Days passed since the Inkwell Ball and Alicia unintentionally ended up in the underworld. Really great day. She rolled her eyes when she thought about it. Of course, she tried to forget the day, because after all, the devil hadn't visited her in the last few days. Neither personally nor in her dream. That would be something if he would appear in my dream world. No, she didn't want to have anything to do with him for the time being.

But the positive thing was that besides her and Cuppy there was someone from another world trapped here. A Timberwolf named Blood had freed Alicia and since then did not leave her side. He seems to look annoyed at many ranges but if one knew better one knew that he was a fine fellow. Anyway, Alicia felt more comfortable and safe with him than with the devil.

This was also noticed by Elder Kettle and the boys when they got to know the wolf properly. Of course Blood was allowed to stay here as long as he was allowed and took over the third and last bed in the guest room which was opposite Alicia's bed.

But how nice the wolf liked it here one thing neither he nor Alicia could prevent. "Hey Blood what kind of wizard are you anyway?" "Can you make things float like Alicia?" "And can we borrow your wand?" the three cups asked him while he was sitting at the table with Alicia, about to finish his breakfast. But he didn't even get to take a bite of the roll when the three cups surprised him with the questions.

The wolf put the roll on the plate and frowned while looking at the three cups while Alicia enjoyed her coffee and was glad not to be bombarded with questions. "First of all, I am a good wizard who only uses light magic and I serve the royal family" he explained to the three who said quietly "Ohhh" and "Ahh". "Secondly, I can levitate objects as well as people in the air" he raised his right index finger and Mugman floated in the air for a few seconds before being lowered back to the ground.

"And third. No! You may not borrow my magic wand!" with these words, the wolf ate his roll and took a hearty sip of coffee. "Awww..." all three cups were very sad that they couldn't get the wand. Well Cuphead was it Mugman and Cuppy were just pretending. "Why not? We can use Alicia's trident too" Alicia almost choked when she heard that from Cuphead's mouth. "Since when are you allowed to use my trident?" she knew that the three of them were not allowed to use it, because first of all the three of them, or at least Cuphead, would only do nonsense with it. And secondly, no one but Alicia herself can use her trident. Not even Lucifer was able to do that.

The two adults stared at the mug, which tried to talk its way out of the matter, but apparently had problems with it, as it seemed. "Well, as the saying goes. Big mouth nothing behind it" How right you are Blood. Alicia agreed with him, Cuphead really had a big mouth. If you could put it that way. "Come on, are you afraid I'm not brave enough?" replied Cuphead, stretching out his chest to look muscular.

"No, we're more worried about what nonsense you're going to get up to" Alicia answered him before finishing the rest of her coffee and walking over to the sink with her now empty plate and cup. "Do you all seriously think that's all I'm thinking about?" everyone just nodded and said nothing, which didn't please Cuphead much. "Oh come on, it's not like I'm going to blow anything up" just as he said that the five heard an explosion.

Is this irony or what? Alicia felt that way, anyway. Again, she had to admit that she was in a cartoon world where it was standard for this to happen. Nevertheless, she and the others wanted to see where the explosion came from and if anyone was hurt because the explosion came from the backyard.

All five went to the kitchen, opened the back door and looked out of it into the backyard. Where the explosion came from was quickly answered. From the shed, which consisted only of black outlines where walls once were, or the entire shed stood. The outlines fell to the ground. Elder Kettle stood in the middle of the now destroyed shed and was covered from head to toe with ash which he exhaled while holding in his right hand the door handle which was not black but still gray and a match from which smoke rose.

"Uhh what happened here?!" wondered Alicia in shock. Elder Kettle hadn't stored anything explosive in the shed. Or had he? Well, you couldn't see it anymore because everything was destroyed. However, Alicia very much hoped that it was not the case. Her gaze slowly fell on a certain someone, just like the others. Everyone was looking at Cuphead, who was smiling nervously and trying to talk his way out of it. However, he knew that this would not work because Elder Kettle called after him with an angry tone. "CUPHEAD!" the five heard. "And that's exactly why you shouldn't store your fireworks in the shed!" Mugman mentioned while glaring at his brother in annoyance.

