The news about the damage the earthquake caused to the Shinjuku underground mall was quickly reported by various news channels.
However, the even more surprising news was that after the rescue teams were dispatched, they discovered that there were no casualties and at best some people still had some minor injuries. Which was unimaginable when you consider the scale of this disaster and its location…
And while the traumatized people were getting escorted out and having some medics check on them, a group of people didn't seem as traumatized by this event as they discussed freely "My lord I'm sorry, I let you down again… How humiliating, to get knocked out and be of no help to you, I deserve to die" said Ashiya with a depressed look on his face…
"Yes, yes I agree, you should definitely die! Um um visit me later in my room I will help you out" said Yuki with a creepy look on his face that startled Ashiya who didn't really mean what he was saying but now he found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place, and it just so happens that the hard place might end up being his own knife that this bastard Yuki stole from him…
"Enough you two… plus Yuki, we need to talk" said Maou while heaving a helpless sigh… Meanwhile.
"Talk about yourself, you should fix your appearance quickly" said Emilia while looking at Maou's clothes that were in tatters in disgust while Chiho kept looking at him and blushing when she saw his exposed body…
"Don't remind me… they cost me a lot" Maou's wanted to cry when he remembered how he purchased these clothes today under the persistence of Ashiya and now they ended up shredded and stretched after he returned back to his huge demonic form…
Ashiya knowing that it was his idea to purchase them, quickly hid behind Yuki "Bastard don't hide behind me"
However, Ashiya quickly rebuked him "Well it was your plan to stall for time, you should take responsibility with me!"
'This bastard's trying to involve me in his mess…' Thought Yuki in annoyance but Maou grew more and more suspicious 'What are they talking about? Did Yuki know about our true identity from the start? Is this why Ashiya and Emilia weren't surprised that he saw me? This bastard Ashiya actually dares to hide things from me, now you've done it…' Ashiya's fate was sealed as Maou started eyeing him with his blood-red eyes and Ashiya understood that today he had to do a lot of explaining…
"Yuki, now that I look at you, you seem kind of different…" Emilia suddenly said as she kept staring at Yuki while he was interacting with Maou and Ashiya…
'Did she notice that I awakened my magic core?' Yuki was surprised, but he decided to pretend like he didn't understand what she meant and said "What do you mean?"
Emilia observed his face closely before she responded "For some reason, the air around you is even more creepier… look around, these people just experienced a disaster yet they are looking at you as if it hadn't gone away yet…"
'WTF, is it really that bad?' And true to her words, the people kept staring at him like a plague and he heard some whispers thrown around
"Did you see that guy, they say he's a bad omen, the earthquake probably hit this place because of him…" said a man to his wife.
"I'm scared our luck would always be bad after we looked at him…" said the wife to her husband with a worried look on her face.
"Yes, we should go see a priest la- AAA He looked at us, we should leave quickly!" Said the coward to his wife as they both ran away…
"Seriously…" Yuki felt defeated as he sat on the ground with a cloud of negativity and depression emanating from him…
Seeing his state, Emilia felt bad for destroying whatever happiness he had after surviving his first task and started comforting him but it was to no avail, and Chiho kept looking at this silently while Maou and Ashiya were delighted by his misfortune…
And suddenly, we started hearing someone calling Emilia's name from the crowd that was standing behind the barricade the police made to keep the public away…
"Emi! Emi!" A girl with neck-length brown hair that was parted to the right side with small red hairslide on the left side and brown eyes kept yelling at Emilia, it was her coworker Rika Suzuki.
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"What's Rika doing here… I need to go, you guys take care of Yuki" Said Emilia to the demons duo
"OH! You actually have a friend?" Said Maou with clear surprise in his face that annoyed Emilia to no end as she replied angrily " Why wouldn't I?"
