Welcome to Demon School, Reina-Chan!

Getting Our Ranks

Me, Iruma, and Sabnock are currently sitting on our knees with signs on our necks. Iruma's sign says 'Reflecting'. Sabnock's sign says that 'I won't break my promise again'. And mine says, 'Don't be a fool who follows their problematic brother'.

"I will now announce your ranks." An owl lands on Kalego's arm. "This creature is a ranking owl. During this test, he was watching and assessing your every move." Kalego explains.

"There's a lot of birds today." Lied says. "Yeah, happy bird day." Elizabetta smiles. "Don't forget that other little bird." Jazz grins.

"As I was saying!" Kalego says, and Jazz straightens up. "If you reach into the pocket onto his belly, he'll give you your ranking badge. It looks like this." He demonstrates and pulls out his badge.

"Since you filth came in last, you will be last to get ranked." Kalego glares at us. "You suck!" Clara throws rocks at us. "Let that be a lesson to you. Enjoy the rock throwing and being pelted with tiny rocks." He laughs.

"So spiteful!" Sabnock yells. "Alright, line up in single file." Kalego orders. "This is mortifying!" Sabnock grunts. "Well, I mean, it could've been worse. At least we weren't expelled for coming back with the guardian." Iruma says.

"The looks on their faces were quite the sight to behold, weren't they?" Sabnock laughs. "Iruma, Reina. I have to say this is not something I could've accomplished alone. Allow me to show thee my gratitude. I am no match for thee." Bow bows to us.

"I apologize for my rudeness, for thou art amazing! So today, I formally dub thee my rival!" He declares. "I'm your rival!?" Irums asks, shocked. "Let's you and I compete for the Demon Kings throne!" He grins. "Wait. So I'm your rival, too?" I ask. "No, thou shall be my Demon Queen!" Sabnock shouts.

'Shit.' I curse in my head. "HAHAHAHA!! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!!!" The Goddess laughs at me in my head.

"Hey! Eyes at the front slackers! Get to the back of the line!" Kalego says. "Sureight/mk." We get up and do as we're told.

Asmodeus is first in line, and he pulls out Daleth.

"Wow! He got Daleth!" Lied shouts. "No wonder he's top of the class." Lied says. "Most first years get Olive or bet at most!" Caim adds.

"Well, can't argue with that. Although the others are doing quite well too." Kalego writes everything down.

Jazz got Gimel. Crocell got Bet, same with Purson. Surprisingly enough, Clara also got Gimel like Jazz.

"Wait! Wait! Wait! How in the world can you be a Gimel!? That cannot be!" Asmodeus shouts. "Bow down to me!" Clara says. "My ranking is higher than yours, fool!" Asmodeus hollors.

"Well, she did place second. Apparently, luck is a skill, too." Kalego says. "Preposterous!" Asmodeus shouts.

Sabnock is next, and he gets Bet.

"Woah, are you kidding me? Sabnock got Bet?" Allocer says. "I assumed he would've placed higher." Elizabetta says. "Especially considering all the teachers he fought for it." Jazz adds. "Yeah, but he came last in the race." Lied points out.

'Bet huh? Very well, after dying mere moments ago, this won't set me back. I'll just keep climbing the ranks and aim to become Demon King!' He declares in his mind.

"You two are the last ones. Get going!" Kalego shouts. "Oh! Right!" Iruma walks up to the ranking owl. "Should we go together?" I whisper to him. "Huh? Oh, sure." He smiles.

'Pleasebenormalpleasebenormalpleasebenormal!!' I chant in my head, hoping that if I say it enough times, it'll actually happen.

"You guys think he'll pull out something weird again?" Jazz asks. "Like a bird familiar?" Lied smiles. "Silence." Kalego glares. "The rank owl is ernest and true. It can not be manipulated or swayed, period. To say nothing to the fact that this rank owl hasn't even made a peep in a century." Kalego says.

"RAAAAAAAAA!!" The owl screeches.

"Until now!" Kalego shouts. "Hey, hey, wait!" Iruma shouts as the bird flies away. "Wait! But I didn't get my badge!" Iruma shouts. Everyone stares in shock at Iruma and me.

"Iruma, sir? Mistress Reina?" Asmodeus says unsure. "Rei? Iruma-kins? What's on your hands?" Clara asks. "That, can it be!?" Sabnock questions.

SABNOCK FLASHBACK

"The Demon King prophecy scroll?" Youger Sabnock asks.

"Hear me, son. The Demon Kings throne is currently empty. But this scroll will clearly predict the next Demon King, with apex certainty." His father tells him.

