Chapter Two

" Do you want to live?" A male voice that radiates authority sounded in the alley of the slums, he was asking the frail boy around the size of a 6-year-old human who was starving without shelter.

The boy has black hair, tan skin, and heteromorphic eyes, sky blue on the left side and gold on the other, he was wearing torn and dirty clothes he looked malnourished and dying.

" Yes, Mister.." the boy replied with a small whisper. When his answer has been heard a source of energy washed over him he was not malnourished anymore.

The man's lips curved "What's your name?" the boy was able to see clearly the stature of the man who give him salvation.

The man looked like a young adult wearing black regal attire with long dirty blonde hair, almost pale skin, and sharp golden eyes a similar color to his right eye but much more brighter and powerful.

" Mister I don't have one.." he replied softly.

" Hmm... your name will be Delroy meaning a King's servant" the man replied with a small smirk.

The boy was happy to finally have a name. It doesn't matter what it means at all, at least he finally has one.

" Mister, may I please know your .....name? " he daringly asks he knows this man who helps him, holds power, and is dangerous but he wants to know the name of his supposed savior.

" My name?" The boy heard a chuckle from the older man, it sound like a deep calm lullaby, it send shivers down his spine.

"My name is Anastasius Tsukinami, you can call me Master or Lord, I am thinking of training you to be my attendant." the man replied with a small smile.

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𝒞𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇,

In the second prince's bedroom of the Benmaden Castle, A young teenage boy with slightly parted long dirty blond hair and sharp golden eyes was reading a thick book about dark magic experiments on the edge of the bed. He was Anastasius.

When he was of age he was taught etiquette, history, math, politics, geography, swordsmanship, and magic arranged by his Father Abelard. He excels in most of the lessons since he already was taught about this in his last life.

He does not neglect his black magic as well, he experiments black magic with the bodies of assassins that were sent to kill him or from the spies that were disguised as his servants.

Now he was able to resurrect any living beings, shapeshift, burn anything with a snap of his fingers and cast powerful spells without a chant.

He also asks his mother to teach him about drug making and poison making since the Shimizu Dukedom specialized in this subject, his mother gladly taught him.

He traveled around the demonic world for diplomatic relations and for allies, from the founders' clan to the wolves clan and the human world to see if there was the Obelia Empire sadly no but on the bright side, he found a useful servant.

His political influences were not small either, he has a friendly relationship with some of the high nobles from the Vibora clan, the wolves clan, the bat (vampire) clan(from his travels), and his clan, he has almost all of the lesser founders under his control as well since his older brother didn't take them under his control as he thought they are insignificant but they have their own use Anastasius thought.

Anastasuis's relationship with his family is complicated, he is quite close with his mother Selene, he often accompanied her on walks and tea time. As for his father, their interaction was quite little he has a neutral relationship with Abelard. For Giesbach, Anastasius was disliked because Giesbach thought of him as a potential threat to the throne because of his achievements.

Anastasius however has no ambition for the throne because he was tired of it since what happened in his past life, he would rather control the demonic world behind the scenes.

" Your Highness, The Queen calls for your presence.." the familiar of the Queen bowed not daring to look at the second royal prince.

Anastasius narrowed his eyes not looking up from the book he is reading. " Tell mother that I will be there in a moment.." he said monotonously cold.

" Yes, your highness.." the familiar was not surprised by the prince's response since it was used to it. The familiar disappeared after that.

After a few minutes passed, Anastasius looked up from the book he was reading, and place the book on the bookshelf near his bed.

He later teleported to the entrance of his mother's bedroom. He knock 3 times. Hearing a small come in, he entered.

There he saw his mother sitting on a cushioned chair near a fireplace with a cup of tea. Giving him an acknowledge gaze.

Anastasius give a shallow smile and asked " Mother, you called?" his voice was still cold but not too intimidating.

His mother gets up from her chair giving the teacup to the maid beside her and walks up to him.

Selene, to be honest, favored Anastasius her second son more than Giesbach her first son because he often accompanied her when she asked him or when she need someone to talk to while her first son ignores her but she also fears Anastasius because she senses that he has more potential and power than Giesbach since he was a baby. But she was shocked when she heard from Anastasius that he has no ambition for the throne.

Nevertheless, when she later heard that he wants power but does not want to be stuck only to the throne she was relieved.

" Anastasius I want to say something.." she said softly to her second child.

"Speak your mind, Mother," Anastasius said ' How easy to fool her, she was a great investment since young' he thought.

