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Eiro slowly stepped through the Art Division’s building, as the other students were also currently walking to their next class . And then, Eiro reached the room where Sammy should have classes now . The door was open, and the teacher wasn’t here yet .

The Demon took a peek inside, and soon spotted Sammy already sitting there silently . Since it seemed like the teacher would only arrive in a few minutes, Eiro swiftly took a step inside .

“So, how’s your first proper day of class going so far?” Eiro asked with a smile on his face as he stood in front of his daughter . She raised her head surprised, “Dad? Well . . . It’s going alright so far? Just kind of boring, I guess . ” She said .

Luckily, Eiro’s control over the domain of truth allowed him to see through her little lie, although she was clearly subconsciously using her Unique Skill .

“Sammy . Make sure not to overuse your voice today, alright?” He asked, raising his brows . She realized what she did, and placed her hands in front of her mouth, “O-Oh, I’m sorry . . . ”

“Don’t be sorry, you didn’t mean to . Just be more careful from now on . I’m not affected by it anymore . You are . ” Eiro pointed out . Sammy slowly nodded her head .

“Well, more than that, since you’ve had to use your ability to tell me that everything is alright, it clearly isn’t . Are you okay? Did something happen?” Eiro asked . Sammy turned her head slightly and carefully, looking at the corner of the room, where a few other girls were sitting . They were looking over at Eiro and Sammy and whispering amongst each other, making fun of Sammy .

” . . . Are you being bullied?” He asked . Sammy immediately shook her head, “No, it’s not bullying, they’re just . . . you know . . . a little bit mean . ”

“A little . . . A little mean? They’re saying thing that even I wouldn’t say to others . And I’ve killed people . ” He pointed out, and Sammy nervously turned her head to look around the room, “Can you say that so casually . . ?”

“Of course, my voice is infused with Air Magic so that I can make only you hear me right now . Don’t want our private conversation be overheard . Either way, do you want me to do something about them?” He suggested, “And I know saying that might not give you a great impression after I just admitted to killing people, but I don’t mean that . I could have a talk with them, see why they’re making fun of you?”

“I know why they’re making fun of me, Dad . . . ” Sammy replied with a deep sigh, “It’s because I don’t take care of how I look . I’m even wearing this suit-like uniform instead of the dress-version that many girls in my division go for . . . And since we’re the art division, they’re allowed to change how the uniform looks a bit to ‘express themselves’ . So I stick out even more . . . ”

“Just because of that? Isn’t that kind of silly?”

“Sure it is, but that doesn’t change that they’re being mean about it . ” Sammy explained . Eiro was rather annoyed at learning this information, “Alright then . I guess there’s just one way to stop that . ” The Demon pointed out, taking a mental note of how to metaphorically crush those children for being mean to his daughter .

“Anyway, beside that . . . How were your classes so far?” He asked, trying to change the topic for now . Sammy lightly smiled in response, “It was pretty nice, I guess . I had a history lesson about famous musicians earlier, and it was pretty interesting . Now I have a practical music class, though . For singing . . . ”

“You even have those in groups? Interesting . ” Eiro pointed out . It made sense, it would be a bit too much to teach each and every student individual for these things .

“I mean, I guess we’ll just learn different techniques of how to train our voice, and what kind of tones fit together nicely . Those things . ”

“You’ll ace this class then . I don’t know anyone who can control their own voice better than you, at this point . ” Eiro said with a smile on his face, and Sammy looked up at him, also finally smiling, “Thanks, Dad . ”

Just as she said so, the teacher entered the room, so it was time for Eiro himself to leave . Sammy waved at Eiro as he left, and the Demon waved back . Of course, he also sent a quick glare at the girls sitting in the corner of the room, to make sure they realized they just f . u . c . k . i . e . d up .

If they were going to make fun of how Sammy dressed, he would have the best clothes in the world made for her .