Alicia gave herself a face palm and groaned in annoyance while Blood just looked confused until he himself remembered what exactly happened and just shook his head. Cuppy, on the other hand, just looked annoyed at Cuphead and inwardly wondered how he could be equated with him. Of course, Cuppy himself was no stranger to the same thing. He had also done some nonsense from time to time. However, he learned from it and did not do it again. Like, for example, going to the casino again and betting with Lucifer.

Cuphead here, however, made so many mistakes and learned little from them that Alicia was at least glad that Cuppy didn't do the same nonsense but behaved like the older brother of the three. Sure he let out a joke now and then or tried to impress the others with tricks. However, he helped in the household, took care of the garden, brought the milk and mail into the house and helped everyone wherever he could.

For Cuphead, however, this was anything but a joyous task. He groaned and grumbled every time he was given a task and always tried to talk his way out of it or pass the task to his brother. Alicia and the others were still staring at Cuphead in annoyance while Elder Kettle, who regained his original color with a body shake, was still angrily waiting for the cup responsible for the explosion.

"Come on Cuphead," Alicia said, grabbing his hand to walk outside with him. But he didn't want to. He didn't want to face the responsibility for his actions and sulked again like a little child who didn't get what he wanted. Not this again. Annoyed and rolling his eyes, Blood helped her and took Cuphead in his arms while he followed Alicia and the others outside into the garden.

Elder Kettle looked very angry. He stamped his right foot impatiently up and down. The back door leading to the kitchen slowly opened and Alicia came out, followed by Blood holding Cuphead in his arms and the other two cups. Now Cuphead couldn't talk his way out of it.

"How many times have I told you not to store your fireworks in the shed?" Elder Kettle had told Cuphead many times why and why but did he learn anything from it? Of course he didn't. "How do you know it was my fireworks, Elder Kettle?" asked Cuphead curiously, sweating nervously. Elder Kettle answered his question with a box that was slightly on fire with "Cuphead's fireworks" written on it. Alicia couldn't help but overhear the nervous gulp as Cuphead knew he had screwed up.

Thus, the question would be at least clarified what caused the explosion. Unfortunately, not only the shed was destroyed, but also all the gardening tools and the fertilizer and potting soil that Elder Kettle had stored in the shed. Everything was just ashes and could not be used anymore.

"Looks like I'll have to go shopping again" sighed Elder Kettle while looking sadly at his former sheds. Alicia noticed that the shed meant a lot to him. He had probably built it himself. Over the years, the shed had been through a lot. That it was now only ashes made Elder Kettle very sad and angry at the same time, so to let out his anger he decided that Cuphead would have to pay for the damage he had done.

And he already knew how. Alicia couldn't miss his face that looked slightly diabolical. Oh boy, I suspect worse. And Alicia was right about that. "But before I go, I'm going to give you a few more tasks" his gaze fell on the three cups. Cuphead looked bored while Cuppy was confused. Only Mugman swallowed nervously because he suspected something worse.

"Cuphead. You, Cuppy and Mugman will rebuild the shed the way it looked before" he closed his eyes before opening them and his pupils were extremely small and looked even more threatening. "You got that?" all three mugs nodded in understanding and said nothing. Well Cuppy and Mugman didn't say anything and Cuphead even less because he saw how pissed off the other two cups were who now had to build the shed thanks to his mistake.

Alicia and Blood were also given a task by Elder Kettle. This was not as strenuous as the three cups, as both young adults were only to supervise the three cups. An easy task that Alicia was happy to do. At least I have my peace from the devil. She wasn't really worried that he would just show up like that.

Although she was already wondering what he was doing. No. No I do not want to know this. Actually, she shouldn't even think about it because she was married to Lucifer and loved only him.


But what Alicia didn't know was that the devil in the underworld was already planning something to have her back and to get the souls of both cups. However, he was in a bad mood at the moment. Not because Alicia is with him. But because he had to watch how in the underworld the Imps flew around in couples. They kissed, hugged and loved each other.

And that got on his nerves. He didn't want to wait any longer. No, he wanted Alicia with him. Come what may. "I've had enough!" he growled and stood up from his throne with his trident and stomped towards the elevator. Before he did that, however, he decided to pulverize an amorous Imp couple with his trident. Satisfied, he turned around to the elevator into which he was about to put a foot when he heard something behind him and stopped.

