Chapter 15

Feelings and the accusation.

The same evening she moves into house, indeed in the huge castle of Lord Sulivan, where she has remained from the gorgeous and infinite place. She had never seen such a place before, usually she is used to small and very rustic places. For a demon, she has to admit that she is more colorful than the pissed tuft housing that she prefers very dreary colors. So she furnished her room in Egyptian style by nobles, complete with columns and statues of divinities; she felt a little uncomfortable but at the same time she thanked one of her big three for not leaving her in the middle of the street, because of her bracelets and therefore she just has to get used to it.

The young Iruma was very happy with her guest and often and willingly goes to talk to her in the following days. Also because his grandfather confessed that he already knew that she was half human and and she knows that he is the adopted nephew . At first she stayed there, but then she thought that maybe it's good and that the way Iruma arrived in that world, she doesn't concern them, and she promised that she will keep her mouth shut. After all, she is more than okay with the boy.

She met her butler of her Opera di lei, a quite disturbing feline demon since she doesn't mention an expression, but he is a guy who knows how to treat guests and therefore in the end she doesn't mind.

The excuse Sullivan found with his teacher is that she serves a lot more on the field and therefore, the closer she is to the school, the better the protective effect she will give to all teachers and pupils, an excuse that apparently it worked great. Also because he has accentuated the fact that she is more used to it than all the others, who always feel bad when they step outside the pyramid or at school afterwards. She will therefore remain there until a new decision is made, but she can still have various updates and restock her. Demons are truly beings who know how to convince people for their own sake.

In the following days, she doesn't show up at school and she just leaves a message for Dali, where she writes that she has an important mission to complete first.

Which has left her keeper a little perplexed; instead Kalego knows very well why she didn't show up, something that offends her allies, but he doesn't intervene and leaves things as they are.

What she did, that performance, was really unacceptable.

Then finally comes a week of rest, where for him it is pure freedom and he does not have to endure anything or anyone. He likes to teach, but every now and then he needs rest and more than deserved it. That is a particular year. Already the arrival of Iruma stressed him, then the illness and finally the priestess; too many things have arrived and together.

In his quarters, he's wondering what she's been up to all those days. In reality he misses her and more that of his readings, so he takes his mobile phone, but not the one supplied which also communicates with colleagues and teachers, but with another one, which he uses for his private life and above all is a line which they cannot intercept because it is full of its magic. Then he just talks and chats with Balam, his only companion and confidant.

He then sends her a written message:

"I'm Kalego Naberius, this is another number, make sure you don't give it to anyone and have you found the answer to your question?"

He adds after another message:

"Forbidden books are waiting for you."

So sitting on the sofa, while he is watching on TV the channel that gives orchestral music all day, another favorite of him, where he has the classic but sweet background that accompanies it with the purple fire lit in the fireplace; he waits for his reply which arrives after ten minutes with this message:

"Hi Kalego, alright ... and I've already found the answer to the question I asked you that night, so I'm not going to read your books. Oh right, I'm really fine with Lord Sullivan."

And he stayed and thinks:

"What the hell ... hasn't she really obsessed with knowing the truth? Did it not work or is she just pretending not to come here? The damn one! Then fuck you and that old man!"

So annoyed, he drops his cell phone on the table and continues to watch the program.

Once the sound of another message arrives, he resumes and reads:

"Do not be offended, but the priestesses know how to free themselves from certain pressing thoughts and then ... these days I have much more to think about. Good evening."

He stayed again, he really knocked him out. with those words and did not expect it, the priestess is learning to defend herself and also well! But he has no intention of giving up, because the addiction has not passed, which he presses on the woman's bracelets, who immediately gets a nice squeeze on her wrists causing her a lot of pain; which lasted for at least thirty minutes and then loosened his grip; making us understand the true meaning of the infernal bond. Something that she also experienced in the previous days, her bracelets have become more material and they hold her wrists in a hellish grip and all the times she has had to endure! But she still hasn't figured out who the asshole or bitch who's obsessed with her is! She thought about it, he ruled out Kalego right from the start, she just doesn't see us doing those things and then he always disgusted her, so she thought of the other caretaker, or of prof. Raim, that cursed succubus who licked her; or even to Prof Orias, who in a few days even tried with her with a lot of hand kisses, in short, now she has the thought, but for her damn bracelets! So then, the talk ends there.

In the following days Kalego goes out and goes to his favorite places, the library to read, the nursery for succulents where he buys others; a walk alone along a tree-lined and deserted avenue. A truly fabulous place for him who loves silence, with the wind blowing through the leafless branches and the demonic birds chirping and then at his home to take care of his cacti. But he still doesn't know how to convince her, which really bothers him.

But around two in the afternoon on a day of sun and cold wind, as he passes through the corridor leading to the secondary entrance, he hears a knock on it and is wondering who can dare so much to an eighth-rank demon! And above all how he managed to overcome the barrier for the annoyances! He is thinking about Balam, but then remembers that today he went to the forest of horrors to study some mysterious creatures that are only found there. Impossible even for his colleagues, they must first warn him, if they have the courage, but they never allowed themselves! He therefore he goes towards this intrigued but also ready to inveigh against the alleged molester.

