Entropy's Servant

Chapter 7 - Entropy's Reward

Hello everyone, Astaroth here. You've probably heard of the concept of a creation myth before. It's a way in which a religion explains how the world was created, and they tend to involve that religion's gods as creators. This world is no different, and has a creation myth of its own, in which Lady Luciel first created the other Goddesses, Undine of Water, Gnome of Earth, Sylph of Wind and Salamander of Fire. These five Goddesses, together, created the world, and after coming to a decision, they decided to gather all the world's malice in one place for easy containment, leading to Lady Entropy's creation.

Of course, not a word of that is true. Somehow, in its own way, that's kind of impressive.

"""Welcome back, Master, Five Demon Generals""", a platoon of Ghost Maids greeted us in unison the moment we arrived at the castle.

"Wel, Welcome back", Evyna stuttered with a happy voice and a slightly nervous expression.

"... I'm happy you're safe", Lady Entropy's flat voice sounded near my ears. Of course, she was invisible.

"We have naturally returned without problems", I said, prompting the Demon Generals to speak up.

"Master's acting was wonderful, and I was able to confirm my makeup skills", Charlotte said, nodding to herself.

"I managed to obtain some good data", Tempest commented, though I was already pretty sure she'd blow something up.

"I got to hunt, I got to hunt~", Davna happily broadcasted, causing Evyna to draw back slightly.

"Navillus is happy!", Navillus shouted, not bothering with an explanation. Her gelatinous jiggling didn't exactly explain much, either.

"I got to see a great side of Master...", Lilith let leak out, drooling and probably fantasizing. I vowed once again not to use [True Demon Form] on my whole body around Devils if I could help it.

After everyone had given their commentary, we entered the castle, and were met with an army of Monsters- mostly Demons- some with happy, some with anxious and some with impatient expressions.

"""Welcome back, Master!""", they shouted in a cacophony of voices, far from the orderly platoon of Ghost Maids earlier. Deciding the ringing in my ears would go away if I didn't pay attention to it, I put on my characteristic sneer and confidently exclaimed: "We have returned, my Monsters!" Afterwards, the Monsters cheered loudly and separated into several groups around the Generals: Devils mostly gathered around Lilith, who would no doubt share unsavoury accounts of my [True Demon Form], Witches, various Magi and other intellectual types gathered around Tempest to share research notes, Davna was a hotspot for ogres, orcs and various other musclebrains so she could share stories of the battle while Navillus was a gathering place for some of the less intelligent, including most non-Demon Monsters and finally, Charlotte was like a magnet for the few female monsters who wanted to learn her makeup techniques, including even some Succubi.

"Evyna, feel free to explore the castle if you like", I said. "If anyone asks where I've gone, tell them I'm speaking to Lady Entropy."

"The, the Goddess of, of Darkness? Al, Alright", she said, her expression a mix of astonishment, amazement and fear.

After knocking on the door of the empty room and receiving approval in the form of a "... The door is open." near my ears, I opened the door to Lady Entropy's room and walked inside, shutting the door behind me after I was sure she had entered as well. Moments later, like a mirror, cracks appeared in the air above the bed, and lady Entropy appeared, sitting down, her long white hair spread across the bed like flowing water, perhaps, or like a net, and her hands behind her, allowing her to comfortably lean back. Almost instinctively, I approached her, sat at her side and placed my hand on her head, gently stroking her.