" Well, you see I am pregnant with your father's child.." she said slowly to him.

Anastasius was not surprised. He did hear moans and groans and the disgusting smell of sex in his father's chamber last night.

"I see, Mother. Have you thought of a name?" he asked he doesn't bother to look shocked since the whole castle already knew about their affairs last night.

Selene after seeing her second child's reaction, a tint of blush formed on her face. " I-w-well, I am thinking of naming the baby Felzien if it was a boy or Adara if it was a girl." she was embarrassed by her stuttering.

Anastasius chuckled"Have you talked about this to anyone, Mother?"

"Well, my most trusted maids, familiars, and the physician only know about it," his mother said slowly. "You are the first to know in the family.." she continued.

'She might die from childbirth, seeing as she is weak these days, well I do not care if she dies or not' Anastasius nodded" I see, Mother. I am glad that you trusted me but you should tell father about the pregnancy."

"You don't have to worry I am going to tell your father at dinner," She explained.

Anastasius sighed" I understand, Mother if you would excuse me I have some things to take care of" he was not interested in the soon-to-be-born child since he already has enough power to suppress this bug if it stand in his way.

" Alright, Anastasius you are excused" his mother nodded.

" See you at dinner, Mother" Anastasius teleported to his room resuming on reading the book he left behind.

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𝒜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝒾𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇 𝐻𝒶𝓁𝓁,

Four of the Tsukinami family members can be seen dining in the Dinner Hall. King Abelard was sitting at the north side of the table and Queen Selene on the east. Anastasius's seat was beside his mother and Giesbach's seat is at the west side of the table.

Only the clinking and hitting of the silver wear and breathing can be heard. No one spoke, this is the usual routine for the family.

On rare occasions, there are news and problems that will be exchanged to and forth the family but most are important issues.

Selene broke the silence. " Abelard, there is an important thing that I want to inform you.."

Giesbach who heard this showed a sneer. ' How dare this weak woman call father by his name without any honorifics if I am him I would have killed her within a second.'

Abelard spare her a glance " Speak" Selene take a short deep breath and replied," I am pregnant with your child.."

The maids who heard this gasped and whispered to each other and forgot that they are in front of the founder's family. The Tsukinami family members was angry because of their cause of commotion.

" Silence! " Commanded Abelard who was annoyed by their voices. The maids came back to their senses and trembled in fear for what they had done.

" Take them to the dungeon!!" he ordered. Sky blue-eyed shadows demon guards came out of the shadows and take the maids away.

Anastasius watch the maids that were taken away ' I found my sacrifice for my ritual' he though.

" Father, can I have them ?" he asked with a mischievous tone. He didn't reveal why he wants them, if his father asks he will just say for his entertainment. Well, the reason is partly true.

" You want them?"Giesbach asked out of the blue, but his tone was not friendly.

"Yes, at least those things will be useful.."Anastasius replied without care, which almost make Giesbach flinch but control himself.

" You can have those, I have no use for them.." Abelard said with a nod. Anastasius smirked" Thank you, father. I will make good use of them."

Abelard turned his attention back to Selene" Selene, don't disappoint me..give me a living child" Selene nodded " Yes, Abelard" Abelard got up from his seat to leave, he lost his appetite after the commotion, the others soon followed his lead.

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" Forgive us, your highness!! Forgive us!!" the maids pleaded. The maids are being tight upon a metal torture chair that collects blood by Anastasius's servants, he did not give any attention to their pleads.

" Delroy! Drain them dry without any drop of blood left." ordered Anastasius. " Yes, My Lord" replied his personal servant who was in charge of ordering his other servants around.

Delroy was a spawn of a lesser-known founder and a shadow demon. He was a hybrid, he was orphaned at a young age and was picked up by Anastasius in the slums centuries ago when he saw that he has rare genes.

Delroy's black hair (a special trait of a shadow demon) and heteromorphic eyes, sky blue on the left side (which is a rare special color which only the elites that served Anastasius's father Abelard have), and on the right side dim golden eyes (the trait of the founders) but not as bright as his master's.

He was ordered by his Lord to hide his right eye only to reveal it when Anastasius allowed him to. He got taller and older by the years but he was 6 inches shorter than his master.

Delroy was taught to be an attendant by Anastasius's mother's Shimizu Dukedom (from Anastasius requests), he learned them faithfully not complaining about a single thing. Even if, he was trained with the intention to manipulate him and use him, he does not care or simply does not know.

He viewed Anastasius as his savior and lord maybe because of the teachings of Shimizu Dukedom engraved in his head or his own beliefs.

