[ In the Demon World ]
Gord was glaring daggers in to Tara.
" Well then, you may begin."
Tara nodded.
" As we already are aware, our Masters are a little different from regular humans.
Something that is to be taken into account would be their mental fortitude which is probably stronger than the demon Gates.
There was not a single time they looked scared and nervous.
They might have been anxious but they were dealing with it quite calmly."
Yu-Fei : " That would be true. None of them even batted a single eye when we revealed our appearances.
They just saw it as if closely watching the next steps unfold. "
Tara : " Other than discussing the plan to get through the gate , most of the time they were joking around. "
Misono : " How does their sense of humour even stay active after all that?
Most humans would be shit scared even looking at us "
Gord : " A plan to get out? Did you explain to them the layout of the castle?"
Tara gulped.
Tara : " Yes, I was ordered by the lord to."
"I see... Continue..."
Tara breathed out slowly and her wounds were throbbing.
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Seo and Eliana were all bandaged up in a room with two beds and a couch. There were no lights inside the room.
The only source of light was the window which drenched the room in a light blue colour.
Hari brought in hot water for the cup noodles and food for them to eat.
" Oh, look at you guys! You are much more hurt than I imagined. There were bruises all over your body."
Eliana : " It must have been the adrenaline."
Seo : " The doctor does not speak much but he asked if we had been to war..."
They laughed.
Hari was setting up the food.
Eliana : " I'll help too..."
She said with shaking hands.
"Eliana-chan?!"
"Eliana-san?!!"
She fell as soon as she tried to stand .
"Hey, now... You were fine just a few seconds ago..."
Seo said in a quiet voice as he sat on the ground beside her.
Hari : " Are we finally reaching the limit to keep up a strong face?"
He went and sat in front of them close to both.
There were orange and white lights passing from the window as each vehicle sped by.
Eliana : " Di-- did we really see demons?!"
Her voice broke with each syllable.
Seo : " Those appearances are not a joke..."
He said in a trembling voice.
" I really had 50 years of my life blown away...."
Hari patted them silently.
Eliana curled herself into a ball as a tear started rolling down her cheek.
" That demon...Jo...
He was the most horrible...
But still....
He didn't have to kill himself like that...."
Seo had his eyes turn lifeless.
" The others probably knew what he was up to.
When they did not even move an inch that was the point I thought....
Are these guys demons?....
Nii-san if it wasn't for you I I don't know if I would have been able to stay sane..."
Eliana held both of their hands tightly.
" Thank you so much for .... What I don't know..."
Seo clasped it tight.
"It's alright..."
He mumbled
Hari was silent and just was watching them.
Eliana and Seo turned to him.
Seo : " I know that it is late... But are you alright?"
Seo clutched his hand and looked at him with worried eyes.
Eliana : " You said, you suddenly became a demon a year ago...
It must have been hard on you..."
She said caressing his cheek.
Seo : " Although, I don't know what it feels like ...
But listening from your experience , it must have been painful..."
Hari's eyes started faltering.
Eliana : " All the more , you were alone and probably had no one to talk to... Unlike us..."
Hari's eyes widened and he pressed his lips.
He looked away as he could not bear to look into their eyes.
Eliana and Seo smiled as they watched him, who was on the verge of tears.
They both embraced him tightly.
Hari was unsure of holding them back but he could not fight the urge.
He held them tight.
" I ...I promise that I'll protect you both..."
Seo and Eliana looked at each other on the other side and giggled.
" We will protect you too..."
Tara was telling them how Seo was the smartest despite being the youngest.
" He was the one who single handedly concocted the whole escape plan; the other two simply agreed to it. "
Tara explained the whole plan just as Seo did to them.
Gord : " The plan is full of chinks but given the little information that they had access to perhaps even I could not come up with a plan superior to this."
Misono giggled.
" For the great tactician and strategist to admit defeat our lord must really be a prodigy."
Yu- Fei : " The most arousing part is that he identified every possible turn where there could be an error and created a whole new route recovering from that. "
Vladimir nodded.
" There are things that I could not even imagine happening that are included as possibilities along with counter measures."
Misono : " Lord Seo may become the core of the functioning system given how he rationalizes things very quickly. "
Gord sighed.
" After they left, my mind was occupied wondering how we were going to handle lord Hari and especially when he already had complete control over his powers.
To think that, we have one more of a kind."
Tara : "Judging by how he quickly took initiative and became the core I believe that he is already aware of his strengths and weaknesses.
Most probably he might also be planning countermeasures for it which leaves us with no chance of exploiting any of his flaws."
Gord sighed.