The Devil's Son: As Cold As Ice

Chapter Seventeen: The Demon Slayer

I was planning to walk back home, how did I ended up in this situation again? Ah, I remember.

15 minutes ago……

‘Yo! Sebastian, right?’ Joey called out behind of me. Slowly, I turned to face him. Dante is now standing with him with a cigarette in his mouth. ‘Let’s go get bite together.’ Joey said with a wide smile on his face.

I would rather not do it. To eat and drink with humans, that is just not what I am used to. Humans are weak and useless. They do not live pass eighty and they fear things that they do not understand. There isn’t a point of mingling with humans. In the end, they would just die. Their eighty years may seem like a lifetime to them but to us, Damns, it is just like how a minute had just passed. Ignoring him, I turned away and begin walking again. Mingling with humans would just end up hurting yourself as you would just fall to loneliness.

‘Come on!’ Joey called out but I did not response. ‘Don’t you want to know why I am not afraid of you guys?’ He asked. That question brought me to halt. Yes, that question had yet to be answered.

This very moment……

‘Oh, shit! Don’t fucking take people’s food, you asshole!’ Joey shouted at Dante whom had just stole Joey’s pizza. ‘It doesn’t matter, does it? You’re so busy talking that you’re not even eating, so I decided to finish it for you.’ Dante answered as he gulps another bottle of bear in. ‘Don’t go deciding things for people!’ Joey shouted again. Ignoring Joey, Dante passed me a bottle of bear. ‘Drink up, boy.’ Dante said. I looked at him with a frown on my face as the word ‘boy’ just amuses me more. It has been too long since anyone actually called me that. Those who actually did are either dead or in hell.

I held onto the bottle of bear that is now no longer chill. Joey stared at me as I freeze up the bottle of bear just enough to chill it and begin gulping it in. ‘That is awesome!’ Joey shouted. ‘Why can’t you do it?’ Joey asked Dante in a mocking tone. Dante glared at Joey with anger. ‘Tell me why am I keeping you alive?’ Dante asked.

This has been going on and on for over 15 minutes, neither of them is telling me the reason why Joey, a human knows so much about us. It is actually getting into my nerves. I clutch tightly onto the bottle, so that I wouldn’t lost my temper. Even though we actually behind the store where there is void of any humans except for Joey, I wouldn’t want to have a weird phenomenon such as ice formed in Miami in the news.

A familiar feeling brought me to stand on my feet. The feeling is way too familiar. A portal from hell must have opened. I could feel those demons crawling out of the hell hole. Dante stood up as well but with a smirk on his face. As for Joey, he took out his guns and was ready to shoot.

The feeling of being surrounded by idiots annoys me so badly. Although there aren’t any humans at the back of the store but that does not mean that those humans can’t hear the gunshot. ‘Don’t use guns, you’ll alert the humans.’ I said with a calm voice. I try my best to hide my anger. ‘Don’t worry. Here, in downtown, you’ll always here gunshots. Besides, I work for the government.’ Joey said. ‘What do you mean?’ I asked in shock.

Joey sighed and shook his head. ‘Do you really think that demons moving around on streets wouldn’t catch the government’s attention? And especially idiots like Dante going around shooting the air, that’s what the normal humans think. I am a Demon Slayer like Dante except that I am a human. I am trained to sense and kill demons.’ Joey said.

‘But that is the Grimm’s job.’ I said. ‘No. The Grimm’s job is to kill Damns. Demon Slayers like us, kills demons. Secondly, Grimms don’t work for the Government, but DSA do.’ Joey said. ‘DSA?’ I repeated. ‘Yeah, these humans created an organization to kill demons. It’s actually pretty stupid. It means Demon Slayer Agency. Have you ever heard any organization with such a stupid name?’ Dante laughed.

‘Does the Grimm know about this……DSA?’ I asked. Joey shook his head. ‘No. But we keep a close eye on them. They can do as they like but the only Damn they are not allowed to kill is this idiot.’ Joey pointed out. ‘Why?’ I asked. ‘That’s because he is the co-founder of this organization.’

My jaw would have drops if I didn’t force myself to stay calm. The second son of the devil is the co-founder of an organization that kills demons. Is he trying to oppose father’s will? But then, everyone had said that he isn’t the type that follows father’s will. I guess I shouldn’t be surprise.

‘Argh! I don’t even want to have an organization, is that girl that forced me to do it!’ Dante said with anger. Joey laughed. ‘Well, from what I heard, you owe her a debt.’

Dante turned away without bothering to answer. He took out his sword with a stance that proves that he is about to fight. The blade of his sword shine against the sunlight, a smirk on his face showed that he is enjoying it. As demons that can’t be seen by humans crawl in one by one, Joey and I took our stance as well.  Instead of getting ready to fight, Joey took out his phone.‘Yo, Joey Black here. Got some demons hanging out behind my shop, call in the props team in ETA 5 minutes.’ Joey said with a sly smile on his face.

‘Well, how about let’s have a little fun to this fight?’ Joey asked. Dante turned to look at him with a smirk. ‘Like old times, whoever kills the most win, the least would have to treat us.’ Joey said. ‘Haha, let the party begin!’ Dante said. Joey turned to me to see if I have a problem with this agreement. But instead of giving him an answer, I have already formed an ice sword. With ease, I stabbed into the demons chest. Right before my eyes, the demon freeze up from its wounds and shatter to pieces.

‘I take that as a yes.’ Joey said.