The Devil's Origin

24: Nagajara. (NSFW)

"Fire!"

A sphere of fire appeared in front of Lucis.

"Good. You did well."

Velke praised Lucis's effort and rewarded him by stroking his head affectionately.

"Horay! I want to become strong like Father so I can protect Mama too!" Lucis said bashfully.

"Ruin wants to become strong too!"

"Serena too!"

The other Velluclesis children chimed in, they were raising their hands into the air cutely.

"And then, I will be able to receive lots of Mama's love like father does!" Lucis added, his eyes were gleaming while looking at me.

Velke in return, laughed cheerfully while saying, "You can't."

Somehow, his smile didn't match his laugh.

"Father, you're so unfair! Then I want to tend to Mama in the morning!"

"That's my duty," Velke replied curtly.

"Then during bath time! I want to help Mama bathe!"

"That's also my duty."

"Uuugh... Then I want to pat pat Maou-sama's head when he's about to sleep!"

"Unfortunately, that is also my duty."

Lucis tried to bargain with his father but to no avail.

"The chance to spoil Maou-sama is already scarce enough as it is. I won't turn over my privilege to pamper Maou-sama ever. "

The children immediately responded with a chorus of "Father is so unfair!" and boo-ed at Velke but Velke's determination was as solid as rock.

Oi Velke, your opponent is a bunch of children. You should've become the bigger person and relented, right?

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Well then since it was almost afternoon, time to call the next demonkind I guess.

I used [Detection], the one closest to me right now was a Nagaraja. Huh.

I summoned him to the castle and not long after that a beautiful young man came. The bottom half of his body was in the shape of a snake, while the top half of his body was in the shape of a human. His chest was clad in tribal ornaments which complimented his ethereal feature perfectly.

His light blue hair swayed as he slithered close to me, and his turquoise eyes without any white parts looked like a jewel against the light.

<<This Nagaraja is LV 51! Fortunately, Nagaraja is not on the brink of extinction!>>

"Maou-sama?" His voice flowed gently, like a calm river.

"That's right. Pledge your loyalty to me and I will grant you a family."

"........"

I waited but the Nagaraja didn't reply to me.

I guess, this meant he refused me?

"So, what's your answer?" I asked once again.

"...................... I accept." The Nagaraja took a while before he murmured slowly while bowing his head to me.

"Great! Okay, I will grant you a family now. What's your name?"

"..................... Narukurugazado."

"Your name is too long... Is it alright if I call you Naru instead?"

"...... It's alright."

So Naru is a man with few words huh.