Reincarnation Monarch
Lesson 23: The Duke
"... what do you think? Didn't you summon me?
A "devil" with a giant bat feather on his back and a taurus-like appearance asked towards Karius, who entered in front of him.
Jade tried to get the Duke of Strauss off the scene, saying it was good that 'The Devil' was turning his back on us.
"… Your Excellency. The plan is a failure. That's not a junior demon or anything. Run now."
Jade gently approached Strauss's ear and quickly whispered (sayingly) in a small voice.
But the next moment Jade whispered, a thorough vertical rip into the back of the head of The Devil.
And from that rift, something like a giant eyeball appeared all the time.
"... So it's you? What do you want me to do?
Shook in the other eye of "The Devil," Strauss was driven by fear.
"... ugh, ugh, ugh!
Strauss tumbled off the luxuriously decorated sofa provided for his VIP seat, screaming like a madman.
Then he rolled around further on the floor and tried to escape the spot as he crawled.
"The Devil" scoffed (bruised) at his miserable figure as he crushed it with the giant first glance that appeared on his back of his head.
"Come on... are you that scared of me? Both humans. Then why did you summon me?
Jade responded to the question of 'The Devil' to buy time, sideways Strauss crawling through the ground.
"... I was going to call a lower ranked demon... smaller..."
"... well. So you're telling me I made a mistake?
"... yes"
"Goddamn it... it's been a long time since we've talked... but from what I've seen, you're not a magician, are you?
"... oh, no"
"... Then again, the man who's missing his hips under there called me by mistake, didn't he?
"... oh yeah"
"Right. Then you'll have to ask that man."
Sayin 'The Devil' unloaded that giant on the floor for the first time there.
And as he leaned back slightly and stretched his right arm, he grabbed up the carius that was going in.
"Hih! Oh, my God!
And when he brought Carius to the front of his own taurus-minded face, he quietly began his interrogation.
"You painted this demonic formation, didn't you? Answer me."
Carius answered desperately, letting fear draw his face.
"... Yes"
"Where did you learn how to draw this demon cube?
"... it was written in the Book of Enchantment..."
"Look."
"... it was the Duke of Strauss..."
"... with the Duke of Strauss? Who's that?
"... in the back... we're crawling"
Then "The Devil" slowly inverted his body there for the first time, facing the Strauss and the others.
"... well. This unusual man is with the Duke. Even with the human world, it's a monster...... okay. There's the Duke. Show me the Book of Magic."
Strauss took the dreaded book of magic out of his chest and offered it toward 'The Devil'.
"... this is it"
"The Devil" gently picked up the Book of Magic with his empty left index finger and thumb tip nail.
And when he put the magic book before his own eyes, "The Devil" laughed.
"Hmm. This..."
"The Devil" looked at the Book of Enchantment in front of him for a while and satisfied him over and over again.
Then Strauss, who was watching with a look of fear, asked 'The Devil' in a loose tune in between, as he thought.
"Ah... Um... who are you...?
"The Devil," he said with a fuzzy, nasty look on his face.
"Me... my name is Astarot... the same duke as you. But hell's..."