Chapter 216 - The demon bride could smell her

Getting to Clara's house, Leo got down from the car and Belle did the same.

He brought Clara out and looked left and right, still all tensed and worried.

They begin walking inside and on getting in, he carefully placed her on the couch, and begins packing her scary long hair with care and placing it on the couch.

His eyes were full of astonishment as he felt the softness of the hair and couldn't believe the normal below bum length hair could turn out like this.

It was so long and even when he set her in the back seat of the car, he arranged it on the space available.

It was dark and silky. The image of how it spread and formed a shield, sending back attacks and all, surfaced and he couldn't help but he awed.

If someone told that to him, he would have a good laugh, but he saw it with his own two eyes.

"What is that woman?" Leo asked.

"That is the demon bride like I mentioned earlier. According to history, she is not dangerous as long as his groom is fine.

She will even hold the demon lord back from killing too much. It is a being that wouldn't hurt anyone unless you tried to hurt it, or already did.

And mommy just did.

It was only recorded in the guardian history. The ones who recorded it are not among the ancestors that managed to survive before the guardian's realm was created.

We dreaded it, because of what it can do. With the ability to awaken the fallen demons, all our efforts of eliminating those demons will be a waste, as they will rise again.

She only needed something to trigger her wrath, which mommy just did by killing Gregory." Belle explained and Leo couldn't stop looking at her as her lips parted and words that were too high for a kid spilling out.

When it gets to the dead demon getting awoken, Leo's eyes widened.

"Wait! Does that mean, that dead thing will rise again?" Leo asked, his thoughts are completely in disorder.

All this felt like watching some kind of movies that seemed too fake to him, but it's actually happening for real, and he is an important character in it.

He had thought that despite how things turned, Clara still killed that demon and they just had to find a way to sort her friend's condition, but now what?

"No." The little princess replied flatly.

Leo's eyes shone a bit, his mind felt relaxed but his fantasy was about to get shattered. "Does that mean, it is gone for good?" Leo asked, because he finds it hard to address Gregory as a 'he'.

After what he witnessed, he believes using a human term to address him was just too gross. That's a thing and not human.

It was so nightmarish.

"That's where the problem lies." Belle said. 

Leo was getting stressed up with the little princess's attitude. She was talking about danger and making it sound less dangerous.

Her calm expression put one's mind at ease, but her next words will shatter the whole acquired peace and hope.

"Why do you look so calm when there is a problem?" Leo couldn't help it anymore and voiced out his mind.

He still remembered how she bravely got in front of him and even looked so relaxed when Gregory was rushing towards them.

Leo had no idea that she had sensed Clara coming to stop Gregory, but still…...she's just too composed for a kid.

"As a guardian, we must always control our emotions. We must not take things to heart too much. When we're faced with danger, we must always remain calm and have absolute control over our emotions, as it is dangerous if we lose control of it. 

You've already seen the demonstration of what would happen if we lose control." The little princess said.

Leo ruffled his hair, feeling frustrated.

Why wouldn't someone feel? It's crazy and totally ridiculous.

It's no wonder Clara was so dumb to a lot of things. Even though she possesses great power and all, she was still so naive.

Now, this little girl is going down the same road. She even seemed to take it more seriously than Clara did.

He sighed after digesting his thoughts after the little princess anthem-like reply. She replied like a robot, as if she had practiced a speech for a conference meeting.

"What is the problem again?" He asked.

Looking indifferent, the little princess began to speak up. 

"She left with Gregory to bring him back, because she had no idea that it is not possible to wake him while Clara is still alive.

She can bring back the dead demons, but wouldn't be able to do so with Gregory, because the guardian existence in the human realm will not allow the demon bride freewill to use such energy worthy of bringing Gregory back.

She can summon back all the demons and take over if she didn't wish to wake him, but she would. The demon bride wouldn't feel sane as long as their groom is not around. 

She will realise this after and will come to kill mommy. Since it is someone she knew, mommy won't be able to fight back as she was supposed to and might end up dead.

As soon as mommy died, I will be the next guardian and her attempt to wake Gregory would still fail.

That was the reason why I was sent here. This sort of situation has been expected when they sense such a energy on earth.

She had marked mommy's face and could smell her. If she wants to kill her, she would always find out where she was, but after I take over, she would go down the road as Gregory's.

She won't be able to find me that fast and I just have to find my other piece and get my full guardian form and then kill her."