Hearing his sister's concerns, made Zyran smile. "I know that it's important to save up some money incase of emergencies. And were already doing that but, today I got a large bonus and really wanted us to go out together and eat. We barely talked for the past few months since I would come home late and tired and you had to sleep early for school. So let me have this and don't worry about the bills, big bro will handle it". He explained to her.
Seeing that she won't be able to convince him, she decided to go with the flow and told him what she would like to eat.
Zyran noticed that she ordered on the cheaper section of the menu but didn't say anything about it. He called for the waitress from earlier, who happily took their order. As she took the menu from Zyran, she purposely made it so that their hands brushed against each other.
An action that made the corner of Alora's lips twitch in annoyance.
Zyran, who was oblivious to his sister's annoyance, decided to make some small talk as they waited for the food to arrive. "How's school?, Are you making any new friends?".
Alora brushed off her annoyance and replied, "Well I'm not doing badly if that's what your concerned about, in fact, your little sister is at the top of her class. So you shouldn't be worrying about my grades". She rose her chin up, her tone, arrogant. At least, she tried to come off as arrogant. 'Who needs friends anyway.
"That's great, I always knew my little sister was a genius". Her words made Zyran really happy, he always knew that his sister was smarter than him. Which reinforced his decision of quitting school and letting her continue her studies.
"H-hey! That's no fair". Alora's cheeks turned partially red, as she lowered her head and played with her fingers.
"What?". Asked the ever clueless Zyran. Or was he?.
"Oh look!, the foods here", Alora hurriedly changed the topic.
And she wasn't wrong, the food had arrived. The waitress, who's name was Sofia, placed their food on the table and then said ,"Please enjoy the food, if there's anything else you need I'll be a call away". She then lingered for a few moments, obviously looking at Zyran.
"That would be all, thank you". Said Alora with a smile that wasn't a smile. She was shooing the waitress away.
The waitress looked at Alora for the first time since they arrived at the restaurant, still maintaining her warm smile. "You sure?". She asked.
"Yes". Invisible spark's were flying in the air and Zyran was starting to notice it.
"In that case, I'll take my leave". The waitress then turned around and left.
"Hmph!". Alora, humphed in victory after winning the silent war.
"What was that about?".
"It's a girl thing, don't worry about it".
"Alright then, in that case we should eat before the food gets cold".
Zyran had ordered Whole Baked Sea Bass With Lemon Potatoes and a Shrimp Ceviche.
While Alora had ordered Crispy Fried Oysters With Cornmeal Batter and a Crab Oscar Steak Topping. The food looked delicious. And so, the siblings dug in and devoured their food. Though carefull enough not to embarrass themselves.
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A few buildings away from the restaurant, on an empty alley, something strange began to happen. The air started to twist, as space began to distort. A few seconds later a door like entrance begun to form, it's inside completely dark, resembling the empty void. From within the door came out a pale man or something that resembled a man, standing at 180 cm. He had seaweed like brown hair and green eyes with slits. He wore a white suit and carried a lazy smile on his face. He could have been considered normal even with the slit like eyes but, that's not all the man had. He also has two brown horns protruding from the side of his head, that went to the front of his head and then bent upward and lastly he had a long tail that ended with a sharp tip.That 'man' was Croviel and he was a demon. The door like fissure behind him was a gate, that connected the realm of demons to the realm of humans.
Croviel lingered near the gate for a few moments. He then took a deep breath and then...
"Ptooey!". He spat in disgust.
"As I've been told, the air in the human world is foul and disgusting, how do they even breathe this nonsense?. This humans will never cease to amaze me, not only are they pitifully weak and fragile. They also live their lives like pigs". Croviel had a charming voice, unfortunately his words were another story. He was tempted to go back and drown himself in his harem that's filled with beauties of all types, than to spend another second in this realm of pigs, just the smell alone was enough to make him almost vomit.
A moment later, another demon stepped through the gate, this one bigger. The huge, red skinned creature was standing on a height of 350 cm (Twice the height of an average male), it had long white hair, accompanied by four bulky arms, that ended with razor sharp claws and two red beaming eyes, followed by two canine like teeth sticking out of its lower jaw and long tail with a sharp tip. He only wore loose rags to cover his privates, not that he minded flashing his thing. The demon was huge and terrifying, just looking at it would cause a shiver to run down your spine. With those sharp claws that could easily tear through flesh and sharp canine like teeth that could bite through steel, made this demon a walking slaughter house. And that is what it was here for... To indiscriminately slaughter.
Croviel noticed the demon and stepped aside from it, making sure to cover his nose. " You know Juggernaut, you and this pigsty don't smell that different, in fact, this might be your home".
"Grrrr". Juggernaut made a low growl, completely ignoring Croviel's provocations.
Seconds later, more demons started stepping out of the gate, there was 30 of them in total. This one's, smaller and scrawnier, but demons none the less, so they were anything but weak. They stood at a height of 157 cm. Their skin colour ranging from blue, green, brown and black. They had the usual demonic characteristics, which were, sharp claws, fangs, a long tail with a sharp tip and horns. And they were... Ugly. Yes, this scrawny little demons at the bottom of the hierarchy were absolutely hideous. Hideous and bold which added to their demonic charm. Yes, the uglier the better.
The imps are the weakest demons in demon society, falling into the lower class. But at the same time, they have the potential to become powerful middle class demons, which would only be possible if they proved their worth to the demon lord and earned his favour, enough for him to help them through their evolution to the next class.
After stepping out of the gate, the Imps immediately began to fall in line and prepared to receive their orders from Croviel, who is the one in charge of the whole operation.
Croviel did not keep them waiting, He placed his hands behind his back and then proceeded to literally look down on the Imps. Except Juggernaut who was taller than him.
With his lazy smile still on his face, he began to speak."Our Demon Lord Kraven, has gifted us with a very important mission" Croviel stopped to check if he had their attention, only to notice that Juggernaut wasn't even looking at him, which put a frown on his face. He then decided to ignore the red giant and continued " Capture as many humans as possible. But, you also have the option of slaughtering one or two, we are demons after all, it's what we do. Remember to make haste, Before 'they' arrive and ruin everything. If this mission fails, forget going back, you will be killed either way".
When he said 'they', the imps had their spines shivering in fear, while Juggernaut only released a low growl. The 'they', they were referring to was The Yeager Corps. Humanities defence against demon invasions. Many of their kind had fallen when TYC entered the picture. Their members are just that strong, once they arrive, it's over for the demons.
"Now go! Don't waste time, I'm sure they have noticed our arrival already". He urged them.
The Imps began to make their way out of the alley, excited about the chaos they were about to cause.
"Juggernaut, You know your task. Just don't over do it".
Juggernaut only responded with a snort. He bent his knees and then...
'Boom'.
He jumped and soared into the sky, leaving a small crater on the ground. As for Croviel... He summoned his black leathery wings and also took to the sky.
"LET THE MASSACRE BEGIN!!!".