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What happened…..last night?

His Majesty the Demon King Saros slowly opened his eyes, and the sound of a slight movement came from the water bed beside him. The sun hasn’t risen yet, but Ansel has already gotten out of bed. Then, memories of last night began to emerge in the mind of His Majesty the Demon King who was lying on the carpet.

Not only did he and Ansel tested the elasticity of the water bed, but the two of them also ran out like fools to study the elevator for half an hour, activating their magic mirrors in order to contact the Demon Realm. 

However, due to the network speed issues, they were blocked. After that, they fiercely complained about the Demon Realm’s network speed. Then, they ended up looking at the pile of extra-paid products on the nightstand one by one with a serious attitude…that pile of “dazzling fluorescence” and “explosive thread”.

Ansel was very nervous throughout the whole process.

Yes, not shy, but nervous.

He nervously said,【Be careful.】 

【If you ended up accidentally disassembling these things, you will have to pay extra!】

This was too much of a drift!

Saros suddenly had a strange feeling, he felt that Ansel…

Is he a bit poor?

Saros was never worried about the room fee. He already has gold coins on him. No matter where they are, gold is an absolute hard currency. Although the human beings in the hotel were influenced with spiritual magic, His Majesty the Demon King, who is arrogant by nature, never thought about reneging on the room fee, and it is also really easy for the demons to get money.

Demons naturally have dark personalities, and they are good at wandering between various grey areas, playing with human desires through seemingly fair contacts and luring them into deeper desires.

There are only one kind of people that demons find difficult to tempt.

—Angels, or people who believe in angels.

 “……Woke up?”

The angel was sitting by the window, their room was on the top floor and had a good view. He was looking out from there, with a pigtail on his head.

… Pigtails?

Saros fell silent for a moment.

Oops, forgot to undo it!

Saros was completely defeated in the trampoline competition last night. For some reason, Ansel was so good at it that he had to sleep on the carpet with hatred. In the middle of the night, Saros was still very angry after thinking about it, so he got up from the carpet and attacked Ansel who was sleeping soundly!

He tied a small braid with the other party’s beautiful white hair!

In fact Saros was actually very surprised that Ansel would completely put down his guard in front of him, and he didn’t even wake up after such tossing.

This made his heart feel a bit warm.

Moreover, he always feels very happy whenever he is with Ansel. Ansel is a somewhat magical angel, not as complicated and calculating as a devil, nor as cold and indifferent as an angel. On the contrary, Ansel is very lively, curious, and full of charisma. With him, he never feels bored.

Such an angel…

Saros began to think about the philosophical problem in his mind again.

How could Supreme Heaven be willing to send him out?

Aren’t they afraid that he won’t be able to go back?

No, no, the top priority right now is still the pigtail problem. As Saros stabilized his mind, he heard Ansel’s cold voice coming from behind.

“You know, before you woke up, I only had one thought in my mind.”

He slowly turned his head, and his sunset-coloured pupils almost flickered with red light!

“Strangle you with your hair!”

Saros: “…”

How fierce!

“However, forget it.” Ansel slowly turned his head back and began to undo the braids on his head. His hair was very soft and flexible, and those little braids can be undone without leaving traces of bending. While fixing his hair, he looked out the window.

“Saros, look.” He said softly, “the lights of the human world are still on, and they have been lit all night.”

The lights in the demon world won’t stay on all night, as magic energy is still considered a relatively expensive energy source. For a long time, the people of the demon realm have been used to turning on the lights at night, watching TV and newspapers for a while, chatting with family members, and then going to bed early, day after day.

Saros also looked at the lights outside, and it was still dark at this time.

“If you want to make good use of a lot of magical energy, it is necessary to build specialized factories and use magic crystals for energy storage. There are several such factories in Lustre City, but it seems that humans here are using different energy sources.” 

Saros said lightly, “More efficient and cheaper energy sources.”

Ansel responded slightly, and after fixing his hair, he stretched his body.

“I will figure it out. If possible, I also hope that there will be such lights that stay on all night in Demon Realm.”

……Here we go again.

When the angel talked about the construction of the Demon Realm, his sunset-colored pupils would always shine brightly, making Saros feel a bit ridiculous. He came here with some unknown mission of the Supreme Heaven, but still trying his best for the Demon Realm. Is it due to Ansel’s personality, or is there another conspiracy?

His Majesty the Demon King has been in power for a thousand years, and is skilled in dealing with all kinds of affairs, but he just can’t solve the mystery of this angel.

Ansel got up early just to look at the lights before dawn in the human world, and to encourage himself.

“By the way, did I wake you up?” Ansel asked. He thought that Saros should still be wary of him, and he could understand that, but Saros’ answer was unexpected.

“No, you didn’t wake me up.” Saros said, “I sensed something else.”

His dark blue vertical pupils suddenly became deep, and Ansel seemed to feel a change in his aura, it was a kind of obscurity that was unique to demons. His eyelashes drooped slightly downwards, casting a somewhat strange shadow, with a hint of slyness.

“Someone has summoned a demon.”

This gloomy sense of oppression only lasted for a few seconds, and he suddenly lifted his eyes again.

“Why, you…can’t you feel it?”

Ansel: “…”

Feel a fart! What does summoning a demon have to do with an angel!

Ansel suddenly felt like he was facing the biggest crisis of his acting career. Saros’ gaze fell on him lightly, with a hint of deliberate and malicious intent. However, the more it was like this, the calmer Ansel became. With his more than three hundred years of acting experience, there is no way he would fall here!