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“Excuse me? You’re not allowed to go in there, there’s a private lesson currently in progress . ” A Librarian stopped Eiro as he was about to open one of the doors in the library, and Eiro let out a deep sigh, “I know . I’m a teacher here, and coincidentally the guardian of the young man getting lessons in there . I just want to check on him . ”

So, without minding the Librarian, Eiro opened the door and stepped inside . Felix immediately spotted Eiro and smiled at him with a quick wave . His teacher turned toward Eiro as well, “What are you doing here, you are bothering us . ” He said in sign language .

The Librarian next to Eiro took a step forward and looked at the Demon, “Ah, he asked why you-”

“I’m just here to watch for a while, if that’s alright with you . Don’t worry, I’ll be quiet . ” Eiro replied, speaking and also using sign language at the same time .

The elderly man nodded his head and pointed at the woman next to Eiro, “I know, I’m talking about her . And don’t try to be funny, it doesn’t fit you . “Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/demon's-virtue_15238973305579305/not-really-a-monster_51095803028105342 for visiting .

“Well, Felix thought it was funny . ”

“Actually, I just got used to your really bad dad-jokes . . . And you’re not even my dad . . . ” Felix replied with a wry smile . His hands were covered in paint, making Eiro even more curious about what the boy was working on .

Eiro turned his head toward the Librarian next to him, “I said I could be here, didn’t I?”

“R-Right, sorry for assuming . . . ” She replied, and nervously made her way out of the room .

Eiro took a step closer in, “You seem quite well-respected . ”

“No, that young one is just a fan of my old work . ”

“Right, I was told that you used to be a reknown Artist . ” Eiro pointed out, as he took a step closer toward Felix and his teacher, who slowly nodded his head, “I dabbled . ”

” ‘Dabbled’, huh?” Eiro sighed . He heard that some of this man’s work was in a museum here . He basically created a whole new style of art . He was walking art history .

“More than that, I’m quite impressed with this child . He is rather skilled already . You must have gotten a good teacher for him . ” The Teacher pointed out, and Eiro shook his head, “I haven’t . I’m not his father . His father actually never let him paint or sculpt anything ever, although it was clearly Felix’s greatest talent . ”

The teacher opened his eyes wide, “So he truly has no experience? I thought he was just being humble in front of me . . . ”

“Hah, right . No, while art is his greatest talent, his second greatest is bragging . If he says he’s unexperienced, then that’s true . ” The demon laughed, with a light wink directed at Felix who was listening with an awkward smile .

The teacher turned toward Felix and looked at his painting, “Then this is even more astounding than I thought . I knew there must have been a reason why the King asked me to be a personal teacher all of a sudden, and this is it . ”

“I’m glad that you enjoy teaching him, then . ”

“Enjoy? I’m ecstatic now . ” The teacher said with a broad grin, replacing his formerly emotionless expression . And then, Eiro looked at the painting that Felix drew, and his mind went blank for a moment .

This painting was of something that had really happened . Not to Felix, but to Eiro . It was the moment when Eiro’s ‘Mark of the Devil’ produced the ‘Mark of Wrath’ .

Standing there inside of a bubble of ice, encasing raging waters, a Demon grasping at its own face . The world around the bubble was slowly fading away, and all that could be seen was the anger that this being felt at the moment .

That pure feeling of murderous fury .

“So you were awake for that, huh . . ?” Eiro muttered quietly, not moving his hands . The teacher was looking at the painting, but Felix wasn’t . He was looking straight at Eiro, to see how he would react, knowing that Felix painted him like that .

“I’m . . . I’m sorry, if you want, I’ll get rid of it right away, I-”

“No . It’s great . You did a great job showing how I felt then, Felix . I’m sure you felt quite similar, after all . ” Eiro pointed out with a smile, this time moving his hands again of course .

“This . . . Is this painting supposed to be you?” The teacher asked, and Eiro slowly nodded his head, “Mhm, it is . Something wrong with that? I have a unique way of dealing with my anger . ”

“I see . . . I will not question why he painted you as a Demon, then . That must be quite private . ”

“It’s fine, don’t worry . I’m a rather Wrathful person if I want to be . And ‘Wrath’ is something directly connected to Demons . I have a certain past with Demons, so that’s most likely why his mind went there . At least I hope so . I would like it if Felix didn’t really see me as a Monster . ”