Even the Demon King is worrying about another world today.

Three knocks were made. The heavy wooden door made a dull thud, which was completely drowned out by the sound of rain.

Hedis struck three more times with the back of his hand.

Faint footsteps came from the other side of the door, and the door opened.

"Young Master Hedis?" The maid who developed the equipment was quite old, and her eyes were wrinkled when she smiled.

"Where is my mother?" Hedis patted the rain off his clothes and stepped inside.

"Madam is resting in the attic. She hasn't seen you in a long time and has been talking about you a lot these past few days." The maid wiped her hands with her apron and turned to hand Hedis a clean towel.

Hedis dried his wet hair and went upstairs along the stair railing.

After a few turns, you reach the rooftop attic.

The attic ceiling is triangular, which is quite common. This house is just one of those houses that anyone with a little bit of power in Lyon could live in.

A woman sat in a wheelchair, watching the raindrops fall outside the window. There was a small, round window in the attic, and looking out from that window was Madame Christian's daily pleasure.

“Hedis, my son, you’ve finally remembered to come see me.” Madame Christian’s legs were not very strong, but she reached out to hug Hedis.

Hedis bent down and hugged his mother: "I'm sorry, Mother, I've been very busy lately..."

Madame Christian had long, curly hair that cascaded down her back, and her hair was the same fiery red as Hedis's.

“Hedis, is your hair…bleeding?” Madame Christian covered her mouth, her eyes widening in astonishment. Then she sniffed, “And, there’s a refreshing tea scent?”

Hedis smiled and dried his dripping hair with a towel: "No, I just accidentally spilled the tea today."

Hedis smiled gently; he always reserved his heart for his family.

"How careless must one be to spill the tea all over their head..." The mother frowned in confusion. In her memory, Hedis shouldn't be so careless.

"Where are your younger siblings?" Hedis changed the subject. He looked around; he hadn't heard the group's playful noises since he came upstairs.

In the past, those mischievous kids would have pounced on him and clung to him long ago.

“They’ve gone to school. Your younger siblings are getting older and should be attending junior college.” The lady’s face was full of a kind smile as she took the towel from Heddis’s hand and gently wiped the tea off his hair.

Hedis closed his eyes, savoring this brief moment of bliss.

Outside, he had to be a strong and upright man, but at home, he was just an ordinary boy who needed to be pampered and rest in his mother's arms.

My mother's clothes smelled faintly of vanilla and the warm scent of the sun, but the strongest smell was the medicinal aroma that had been infused with herbs for a long time.

"Did you take the medicine I brought back for you last time on time?" Hedis asked softly.

"Yes, I ate it... but don't buy me any more of those useless potions. Spend more money on yourself." The lady gently patted Hedis's back. "Stop complaining all the time about how chicken makes you strong. You still need to eat beef occasionally. Don't always eat chicken just because it's cheap..."

Hedis buried his head in his mother's shoulder, his throat tightening with emotion.

The father was away leading troops most of the year, the mother was disabled, and there were several younger siblings in the family. This was the current situation of the Christian family: an imperial family in name only, lacking power and wealth.

Hedis would even travel to distant northern towns for dangerous missions for small rewards. The wolf king of the City of Eternal Winter had devoured thousands of humans; he only survived by sheer luck.

However, upon closer reflection... the disappearance of that wolf king might also be inextricably linked to Mikayi...

“Mother…” Hedis’s voice was soft, and his movements were gentle as well. His forehead was pressed against his mother’s shoulder, and his expression was not visible. “If I betray my companions for my own benefit, am I a bad person?”

“There is no absolute good or bad in the world, Hedis.” His mother gently stroked Hedis’s back and said softly, “The good or bad of anything depends on the ‘degree’ you grasp.”

"Between humanity and morality, if the line isn't crossed, it's defined as 'good'; otherwise, it's 'bad.' Tell me, Hedis, what do you mean by betrayal...?"

Hedis took a breath and shook his head: "I leaked information that he was deliberately hiding..."

"Will he get hurt or lose his life because of this?"

"I can't judge right now... I don't know how he will handle this... but what I can't escape is... he will be disappointed in me."

Hedis was filled with unease, his clenched fist trembling: "No matter what... this matter is already settled... there's no going back..."

131 I'll help you strip the Demon King bare.

In "The Boundless Hell".

"Da da da,"

"Da da da da,"

Two footsteps entered the Demon King's palace.

A short fox and a girl with animal ears cautiously pushed open the main hall door.

They looked up and saw the big...

The target person sitting on the throne in the palace.

"My master is really something. He said he'd pick me up in two weeks, but I overslept," Kuro complained softly, as if afraid of waking the people in the seats. She left quietly.

After half a month of instruction from Senior Chani, Kuro mastered a lot of skills and knowledge about monsters. Kuro was very dedicated to his studies, even learning Senior Chani's walking posture.

"It's rare to see the Demon King asleep. And sleeping so soundly at that..."

Chia-ni and Kuro climbed the steps. They were already right in front of the Demon King, but he remained fast asleep, completely unresponsive to their arrival.

Kuro stuck out a finger and poked Mikayi's cheek.

