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CHAPTER 15 B’ : Never judge a book by its cover

Having her heart at ease from hearing the Demon General make his blood oath, Sachiko silently followed Hitoshi.

Hitoshi’s heart on the other hand, the whole time to his room, was nothing but at ease. It was beating so fast he thought it would burst. This was the first time that a girl would visit his room, not just in this world but in his previous world as well, that had never happened before.

Girls in his previous life would never approach him, let alone speak to him. The few times he did try to do so, they would run away screaming for help. There was even one crazy chick that called the cops on him, just for trying to help her pick the bag she dropped.

That was something he didn’t want to remember at all! He went through hell trying to explain to the officer what happened. Thank god the officer was a man who also had his fair share of rejections in the past. If it were a policewoman, he might be still alive and behind bars……

Hitoshi was pleased with himself. Who knew that a tiny drop of his blood and a promise would erase all doubts on him and put a woman at ease? Hmm, he should have tried that before in his previous world as well.

Walking through a long corridor with doors at each side having signs on them that read in the demonic language “Apothecary”, “Living Area”, “Nico’s-Niki’s lovenest”, “Harry’s room-enter at your own risk”, they finally reached the end.

Before Hitoshi stood a large wooden door having the sign “General’s Room”. Taking a key from his pocket Hitoshi opened it, turned the doorknob and walked in. Turning his head to the priestess he said

“Please come in. Make yourself at home!”

Sachiko hesitantly took the first steps inside the room, slowly taking in her surroundings and watching for danger.

It was a simple room, compared to the luxuries she was used to, this was nothing, but at least it was neat and tidy. This room resembled more to the ones the servants were using in her father’s estate, minimal furniture, walls devoid of any paintings and no decorative pieces at all. It was not what she expected to see from a demon holding the position of General at all.

A single iron bed with a mattress, dressed with white sheets, a pillow and a somewhat worn out wool blanket, a small wooden desk with some books laying on top of it and a chair, plus two bookcases filled with books were all the room, in which Sachiko was currently in, had to show.

Seeing Sachiko standing there looking around his room, Hitoshi was nervous as hell.

“Please have a sit, so we can start talking.” he said while pointing to the only furniture he thought could serve this purpose, his bed.

Sachiko just looked at him pointing to his bed, she arched her right eyebrow in disbelief and by completely dismissing his offer took the chair and sat by the desk, crossing her legs as she did so.

“So General, what did you have to speak to me about? It should be perfectly clear to you why me and my companions came to this dungeon, shouldn’t it? I see no reason why you would want to speak to me, but seeing as you and your teammates haven’t attacked us yet, I am slightly curious.”

Hitoshi was watching her as she elegantly took a sit in his chair, her robe rising as she crossed her legs, catching a glimpse of her creamy white legs.

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts of the dangerous path they were going to take, he realized Sachiko was speaking to him.

“Ah, yes. As you already know I am the General of Demons, but please don’t call me General or anything like that, just call me Hitoshi. Anyway, the reason I wanted to speak with you in private was….to tell you I fell in love with you since the first time I saw you. Although we don’t know each other well yet, I hope that if you get to know me, you will like me as well. So, please go out with me!!!!”

Her beautiful ocean blue eyes, opened wide in astonishment. That was not what she had expected at all. She didn’t know how to react, what to say. Hitoshi was staring expectantly in her eyes, waiting for her response, it was clear he was anxious and nervous.

She was feeling strange, she couldn’t look at him in the eyes, she needed to find a way out of this situation. Her eyes were scanning the room in panic for something, anything to maybe turn the discussion when suddenly there it was….

A small part of red cloth was peeking from the corner of a drawer in the desk. Tugging it out, she knew exactly what it was. After all, it was a gag gift from her and Moira (actually she put the money, Moira chose it) to Marion at his 18th birthday, 4 years ago.

Seeing Marion’s red thong in Hitoshi’s room for some unknown reason, made her see red. Here was this guy saying he was in love with her and he was keeping Marion’s, a trap’s thong in his desk like a cherished memento? What sort of nonsense was this?

