The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

A Visit from an Old Friend (Part 1)

***The Visitors' Lounge of the Conclave***

"Ma! Dad! What are you doing here?" Lady Srexe came in just as her parents were drinking their teas. The Lord Tenguri nearly spat his drink from surprise, good thing his wife was there to prevent him from embarrassing himself.

"Ah! Good timing, Srexe!" the Lady Baraquiel was the one who answered her. "See, your father can't keep himself down after you came home last time. He wanted to meet that 'Special Scholar' who dueled you before and give him a warning."

"But that's unnecessary!" the goblin girl turned to the Lord Scholar Gracchio, who was standing beside them. "Milord, please stop them!"

"I tried to, Scholar Srexe," the Discipline Prefect explained. "However, the Lord Tenguri keeps on insisting to meet the Special Scholar. I told him to ask your permission first, since you're the one who caused the trouble for that man."

"Have you heard the Lord Scholar Gracchio, Dad? I was the one who asked the Special Scholar to duel me!"

"No! Srexe, you need to understand the concerns of a parent," the Lord Tenguri replied. "While you may have caused him trouble, it's not proper for a scholar like him to go overboard and nearly kill you! And he's a human!"

"That human is way too powerful for you, Dad! Stop this!"

"I don't care! I didn't earn these medals just to let some nobody to threaten my daughter!" the goblin lord beat his chest, emphasizing his military uniform, along with various decorations for his skills and valor. "That human needs to know his place! Give me his name!"

"I won't do it!"

"If you won't give me your permission, I'll go around with the faculty looking for him! Our soldiers are waiting outside the city waiting for my instructions, and they'll move in to sweep this school if you keep protecting that human!"

"Don't do anything to the Special Scholar, please!"

"I told you, I'll just give him a warning!"

Once more, Lady Srexe was helpless. She glanced back at the Discipline Prefect, who just shrugged as if he's giving his tacit approval—like he was saying, 'let them experience it'. The goblin girl, having witnessed what the Special Scholar's might, was worried of what could happen if her father—as stubborn as herself, and the human with the saints' god-powers fought each other.

"..."

Nevertheless, it was a deadlocked situation. The Lord Tenguri would never budge unless Lady Srexe called the Special Scholar to meet him. And her mother who was usually the 'voice of reason' for him, Lady Baraquiel, was silent about his unreasonable demands.

For short, Lady Srexe is in deep shit.

"..."

As cold sweat formed in her forehead and drop to her cheeks down to her chin, the goblin girl was silently and frantically thinking of ways to get her parents out of the predicament they're trapping themselves into. However...

"Ah, Lord Scholar Gracchio, here's the Special Scholar as you requested!" Tama'lee suddenly appeared with Nari and the Special Scholar Greg Santos in tow.

"What?!" Lady Srexe glared at the Discipline Prefect; he had already called for the human even without her permission, further increasing the tension inside the Visitors' Lounge.

The Special Scholar was visibly clueless as to the reason he was called there. Nevertheless, when he saw the Lord Scholar, he gave a bow as respect for him. And casually greeted Lady Srexe.