"IT'S ME THE ACTUAL ME!" He shouted but she did not believe him at all, she grabbed her revolver and started shooting Shin, each buller was not normal as they were small balls of fire that could penetrate anything in its way.
Takeshi unsheathed his katana and fused his slash with magic to deal a devastating blow, only for The demon to shoot the katana and break it half. "H-how..." he said in shock, and then he got kicked into the wall by the demon
Aiko rushed to help Takeshi,leaving Shin alone in this fight.
"STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" Shin shouted at her, he was weaving and doging the bullets,as much as he wanted to attack any magic he used would injure him more than his actual battle injuries.
He kept dodging and unsheathes Excalibur to try and get a hit on her. Shin ran and went for a vertical slash, but she jumped over the attack with ease, before aiming her next shot right at Shin's face.
Shin realizing this, quickly tilted his head to the side and narrowly dodges the shot.
He took the chance to go for a stab but she dodged again and kicked Shin right in the ribcage.
He took a few steps back dazed after the attack, She aimed her revolver at him and Shin quickly raised his sword up to block the shot, but she faked it and was right up in his face, she stomped his feet and launched a barrage of uppercuts onto his face.
Shin was groaning in pain as the power on each hit was immense. He now had no choice and had to use his magic and pray it would work.
During one of her punches, he swayed his head away from the punch, and instead elbowed her right in the face She was knocked back a bit but was not really affected.
Shin jumped backwards and hoped it would work. "KING'S STRIKE" he said, and his sword glowed a bright golden yellow, this shocked everyone watching. He prepares to rush foward and unleash a devastating slash.
However, he was stopped, as the bpack veins came back, his his blade stopped glowing and the black veins on his body could be seen.
The pain was back, he dropped excalibur and quickly supressed The curse from killing him, but it had clearly spread more as it was going past his arm, he still manages to stop it for now.
He was panting, it was a tiring thing to do each time as it left him with barely any energy left. The demon seeing this marched towards Shin and put her Revolver back in her belt, Shin tries to reach for his Excalibur to protect himself, but it was too late.
She was standing right infront of him, her gaze was deadly and Shin was sure he saw some kind of red Aura emit from her. She raised her hand up preparing to strike him, Shin's students could not do anything at the moment and so Shin tried to use his maic once more.
SMACK, Her hand went straight across Shin's face which cancelled his magic right before it activated. The crowd just froze at what happened, Even Shin's students were shocked from such disrespect, And Shin was a bit embarrased from the hit.
" was that really needed?" He asked. The demon seemed to have calmed down for a second which Shin was grateful for.
Until he felt his ear being pulled by her, Shin was in pain once more and tried to push her had away but her grip was far too strong.
"YOU ACTUAL DUMBASS, YOU COME BACK AFTER A CENTURY AND FIRST THING I SEE YOU DO IS TRY TO KILL YOURSELF!?" She shouted, The scene was almost quite comedic to everyone and takeshi and Aiko just looked away holding their laughs.
"STOP IT PLEASE, I BEG YOU !" He said in pain. "NO NO THIS IS WHAT YOU GET,YOU DESERVE THIS" She exclaimed, She then started dragging Shin by his ear and all He could do was hope whever she lived was close.
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everyone was now in the demon's house, it was located at the furthest circle away which made it hellish for Shin.
"Now explain to me everything that happened and don't even try to lie!" She said,clearly very VERY angry and yet curious at the same time. "But my students are right here...." He responded. She simply dragged Shin towarrds the bedroom before slamming the door shut, leaving Takeshi and Aiko in the living room alone.
"now explain" She ordered. Shin was of curse fearfull of her and for a very good reason, so he did explain everything in much detail, He explained everything all the events that started from his return to the world after his death up until now.
"So..all that happened and you did not think to come to me first?.." She said, her serious tone and looks were gone with a look of dissapointment.
"eh why should he?" Aiko asked, the two students had been listening by leaning against the bedroom door.
"Who said you two were allowed to listen to the conversation?, after this i'll punish you both." Shin said. "Actually why do you hide such information from you studennts?"
the demon asked.
"Because i don't want them to meddle with my private life" He responded. "well they are you students so what if they get killed because of your past?" She asked.
"what" the students say in unison.
shin thought for a bit before he sighed and decided she as right. "alright you two i'll tell you the truth alright?"
The two of them sat down and were all ears.
Shin sighed again before he started explaining. "so first of all, this demon right here is my frie-" he suddenly felt a deadly glare aimed at him, Shin quickly thought on what he said was wrong until he remembered.
"Ahem,i mean my wife 'Shira' " he corrected himself just barely saving himself. the two students were stunned of course, after all it is rare to see demons,let alone one married to a human.
he then began explaining what had happened, starting from his previous role as king up until now. The more he explained the less suprised his students became as they adapted to what was going on quite quickly.
"you two go that?" he ended his explanation. "yes" they simply reponded clearly a bit confused but accepting that anything can happen at this point. "Uhm may we leave?" they asked, their faces blank. "yes go back to the living room and wait" he responded, they both hurriedly got up annd sat on the living room couch.
Shira then closes and locks the door before standing infront of shin. Shin kept a confident look but deep down he was scared and wanted to run. Shira quickly wraps herself around him not allowing him to escape and started to cry which caught Shin off-guard.
"You idiot..you promised me you would survive back then.." She sobbed. her tears were faling onto Shin's armor and he felt incredibly guilty. afteral he had always fulfilled the promises he made, and yet the only one he failed was the promise most important to him.
"i-im sorry i attacked you...I just really hoped you were alive, B-but each time a year passed my hope was fading away...so please.. i'm sorry.." She bawled out. her cheeks had slightly puffed up and her eyes were red.
"It's not your faut..it's mine okay?, i made that promise and i failed it...but now i can be with you again..no more saving the world..i can just be with you alright?" He comforted, he wrapped his arms around her, he could feel the weight of her head on his shoulder.
for 3 hours Shin did not let her go until finally fell asleep. But her grip was so strong that he just slept on her bed, with her attached to him like a koala.
Meanwhile Takeshi and Aiko were outside even though Shin specifically said not to go out. demons were quite kind to humans. afterall they worked together in the past.
however the threat these students were about to face was not the demons.
takeshi and Aiko wondered the empty streets alone. "so why are we doing this?" Aiko asked. "have you never wondered what the demon world looks like?, this entire world is from legends so of course i would be curious" He responded rather eager to explore the Area. "fair enough" Aiko responded.
As they both continued down the streets takeshi caught a glimpse of a shadow moving about.
"Run" he said, as he sprinted back as fast as he could, Aiko without question ran beside him. This would prove to be pointless as a figure just appears infront of them somehow.
they both gripped their weapons tightly preparing for what would happen.
the masked figure looked at them both, before laughing out loud like a maniac, Takeshi and Aiko were confused but focused.
The figure looked at the two of them intensely before saying one powerful word.
"System"