It was roughly midway through the trip . Simon had been trailing in the forest for 20 straight minutes, zooming past the trees in a lush crimson forest . With each subtle step, he propelled himself further, without breaking a single branch or separating a single leaf . Each step, would be undetectable .

'Hmmm . . . I feel like I've seen this sort of thing in a popular cartoon back in the old days . Eh, I barely even watched them anyways . '

Simon quickly sped up his pace as he blinked into the brush of the forest, disappearing into the lush crimson trees .

***

"Say, Keltz, you sure that the Diva's son will be here?" A muscular white horned devil asked as he popped his head out of a bush .

"Lorv, shush, I know that he will definitely take this path at exactly midday, with a small escort of 3rd tier demons . It is really nothing we can't kill . Demons aren't even worth a devil's time . " Keltz responded in an arrogant tone .

Thump thump thump thump . . .

"He's here, that naive fool! Trying to run away from home with just this much protection . . . bag him and we'll be rich!" Keltz laughed quietly .

Advertis.e.m.e.ntA carriage with a n.o.ble child slowly moved through the clearing in the forest, making a decent amount of noise as the demonic beast mounts stomped on the ground .

"I see only 4 guards, why don't we go in now?" Lorv asked .

"Yes, let's get us some money-"

A blazing fast object moved across the brush, taking away the two devils' heads with a gentle motion of it's lower body, sending their heads flying to where the object had come from .

"Golso, did you hear that?" A guard asked as he felt the smell of blood appear in a purple mist-like form .

"Yes, it seems that there is death here . This purple mist is the blood of a lower cla.s.s devil!" The other guard yelled .

CLANK

"Golso, Lannix? What's going on? Why did we stop so suddenly?" A young white horned devil asked as he popped his head out of the carriage .

"Don't worry, my lord . We will investigate this immediately . " Golso announced as he leapt from the carriage and ran to the source of the mist .

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"What in Blood's name . . . ?"

"What is it, Golso?!" The devil asked .

"It seems we were lucky today . . . "

"WAIT! I found a pair of heads down here!" Another demon shouted as he ran back with a couple of beheaded devil heads .

"Grey horns? We are definitely lucky today . . . just one of those can usually destroy our entire group!"

"But what killed these devils? And so precisely at that? These are clean cuts . . . "

***

"I got blood on my foot! Dammit, why did those idiots have to stick their heads out of that bush? I'm going to have to wash my feet soon, I hope there's a f***ing river nearby . . . O wait, I remember there is a river bank next to a clearing around a kilometre away . It should be good enough to clean up this mess . " Simon complained as he continued manoeuvring the trees .

"Hmmm . . . I think I see the clearing, and the river bank . " Simon said as he found himself near a large clearing .

"Welp, time to wash my feet . " This is exactly what Simon did . There was no 'lady bathing in the river' event this time around, he just washed his feet and continued to run .

'Welp, I'm nearly at the Reaper mansion, this has been a very boring trip . No wonder I always stay in the mansion . "

'This place might be beautiful, but there is almost nothing here . All there is is trees and bushes, with the occasional riverbank and clearing . Thank goodness, I'm nearly at the Reaper mansion . '

'But how will I sneak in? I honestly forgot about that part . Maybe I should get myself invited, that could work . But how would I get myself invited into the mansion?'

"Hmmm . . . . "

"I honestly don't want to go in the mansion, so I might as well go to the town and just wait outside and make sure nothing bad happens at the door . That should be good enough! I just hope that brother of mine doesn't mess this sh*t up and get himself killed . That would be a real huge pain!"

Simon again melded into the forest as he quickly approached a large town . Entering through the shadows, he moved into a small crowd of common demons and low tiered devils, making himself seem as normal as possible .

***

Houses in the Demon World:

Crypts: A Maquess house that was founded by Sata Crypts, the Blood Monarch of Blades . The house has been in a rather moderate decline over the years, but is nevertheless as Maquess house . The current head is Karlus Crypts .

Reaper: A Diva house that was founded by Blanche Reaper, the Blood Monarch of Nights . The Reaper house has always continued to keep an amiable relations.h.i.+p with the Crypts house because their founders were rumoured to be cousins . The house has maintained a powerful hold on its political base and has not declined as much as Crypts . The current head is Hadrius Reaper .

Shrieze: A Diva house that was founded by Sepiks Shrieze, the Blood Monarch of Terror . The Shrieze house is more powerful than the Reaper house and maintains little to no connections with people from other houses . Is rumoured to hold a a devil on the edge of becoming 8th rank . The current head is Lucia Shrieze .

Mortyr: A Clar house that was founded by Oberon Mortyr, the Blood Monarch of Order . The Mortyr house is no longer a powerful house like it was back in its glory days, and prefers to stay out of the political game . The current head is Oberon Mortyr XII .

Litz: A Maquess house that was founded by Uldra Litz, the Blood Monarch of Knowledge . The Litz house is home to the demon world's grandest library, housing over a million different books of days gone by . Although not a powerhouse, the Litz house is well respected as the keepers of knowledge and history . The current head is Talia Litz .

More information on the demon world will be released later on . I won't be putting them in extras, since barely anyone reads those :(