For Hitoshi it was like time moved slowly after his confession. He could only watch in horror as Sachiko found out his most valuable treasure, her thong, which he thought he had safely hidden in the top drawer of his desk.

As in slow motion, he could only watch as Sachiko, rising from the chair she was sitting, raised her hand and place her open palm on his left cheek with a force that he didn’t believe the cute priestess possessed.

“You….you…HENTAI” Sachiko screamed, turning on her toes ready to leave the room.

“No, no! Please wait Please let me explain!!” he said putting his body between her and the door, blocking her way out.

“Oh, you want to explain? Then explain! Try to explain why you have Marion’s underwear in your room! Let’s see if you can, pervert!” said Sachiko in defiance with a commanding voice.

“I….I….(registering the fact she said it was Marion’s underwear)….it was the trap’s underwear?…..not yours?”

All colour drained from Hitoshi’s face and he fainted after realizing he had been sniffing and pleasing himself with a guy’s underwear….

Next thing he saw when Hitoshi opened his eyes was that he was on his bed. Sachiko having moved the chair from his desk, was currently sitting by his side, waiting for him to wake up.

Somehow she had managed to move him there. She was kind enough not to try and kill him while he was out of it, which she could have done easily and more so she hadn’t left him on the floor, for which he was extremely thankful.

“Oh, you are awake already? Good! Now I can leave then!” she said, standing up to leave.

“No, please wait! I didn’t know it was your friend’s, Marion’s underwear! I swear! I swear!”

Sachiko arched her left eyebrow in mock surprise, she clearly had heard him when he said he thought it was hers and it was a good thing he had fainted right away, otherwise he would have seen her face lighted red from the embarrassment.

“Oh? Who did you think it belonged to then?”

“That’s… that’s….Harry Porker found it somewhere just lying there and he gave it to me for safe keeping till the owner showed up!!! Yes that’s it! That’s all!”

“ Oh, I see …so that’s what that was!” she said, but her true thoughts were completely different.

“Tsk..liar! Not only are you a pervert but you are also a terrible liar.” thought Sachiko amused by the whole situation. She had already figured out what might have happened, putting two and two together, she came to the conclusion that the chubby translator must have pulled a prank to his master once again.

Her amusement though was soon interrupted by Hitoshi who once again timidly asked:

“Soooo, about my confession, could I have your answer?”

Sachiko thought for a bit what to say, how to answer. He, above all, was a Demon and not just any demon, but the Demon General, a hurdle that she and her fellow heroes had to overcome to reach their final goal, which was defeating the Demon King and putting an end to his rein of terror. That was after all their mission as heroes of the human kingdom.

She couldn’t give him any false hope, she had to be perfectly clear about it that such a relationship could never be. If that meant being harsh on him in order to make him see it, then so be it.

“Listen General. I don’t know if you are insane or something for making a love confession to me. You are a demon and I am a human and a priestess on top of that. I mean, you do realize that what me and my fellow heroes are here for, is not to speak with you demons right? We are here to defeat you and your King and erase your evil existence!”

“What’s with this game like scenario? Heroes defeating the Demon King? That is so cliché!” Hitoshi thought in surprise.

After having his soul transferred to the Demon General’s body, Hitoshi was just trying to adapt to this new life, which under no way could be described as perfect as that damn Loki did. Transferring a soul to an already existing body should not be treated lightly.

Although the body maintained its original attributes and according to the actions of the new owner could be levelled, the soul and memories of the original were completely erased and replaced by those of the new one.

One might wonder what happened to the true Demon General, if Hitoshi was now occupying his body. Well, considering the fact that Hitoshi found himself in the demon’s body, while choking on a big chunk of meat, it would be safe to presume that at the time of Hitoshi’s soul transfer, the General’s time was up.

So, if one were to find himself in a situation like this, not knowing anything about the world and in a position where acting differently could lead to death, what was he supposed to do?