He opens the door and to her surprise, he finds us the priestess herself, the one who had left him with those messages that evening. He notices that she is always dressed in the same clothes and with the same face as hers, since he had been with her for so long that he hadn't seen her and says:

" You? "

Now she has understood everything, the barrier has let her pass because she has been there and therefore she has got used to her presence and he has not renewed her.

"Hi, how are you? You have a few days off right? How about if I read you some forbidden books?"

He was thrilled at this question, he did not expect it right after those messages and then he replies with an altered tone:

" What?!"

"Ok ... I understand, sorry for the inconvenience ... ."

With this she turns to go away embarrassed, but he gritting his teeth and thinking that she is perhaps losing another golden opportunity that he was waiting for, tells her:

"Wait up!"

She stops and turns and he:

"Why?"

Annabel approaching again:

"Because I miss them when I read them to you, they were really beautiful and I also miss them when you gave me those tips on how to take care of cacti.... At Lord Sullivan's house I'm fine but not quite... ."

Kalego gasps as he stares at her, thinking that she is sure to make fun of him and that he really wants something in return! As many female demons also do, they smooth you in front of you and then do it from behind, an experience that he has already had to do in the past and that he absolutely does not want to repeat!

And she selling this reaction tells him:

"But ... as I said, sorry for the inconvenience, I'll go for another round."

He, determined to find out what game she is playing, answers her.

"Come in ... stupid priestess ... and I hope for you that no one has followed you!"

Her: "Don't worry, I was very discreet."

He alone: ​​"Tz!"

Inside the living room he wants to set the record straight:

"But what game are you playing ?!"

" To nobody."

"You're kidding me, you want something! But as I already told you, you won't get any favors from me!"

"I don't want anything, I just want to spend a few hours with you ... before Lord Sullivan sends Opera to look for me, does that make you sick?" He knows Opera very well and how he can become nagging and stolker and after again he is stuck by this answer, she wants his company and does not remember that someone who is not Balam has ever asked for such a thing then.

" All right... ." He still wants to see where he wants to go. So he goes to get them and puts them on the coffee table and sits on the long sofa, while she is about to sit on the armchair but he stops her saying:

"Sit down here. I want to see the pictures better." He gestures with her hand to the place next to him where she stays there and she does.

Kalego: "Start with the first."

Annabel: "I went to the library, it was actually the headmaster's and there was one on noble families and there was also your surname ... you certainly had a very good education so, a 'please' and a 'thank you' is it rude not to use them in your part? Or do you just not use them because they are third degree and your ancient enemy? But rudeness is a thing that has no ranks or even ranks. Right? "

Kalego stares into her eyes that now she begins to find them wonderful for how determined they are, with that green and half brown color and answers her before her with a grimace and because he has understood that he has also become smart and after:

"Please ... read it." Looking away and with crossed arms.

And she with a smile:

"With real pleasure."

After all he is not wrong and does not want to fight her, for the first time, since he too wants her company and in the meantime, he can finally continue with his courtship; where thinking about the words of the companion that he must use a little kindness. A nice obstacle but not impossible. Instead, he found it strange, for the first time he did not beat her.

And she takes the book and notes that it is different from the ones she has read.

"A romance ... of love?"

Where above there are a man and a woman walking on an avenue, in all, in a Victorian style context.

Him: "Problems?"

Her: "No ... nobody." She doesn't want to go deeper but by reflecting, she comes to a conclusion; since she is courting Prof Momonoki, maybe she wants to take a cue to come forward. She then she starts without creating problems.

As he reads, she arrives at that part where the protagonists give each other a passionate kiss with a hug below, always in a very tender way and Kalego is thinking that he has always kissed his companions in a mechanical and cold way, for him it is just a single gesture to keep the relationship together, same with a hug; in reality he has never done it, because he finds it useless and disgusting at times.

Then he asks her an unexpected question:

"What does a passionate kiss and a sweet embrace mean? What do they really represent for that couple?"

She has remained from this, he who knows everything and does not know this for her is like having a vision, but then, she thinks that maybe the demons don't have this kind of approach with the other sex, maybe instead they have it more direct , violent, manipulative, perverse and therefore with only one purpose.

But she replies all the same by giving her own explanation:

"The kiss is a way to express what you feel for the other sex, already the touch of the lips in itself gives emotions; the hug instead is a way to tell the other that you love him, that you are close to him, that you want to protect her, that you care about him or her, are two ways to express the deepest feelings without the use of words. " She says all this while her eyes shine and the other just says:

"You can continue." Obviously always with pun and she can only go on. But he is seriously thinking about using them, so I finished the books, where in one there was a part where they have intimate relationships and she is a little blushed and she thinks:

"Oh man what a shame those scenes .. in short, a bit too much, then in front of you. to him... ."