He knew what or who was behind him. It was not difficult to find out because there were only two demons who were always with the devil. "Boss, where are you going?" asked Henchman. "Yes, where are you going?". Annoyed, the devil looked behind him and tried not to pay attention to the two. Why should he? He wanted to go to Alicia anyway.

"Don't tell me you want to go to Miss Alicia?" the devil growled even more than before. How did he know about this. "Maybe, how do you know?" the devil still didn't give the two any eye contact but pressed the button on the elevator. The door opened and the devil was about to step inside when Amnon said something. "Didn't Lilith say that you should show up when Miss Alicia least expects it?" Yes, that was true, but the devil was tired of waiting.

He wanted Alicia with him and he wanted her now. "Maybe so, Amnon, but I want my beloved Alicia with me now, not tomorrow or any other time!" He angrily raised his trident. Both demons suspected something worse and closed their eyes in fear until they realized that the devil was pushing them into the elevator. Confused as to why he had pushed them in there, they both opened their eyes and looked at the devil who was also standing in the elevator. "You will help me keep Alicia with me this time" Henchman swallowed nervously while Amnon nodded with his tail between his legs. Henchman pressed the button and the elevator door closed while the elevator burst into flames and disappeared.

The devil was now on his way to the surface and grinned diabolically. Yes, soon Alicia will be with him. And that pleased him very much. Don't worry my love, soon you will be in my arms and belong to me just like the souls of the two cups.


While the devil slowly approached the surface, Alicia was bored to death. Elder Kettle had long since gone to town and had given the three cups tools, wooden boards, and a bucket of glue they needed to build the shed. The three cups knew that they should handle the material carefully and not waste it. Therefore, Alicia kept an eye open that no one is wasteful. In particular, she had Cuphead in mind, because he wanted to use the glue not just once but several times for something else. "Cuphead!" she said annoyed as he was about to go to his brother with the glue to stick it on his butt.

Confused, Mugman turned to his brother who was trying to hide the brush with the glue behind his back, but no matter how hard Cuphead tried, you could see it.

Of course, Mugman growled and stomped his foot up and down while Cuphead sweated nervously and grinned. "You know what Elder Kettle said" Alicia stood up and walked over to him. "You're not supposed to waste anything and besides, you're not supposed to fool around or do you want to stay out here all night?" Yes Elder Kettle wanted the shed finished by the time he returned. If it was not, the three of them would have to continue building the shed into the night.

Cuphead shook his head and went on with his work while Mugman kept a little distance from his brother while he and Cuppy sawed the wooden boards to size or sewed them together with nails. Blood, meanwhile, was in the cottage working on a potion while looking out the window into the backyard. The shed was halfway finished.

The door was already standing as well as the windows. Only some of the walls were still missing, as well as the roof, which Cuppy and Mugman were currently working on. Cuphead, meanwhile, took care of the rest of the wall and glued it with glue while he had his mouth wide open in boredom. However, he closed it when a fly got lost in it and Cuphead almost swallowed it.

Blood smirked anyway when he saw that before turning to his potion. Alicia, however, did not say anything or smile. She watched the three very sternly. Hopefully he will learn something from this. Alicia hoped so, because Cuphead had already done so much nonsense that it was no longer normal. Even Cuppy never reacted like that. He had learned from his mistakes and that pleased Alicia very much. "Hey, since you three are almost done, how about some refreshment after all that hard work?" asked Alicia of the three cups.

"Do you mean you want to make us lemonade?" asked Mugman as he wiped the dirt from his nose. Alicia nodded in response to his question and confirmed it. The three exhausted and sweat-covered mugs were very pleased to hear this and work even faster to build the shed than before. You couldn't see much of it, though, because while the three of them were working, a cloud of smoke arose around the shed, covering it completely so that Alicia and Blood couldn't see anything.

But this did not bother Alicia. She knew that the three were at least working and not sitting around lazily. Like she was doing right now. Well, not quite. She was supposed to supervise the three cups. Nothing more.

While she was doing that and not thinking about the devil, he appeared with his two assistants not far from the cottage. Flames poked out of the ground in a square outline from which the elevator appeared. The flames disappeared as quickly as they came when the door opened to the side and the devil stepped out of it.

