She Belongs To The Devil

Chapter 588: Paranoid

"Just forget it."

Theodore gave a nod to Adeline and let out a deep breath. He put a smile on his face and then held Adeline's hand so that they could teleport to the dining hall.

The moment Adeline and Theodore arrived inside the dining hall, their eyes fell on their daughter hugging Damien.

"Alright! That's it!" Theodore took huge steps and covered the distance between him and Ariel within half a second.

Ariel hadn't even fully turned behind to see her father when Theodore picked her up, along with the chair, and shifted it to create a huge gap in between Ariel and Damien.

"Dada! What are you doing?" Ariel frowned and demanded answers.

Theodore went and sat on the other side of the table, beside Adeline, and replied, "You shouldn't sit too close to each other while eating. Or else you won't be able to move your hands freely."

"I have small hands! I don't need so much space," Ariel protested.

But Theodore didn't do anything about the space and asked Adeline, "Where are the maids? Isn't the breakfast ready yet?"

"They should be here any moment now," Adeline said and gave a gentle smile to Damien because he looked too flustered.

Like Adeline had said, several maids entered the dining hall and placed the food containers at the center of the table. And after getting permission from Adeline, they plated the breakfast for all four of them.

Everyone's plate had pancakes glazed with honey, fried eggs, boiled potatoes, and pork sausages.

After the maids left the room, Theodore asked Ariel as always, "Do you need help cutting your pancake?"

Ariel would have happily nodded her head if it was any other day. But today, she denied his help, "I can do it myself." She wanted to show Damien that she was not a baby who needed help in cutting her food.

However, instead of Ariel, Damien looked at Theodore and asked for help, "Will you help me with mine? Like yesterday?"

At first, Theodore wanted to ignore Damien because the vision was still haunting him.

But he decided to let it go since the Damien in front of him hadn't done anything yet.

"Sure," he dragged Damien's plate closer to him and began cutting the pancake and sausages into bite-sized pieces.

And while doing so, Theodore was thinking to himself, "I won't do anything to you just yet, you little brat. But if you dare to do anything stupid to my daughter or make her cry in the future, then there won't be anyone as bad as me."

Theodore put on a smile and pushed Damien's plate away. "Here. Eat slowly."

Ariel was fisting her fork and was trying her best to cut her food. But a sausage slipped out of her plate and rolled down to the floor.

She looked down at the fallen sausage and slowly turned her head to look at Damien. She sighed in relief when she found him busy with his food. She was glad that he didn't see her making a mess.

She then cleared her throat and looked at her father.

Theodore smirked and dragged Ariel's plate towards him to help her.

After a while, Theodore returned Ariel's plate and she happily began to dig in.

While all of them were busy munching down the breakfast, Ariel looked at Damien and observed him for a while.

He was stuffing several pieces of sausage in his mouth at once and was chewing it.

Ariel smiled and asked him, "Do you like the sausage? You want more?"

Damien glanced back at Ariel and replied in a muffled voice, "Sure." He didn't know which one was the sausage but he wanted more of the delicious food.

Ariel stretched her hand and tried to reach the tray containing sausages. But her hand was too short.

Adeline stretched her hand to help Ariel but Ariel shouted, "No. I will give it to him myself."

"Mhmm…" Adeline watched her daughter climbing on her chair. "Careful, Ary," she pushed the tray a little closer to Ariel.

Ariel then grabbed the tongs with both of her hands and managed to pick up a sausage after failing a few times.

And while transferring that sausage from the tray to Damien's plate, she looked so focused that Theodore wished she would focus that much while she was learning alphabets.

Damien pushed his plate a little closer to the tray so that it would be easier for Ariel. And when she served the sausage, he looked at her proud face and said a bit shyly, "Thank you. You're the best."

Ariel happily giggled after getting the praise from Damien. Experience exclusive tales on ???

And she sat back down on her chair to continue eating.

Theodore and Adeline weren't talking much after what they learned about the future.

And it was Damien who broke the silence in the room. "Ariel, what is this called?" he was pointing at his plate.

Ariel looked at him and asked, "The shiny yellow thing?"

"Mm," Damien nodded his head.

Ariel dipped her finger in the honey on her plate and showed it while answering, "This is called honey. Do you like it?" She was asking what he liked so that she could send those foods to him later.

"Honey." Damien also dipped his finger in the honey and licked it. He liked the sweet taste as well as its smell. And he said with a smile, "Yes, I like it."

Ariel liked the honey off of her finger and casually said, "This is the poop of insects called bees."

Damien was about to lick another scoop of honey but he stopped midways. He looked at Ariel with a dreaded look on his face and asked to reconfirm, "Poop?"

Adeline face palmed herself and interrupted their chat. "Ary, that's not bees' poop. Who taught you that nonsense?"

Ariel gave an innocent look to Adeline. "Ramon said that it is bees' poop."

Adeline chuckled and shook her head. "It's not. It's their food for their babies."

Damien sighed in relief and finally licked the honey.

Ariel, on the other hand, was thinking, "Ramon… I am going to kick your butt for lying to me." She felt a little humiliated when her mother caught her mistake.

After finishing the breakfast, Ariel slid down her chair and held out her hand for Damien. "Come, let's go to my room and play."

"How about…" Theodore interrupted them and asked, "How about going to the garden and playing together with everyone? By everyone I mean your cousins."

Ariel liked the idea. She wanted to show off that she had a demon friend, especially to Ramon.

So she readily agreed, "Okay, let's go to the garden then."

Adeline pinched Theodore on his lap and whispered to him, "Fenris might be teaching them."

"So?" Theodore shrugged and said, "He is going to have to repeat today's lesson anyway since Ariel isn't attending the class today. So might as well spare him from teaching the same thing twice."

Adeline could clearly see how paranoid Theodore was getting by the second.

However, she understood him. She couldn't even imagine how angered her own father would have been if he had seen her and Theodore kissing before they got married.

So she didn't try to stop him, for now.

"Okay, then. Let's walk to the classroom." Adeline said as she got up and straightened her gown. "Damien will get to see what our Palace looks like."