“What a fart.” He scoffed, “All demons can hear the call? Is the summoner a god?”

Saros: “…”

That’s true! But he was more willing to believe that Ansel is a blind cat who accidentally killed a mouse. It’s just that he is too calm, so he seemed completely flawless!

Demon summoning is an ancient ritual, requiring several demanding conditions to be met at the same time. Firstly, the summoner must be someone with profound magic power and rich experience, he should also be proficient in demonology, having a certain amount of knowledge of nature and alchemy, as demons prefer to seduce wise people; Secondly, the summoning circle must have sufficient strength and scale, the older the array, the easier it is to summon high-level demons; Finally, the most crucial thing——

Sacrifice.

The city of Luster has the biggest library of the demon realm. Saros has read all kinds of books there, some containing detailed descriptions of the demon summoning ceremony. The chapter on sacrificial offerings alone has thousands of pages, having enough information to reveal the complex and diverse preferences of demons, which are as changeable as the wind.

The laziest sacrifice is a living sacrifice, which easily attracts the most despicable bloodthirsty demons, or the ones who need to eat flesh and blood.

In short, they are all low-level goods.

Once the above three conditions are met, the summoning can be carried out. After a demon intercepts the summoning call, other demons won’t be able to hear the summoning voice.

Saros: “…”

If he had known earlier, he would not have cut off the summoning call, let’s see what Ansel wants to do!

“However, I remember that…” Ansel pondered, “No matter what kind of summoning ceremony, there is a basic condition?”

Saros nodded slightly.

“Yes.”

“In other words, the realms of the summoner and the summoned must be connected with each other.”

“But the Three Realms have been isolated with each other for a long time,” Ansel murmured, “So…”

Saros smiled, and a ray of obscure light flashed through his dark blue vertical pupils. He began to change back to the attire he wore in the demon world, but without the cloak of the demon king, the jagged horns on the top of his head were gradually revealed. He gently flicked the non-existent dust on the corners of his clothes and continued.

“So, in the past hundreds of years…”

“A real demon has never been summoned by humans.”

His horns were raised, showing the arrogant expression of a Demon King.

“And I want to try to answer the call.”

They came to the human world with a purpose, whether it was to explore the various changes in the human world, or to find the whereabouts of the monster prince’s missing brain. Coincidentally, this demon summoning came at such an opportune time. Those who have the strength and financial resources to initiate the summoning must be the people who still believe in demons in this world, or those who long for demons. Saros doesn’t have any good feelings towards those greedy humans, but it doesn’t hinder him from making use of them. This can be a good entry point.

 So, feel honored, humans.

The demon king’s vertical pupils flickered slightly.

——You will summon the Demon King.

Ansel quickly understood what he meant and nodded.

“That’s great. Let’s use this as a base to divide our work.” He thought for a while, “I will keep trying to get in touch with the demon realm and track the monster prince at the same time. Of course, I am also very interested in human technology.”

Saros also nodded, Ansel is the best teammate, he felt very relieved.

“If there is a problem, contact me through the magic mirror.”

He took out his silver-grey magic mirror and touched it with Ansel’s magic mirror. The surface of the magic mirror was foggy, which means that they have not yet contacted the demon realm. However, those like them who are in the same world can make short-distance communication.

Accompanied by a puff of smoke, Saros responded to the summoning call and left.

Ansel looked at his disappearing figure with some envy.

The billowing smoke… the summoning of the demon, it looks a bit cool!

Saros, who inadvertently got choked by the smoke: “Cough cough!”

This low-level summoning smoke! Cough cough!

Fortunately, I didn’t lose face in front of Ansel! Cough!

 ***

After Ansel left the hotel, he took out the magic mirror and looked at it again. Above the mirror, there was still a blurred face, but even if it was blurred, one can still see a crooked mouth and eyes.

Ansel: “…”

It’s merely a network outrage! You should still give me some hope!

Ansel felt desperate and put the magic mirror back into his pocket.

Now he has changed into a set of clothes according to his own aesthetics, imitating ordinary humans, and the coat he is wearing has pockets to carry stuff. At this time, he actually realized the benefits of coming to the human world. 

Because… 

Finally…. 

No horn headband!  

No more contact lenses!

And he can stay like this with confidence!

This angel is ecstatic!

Ansel was walking on the main road of the park that he and Saros had walked together before, surrounded by some small shops and stalls. He looked at everything in the human world with curiosity, feeling that everything was new. And the joy of not having to deliberately hide his identity made Ansel hold his head high!

However……

“Little sister… Huh? Little Brother?”

Someone suddenly stopped him, and because Ansel had long hair, that person almost called it wrong at first, but when Ansel turned around, he immediately changed his words. 

Seeing the smile on the other party’s face, Ansel was a bit puzzled. He didn’t know what this human being wanted to do, so he decided to listen to him first.

The man rubbed his hands and spoke in a somewhat mysterious way .

“Little Brother, I think you have some affinity with circles.”

Ansel: “!!!”

What! A human! Knows his biggest secret!(Ansel is thinking about his aperture= circle of light)

But soon, Ansel saw a pile of colored plastic circles that the man was holding in his arms.

He seems to…understand something…

Seeing the change in his eyes, the stall owner smiled even more attentively.

“Little Brother, do you want to buy a hoop?”

TL Note: Plastic circles= hoop

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