[I awaken. It seems I have been summoned by a trio of conspicuous-looking humans. From two of their robes, I can briefly see long hair hanging out. The candle-lit dark room does not allow me a look at their faces, but I can guess that those with long hair might be a woman and the person standing on the sides is a man. The thick robes are covering their silhouettes so that does not give me any hints either. Luckily it seems like the woman in the middle is about to speak up.]
Unknown Person 1: It seems the summoning has finally succeeded. Demon! Obey my orders for the time of this contract and take my blood in return. After this contract has finished you shall get the same reward again to finish the binding and send you back to hell!
The woman drips blood out of a capsule on a book that she is holding in her right hand, which afterward begins glowing red from the inside.
[After what felt like minutes the book stopped glowing and everyone, including me breathed out heavily. In anticipation, everyone had suddenly forgotten to breathe, and the conclusion left everyone a bit exhausted. I swear I could feel my HP going down a bit because of it.]
Unknown Person 2: Holy shit Anna, that was crazy! If I knew we would get this good of a catch we should have had more people here! No one is going to believe us if we tell them the summoning took this long!
[The person I believed to be a woman just spoke with a very manly voice. Maybe I shouldn’t address them until they introduce themselves to avoid any miscommunications. At least I know the woman who summoned me is called Anna, so the chances are slim that she is a man.]
Anna: You know very well that summonings are strictly forbidden. If we told anyone we did this we would be in big trouble and you know this, Ferro.
[Ugh, dodged a bullet there.]
Ferro: But you have to admit that this is impressive.
Anna: Yes, this is quite the good catch.
[From the other corner the last person approaches Anna and whispers something in her ear, I wonder what they are talking about, but it seems to be important as Anna stiffens up after a couple of seconds. From under the hood, I can see a pair of glasses shimmering through but nothing else.]
Anna hastily starts shuffling through her book as she is looking for something and Ferro also gets nervous
Ferro: Anna what is going on?
Anna: Can you shut up for a moment I have to concentrate!
Ferro: Can’t you just say wha…
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Anna starts speaking without listening to what Ferro is asking her
Anna: Demon! These are the conditions of the binding contract, as these are imperative to be read directly after summoning, I am very grateful that you have not yet returned to Hell. We ask of you to protect the three of us that have summoned you from the shadows and stay for further instructions. Additional tasks may be asked of you in trade for more blood. Since we may be located in different places, we ask for your name to allow us to quickly summon you. You may talk now.
[My name, huh? I don’t remember. Must be some complications with the summoning. Wait, do I remember anything? She said something about returning but I don’t even know how? I don’t think it would be good to tell them that they messed something up, so I should just improvise for the moment since they seem so happy.]
Demon: My name is Memento, and I am happy to make your acquaintance. (I bow a little after my introduction.) I will be happy to provide the requested services, but I shall warn you that I might require blood to recover some of my strengths in case I get injured in battle.
[Luckily, I still remember some Demon things which seem to be quite hard to forget.]
Anna: I believe that to be reasonable. What are you professed in for battle? It would be good to know. In the case that your profession is fire magic because that is strictly forbidden in some places.
[I open my Status tab to quickly look at the stats, but they don’t have values attached? In the confusion I pick one at random, I will just have to figure out later what that means so for the time being I just pick one that sounds somewhat intimidating.]
Memento: My profession lies within the darkness magic, so you can rest assured.
From the corner, the unintroduced person whispers: I knew we had something good at our hands but darkness magic? I have only read about it in legends…
[The person in the corner is a little scary, I should probably stick to the others but maybe I just said something wrong.]
Anna: Liz, this is not your experiment, we summoned him to protect us. Do you understand me?
Liz: Right, understood. But he does recover when given blood, right?
Anna: I said, do you understand me?
Liz: Yes.
Memento: May I move into the shadows to start my role as your protector?
Anna: Yes, that would be the best for now. Please do not come out if not ordered by one of us to do so, or if one is in immediate danger and can’t call you. And don’t come out for Liz if she is alone.
[I nod, as I move into the shadows. I am not sure if it is a Demon skill or a passive effect of my dark magic that I can move inside the shadows like this. They seemed to know about this so it must be known to some extent. Sadly, it takes a moment to take this form, otherwise, there would be Demon assassins running around the world like flies. Or maybe assassins just aren’t in demand right now? I am not sure I will have to observe this world, for now, to find out more about it and maybe also about myself. Let me open my status for a moment and look at what it says.]
Name: (???) (Memento)
Race: Demon
Level: (???)
Skill points: (???)
Health Points (???)
Magic Power (???)
Strength (???)
Dexterity (???)
Defense (???)
Magic Defence (???)
Stealth (???)
Luck (???)
Fire Magic (???)
Water Magic (???)
Earth Magic (???)
Wind Magic (???)
Light Magic (???)
Darkness Magic (???)
Space Magic (???)
Time Magic (???)
Hell Magic (???)
Gamble Magic (???)
Demon Kin (???)
… (???)
Spellbound (???) (No time limit)
Amnesia (???) (Time limit based on level)
Not in Hell (???) (No time limit)