Demons are prideful creatures but he willingly signs a contract binding to Anastasius with the terms of always executing his master's orders without question until he dies, the mark of the contract burns around his neck shaping a zig-zag pattern forever chaining him to his master.

Anastasius watched as the maids' blood are drained from the torture chair with a wicked smile. ' I seem to be losing my humanity but I am not human anymore' Anastasius chuckled when he thought of it.

" My Lord, all of them are drained dry." Delroy his servant interrupted him out of his thoughts. Anastasius furrowed his eyebrows when he was interrupted which made his personal servant flinch.

" I see bring the blood and followed me" Anastasius turns on his heels without sparing a glance and starts walking out of the torture room his servants soon followed while some were ordered by Delroy to stay behind to clean the mess.

" Place the blood on the lines of this magic circle" Delroy ordered, already knowing what his lord wants to do when he saw the magic circle in the second prince's underground room.

The servants quickly did what he ordered them to. ' I am not wrong, I found the right personal attendant' Anastasius thought gazing at his servant with an acknowledged gaze his servant bowed when he senses his master's gaze on him and was overjoyed by his Lord's acknowledgment but he didn't show it on his face.

When the other servants were done Anastasius cleared his through " All of you leave, you as well Delroy come out when I ordered you to" he ordered coldly. All of the servants bowed and leaves immediately. His personal demon servant disappeared in the shadows.

Until Anastasius was the last person in the dungeon. He walks up to the middle of the magic circle draws from the blood of the lesser demons, he poured his magic into the magic circle and recites a spell

