11 Chapter nine

Lucifer panted as he dismissed the now already dealt with threat, shifting his focus upon Shiro´s bleeding form.

"You protected me didn't you buddy?" he whispered as he fell to his knees in front of his injured familiar,

"Let me help you now Shiro" he closed his eyes as he leaned his forehead onto Shiro´s large head. closing his eyes as he smelled the metallic smell of blood from his beloved familiar.

Shiro´s answer being to gently lean into Lucifer and give off a comforting rumble, its vibration only making Lucifer's eyes sting even more in guilt at his companion´s injured state.

Lucifer wordlessly pointed his wand at the first coyote he killed, silently levitating it towards them and slowly laying it to rest in front of Shiro´s mouth.

'He doesn't even have the energy and strength to eat himself1 he sadly thought as he saw how Shiro struggled to even break the coyote's skin with its exhausted jaw.

"Dont worry buddy, just lay down okay?" Lucifer cooed, as he got up from his knees.

Shiro obediently listened to his master as he lay exhausted on his side, finally being able to rest from the exhausting fight to protect its two-legged Lucifer.

Lucifer wordlessly crouched beside the dead coyote, leaning his arm into the open wound on its chest and pulling out its insides, slowly feeding it to Shiro.

After having emptied the Coyote of its organs, he ruthlessly started pulling off its limbs to feed Shiro.

Soon the lat of the first coyote was gone, and most of Shiro´s wounds had mostly healed. but Lucifer still noted that his familiar still had a few scrapes and a deep wound on its side that still hadn't healed.

He got up with a grim determination as he walked towards the last two beats that had dared harm his sweet familiar. He had noted that their cries of agony had silenced a while ago, but as he walked closer he heard the near-silent whimpers that escaped them as their fur had burnt off revealing their crisp skin and cooked flesh that still glowed with embers here and there.

He levitated the two suffering beasts back to Shiro and nodded with satisfaction as the last remnants of Shiro´s wounds disappeared as he devoured the still alive coyotes.

He stood there and watched as his familiar slowly grew in size and its exhaustion started leaving its eyes, he walked up to the large lion and lay down embracing Shiro´s soft fur with a relieved sigh.

"I'm sorry Shiro, it was my stupidity that put your life at risk like this" he blamed himself as he softly stroked his familiar's long mane.

"Hey!" he laughed as Shiro turned around and licked his face with its rough tongue, looking into the eyes of the big feline all he saw was forgiveness and protectiveness, it showed how much the Shiro cared for him.

That was the moment when he truly realized he needed strength, not just to protect himself and Shiro. But to instill such a deep-rooted instinctual fear in any would-be threat that the very thought of going against Lucifer or his loved ones would be seen as a suicidal action.

"And my first step to accomplish my goal is to master the use of my runes." he sighed as he sank into Shiro´s soft fur, 'but that's for later, right now I just want to cuddle with my baby'

As he lay there in Shiro´s warmth, listening to his powerful heartbeat and the low rumble of happiness that Shiro emitted. He truly experienced a sense of peace he hadn't felt in what seemed to be forever. and finally felt the opportunity to think about his future and not just survival fell upon him.

He wanted to travel the world for sure, to see what wonders the magical world could present him in today's society.

To discover and slay powerful magical creatures such as Dragons, Nundu, and a Kraken!

To witness amazing historical events play out, maybe even meet and befriend some amazing figures such as Merlin, Arthur, and Lefay.

He wanted to live this new life of his to his utmost desire, something that fits rather well with his Devil nature, which he hadn't had the time to truly process yet.

What does it mean that he is a Devil?

As far as he noticed to date, was his increased physical body, enhanced elven beauty, But also his Demonic Core, Demonic power, Demontongue that included the priceless Demonic Runes.

But all those were good things, right?

Weren't devils beings of malicious evil?

He hadn't noticed any evil traits that he might have been exhibiting, well except the rather cold apathy and at times sadistic glee he took in killing and torturing the fox and coyotes. but that's different, isn't it?

Both the Fox and the Scavenger dogs were out for his blood, with the coyotes even daring to harm Shiro!

His eyes flashed in fury at the sheer impudence they had shown daring to attack him when he was unaware and harming his familiar, just thinking back on the damned dogs made him want to somehow summon their soul and torture them for a bit more!

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'Note to self, Sadistic tendencies, Anger issues, Pride, Apathy and a urge to torture the souls of my dead enemies might be due to my Devilish nature'

Maybe.