My retainer. After becoming the demon king a while back, she was there at my side almost everytime. Carrying out strategies and helping me to fully neutralize our world to my control. She was also the one scavenging foods to feed me, even though i do not need food to operate. She was also the one who helped me in faking my indentity, perfectly confining my title as the demon king. But.
'what is she thinking?'
To connect me to a case and getting me involved to some kind of detectives or the officers. Betraying is out of the question, it was impossible to them after all.
"Haa..."
Here, inside of the police station there i sat to a metallic chair at the side of the hall where i first arrived before heading to a door inside this hall. Sitting there waiting, tapping my foot against the ground.
Without the two officers, the cautious man and the loud man, i stayed silent. Asking me to wait here and i did, yet expecting a short postpone they haven't came back.
Deciding to wait for another 30 minutes, i waited. And after 20 minutes of waiting they finally arrived. Entering the room, they immediately move towards me.
"Renhe, sorry for the wait, it took us time to be approved by the higher up you see."
The cautious man came in apologizing, then sat besides me. The loud man then followed suit, sitting to the cautious man's side.
"So... What now? Is there more for me to do here."
"No. You're fine now, the suspicion has been called off. But let me ask you a question."
The loud man without a hint of aggressiveness uttered.
"Go on, i also wanna ask a question too actually."
"I'll go first then."
He silenced himself for a moment before continuing.
"Renhe. By any chance, have you seen a demon when you worked in the mines?"
Narrowing my eyes, i stated.
"No i do not, it's just us there. Only the laborers and the guards."
"Uh huh. Then, during the time you spent on the first orphanage. By any chance have you seen a man coated in black?
"Ohh! Are you referring to the person on the robe? Actually he is, he used to babysit us before we got taken to the mines."
"I see.
The loud man nodding in my statement. Those were also fake, the things that I've said was fake. After all it was the speech that my retainer had prepared for me.
-Your Majesty, please state those words if anybody asked you about the questions that I've told you.
Is what she said before i came here. Then before thinking too much, i now started to ask them questions.
"So why did i aligned as a suspicious person?"
I asked them. If you think about it carefully, their questions are different from what i had anticipated.
Instead of the background questions to determine whether i'm a human or not, they asked what happened to me specifically 1 month ago. Meaning they don't find me suspicious as a demon but instead a different thing altogether.
"You really don't know huh, well it started to make sense. You are locked ever since you were born after all."
The cautious man said then took a breather before continuing.
"Last month, a ship has sunk into the sea of our empire. It was tragic to the people who also sunk along with it. What more miserable was that the only survivors there was inmates, those with death penalties."
"Inmates? A prisoner?"
He nodded before continuing.
"Not only that but these prisoners are the perpetrators as to why the ship sunk. And sinking close in our empire, they had successfully swam all the way here. Which then cause a massive leap in crime rates."
"I see. But why are they locked up in a ship?"
"You see. The Union, our neighboring country also has a small isle relatively close to ours. It was where they hold their inmates who have the most record of being notorious, sending them to their deaths basically."
"So by locking them up in a ship, they then sent them to the isle and put them to their death huh."
"So when someone reported to us in the market that someone who leaped from building to building has appeared, we then rushed there to apprehend it, and the rest was history."
I nodded off understanding the situation. To put it simply, this place was overrun by prisoners. Most of the threatening people must've been here now. Having the doubt of the authorities handling them, i asked.
"How many criminals have been caught up to this point?"
The cautious man narrowed his eyes, thinking for a moment then the man by his side answered.
"A quarter of the criminals has been caught and now they we're sent back to the Union. Don't worry about it, the crime rates has gotten low last week ago due to the intervention of the Union, since they also started to capture these inmates."
"Well it's all fine then."
"Yep that's all about it, sorry about the inconvenience. So if you wanted to ask us something just ask. Ok?"
I then stood up, then taking a glance at them. The cautious officer and the loud officer in his side.
"I'm really thankful, although i want to ask alot of things i still want to look around outside."
"Yeah, i understand dude. Being locked up here in the station might trigger ptsd."
The cautious man said as he stood up, then pats my shoulder. Then the two of them waves their hands at me as i opened the door that lead to outside. After getting out, i inhaled and exhaled heavily before walking away.
***
Once again, walking down the streets. Arriving at a bridge there i saw. A vast clear ocean and with the sun almost close going down the horizon line. It was almost sunset, a lot has happened ever since i visited here.
"Open."
[Welcome]
[Main Menu]
Upon muttering the world open, it appeared. A pale blue flat window infront of me. Pressing the 'main menu' the window change instead of another one popping up.
[Identify]
[Friends]
[Contacts]
[Mapping]
[Storage]
[Settings]
"I should've added the cautious and the loud officers as friends."
Meddling with it, the identify was the one that the loud man used to me, as it say, it identifies someone and even identify yourself. I have no friends and contacts. The mapping was just a map that sets off a virtual image of where you go. The storage was the one containing all my treasures. It was nothing sort of amazing, it makes me wonder.
"Where did my retainer get this?"
Yes, panels are very common here in this place. But in the abyss where there's no technological advancement and innovations, were would she get something like this? It might be that she took it here and then gaved it to me.
