Yu-Fei spoke up as he found some statements that weren't coherent with the facts.
" Lady Eliana and Lord Seo. It seems that there's a misunderstanding.
Demons cannot bring humans into our world without their consent.
The gate will not open if the answer was not affirmative. "
Hari tilted his head.
"Elucidate."
" Well, demons can go in and out of the human realm after paying a part of their power as the price, however humans can only be brought in through gates. A demon asks the human if he wishes to be brought in and only if the answer is positive, the gate will allow the humans to pass .
So, Lord Hari aside, I'm sure you both agreed to it."
Eliana glared at him.
"That is absurd. Why would I agree to such stupid question?! I wasn't even asked if --"
"How sneaky!"
Seo exclaimed. Eliana and Hari turned to him.
" I was asked 'Will you please walk me home?' to which I answered 'Yes'.
So, basically I agreed to walk a demon to her homeland, the Demon World."
Eliana widened her eyes.
"I agreed to let him take me to a restaurant of his choice. I need not necessarily be on Earth."
Hari sighed as he turned to Tara.
" The gate cannot be opened unilaterally.
That is why you insisted on a definite answer even after we kissed. "
Tara : "It requires verbal verification."
Vladimir : " That is correct. However, there was neither a need to get rough with the Lord nor any reason to egg him on unnecessarily with empty provocations.
If he had gone on a rampage there , the aftermath with the humans and other Demon Lords would have been severe."
Tara looked away gritting her teeth.
Hari stepped in.
"Now , now there's no need to get so serious.
I wouldn't have done that. At that time, I was suffering from the backlash of suppressing my bloodlust. I would have passed out anyway ."
' Man, I wouldn't want to see an innocent (?!) little girl in blood and bruises again for nothing.
It's better to end it here .'
The four demons looked at him with surprised eyes.
Vladimir bowed .
" As you wish , my lord."
Hari stretched his arms and yawned a little.
" Alright , this is enough of an adventure for the night. We are going to clock out now. So, the gates or whatever it was, open it."
Seo : "Also next time we come, tell us about the other demon Lords. What we are, What do you expect from us? And your true intentions as well."
Eliana : " As you are Demons, I am expecting a lot of sneaky ways to get things done, however if you need us to trust you remember to be truthful as well. "
Vladimir bowed.
" We shall keep that in mind."
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They walked through the palace which was made out of stones without a speck of dust .
Portraits of Demons and various artwork were hung around.
Sometimes they found taxidermically preserved corpses of Demons on display or a wall simply studded with shiny stones.
Seo : " Seems like they took good care of this place even without an owner."
Eliana : " Even if they did , preserving all this is in horrible taste."
Vladimir smiled.
" You can redesign the whole Palace as per your taste or simply give us a few instructions and we shall do it for you."
Eliana simply smiled awkwardly.
'Rather than making it feel like being courteous it feels like he is reminding me that I have an important role here.'
They reached a gigantic open door and a big hallway was laid out. At the end of the hallway there was something that seemed like a black hole with a Galaxy embedded in it.
However there was a blue current that was encircling it and revolving around it.
"We're here, My Lords."
Yu-Fei said.
Two people who were in the dark stepped out.
Seo and Eliana recognised them.
"The woman who was being stalked"
" The guy who wanted to have dinner together."
They mumbled .
" Eh~~ It seems that all our escorts to the demon world have gathered."
" Greetings to the masters of darkness.
May your name be feared beyond the heavens.
We are here to return your belongings."
Seo and Eliana stomped their way towards them and snatched their belongings.
" You are strong enough to beat a stalker all by yourself , so don't rope weird people into it."
Misono : ' He is still believing the stalker shit?!'
" Don't lie about buying people food. Make up better excuses. I don't like it when my food is being messed with."
Vladimir : ' Food is the concern right now? Kidnapping was fine ?'
Tara glanced at their faces.
' Ah... Despite the surprise, they are good at maintaining the poker faces.'
Hari received his bag and mobile phone.
The three turn on their phones to check messages and time.
Hari looked at the other two and frowned.
"Hey, phone-addict brats , don't you think that getting outta here should be the concern and not checking your messages?
Do you even get signal here? "
Tara: 'Oh, a normal reaction.'
Seo grimaced.
" Says the one who had the exact same reaction as us. Looks like your phone ran out of juice. Is that why you are picking on us?"
Hari looked away.
Tara : 'What was I expecting?'
Eliana looked at her phone with widened eyes and grinding her teeth.
"Aaaghhhhh"
Hari was startled.
"Wha- what happened?"
"Can you believe this?
Look at the time! I have work tomorrow, I am going to have bags under my eyes if I don't sleep."
"Eliana-chan, calm down."
Seo who was glaring daggers in to his phone yelled,
" I didn't finish the assignment I was supposed to submit on Monday. I am screwed."
"Seo?!"
"Can we move out already ?
I don't want to waste any more time"
Eliana exclaimed and then turned towards the demons and said, "and you guys take an appointment next time!"
"Ye-- Yes, understood."
They replied.
Yu-Fei : " Where should we set the coordinates to drop you off? "
Hari lightened up.
"Oh. How convenient!"
Seo : " In the back- alley of the seven- eleven convenience store near Kwak-Seong departmental store.
Nii-san , I'm hungry. You're paying, right? "
Eliana : " I want Fried chicken with BBQ sauce. "
Hari : " Hey, wait... Weren't you supposed to buy me a meal? "
Seo : " You wanted a home cooked one, right? I'll do that later. Ah, I want soba as well. "
Hari scratched his head.
"Ah whatever, let's go!"
Yu-Fei : " I have adjusted the coordinates. You may proceed."
They watched the backs of the three that left waving goodbye as if returning home after a trip to some mountains.
" See ya around."
Hari said as he left.