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Chapter 6 - CH5 Entrance Ceremony

(Next day)

"Good morning Iruma-kun" Sullivan says cheerfully as he welcomes Iruma downstairs

"Good morning nii-chan" Hikaru says with a bright smile

"Good morning Hikaru, grandpa" Iruma says nervously as he sits on the table, unsure of the course of events that had happened

"Iruma" Sullivan says, bringing Iruma out of his thoughts "Are you excited about the school, I can see Hikaru is"

"Y-Yeah" Iruma begins unsure as to what to say "Hikaru, I never got the chance to ask how did you live in the human world as a Demon?"

"Ahh!!! My grandsons are bonding!!!" Sullivan transforms into his chibi form "I must capture it!!"

'Click Click'

"I am afraid " a person with long, braided red hair with a straight-cut fringe, cat-like "hair ears" and elf-like pointed ears, in a butler uniform begins, Opera "We must get going or we will be late"

"Yosh!!!" Suillvan takes his two grandsons hands "Let's go!!"

(On the way to Bablys)

"Oh yeah" Hikaru turns towards Iruma "You asked how I lived as human in human world all these years?"

"Hmm"

"Let's see" Hikaru looks up with a thinking expression and finally says " I found out I was demon when I was 2 years old, I found it by accident when I removed my locket. It turned out my locket had the power to hide my demonic features. Then on, whenever I had free time, I would remove it and practise my powers"

"Oh" Iruma gets a sudden realisation "wait could it be you studied at ABC High?"

"Yeah" Hikaru looking curiously at Iruma "How did you know?"

"You are THE Hikaru Umino?, The Hundred Faces?" Iruma looks at Hikaru in shock

Sullivan and Opera stop and suddenly look at Hikaru curiously

"Um Yeah" Hikaru replies awkwardly scratching his head

"I am curious" Sullivan states "why were you known as such?"

"It's because" Hikaru begins, Sullivan and Opera lean forward "I mastered every subject they ever threw at me. Regardless of the grade or difficulty, I could finish the book and answer everything thoroughly and they thought I had the intelligence of 100 people" Hikaru says very fast, being embarresed of this as most of this was only possible because of his previous life's knowledge that he had retained

Opera and Sullivan, became a bit slumped. They had expected there to be a drama not that they weren't amazed at Hikaru, it just seemed a little far fetched a moniker

"No! " Iruma shouts "that's not the real reason" All three looked at him in shock

"The real reason you are called Hikaru of Hundred Faces is because it is said that your face has the power to charm a 100 people at once even if the angle isnt perfect, that's why you are also called Hikaru of Hundred Hearts"

Sullivan and Opera go starry eye, the latter's tail twitching very fast

"T-Thats not right" Hikaru stutters "Sure I look better than average but it doesn't mean I charm e-everybody"

Iruma, Sullivan and Opera look at Hikaru as if he was speaking in a forgein language, if Hikaru was not good looking then who was. It seems that the owner of beauty is not even aware about it

'Ahem'

"Let's go" Hikaru coughs to gather attention "we might get late"

(At the school)

"Woah" Iruma exclaims "it's huge!! "

"Iruma-kun, Hikaru-kun let's take the photo" Sullivan says, grabs Hikaru's and Iruma's hand and takes them to take a photo

The board said 'Opening Ceremony' both Iruma and Hikaru couldnt understand the words. Sullivan snaps his fingers and now the duo could read it as if they were natives

"Wait grandpa"

"Yes Hikaru-kun" Sullivan smiles

"How come I could understand the language but not the words" Hikaru asks curiously

"Well" Sullivan begins "Your locket had a spell similar to the one I cast on iruma, it was probably placed in case you ever came back here. But, it was only for understanding not at all related to reading"

Iruma stands awkwardly, doing a victory sign, beside him, Sullivan makes a triple six with his fingers, at the other end Hikaru does a triple six with a bright smile

"Now off you two" Sullivam says waving a bye "I have work" and disappears

Iruma turns to Opera "I am afraid you will have to go alone"

"It's ok" Hikaru says with a bright smile "don't worry I am with you"

Iruma and Hikaru enter the hall to see demons of all kind and sizes, Iruma nervously tightens his grip on Hikaru's hand, somehow even though his new brother was a demon, the fact he came from human world and was known as a kind person there made him more reliabe

They decide to sit in the middle rows to avoid attention

'I must not stand out' Iruma constantly chants this in his head

"I smell something delicious"

'Eekkkkkk' Iruma gets teary eyed

'Granpa said that special perfume would mask my human scent. Why would he even go that far to enroll me into this demon school anyway' Iruma thinks, getting worried about his fate

'I thought it'd be scarier but I guess it is not' Iruma begins to calm down

"Let's begin our school anthem

Fleshy humans art our food, we shalst feast on their blood, soul and meat till nought is left"

'I was stupid to think it would be that simple' Iruma almost cries

If Iruma had known that Hikaru was on the verge of a full blown laughter because of his hilarious expression, he would have cried

"Now, our principal will deliver a speech" A teacher announces

"Isn't he the one they say is going to become the new demon king? "

"Yeah he is"

" I wonder how he is? "

'The principal, I wonder what they are like' Iruma thinks

Hikaru on the other hand couldn't wait to see Iruma's expression once he finds out who is the principal

"Iruma-kunnn Hikaru -kunnnn it's me grandpa!!!!"

