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"Charming, but other devils don't share the same sentiments." Naruto leaned on his chair and folded his arms over his chest.
Rais swallowed her retort instantly because his words were candid.
"So, that's a no? What a shame. You're probably the only human to dine with us like this." Lord Astaroth cut the tension in the room.
"So, Naruto. Tell us about your parents." Venelena hurriedly said with a smile.
"They're Dead."
"Oh…" her mood instantly took a 180. "Do you have siblings?" She
"No—" Naruto thinned his lips to avoid his lapsus. Glancing at Issei and Kiba, both kids had perked up in shock to repudiate his claims. "Yes, yes I do." he quickly added, making both kids release their breaths.
That was a close one.
"About your sister, Naruto-san, is she special like you?" Ajuka asked, striking a conversation with Naruto for the first time.
It was downright weird, Ajuka looked like Ibiki Morino banged Konan. It was like Ajuka's eyes were peering into his soul.
Damn! What was that saying again? "Umm… It's in the blood?"
"I see… Do you mind explaining the basis of your magic?"
"Nope."
The curious devils at the table expecting an explanation gnashed their teeths in fustration.
"What type of magic do you use?"
"I flunked parlour tricks. Couldn't even pull one off if my life depended on it."
"Perhaps… An artificial sacred gear then?"
Naruto snapped his exasperated face at Ajuka. The man was as tenacious as a cockroach. Hard to shake off, like a darn cobweb on your face early in the morning.
"Just a demonstration." Ajuka pushed his luck to the limits. He would gain at least a single info from Naruto today.
Naruto sighed at everyone's expectant looks and shocked his head. If a demonstration is what they want, a demonstration is what they are gonna get. Naruto weaved his fingers into two hand seals at a pace they could follow and summoned a... log.
Everyone's brows furrowed in confusion at the piece of wood resting on the table. Millicas even poked it to verify its authenticity for himself. "This, right here, has saved my life so many times." he introduced, lifting the piece of wood off the table. "We call it… the log."
"The log?" Millicas breathed beside him.
Everyone else facefault. Thank you Naruto-san for pointing out the obvious. We all know it's a log.
"Yes, it's a basic… technique of mine where I can switch places with this specific log instantly. Though, we do not know how it's always this specific log that always comes out, not minding the fact that there are no trees or piles of readily made logs around—like right now, I mean look around you, we're in a dining hall!—to switch places with sometimes. All we do know is that they make great dummies. They have saved so many lives, young Milli."
The log is a ninja's best companion.
Everyone awed by the abilities of the piece of wood lying on the table couldn't help but find it very convenient. The ability to switch places with this log instantly could save one's life in the heat of battle.
Whilst everyone was busy gawking, the leaders and lords present couldn't help but notice one word that roused suspicion. Ajuka beat them all to it and voiced his query, "We?"
"Yes. We." Naruto drawled, not hiding or refuting the fact. The mental exhaustion he received after he had glorified the kawarimi Jutsu to such an extent was… tedious.
"That means—"
"Ask no further, Maou-San. You seriously don't wanna know about it." he abruptly cut the green-haired devil, downing a cup of water.
They all dined in relative silence when Naruto asked after Rossweisse all of a sudden. He's been meaning to ask but he couldn't recall her name so he asked in the only way he could. They told him she was away on an official court summon from Asgard.
Naruro's eyes widened a fraction at that. He returned to his meat, cutting at a slow pace. He seemed lost in thought as he chewed a piece of meat mechanically.
"I wonder how those three are doing," he thought, gazing up.
He was in the underworld so, home should be up there, right?
(Scene Change: Earth, Kuoh, Uzumaki Mansion)
A beige-gray haired goddess sneezed violently on a white sofa.
"Oi, Gaia, it's been a day already, where's that blonde and who's the little girl?"
John whispered into Gaia's ear as he stared at Ophis who hadn't left her position for a full day now. He couldn't sleep the entire night because of her.
"Where is Naruto anyways!" Gaia groaned. "Did you have something to do with his disappearance?"
"I took him to the Dimensional gap." Ophis said.
"You what, Ophis?"
"He's currently in the underworld."
"Naruto/Naruto-nii is in the underworld?" his housemates exclaimed rhetorically.
"Why did you take him to the dimensional gap? I know of your organization and its goals."
"It seems I have important business to attend to right now. I will return." Ophis exited through a tear in space-time.
"That old snake…" Gaia spat distastefully.
"Whow, that's a lot of animosity right there, Gaia. Who is she? I couldn't sleep all night."
John did something of a stakeout yesterday night—habitual of someone of his profession—and he can comfortably say Ophis doesn't know how to blink. Had her eyes open throughout the entire night, as stiff as a statue on the sofa. He'd thought it was her sleeping habit but he was wrong.
"That little girl is a very powerful being, standing at the top of every creature in existence; The infinite dragon god, Ophis, second only to great red."
"She said something about me… Interesting." Martha perked up all of a sudden.
Gaia sighed at Martha. She's so young and innocent. She wanted to protect that innocence a little bit longer and she'd hoped to break it to her when Naruto was around but the bastard bailed.
"Gaia, why does someone standing at the top of creation find my sister interesting." they had just went through a roller coaster event with Ashirok who found Martha… Interesting, in many ways. They weren't looking forward to another supernatural being finding her interesting so fast.
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