CHAPTER V Covenant With Demon

Meleonarch van Pieterzcoon was born as a noble in the land of Holland and since childhood has always been highly praised by the people around him. In addition, the position of his father, who was a high-ranking general in the Dutch army always give him some special treat.

As the last child to inherit the dignity of his father, Meleonarch always trains hard so that he will never lose to anyone and can maintain his dignity as an aristocrat.

Then when he was at the age of twenty-third, Meleonarch called to the Church of the VOC to receive a decree of the king. The church is so big and vast.

Accompanied by the music of giant piano, Meleonarch took step by step forward.

On the left and right, there were dozens of generals and high-ranking military officers who had come to witness the coronation. Until he arrived at the end of the red carpet that accompanied him from the front of the door, then he knelt in front of the king who was waiting for him to sit in his military clothes.

To the left of the king stood a royal servant holding a tray, on which was a scroll of paper covered with a mysterious red stain and tied with a gold ribbon sealed with the royal symbol. Meanwhile, to his right, a servant stood with a tray on which was a rose-patterned dagger with charcoal black on the blade and in its grip.

Then immediately the music stopped and the atmosphere of the palace room became silent.

The king then made a vow.

"Meleonarch van Pieterzcoon, will you swear to serve the Kingdom of the Netherlands until the end of your life?"

"I swear, Your Majesty!"

"Did you also swear to fight to the last drop of your blood ?"

"I swear, Your Majesty!"

"And do you swear to give your soul?"

The king asked the third question in a deeper tone.

Hearing the king's question, Meleonarch paused for a moment. But he immediately reassured himself and immediately answered more firmly.

"I swear, Your Majesty !!"

Then the servant beside the king who was holding the tray containing the black dagger stepped forward together with the servant who brought the tray filled with red paper rolls. Then the king vowed again "Now give your blood as proof of your devotion!".

Although a little hesitant, Meleonarch took the dagger with his left hand facing downwards and then he gripped his right hand on the blade and dripped his blood on the scroll, which gave it a new red stain that was darker than the others.

Then great dizziness suddenly attacked Meleonarch's head, right after he dripped his blood and made him drop the black dagger in his left hand.

The sound of metal hitting the hard marble floor echoed to the end of the room, but strangely no one was bothered by the incident as if they were used to witnessing similar events.

Meleonarch, who tried to maintain his dignity in front of the king, tried to stand upright again and slowly retreated courteously while leaving the room.

Klang Klong Klang Klong ...

There was the sound of bells echoing throughout the region, signaling the very early hours of the day when Meleonarch stepped out of his coronation room.

"Meleonarch young master, my name is Shcluzt von Gillian. I will be the captain of your voyage tonight to Java. "

A man in a sailor suit was seen at the door welcoming the Meleonarch who had just stepped out of the room.

"Oh, I see ... just a second! What do you mean by 'tonight', shouldn't the voyage start in one week?"

"Actually, there is a little sudden change that requires you to set sail tonight. But you don't need to worry because I have prepared all your needs well "

The Meleonarch, who had just received his mandate, thought that a small problem should not be a stumbling block to his career. Even though in fact all that day's incident turned into a very disturbing matter for his mind, but because of his determined determination and to maintain the position he had just acquired, he immediately agreed to the voyage and immediately got ready to leave that night.

§

On the night of the Meleonarch's departure, it turned out that in the cabin of his room, three young women had been tied up with six iron cages wrapped around their arms. The metal cage was connected to the floor of the room along with a letter on the bed.

But the Meleonarch who had high self-esteem saw it as an insult to his honor. But because he had to maintain his dignity he held back his anger and took the letter to open it.

And as he had thought before opening it, the letter was written thus:

" Dear,

Young General, Meleonarch van Pieterzcoon

In connection with your inauguration, we present three virgins that we brought from one of the colonies.

Please enjoy the three banquets tonight.

Shcluzt von Gillian "

Seeing the name of the sender of the letter, Meleonarch immediately realized that the sender was the captain of the ship he was sailing in.

Then carrying the letter in his hand, Meleonarch closed the door to his room and left the three girls to meet the captain and ask for an explanation.

However, when he got to the captain's room, it was not a captain that he found. Rather, it was a bat monster that was voraciously eating its prey which was bathed in blood from the monster's bite wounds.

Shocked by the situation, Meleonarch stunned a few steps back, but he still insisted on not leaving the room. While watching the ferocity of the monster devour its victims in the coldness of the room, he began to dare to speak.

"Is that you, Shcluzt?"

The monster who heard Meleonarch's words immediately turned his face, then dropped the prey in his hand. While stepping closer to the Meleonarch who was at the end of the door, the large body and wings that were covered in dark cake began to change into the form of a man who was called Schluzt.

"Sorry to meet you in this state Young Master, is there anything I can do for you?"

The man said that while bending down like a servant. Then with a little phlegm, Meleonarch continued.

"Three virgins in my room, ... "

" Oh about those three virgins !? pardon my stupidity for forgetting to explain it to Young Master. You must be confused about what to do with the three virgins. Actually, Master's body has changed since this morning's bath. "

"Is that so !? Now I understand …" With a head down and a gloomy face even though everything he's been through still feels hard to believe.

"Then Schluzt, can you answer my question ?"

"Whatever I can answer my lord"

"That red scroll full of bloodstains ... that scroll sealed with the royal seal, ... not an ordinary roll of paper, isn't it ?! "

"Of course my lord ..."

As if he understood everything then Meleonarch immediately returned to his room leaving Shcluzt with the room full of blood and corpses.

That night, the screams of virgins just sounded a few minutes and the night went silent as the sea breeze, air aspirated accompany their cruise.