She Belongs To The Devil

She then put down her brush and went through that paper again. "Okay, let\'s see… Tomorrow, I should get up early; skip the training in the morning; sharpen the swords and daggers; ask Osanna to braid my hair tightly instead of something fancy; after breakfast, change into battle armors…"

And Adeline kept on going on and on for quite a good while. She was making a checklist of what she was supposed to do tomorrow so that she wouldn\'t forget anything important.

As tomorrow was going to be her first real fight with the real enemies, rather than some practice fight or test, she was a bit nervous and was making sure that she wouldn\'t mess up.

All the preparations had already been put in place for the fateful day.

Adeline, Edwin, and the witches had already met up and chosen a specific place in the willow creek where the witches would hide and wait for Lillian\'s carriage to arrive.

Edwin had already run an order to all of his guards that they were not supposed to engage in fights no matter what happened or no matter what they saw tomorrow on their journey. They all found it strange but agreed to it as it was a strict order from their Prince.

Adeline had also introduced Theodore to the witches, Edwin, and Raphael as he was also a crucial part of the plan. However, she didn\'t give all the details to the witches and to Edwin regarding her relationship with Theodore.

She simply said that he was the Devil Prince who lived in the Devil\'s Cave and that he was on their side. She didn\'t tell them why and they also didn\'t ask. They were simply grateful to have a powerful entity on their side, no matter how small his role was.

Theodore was going to wait by the willow creek along with the witches. And once Lillian\'s carriage was near, Theodore was going to teleport to the Palace and take Adeline and Raphael to the creek.

Adeline and Raphael were going to fight against Lillian\'s guards while the witches were going to fight Lillian.

Adeline put down the paper that she was holding back on her table. She looked towards the bed but didn\'t feel like sleeping yet. And Theodore was also yet to arrive.

So she thought, "I think I should check if everything is in order for tomorrow. I cannot run around asking the servants to fix my things tomorrow morning. There won\'t be any time for that."

Adeline\'s anxiety and her tendency to over-prepare before anything big was slowly creeping to her.

She got up on her feet and went to another room where her battle armors and her weapons were stored.

She stood in front of her armor which was displayed grandly. She carefully looked at every little detail of her armor, from the buckles to the sturdiness. She gently brushed her armor and whispered, "Armor looks good."

She then walked over towards the shelves and checked all of her weapons to make sure that they were at the right place.

She also checked the straps of the scabbards to make sure that the straps were not torn. "The straps are in place. Now all I need to do is sharpen the weapons tomorrow." She sighed and added, "I would have done that now but I guess everyone will be able to hear the sound in this quiet night."

In another quarter of the Palace, Queen Lillian\'s maids had already packed the necessary items of the Queen for her stay in Frostford.

Lillian was also going to take her personal maid, Ida, so she didn\'t need to worry however the maids had packed her belongings.

Ida came to the Queen\'s room to ask if there was anything that needed to be done. She bowed to the Queen and asked politely, "Your Majesty, I have already informed the guards and the coachman that we will be leaving for Frostford at 8 in the morning. Your belongings are also already packed. Is there anything else that you want me to do?"

Lillian waved her hand and dismissed her personal maid, "No, I don\'t think there\'s anything. You can go and pack your own things."

Ida bowed to the Queen and then left the room.

After the maid left, Lillian yawned and stretched her arms. She was about to go to bed but a thought haunted her. She took a deep breath in and kept on thinking about something for quite a while.

And instead of going to bed, she abruptly sprung up on her feet and headed towards her room where she had kept all of her items related to witchcraft.

"I think I should be prepared. Anything can happen…" she uttered under her breath and went on to take out a white piece of cloth.

She spread that cloth on the floor. Then she took out a pot of normal ash, a pot of water, and a brush. She mixed the ash with water in a separate bowl and then began to draw a magic circle on that piece of cloth.

She looked at that circle and smirked, "Alright! This is all the preparation I need. Though I don\'t think I will be using it. Nevertheless, there is no harm in being ready to face anything and everything."

Lillian neatly folded that cloth and brought it to her bedroom. She gently placed it down on her table so that her drawings wouldn\'t get smudged.

She narrowed her eyes and kept on looking at that cloth for a while. And she whispered to herself as a reminder, "I hope I will remember to put this along with my other belongings."

Lillian then went to sleep with a smile on her face.