Previously...
Dan happily followed Deon back to the estate. At times like this, he really did appear to be like a kid (and a dog). It made him notice that most of the novels he had read all had mostly no good endings to it at all.
And he always managed to end up in that said novel.
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"Remember."
"My Lord, you're back."
"Yes, take care of him while I go on a mission for a while."
Deon (miraculously ) pushed Dan over to Remember who caught the boy immediately. Deon could feel the Lofty Knights rushing towards him and immediately headed off on his horse.
"Captainn!!!!!"
"You can't abandon us!"
"Please take us with you captain!"
"Remember- don't let them near me!"
Deon quickened his pace as the Lofty Knights tried to get to him. The keyword was tried, Remember immediately lifted up Cletter with one hand and caused the rest of the Lofty Knights to fall one after another.
"Are you alright?"
"...Yes."
The Lofty Knights wanted to cry. How could their captain just leave them alone while he ran away?! Especially with the Emperor who was as scary as ever! Everyone may call them rabid dogs who have no sense of danger but that was completely off the hook. Though they may be reckless a lot of times they know when something or someone is dangerous and that someone is definitely the Emperor, their captain may be brutal and cold but he treats them as equals, maybe even family, and doesn't see them as disposable things.
While Deon was heading to the Demonic Realm as tired as ever of almost everyone around him. How come no one is able to leave him alone?
Deon slowed his pace as he got near the Demonic Realm. He knew that the Emperor's knights and the Revolutionary Army were right behind him and his brother was also arriving. He ignored the distant sound of swords clashing and people screaming as he headed into the Demonic Realm.
'He'll still find out either way ugh...'
Deon took a quick look behind. He could see that no one was there and kept going on the path to the Demonic Realm. He wasn't even sure why he looked but he felt like something was way off than what was supposed to happen.
Meanwhile Cruel held his bloody sword out in front of two hooded men. Yes, that's right, it was Choi Han and Eruhaben. They followed him to where he was. Cruel could only block where Deon was headed, he couldn't let these people head to where Deon was.
"Let me ask you again."
Eruhaben waved his hand and a swirl of dust appeared around Cruel who stood still, he could tell that one move and he was a goner. He didn't know why these bastards kept trying to go after Deon and him.
"Where is Cale Henituse? I'm sure you know something since you have a scent of his ancient power on you."
"Again, I said I don't know who that is."
Cruel was baffled. Did these people seriously go after him for someone he didn't know? He already said he didn't know who Cale Henituse was, why would they ask him again?
"If you're going to ask, at least give me a description of what they look like. There's no noble named Cale Henituse."
"But how do you know that?"
Cruel didn't know what to say, was this raven head brain-dead? Only nobles and royals could have surnames, commoners rarely have a last name unless they were an illegitimate child then they'd at least have a surname and would either be thrown off or live in the said noble's house.
"Because only nobles and royals can have surnames. Unless they are a royal?"
"So this world is indeed that different..."
The blonde 'demon' raised his chin in curiosity. Cruel was starting to realize what the term 'otherworldly disasters' meant. He thought at first, it was because the group was so abnormal that they'd look otherworldly but now he understood it. These people were seriously from a different dimension. Cruel wasn't sure how it was possible but it seemed that this Cale Henituse was running away from them and sounded like he was in trouble.
'Maybe he's not a demon? But what else could he be?'
Cruel looked at the hooded duo who were now discussing things right in front of him in a foreign language he couldn't understand.
"Well, I guess he was telling the truth. His heartbeat hasn't changed ever since."
Right after that, the blonde-haired man flicked his fingers and made all the dust dissipate and made the two of them suddenly disappear. Cruel felt like he could breathe more easily now that the two were gone.
'I'll go back after I find out where this path leads to."
Cruel left off back to the trail that Deon was on. He made sure that none of the duke's men made it out alive.
***
"Haah... When is Sir Arut coming back? I miss his long white hair, it was the only pleasant thing to look at!"
Ririnell pondered as she stared at the three red moons in the sky. She had been waiting for Sir Arut ever since he had left, her vice commander could only internally cry as he watched Ririnell go fanatic over Sir Arut.
He couldn't help but feel even more pity for the poor white-head always being surrounded by Corps Commanders and the Demon King. It must be a nightmare being surrounded by such insane people.
(BRO GETS IT🙏🙏🙏)
"Hmm? It's a signal from the western wall!"
Ririnell immediately casted magic, getting ready to leave and dessert the vice commander.
"It was different Corps Commander last time! And His Majesty said to stop using so much magic!!!!"
However none of the vice commanders pleads reached Ririnell as she had already teleported away to Deon who had just reached the gate.
"Sirrrr Arutttttt!"
