she said worried. 

"Do the duty as a princess of the Water Realm," he reminded her and stopped advising her trying to out her at ease. She nodded and close her eyes.

She looked tired and leaned her head on the wall trying to fall asleep. Huo spread the bed trying to not make noise and wake her up. When he made sure that she is completely asleep from exhaustion, he slowly moved towards her and took her. Then he laid her down slowly and covered her with his cloak she had on her. Then he lay next to her supporting his head with his hand and watched her sleeping. She had slight dark circles under eyes and he couldn't understand why she has them, and why she is not properly sleeping. 

He looked at her lying next to her for a really long time and drifted off to sleep himself. He remembered to keep the distance though, to not get on her nerves. The moon was shining bright outside but it definitely was not a clear sky, clouded, hiding the stars and the constellations behind. The cold winds never paused keeping the room chilled. Huo unable to use powers and control his body temperature shivered a little. And they spent the night in a strange place together.

When Aqua woke up in the morning, she did not find Huo. She panicked a little, wondering where he could have gone leaving her in the brothel alone. 'Damn you,' she thought and checked herself. She was well dressed and  nothing had happened to her. She felt relieved and got up. She rolled the bed and kept them back on its place. She remembered to close the windows and got out of the room. She made sure that they left nothing inside the room and walked downstairs to he surprised. The lady came for Aqua and requested her to sit down for a grand breakfast. Aqua was not happy about it. 

"My lady, we wish to serve you with some authentic food, please accept it," she said. She was not wearing the heavy make up nor clothes. Instead she had chosen to wear a simple dull cotton hanfu and had plaited her hair. She was bare faced and she looked nothing like she did the previous night. Aqua smiled. She could sense something going on around her. She then remembered. 'Ofocurse, my ring gave me away,' she thought. The ring children of every royal family in heaven wear. 

The owner of the brothel who refused to give them shelter walked towards her carrying many dishes. From soup, porridge, rice and curry, variety side dishes ranging from egg, meat and fish to pickles, fried food, water and wine. Aqua was shocked. She had no idea how to carry on with the issue. She was sure that they had identified the royalty and is being sycophants, trying to suck up to her. It only made feel Aqua strongly take actions against them, for developing the idea of corrupting a ruler or a civilian by bribing them. 

Aqua yet did not reject the food, gladly accepting them all, to show them doing service to her would mean nothing if they have committed the sin. She started enjoying the food but Huo still was nowhere to be seen nor heard. 'Where did he disappear into?' She wondered as she chose meat for bread. 'Wait, could it be that he has returned back to the moutian?' She thought. "No way, that's cruel of him if he has done that, moron,' she cursed based on her assumptions. 'Ha, wait for it I will show you what life is when I get you alone," she muttered 

"We are alone here, what is that you want to show me?" He heard her. 

"Nothing, " she replied. She had no interest in narrating a long story. The lady kept looking at the two and came back with more dishes and fruits in her hand. Huo looked at her.

"She has identified you," he said to her. Aqua kept her spoon and chopsticks down and got up. 

"Let's leave," Aqua said. Huo stood up quickly.

"Your hignenss please don't leave, have the food," the lady slipped her tongue. 

"Ah so you know now," Aqua said walking around the lady. Aqua patted the lady's shoulder. "The audacity to do this crime, I appreciate that, tell me what you want me to do," 

"Your highness, please forgive us," The old man started crying and knelt down. The lady did the same. The other people who had occupied the rooms assembled in the room quickly and started apologising and begging for forgiveness. 

"Mercy are to those who were unaware of the rules and committed a mistake, but you," she pointed at everyone. "You wilfully built up a brothel, brought women, and attracted male customers to spend the night, and I witnessed them last day," she said pointing at woman and man she accidentally saw making out the previous night. Everybody cried loud. 

"We have sinned, we beg for your forgiveness, please your highness," the lady said.

"You can choose, confess and get lighter sentence or I will report and further lead to investigations and execution,"

"No highness, please, please forgive us," some were not willing to comprise while a few agreed to confess.

"I will, I will confess," the women said and got up leaving instantly to the water palace kanda few men followed them. Aqua broke shifu's rules and used her powers. She put the handcuff on all of them and let the cuff lead their way to the water palace. She sent a message to her father about the situation and left the house. She got out and shut the place down. The villagers gathered around them. 

Aqua scolded the people for being ignorant and for supporting the wrong.

"If we see this again, then that could be the end for this village, remember that, righteous person is who makes the Realm remain in peace, clear as water, warm as the current, cold as the wind, pure as the mountain, do not wake the shenlong and welcome your doomsday. We will never forgive those who bring harm to other people who live in the right way, we believe in fairness and we will do justice to those who live that way,"  Aqua declared. She was sure that she will be screwed for a long time, getting punished by shifu. But she couldn't let a serious matter go. 

Huo looked at her, realizing what a strict person she is and decided to always take care of himself. He cleared his throat trying to remind her that they are on an assigned duty and have to finish thatbefore it is too late. 

"Yes your highness, " everybody said together and bowed. 

"That's alright, now get back to work," she asked them to carry on with their lives.  "And its done, " she said and looked at Huo on her right side. He was not to there. "Where the heck are you disappearing often?" She shouted for him to hear. 

"Am right here, god forbid," he said waving at her sitting inside a perfume shop opposite the brothel they shut down.