"Now, now. Don't worry, pretty boy. I'll take care of you."
The man said as he stopped right in front of Lucifer. With the way the man was looking at Lucifer, he was extremely intimidating.
Well, he would only be intimidating someone if the demon right in front of him was now Lucifer.
However, the man truly looked striking. With the features of his face, one would believe that he was created by a Hell God himself.
That was how handsome the man was. And with his blue eyes and hair, the man...looked like he was friendly.
Right, the man looked like he was friendly and cheerful, but that was not what the man was about today as the man spoke again.
"Tsk! Tsk! Is the pretty boy already pissing himself?" The man said as he shook his head.
He then turned around as he started to walk, "Follow me, pretty boy."
Of course, when Lucifer heard that, his eyes...immediately turned sharp as his guard went up to the roof.
After all, the man just literally said that Lucifer should follow him.
Although Lucifer knew that there would be no ridiculous happenings with this man, it was just...suspicious.
Right, it was suspicious. After all, Lucifer had to take the entrance exam.
What's more, Rachel herself said that she was here to heal Lucifer so that she and the other two demons would be able to take the exam together.
It means that Professor Malbath intended for Lucifer to take the exam, and not to go with this unknown demon.
That was why...it was suspicious for Lucifer for the demon to say that he was here because of Professor Malbath, yet contradict what Rachel said.
After all, they were both from the same sources but were saying different things.
'This smells...this whole situation smells.' Lucifer thought as he fixed his posture.
He fixed his posture as he finally stood tall. And when he finished doing that, he spoke.
He spoke to the man who was still walking without a care in the world.
"Wait a minute."
Lucifer's voice resounded out in this place, and his tone was sharp as hell.
Of course, Lucifer was not done yet as he spoke again.
"I have to take the entrance exam with them. If I go with you, won't I be late again for the entrance exam? If I become late to the entrance exam, won't Professor...Malbath scold me again? If Professor Malbath scold me again, would you take the responsibility?"
Lucifer said all those words without missing a single beat, and it seems that he was serious about this as he had a straight look on his face.
He wasn't twitching or anything like that, and he was calm and cool.
He was able to assess the situation perfectly just like that.
It was as if...he was never knocked down. And this impressed the man.
Well, that was how things looked like to the man who didn't know Lucifer.
'Oho...he's definitely built differently.' The man thought as his blue eyes shone a light.
The man then turned around with a surprised look on his face. Of course, the man spoke as he looked at Lucifer.
"The pretty boy is quite smart, isn't he? It looks like you have everything!"
The man said with a smile on his face. Of course, to Lucifer, that smile was just annoying.
It was so annoying that Lucifer wanted to wipe the man's face out of this world right away.
Anyway, the man then continued to speak as he explained things to Lucifer.
"Well, what you said is true in a way. However, Professor Malbath told me to come and get you."
The man then raised his hand as he pointed to Rachel who was just watching them intently.
"You know that missy over there patched your ass up, right? And now that you're healed, you can take the exam now."
"So what are you crying for, pretty boy? Did you come here to make friends or did you come here to attend the entrance exam of a demon academy?"
What the man said was right. Lucifer's goal in coming here was to take the entrance exam.
If he wasn't going to do that, then why did he even come here?
Of course, Lucifer knew that as well. However, there was something Lucifer realized in this exchange.
And that was...
'Am I overthinking things too much...'
Right, it was clear as day that Lucifer was overthinking about things.
He was thinking that things were suspicious just because one contradicted another.
He was thinking things that shouldn't even matter in this situation.
After all, it's not like Professor Malbath can't use someone to pick up Lucifer or something like that.
Even though Lucifer was a Hell God, he can't predict something like that.
Demons decide, and their decisions change when they decide to change it.
Although it sounds weird, that was just how life was.
Well, it's not like it is Lucifer's fault for overthinking too much.
Lucifer knows who he is. Well, he is Lucifer, after all.
Anyway, Lucifer knew who he is, and that is why Lucifer was becoming paranoid and overthinking things recently.
After all, just one mistake would definitely cost him his life. Hell, Lucifer might not even get the chance to get his powers back if he was found out.
He has to always be alert to make sure that his identity wouldn't be found out by people.
He has to do that while being surrounded by people. He has to do that while his powers...were basically not there.
He has to do that...while being powerless and knowing how powerful his past enemies were.
In other words, Lucifer was feeling the pressure of his powers...gone.
And the result of that pressure...was constantly overthinking in simple situations.
Of course, now that Lucifer realized this simple yet deadly fact, Lucifer...promised to himself that he wouldn't overdo things anymore.
He would keep it simple.
'Kill or be killed.' Lucifer thought as he got a hold of himself once more.
Since Lucifer decided to keep it simple, he would make things simple.
That's why...Lucifer spoke once more as he looked at the man right in front of him.
"No, I came here to take the entrance exam."
"That's what I came here to do."
Lucifer then started to walk towards the man with confidence on his shoulders.
Well, Lucifer was always confident, but now...it was much more than that.
After all, Lucifer finally let go of his habit of thinking too hard and too deep.
If Lucifer had to give it a word, what he was feeling right now was...relaxation.
Right, he was feeling relaxed after being too stiff.
Although it was simple, it was actually not.
Just being relaxed makes one do better things and do better decisions even in bad situations.
It would make a lot more impact than one would think, and Lucifer could feel it already.
After all, ever since Lucifer got out of his room that he was reading books for millions of years, Lucifer...was always thinking about things.
He was pressured about being powerless, and it was stressing him out.
Now...although Lucifer was a demon, it feels like...he was in heaven.
Right, that was how Lucifer felt right now as he finally relaxed his stiff mind.
And it was in this way that Lucifer...was finally able to move on with great confidence.
Of course, this change...was seen by the man who was currently looking at Lucifer with wide-open eyes.
'What the...what happened?' The man thought as he looked at Lucifer.
The man noticed the change that Lucifer had undergone, but...he couldn't tell what was different.
Lucifer looked like the same pretty boy to the man's eyes, yet...he also somehow felt different.
If the man had to give it a term, it was as if...Lucifer had a glow-up right in front of him.
Well, that was impossible, but...that was how it felt to the man.
'This pretty boy...he keeps surprising me. Professor Malbath really does have an eye for students.'
The man thought as he remembered who was the one who told him about Lucifer.
Of course, it was Professor Malbath, and the man was currently giving Professor Malbath's credit for finding someone like Lucifer.
After all, even though the man still didn't know what changed in Lucifer, it didn't really matter.
However, the fact that Lucifer could change, that...was a big factor to take in.
That would mean that Lucifer could become better or worse.
But...as long as the possibility of becoming better is there, any change...is good.
Right, change is good as long as the possibility of things becoming better is there.
That was the same case with Lucifer. That was why the man was extremely satisfied with this rare find.
'He might just be able to save First Academy...' The man thought as he finally turned his body around.
Right, the man saw Lucifer as someone who has a lot of potential.
That was why the man...was extremely satisfied with this situation.
'It looks like a storm has set in Epitel.' The man thought as he imagined the situation of Lucifer blooming in First Academy.
Once that happens, a storm would rage over Epitel, the capital city of the Zacharath Kingdom.
And it was in this way that Lucifer and the man set off together.