With trident in hand, he took a big pull and exhaled. Not to be relieved but to let out his anger without bursting into flames. In the true sense of the word, of course. With a serious look, the devil looked around and saw nothing but trees until the cottage caught his eye. There was his goal. Or rather, it sat in the backyard on a wooden bench.

Alicia sat on the bench and had no idea that the devil would soon be with her. The same was true for both Cupheads who now can't protect their souls without their sweaters. Where Cuphead's was, only Henchman knew. But that did not matter to him now. "Okay, let's go over the plan I've explained to you both more than once," yes, on the way up to the surface, the devil explained to the two why they had come along in the first place.

"Duh... Of course we haven't forgotten boss" said Henchman while Amnon nervously nodded his head. "Well then, let's go over it one last time" he breathed in and out again. "I'm going to put my dearest Alicia in this cloth bag while I hand it over to you two" behind his back he pulled out an old cloth bag that was a bit worn out.

You could see that the cloth bag had holes in some places. But these were not so big that you could climb out of them. Rather look out. "With Alicia in the bag, you two will return to the underworld while I will take care of the souls of the two cups" was the plan that should not go wrong. At least that's what the devil hoped.

The latter was more than determined to finally have Alicia for himself. The missing two souls would also leave Stickler in peace, whom he had been keeping busy with other tasks ever since. The devil knew that Stickler would be quickly finished with the counting of the souls.

That's why he wanted to get it over with quickly and not wait another second. At least that's what the cloud of smoke the devil left behind when he touched the ground with his trident. Henchman and Amnon were now alone with the elevator and could do nothing but wait.

"I hope it works this time" sighed Henchman. He felt very bad for the devil. After all, he wanted Miss Alicia so he wouldn't be so lonely. It was not for nothing that Henchman kept hearing his sobs when he passed by the devil's bedchamber or how he talks about being with Alicia in his dreams. He wanted to have her with him. Well, not only with him, he wanted to make her his wife and queen.

That's why he was so obsessed with her. Almost as if not worse than getting the souls from the two cups he was still missing. One could classify it as sick, but one should not forget that he was the devil. This was his normal behavior. "We'll see," added Amnon, who also sighed. Actually, he should stay in the underworld and let Silk know what's going on. However, he was reluctant to make the devil angrier.

Hopefully it won't be too boring. Alicia was still watching the cloud of smoke and didn't know that behind her the devil had just appeared, grinning and tearing open the cloth bag, ready to wrap it around her. Finally you will be mine. However, before the devil could rejoice, the cloud of smoke disappeared and the almost finished shed was visible. Only a wooden plate was missing, which had to go on the roof.

Cuphead was about to glue them when he suddenly saw the devil standing behind Alicia who didn't realize what he was doing. The cloth bag was almost touching her hair. With a confused look she looked at Cuphead who was now running towards her. Why does he have the bucket of glue in his hand? Confused, she stood up and took a step back, feeling the scratchy fur that was more than familiar against her neck. Not again. She turned around and there he stood. The devil who could not leave her alone.

She ignored the cloth bag completely because her eyes fell on him rather than on the bag. "Hello my love" the devil said and grinned seductively at her before slowly lowering his arms. Soon she will land in the cloth bag. At least that's what the devil hoped. However, this prevented Cuphead who shouted loudly "Hey leave Ali alone!" and threw the glue that was in the bucket on the devil.

What just happened was like in slow motion as the glue slowly caught the devil whose chest and stomach were completely covered with glue. He dropped the cloth bag next to him and reached for Alicia. She now had the glue stuck to her chest as well. "Let go of me!" she said and tried to free herself, but the glue was much too tight for her or the devil to free themselves.

No matter how hard the two tried, unfortunately, the glue was the stronger and both were now glued to each other. It was literally a sticky situation that Alicia was in right now. And she had no one to thank but Cuphead who was still holding the bucket and had his mouth wide open with another fly flying out of it.

