" I am telling the truth.
All I did was a background check on your life as a human.
We did not know of your existence until a year back. "
Hari tapped his toes furiously as if waiting for her to finish the explanation.
Tara continued.
" It just seemed like after that day you started travelling to different countries very often which raised the suspicions.
Knowing the nature of your family, a wild guess was made.
In all honesty, I do not know anything."
Hari was not convinced.
Seo and Eliana, not knowing anything, simply decided to stay quiet as it seemed very important to him.
Hari : " And how am I supposed to believe all this?"
Tara : " I swear in the name of Lord of Night and Darkness that there are no lies or deception in my words."
Gord : " This oath guarantees that she is being truthful or else her soul would already have been separated from her body and be given to your hands."
Seo : " And we're supposed to trust our kidnapper's words."
" Allow me to demonstrate."
A gigantic creature covered in a cloak raised his hand.
Gord : " Are you sure? "
" Yes, it is a small price to pay for the lord's trust."
He stepped forward towards them.
Seo : " He is at least three times my size."
The man bowed.
" My name is Jo, My Lord.
I would like to prove the genuinity of the oath.
Please allow me."
Hari nodded.
"I swear in the name of the Lord of Night and Darkness that my name is Gord."
Eliana : ' Huh?!'
The creature named Jo started bleeding all of a sudden.
Cuts appeared on his body out of nowhere.
The clock was shredded into pieces however they were never able to see what Jo looked like because his body was disfigured.
Black Mist which was covering it started turning purple and red.
Soon there was a pool of blood in front of them and a golden coloured ball which seemed like it was made out of marble was left.
Gord picked it up and presented it to Hari.
Gord: " He lied and that is what happened.
This is his soul and you may do whatever you wish with it."
Eliana was blue.
Seo felt like he would barf at any moment.
Hari just stood there.
' I need to get these two out of here.
Stay strong until then, Hari.'
Eliana : ' Do they really have to go this far?
They are Demons alright.'
Hari sighed and looked at Tara.
Hari : " Fine, I'll believe you."
Seo whispered.
Seo : " Is it ok to trust them so easily?
Whatever you were talking about seemed important and there is also a chance that the whole of this was a farce."
Hari whispered back.
Hari : " Most of what she said was vague and flawed."
' Since, the day I really got incriminated was not 31st July but three months later.
On 31st October, Halloween.'
Seo glanced at him and fell back.
Seo : " If you say so..."
Hari had one last question.
Hari : " Did you fiddle with my memories?"
Tara gasped.
"How?!!"
She mumbled.
Hari : " So you did, huh?!
I felt that it was strange that I didn't think of anything about last night as soon as I woke up."
Tara sighed
" Please do not misunderstand.
It was so that you would not panic as soon as you woke up."
Hari : " Thank you for your concern but I do not appreciate it."
Gord : " I will take care that this will not happen next time.
After all, it is our immense honour to serve the long-awaited Demon Lord."
Hari started laughing.
Hari : " You guys seriously go 'my pace' too much.
Did you really think if you say become 'Demon Lords' then we would?
We are sane people.
If trusting your bull shit was not enough you seriously want us to play Castle with you. "
Gord shook his head.
" Well, you will have to as you do not have a choice.
Soon you will have your 'awakening 'and your imperfect self will evolve into the perfect Demon Lord.
The process will be excruciatingly painful and you believe our assistance if you do not wish to go Berserk.
However if you do not comply we are ready to use force."
At these words , all of them took off their cloaks.
Demons, monsters and all sorts of creatures were looking at them like prey.
Hari : " Stay close , you two."
Seo : " They're finally showing their true colours."
Eliana: " Geez , some of them look too gore."
Seo : " Don't pass out, okay?"
Eliana : " I like Horror though."
Hari : " You're so tough, Eliana-chan~
Hey , Gord. That awakening you talked about.
It's really painful right."
Gord : "Uh..Yes ."
Hari continued.
" First your heart starts beating like crazy.
All your muscles feel like they are being torn apart.
After that for three days you continuously puke blood.
At a certain point your eyes lose vision .
For 5 days your body becomes numb.
For another 5 days your brain starts exploding and you are bleeding because your muscles are torn.
After a few more episodes of pain here and there your body starts reconstructing.
You don't need food or water or even air.
Senses become sharper...
Although just calling it sharp would be an understatement.
All said and done basically after a month,
Ta-dah~~~
You evolved into a demon!"
Gord had a face as if he's a priest who received an oracle from all the Gods and Goddesses at once .
Hari smirked.