"Lily, we caught them." Alice said as she brought the four vampires wrapped in shadows back to M town.
"Good, we managed to seal the portal up for now, but there is no telling how long it will last." Lily said as she flew towards her
"So, what should we do with these four?" Lily asked Alice and they seemed nervous as their fate was being decided
"We'll detain them for now and ask them some questions. But when Colin comes back, he'll decide what we do with them after." Alice said and they flew towards the hotel. Alice wondered where they could put them, and she quickly gave up and chose to put them in one of the rooms, while closely monitoring them.
"You know, it's easier to just force them to sign a contract forcing them to stay inside the town." Lily said
"I don't have the [Contract] skill." Alice replied
"But I do." Lily said and the six of them landed in the hotel's courtyard.
[Contract]
> The members of the Dunamis family will not harm you and you will do the same.
> You will not leave the domain of the Dunamis family, M town.
> You will follow the rules of the family and not cause trouble.
"The Dunamis family, you are the guys that created your own family." One of the women said
"Yes, now sign the contract. Unless you would rather we use chains to bind you." Lily said and Alice rolled her eyes, as she would never allow her to do that. The four vampires quickly complied and signed the contract as well as Alice. With her authority, no member of the family could harm them.
"Just for your information, I'm not apart of the family, so if you do something I don't like, then prepare to feel some pain." Lily said with a threatening glare and the little girl started to cry, causing Alice to elbow her in the side.
"Let's head inside and answer some questions." Alice said and they all headed inside
"Now first of all what are your names and how are you related?" Lily asked, and since she knew all the right questions to ask, Alice allowed her to take the lead.
"My name is Henry." The man said, he had black hair, a well groomed mustache and beard, and his clothes looked like it was made of animal fur just like the others.
"My name is Esmin and I'm Henry's wife." The woman who carried the little girl said. She also had black hair, with a few strands of silver in mixed in.
"I'm Beatrix and this is Calliope. We are their daughters." The other woman said. She had blonde hair, and her sister had red hair.
"Alright, next question, I need you to tell me your ages?" Lily said and Alice looked at her weirdly
[Why does their ages matter?] Alice asked
[Just trust me.] Lily said
"I'm 120 years old, my wife is 90 years old, Beatrix is 20 and Calliope is only 10 years old." Henry said
'Wow, I knew demons could live for a very long time, but it's still amazing to think that they look so young even after being over a hundred years old.' Alice thought, as all of them look like Henry and Esmin looked like they were in their late twenties and Beatrix looked about eighteen. Calliope looked like any little girl.
"And I'm guessing you lived your entire lives as rogues. You haven't joined any of the demon families during your life?" Lily asked and all of them began to sweat
[Rogues? What the hell are rogues?] Alice asked
[They are a group of demons that aren't apart of a demon family.] Lily said
[That could happen in the underworld. I thought every demon was apart of a family.] Alice said
[No, there are certain demons who refuse to join a family. There are two types of rogues, there are those who have never been apart of a family to begin with and those who left their family and didn't join another one. The first group isn't so bad, but the second group is the problem. More often than not, those who have left a demon family are given the title of [Rogue] by the demon king of the family they left. This title is like a brand that everyone can see or sense in someway, and they are hunted down by other demons and killed for bounty placed on their heads by that demon king. Only another demon king can remove this title. These guys don't have that title, which widens our options on what we can do with them.] Lily explained
[But, I thought when you hit tier 4 you had to choose a family though.] Alice said
[Apparently, if you wait long enough, you will get other options. Some get to create their own families and others get to not join a family. Rogues like that normally form groups of their own, and although they don't have a demon king, most of them are still powerful. Just take the dryads for example. But unlike demon families, they lack certain knowledge, such as runic knowledge and-] Lily said
[Cursed Regalia.] Alice said looking at their clothes
[Exactly, which is why most demons join demon families.] Lily said
"Yes, we've lived our entire lives as rogues." Henry finally answered, the four of them didn't notice Alice and Lily communicating through [Telepathy], since their faces didn't change and thought travels faster than a second.
"Alright, so can you explain to us what exactly happened to you before you jumped through the portal?" Lily asked
"We were at our camp when we were attacked by a horde of monsters. The monsters were powerful and as time went by the camp was being overran by the monsters, and I chose to run with my family. Infact, a lot of the others chose to run, but the monsters chased us down. We only survived thanks to that portal we found." Henry said
"Do you know why the portal made that sound and sent out those waves of energy? It never did that when I came through mine." Lily said and they seemed to think for a second
"It must of been that strange demon." Beatrix said
"What strange demon?" Lily asked
"Yeah, yeah, now I remember. That demon, she looked like he was controlling the monsters. She was with them when the horde attacked, right in the midst of it. At first, I thought she was some kind of an orc, but she had black feathery wings. And her eyes were completely black, and her clothes were weird. She also had strange runes all over her body and a horn in the middle of her head." Henry said
"Black feathery wings? Strange runes? I can't thing of any demons like that. Maybe she's a new species." Lily said
"Whatever she is, she needs to be stopped. If she can control monsters, then everyone is in trouble." Esmin said
[In any case, should we tell Colin about the situation?] Lily asked
[No, the portal is manageable for now, and these four doesn't pose any threats. So we should let him do his own thing, besides, his level was fairly high so he should be able to evolve soon.] Alice replied