The Adventure of the Demon with Virtue

Gates to sin

Birds are chirping outside; the curtains were moving with the wind while allowing the sun light to slide through the wooden window. Layn is on the bed, half woken up. The sun is staring at him through the window while Layn covers his eyes with his hand.

"oh... It seems its already morning. Wait what time is it?"

Layn looks at the hanging clock in the wall besides him

"WHAT? NOT AGAIN! ITS PAST 8AM!!"

Just when Layn shouted, the blanket on top of him slightly moved.

"wuaah... good morning master, you seem to be energic early in the morning"

Riva shifts the blanket aside, half asleep with one of her eyes closed, she was yawning.

"Wh..What are you doing in my bed!?"

After a short panic and confusion. Riva exclaims how she couldn't sleep on the hard-wooden floor, so she decided to come in the bed with Layn. Layn didn't have time to argue or say anything, so he quickly picked up his coat and suitcase, and headed down to the reception area.

"yeah, I would like to check out now, I already paid you so I'm going."

"wait master-"

Layn ignores Riva and heads out, he was trying to walk as fast as he could while Riva was following Layn, trying to speak with him.

Just then someone crashed into Layn

"Ouch my head... ar..are you okay?"

Layn slowly stands up while smoothing his head gently. The person he crashed into was a beautiful young girl, who seemed to be around his age. She had long smooth blonde hair levelling her waist with a mesmerizing beauty. She was wearing a gray double layered skirt, which was so clean it seemed brand new.

"y..yeah I'm okay, I'm sorry I bumped into you"

Layn offers his hand to pick up the girl

"no no, it's completely my fault... I was actually in a bit of a hurry and didn't saw you there-"

Layn notices the girl's face, and the first thing that caught his interest was her eyes. She had beautiful blazing light red eyes, unlike Layn's which were darkish red.

"wait, don't tell me you are-"

"I'm sorry, my name is Lady Anna Valafer, from the noble household, and the second daughter of Duke Valafer, I too myself was in a hurry, I apologize-"

"NO NO NO NO! It's completely my fault, there is no need to apologize hah"

Layn was suddenly acting weird, in a more favoring manner. Well, that was natural. The girl, Anna was a pure blood demon. You could tell that by looking at her eyes. Pure blood demons had light red or pure red eyes, while demons like Layn had darkish-red eyes, which meant they were not pure blooded. Pure blooded demons usually had a higher status in society, and thought of themselves as aristocrats.

But not only was she a pure-blooded demon, she came from a noble family, Duke Valafer. Nobles were very strong family lines and ruled over large areas. Each noble family comes down from different demon Dukes of hell.

"Milady is this boy giving you troubles?"

A carriage drawn by two white horses stopped behind Anna. Out of the carriage a well-mannered butler came out. He had a large white moustache with a monocle in his right eye and seemed in his mid 60s, while he carried a white clean towel in his left hand.

"No no, I actually bumped into him in hurry, it's no big deal."

"my apologies milady, but we need to get to Thiva as soon as possible... If you may"

The butler bows down while opening the carriage doors

"wait you are going Thiva too? What a coincidence, I was going to Thievens Sins Highschool haha" Layn chuckles while scratching the back of his head

"wait isn't the enrollment day ending tonight? You can't get there in time in foot, why don't I give you a ride?"

"but milady-"

"it's okay, I think we have enough space for one more boy"

"ah, uh... Thanks?"

Layn didn't get the reason for her showing such kindness, especially towards a commoner like him.

Just when Layn was going to enter the carriage, he notices someone pulling his shirt gently. He looks behind and...

"M... Master are you leaving me?"

Layn looks in the eyes of Riva, which were watery. Layn was a very kind demon, but he couldn't bring her with him. It hurts his heart but he had to-

"don't touch me with those dirty hands you pathetic demi, get out of my sight."

Riva's eyes froze right there, she was shocked, not knowing how to react. shivers were flowing down her cold body. She didn't understand why Layn was leaving her all of a sudden, it was all so sudden. After all they were never meant to be together, but she never expected such a painful reaction from him... Tears started running down Riva's eyes as she gazed upon Layn.

Layn pushed her hands off his shirt and hurried inside the carriage. He could hear the loud cries of Riva from behind while the carriage was moving. He didn't have the courage to look back at her, and just ignored, while his heart was aching.

"well ain't you a rude boy? What happened back there?" asks Anna

"I'm sorry if I'm being rude, but its none of your business..."

"Such rudeness! Milady! Let's throw him out of the carriage right now-"

Anna raised her hand, signaling him to say no more. Butler understood, and didn't say anything else.

It was quite a luxurious carriage. It had red paint outside with golden strips, as if a crown. While the inside was vast and could fit 4 people, which was sufficient. The carpet inside was red, the sofas were red lined with gold, not to mention it was comfortable and also there was a table in between.

"and your name was?"

"oh, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you my name huh? Its Layn, Layn Vassago."

"Layn huh? Call me Anna. You must be pretty amazing to be enrolled in Thievens Sins Highschool huh?"

"ahaha, no no nothing like that, it's just mere luck"

Layn blushes while trying to exclaim he isnt special while Anna chuckles to his reply. Both of them later just chatted normally most of the way.

After almost 8 hours in carriage, they reached their destination. The capital city, Thiva. It was gigantic, Tall strong walls around the whole city, which was impressive in itself. There was tight security, unlike back in Selvia. Archers on top of the walls, 10-12 armored guards outside the iron gate, checking every carriage thoroughly.

There was a long line of carriage outside the gate, but since Anna was a noble, they got inside first. The inside was even more mesmerizing. The pavements were of stones, the crowd was lively even during the afternoon... artisans, trading centers, high-end Inns, restaurants and shops, everything was here. There were also dark valleys, where you always get the strange awkward feeling. Fruit sellers, meat sellers, fish sellers had their stalls ready and colorful. There were also blacksmiths which sold swords and different armors.

Children were laughing and enjoying themselves, it all seemed too peaceful. Layn couldn't stop but be fascinated while watching everything from inside the carriage.

But then, Layn's eyes went towards a small cart, what he saw was 3 small children tied to the cart... their cloths were torn and unclean, their hair was dirty, they were no doubt slaves. Among them was also a demi-human looking slave, which reminded him of Riva. He thought to himself how he could have handled things better back then.

"we are here."

Layn gets out of the carriage after hearing Anna and what beholds Infront of him, was the biggest high school in Kingdom Thievens, The Thievens Sins Highschool. It was astoundingly big; one could say it occupied 1/5th of the area in Thiva. There were two separate building, with a huge gap in between them, possibly a ground area. The buildings itself were huge, all this made Layn even more anxious, and he could help but barge inside.

The huge doors in front of him that lead to the school opened themselves, and what he witnessed-