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H̷̟̞̲̠̠͖͍͙̯̘͌͂̽̀̐͂͊͘͝o̴͚͂̈̒̀͑̅͒c̶̰͓͖̠̤̰͇̘̤̃͜ ̸̨̨̰͓̪̫͎͓̈̏̎s̷̢̨̧̺̱̼̜͈͑a̶̻̠͛̈́̅̄̾̄͋̊̚͝c̵̭̪̬͙̤̈̍̈̎͝ȑ̸̢͉̜̝̰ͅi̵̢̖̹̠̦̩̠̐̓́̈́̀̕f̸̱̬̠̠̘̩͉̼̼̜̒͆͝͠i̶̧̢̯͓̗̻̟̘͓̓ͅc̴̡͚̣̩͙̥̺̠̮͒̏̋̌̈̓̈́̈́̕ĩ̵̭̻͙͓ô̶̡͉͉̰̹͕̰͖̼̈́̚,̶̧̹̳́̂́̇̔͘ ̴͚͈̹̈́͑́͐̿̄̑͝d̴͔̭͎̔͛e̴͓̼̤̝͌ ̸̨̨̟͉͍̳̻̬̫͚̒̅͌̓͊͑͊̈́́ḏ̸̢̜̫͙̺̥̝̕͜ȩ̸̧̛̹̩̲̂̈̐̿̔͋͘͜ş̸̨̛̙͓̗̟̯̄͗̈́͛͝p̶̛̣̃̀͂̓̆̓̂̕͠e̸͓̦̭̊̃̋̿̾̀̒͊͝ŗ̷̱͉͈͈͍̘̓͆̈́̇̚â̸̬̈́̈͑̋͘t̶̰̅̊̍͋̕ȉ̵͉͉̙̦ỏ̸̡̪̪͛̓̈́̊͛̇̑͘͠n̴̨̺̠̲͓̲̆̈́̅̃͗̄͌̈́e̶̙̦̳͆̇́͋̒͘͜͝ ̵̱̗̦͙͓̖̹̋͛͑̂́͂̅͝͠v̵̢̫̒̉̑͒̀̚͜í̶̢̧̧͇̮̺͎̲̲ć̸̥̫͎̝̥̥̈̈̎t̶͚̒̆͗͝i̶̛̠̞̻͓̞͈̓̐͑̋̔́̈́́̈́m̷̨̛̠͈̼̪̟̘̏̊̒̓̀̑̋͂͌ą̷͈̬̫̠̺̋r̴̩̗̄̄̒͌͊́͂͠ư̵̘̤͇̮͕̎̌̓̂͆̇͒̚m̸͍̘̣̎́͂ ̷̖͕͍̗̿͠Ñ̵̜̍̈́̈́a̷̘̱͓̘̤̘̾̃̍ṡ̵͙͛͋̔͗͘͜ç̸̨̢̻͍̲̭̣̠͗̅̉͂͜e̶̖̖͖̦̹̞̪̦̳͉̔̆͑͊̔́͌͑͠t̸͓̩͑u̶̖̘͂̑̃̔̀̐͛̓̈́̋r̵͔̉ͅ ̸̞̔̉͑̆̕a̸͉͕͎̪̯̖̣̜̥͒̆m̸̞̽̔͠ï̵̘̥͑̂͠c̷̹͎̭̣̑̔͗̕ȗ̷͙͈͕̳̳̈́̏̔͛͊͐͋̑ͅs̸͙̱̋͌̉́̈́ͅ,̸͕̮̻͂̅̽ ̷̦͔͖̫͍̼́́͒̍͑͜͜ṋ̵̨̫̬̞̇̆̂͗̓̂́̆̚͠á̶̢̨̛͙̩̠̟̥͔̬̭̾̚s̶͔͎̠̼̝̠̻̑̐̈́̃͛͋̽͜c̷̨̱̞̙̩̭̥͍̈́̽̿̅̚e̸̬̜͈̣͕̳̺̻̽̂ț̴͚̞̲͚͚͈͉̊̉͝ủ̶̳̘͚̭͍̍̾̓̀́̈́̕r̶̨̨̢̝̲͚̹̫̳̯̀̈ ̴̹̟͔̰̩̑a̷̛̦͌͂̆̓̿̏̒̄m̶̞͇̳̉̽̾͒͋ȋ̷̡͍͇̤́̀̓̕͝͝ç̷͎̠͉̟͚͙̊͐u̸̡̡͉̗͖̗̯͝ș̷̦̹̻͙͉̠̝̪͓̑̇̀͒̈́̑ ̶̢̼̓̐͆̂̐̉̍͛̚A̸̠̒̓̌̐̅̚d̵͇́̈́̅̎̏̋ş̷̮͇̱̼̗̾̓̓̃͛̽͠ç̴̗̦̬̞̘̥͔͐̿̀͛̉̂̀͜ǐ̵̙͖͔̮̍̀́̕s̷͔̰̱̜̄̂̃̃̀͌́̊̚͠c̷̢̜̦̘̮͖͕͖̣͛̐̏ę̵̖͚̞̲̣͇̀̽͆̂̍͊̆̋̓̚ͅţ̵̬͉͕̪͖̮̯͉̐̔̔͒̒̇̋͜ ̶̦̲̫́̑̽̈́̔͐̕̕̚m̶̻̣̭͉̗͚̰͆͐̀͑̃̀̇͛i̵̧̱͖̻̝̟̝͙̯͓̅͋͒̀̕͝h̵̨̛̰͍̾͂̈́̊̊́̕͜i̴̭͚͑ ̶͚̤͕̜̫̟̀̓͑̽͛̇͌̌͠͝f̸̲̥̳͓̓̎̎̋͒͌͂͜ā̵̡͔̘̥͜m̶̧̯̟̞͖̱̖̑̔̋̈́̇̃͗͂̅͝ͅi̷̤͇̺̘͇͆͊̆́̈́̉̓͌̕̚l̶̢̼̰͚̳̯͊͊͑̍͘͘ḭ̵̡̥̘̋͜ͅâ̴̛͈̫̣̦̬̝͌r̴̢̘͒̈́̔ỉ̴͖̟̥̒͜ͅ ̷̢̛̥͍͖̩̪̲͕͉̓͊͝͝f̶̩͓̟͉̰̏̊̄́̍̅̔̕̕ͅi̴̫̳͈̮̩͎̻͔̒̀̐̏́̆̕d̸̝͌͘ë̸̛͈̪͚́̃̆̓̋͗̂͝l̵͖͙̣̩͍̍̌͆͋̎͑͘į̵̛̪͍͍̲̲̳͍͛̂͑͆̍̚͜

It was a ritual used by black magicians to summon a dark familiar which are suitable with themselves, Aerternitas explain it to him in his past life about this but he does not perform this ritual because he has low mana and black magic attributes.

However, now he somehow has higher mana when he was reborn he thought it was because he was not human anymore.

A significant amount of black smoke formed on the blood magic circle. Pitch black ravens with blood-red scarlet eyes about 10,000 are summoned.

" You who have summoned us is worthy of being our Master." All of the ravens spoke after observing Anastasius.

Anastasius was satisfied with the ones he summons" I will name you all Kaiser. My Familiars"

" We will serve our Master, Faithfully" The ravens bowed.

" Good... Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha" Anastasius's evil laughter resonates throughout his underground room.