My Unlucky Demon

Odds

“He died.” He said, “The matured demon killed him before he could take his prey. Now that I think about it, it’s has a nice ending.” Even though the story he told was so grim, he continued to tell the tale like it’s some kind of comedic story, laughing at the end of every sentence. I admit, this guy is kind of scary.

“Haha..” I let out an awkward laugh. The ending doesn’t sound so nice to me though, a bit unexpected, but such a story is too grim, I doubt anyone would waste their time reading it.

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Gah… the shower helped me cool down a bit, but Abigor’s story ruined it. Supernatural stories, huh? So even if she can’t do anything to me, some other demon will come, the ending for me is still getting eaten and death for Mallory… what a tragic ending.

Right now, I am in front of room 506’s door. What should I do? I mean it’s not as if she’s already done anything else to me except for revealing her secret and… yeah, I ended up unwillingly getting in a contract with her. Hmm…

I opened the door, right in front of me appeared Mallory. She learned how to avoid getting hit by the door now. She’s a fast learner, good for her. Not for me though, ‘cause the more versatile she is, the harder it will be for me to fool her in the future.

“About the contract, tell me exactly what conditions are in it.” I asked then I entered the room and closed the door behind me, only then did I notice that Raphael and Gab was also in the room.

“What contract?” Raphael asked me, confused of what I was talking about.

“Ah! It’s nothing, a role play. It’s line in a role play, haha.” I laughed embarrassingly.

“Woah, you guys are having role plays? I guess life’s tough for everyone, huh?” Gabriel commented.

“Yeah… let’s go?” I said.

We then picked up our bags and headed to school.

“With the ichor of the beast together with its owner,

                With the moon as a witness and only within its luster,

 They combine blood as a mark of consort

                For the pact that chances a wish only the other can grant.” Mallory said these few lines using her telepathic ability after we exited the dorm.

These lines I may have heard somewhere before, as I remember it was described in a lore, one told to us as a children’s story. When the moon is bright and the beast is not active, it’s owner will come to bestow him a blessing, a gift for the beast with its life in exchange. In this lore, the beast is the people from the tribe and the owner is their god. It looks like the people of the tribe weren’t actually preaching up to gods but are kneeling down to demons. In short, by joining our blood under the light of the moon, such a pact can activate and the conditions in it is only something the counterpart can give. In my case is my soul, but for what exchange?

“Master has asked for Mallory.” She answered by letting me hear her voice in my head again.

“Huh? When did I tell you to do all those!?” oops, my tongue slipped, I said the words out loud…

Raphael and Gab looked at me in surprise. “Aha, it’s another line, thought I’d practice it with emotion…”

They faced back to their path. *sigh* Did that buy them? These lame excuses are used by children for goodness sake.

“Master did not tell me anything, I am merely answering master’s question to what he wanted in exchange of his soul.” Mallory said, continuing the conversation. I guess she doesn’t care if people hear me or not.

But wait, what? You mean…

“Mallory is the exchange.”

You are the exchange!? What kind of bullsh*t is that? Doesn’t that mean I gained nothing then?

“If Mallory is pertained as ‘nothing’ then master did gain ‘nothing’.” She said.

A wish only the other could grant, ahah… This is hopeless… *sigh* I at least thought there’ll be an exchange, but it seems the me who was half-asleep at that time only asked for Mallory. Just when did I wish for that!?

“Mallory can detect master’s inner desire. The reason why you were able to make this wish half-asleep is because you had the desire.”

“W-what!? What does that mean?”

“I think it means that master is what other people call ‘p*****t’.”

*gulp* Servant can do mean something else but… “A-Aha-ha, that’s ridiculous I’ve never thought of anything like that in my whole life.” I said the words out loud again… Thank goodness Raphael and Gabriel is too far front of us to hear what I said. I’ve had enough with the lame excuses, you know.

“But master is thinking of it right now.” She argued.

*cough* Ugh, why is it so hot in here? Clueless of what weird and crazy things have been happening to me, Raphael and Gab just continues to walk their path in front of us.

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We all went to our respective classes. Mallory is with me again.

*gulp* I can’t help but wonder, I mean… Is it bad? I’m a man too, you know? I’m interested in girls too! And since as she said, I’m about to die, so I can at least think about it, right? It’s just thoughts anyway, not as if I’ll really tell her to do it… Ugh, I feel so inhumane trying to reason with myself like this. Fine, I’m interested in Mallory, and she is now my demon servant. As she said, I own her. So… I have the urge to know in what way do I own her, what part of her do I own? Will she do whatever I tell her to? Mallory is right beside me while I’m thinking about all these things, she ‘sense’ me. I don’t even care anymore. I have not the least idea of how to hold my own thoughts.

“Hey, Mallory. Are you listening?” I asked her in my thoughts while she’s napping beside me.

“Yes, master?” she answered telepathically without raising her head.

“Does owning you mean you’ll do anything I tell you to?”

“Yes, master.”

“I have something for you to do then.”