"A union in which the two bodies merge as well as their souls ... very deep." Instead, he only thinks of the demon as he is finishing a glass of white wine without commenting.

Annabel then notices that it is late and says:

"I have to get back to the principal's house before nine."

"Did he also give you a timetable?"

"Yes, it is the only condition, at least that I have an emergency and therefore he lets me go after this time."

Kalego: "The old man is smart, he practically put her under house arrest ... ."

With this she greets him with:

"I was fine ... thanks and I'm going ... I'll take the golden pyramid like that first."

He does not a word and only sees it go away, she knows the road.

Him: "A kiss ... is worth more than words." He whispers as she puts the glass to his lips.

Also the next day he sends her a message where he writes:

"It does not bother me if today as in the next few days you will come here to read other books. Same time"

Which she takes on the fly, because Annabel has become attached to a pissed-off tuft, but only to this side of her, the other, that of a severe arrogant demon, she tolerates it as she can. Then she glosses over the incident of the use of magic at school and the outburst she made.

This round, she reads him the usual books on legendary creatures, always before her with a 'please' from him where he then comments like this.

Kalego: "Is there any news?"

"If you talk about the pyramids, they are doing well thanks to the sounds created by the musicians of your world, always omitting the motif and keeping the infected magical beasts at bay."

" Very well."

"Kalego do you really think I use my blood just to do some cheap tricks? Saving your life and Robin's was also a trick back then?"

He first thinks about it and then answers her:

"I didn't mean that, but that you can do even more, you can improve yourself and become stronger."

With this she remains for these words of encouragement and he:

"Now read on."

And she does it without commenting; where he always sips excellent wine while he imagines the scenes from the books. He is about to spend the week where they always meet at the same time and their feeling is increasing, where she also shows him the photos of the cacti and he advises her, always sternly, where to intervene. A week where he really and strangely spent it in good company.

On the last day, Kalego, passing through a shop, sees something interesting, something he can give her and it is also at an affordable price, he is a bit of a stingy demon, but what he has seen is a really good offer and then entering makes his purchase. Material gifts are essential in courtship, the more expensive they are made and the more it means that he wants her as a partner, but he wants to take it slow, since in the past he has spent too much on a partner. He knows well that he cannot be seen around with the priestess and the only place is at his home or at school, where, however, he must maintain his primary role and interact very little.

He knows very well that that gift wrapped and entrusted to one of his little demon servants will first end up in the hands of that cursed cat of Opera, at least for the safety of the house he will open it, so here too he has devised a system to avoid being recognized.

He does not write a note, because he could understand the handwriting plus the words used then, from the beautiful view of the roof he makes it fly, making sure that no one has seen it.

So the first one goes, he does it with the others too, where they all go well, since no one called him because he discovered it and he does it also in the following days, where he goes back to work at school, obviously pretending to nothing, it must absolutely not attract attention.

Where exactly he sees her talking with prof. Dali and while he is hiding behind a wall he hears this speech.

Annabel: "I received some gifts ... and according to Professor Raim, they are part of my lover's obsessive courtship ..."

Dali: "Ooooh interesting, so he stepped forward, then it's really serious! You should tell Prof Kalego too."

Annabel: "I'd rather not, for now."

Kalego thinking: "But you listen to it, kind of ... I fucking sent those to you!" But he remembers that he doesn't know anything.

Dali: "Well sooner or later you will find out and what is written on the cards? Is there his name? I'm really curious!"

"There was no ticket, a little demon simply said they were for me ...."

"So a mysterious lover hahaha what's intriguing and that he gave you?"

She says it all because she wants his help and advice from him, even if he's male:

"The first a home fragrance, the second a black rose, the third ... this pendant that I have here in my pocket ... and the fourth six black roses."

Where she shows it and the other identifies it:

"Ooooh a triskele and it is a symbol of strong protection Annabel, then especially if it has a circle in the center which means that it protects you inside and out uuuh what too romantic!"

"Seriously? I thought it was some kind of invoice...."

"No no don't worry ahaha with this you don't get curses and then in the end you are immune!"

"On the other hand, do the others have a meaning? So we can figure out who the sender might be."

"Yes, very good idea! So if I'm not mistaken, black roses in the language of demonic flowers means ... the birth of something and the first is just a gift aha ..."

"Oook I don't honestly know what it refers to but that's okay ..." She says visibly confused and Dali: "You will see that others will arrive and there maybe you will understand how the bracelets are going instead?"

"Yes, these really hurt me ... they squeeze me a lot and sometimes I have a strong tingling in my hands ...."

"Unfortunately this is the infernal bond, bear it and you will see that sooner or later it will end."

"I hope so, sig. ...."

"Come on, waiting for orders from the headmaster, go around to do a check and see you later."

Kalego did it on purpose but she still can't understand that the triskele is the keeper, that is, he and the black rose is the feeling that was born towards her. So she snorts and leaves the area and for now she doesn't want to meet her.