She Belongs To The Devil

Theodore and Lucifer returned back to the portal when Adeline was playing with Cerberus. She was resting her arms and head on his belly and talking to him while giving gentle scratches to him. Both of the brothers were surprised to see that Cerberus was letting Adeline pet him.

And they were even more surprised when Cerberus turned one of his heads to see them but didn\'t come running towards Lucifer.

Lucifer raised his brows and exclaimed as if his pet had betrayed him, "My nightmare has come true. Cerberus is actually ignoring me!"

Theodore chuckled and patted his brother on the shoulder. And he teased Lucifer, "She is an expert in stealing familiars. Arion already likes her more than me. Be thankful that she won\'t be meeting Cerberus frequently."

Lucifer sighed and said with a heavy heart, "I would rather have her steal Cerberus if it meant that I could freely roam around Earth." He then put on a smile and looked at Theodore, "But I am happy that I at least got to see how Earth has turned out to be. And I also got to see how beautiful my sister-in-law is."

Theodore gave a sly smile and said, "So happy that you feel like giving me the sword that I want?"

Lucifer rolled his eyes and replied monotonously, "You know what you have to do to get that sword."

"Come on! I am already as strong as you." Theodore whined like a baby asking for a toy.

Lucifer walked closer to his pet and Adeline while saying, "But not stronger than me! You know the deal."

Theodore kept on standing right where he was to maintain his distance from the attention-seeking hound.

Adeline saw Lucifer and she quickly lifted her head from Cerberus\' belly. She gave a smile to Lucifer and praised Cerberus, "You have a very gentle and lovable pet. I couldn\'t help but pet him."

Lucifer rubbed Cerberus\' belly and replied, "I think he somehow knew that you are family. He never lets anyone pet him other than me and Azriel."

Adeline glanced at Theodore as if to question if Cerberus didn\'t allow Theodore to pet him. So, Lucifer replied, "Theodore never pets him no matter how hard Cerberus tries to please him. You know how he is."

Adeline chuckled and gave a knowing nod.

Lucifer then glanced at the portal which was starting to crumble down and sighed, "I think it is about time I returned back to my eternal doom."

He then suddenly turned around to see Lillian and asked Adeline, "Do you want me to drag that evil thing to Hell right away? I mean, she is going there one day or another. So, why don\'t I just drag her away now?"

Adeline blinked twice and creased her brows, "I don\'t th-think that you are allowed to do that. You will be punished by God."

Lucifer shrugged nonchalantly and spoke in a monotone, "I\'m already in Hell. Whatever punishment he gives me will always be lighter than that."

Adeline was tempted to push Lillian to Hell right away. However, she didn\'t want to do that at the cost of others. She pursed her lips into a thin line and said, "I will keep her in custody until her time comes. I won\'t allow her to wreak havoc again."

Lucifer gave a smile and nodded. "I will trust you to it then."

He turned towards Cerberus and ordered, "Cer baby, it\'s time for us to go back. Get up now."

Cerberus instantly got back up on his feet. And rather than jumping through the portal, he ran towards Theodore.

Lucifer chuckled because he knew what was coming. And as he had predicted, Theodore\'s voice echoed, "Lucifeeeeeeerrr! Call back your dog nowwwwww!"

Both Adeline and Lucifer began to laugh at the mighty Devil Prince who was desperately running away from Cerberus. The witches were trying hard not to laugh. While a few others who were seeing that scene from afar thought that their guardian was indeed being chased by some deadly beast.

In his panic, Theodore forgot that he could teleport and could even fly.

Lucifer ignored Theodore and spoke with Adeline, "If you ever feel that it is getting hard for you to control that evil soul, then ask Theodore to pass the message to me. I will send a Grimreaper to claim that evil soul; doesn\'t matter if her time has come or not."

"I will keep that in mind," Adeline smiled and gave a grateful bow to Lucifer.

Lucifer then turned to see Cerberus and shouted, "Cerberus, it\'s time to go. Come!"

Cerberus abruptly stopped chasing Theodore around and ran back towards Lucifer.

Lucifer then shouted to Theodore, "I\'m leaving now. See you in Hell."

Theodore just angrily gestured him to leave. He was mad that his brother tarnished his reputation in front of the mortals by leaving the dog on him.

Lucifer then glanced back at Adeline and gave a piece of advice, "I know that life as a ruler can get overwhelming sometimes. You will even make a lot of enemies. But don\'t let anything set you back. Keep on fighting and moving forward. Goodbye, Adeline."

"I will. Goodbye, Lucifer," Adeline took the liberty to call him by his name and watched him walk through the portal.

Cerberus licked Adeline\'s cheek before he also followed his master.

"Goodbye, Cerberus!" Adeline kept on watching them through the portal as they walked further and further away. After a while, both Lucifer and Cerberus disappeared from view.

And as if the portal was waiting for the two of them to return back, it shook violently as it slowly crumbled away from existence.

Adeline took a deep breath in and walked back to where Lillian and the other witches were. "Is she ready to be transported back yet?" Adeline asked the High Priestess.

"Yes, Your Highness." Tabitha got up from the ground while the two of the witches were still holding Lillian unconscious. The witches had already finished patching up the open wounds of Lillian. Now all that was left to do was shift her to the carriage and take her back to the Palace.

Edwin and Raphael also finally joined them. And Adeline instantly asked them, "You two arrived just in time. Will you put Lillian inside the carriage?"

Edwin stepped forward and looked at Lillian with contempt. "I will do it," he then swiftly picked his mother up in his arms and got inside the carriage which was waiting for the prisoner.

Lillian creased her brows and fluttered her lashes as she was slowly returning back to her senses.

But before she completely regained her senses, Edwin lay her down on the seat of the carriage and jumped out. He locked the door and kept on facing the door for a while. The magic circle automatically activated and trapped Lillian inside.

He then swiftly turned on his heels and declared, "Our mission is finally over."

Adeline faced everyone who was around her, the Mystic Coven, Theodore, and her brothers.

And she expressed her gratitude as well as sorrow, "I am extremely thankful to all of you for making this possible today. But I am also saddened that the Coven had to lose one of the members and we also lost three of our Royal guards. Not to forget that we were overrun by the monsters from Hell and several of us were severely injured."

Adeline appreciatively gazed at all of them and ended the mission with a positive note, "However, I do hope that we prevented the unfortunate deaths of several other innocent people by putting a stop to Lillian\'s cruelty. I will make sure that no more people will have to suffer from her hands ever again."

Everyone let out a sigh of relief after the long battle was finally put to an end.

It was a bittersweet moment for everyone, especially for the witches.. They finally got their revenge but at the cost of one more life.