Don't tell me it's a Super glue. A look at the bucket told her that it said "ACME Super Glue" in capital letters. "You've got to be kidding me" she leaned her head against the devil's chest. Unintentionally because she couldn't lean her head anywhere else. Also she couldn't move her arms as much as before since both her upper arms were connected to the glue and only her forearms were free. "Oh don't be like that my dearest Alicia" That's what I needed. "As soon as we return to the underworld, are married and crowned, I will gladly remove the glue", but it didn't come to that, because the hand with which he held his trident was glued to Alicia's chest. Thus, the devil could not teleport, which was good for Alicia and the others. But it was bad for the devil.

"Well, I'm afraid that's not going to happen," Alicia mentioned, sticking her tongue out, showing it to the devil. However, the devil did not growl but gave Alicia a kiss on the mouth which made her growl instead. He could not flee with her but he could kiss her anyway.

So a good thing for him after all. Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything about that. At the moment anyway. What was more important than that now was how the three cups could free Alicia not only from the devil's embrace but also from the glue.

All three of them thought about it, but none of them really had an idea how to solve the glue. Alicia didn't want Cuphead to try any method to remove the glue. She already saw the chainsaw in his hands. All three cups thought until they saw Blood in the kitchen, who was walking by the window with a small black kettle and didn't notice anything. "Wait Alicia, we'll get someone to help you" and the three ran through the back door into the kitchen and pushed the confused wolf outside who was just about to ask what was going on when he saw exactly what had happened.

Alicia as well as Blood rolled their eyes while the devil's pupils changed. One pupil showed Blood while the other showed the devil firing his trident at him until the wolf was nothing but ash. Blood, however, thought nothing of it and just gave himself a face palm. "I don't want to know what's happening here" he said and went over to Alicia and the devil to look at the situation they were in.

"Believe me, I didn't want to be in such a situation as the one I'm in right now" with all her strength she tried to push herself away from the devil but as before it didn't work. "Oh, so I like it" Of course you like it. Alicia rolled her eyes when she heard the devil's statement, grinning again like the Cheshire cat.

That the devil was happy to have Alicia in his "arms" was known to the others as well as Alicia, because not without reason his cheeks turned red and he looked at her in love. However, this did not help in the solution of how to free Alicia and the devil from the glue. Alicia wanted to be freed because she could not stand the scratchy fur.

"Please Blood tell me you have a solution to remove this glue" the devil skillfully ignored the wolf while he stroked Alicia's cheek while she looked at the wolf who was thinking thoughtfully. He knew that there was a special potion that would help against any kind of glue to loosen it or rather to remove it. Only there was one tiny problem.

Alicia saw Blood's face change. He no longer looked thoughtful but worried. Don't tell me that... "Sorry Alicia, but I don't have any evergrass in my bag" Evergrass what the heck is that? She had never heard of it before. Was that a grass that only existed in Blood's world? Well, it seems the three cups didn't know about it either. So that was probably true.

So Blood couldn't help her. That frustrated Alicia very much, however, the devil not really. He was happy to be exact, his tail wagged like a happy dog being praised by its owner. All three cups sighed and groaned until Cuppy thought of something. They knew someone else they could ask.

Muru the manticore surely had a remedy to help Alicia. After all, he himself said that he has everything his customers need. But where they will find him, they did not know. However, they did not want to leave Alicia alone with the devil. So what should they do now?

Cuppy pondered while Blood stared at him. There was only one solution they could do at the moment. The wolf had to stay here and make sure the devil didn't run off with Alicia while the three cups searched for Muru.


In the forest, the three cups ran and called several times for the manticore. However, they never got an answer, let alone saw him at all. Nothing but trees and bushes were to be seen. The sun was now shining over the three. It was already noon. One more reason to worry, Elder Kettle would soon appear and prepare lunch.

In any case, these believed the three, however, Elder Kettle was still in the hardware store and was looking for more garden tools and potting soil. In the background played a quiet jazz music that he whistled with.

"Where could he possibly be?" wondered Mugman as he jumped onto a rock and looked around. However, he couldn't see any more than the other two, so he got off the rock and followed them. "We've been looking for him for hours now. Where could Muru be?" wondered Cuppy, who was growing restless. Something that was unnatural for him. However, the hours were really only minutes that they were searching for the Manticore.

What the three did not notice was the dense fog that slowly came out of the forest although it was still light outside. The fog spread until it slowly reached the three cups and encircled them. Confused, the three stopped and were trapped in a dome of mist.

