Chapter 40: Infiltration (2)

Perseus POV

"Alright, who are you?" the old demon asked as him and 2 of his demon friends got into my barracks once the other girls left for their shower. I opted to shower last since it'll be weird for me to see them in the changing room even if the shower stalls are private and no one would be able to the fake from the real thing.

"Well, old demon...to think you burst into a teenage girl's room without her consent, don't you think you should change your old perverted ways?"

"Stop it." he demanded "How did you know I was a demon? Tell me or I'll kill you."

"*Sigh* look, I need your help killing the heroes, it benefit you too, right?"

He was then taken aback and staggered backwards a bit at my change in attitude.

"First tell me what rank you are? You're clearly of high status. Are you here sent by the demon lord perhaps?"

"I AM the demon lord." he proclaimed proudly "Well, I was, but I'm using the remaining powers of my ancestors that are still in me for good use and yet you see through my disguise, who are you? Are you our god in disguise?"

"You got a god?"

"Of course! Did you think that the seasonal gods are the only children of the primordial gods? Our goddess, she was forgotten by you humans for so long and once upon a time, even disrespected her when she tried to befriend you lower beings."

Oh so it seems that the demons also got other reasons for attacking the humans and this goddess is one of the reason, maybe...let's leave it for now.

I now confirm that he's a demon lord, so that's good.

"Anyone of you want coffee?" They accepted it as I handed to them and sit down on my bed.

"This is a light colored coffee, but delicious, slightly sugary too." the demon lord commented "Now tell me, I want answers, I'm one of the more merciful demons and you do not want me to do what the stereotypes describe me as."

Well you won't have time to do that when you're shitting your brain out later. Heh.

"I simply have 3 people to kill, I managed to intercept the communication channels between this world and the sole spy on the other side, 3 of them are heroes who have experienced in fighting and are highly skilled in assassination, as a demon lord, you must already know all those previous heroes.

"Despite most of them having no previous fighting experiences, they are naturally highly gifted, so what if you stack that on top of those who are already highly skilled?"

"From my perspective, it would be a heavy thorn in my side." he answered "So what's your purpose? Who do you work for and why are the heroes a thorn on your end?"

"Don't worry, I'm alone and this is my real body, ask your subordinates to stop trying to see my 'real' self. Simply, I do not possess any hostility to demons nor humans, just outsiders who will disturb my peace in the future."

"I'll propose you an honorable deal." he said after he finished his milk coffee "You tell me how you intercepted the communication channels and the description of these 3 people and you'll receive my priority in killing those 3 and you don't even have to continue working as a guard while constantly thinking of ways to get closer to them and secretly kill them."

"Deal. I simply know someone who work higher up here and they told me the messages. That's one question done."

"That's a bit vague." he commented

"You never said I have to be specific, but it's a man no older than 60 if you want me to narrow it down and..." I then described the details of the 3 people

"Is she lying?" the demon turned to his subordinate

"None, your highness." one of them answered as the big guy got up and left without a word.

*****

Later that night, when the girls in the barrack sleep due to their fatigue, I sneaked out to meet with Ruka. I made myself invisible and went her direction, Ruka and I can always sense where each other are.

We can even essential blink(teleport) to each other if we know that we're too far away and almost out of range, well we can do it when we're close too, but it's very nauseating for me.

"I thought that you'd disguise as something else, not a beautiful girl." Ruka commented

"I told you that I'll disguise as a trap."

"Yeah, then why are you a girl?!"

I just facepalmed at the uncultured girl, I told her about my previous world and she's been seriously disrespectful. If you think I'm exaggerating, she said that Beyoncé isn't even that good.

"Look, we'll discuss this later."

"Oh my god, are you sleeping in a barracks filled with girls? Ew" she asked "What if you fall asleep and your illusion come off?"

"Don't worry, it won't. Anyway, what is the exact time that the heroes will finally arrived?"

I then told her my day and my interaction with the assumed demon lord who I successfully tricked into consuming milk. Why did I make coffee at night? I'm one of those weird people who fall asleep when I drink coffee.

"It's at about lunch time, so I'll be sure to distract Rowan from being able to focus and being on his usual cautious nature with discussions." she said "But I'm protecting the 4 supposed saints and everyone else, the heroes are the only selfish desire of yours that I'm willing to accept."

"That's fine."

"I still can't believe that sister of mine is on the moon of all places, our parents really are some of the most secretive people in this world, worse they disappeared to somewhere without a subtle clue left behind."

"I know you've been pent up these days, but...keep it in longer till this mission is finished, I plan to solve this world's problem within this lifetime and I don't like delays."