[What else did you want to talk about?]"Is there something you neglected to mention to me about the demon's system or becoming a demon king?" Luke asked instead.[I don't understand what you mean.]Gripping his hand into a fist, he said, "When I first arrived and had only Judith to rely on, I found it difficult to hold my temper in check and to refrain from becoming violent. It was like I was possessed by something."[Explain.]This time, he went a little more in depth about the event. Earlier, he and 'Kayla' had refrained from going into too much detail about what happened between them. They had a mutual understanding not to go into depth about what had been said or done in front of Grace.There hadn't been any other incidents, unless the time he was becoming paranoid and thinking everyone was a possible enemy was one of them. He decided against mentioning it since he was pretty certain it was mostly the hormones and the trauma from the fi

Princess Lera sipped her drink, savoring the flavor. It was truly delicious, and she couldn't stop the smile spreading across her face. Nothing could ruin the moment."You seem really happy, princess," said Luke as he kept his hands in his lap underneath the table, leaving his cup untouched.Instead of being upset by the interruption, she continued to smile pleasantly at him as she set her cup down. "Why wouldn't I be happy?"Sir Gilbert had been giving her updates on the progress of the heroes, and a few of them had already obtained their classes. Of course, the ones that had obtained their classes had stats that were close to Uncommon to begin with, but that didn't change the fact that several of them had found out their classes. Despite the shaky start, things were progressing quite nicely for her."No, but I'm kind of curious what has made you happy, princess, if you don't mind me asking," he said."Of course not," she said. "I've heard of your

Luke frowned as they failed to find any clues regarding the black market. He would have thought that having the demon king and the demon's system would make this an easy quest, but apparently, because it was a quest, they couldn't give him any hints or outright tell him anything. The moment he learned of this, he thought he would bust a vein.The same applied to 'Kayla's' system as when he tried to use it to find the relevant information about it, he was blocked. At first, he thought he had been discovered, but 'Kayla' quickly explained that it was because she didn't have access to that information. Since she was that high in the rankings, there was a lot of information she was banned from viewing, such as current quests, as they were not in her area.As such, they had been forced to do it the old fashioned way and actually question the citizens. Even with Grace's strange ability to make the citizens like her, no one even hinted at anything strange or suspicious going

At his words, Luke nodded his consent. Samuel turned to walk back into the room, and Luke released Jessica, who ran towards her father while throwing death glares at them the whole time. He ignored this, as she deserved it for picking a fight with them, even though he had not raised a single hand against her except in self-defense.The trio followed them inside and studied their new surroundings. It was clearly an office, but whether or not it was the man's actual office was uncertain. Luke was inclined to believe it was just one of the many meeting rooms Samuel used to conduct business instead of his real office. After all, he had no reason to trust them and give them access to his private areas, even if they were valuable customers.Samuel motioned with his head at his daughter, who understood the unspoken instructions and ran off. He took a seat behind the desk, leaving the trio to take a seat on the couches. Luke sat on one couch, while 'Kayla' and Grace took the o

'Kayla' ended up nodding off as she waited for them to finish the negotiations, while Grace couldn't shake the tension out of her body. It felt as if something bad would happen the moment she relaxed. She wished she could be as easygoing as 'Kayla' was or be as confident as Luke. It was still hard to believe that the two of them would think so highly of her.It didn't make any sense. She wasn't an angel turned human or a human turned demon king who went back in time to redo everything for the sake of revenge. It was only because of Luke that she even got the chance to be a Saintess. No matter what he said, she couldn't imagine what her counterpart was like or think of even matching up to her.Thinking about how he talked about her counterpart or how his eyes seemed to gaze off to a time she wasn't a part of made her heart ache. He had been the one to approach her and make her feel safe. Even if it was only because of her counterpart, he had been her anchor this entire