"That's not good is it?" Mugman shivered while hugging his brother. Cuphead was also shaking and tried to shrug his shoulders, but his brother held him so tightly that he couldn't do it. It looked more like he was nodding. Cuppy, on the other hand, felt no fear. No matter who it could be, he was ready to fight against that person.

Now someone approached the three with a whistle. A whistle that seemed very familiar to the three. Cuppy lowered his finger pistol while Cuphead and Mugman stopped shaking and broke away from each other. "Muru is it you?" asked Cuppy when he saw the outline of a person in the mist. A long tail that looked like a scorpion's tail told the mug that it could only be the Manticore. Yes, there was no doubt that it could only be him. Cuppy knew from Alicia that Lilith was not capable of creating fog. Although she is capable of wind and ice magic.

"The only one" said the person who entered the fog dome and made it disappear. His smile was hard to see over his otherwise rather annoyed expression. Similar to Blood's. "I hear you're looking for me?" all three cups nodded, confirming his question. "Yes, we urgently need a-" "A means to remove superglue?" interrupted Muru Cuppy, who was at first confused as to how he knew this, but did not think about it further and continued speaking. "Yes, do you have something we could use? Blood has-" "Oh, I hear the wolf is here too," Muru interrupted Cuppy again when he mentioned the wolf that has been living with them recently.

Of course, the three cups were even more confused the how did he know Blood? Well, again, both Blood and Muru didn't have the same pupils as all the other residents here. Their pupils were slit like a snake and not pie-eyed like Cuphead and the others. So it could be that both came from the same world. Not from Alicia's world, though, as the two brothers heard there were no anthropomorphic wolves that could speak.

However to question that now they could next time now they had to free Alicia from the devil who is still glued together with her. "Well I think I have something for you" said Muru and opened his coat in which there was a small bottle with a note with superglue remover on it. Mugman was about to reach for the bottle when Muru closed his cloak and held out his hand to him.

The mug knew what the Manticore wanted him to do. After all, Muru was a merchant and as such he demanded payment. A payment not in money or other valuables. No, this time he was after the button in Mugman's pocket. Confused, the younger brother of the Manticore looked to his pocket and took out the object lying on his hand next to a pocket lint, a piece of paper and a bulging paper clip.

The Manticore, however, was only interested in the button and took it while Mugman put the rest in his pocket before handing him the bottle with which they could free Alicia from her sticky situation. "Thank you very much for the business my friends" Muru said and walked away whistling while leaving behind the three cups that now returned to the cottage with the bottle to help Alicia.


"Oh come on my love let me kiss you!" said the devil while trying to kiss Alicia with his lips. However, she always turned her head away so that he always kissed into the void or almost gave Blood a kiss when he tried to remove the glue with his claws, but it was useless. Of course, the wolf was little excited about the fact that the king of the underworld almost kissed him. Just as little was Alicia about it pleased that she had to explain to him now already tenth time that she did not love him. "How many times do I have to tell him I'm married and already belong to someone?" she said grumpily, showing him her demon eyes, which seemed threatening to anyone who got too close. However, the devil only ogled her, causing Alicia to roll her eyes.

The devil took advantage of this chance to finally kiss her on the mouth. Alicia could not prevent this and had to endure it. However, it was not a normal kiss as Alicia noticed the devil's tongue wrapped around hers. Don't tell me he's giving me a French kiss right now. Now she had enough of it and freed her mouth from his. Both tongues were briefly bound to each other until the devil's came loose. His face was completely flushed and he seemed... Well... How can you best describe it without it sounding wrong?

Let's put it this way he liked it very much and moaned a lot. Oh God boy, now calm down. "Oh yes I like that my love" his smug grin was hard to miss. "How about it my love shall we continue?" with twitching eyebrows he grinned at her. However, Alicia only gave him the cold shoulder. "I think you know her answer" growling slightly, the devil turned to Blood who was standing opposite him.

The latter had been watching the two since the three cups were gone to make sure the devil didn't run off with Alicia. He would do that and the group knew it. "Nobody asked for your opinion. Wolf" the devil answered in a harsh voice before turning to Alicia who turned her head away from him. However, he turned it back in his direction so that she was forced to look at him.

