Wicked Reincarnation

"What? Are you awkward with me now? Does wifey rather go and party with the others than to be with her husband?" Yano sadly trailed after Lia as they moved along the palace.

It was already evening. A week prior when Yano and the others came back, was the only time Yano could touch Lia, since then they've been busy and his hands were itchy. He wanted Lia and him to be alone, so he sent everyone to go and disturb Mil and Skyla. Oops, well Yano would make it up to them.

Lia pursed her lips and walked at a fast speed to her room. She missed his voice, his presence, his warmth and his teasing. Although she promised to accept him after everything was over, she felt like a maiden in front of him.

Being 100 years apart from each other was a long time, yet Yano didn't change. In fact, he was even more aggressive than before but also still caring and patient with her.

For some reason, Lia has tried to avoid Yano until now. His marriage proposal just when he came back, made her heart thump wildly but it was also sudden, sudden yet understandable.

Inside Lia's bedroom, she had nowhere to go when Yano cornered on the bed, "Wifey, look at me. Why are you ignoring me?" Yano's tone sounded sad as his fingers gently pulled her chin up to look at him.

"C'mon, don't ignore me now, I've missed you. Didn't you make a deal with the heavens to have me reincarnated?"

"Not only you, everyone. Don't get ahead of yourself."

"Why are you being so cold to me again? Do I have to melt you completely again?" Yano pouted a bit.

She made a deal with heavens to have everyone reincarnated but who knew heavens actually had everyone basically resurrect.

They all looked just like before they died. Not to speak of it, did Yano work out in the afterlife?

Why the hell was his body even more ripped than she could remember? Maybe she's forgotten.

After all, 100 years have passed. Lia shot Yano a glance at which he caught.

Not being able to hold himself again, he grabbed her by the waist and pulled Lia on his lap.

Lia had nowhere to go. In front of her was Yano and behind her was the wall.

Yano left her no escape route as he closed in and cheekily kissed the corner of her mouth, "Want more?"

Lia didn't dare to look at him as she shyly nodded. She looked so small and adorable in Yano's eyes.

"Lia," Yano whispered, "What would everyone think if they knew their Immortal King is a little bunny begging to be eaten up?"

Lia gasped but no sound made it past her lips as Yano went in for the kiss.

Gentle, sweet and loving before it deepened and turned greedy, dominating and passionate. To the point, Yano pushed Lia underneath him and gave Lia no space to breathe or retaliate. Lia melted under Yano's touch and kiss, her senses numbed and evaporated into hot steam. Her body tingled and her insides burnt.

"Too much?" when Yano finally pulled away, a deep desire still swirled in his eyes as he looked at the fruits of his passion. Panting and all messed up, Lia gripped Yano's clothes and nodded again.

Her sprawled out hair and her flustered cheeks, her slightly opened clothes, all made Yano go wild with lust but he held himself back and only kissed her forehead, "Ok."

Then he pulled up the blanket and covered them as he held Lia in his arms. He rubbed her nose against hers and regulated his breathing. He needed to calm down. He was too excited right now, "So, you're done avoiding me?"

Lia only gripped his clothes again and nestled her head into his chest and nodded again. A low laugh erupted from Yano as he held Lia tighter, "I love you, Lia. I love you so so much."

The night passed peacefully. The next day, Lia sat in her studies and looked out of the window. Her fingers impatiently tapped the table while Yano poured her tea.

"What's wrong?" he noticed the shift in the atmosphere about half an hour ago.

"What time is it?"

"Erm, noon?" Yano was confused but Lia's threatening voice made him coax her.

"So, noon and? Where's everyone? It's a working day."

"Oh…" Yano knew it was his fault. The others must be exhausted from partying after he sent them to Mil and Skyla's place, "Wifey, don't worry! They might have an exhausting night and overslept!"

"All of them?"

"Coincidences happen!"

"Did you cause trouble again?"

"Wifey!" Yano sulked and sounded wronged, "I care about wifey the most."

"So?"

"We rather gotta talk about our wedding right?" Yano had the audacity to hug Lia from the back and change the topic.

"Who said we're going to get married?"

BAM

A hit straight into Yano's heart. It visibly shattered.

"Don't joke like this, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Yano tried his best to coax the immovable frozen statue Lia was until suddenly an assistant came in, "Your majesty, please excuse me but since both commanders can't be found, I have to report to you."

Lia shot Yano a glare who fed her sweets. Eri and Timo, those two fools, what are they doing?

"What is it?"

"It's regarding the recent outbreaks of power in the Mortal World. The forces that have been sent have found the group of immortals who use their power to wreak havoc in the Mortal World. They claim to be an organization and are called 'Fornum'."

Lia thought for a while. This was a task she left Eri but since she was most definitely fooling around, Lia couldn't rely on her.

"How many are there? How come the exorcists in the Mortal World can't take care of them?"

"Reports have detailed that Fornum has powers that are too strong and special to handle for normal exorcists."

"Such as?"

The assistant quickly handed Lia the report and she looked through it before sighing.

All of the clowns weren't here. Lia closed the folder and said, "Fine. I'll go personally and deal with them."