"Didn't Senior Chani say that Master is invincible? If he's sleeping so deeply, he'll get hurt if he's ambushed."

"No, it won't happen. Even if his body is injured, the Demon King's self-healing ability can restore him to normal in no time. Besides, it's rare for the Demon King to be able to sleep, and the angel and the succubus aren't here right now. Otherwise, a normal person wouldn't be able to get close to the Demon King at all."

Chani climbed onto the Demon King's throne, her two beast legs resting on the armrests, to examine the Demon King's condition up close.

Mikayi's skin was cool and pale due to the dark magic. His black, tousled hair was casually scattered, with a slightly messy fringe on his forehead. His eyes were gently closed, and his breathing was even.

"Wow, he's really sleeping soundly."

Chia-ni squatted down on the armrest of the throne and poked the Demon King's cheek with Kuro.

The scene froze for a moment. Chani blinked and looked at the animal-eared girl beside her.

"Speaking of which, Kuro likes the Demon King, doesn't he?"

"Ah," Kuro was taken aback by the sudden question.

If it were Mikayi asking that question, Kuro would probably have already bitten him.

Kuro, slightly embarrassed, tugged at the hem of his clothes, his gaze wandering, no longer looking at Mikayi. He hesitated for a long time, unable to utter a single word.

A smile crept onto Chani's lips. Judging from Kuro's reaction, there was no need to ask for a specific answer anymore.

"Then the fastest shortcut to getting the Demon King is right now," Chia-ni said, arms crossed, like an old man imparting his wisdom. She nodded, agreeing with what she said.

"Senior Chani... what are you saying..." Kuro's eyes flashed with surprise, and a blush spread from his face to his ears.

Chia-ni grinned, revealing a canine tooth, her lips curving upwards. A mischievous glint in her eyes: "Wait a minute, Kuro, I'll strip him off for you right away..."

A raging wind swept across Qia Ni's hands, and the fox clan's brown eyes turned a blood-red rage. Qia Ni's hands transformed into real fox claws, her sharp fingers twitching excitedly twice.

Chani waved her arm.

"Click—"

A row of buttons on Mikayi's chest had ripped open, exposing his entire chest.

Strong lines define his healthy physique. Mika's body is neither as flat as a soft boy's nor as exaggeratedly muscular as a fitness fanatic's. It is a perfect silhouette in balance between the two.

Chani couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, and then moved her fox-like paw.

“The shirt is ripped open, so now it’s…” Chani looked between the Demon King’s legs, her smile widening.

Kuro's heart raced. Although he had seen Mikayi's upper body before, there was a difference between secretly looking and openly looking.

When he was alone with Mikayi, Kuro often did things he shouldn't have. But with a third person present, Kuro felt a surge of shyness.

Especially when Chia-ni's hand was about to touch Mika's pants, Kuro was so embarrassed that he covered his eyes with both hands.

Of course, she deliberately spread her fingers, ready to peek through the gaps between them at any time.

The fox's sharp claws were about to touch Mika's crotch when, at that moment, the fox's paw was grabbed.

boom------

The entire hell was shaking.

The administrators on each floor looked up in utter terror.

On that day, a huge hole appeared in Hell, and it took Mikayi a whole day to repair the damaged ninth level.

That's why Kuro and Mikaela arrived at school a day late.

-

Outside the gates of Lanlin Academy, Kuro twisted his aching arms and followed behind Mikayi.

"Ah, Master is really something... If you're going to wake up, just wake up, why make such a terrifying noise?"

Mikayi rubbed his forehead, his head still spinning: "I don't know when I fell asleep, but I had a very deep dream. I thought someone was fighting me, and I almost accidentally killed Chani..."

"Luckily, Senior Chani is powerful enough, otherwise, with Master's magic, Senior Chani would have been gone..." Kuro still felt a little scared when he recalled yesterday's scene.

Kuro swallowed his saliva with some difficulty, and the hairs on his body stood on end involuntarily.

"Speaking of which... Senior Chani's true form is too terrifying... Even if she meant me no harm, just one look from her was enough to paralyze me..."

Mikael couldn't laugh. The dream he couldn't remember from yesterday terrified him, and after waking up, he subconsciously cast a powerful dark spell on Chani.

Similarly traumatized, Chani was forced to transform into her true form.

Then, a crack appeared in the entire hell because of Chani's body...

"I also want to ask you, why did you tear my clothes off?!" Mikayi exclaimed, both amused and exasperated. "What kind of weird research are you doing?!"

"Master, how dare you criticize me! You overslept and didn't come to the seventh floor to pick me up, okay?!" Kuro retorted quickly.

That seems to make sense... Mikayi was speechless.

“Mikai?” Not far from the gate of Lanlin Academy, a red-haired boy stood there.

He waved towards Mikayi: "I thought you weren't coming back. I waited for you all day yesterday, and I was just about to come to the door today when I ran into you."

"Oh, Hedis, it's been half a month." Mikayi led Kuro by the hand and walked over with a smile.

132 Tests from the Empire

"How is Miss Kuro?" Hedis asked, turning her head as they walked back to the classroom.

He looked at Kuro's condition repeatedly and said, "The scars on your face have completely disappeared? That's great!"