What Is Love? | My Inner Demons x Reader

Chapter 4: E-urth?

~Third Person PoV~

        The five Daemos exit the alley and stand together in a small cluster. There are plenty of humans cosplaying nearby, so they don't seem out of place. They lucked out.

        "We... we almost died..." Noi breathes out, shakily.

        Rhys nods his head. "This climate is unbearable."

        "At least the effects are starting wear off. It's not too bad once you get used to it." Leif states with a casual shrug. Behind him and Asch, two girls walk out of a building and stare at the small group from a distance. Asch looks back towards them, cautiously, before looking back to his group's conversation.

        "Easy for you to say!" Noi whines. "Mine and Asch's skins are burning! Why don't you guys have that?"

        Asch suddenly holds up his hand, silencing all of his knights with ease. "Calm down! We are being watched." He scans his knights with a serious expression. "Prepare for battle." The Daemos turn around, weapons drawn, each of them in a separate battle stance. "Show no mercy!"

        To their surprise, the two girls squeal with excitement rather than fear. The rush over the five and start taking pictures on their phones, the bright light of the flash blinding the Daemos.

        "Ah! I'm blind!" Noi cries.

        Rhys shields his eyes with his hands. "What was that?"

        Leif follows suit, shielding his eyes. "They're using some kind of magic, shield your eyes!" He shouts.

        One of the girls, one with bright purple hair, beams. "Oh my God, thanks for posing for us! We were afraid to ask." She states, her tone radiating excitement.

        "It's hard for us to approach such hot cosplay guys!" The other girl exclaims.

        The first girl nods, still smiling ecstatically. "Mmhmm!" They put their cell phones away. "Enjoy the con!" The girls run off in the opposite direction, leaving the five Daemos. They put their arms down.

        Leif turns to Asch. "Your majesty, are you alright?!"

        "I'm fine."

        "Those were human females.... How did they have access to such potent blinding magic?" Rhys inquires.

        "We underestimated humans from this world." Pierce admits.

        Leif scoffs. "I refuse to believe humans could disarm Daemos. We're vulnerable right now due to the climate."

      "Indeed." Rhys agrees. "We need to seek shelter."

        "We need to take a prisoner." Asch states, clearly taking Rhys' suggestion to have a different meaning.

        Rhys' eyes widen. "Huh?"

        "We need an informant, a human one, but we can't do it without alerting the nearby humans."

      "Asch, that's crazy, I-" Rhys tries to interject, only to have his, as well as the other four Daemos' attention caught by two cosplayers on the other side of the road.

        Noi beams. "Look! Daemos are here too! We're saved!" He darts across the street. "Brothers!!"

        "Noi, wait!" Leif calls out, in a failing attempt to stop him.

        The ginger-haired Daemos steps out in front of the cosplayers.

~Noi's PoV~