"Come on my love, I know you want this too" How do you know? Alicia grumbled and tried not to give in while the devil walked slowly behind her ear with the hand he could still move. She already suspected what he was going to do. "Don't even dream of it!" she pulled her head away so that the devil's hand was no longer behind her ears but now reaching into the void.

This did not please him. Of course Alicia was stubborn and did not let herself be seduced as easily as the devil hoped. However, he liked challenges. And Alicia was a challenge he wanted to win. He didn't care that she was married and not single. He wanted her and no one could change that. Even if he had to reduce the entire Inkwell Isle to rubble, he wanted to make her his queen.

Even if he were to use his entire army to do so. He would not rest until she realizes that she will be his queen. "I know you wonder why I love you more than anyone else" Actually, I don't wonder. "But I can't let such a beautiful creature like you just walk around" annoyed she rolled her eyes as the devil whispered this to her while his hand slowly approached her ear. "You are so beautiful and strong my love. I want to call you mine" she felt the claw slowly and carefully tickle behind her ear.

Slowly she calmed down and let herself fall with her head on his chest while he continued to cuddle her behind her ear. "I can feel that you like it" she had to agree with him, she liked it very much as he tickled behind her ear. However, it was not Lucifer but the devil from this world. It made a big difference. Therefore, she no longer wanted to allow the devil to cuddle with her as if he were Lucifer.

But he wasn't Lucifer. "Don't do that!" growled Alicia in a demonic voice. Blood twitched slightly when he heard it. One could think that he was very surprised and didn't know that she was able to do that. The devil, however, was just confused and so he stared at her as well. "You will never understand why I will never love you".

However, this did not matter to the devil. No matter what reason she will give him, he will not rest until she will be his wife and queen. "Maybe so, my love, but still I feel a deep sadness inside you" she tried to ignore him, but this was impossible in the current situation because the devil grabbed her chin and tilted it up towards him so that she was forced to look with her eyes into his.

She hated it because the fire of passion burned in his eyes. But yes she had to admit that he was right with the sadness in her innermost. She was worried about Mugman from the book who was still alone in her apartment and probably also worried about her and Cuppy. But that was not the only thing. She missed Lucifer. She missed him very much and wanted to be in his arms again. Lucifer... She lowered her head which she leaned against the devil's belly while he slowly stroked her cheek. She could no longer hold back her tears. She let them out without thinking that the devil was wiping them away with his claw.

"Alicia my dearest I don't like to see you sad anymore" he continued to caress her while Alicia let out her sadness. "Therefore I would like to make you the following offer" she just listened and said nothing while the devil continued to speak. "Come with me to the underworld, become my wife and queen and I will make sure you will never be sad" Blood was a bit skeptical. Sure, he knew Alicia was married to Lucifer, the devil from the world Cuppy comes from, but he doubted Alicia would give in so easily.

She had told him several times what a great husband he was and how much he cared for her when she was unwell. He did not leave her side when she was sick or when she was not well. She was always in the first place in his eyes and he never neglected her. No wonder that she missed him very much. However, both Blood and Alicia knew that the devil from this world will never be like Lucifer. He had a very short patience and seemed to more or less force Alicia to marry him. And Blood knew the reason too. The devil longed for his old power back that was stolen from him.

"So what do you say my dearest. Do you want to be with me for all eternity?" Alicia heard the question clearly. The last tears flowed from her eye as she thought through the question again. Marry him even though she was already married? Hardly! She was no longer sad, but angry. Angry that he thinks she would fall in love with him and forget her husband Lucifer. "Forget it!" she said, and stopped hugging him. The devil was not very pleased with the statement. Blood, on the other hand, was. He knew it would come to this.

"Never will I marry you and don't even dream I will ever love you!" grumbled Alicia as she released her chin from his hand. This was not exactly the answer the devil wanted to hear. An "Oh yes I will marry you!" would have pleased him more. But now his patience was at the end of the line. Not only because Alicia again refused to marry him, but also because the three cups were back with the superglue remover.

