The Demon Lord's Bride (BL)

I tried to speak as much as I could then, focusing my mind on a conversation with Zia as we continued walking through the streets and more stalls were opened, showing me more and more fantasy set-up things like melee weapons and armor, even discounted magic scroll.

When I was tired of pushing words out of my mouth, I asked her to explain as many things as she could, especially those that only occurred in the demon realm.

With the sun climbing higher, I began to spot more and more ’foreigners’—children of nature that were technically my kin. Most of them were drows; dark elves, since they had closer ties to the demons. Dwarves and fae too, those that liked to do commerce, as well as some adventurous elves. Some of them looked at me with raised brows and surprised in their eyes, perhaps something to do with how druid was supposed to be a recluse tribe nowadays.

I came across more of them when we reached a plaza that sold magic artifacts, scrolls, and books. I heard that despite their isolated nature, they were a bunch of curious races, so that was probably why.

And Zia, even though she didn’t have much interest in anything else, immediately ran out while dragging me toward a stall that sold old romance books. Fortunately, the stall next to it had titles that I actually could digest, like books about cultures and history and—

I stared at what seemed like an old book, probably a biography of some sort, with a title containing the name I was so familiar with.

Why...did everything—everything just remind me of him?

My arms already reached out before my mind even comprehend it, taking the book between my hands.

"You want that one?" Zia suddenly peeked out from the next stall, peering over my shoulder and exclaimed. "Oh, that’s rare!"

"Rare?"

Zia leaned closer to my side and whispered in a serious tone. "Lord Cousin doesn’t really like people writing books about him," she tapped her chin as if contemplating, before adding with a shrug. "But once in a while, there’s always one or two..."