Of course the answer is act the part avoiding all unnecessary exposure. No one of Hitoshi’s current entourage were previously working for the General. The previous General’s subordinates were all dismissed by Hitoshi as soon as he found himself in the position.

All it took from him was some yelling about them being incompetent, throwing a few punches here and there and they were sent off. After that, he chose his own bodyguards and of course he chose the ones who where most human like, the incubus-succubus couple, Nico and Niki.

His life had been a busy one after his soul got transferred, trying to adapt without raising any questions. Add to that the fact that all those demonic females (and a few males) were trying to get into his pants, you have to understand he had no time to bother with things like politics.

Yet, hearing Sachiko’s outburst, Hitoshi decided to go for broke and have things explained to her properly.

“You are right, I may sound crazy since I am not from this world. This body was never mine and I was a human to begin with. I’ve been in this dungeon for more than 50 years, never to step out of it. I have forgotten how long exactly it has been since I’ve been put in this demon’s body. So forgive me for not knowing anything of the world outside. Still don’t you think that it’s kind of rush to judge someone as evil before even knowing him? Have I or my friends ever done anything to harm you?”

“What do you mean you are not from this world? Were you a human that the Demon King summoned from another world, only to capture you, turn you to one of his minions and have you obey him? Truly even you, must understand that’s evil then!!!” the beautiful priestess exclaimed.

“As for your friends, you do know they are monsters feeding of from humans right? That man is an incubus sucking the life energy of innocent women, that woman is a succubus feeding of men, and that chubby kid is a bloodsucking vampire! So even if they haven’t hurt us yet, I’ m sure they have hurt people in the past.”

Hitoshi was just standing there, listening to her talk, his lips tightly sealed, his teeth grinding, his fists clenched.

Taking his silence for approval Sachiko speech of “righteousness” dragged on.

“So, if what you are saying is true and you were once a human, you must help us defeat the Demon King. If we couldn’t even defeat you, then the chances of defeating that guy him would be zero. But with you and your subordinates help, I am sure we can win. If you help us, me and my party will make sure that you and your subordinates will be generously rewarded by our King.”

Finishing her monologue, Sachiko waited for Hitoshi’s answer to her offer, but what came next was:

“About my previous confession…consider it as it never happened. You are not the woman I thought you were. You are arrogant, near sighted, and prejudiced beyond belief. What? All demons are evil? Do you even know me to say something like that? No, you just see my face and think this guy is evil! You are just like the rest of them! You only look on the outside never bothering to look what’s inside of a person. And don’t even dare to speak to me about my friends! Yes, Nico, Niki and Harry are indeed what you said they were, an incubus, a succubus and a vampire. But, I don’t care what they did in the past, all I care is that all these years that I’ve been with them not even once did they harm any human being. Nico and Niki are a couple and they are feeding of each other, while Harry can eat anything and I’ve never seen him drinking blood. So, even if they are what you so call monsters, even if they did harm someone in the past, I do believe that they are the living proof that people can change. Don’t mark them as evil just because they are not humans and don’t try to tell me that all humans are good!”

“As for your offer to fight the Demon King for you. Ha! Even if I was in love with you before, don’t think that I am that stupid to go against a guy so strong and risk dying for you! If you want to go and fight him, be my guest, go and try! I won’t stop you from being killed, I don’t care what will happen to you. Not anymore! So get out of my room! Go get your friends and go defeat the so called evil Demon King!”

Sachiko was dumbfounded by his sudden burst of anger, but her pride wouldn’t let her just sit there and be reprimanded for saying what should be common logic for any human being.

“Fine, who needs you demons anyway. We are fully capable of defeating the Demon King on our own! You will see that in the end good always prevail!” she said and turning on her toes without giving him a second glance she opened the door and left, fuming with anger. Did she or did he reject her in the end?

As she was passing thought the corridor to find Eric and the rest, a loud, angry yell could be heard coming from the room she just left, echoing through the whole dungeon.

“Nico, Niki, Harry! Get your asses to my room!”