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Chapter 4
"Milady, are you read-"
His words left his mouth as his jaw dropped from seeing his cute master in a pretty dress.
"Lucas!" Luna ran towards him before beautifully curtsied her knight and grin mischievously.
"How do I look?!"
"Beautiful! You look beautiful more so than usual today Milady!" her knight was beaming with adoration to her and she couldn't help but blush at his compliment.
"Thank you! let's go! Or papa will be mad we're late!"
"Of course Milady!"
After her first fateful encounter to her father, he called for her to tea a few days later.
Flashback
Luna was staring at her father who was wearing a white shirt and black pants.
'He makes plain clothes look good'
Luna sighed exasperatedly inwardly as she continued to stare at the man she calls father.
"Why are you not eating?" he asked with a gaze.
Luna smiled widely at him before asking.
"Because Luna is waiting for Papa to eat first!"
it was a few seconds later where she saw a brief and small curve at the sides of his lips before he took his cup of tea and sipped it.
'This sucker… he might actually love having a kid who adores him like he's god! Tsundere bastard… but wait, that may play into my favor! Alright! New mission! Cuddle up to tsundere oyaji and make him dote and love me to the point where he can't live without me! at least at that point, I won't die a horrible death'
Luna slowly brought her teacup to her lips before taking a whiff of her tea and sipped it slowly.
Her eyes widened in excitement
"Yummy! Papa this tea takes like fruits bursting in Luna's mouth!"
"Indeed. This tea is a special blend that Deacon makes himself."
"Deacon makes tea?"
"He does."
"Luna thought Deacon takes care of papa. Does he also cook for papa?"
A snort escaped Deo's lips meanwhile Deacon looked horrified
"No. he would kill me with his cooking."
"Milord, that was unnecessary." Deacon said with a strained voice, his face gloomy.
The duke just continued to smirk smugly at his butler
"Is Deacon strong?"
"I am adequate, Milady."
"Is papa not strong?"
this time it was Deacon's turn to snort while Deo let loose a killing aura towards said platinum haired butler.
"I am NOT weak." Deo gritted out.
"Then why does papa need Deacon always around papa? Luna knows papa is super strong 'cause blackie arms are always hugging papa! Ohhhh Luna knows! It's because Deacon loves papa very much like Luna that's why he protects papa right! Because he wants to learn to be strong like papa!"
She smacked her fist into her palm with a look of accomplishment at her conclusion as though she has solved the biggest mystery of the century.
By this time Deo was openly laughing at her statement and Deacon was devastated and demoralized.
Luna was so entranced with the sound of his laughter and the image of him laughing that she grinned widely at him.
"Indeed he does." He smiled softly at her that made her heart skip a beat.
'this handsome bastard is my dad. And perhaps he isn't a lost cause at all.'
xXxXxXx
"Papa…?"
"Hm?" he looked up from his tea.
"When can Luna be like Deacon?"
"Like Deacon? Why do you want to be like this squid?" he jabbed at Deacon
"Milord! I am not a squid!" When Deacon is flustered, his long hair would curl and give him a look of a squid's tentacles. Hence why her father referred to him as such.
"Mmm… Luna wants to protect and learn from papa too…" She made a puppy dog's pleading face that faced her father's straight face for a good ten seconds before he looked away and hid a blush.
Deacon was openly smirking at his lord's reaction.
Luna smirked inwardly. 'Just a little more…'
"You are still young milady, there is no need for you to protect the lord."
"No! Luna must be with papa always to protect papa! What if Deacon gets sick! Who will be papa's protector!" she argued.
"Deacon is right. You are no use to me this little."
Luna willed her eyes to well up with unshed tears.
"But Luna doesn't want papa to be alone." She sniffled.
The two men were flustered, unsure what to do.
"Papa is all Luna has. Luna wants to live with papa forever…" she mumbled out in between sniffles.
"Deacon, move her things into my room. She will be sleeping with me from now on."
'hook, line and sinker!'
Deacon's eyes bulged in horror.
"Milord! You can't! It is inappropriate for the young Lady to be sleeping in your quarters with you! If it's just for a night, there aren't any problems but we cannot permanently move her to your quarters."
The black tendrils swished around violently towards Deacon who was turning paler every second.
"Papa…" that small voice made him pull back his powers almost immediately.
"It's ok papa. Luna will come see you every night before sleeping and first thing when Luna wakes up!"
when she saw Deacon's dangerous situation, she jumped down from her sit and hugged her father's leg and is still clinging to him now.
"Please don't be mad."
