Everything went silent and no one dared to move.

“Now, do you want to continue this pointless fight or will you give up?”(Me)

I could see that he admitted our difference in strength.

“Fine.”(Demon)

“I couldn’t hear you.”(Me)

“I said I give up!”(Demon)

I was more than satisfied with that answer.

“I’ll go back to the demon continent and act like this never happened.”(Demon)

He turned around and wanted to walk away.

“Ho. If I remember correctly, normally the winner decides what happens to the loser.”(Me)

I added some pressure, so he wouldn’t dare to run away.

“Damn. What do you want from me? Just for you to know, I will not be your plaything or something like that.”(Demon)

“Hmm, don’t worry, I have no need for a broken doll like yourself.”(Me)

His mood completely went down as I insulted him. I knew I completely subdued him, after he sent his pets back and went back to his human form. I did the same and we started our conversation.

“Why go to such lengths. What exactly do you want?”(Demon)

“How about becoming my personal subordinate.”(Me)

“For that you would need to be able to form a contract.”(Demon)

“No problem.”(Me)

Without even twitching an inch I lied to him.

“A… And you need a unique crest to bind me to only yourself.”(Demon)

“Also no problem.”(Me)

“Don’t lie to me, only high demons or humans can have a crest and you are neither of them.”(Demon)

Without any hesitation or 2nd thoughts I showed him my personal rune. It was still exactly the same a pitch black circle.

“As I said you need a crest not and… Is this a black circle? What do you want to do with that.”(Demon)

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“Shut up it’s my symbol!”(Me)

It was still embarrassing and to stop him from laughing before he could even start, I drew the only practical rune I could use to increase his gravity by a lot. He immediately fell done and was pressed to the ground.

“Guaah. W… What the fuck.. is …this?!”(Demon)

“Ah. Sorry.”(Me)

I dispelled the rune.

“I beg you don’t do this again, it feels like a huge mountain is on top of me and slowly crushes me.”(Demon)

“Good to know.”(Me)

“Ah. You didn’t know and still used it on me, what if I died there?

I rolled my eyes and did like I never heard that.

“Guh. So, even if that thing is your crest or whatever, it’s still not possible to form a contract.”(Demon)

“Eh. Why so?”(Me)

I acted like a child (which I was), which didn’t get what it wanted.

“Y…Yes. The problem is, I am already bound to someone else.”(Demon)

“And?”(Me)

“No and, either my contractor cancels the contract or I contract with someone much stronger than him.”(Demon)

“And?”(Me)

Because everything cooled down, Sarah came back to check on me. Before he could burst out in anger, I quickly changed the topic by greeting her.

“Welcome back.”(Me)

I smiled and winked at her. She pointed at the demon and probably wanted to know what happened.

“As I told you I took care of it.”(Me)

I showed her a thumb up. Her only reply was a face of disbelieve.

“I am strong you know.”(Me)

“Hrmpf.”(Demon)

My tactic didn’t work and he was still angry.

“What?!”(Me)

“It isn’t possible because my contractor is the demon king.”(Demon)

Silence. The fact that the demon in front of us said that he was a personal subordinate of the demon king shocked Sarah. And it added an open mouth to her face of disbelief.

“And?”(Me)

“See I told you it’s not possible, so just let me go and… wait what?”(Demon)

Now Sarah wasn’t the only 1 shocked.

“I don’t understand the problem.”(Me)

“Perhaps you didn’t understand me so I’ll say it again. My contractor is the demon king Mercury Gilgamesh, which is by the way the 2nd strongest king amongst all the races and the only way for you to break this contract would be by being stronger than him.”(Demon)

“I already understood the 1st time. I still can’t see the problem.”(Me)

It took some time until I received a reply.

“Is something wrong with your head?”(Demon)

“No. Let’s try and you’ll see.”(Me)

“Fine. Idi… I mean people like you won’t learn through words.”(Demon)

For a split second I thought he’d try to call me an idiot. Probably only my imagination.

“So, how did you do your contract with the demon king?”(Me)

“What?! I thought you knew how to do it.”(Demon)

“I said no problem I never said I knew how to.”(Me)

“Why did you want to do this if you can’t even form a contract?!”(Demon)

Silence.

“Are both of you idiots or what?”(Sarah)

The scolding came totally unexpected from the silent Sarah.

“The subordinate just says he accepts the crest of the master and the master says he grants the crest. That’s all about the contract. As far as I know it’s even simpler when dealing with demons.”(Sarah)

Sarah was somehow excited about me forming a contract with a demon.

“It’s worth trying isn’t it?”(Me)

I smiled and said.

“I don’t really have a choice do I?”(Demon)

“No.”(Me)

“Fine. I Nala Timaios Ammon accept to receive the crest of my master.”(Nala)

“Is that even a name?”(Me)

“Shut up and grant the crest if you want to form this contract.”(Nala)

“Ok calm down. I Hikaru accept to grant you my crest.”(Me)

It got silent again and Sarah and Nala were staring at me with stupid expressions.

“You are really stupid. You have to say your whole name when forming the...”(Sarah)

Before she could finish her sentence, Nala’s hand was shining. A black circle appeared and in that split moment, I was somehow able to take a short look at his past memories. I didn’t understand anything as his live flew past me in less than a second.

“Hah. It still worked. Who is the idiot now?”(Me)

I smiled and acted like nothing happened.

“Sigh. Fine I was wrong, you are a special idiot.”(Sarah)

“Hmm.”(Me)

With a little bit of fear, she faced my new subordinate.

“Your name is Nala right? Why are you here?”(Sarah)

She got no reply. Nala looked like he had just seen a ghost.

“Hoy answer her subordinate.”(Me)

“Ah! Yes I’m sorry! Master!”(Nala)

“What the…? What did you do to him?”(Sarah)

“Nothing. Believe me I’m innocent.”(Me)

“Whatever let’s go.”(Sarah)

“Where to?”(Me)

“The next town. We can’t stay here. Both humans and beastmen will soon send scouts to find out what happened.”(Sarah)

After she said that, she went ahead of us.

“Oy, Nala was your name right?”(Me)

“Y…Yes master.”(Nala)

I smiled and build up some mana to scare him.

“Whatever you saw, be sure to keep it to only yourself.”(Me)

“Y… Yes.”(Nala)

“Good, as long as you understand.”(Me)

“What are you guys doing?! Start moving, or they will spot us!”(Sarah)

“Coming!”(Me)