True Magician

Chapter 143

Emiya's residence.

After sending most of them to their rooms, only the demons, me, the girl, Gabriel and Griselda remained in the living room. As it was, it would be too troublesome and noisy to talk in the presence of so many people. Runeas, on the other hand, instantly fled as soon as she sensed the Demon Lords. And of everyone at the moment, only an embarrassed Gabriel stood out, as well as a pouting Serafall.

- "So, why did Sis-con, his fetish, sloth, child, and... intellectual come to see me?" I began, "Just so you know, I'm sleepy and will react accordingly."

- "A couple hours ago, we felt a... pulse," Ajuka said, "And we suspect it was you."

- "It could have been my squirrel dog hare, too. You know, the white pest."

- "This is serious, Romani-san," Sirzechs insisted, "Our entire race is in a panic, because this pulse contained the Heavenly Hymn that was last heard back in the Great War."

- "Is this an interrogation?" I grinned.

- "No, Romani-san, but it has caused us a lot of work," Falbium said.

- "You're not even doing work, you're dumping it on others!" Serafall threw up her hands, which got a shrug, and then pointed a finger at the sniffling girl on my lap, "Where did you get a baby anyway, Ro-tan?! Did that angel rape you?!"

- "Even if you are a Demon Lord, Lady Leviathan, you should have some decorum," Griselda said sternly as Gabriel lowered her head again and squirmed on the couch.

- "Indeed," Rea-chan backed her up, "Why is my great ancestor's surname carried by someone like you."

- "Because there's no one else!" Serafall shrieked, "There was only me and Greyfia, but the demons wouldn't accept a defector as a Demon Lord. And you know that very well, Rea-tan!"

- "Wow, you can settle matters without my presence. Maybe I should still just go and sleep like I originally planned?"

- "Please calm down, Lady Leviathan, Serafall," Sirzechs immediately intervened, "Sorry about that, Romani-san, but we really, really need to know the reason."

- "I don't know. Perhaps the reason is because I occupied the Throne of Heaven, don't you think?"

And as soon as I said that, the demons' eyes became like pennies five hundred yen each. Sirzechs twitched the edge of a smile, Greyfia froze like a puppet, Ajuka just nodded, and Falbium shook his head. Serafall on the other hand...

- "I knew it! You sold out to Heaven for sex with that angel!" She jumped up, to which I rolled my eyes, and Gabriel squirmed even more against the back of the couch, and then went into a whisper, "I should have been more decisive..."

- "Serafall's overreaction aside, then... is it true?" Ajuka asked.

- "It's hardly a matter of demons, green hedgehog," I said, for his hair did look like one, "If that's all, then please leave."

- "No, Romani-san, there's something else," Sirzechs came to his senses, "How can we placate you?"

His question made basically everyone, even me, look at him with genuine surprise. Even Serafall stiffened and fell silent, Gabriel's fit of embarrassment vanished, and Greyfia began pinching his cheek. I, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow.

Sirzechs himself, a very impressive manipulator and capable liar, had asked me so bluntly about this? Apparently, he really needed my support, or at least my presence. Demons have really given up, though, in their own way.

- "I'll give you credit, even I didn't expect such a direct way of sucking up," I grinned, "Why so eager?"

- "As if you care," he smiled, and I shrugged.