The Selfish Demon King (MewGulf AU)

🌻Chapter 21

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Gulf looked up at the huge guard and started talking to him. "Um, can you tell me your name?"

Silence.

"Isn't it kind of inconvenient for me not to know your name if you're my guard?"

He wasn't answering. He didn't even look in Gulf's direction, so he couldn't try to use his powers of persuasion on him.

"You're really stubborn."

If he couldn't go back home and had to live in this world, at least he wanted to have a friend.
He wanted to know about the man who guarded him, but the guard only spoke when absolutely necessary. Gulf had heard that he was extremely loyal to Mew, so he probably had received orders on what he could and couldn't say to him.

"Mew is so mean."

Gulf wondered if Mew wanted to isolate him from everyone, and he thought if that was possible it was probably true. He always talked about 'gerting rid' of Gulf's family after all.

While Gulf is feeling sorry for himself, he suddenly realized a golden-haired boy was coming towards him.

It was First. Instead of smiling at Gulf, he smiled at the guard and put both his hands together in front of his face.

"Can I talk to him for just a little bit? We're both incubi so I want to talk to him. I think the king would say it's okay."

The guard looked as if he was considering it.

His orders had been to protect Gulf from other demons and not let them near him. Because all demons wanted him.

But another incubus? Another incubus wouldn't want him. Incubi were rivals, but they wouldn't try to carry another one off.

So that's why---after considering it for a while---the guard allowed First to speak to Gulf. He most likely judged that First wouldn't be able to hurt Gulf, but Gulf had a feeling demons being weak against incubi had something to do with it as well.

Even though his guard never talked or even looked at him, here he was letting First do whatever he wanted. And not only that, he was even being considerate, waiting a short distance away to give them privacy.

Gulf raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you want?"

"Nothing in particular. Just wanted to tell you something." First was being careful of the guard and kept a smile on his face. He spoke quietly so the guard wouldn't hear him. "I'm a candidate to be the king's companion. I'm supposed to be the one by his side, not you."

"I think you've just convinced yourself of that."

Mew had told him he didn't remember First, and that he had been introduced to so many incubi he couldn't tell them apart.

"My guardian is one of the king's advisors. He's very powerful. He has a room in the palace too. He'll get rid of you before the king's mating period begins."

"That would actually make me happy. I told you, Mew is forcing me to be with him. I'm not with him because I want to be."

"That kind of conceit pisses me off. Are you trying to say that's just how much the king loves you?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

"Give me a break!"

"What?" Gulf was fed up with First's tantrums.

"Listen, it doesn't matter how much you complain to me. Mew's the one who never lets me go. If you want him to choose you, tell him yourself."

"I wouldn't dare say something like that to the king. I'm not rude, like you."

"Then shut up about it! Leave me alone! Stop taking it out on me just because Mew doesn't remember you."

"Doesn't remember me?" First raised an eyebrow suspiciously.

Gulf shrugged.

"Mew said he's been introduced to so many incubi, he can't remember everyone. He doesn't remember you at all."

"You're lying!"

"No, I'm not. I never lie. No matter how much annoying I think you are, I wouldn't lie about that."

First narrowed his eyes. He appeared to be so angry he couldn't speak.

Gulf regretted saying something like that to someone so prideful, but it was too late, he couldn't take it back now.

First gave Gulf death stare, yet still kept the smile on his face, making him look terrifying.

If looks could kill, Gulf would be dead by now. Actually, he would probably be tortured to death.

That's how terrifying First's eyes looked at that moment.

Finally, Gulf's guard approached them. "Master Gulf, it's time to go. If we're late the king will get angry."

"Oh, okay. Let's go then."

Gulf took the guard's arms, relieved that he had been saved just in time. But instead the guard's face went ghostly pale and he pushed Gulf's arms away.

"A-Are you trying to get me killed?"

"Huh?"

"If the king found out you touched me, he'd kill me. That's one of the things he warned me about."

"What?"

He had only touched his arm briefly. It wasn't like it was an intimate touch---he was just trying to get the guard to lead the way.

"You'd get killed over something like that?"

"Yes."

"Geez!" Gulf moaned in disbelief. He thought he knew just how cruel Mew was, but apparently he had underestimated him.

TBC

A/N: Just accept it Gulf, you have a very possessive king. 😅