'Yeah, don't worry, I won't forget,' Moby replied, looking ahead towards Regrit who was slowly getting up on his feet.

From an outside perspective, he looked almost the same, yet upon further inspection is was much more refined. His orange hair was slightly spikier and his shoulders were lean yet broad and defined.

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As he lifted his face up from the ground, Moby noticed a slight, yet notable difference. He was definitely more handsome than before, yet it was not enough for anyone to bother him about it.

'So, how do you feel?' Moby approached and asked the clearly dazed man below him as he struggled to stand.

"Huh? W-what? Huh… What happened? Why is everything so bright? How are you talking!? Did your mouth even move!?"

'Why is that always the first thing people ask about?' He inwardly shook his head.

'You don't remember? I turned you into a demon. How do you feel? Was it painful?'

"Nah, it was all good, you were over-exaggerating the pain for real… Shit… All of that really just happened… Still, how are you talking to me without even moving your mouth?" Regrit seemed completely overwhelmed, Moby could not help but notice that his speech was all over the place, completely unorganized.

'It's called mind-link, I'll explain in more detail when the rest are up…'

"The rest? You managed to convince the others too?" He blurted before looking over to his side seeing an unconscious Hikari, her skin like putty and the sound of her slightly protruding bones crackling. And in the distance was where Elizabeth laid, in a state not too dissimilar. "Is… Is this what happened to me…"

"Mhm," Moby nodded.' It is, the only difference is that they were smart enough to choose the painless route. You might not feel like it, but you're no longer human, and you no longer have the same body you once had…'

Regrit's eyes grew wider hearing Moby's words, observing his limbs in awe. Indeed, he wasn't lying, it was all so familiar yet refreshing and brand-new at the same time, he never felt more alive. "I still feel like me and think like me… I'm me but not me… But me at the same time…"

'Well, I told you you'd still be the same Regrit as before! But, getting a new body isn't really the main purpose of it all, do you feel any stronger? Do you feel like you got any new powers?' Moby asked.

"Yeah...Now that you mention it I do…" He stretched his body once more before looking down at his watch. "MY POWER LEVEL IS OVER 110,000?! And I'm not even in spirit mode!! It went up by 20 grand!! No wonder you're so strong just saving all this power for yourself! What kind of demon am I? What kind of demon are you?" Regrit sounded like a little child receiving a present on Christmas.

'His power level from before was over ninety-thousand!? He's almost as strong as me now, and my power-level just doubled…' Moby could not help but notice.

Like every being turned demon Regrit must have had a corruption factor, and if he had to guess, it might be his drive for more power, which could become a problem later on if true.

'I'm a demon of sin, while you're a demon paladin,'

"Paladin?" Regrit looked confusedly in Moby's direction. "Aren't those usually people who practice holy magic? Like righteous knights or something?"

"Yes," Moby nodded. "But demon paladins are different. There are several different types with their own methods of combat, you'll just have to find out which type you are for yourself… Trust me, your power level is not an indicator of how much stronger you've become, there is much more that you could do now that you're a demon." Moby spoke the words told to him by Avilia directly word for word. And before Regrit could even respond, he heard a loud sound from his side and a black ooze that followed, catching them both by surprise.

[ System Alert! ]

[ You Have Created a New Demon! ]

[ You Have Created a Demon Cleric! ]

[ A New Demon Has Joined Your Household (House of The Blissful Demon) ]

[ System Alert! ]

[ You Have Created a New Demon! ]

[ You Have Created a Fallen Angel of Chaos! ]

[ A New Demon Has Joined Your Household (House of The Blissful Demon) ]

Moby's field of view was abruptly blasted with a barrage of notifications. And with bated breath, he imminently read them, curious to find out what new demons were added to his team.

The first one was fairly standard, a cleric demon for who he assumed to be Elizabeth, a good blend of offence, support, and defence, but his attention did not last there for long as it quickly moved onto the next notification… A notification that nearly left his eyeballs rolling on the ground and his heart leaping out of his chest.

'Fallen Angel? Chaos? What the hell is this?! Is that HikariYami!? Avilia, you there? Avilia? Don't you dare ghost me now of all times!'

'I-I don't know…' She slowly mumbled, unlike Moby she was not in a state of frantic shock, but instead in what seemed like a calm bewilderment and confusion. 'Fallen angel huh... I haven't seen one of those in thousands of years… Last time something like that happened was when a demon in my army fell in love with an angel and had an illegal child… They were then captured and tortured for their grave sin and the baby was immediately put to death as an abomination…'

'Wait wait wait! Does that mean that Hikari was an angel all along?! Was that why Artorias took such an interest in her?!'

'I don't know… I really don't. I sensed no angel or holy energy coming from her! That Artorias kid had a magic blocking ring, so it was a toss-up if he was one or not since such strong artifacts could be family relics, but now I'm almost certain he's an angel, a really weak one luckily for you. This girl on the other hand is a different story… There was absolutely no trace I sensed of her being an angel… But, at the same time I didn't sense that you weren't human at first. Damn! My powers have really gone down the shitter!! What have I degraded into? I'm a shell of my former self, yet I even lack the shell... What kind of sorry excuse of a demon lord am I! I'm useless! I can't do anything right anymore!!'

Avilia's words slowly delved into madness, like all at once, she released all the pain she had bottled up in her heart and kept away from him all this time. Moby did not know why, but seeing her in pain made him feel a pain he had not felt in a very long time, and his first instinct was to comfort her and wipe the metaphorical tears from her eyes that he was unsure were even there.

'Calm down Avilia… You're not useless! You're the most knowledgeable person I know! Without you I'd be lost! And you just mitigated all that pain I would have received from my evolution! You're far from useless!'

He took a small pause, feeling out Avilia's state within him before he continued what he had to say once he felt like he got her full attention.

'Hey! It's okay! You're not to blame, don't worry,' Moby tried to comfort. 'Besides, you might not have been wrong, maybe she wasn't an angel. The world has changed a lot since you were last alive, maybe there are other circumstances for this to happen. Besides, I doubt that she was an angel. Even if you could argue that all she did in front of me was an act to gain my favour, but then it wouldn't have made sense for them to let me turn them into a demon right?'

'I suppose so…' Avilia mumbled, replying to Moby despite her hurting mind. 'Don't worry about me, I'm fine, I'm sorry for that pathetic, sorry sight… A lot has been on my mind and ju—"

Moby had seen such a sight from Avilia before, it was not at all common. It was all a reminder…

She might have been the almighty demon lord, a person who would kill thousands of innocents with no remorse to advance her goals, yet deep down she was still like everyone else. A living being with emotions and problems. But despite her problems, in Moby's eyes she was not any less fearsome or strong, it was quite the opposite. She had gone more than almost anyone he could even conceive. If anything, Avilia was the strongest person he knew...

'Just rest for now, Please… There's much we need to uncover after all of this is over. You've been there for me so many times when I was down and I can't count how many times you've saved me. But currently, there is much to be done… I doubt we have much time before they find where we are…'

'Yeah, I guess you're right… But now it's no time to relax! I need to find the truth for myself and ensure you keep your promises! I'll stay behind you all the way future demon lord and future successor!'

Moby couldn't imagine how fast Avilia turned from depressed and loathsome to upbeat and indifferent to what had just happened. Almost like nothing occurred. 'Got it,' He inwardly smirked before opening his eyes back into the reality to face the two awaking, newly created demons.