'He is the principal!!!!!!!' Iruma almost shouted

"You see my grandsons also enrolled in the school" Sullivan begins "they are just too cute here is a picture I took with them" Sullivan pulls out the picture they took at the entrance

'Nooo!!!!' Iruma looks at Hikaru and sees him smiling 'he is used to attention and I am not and most importantly he is a Demon and I am not, they will eat me!!!'

"I will distribute it later, that's all I wanted to say thank you" Sullivan vanishes

"That blonde one looks so cute!!!!!"

"That's a guy you know "

"So what!!! Has that ever been an issue among us?"

"Just saying cause it's not so common"

"That blue one looks weak and thin"

"Yeah but also looks stupid"

'What am I gonna do my cover may be blown' Iruma thinks being terrified of the thought

'IS homosexuality this much accepted here' Hikaru blushes

"Okay let's proceed with a greeting from the freshmen representative-"

'Finally all the attention will be on him' Iruma lets out a sigh of relief

"-But instead let's welcome our honour students Iruma-kun and Hikaru-kun"

'Whattt' Iruma who had just began to calm down now gets into a full blown panic, he looks around only to see Sullivan with a camera

'Ahh grandpa is such a cutie' Hikaru thinks and makes his way towards the stage, Iruma follows him behind

As Hikaru walks, the hall goes silent, this person not only radiated beauty that was so mesmerizing that everybody rubbed their eyes to check if the person before them is real. The photo couldn't even capture half his beauty. Not only that, this person exuded an aura of pure power, one which was suffocating to the weak

Iruma looks around, not sure what to say, he sees Sullivan pointing somewhere he finds a note with some words, just as he was about to recite them

"A devi morning" a melodic but quiet voice is heard " I am Hikaru, the grandson of Sullivan of the great three. I am honoured to represent you all. The only thing I want to say is, WE ARE DEMONS, AMBITION IS IN OUR BLOOD, TO ACHIVE THEM IS OUR ONLY PURPOSE BUT, REMBEBER YOU ARE MORE THAN JUST YOUR AMIBITON, IGNORING ALL THINGS TO ACHIEVE AMIBTION WILL ONLY RESULT IN SOLITUDE. SO, FIND ALLIES, THOSE WHO YOU CAN TRUST. That's all thank you"

'Silence'

"Whooooo"

"Hurray"

"Cheers"

'Clap clap'

Seeing the atmosphere, Iruma gathers the courage and steps forward to recite the words his grandpa had left for him

"Abelhouke'"

The air chills and Silence takes over

"Tartoodar"

"Iusabebe"

"Risstooru"

"Aberezu"

"Sutoumane"

"Aberouge"

"Mahoraba"

"Tsurezaza"

The while crowd goes beserk, this was the reason Hikaru didn't want to chant the words with Iruma. He was unsure whether he would be able to do it. But, Iruma sure sounded cool chanting the forbidden spell. The crowd starts growing more and more wild by the second because of Iruma's stunt

"Hey" The announcer turns towards Iruma "You know you are not supposed to chant forbidden spells so casually"

Iruma looks shocked at the revelation

"Yeah if you make any kind of mistake or even stutter, your limbs would go flying, its common sense"

Forbidden spells can be activated just by incantation but as any mistake is dangerous, they are not commonly recited

"R-Really?" Iruma asks the announcer

"Yeah, and it was amazing" the teachers starts smiling "either someone clueless(idiot) or fearless(warrior) would say that spell"

"What does it do?" Iruma asks thinking that such a dangerous spell might give huge benefits

"Let's see" the teacher begins"you won't fall for an entire day"

'That's it!!!!?' Iruma almost cries realizing that he risked his life for such a stupid thing

Amongst the crowd of cheers there was one was grinding their teeths, seething in anger

As Iruma and Hikaru made their way down from the stage they were stopped by a person with fair skin, medium-length light-pink hair, pointed ears, and magenta eyes with long eyelashes

"Hey" he begins

"Hi" Iruma replies but before he could he understand it, they were in the courtyard with the person who called him earlier, now opposite to him, challenging him

"I am Asmodeus Alice" Asmodeus says, a flame appears on his right hand "I was supposed to give the speech but you brothers stole my spot due to your connections, On top of it all your brother refused my request saying you are enough to deal with ME!!!!"

'Even I don't know what Hikaru is thinking, I cannot defeat him' Iruma thinks, just as he was about to apologize Asmodeus began his speech once more

"It's only fair I get to test you to see for myself if you are worthy or not" Asmodeus say with a devilish grin

'Roar'

"Wait " says Iruma "All these students?"

