Obey Us!

Welcome to the Devildom!

Welcome to the Devildom. Here, in the world of demons, ruled the demon king and his son was next to follow. At that exact moment, demons were at home whilst the students council sat together and right amidst that important meeting, considering the selection of another human for the RAD exchange program aside from Solomon, a summoning circle opened in midair.
Out of it fell a group of people.
"Ow, what happened...?" One of them asked.
"All I know is that Ryu is right now squishing my arm!" Another complained.
"Ah, no sorry, that's me. Wait, I'll get off." The third one said and rolled off the bundle.
Now, lying on the ground and facing the giant hall, the last one who spoke looked around, scanning the new surroundings. While they did, their company was still tangled up and had a hard time untangling.
"Hey, guys? I think you should hurry." The only freed one ushered.
"I know, I know! We got this."

"Well, who do we have here?" One of the demons, one with red hair, asked.
"Please stay back, Lord Diavolo. We know nothing about them and what they came here for." A raven head stopped the red head but kept his eyes fixed on the group of newcomers.
"Oh, but I know!" A new voice spoke up from the darkened side of the giant hall everyone was in. "Solomon" addressed the ravenhead the unknown "What do you mean by that?" Solomon stepped into the light of the torches. "You were having a problem with deciding who you'd choose for the program if I recalled correctly? I just simplified this matter. Those four you see there, are humans I personally summoned from the human realm as they, in my opinion, seemed to fulfill your purpose." The explanation left every demon thinking and they examined the humans more.
They seemed to be a mixed bag of personalities, that much was sure. The one that tumbled out of the huddle first had short straight red hair and wore glasses. She sat near the other three and watched them trying to free themselves. The second one to come rolling out, also had short but brown hair which was a bit longer than the first girls; it ended on her collarbone. It was curled not too much but also too curled to be called wavy. She also wore a pair of glasses. The remaining two girls had the most struggle standing up.
"Anna, you are squishing me!" The one on the bottom side cried out.
"I'm sorry! Ruth, help!!" The other one said and the one with the curls replied with a sigh. With her help the two struggling were able to sit up. The one who had been crushed earlier had blue hair but one could clearly see her roots coming out. The one who crushed her friend also had dyed hair but it was red and a lot more grown out. Both didn't wear glasses but the blue one had her hair in a low ponytail.

They were sitting on their knees in a row in front of the Thrones where the demons were sitting. Solomon made his way towards them and they recognized him almost instantly.
"Solomon! What happened?!" The blue one jumped up and rushed towards the sorcerer who held up his hands in a defensive manner.
"All right, all right! I know this is confusing but please hear me out. Or... them for a matter."
"Solomon." The tone of the brunette made the sorcerer flinch.
"Yes?" He answered but he sounded a bit scared.
"Why, if I may ask, are we in the Devildom?" She spoke in a calm voice but there was anger and irritation in it. The other two looked at their friend shocked.
"Wait, this is the Devildom? This world you once talked about that we thought was just one of your shenanigans?" The redhead with glasses asked.
"It was just you and Anna who believed that." the bluehead said and the redhead tched at her. "Whatever."
"Solomon, did you summon us here?" The brunette asked again. Addressed man gulped and took a step back.
"Did you even think about what your actions would have caused the great lord? I am very certain that you did not have any consent to summon us here. It is one point summoning one human for political business in front of the demon lord, invited and advised to do so. But it is a whole other to summon four humans in a whole full of demons without anyone even knowing!"
"Ruth, let me explain-" Solomon was cut off by a finger pointing at his chest. He had nowhere to run, he was already all the way backed up into the wall.
"You will not. As you have been showing a lack of responses, I assume that I nailed my assumptions on the point so you will either explain this to the demon lord or his son and beg for forgiveness or you summon us right back to the human realm. We were beamed right out of our English lesson if it mattered anything to you." With that Ruth stepped back from Solomon, giving the poor man space to breath and slump over to calm down. She then stepped in front of the row of thrones so that she had enough space between them and kneeled down on one knee. When she looked up again, she started to speak.
"I apologize in Solomon's name and in ours that we interrupted your meeting, sirs and your Highness. We did not intend to fall into it and I am going to have Solomon explain himself later on. My name is Ruth, a human from the realm you decided to cut off most communication with so that the Devildom and the Celestial Realm were reduced to myths. My group and I will leave at once once you dismiss us. I respectfully apologize again to have disturbed you." After that the other three followed suit. Then they stood up, took a few steps back and waited for the demons to dismiss them.

