"I have now successfully recruited a new human! She was very easy, all I did was hit her with my demon lord charm and she immediately started fawning over me!"
"You know you're saying all that aloud right?"
Emma notices
"And I wasn't fawning over you, I just accepted you."
"Same thing!"
Emma replies with an unimpressed face
"Sure."
"So are there any activities we do in this 'group' of yours?"
"You help me with everything I want ofcourse!"
"Yeah."
She agrees
"The first thing we need to do is find the pot of blessings, or as some call it, the blessing pot."
"...What?"
She asks
"You don't know? The pot that increases the chance of getting blessings from the gods to help me get back to the pandemonium, save my loyal servants who are (most likely) being tortured by Selene and get back to being the rightful Demon Lord!"
"Blessings?... Pandemonium?...Selene?....Demon Lord?!"
She finally looks me in the eyes, but with a confused face.
"You know what, nevermind. You just want me to help you find a pot right?"
"It's not just a pot! It's a sacred artifact found by only those who try their best to find it. But I have a cheat code to help us find it faster. But, It is very…"
"Very what?"
"I guess you could say... Energy draining"
We head to my place to complete the trails for the cheat code
"Uuugh It's been more than thirty minutes already! Aren't you done?!"
Emma says
"Hey, it takes a while to do this especially with my lack of magic!"
"Are you even sure this will work? You said we needed some sort of magical rock, not a random egg! My arms are giving in."
Her arms were shaking, the egg very close from dropping
"Shush, If you keep talking you'll distract me and I'll miss the flash. You wouldn't want to do this for another thirty minutes will you?"
I eagerly wait for the red flash to appear to show me the position of the blessing pot.
"You told me earlier that this will work even though we don't have the right equipment, but now I think you were just confidently guessing."
I stay silent
"...Maybe…"
"But I'm sure this will work! I have the best luck in th-"
I paused, I finally saw the location flash.
"I saw it!"
Emma looks at me eagerly
"Really so this 'test of trust and endurance' thingy is done? So I can drop the egg?"
"Yeah, you can"
Emma places the egg gently on the table and leans closer to me
"So where is this pot anyways?"
" It was, somewhere called, 'The dangerous forest'"
Emma looks shocked
"'The dangerous forest'?! Isn't that place known for it's dangerous animals?!"
"Hm, It was? W-well… I can still go, you head home, I'll handle it ."
"Are you really going to go there alone?"
She says
I suddenly get agitated by her statement
"Yes I will! Now leave!"
"Sure. Goodbye."
Emma greets
"Yeah yeah. Now leave!"
When the sun went down, I headed to 'The dangerous forest' . It wasn't scary at all! It was actually beautiful, the glowing lights of the blue ghost fireflies, trees standing tall and ancient, the soft blow of the evening wind, the little rabbits chirping behind the bushes, the ground feeling so soft, it all felt so… gentle. quiet and so soothing
*Yawn*
I almost feel like… No, I can't! I have to find the blessing pot! I have to prove to Emma I can do it without her! And to increase the chance of blessings too.
As I head deeper into the forest, I come across many danger signs— Which I ignore of course! After a while, I saw a dark figure, after rubbing my eyes, I saw it wasn't a butterfly, nor was it a red panda. But it was something much more unexpected… What I saw was a figure, a short one too. From afar it looked like a human boy.
I walk closer to see what was going on. Then I see he was trying to climb over the wall that led to the actual dangers.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
"Why should I tell you? It's none of your business."
The boy replies
"But, you do know that everything over that wall is deadly right? You'll die if you go there!"
"Haah, you think I'm dumb? Of course I'll die. How are you so sure that's not what I want? Just walk back and pretend you didn't see anything."
He turns his head back and continues to climb until he reached the top.
"Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Will you just shut up?"
"No! I won't! You can't just die! What about your family?"
"Not like they'd care anyways. And if they do, that's ultimately what I want."
The boy says
"You want someone to care? Then I'll care! Just come down before you fall over!"
He pauses a little before saying,
"Heh, like you would. Why should I trust you?"
"Because I'm the demon lord, I care for all my loyal servants! What do you want? Food?"
The boy makes an offer.
"Why won't you stop bothering me!? Fine, I'll stay with you, but if you don't figure out what I want within a week I'll leave!"