"Yes " Asmodeus begins" I called them all here so now in front of everyone defeat me with your own power" and starts launching one fireball after another

"The freshmen representative and the honour students are fighting let's go"

"Which one the cute one or the one who chanted forbidden spell"

"Who cares let's go"

As all this is going on Hikaru stands at the corner of the courtyard 'This is your moment to shine nii-chan, if you get in trouble, I will interfere and show Asmodeus the true power of water'

(30 minutes later)

"Wait is anyone even getting hurt"

"Yeah whatever Asmodeus throws at the honour student, he dodges it"

In the courtyard, Iruma and Asmodeus were on their knees, panting from exhaustion

"W-Why can't I-I hit you" Asmodeus asks in frustration between his panting

"I-I am sorry" Iruma replies

'Of course you can't hit him, nii-chan has the skill of Absolute Evasion, due to his rough childhood, he developed this skill. Now he has zero attack power but infinite evasion capabiltiy' Hikaru thinks in relief, he had been worried that there might have been some changes due to his existence, he relived that there was no such change

"That Iruma sure is something he hasn't even once attacked Asmodeus "

"Wait is he saying Asmodeus is not even worth attacking?"

(In the courtyard)

"I am. not even worth attacking" Asmodeus seeths in rage at the notion

"No no" Iruma says "I am an insignificant bug"

"He is saying you are even less than a bug"

"You should just runaway he says"

As they are adding fuel in the fire, Hikaru laughs a little, not noticing that a certain demon was eyeing him with a love struck expression

"SUCH INSOLENCE!!" Asmodeus gets up and conjurs a flaming sword " magic won't work then I will attack you directly "

Asmodeus runs towards Iruma, prepared to slice him up. But, he never expected that Iruma could redirect his attack as well, The ability to redirect an opponents attack is also a part of Iruma's defense

What neither of them expected was that Asmodeus was heading towards a bystander demon, too late to stop himself, Iruma seeing this quickly grabs Asmodeus and prepares to fall with him but to his surpriseand everybodys shock, he performed a germen suplex on Asmodeus, knocking him out, the forbidden spell Iruma chanted earlier now became his lifesaver. It was only then that everybody noticed that a water barrier was surrounding the courtyard, on top of the water barrier, in the sky was Hikaru, he was floating, his hand held forward. Everybody realised that this huge barrier of water which was formed within seconds was the result of Hikaru's powers

'My powers!!!' Hikaru almost sequels in joy

Those who were there that day claimed that they saw the best germen suplex and one of the best water magic out there

(In the Chair-Demon's office)

In the hands of the chair-demon there was a newspaper

On it was a picture of Iruma giving germen suplex to Asmodeus Alice and in the background was a water hemisphere barrier with whirpools on the inside to repel all attempts at escapes

"Chanting a forbidden spell on entrance and giving the freshmen representative student a concussion, honour student Iruma's vicious entrance" Sullivan read the paper out loud "Inspiring demons of all ages, enchanting all with devilish beauty, with enormous magic aptitude for water and immense magical power, honour student Hikaru's Devilish entrance"

"Ah" Sullivan exclaims "as expected of my grandsons"

"Why thank you grandpa " Hikaru replies genuinely happy at the text except the 'enchanting' part.

'I have to apologize to him but how' As Iruma was wondering how to apologize to Asmodeus something happened which drew the attention of the three

'Slam'

Asmodeus walks in with his head down, the room becomes quiet and just as Iruma was about to apologize, Asmodeus goes on his knees with his hand to his chest

"About the duel" Asmodeus begins in a neutral tone "I have no complian regarding it, I lost even under the most favourable conditions and I also heard how you and your brother carried me to the infirmary, I was moved beyond words. By demon law, the loser of the duel must serve the victor of the duel and therefore"

Asmodeus opens his eyes and smiles, beaming at Iruma " I shall offer my existence to serve and aid you in conquering this school Iruma-Sama. Let us proceed with subjugating the freshmen, who shall we slay first?"

"Iruma-kun" Sullivan in his chibi form in front of a laptop like devi thing "can I upload this picture on the school website?"

"PLEASE STOP!!" Iruma says as his plan for not standing out starts to crumble

"Hahaha" a soft laughter suddenly echoes throughout the room "this is too funny nii-chan, grandpa" Hikaru wipes a tear with his finger as he stops himself from going into a full blown laughter

Asmodeus suddenly appears in front of Hikaru, on his knees and takes his right hand

'Peck'

"My beloved" Asmodeus says looking at Hikaru "Your beauty is mesmerizing as is your strength, though our powers are opposite, I believe we are meant to be. Won't you grant me the honour of courting you?"

"C-C-Courting you" Hikaru's head explodes with a blush

"Yes" Asmodeus stands and takes both of Hikaru's hands "my love"

A dark aura suddenly surrounds the room

"Neh, Asmodeus kunnnn" Sullivan's voice turns demonic, his wings coming out and his face takes on a demonic grin "did you just ask my grandson to court you in front of me?" Sullivan begins to walk towards Asmodeus "if I kill you, you won't mind right?"

That day a lot of screams were heard from the Chair-Demon's office though none had the courage to approach it

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Thanks SquishedElephant for the power stones

That's it for this chapter

This chapter is almost 2800 words, so it's like two chapters combined that's why it took 2.5 days to upload it

Hope you enjoy it

Stay tuned for the next chapter

"CH6 Familiar Summoning"

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