"What kind will it be?" Sabnock asks. "I'll read it from the beginning." His father smiles.

"They shall make one and all their loyal servants. They shall form blood pacts and heal all demon kind. They shall descend from a foreign realm, and one shall wear the sacred golden ring of Solomon on their right hand. While the other shall possess the necklace of Lucifer." His father read aloud.

FLASHBACK END

"I knew it! The Golden sign of the Demon King! The ring of Solomon!" Sabnock yells. Iruma looks at his hand and tries to pull off the ring. "What!? Why won't it come off!?" He tries his hardest to pull it off. "Uh, a little help, please." He asks, but they instantly back away. He approaches everyone, but they keep backing away.

"Pretty, please.." Iruma is shaking and on the verge of tears. "There's uh, thingy." Elizabetta points to behind Iruma. "AHHHHHHH!!" He screams. "Help me! Get it off! Get it off!" He shakes his hand to get rid of it.

"Calm down, Iruma, sir!" Asmodeus says. "No, I must be mistaken. I've never heard of the ring of Solomon emitting black flames like that." Sabnock says.

"I don't want! I DON'T WANT IT!" He runs towards Kalego. "Hey! Stop swinging that thing around!" Kalego shouts as he runs away from him.

The creature grows in size and lets out a loud, disgusting screech. "What the hell!" Lied says as he covers his ears. "That is the worst scream in the history of ever!" Allocer shouts. "Ow! My ears!" Jazz shouts in pain.

"What is that racket!? Whoevers screaming has a hideous voice!" A random student shouts. It was so loud that the entire school could hear it. Opera and Sullivan could also hear it, but not as much as the rest of us.

"Ah! Are you guys doing okay!?" Iruma asks. "How are you not being affected by this!?" Lied shouts in agony. "I don't know!" He says.

"WHY IS IT SO DAMN ANNOYING!?" I scream as I try to block out the noise to the best of my ability. "Huh!? Reina!? You too!?" Iruma looks at me.

"You're okay! Make it stop screaming!" Lied shouts. "Right! Like this?" He asks as he cradles the entity. "No! Just cover its frickin mouth!" He shouts. "A lullaby!" Clara shoots up.

"It's sleepy sleepy sleepy time!~ Please go back to sleep!~ Once you rollyroll into bed, you'll never wake up again!~" Clata sings.

"You're making it worse!" Asmodeus shouts. "Shut her up too!" Lied adds. "No, wait. It actually liked that. Look at it, go!" Jazz says. Everyone is quick to get back to normal. "Think it'll want some candy?" Gaap asks. "I need to take a picture!" Lied pulls out a Camara out of nowhere.

"Quit enjoying this morons!" Kalego yells at us. "Stop. I'll take care of this." Sabnock declares as he approaches Iruma. "Get back. You shouldn't get too close!" Iruma warns. "Fear not my stalwart rival, I'll easily pull out this black smoke -" The creature bites his head, and he falls to the ground.

"Sabnock, no!" Iruma shouts. "Man down!" I yell. "Leave this to me Master Iruma. I -" He also gets his head bitten and falls down. "Are you alright!?" Iruma asks. "Yes, I'm perfectly fine, Master. Although the thing appears to have sucked away, some of my powers. Please do not worry yourself as I barely even felt a nibble." He coughs up some blood.

"That looks like more than a nibnle!" Iruma shouts. "Iruma, let me get a closer look at it." Kalego grabs his shoulder. His eyes widen in surprise as his arm disappears. The entity glared at him.

"Proffesser? Are you alright?" Iruma asks. Kalego comes back to reality and feels his hand. 'An illusion? No. It's threatening me. Very well.' He thinks to himself.

'This problem.. must be dealt with swiftly.' He raises his finger and gets ready to get rid of it. But Grandpa stopped him before he could do it.

"Careful. You know that's not allowed." He says. "Chairdemon/Grandpa!" Kalego and Iruma exclaime. "Whoohoo!~ your grampa is here!" He smiles. "Bad Kalego! That's a no-no! You were about to blow my Iruma's arms off, weren't you?" He points at him accusingly.

"Excuse me!?" Iruma shouts. "You were gonna do WHAT!?" Asmodeus yells. "What? I thought the other students might be in imminent danger." Kalego says. "WRONG! Hey Snakes Waist! I was startled by the noise, so I came by to check and - " The creature grows enormous and attacks Grandpa.