"Your majesty, you can't!" the assistant turned nervous, "How can the Immortal King go and take care of such lowly lawless criminals?"

"It's fine, once I've dealt with them, they won't dare to do anything in my reign," Lia stood up.

"I'll go with you," Yano said as if it was obvious.

"But your maj-"

"None of the others are available at the moment. If you see them appear, give them all the second-grade punishment, even if they're the commanders or the council elders. I've been too lax on them."

Lia shot Yano a glare who smiled innocently, then she walked out of the door.

"Go easy on them, they must be hungover," Yano whispered to the assistants who sweat-dropped but still nodded, "Your majesty, you should take some captains with yo-"

"Yano and I will be enough."

"Wifey, I alone am enough, you just relax and enjoy eating Mortal World delicacies!"

The assistant watched the Immortal King and Yano leave through Yano's portal and disappear.

The assistant sighed. He also wanted some mortal snacks but he couldn't obviously ask the Immortal King right? Usually, the Immortal King was always nice and caring but the assistant could feel that today she was in a bad mood. Also, second-grade punishment? Wasn't that a bit too much?

***

In the Mortal World, Lia and Yano arrived at the base and changed clothes. Although their appearance, especially Lia's caused initial commotion, everyone could see that their Immortal King was in a bad mood, so they quickly briefed them on the situation and told her of the ambush plan they set up.

Fornum was hiding in an abandoned factories where one of the guys had the power to set up an impenetrable barrier.

No one could force their way through. Only if the caster allowed it could they enter the barrier. After hearing this, Lia asked Yano, "What do you say?"

Yano slung his arm around Lia and kissed her temple, "No worries, wifey. I can manage that."

Everyone in the room gasped as Yano triumphantly sent them smirks. Lia was too focused on the documents to notice it. Although it's been only a week since everyone came back, Lia has worked fast. She has previously left spots open for the rest to join the council, so it went smoothly and was accepted quickly by the public. They were battle heroes after all.

But the most shocking news was definitely the top exorcist Yano!

It made rounds that he and Lia were in a relationship! Their beautiful and kind goddess taken by a sleaze like this! No one wanted to believe it but now that they witnessed it, their hearts cried in lonely single problems. One brave exorcist stepped forward, "Are the rumours true, your majesty? Will her majesty and esteemed top exorcist get married"

"Of course," Yano kissed Lia on the head again.

"Don't talk nonsense. We'll head out now," Lia turned to leave the room

"Your majesty, we can help!"

"No need, just continue doing your usual job," with that Lia left and Yano waved, "We'll take care of it."

"So, what's wifey's plan?" as they strolled through the Mortal World that was now completely advanced than 100 years prior, Yano felt very unfamiliar while Lia was used to it. Their roles have been reversed.

"Easy, we go there and capture them."

"Wifey…"

"What? You can't do that much?"

"Of course, I can!"

What has he become now? A big puppy and baby?

Lia felt the urge to pet him but endured as they arrived at the place where the factory, Fornum used as their headquarters, was.

"Just sit back," Yano pulled off his jacket and put it on the ground then he led Lia to sit on it. Lia played along and watched Yano approach the factory. Yet even after several tries, Yano couldn't get through the barrier that was an invisible force keeping one from getting close to the factory of 2 metres.

After a while he came back, head lowered and said, "Your burning stare is distracting me, wifey I'm sorry but we can't do it here."

Lia scowled, this idiot!

"Just sit," in these 100 years, even when heavens took the Ghost King's power away, Lia has made the Immortal King's power fully hers. With a snap, Lia controlled her ghosts. These normal ghosts were harmless but once Lia infused them with power they could be used as exorcists. Just like her corpses, Lia controlled them and took away the power from the ghosts once they've done their job.

"Wifey is so strong now," Yano was amazed seeing the massive amounts of ghosts phase through the barrier and seconds later explosions and shouts appeared from the factory.

Lia's ghosts were just like her corpses, unkillable which meant that Lia's ghosts couldn't be purged. Since the Immortal King's power decided over life and death, her ghosts could not perish. Just like that Fornum and any other aspiring 'criminal' immortal organisation was quickly shut down.

Lia was once again praised by the public as she held a speech in the plaza. Yano wanted to take the microphone but Lia stopped him. On the stage Eri and Timo who looked very bad, were present as well.

Lia's punishment made them aware of just how cruel Lia could be.

"Lemme announce our wedding," Yano said and unfortunately his voice was picked up by the microphone and the public went wild.

Lia sighed.

"The Immortal King's marriage?"

"Long live the Immortal King!"

"We wish you all the happiness!"

How was Lia supposed to deal with this situation?

Her supposed marriage was met with enthusiasm and a warm welcome. Although Lia missed Yano and loved him, she was annoyed at how clingy and stubborn he could be sometimes.

Especially after she came back, marriage was the only thing on his mind and oh, that one physical activity in bed as well.

Lia wanted to talk with Yano properly and not jump to the gun. Yano gave an enthusiastic speech to the public but seeing that Lia wasn't happy about this announcement at all, he knew he did something wrong again.

