Book 3: Chapter 51: Lecture


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    I try very hard to hold back a yawn as Grandpa continues shouting in front of me, -and were you really going to fight a level 300 on your own? Without even <em>allowing </em>your guards to help you?! Do you know just how reckless that was?! Youre reminding me so much of your father right now it hurts!


    That surprises me for a moment, enough so that I identally let out the yawn I was holding back, making Grandpas eyes narrow.


    Oops.


    There are a few things about demon society that you dont seem to realize, so I think Ill go through them with you tomorrow night, Grandpa says, a faint grin stretching across his face as I feel shivers run down my spine. So tomorrow well be going on a walk through the city down below together.


    I open my mouth to refuse, only for his eyes to narrow, making my mouth shut again.


    Hes not gonna ept my refusal.


    Can I have the nice Grandpa back please?


    <strong>You do remember hes the Demon King, right? </strong>Tarments, sounding both amused and exasperated at the same time. <strong>And hes technically doing this to help you, since you seem to be forgetting some of the demon societys differences from the human society is like.</strong>


    I mean, yes, I probably forgot a few things. Like the whole the demons can see my level just as much as I can see theirs thing. Except the blood lycans.


    Made me feel a little awkward earlier when I realized that the blood lycans knew my level while we were negotiating for my hunt. But then again, its not like it would be the first time for me to kill a demon a hundred or more levels above me. In fact, it should be the third time if I find one to kill again.


    Grandpas face rxes ever so slightly as he exins, The city will help show you some of the differences between the demon and human societies, even if this is a blood lycan city and not all demon cities are the same. Which is the first thing you should understand. He reaches out to me from his ce standing in front of me as I sit on the edge of my overlyrge bed before putting his hand on my head, making my ears twitch slightly. The various demon cities and duchies around the world have their own sets of rules on top of my own that are set in ce by whatever Nobles rule over thosends. And you know very well how we demons are cursed with the Sins, so some of thosends may not be very pleasant for the weak. I try to move my head away from his hand, slightly unnerved by how it doesnt actually make me feel that ufortable. And he lets me with a slight smile. Some of these cities andnds you may not like. So know that when you are stronger, you can do whatever you want with thends.


    My eyes widen at that.


    All you need is the power to defeat, kill, or subordinate the Noble ruling thends in question, Grandpa says while kneeling down next to me. And when youre strong enough to break away from your bodyguards, you can do whatever you want.


    Guess this world really is ruled solely by the strong.


    Grandpa stands up again a secondter before walking over to a table surrounded byfy chairs in the corner of the room and pulling out arge parchment from what I can only guess is a storage skill. So I push through my drowsiness to get up from the bed and walk over there, only to find the parchment to be arge map as he ces it on the table.


    This is a map of Tartarus itself, he says while waving to it, but my attention is solely focused on the map now. Something no human has ever gotten their hands on.


    Four continents and the floating inds of the Bloody Duchy, which is where Im at right now. Specifically the Castle of Ruin.


    Although the central continent is a lot smaller than the others. And the Southeastern continent doesnt look very hospitable considering the volcanoes.


    Im assuming youve heard from your father about the history of the Bloody Duchy? he asks, but I just shake my head. Since Leonidas isnt exactly the talkative type. And he hasnt mentioned much about the history of this ce. Oh really? Well, lets rectify that then.


    Part of me wants to go to sleep, and the other part is minorly curious about what hes about to say.


    Mostly I want to go to sleep right now.


    The Bloody Duchy started out as a singlerge continent until a series of earthquakes began to ur here on a regr basis, damaging the foundation of the continent itself and eventually splitting it up into various smaller continents, or rather, inds, he starts, making my eyes widen slightly at the sheer power that mustve been in those earthquakes. Something that doesnt exactly seem natural. Of course, weter figured out that the earthquakes werent natural and were really just the actions of a single oni who had lost control of his anger, taking it out on the home of the blood lycans. His face turns dark for a seconds. That oni is now dead.


    Yeah, thats no surprise.


    Your father decided against abandoning the blood lycans personal continent and began doing massive enchantments on the inds themselves, the remainder of the continent, while having me supply the blood for the enchantments through my blood domain, he continues exining, only to pause and nce at me from the map as he asks, You do know what my blood domain is, right? And when I nod, he focuses on the map and continues, He ended up taking an entire month just to finish the enchantments on the inds. But the results were worth it as his enchantments not only protect the inds from further harm, enhancing them with blood metal, but they also allow the inds to drain some of the blood in the ocean below to repair themselves if needed, and, of course, they fly.


    I let out a yawn, briefly covering my mouth as I do so and making Grandpa look up at me. Then his eyes widen, and he stands up straight while putting his hand on my back and directing me to the bed while saying, Im sorry! I didnt consider how tired youd be from your hunt earlier. You mustve leveled up a lot from it, and those levels can start showing more effect on your actual body when gained in mass the higher your level gets. So you should rest now.


    He actually guides me into the bed before tucking me in, which would normally have me staring at him in shock, but I feel my eyes drooping close instead, and soon enough, everything goes dark. But not before I hear him say, Goodnight, young pup.