"Watch out!" Iruma shouts. "There we go, eat up, enjoy your meal." Grandpa puts his hand on it and feeds it his power. Soon enough, it goes back into the ring. "It.. went back in!" Iruma exclaimes.

"You see my boy. Your ring is called the gluttonous feeder ring." Grandpa explains. "The gluttonous feeder ring?" Iruma asks. "It's a magical beast that stores the wearers' powers, but as it empties, it'll try to eat any powers available close by." He explains. "That sounds intense." Iruma says.

"But it's perfectly harmless as long as you make sure it's always fed enough. You poor thing, you must've been crying because you were so hungry." Grandpa coos. "He has that much magical power after letting the little monster eat so much?" Asmodeus asks as he leans on Clara for support. "Chairdemon Sullivan is a force to be reckoned with!" Asmodeus shouts.

"But now we won't be able to rank the boy!" Kalego shouts. "Me too!" I raise my hand. "Oh, right. Once you put that ring on, you're stuck with it for life." Grandpa says. "What!?" Iruma yells. "Sometimes our little rank owl has surprises in its pocket. When you've lived a millennium, you witness a few oddities." He says.

"How can you brush it off so easily!?" Iruma yells. "Well, you are human. That's quite a rare thing here, isn't it?" Grandpa whispers to Iruma. "Is something the matter, Master?" Asmodeus asks. "Oh! No! I'm fine! Don't worry yourselves about me." Iruma says.

"Can we PLEASE stop ignoring me!? What the f**k is this!?" I point at the necklace in my hand. "Oh! That's the Prideful Feeder necklace!" Grandpa explains. "Let me guess, it feeds off my pride?" I ask. "Yep! My granddaughter is so smart!" Grandpa coos.

"GRANDDAUGHTER!?" Most of the class excluding Clara, Asmodeus, Iruma, and Kalego shout. Most of the school still doesn't know that I'm Iruma's sister since I got put in later and the fact that most of my information is kept in the dark from the students. As per my request. The class also didn't get the chance to hear my last name since Kalego sensei only called me by my first name during roll call.

"You're the Chairdemons' granddaughter!?" They shout. "Yeah, my name is Reina Sullivan. Pleasure to finally introduce myself officially." I say in a monotone voice. "You didn't know?" Iruma asks.

"Of course we didn't know! Everything about her is a mystery! That's why she's called the 'Mysterious New Student!' Lied shouts. "But we made it pretty obvious that we're siblings?" I say. "You two look nothing alike!" The class shouts.

"That's because I'm not his biological sister, duh." I say. "Huh!? Rei is adopted?" Clara shouts. "Yep." I say as I grab a lollipop from my breast pocket. "Don't be rude! That could be a sensitive topic for Mistress Reina!" Asmodeus yells at Clara.

"That's another thing, Asmodeus calls me 'Mistress Reina'. You couldn't tell from that and all the other hints?" I ask. "Right, I never really thought about why he called you that." Elizabetta says.

"Enough of that! Why don't you put on the necklace?" Grandpa coos in his chibi form. "Hm? Oh! Ok!" I carefully put on the ruby necklace. "A smoke creature won't come out and start screaming, will it?" I ask nervously. "No, nothing of the sort! It'll tell you when it's hungry, and if you don't feed it, it'll just run off to find some food on its own." He explains.

"What is it gonna go up to a person and just eat away at their pride?" I joke. "Exactly!" He smiles. "What....?" I ask. "So it'll just ruin someone's self-esteem?" I ask. "That's right! Though it won't do the same for you as long as you stay confident in yourself!" He says.

"Okay?" I say unsure. "Let's take a picture now!" Grandpa says. The class all gathers around and poses for the picture. "Wah!" I exclaime as Sabnock sets me on his shoulder. "It is the only reasonable spot for my queen!" He grins.

"Say devi!~" Grandpa says as he holds the camera. "Devi!~" The whole class says, excluding Purson.

Since we didn't get a badge, we were ranked as the lowest, Olive.

'I think I finally got a fair evaluation.' Iruma smiles in relief. "Just because they didn't get a badge doesn't mean they should be an Olive!" Asmodeus shouts. "It's fine, Azz." Iruma says. "What are you talking about!? You should be a Yodh!" Asmodeus shouts.

"Iruma-kins, Rei! Bow down to your superior!" Clara laughs as she shows her badge. "Stop it! How dare you speak so rudely!" Asmodeus yells. Clara and Asmodeus get into an argument, mostly just Clara being Clara and Asmodeus shouting at her for her behavior.

DATS ALL!! BYEEEEEEEEEEEE?