Ririnell immediately launched herself onto Deon who was surprised by the sudden action. He didn't expect Ririnell to launch herself at him like a canon ball at all.
"It's been a while Sir Arut!"
"Yes... It has." What the fuck, that scared the shit out of me!
Deon took deep breathes in while still remaining a stoic face like he wasn't surprised at all. In reality he almost felt like screaming but resisted the urge to scream at the top of his lungs.
"How was your mission?"
"...It was, something... I went on a expedition and got courted by some random prince. And found a crazy cult and religion created by a noble."
Deon could only sigh at the crazy situations that happened to him for the past few days. He didn't even get a chance to take a break at all over there!
"Religion? What is that?"
"It's nothing." I'm not letting you create a cult for me, that will never happen!
Deon brushed off the word religion. Originally if he explained it, Ririnell would have created a cult for him which he does not want at all!
"Oh well... Since you're back you must be here to meet the Demon King! He should be in the central garden right now."
"I see, thank you Ririnell." Please don't find some other way to create a cult... I beg of you.
Deon prayed that the moment wouldn't happen as he headed over to the Demon King's castle. This was the day he was going to meet the other species and that Eruhaben look a like, thankfully it's not Eruhaben.
He recalled about the information in the novel, the Demonic Realm that was commonly known as the realm of demons originally went by another name which was the Abyss where many other species resided in.
'This will be my nth time hearing insults or that I'm untrustworthy.'
"....This is great, the agent I sent to the human realm is back. Welcome back, Arut. How was your trip?"
"Quite horrible, the Empire is planning on waging war with the Ileon kingdom. They deserve it though."
The last part was said in a whisper however, everyone there had heightened senses as they weren't human and were all able to hear it and sweatdropped.
"I guess that means the Empire is planning to take over the continent huh."
"Yes your majesty. The Emperor is embarking on a conquest over the continent." Great here comes that blonde elf talking.
"I've heard a lot about this 'agent' of the Demon King. But is a human really that trustworthy."
"Well as long as Arut is here he is trustworthy."
The Demon King put arm hand on Deon's shoulder. The gesture tensed up the other kings and queens since they were used to the Demon King being aggressive.
"So what did the Emperor order you?"
"He told me to make sure and surveil the Demon King if he tried to interfere with the war and stop him from doing so as well as if your majesty did interfere then I must return back immediately."
"Seems Emperor-y enough."
'Did he just make up a word? No never mind I won't dig deeper into it...'
"Regarding another situation, recently magic has been used in the human realm and a new oracle was passed down."
"Magic and oracle... Tell me more about the oracle."
'Right... demons are usually hated by the world and gods in novels. Why did I expect him to know..'
"They said an otherworldly group of disasters has appeared. If we let the child of white near them, this whole world will collapse along with the innocence."
"Child of white..."
Everyone in the garden looked at Deon who fully fit the meaning; white hair, pale skin, and relatively innocent. They could see that Deon fit the oracle perfectly.
"...Is that so? Well, I'll investigate the magic and oracle after this. Go take a rest."
"Yes your majesty."
Deon turned back one last time as he left. He could feel the heavy atmosphere and looks from here. He also noticed that the Vampire Queen had a similar eye color to him however her hair was black.
Deon could tell why many assumed he was vampire, if he just dressed up a bit he might even be mistaken as one by a vampire themselves.
***
'It's been a while since I've been here... I wonder what chaos has ensued while I was gone.'
Deon was (extremely) unaware of the fact that he was the chaos that happened wherever he went.
Whoosh!
'What the fuck?! Who is throwing daggers outside right now?!'
Deon touched his cheek that now had blood dripping down. He was most likely sure that it was the work of a Corps Commander's work from being too excited.
"Sir Aruttttt!!!!"
Ben rushed over to Deon with his bags while in a disheveled state. He had rushed over immediately while doing paperwork when the necklace made of Deon's blood and the Demon King's magic had gone off.
(Okay but when did they take his blood????)
"..Ben..."
"I came as soon as this stone went off! Are you alright?!"
Ben circulated around Deon, though he knew that Sir Arut could regenerate fairly quickly he couldn't help but be worried. Sir Arut didn't seem to care about his health as well so he could at least check for injuries or issues with Sir Arut and help him in some way.
"I'm alright. Someone just likes to play with knives though. I didn't think I'd get cut."
Ben sighed as he followed behind Deon who replied with the same answer for the nth time. Sir Arut seemed to not care whatsoever about his health, was it because he was so strong even if he was weakened that he just didn't care?
"Sir Arut! You're back."
"Ed, I'm going to sleep."
Deon immediately headed towards the bed in his room. He lied in bed as he quickly fell asleep.
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a slightly shorter chapter today!
i also prepared something crazy for yall when the war arc comes....