He already suspected how it would turn out. With him again on the way to the underworld with empty hands and a grumpy feeling that slowly turned into anger. "Ali we came as fast as we could!" explained Cuppy who was holding the remover in his hand and was ready to open it when he saw the furious devil and momentarily backed away like the other two. Furious could really be called the devil as he was on fire again while looking at the three cups. Alicia could do nothing about it. Even if she wanted to.

Cuppy removed the cork and was ready to pour the contents over the superglue so it would come off. However, before he could do so, the devil backed away with Alicia and looked angrily at Cuppy and Cuphead in particular. "Hey, what are you doing?" Cuphead angrily asked the devil, who gave him no answer. He wanted to return with Alicia to the elevator where Henchman and Amnon were waiting for him.

Alicia knew she had to act quickly now to avoid ending up in the underworld. She thought about what she should do until she thought of a way to trick the devil. "Wait, you want to take me to the underworld and marry me, don't you?" Everyone looked at Alicia in confusion. Why was she suddenly flirting with the devil? Something was not right here. The devil, however, didn't care. He was amazed that she changed her mind so quickly.

This pleased him very much. So much so that he was happy to answer her question. "But certainly my dearest" his grin was hard to miss. His fingers slowly ran through her hair down to her cheek and then down to her chin which he slowly pulled to kiss her. However, she held it back with her finger and stopped him from kissing her. Confused, he looked at her. Why did she hold back his lips?

"Close your eyes," she whispered to him. The devil was confused at first until he realized what she wanted from him and blushed. She wanted to give him a kiss on the mouth. At least that's what he hoped. That's why he closed his eyes and pressed his lips together in a kiss. While he hoped that Alicia would kiss him, she gave Cuppy the sign to pour the contents of the bottle he was holding onto the glue with a wink.

He did it and the superglue came off on him little chunks that turned to dust on the floor when they touched it. The devil didn't notice anything but waited calmly for Alicia's kiss. She took a little distance before she spoke to him. "My lips are getting numb my love" said the devil. "Oh don't worry your kiss is coming" she cracked her hand and turned to him.

The devil peeked with his right eye to see if Alicia was really kissing him. However, instead of a kiss on the mouth, he got a punch in the face from her. He felt this and was confused as to why she had punched him and why she wasn't sticking to him anymore. The empty bottle lying at his feet answered his question. He realized that he was being made fun of and decided not to vent his anger here but down in the underworld, as he had done several times before.

With his trident he disappeared and appeared without a cloth bag in front of the elevator where Henchman and Amnon were already waiting for him. Both had already guessed that the devil will have no luck and said nothing because he was already angry enough and the black eye he had was enough as a sign that the mission failed.

With the devil out of the way, Alicia was very happy to be free again and no longer stuck to anyone. However, there was another problem. Because the devil was briefly on fire from rage, the shed was ablaze. "No, all our work!" cried Mugman as he looked in shock at the shed. Cuphead and Cuppy tried to save the burning shed with two buckets full of water, but as Cuppy was about to fill his second bucket, he saw Elder Kettle arrive with a cart full of potting soil, fertilizer and gardening tools.

"Damn!" he said, dropping the bucket. The group already suspected that nothing good would happen when Cuppy said that. Elder Kettle was back and the shed was destroyed. All the work the three cups had done was gone. Or was it? When Alicia turned around, the newly rebuilt shed was behind her, not burning but shining. The three cups also saw this and couldn't get out of their amazement.

"Well boys how is my..." Elder Kettle walked past the back of the house and saw the group and his new shed. As with the three cups, Elder Kettle couldn't believe what he just saw. The shed looked much better than the old one. Well, not quite. It looked like the old one, but less dirty than before, of course. But this did not bother the kettle.

His shed was standing again and that was the only thing that mattered to him. However, the three adults from the group knew that the three cups demand something for the hard work. They wanted a reward. And they would get it from Alicia, who promised them homemade lemonade, and from Elder Kettle, who promised them cookies. Of course, the three did not say no to this and gladly accepted it as a reward.

So the six went back inside to collect their reward. Alicia prepared the lemonade while Elder Kettle decided to go upstairs to get the cookie jar. No one knew if he was really going to get it, though, because the five minutes turned into an hour. Therefore, the three decided to get their reward themselves, not sure what kind of situation this will lead them to.


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