[Bonus chapter] Demon of Lust (4): Mission

Seeing their reactions, Anbu decided to intervene. It wasn't good for them to be skeptical of each other once they entered the mission. After all, it was their first mission, and the mission itself was extremely dangerous, mainly for their lack of experience.

"Now, now, Louis was only trying to warn you, so it's no good to feel distrust at each other. It was only a test to show how you trusted each other, and now you failed. So, can we still believe you can complete this mission?" Anbu uncontrollably scolded them.

Louis sighed and shook his head, his reaction was caught by the students, and they felt ashamed internally.

Ashton almost exploded in anger, knowing they were being played, but restrained himself since he had an understanding of himself and against the people who gave him an aura of helplessness.

The Rock appeared more solemn than before, having been aware he fell to simple psychological tricks by someone.

Amelia grew afraid and frightened, and her legs were shaking irresistibly.

And Ashley's face turned colder.

"We are now aware you are not still prepared to accept the mission, but we don't have a choice. This mission is important and might appear simple, but if other variables keep appearing that you don't know how to fix, the mission may end as a failure. I wanted you to know that the consequence is dire."

The students perked their ears, wanting to know what exactly the mission was all about. Why did they seem to place great importance on this mission, and it appeared that failure was not an option? They even first thought that since it was their first mission, perhaps they would accept failure, but it looked like it wasn't the case.

"This mission… required to deal with a Devil."

***

A month passed, and instead of directly sending the students to their mission, Louis and Anbu decided to assess and train the students, not only to cooperate with each other but how to investigate, cover their tracks, and other aspects that would aid them when they were in the mission.

Meanwhile, unaware of Louis, his daughter was studying the book she found falling from her balcony. If only Louis was aware of the content of the book, without a doubt, he would be enraged and scold her daughter non-stop.

Alas, he was too occupied training the students that he neglected it.

He thought her daughter must have spent most of her time pondering his decision, and since his daughter didn't come to her to protest again, he slightly felt delighted and let her be cooped up in her room.

His wife was also away, managing the business as a wife of an Archduke, and dealt with the matter he had to take care of. His wife has always been capable and never disappointed him, and the trust he had already reached the point he gave up his reputation to her.

Therefore, aside from the personal maid, Celine was alone in the castle.

She was currently sitting on a chair with a table in front of her and bookshelves in her surroundings. There was even a spiral stairs that would help someone reach a certain part of the bookshelves, especially considering how tall and vast the bookshelves were.

Here in the current place, a single book appeared with only a grain of a sack of rice. Maybe even hundreds of sacks of rice!

Before her were cluttered paper, which appeared made out of wood, unlike the paper, where Lucas had found in the teleportation magic array room; the only similarities were… was the language.

Yes, the book that Celine currently studied, the book that fell from her balcony, the only language that appeared the most enigmatic as it could compare to Ancient Language, contained the language of the Devil.

In the Library room, a vast and enormous room that accommodates myriads of books, not a single one of them holds the language of the Devil.

But it doesn't mean there were no records of such language, and there might even be a single word appearing on millions of pages. It was why Celine took some time trying to identify which language the book contained and was shocked to discover the Devil's language appeared in her mind.

And as expected, it was indeed a Devil's language.

"How much time has passed since then? Hmm… I don't quite remember. It's a pity, I always wanted to record how much time it took for me to master an unknown language. Even if I only know the basic words, I still can understand the content."

Celine eyes twinkled.

"To think it was actually talking about summoning a Devil. If it wasn't because it mentioned enslaving a Devil after you summoned them, I wouldn't have to think twice about dropping the idea of studying the book. That is unless I manage to overcome my curiosity complex." Celine giggled.

"I guess it's all about summoning them and nothing else." Celine shook her head. "If it wasn't because I read history and another context from the books here present, I wouldn't have known about summoning a Devil.

Of course, I'm aware of it, only that I didn't know summoning them could instantly enslave them."

Celine glanced at the open book and closed it.

"The actual value contained in the book is about summoning the Devil. The chant, the coordination of the Devil's Realm, and how the enslaving system works."

Celine rested her back on the chair and stared above, appearing in deep thought. Time passed, and her thoughts were changing. But the idea of summoning a Devil emerged, and when she reached it, she came to wonder, what does it mean to have a slave of another race?

And a Devil, nonetheless?

She then recalled the Devil's existence. Weren't they dominating the Dreka world once?

"Although there is only a small record about Devil I read in some books, others also stated the Devil's race is a supreme race that could topple a mountain when they were born. Also, due to their high affinity with the Aether Evil Element, which only a Rare-Class or higher possessed, they were absolutely a higher existence!"

Celine suddenly trembled in excitement, not for the thought of a Devil being a higher existence, but for the sudden idea that popped up in her mind.

"What if I summon a Devil and order them to help me leave the castle and explore the vast world together? With how powerful they are, surely, they can protect me from danger, right?"