The Dream Saga - Chapter 53

“Hmm, wait, what did you just say?” “Not pure devil?”

“You’re not a pure devil!!”

WHAT THE FUCK!!

I was astounded after finding out the unbelievable truth about Beelzebub. Hundreds of questions were poking me. I wanted to know how he was an impure, too. But I hesitated because asking something personal to someone who I just met might be intimidating.

“Um, what do I say? I mean, what can I say?” I felt awkward to switch the topic.

“Hey, it’s okay. Don’t feel awkward. I know you have questions in your mind. Shoot it, I will answer those.”

“Oh! No, it’s okay, are you sure?” “I tried to respect his generosity. But I couldn’t stop the curiosity inside me from questioning,”

“So, what do you mean by you’re not pure, you mean, you are summoned here too? Just like me?” He asked while pointing a finger towards himself with a shocked face.

“Well, in my case, it’s a bit different.”

Tom sipped a cup of tea and went into deep thoughts of his childhood.

“It was the day. If it went well, then I guess, I never would’ve been here. I don’t know if I was lucky or unlucky.”

I was listening to him with great focus he had a sad grin on his face. I wondered what he was thinking and how sad and dark his past was…

“What happened on the day, you’re talking about?”

“Let me tell you a twenty-year-old story, before I was born!”

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It was a busy and stressful day for the people of Buzzir’s palace. Everyone was in a hurry. There were frowns of stress on everyone’s forehead. After many years of failure, today the king and queen of Beelzebub country were about to get a baby . That would be the next heir of the kingdom.

The king Daniel Beelzebub IV was roaming around in his room in stress. It was a crucial moment for him; he was worried for both of his wife and child, because it was the last chance for him and his queen to have a child or he had to conceive a child with some other queen of his for the future of his empire.

But the problem here was not of conceiving a child with another wife, it was the queen he was having a baby with belonged to the biggest house in the kingdom. That would make his new born a powerful devil. And the holy trident war was announced to happen in a few years. Which caused a stressful situation for the king.

There was no guarantee of his return from the war, and if, unfortunately, he died in the war, there would not be an heir to inherit his throne.

The king walked into his room with all these thoughts in his mind bugging him, when someone knock on his door.

“Who’s there? Come in.”

“Greetings, your grace.”

“The Royal physician has sent me to tell you the news about the baby.”

“Baby! Is it done ?? Read the scroll quick!”

The maid pulled a red-colored scroll out of her pocket and read it loud to the king.

“Your grace. I, the royal physician of Beelzebub palace. Is honored to tell you, the delivery of the baby has been done successful. It’s a healthy boy! The queen has given birth to a baby boy! We can’t tell you more about the baby as the queen has not allowed anyone to see the child’s face before his father” . “The king” you my majesty.

“A BOY! An heir, have you seen him? How does he look like?” The king exclaimed in joy.

“No, your grace. Even the royal physician hasn’t seen the face of the baby.”

“Why is she behaving like this, maybe she’s too protective towards the baby? Only the demon lord can know what is on a mother’s mind. Take me to her quick,”

“Yes, your grace. Please follow me.”

The frowns on the king’s head were turned into a smile of excitement and joy. He was walking fast to reach the queen’s room quick. The years of failure and despair were gone with just one letter. In just a few moments, he arrived at the queen’s room.

He opened the door of the room with both of his hands. As the door opened, he saw the royal physician in front of him. He looked at her with a smile full of happiness.

“Thank you for giving me the  news I wanted to hear from your mouth for years, thank you so much.” The king thanked the royal physician with eyes full of tears. He took off two of his necklaces and gave it to the maid and the royal physician in the form of his gratefulness.

“Thank you, your grace.”

“Now please excuse us.” The king closed the door of the room after gifting .

“My queen! I am here. Please draw the curtains. I want to see the face of our wonderful son.”

“Here my king, hold him with care he’s asleep.” The queen wrapped the baby in a towel and handed it to the king with a smile on her face.

“Woah, look at him, beautiful as his mother. His arms and feet are so small, it’s so cute.” The king caressed the baby with his hand carefully. He looked at his face and body, and noticed something off.

“Hey, why does his face appear so pale to me. And why is he breathing so slowly, I can’t even feel it.” The king patted the child’s face to check if him.

“Hey, he’s not even crying why? Is he asleep?”

“No, he’s not asleep, he has not cried since he’s born.” The queen said such heavy words with a neutral face, as it did not bother her.

“W-what do you mean by he has not cried even once! He’s not okay !!! I’m calling the physician!!” The king got worried as he found out the baby has not cried since the birth he figured out something with him was not okay. He ran to open the door, but the queen grabbed his arm tightly.

“NO! DON’T GO OUT!! EVERYONE WILL FIND OUT!!” she screamed with eyes red with tears.

“What will they find out?”

“I DON’T WANT THEM TO KNOW!!!”

“THAT THE BABY IS DEAD!!” she confessed with heavy eyes.

Just a helpless mother was screaming that her newborn baby… is no more…

-To be continued