Strings

Chapter XI: Duckling

“Here, thousands to millions of pathetic humans are brought here every day. These humans are then tortured for the rest of their miserable days.” said the demon king. A smile that would normally show on a sadist’s face crept onto the king’s dark face. “As a demon, your job will be to help torture these stupid fools with the tools you are given. My brother, Raug will train you for that.”

“Wow. I get to torture humans?” Diaval faced the king. “Why though? What did they do?”

“Humans do all sorts of things. Some are alright. And others that are fools do all sorts of things. They kill, lie, cheat, steal. They can be corrupt and abusive. They can discriminate. They can participate in human trafficking and the list goes on and on.” the demon king said. His crimson eyes stared at the unfortunate souls.

Diaval rose an eyebrow. “What’s human trafficking?”

“Should I tell him?” Raug said, trying hard not to laugh.

The demon king shook his head with a groan. “Don’t ruin his innocence, you dick.”

Raug gave out a small laugh and shrugged. “Alright then.”

Diaval appeared to be more confused than before. He asked again. “What is human trafficking? And also what is a “dick”? My master said that word before but he didn't tell me what it means.”

“You will know in time Diaval…” The demon king scooped Diaval back into his large hands and placed him down on solid ground. “Would you like to know how to torture a human? How about a demonstration?”

Diaval smiled. “Yes to both please!”

The demon king nodded and demanded a human soul. Two other demons entered with a human behind them. They pushed the human to the ground and left the room. The human stared at the demon king in horror. The king only smiled to this. “Brother. Would you do the honors?” he said.

Raug smirked and nodded. “Yeah. Get me a chair, some spears and a hose and we’re all set.”

Diaval looked confused. “A… h**?”

Raug burst out in laughter. “No! Haha! A hose!” he laughed a bit more. “Gosh I love this kid!”

He tied the human down to a chair. She struggled to break loose as Raug sighed and faced Diaval. “Okay so when you torture a human, do it like a punishment. For example, this human here seduced lots of men. I’m here to make sure she pays.” He said before smiling at the woman. He walks around her chair. “Heh.. You should be ashamed of yourself Hun because you’re now going to be use as an example.~”

The woman stayed silent but she gave the demon a glare. Raug laughed at this. “No response? Okay then. How about we make you “pretty”?”

He took a spear into his hands and carved out shapes into the woman’s skin. The woman gave a small shout but this made Raug continues his actions. Blood dripped from the shapes Raug made. “Heh. This is what you do right? The men you seduced like it when you do this right?” Raug said as he placed the spear down and turned to Diaval. “Hey, got some scissors for me kiddo?”

Diaval nodded and grabbed the scissor from a small table. He handed them to Raug.

Raug nodded at him with a smirk. “Thanks kiddo. Now where were we. Oh yeah. Shapes… We’re about to have your fingers done.~ Ready?” He said.

The woman frantically shook her head but that did not seem to stop the horrors that were to come. Raug opened the large scissors and placed her fingers between the blades. In an inhuman speed, the demon slammed the scissors blades together and the woman’s fingers were cut clean off. The soul screamed in agony as blood poured from her fingerless hands and ruined the carpet.

Diaval stared at Raug and the woman. For some strange reason, seeing the woman in pain was very… Satisfying... As he watched Raug cut the next set of fingers, his became more and more curious. The woman’s scream was music into his hears.

Raug laughed for he was enjoying the woman’s pain as well. He walked around the woman some more. “How about your dirty toes? Yeah we should give them the same treatment too.~” said Raug as he got down on one knee. “What do you think… Slut…?”

Again the woman shook her head but Raug took that as a yes. He quickly removed her toes and she shouted again. Raug smiled even more. “Look at these hands.” He said. “You love to touch dicks with these hands right? Well your fingers are taken care of… So why don’t we do the same for these dirty palms..?” After saying this, her hands came right off. The carpet below was covered in a pool of blood.

Raug turned over to Diaval. Some drops of blood was on his face. He smirked. “Heh. That’s how ya do it kid” he said as he wiped his face. “Like it?”

Diaval nodded and began to clap quickly. Raug laughed and he bowed a little to it. The demon king gave a soft, low chuckle. “Alright. If you would please finish the season outside Raug, I must speak to our duckling alone.” Said the king.

Raug nodded and he left with his soul. As soon as the woman and demon were gone, Diaval turned to the king. “I didn't know that hurting bad people was cool to look at!” Said the puppet.

The king nodded and picked the puppet up in his hands. “Yes. It is appealing to the eye.” He moved his large, wrinkled hands to his shoulder and allowed Diaval to hop on. He walked to the window again. “This kingdom is your second home little duckling. I hope you will enjoy your time…”

Diaval’s smile was soft and wide as he laid again the king’s head. “I already am..”