But it also hurt. Why did it seem like Lia didn't love him as much as he did? Was her affection for him only a product of him chasing after her?

Yano smiled like always while all sorts of thoughts ran through his head but he took Lia's hand and led her back to the palace.

As he thought, Lia was giving him the cold shoulder during dinner, she barely talked to him, so when it was time to go to bed, Yano sat next to Lia and apologise sincerely, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that without consulting you first."

"So you're aware?" Lia saw that he was genuinely sorry and decided to talk to him, but her words still came out harsh.

Yano couldn't take it anymore and took Lia's hand again, then with a slightly trembling voice while looking at her hands, he asked, "Lia… do you love me? If not, it's also ok! I might have made my own assumptions and placed my feelings on yours, without considering you first…"

Lia was stunned. Right now, Yano really seemed anxious. There was slight pain on his face and fear swung in his voice. Even though Lia acted angry at him, shouldn't it be obvious she loved him?

How many times has she told him?

Wait, only now did Lia realise. She has never told Yano that she has loved him, it was always him laying his feelings bare. How stupid she was. No wonder, Yano questioned her like this and on top of it, she was ignoring him now.

Seeing that Lia didn't answer, something was about to break in Yano's heart. So, it was after all one-sided, "I see. I'm sorr-"

but before Yano could finish his sentence, Lia threw herself into Yano's arm before kissing him, "Idiot. I'm the one who should be sorry. I apologise, I thought it was clear but I didn't notice I've never told you before."

"Tell me what?" Yano was surprised by Lia's sudden bold move but was incredibly happy that she made the first step.

Lia gently took Yano's face in her hands and looked at him with a warm smile, "I love you. I love you Yano, I have done so before and am doing it and will forever love you. So let's be together until the end, for an eternity."

Yano's eyes widened before he grinned, "I love you too. Of course, we'll be together forever, even if you try to escape now, I won't let you. You can't take your words back," then Yano pushed Lia down and kissed her.

"Will you take responsibility?" Yano's hoarse whisper alerted Lia, "Let's wait until our wedding day..."

Yano sat up and pouted, "Won't that be long? You don't even seem to want to marry me…"

"You never asked."

"Of course, I did!"

"You didn't do it properly."

"Then," Yano grabbed Lia by the waist, "Will you marry me? Any ring you want I'll give it you."

Lia laughed, "Yes, I will."

At this moment, everything was wonderful. The air turned bright and smelt sweet as Yano and Lia shared a few passionate kisses. Until Lia's head laid on Yano's chest.

"Wifey, you know-"

Yano was back calling her wifey.

"We were supposed to marry even before we were born. Did your parents ever tell you that?"

This was news for Lia, "No, they haven't."

"Hmph, of course not. If you did, you wouldn't have fallen for trash!"

"I'm sorry, "Lia playfully hit Yano's chest, "So our parents knew each other?"

"Yes, the day I was supposed to meet you, my mother died. It was the sacrifice my dad's power needed."

"What?" Lia was shocked, "So you knew?"

Lia wanted to comfort Yano but seeing the nostalgic and loving smile on his face, Lia realised that Yano has come to terms with it.

"I knew it, all the time. When you asked me about the consequences of my das's power, I played dumb but I knew.

"I'm sorry," Lia kissed Yano's cheek and held him, "I'm sorry, I was so stupid back then."

"Haha," Yano made himself comfortable in Lia's embrace.

"Truth is, seeing you being so happy while I lost my mother as a kid and seeing how you fell for someone who wasn't me, even though my mother looked forward to our marriage, made me dislike you."

"Oh?" Lia caressed Yano's head and was surprised. Yano was unusually honest, but this was good, this was how a relationship should be.

"Well, I have to admit, I hate my past self too."

"But, the more I watched you, heard about you and then finally saw you, I've utterly fallen for you. I love you," Yano kissed Lia before she realised, "You watched me? When?"

"Remember the time in the illusions? That was really me. I was able to meet you in the illusion. Through my power even afterwards here and there I peeked on you-"

Realising he said something he shouldn't he cautiously turned to Lia.

"Oh? So you have stalker tendencies?" Lia moved away from him.

"That was only because you were so beautiful and cute and loving! I couldn't help but-"

"You sound even creepier."

"I'm sorry! Wifey, please forgive me, I'll accept any punishment!"

"Then take your hand off my butt and wait until the wedding night."

"Yes, wifey."

This idiot. Lia couldn't help but giggle. No wonder Yano acted so familiar with her. If she knew she was being watched…another reason why Lia condemned Yano's action was because she was embarrassed!

What the hell did he see? Witness? There were so many dumb and stupid moments of her! The shame ate her alive!

"Wifey is perfect," as if Yano knew what she was thinking about he coaxed her.

"When I first saw you, even in the illusion, I found you annoying as hell and couldn't stand you!"

"Yes, yes, I know," Yano pulled Lia into his arms again, "But now you fell for me, right? You love me more than anything."

Lia wanted to refuse to answer him but seconds later a very small, "I do," appeared and Yano laughed.

His carefree and bright laughter was so contagious Lia joined him. An eternity of bliss was to come.