It was the most logical reason. But then again, how could she meddle with my identity here? Knowing this panel, changing things here wasn't probably allowed and yet, to do such thing with ease.
She helped me faked my identity, and even made a background for me. It assisted me by a mile, helping me escaping from trouble but also benefitting her in the end.
Watching the sunset, reflecting with myself. As a person who lack general knowledge about this world clueless on what to do next. So much happened in just a matter of day that it overstimulated me, to the point of wanting to return in the Abyss.
'I should've stayed in the police station and asked something that I don't know off.'
As i was viewing the sunset, footsteps came. It was a girl, around the age of 16-18 as a guess. She wore a black coat with gold in every corner of her clothes and with blouse, she walked right past me.
I then returned my glance, observing the sunset once again. Another footsteps went by, this time they were two. They wore the same clothing to the girl that walked past me, and to the man, the only difference was with his pants. A black one, walking right past me again.
Once again, turning my head in annoyance waiting for the descent of the sun. Another footsteps was heard. They were three this time, but then it became six, and then it became twelve, then again started increasing in density. Wearing the same clothing, they were all moving to the same direction as if they all came in one place.
Walking in the opposite direction to theirs. Finally seeing the place where they are headed off, i stopped. A large gate accompanied by guards, and at the top was the word.
"Queen Heritudes Academy."
To put it simply. A place to hoard knowledge.
***
As the sun was about to go down. Lucas, with a toned body, a sharp eyes as if hunting for a pray was strolling along the perimeter of the police station. Looking from left to right having his flash light also view the same as his. As a police officer, he knew that this was a perfect time for crimes. He was in caution.
As he stroll alone, an object was thrown at him. Catching it with his hands, he examined it. A cold cylindrical tin can. It was a beer. He then looked at the man who had thrown it at him. A scarred man wearing the same uniform as him. It was Thomas, one of his colleagues and his closest friend.
"You're not gonna go home?"
Thomas asked loudly to Lucas. As he started to drink his own can of beer.
"I'll stay until 7, just go first before me."
Lucas answered before opening his own canned of beer.
"Psssssch"
"You're thinking about that boy, no?"
"Sigh, i just can't helped it. Gulp, gulp, gulp"
"Come on. Just leave it at that. Let the other personel for night shift. Gulp."
The two talked, walking around the police station, they drank their can. Given enough time, Thomas finally emptied his beer can, he then stated.
"I know that boy has a bad backstory and all, other people also has a lot of struggles on their own. So just leave it at that."
"No... It's not about that. Gulp, gulp"
Lucas, after he emptied his can of beer, thrown it off to the trashcan perfectly, he then stopped his stroll, looking at thomas. Thomas also started to stare at him in confusion.
"What do you mean? You don't believe the boy?"
"No, i don't think he lied. If he did, he might be winning an oscar. But something looked wrong, i just can put my mind onto it."
Lucas then looked at the vanishing sun, and averted his gaze at the dark spike like skyscraper. After some enough time he once again stared at Thomas.
"Thomas. What do you think about the Orthodox mine incident? Didn't this lead to a controversy arguing whether a demon or the heretic church wa the one behind?"
"... At first i thought it's the work of a demon. And now with that boy, Renhe. It became evident that there was never a demon there in the first place. His statement changes everything."
"..."
"His background is closely resembling the laborers during the Heretical Orthodox case. And the way at how he doesn't even know a cookies is the proof of that.
"True. He even asked what is a car. Yet to think that he was reported jumping around the rooftop in the market."
"To be honest, i was also surprised. I mean a strength of 3 is a huge deal, and i just have a 1.9 in strength. But still, he must've have struggled. You know, people exaggerated a lot of things, specially to someone rich. He's a Lancelight you know."
"... I couldn't argue, his behavior was that from old times, it must be because of how he was locked up in his room at his second orphanage with old books... Sigh. I've been overthinking a lot over the past few days."
"Yeah buddy you actually need sleep."
Thomas then patted the shoulder of Lucas. They then started to once again walked, but this time they we're retuning to the police station to end the day. But then they overhear a footsteps. Both looked as to where the sound leads. Their eyes followed a silhouette of a man hidden within the night as the sun fully burrowed itself in the horizon.
Walked. The silhouette marched forward, advancing itself. They couldn't see it's eyes, yet they both know that the silhouette in the night was staring into their soul. Sweat dripping down below the officers. They couldn't hide their unease.
It's advancement didn't stop, slowly walking off forward, infront of the two. Before the tension brokes out. The silhouette revealed itself to the light of the lamp post of the police station. It was Renhe.
"Oh... Geez, it's you boy."
Thomas uttered then exhaling deeply. Lucas then also did the same.
"Are you leaving already? Well before you leave, can i ask one question?"
Renhe asked as he advanced himself, still staring at them deeply. Lucas, swallowing his saliva he then answered.
"Uhh.. sure thing i guess?"
Both Thomas and Lucas waited for his question as Renhe, walked. With his gaze at them, he finally arrived infront of them, only a half meter separating him to them, he then uttered.
"How do you attend to an academy?"