'I'm going to die! I'm going to die! I'm going to di-'
a hand softly patted her head and when she looked up she saw her father's soft smile looking down at her warmly.
"Hmm" he agreed.
Flashback ends
Ever since then, Luna made sure she upholds her promise to wish Deo good night before sleeping and greeting him at his door every morning after bathing. This pleased the ice king greatly despite him not showing it on his face.
However, he was more aware of his actions around her and has done well at keeping his temper in check while she was around. It pleased Luna to no end to see that tyrant man be gentle around her.
xXxXx
"Papa!" Luna burst out excitedly and stared in awe to see her father dressed up in a white and gold suit befitting for the new king.
Deo himself looked pleased with his daughter's outfit and held out a hand to her.
"Let's go." He stated.
To normal people he looked as expressionless as always but to the trained eyes of Luna and Deacon, he held a softer look in his eyes as he carried his child in his arms towards the carriage.
XxxXxxX
Luna waited patiently and anxiously behind the curtains of the throne when her father ascended after being crowned the new emperor of Stoicheiodis.
He turned to his audience and addressed them.
"Citizens of Stoicheiodis. Today, not only will you be celebrating my ascension as the new emperor. But also the appearance of my heir."
Murmurs immediately burst through hall.
Deo held out his hand to Luna and beckoned for her to come forth. At this point the child was trembling in fear.
'what if I mess up? What if I get killed again by my dad's enemies?'
"Milady, his majesty will protect you." a soft whisper said.
Luna turned and saw that the voice belonged to Deacon. He smiled at her reassuringly and gave her a light push towards Deo.
Luna grasped her emperor father's hand with her trembling ones. She could feel a light squeeze and looked up to him and saw him gaze at her with eyes of assurance. Immediately, the fear she had in her a few seconds ago disappeared.
'That's right. I am Higurashi Kagome the Shikon no Miko. If I can get through killing demons in the feudal era, five hundreds years before I was born, I most definitely can get through throngs of stuck up noble as Luna Vasilias. If by chance someone pissed me off, I'm sure I'm allowed to scare them shitless'
With renewed vigor, Luna straightened her back and walked into the light hand in hand with her Emperor father.
"I present to you my heir, Luna Astraea Vasilias, Crown Princess of Stoicheiodis!" there was silence for a moment before a burst of cheers resounded through the hall and heard even outside.
Luna smiled brightly at them before curtsying.
'Astraea? He gave me a middle name? Only heirs to family are given a middle name. And he gave me one that meant justice. Let's pray this peace will last.'
xXxXx
'Who am I kidding? Obviously there won't be peace for me after being crowned as his heir. Lord help me!'
"My greatest congratulations to you, your majesty and to her highness the royal princess."
"Thank you Duke Theodre" Luna curtsied.
Duke Theodre Fidi Lambert. The duke of Fotia. A man as sneaky as a snake and one who always wished for the downfall of the emperor so that he could be king.
His eyes glinted with an evil look that Luna recognizes as one a certain spider hanyou would make whenever he was scheming.
"Your majesty, how is it that before this we have never heard of the princess?"
'Ah, I see where you're going with this. You want to say I'm not his kid eh?'
"How is it of your business when I should make my child's presence known?" Deo retorted, his anger rising and so was his powers.
The duke of Fotia seemed unfazed as he continued,
"I believe we would have been less surprised if you had made her known earlier your majesty. Forgive me for being bold, but I do not see a resemblance between you two aside from the color of her hair."
Before Deo could say anyting, Luna stepped forth with nine black tails swishing around violently behind her. she didn't stop until she stood before Theodre.
"Papa is Luna's papa! And Luna is papa's daughter! Luna doesn't care if you hurt Luna! But don't hurt my papa!"
By now the black tails had wrapped itself around Theodre's neck who was shaking in fear at the pressure the princess was directing to him and also due to the fact he was currently strangled.
"Luna" a soft voice called out to her.
as though snapped away from a trance, Luna turned to look at her father whose eyes suddenly widened.
"Princess, your eyes… they've changed color." Deacon noted softly with shock.
Luna quickly turned to look at the mirror next to her father's throne and saw that as Deacon had said, her blue eyes changed to the same color of Deo's red eyes.
Luna was still shocked at the change of events when she felt herself being lifted. It was none other than Deo who had picked her up and softly touched her head.
"You've done well. Leave the rest to me."
Those words made her feel extremely relieved as though a huge burden was lifted off her shoulders.
'Ah I see… I was worried for nothing.'
A/N: From here own I'll try my best to an update a week. A month latest. Please do review! Tell me what you think what you like what you don't like, how i can improve myself. Thank you for being patient!