"Miss Ruth," the redhead from earlier started, "I thank you for your apology but you certainly had nothing to do for Solomon's actions. My father had the idea to form an exchange program so that the three realms would connect and have better communication in the future. For that were respectively selected two students to attend the Royal Academy of Diavolo, or RAD for short. Before you fell out of the summoning circle, the student's council and I had been in a debate as to who would be selected as the second human exchange student next to Solomon. That's when our dear sorcerer decided to take action."
Diavolo stood at the front of the throne podium and looked down to the group of four while glancing towards the other human in the room who rubbed his head while smiling guilty.

"Lord Diavolo, it is an honor to finally speak to you. Your father always entitled you as too busy to attend our meetings. But formalities aside, what do you have in mind to let happen to us? Are you sending us back?" Ryu stepped forward while asking, even as Ruth grabbed her hand to stop her.
Lord Diavolo smiled at her.
"No, Miss Ryu. I thought about it, and texted my father for his consent. He is still learning to use the D.D.D. I gave to him. But he approved of my idea."
"And what would that be, Lord Diavolo?" The raven head stood up and stepped next to the demon lord's son, facing him.
"Let all four of them join the exchange program. They are already here so why not make use of the situation. They will be staying with you, Lucifer." His firm voice made his decision clear so that Lucifer had to oblige.
"Yes, my lord."

"You said 'student's council' but there was just Lucifer with you as well as Mephistopheles, Diavolo." Ruth quirked an eyebrow at her friend who laughed.
"Yes, there was but that made it seem more dramatic and powerful, don't you think?" He laughed again.
"One day you'll give me gray hair, man." She sighed.
"Uhm... Ruth, Ryu?" They turned towards their friends. "What happened?" They were confused and irritated. Ryu could see it in their eyes, Ruth in their general body language. They decided to hug them.
"Everything is alright." Ruth said and they let go.
"This is the Devildom, what you might know by now.", Ryu explained and Ruth continued.
"This", she pointed at Diavolo who waved, "is Lord Diavolo. He is the son of the current ruler down here. We know him and his father because we somehow accidentally fell into their castle once and they decided not to kill us for the intrusion. From then on we had some meetings to discuss human activities and if there were any clues of humanity finding out about the three realms." She let it sink for a while before speaking up again.

"We got here through a summoning circle from the mightiest human sorcerer King Solomon. You might have heard from him from books or something. He was not supposed to do that so now he has to delete the memories of our English course that we just vanished in front of their eyes." Anna was the first one to speak. Mare seemed to have a bit more difficulties to accept.
"So... We are staying here for a while, huh?" She asked, more calm than moments before. "I guess so. Dia seemed to be very fond of the idea of having us around." Ryu answered. "I still can't understand how you can call the great Lord by a nickname..." Ruth sighed. "You haven't even met before just now..."
"I like to give people in high positions nicknames. You know that! AND I was gonna ask him if it was okay later on. ...Or I could do that now. Heya, my Lord?" Ryu turned to the student's council. "Can I call ya Dia for short?"
Taken aback, Mephistopheles' eyes widened and Lucifer frowned, deeply irritated. Diavolo, meanwhile, laughed while arms crossed.
"I have no objection."
"Lord Diavolo!" Lucifer starts but is interrupted by his lord.
"It is alright. I've heard about them from my father. They seem way more familiar than any human I've met. So I believe it is alright."
"Nice. Thank you!" Ryu beamed and turned back to her friends.
"You'll be the one to dig my grave..." Ruth muttered under her breath but Ryu just laughed.
"Oh! We should properly introduce ourselves, don't you think? You were the only one who did, Ruthiiii!"
"I agree. Under the condition that you put respect in your introduction. These demons could kill you in the blink of an eye." Ruth agreed, whispering the last part.
"We know." the red haired said. She and Anna stepped forward and performed a deep bow. Ruth pushed Ryu next to them.
"Apologies, that we didn't introduce ourselves before. I am Anna-Maria, a human from the human realm. Please just call me Anna, though." Anna started.
"My name is Marie. I am also a human and I was elected to perform in your realm exchange program. My friends call me Mare so please don't be confused." Mare continued. Lastly Ryu spoke up.
"And I am the human who goes by the name Ryu. I have been coming here for a while now but never met anyone outside of the great demon lord's chamber. Happy to be here!"
They raised their heads and headed back to Ruth who looked pleased with their performance.
"Great! Now that this is settled, Lucifer will be continuing to guide you. I have a meeting to attend so I will be taking my leave." Lord Diavolo, followed by Mephistopheles, exited the assembly hall. The butler who had been standing by the door through the whole conversation left with them but not before fist bumping Ruth and low fiving Ryu behind their backs.