Maou shot her a mischievous look and said "Well, seeing how you destroyed Yuki, I think it's only normal to assume that you don't have friends…"
"Well you bastard I have friends, and I made one today too, right Chiho-chan?" said Emilia, and Chiho immediately nodded with a cute smile on her face
"Agh, Chi-chan you defected to the other side…" Maou didn't expect this sudden betrayal and seeing this, Emilia shot Yuki a final look before she gave Chiho a hug and left to see her friend…
Afterward, Chiho also said "I also need to leave, my father is a police officer and he's probably around…"
Maou quickly cut her off with a smile and said "I understand it's not proper to see you with a guy after this troublesome incident"
Seeing him being understanding made Chiho very happy and she quickly thanked him "Thank you, see you tomorrow"
"Ah see you tomorrow" Replied Maou with the same smile, and after Chiho left, he finally couldn't smile anymore as he looked at the lump of negativity that Ashiya tried to cheer up…
"let's go home Ashiya…" said Maou with a helpless look on his face…
"But what about Yuki?" asked Ashiya not knowing what to do and Maou felt the same as he kept trying to find a solution and ended up saying "Yuki-kun, wanna have some food before we go back? It will be my treat"
The moment Maou's words exited his mouth, the cloud of depression around Yuki suddenly vanished and even the cloudy sky became clearer as the light of the sun shined on Yuki's face as he stood up with a smile and said "That's a good idea, why didn't you suggest it earlier?"
'This bastard!' Maou started regretting his decision and even Ashiya started feeling like their finances were about to get blasted…
"You! Weren't you dep-" Ashiya started talking, but Yuki quickly cut him off "It doesn't matter, let's go…" and he quickly dragged the both of them to a good restaurant they could afford, fully intending on making them both bleed from their pockets and hearts today!
Back at the Rosa Villa Sasazuka, Yuki had a happy smile on his face as his stomach was filled with some good food 'Grandpa always said, the secret to a man's heart is his stomach, man you were right, even these two hateful demons can become pleasant to the eye…'
However, Maou and Ashiya didn't share his happiness as they were thinking if it's a good idea to blast him into another dimension and let its inhabitants deal with this little devil…
"Yuki, come to our room first, I want an explanation of what's going on" Maou pushed his hate for the guy to the bottom of his heart before he said this with a serious look on his face…
"Well Ashiya could explain everything but I don't mind coming" replied Yuki with a carefree attitude that annoyed Maou and confirmed his thought that Ashiya knew about this…
After they settled down in their apartment, Ashiya finally became truly serious and knelt down in front of Maou before he said "My lord, I'm really sorry for keeping Yuki's knowledge about our true identity hidden from you"
"So he really knew everything huh? even Emilia identity?" asked Maou with a calm look on his face
Ashiya shot the smug Yuki a look before he said "Yes, he knows everything"
Maou couldn't help but let out a sigh as he poured himself some cold tea, and Yuki quickly took the pot afterward and started scrutinizing it 'Hmmm, now that I think about it, I don't have a pot in my room…'
However, Maou sensed the greed gushing from his eyes and quickly snatched the pot away from him "Tch, what's wrong with you, I'm just trying to pour myself some tea"
But Maou wasn't buying it and said "It's fine, I will pour it for you, start to explain Ashiya" and he started pouring Yuki the tea before he placed the teapot beside him…
"Tch" Said Yuki as he drank his tea with an annoyed look on his face that made Maou feel slightly better and Ashiya started narrating everything… about how he almost killed Yuki to how Emilia saved him and the prophecy Yuki had that spoke about the incident that was going to happen today as well as how dangerous Yuki could be when he holds a grudge and his hands starts to slip while he's holding a knife…
"So, you guys didn't inform me so that the timeline of the prophecy doesn't change huh… you are really useless Ashiya, you didn't use this opportunity to locate our assailants…" Maou was really disappointed in Ashiya who started to defend himself quickly…
"My lord, It was my initial intention to try and locate them, but then that despicable hero dragged me with her when she saw you having a date with the Sasaki girl and I had no choice but to tag along…"
"Tch, fine fine, stop whining, what about you Yuki? What were you doing?" asked Maou when understood the reason they were in the underground mall.
But before Yuki could reply, Ashiya quickly said in a matter of fact "Oh Yuki's stomach was acting up and almost shit himself so he went to the toilet, right Yuki?"
"You bastard! Don't tell me… Yo-yo-you said this to Emilia didn't you?" Yuki suddenly remembered that Emilia kept shooting him a weird look and he finally realized ' Don't tell me… she was looking at me like that because of whatever this idiot told her?'
If only he knows that Ashiya told her that he shit himself while he was still with them in the corridor…
"I don't know what you are talking about…" Ashiya quickly denied and Yuki quickly started shaking him by the collar with an angry look " You bastard how dare you…" which prompted Maou to close his eyes and shake his head helplessly.
But what the two of them didn't notice is just when Maou did this, Yuki slipped the teacup into his pocket as he thought with an evil smile 'One down, one more to go hahaha'