My chaotic smile burst through the gust of wind, sending chills down the spine of every single being present. But, just as I was about to twist their heads off with a stream of wind sliding off of my spinning vortex arm, a hand placed itself on my back.
In an instant, my wind was dispersed immediately, but I didn't retaliate. I felt like living longer so I calmed myself down with a click of my tongue and brushed the man's hand off of my back. It was calloused beyond belief, giving it this gravelly feeling that sent a wave of disgust to flush through my body.
"Boss, I apologize for the ruckus. I tried to prevent it, but you know how everybody is here," The dark elf that had led me here took a single knee and lowered her head toward the man who stood right before me.
Long limbs of black so dark they might as well have been night itself. He had to be at least as tall as Orion, scraping that seven feet mark. And with eyes carved from the finest and clearest quartz possible, he looked down at me with an amused smile.
"You're more reckless than I signed up for."
"They started it…" I muttered, pointing to the steaming pile of unconscious adventurers.
"And more childish," He chuckled, his long eyelashes and long white hair almost making him look like a carbon copy of me.
His horns were like mine as well, long but with a quick diversion to the sides as if trying to not reveal as much of his presence as possible. But I don't know if that was useful for somebody as big and lanky as him.
"I'm pleased to be in your presence, my prince…" The man then took a knee causing any onlookers to drop their jaws to the floor while the demon lord took my hand and pressed it up against his forehead and then kissed the back of my hand.
He took me by surprise, but instead of pulling back I just let him do his thing as the pressure this man unleashed was strong enough to crumble my bones at any given moment. I tried my best to not show such weakness on my face or even on my body, yet the quaking of my legs was still apparent as he rose to his feet once more.
"Allow me to show you to your accommodation," The man smiled and in an instant, me and the dark eleven woman were teleported to a neat apartment along the side of a very busy street. It wasn't even a teleportation skill… but essentially just pure and utter speed.
Thankfully the street wasn't as loud as the overworld since strangely there were no cars in the underworld, but I did still have to be careful of the occasional salesman screaming at the top of his lungs.
The apartment was nice with very simple wooden furniture and a bed that thankfully had a mattress. Besides that, it was relatively simple. There was nothing that really stood out so it genuinely suited my style of minimalism.
"Alright, I will get going now. I'm sure he'll be fine taking care of himself," The dark-elven woman waved goodbye, but just as she went to exit and open the door, the demon lord called out for her.
"Nope. You both will be living together."
"What?!" Both of us blurted simultaneously, causing the demon lord to chuckle once more in amusement.
"I said what I said."
"Th-Then can we at least have a second bed? Do I have to sleep next to him- No, before that. Why even do this? He's a grown-ass man. He can take care of himself!"
"I'm well aware he can take care of himself, but I need somebody to survey him. I doubt you'd want to stay in his shadow for years to come, so I decided on allowing you to live with him… and hey, you need it."
The demon lord was entirely genuine this entire time and with those last words, he left no room for complaint. Plus, we ACTUALLY had no room for complaint as he disappeared with that insane speed of his.
"I'm dreaming… I'm fucking dreaming… this is a nightmare… a horrible nightmare… somebody wake me up…" The woman begged as she collapsed in front of the door, her entire body shaking with something. Whether it was anger, sadness, disgust, shock… I couldn't tell… well, nor did I care.
"I guess we gotta get used to it. How about we grab a drink together? To celebrate our new roommateship… or something like that. What do you say?"
"I'm not going on a fucking date with you," She grit her teeth and shoots me one of the nastiest glares ever created. "I was nice to you before out of obligation and because of what the Boss told me through [Telepathy]... but now I don't have to. I'm grabbing a different room and you better not tell him otherwise I'm going to make sure your life here is a living hell. I'll tell everybody you-"
"Yeah, I don't care," I shrugged before pushing past her and opening the door, exiting my room quickly and shutting the slab of wood right back in the woman's face. I heard an unhinged scream from behind the wooden walls, but I just ignored it and proceeded down the hallway.
"WAIT! WAIT FOR ME! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!?"
"I'm going to test out the abilities of everybody here. I hope there isn't a problem with that," I replied, but the dark elf still looked troubled as her gaze scraped the floor. "So there is a problem with that… is there a no-fighting pact here or are you guys all just pussies."
"Where exactly were you going to find opponents?"
"At a training ground or something. You have that right?"
"Yeah, but… ugh… I'll take you," The dark elf stomped angrily down the hall and as I lightly smiled, she turned back towards me with an intense glare. "My name is Odnel, but people call me Nell."
