Chapters 5 and 6

-Demon Kings castle dungeon-

As Leon looked at the girl trembling in the darkness he asked, with a kind and gentle voice,

" Are you alright?"

But there was no answer. Leon was concerned, he didn't know what to do in this situation.

If he just told the guards, then the poor girl might get hurt even more.

He then slowly reached out and touched her shoulder, she flinched, and he took it back.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

Leon was worried now, he felt sorry for her and just wanted to get her out of this horrible place.

"What's your name? I'm Leon."

He then, after not hearing a response, tried to ask it again.

"What's yo........"

He stopped speaking once he heard a sweet, shy voice say,

"Luna."

Leon had an astonished look on his face as he heard her name.

"Well ..    Luna, it's alright if you come out? As I said before, I won't hurt you."

Luna shook her head in silence.

Then Leon got a little frustrated.

"Fine then."

He reached out with both hands and grabbed Luna, picking her up from the floor.

He was now face to face with her. After looking into her teary emerald green eyes, Leon was speechless.

He looked at her with a nice, gentle smile and his eyes were yearning to continue staring at this adorable sight to behold.

Luna didn't want any part in it, she tried to make him let her go, but he didn't.

"It's alright, everything is okay."

Luna was still shaking, she knew she couldn't get away, she just accepted it. She grabbed his shirt and hid her face in his chest.

Leon after seeing such a cute display smirked with contentment.

"I can see that the other lords must have treated you and the others badly. I'm sorry you had to go through that, but I won't treat you like that. I'm not like the others, so please don't be scared of me."

Luna was in disbelief, she still hid her face and didn't speak, but she did stop trembling.

Once Leon felt that she had calmed down, he started to walk out of the cell. He then made his way through the long hallway leading to the dungeon entrance.

The guard that had waited at the entrance then looked at Leon, then he noticed the girl in his grasp.

"Oh, so you found one, those slaves are so crafty sometimes. Should I have this one beaten, so she could learn not to hide?"

Once Leon heard that he had a very displeased look on his face and started to hold Luna tighter. It was as if Leon didn't want anyone in the world to even touch her.

"No, it's quite alright, she doesn't need to be treated any worse than she already has. Can you just show me the way to my room?"

"Of course my lord. Please follow me."

Then the guard turned and headed up the stairs and Leon, holding Luna, followed.

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"Step step"

After walking through the castle's many hallways and entrances, the guard then turned to the demon lord and said,

"We are almost to your room, my lord. We just have to walk through one more corridor."

The guard then put his hand up gesturing towards a long hallway. On either side you could see many doors, they all had names on them.

Casio, Silviot, Haldron. All names of demon lords, and every door had a name, so Leon knew his name would come up eventually.

Luna didn't move from where she postured herself on Leon. Still having her face in his chest and hands grasping his clothes.

They then started to walk down the long hall, walking past some of the doors.

"Ah, ah, ah"

"Please stop!"

" ahhh(screams)"

"Whip, whip"

"Stop fighting you bitch!"

"Slap, slap"

Every time they walked past one of the doors, they heard sounds, the guard paid no mind to it but Luna was a different story.

Leon looked down, as he did he saw the cute Luna start to cry. Even though half her face was buried in his chest he could still see her start to tear up and grasp his shirt even harder.

Leon's face started to change into a grim and sad expression, as he watched this poor girl start to tremble in fear.

'What should I do? What should I say?'

He then pulled her up closer to his face, her head was now right under his chin. He then with a warm, comforting tone of voice said,

" Luna, you won't be making those noises once we get to the room. So don't be afraid, I won't allow you to be treated like the others."

Luna then turned up towards him and saw a warm smile.

(Sniffle)

"Do you promise?"

She said it with a sad tone, wondering if she might be a toy like the others.

Leon looked into her eyes, captivated by such cuteness, he was speechless for a second.

But after he regained control, he said,

" I swear on my life, that I won't hurt you and I won't allow anyone else to do the same."

The guard slightly looked back, wondering what they were doing, and saw two people looking into each other eyes as if they were in their own personal world.

"Hm"

The guard couldn't help but feel wholesome after seeing such a display.

......

After walking through the hall, they finally made it to the room prepared for Leon.

"Here we are my lord, please enjoy your stay."

The guard then opened the door.

"Thank you for escorting us"

"It's a pleasure, my lord."

"I have to get back to my duties, I hope you enjoy your stay."

The guard then left, leaving Leon alone with Luna.

Leon walked inside and looked around the large decorative room. It was very nice, it was probably renovated by the king, for all the lords to enjoy.

-to be continued