In the heart of a dense, ancient forest stood a towering monolitha portal to another realm.

This mysterious portal, known as the Crimson Gate, emanated an eerie, crimson glow that cast haunting shadows on the surrounding vegetation.

Standing at twelve feet tall, the gate appeared to be composed of a mysterious, pulsating red material, swirling with energy.

The air surrounding it was crackling with a palpable sense of anticipation, whispering secrets and enticing the curious to step through and discover the wondersor dangersof the uncharted dimension beyond.

It was a creepy and dark ambience around it, but to the creatures of night, this place was no different than heaven.

Adventurers were swarming the gate and roaming around it continuously.

Lith, along with Ren, had reached the gate and was looking for Ralph and Dennis.

To his surprise, the two were standing like fools in front of the gate, completely mesmerized by the beauty of it.

Appearance wise, despite being a hundred years old now, the two seemed the same as before. The only thing that changed about them was the aura they gave off and it was evident that these two had become Saint Ranks.

Lith sneaked close to the two, slapped Ralph's head from behind, and vanished.

Ralph knitted his brows and turned to look at Dennis. Without saying a word, he hit him on his head.

"Stop playing around."

"What the fuck?" Dennis cursed, but then thought he might've done something wrong and didn't say anything to Ralph.

The two went back to watching the Crimson Gate.

Lith smiled and went behind them again.

Slap!

"You bastard, why are you hitting me?"

Slap!

Dennis knitted his brows and slapped Ralph's head.

"You hit me first." Ralph was annoyed and hit Dennis again.

"What? When?" Dennis hit Ralph after saying so.

"Now." Ralph hit him back.

The two went back and forth for a while and at the sidelines, Lith was recording them while chuckling evilly.

The two's conflict quickly escalated and they started fighting like cats and dogs.

While laughing, Lith recorded their embarrassing moments and once done, appeared before the two and said, "Sup, boys," as if he wasn't the reason for this.

Listening to the familiar voice, the two stopped fighting and turned to look at Lith.

"Your Highness!"

"Lith!"

"Heyyyyy" Lith smiled and went in for a hug.

"Baaaaaah! It's been so loooooong!" Dennis chided.

"Yes, been a really long time." Ralph got out of the hug and for once, agreed with Dennis.

"No wait, before you answer, what's that thing on your head, Your Highness?" Dennis pointed at the white ball of fur on Lith's head.

Hearing himself be called, the little pup Ren uncurled himself.

"WAAAAA, IT'S MOVING!"

Ralph had an annoyed look as he saw Dennis's stupidly surprised face.

"Close your mouth, idiot."

Lith chuckled.

"He's Ren, my puppy," Lith did a short introduction.

Even after eight decades, Ren was still the same puppy and it was evident that it took a long time for magical beasts like him to grow.

"Oooooh! I see! If we were bringing pets, you should've said it to me, Your Highness. I would've brought Mu Mu here." Dennis said in his usual cheerful tone.

Ralph nodded. "Me too."

"Me too?"

"Me too?"

Lith and Dennis both were surprised with Ralph's comment.

"" Ralph showed a look of confusion on his face as he heard the two.

"What do you mean, 'me too'?" Dennis asked. "Do you have a pet too?"

"Well" Ralph suddenly realized he had never told the two about such a thing and understood why they seemed confused.

He cleared his throat and continued, "I have a pet too. Got him like fifty years ago during a trip to the Forests of Elara in the southern islands of the Human Continent."

"WHAAAAAA WHAT THE FUCK!" Dennis opened his mouth again in surprise.

"You You went to the Human Continent? A low level demon like you?" Dennis was really surprised. He, being a vampire, was forbidden from going to the Human Contient until he was about a King Rank or so.

It was dangerous out there and this made him genuinely surprised by Ralph's adventures.

Ralph nodded. "I found an ancient demon grave there, had to go."

"Damn!" Dennis said in surprise. "That must be fun and really ballsy of you to do. The attack from the Devils is still fresh on the minds of those humans and you went there at such a time. Those Humans don't know the difference between the Devils and the Demons, it's a surprise that you're still alive."

Ralph rolled his eyes. Dennis was exaggerating too much.

"What happened further?" Lith asked, ignoring Dennis's reply and asking Ralph further.

Ralph shook his head. "Nothing much, I just got myself a red-coloured parrot who happens to know how to communicate with animals and translate it in normal language."

"DAAAAAAMMMMFFF! MFFF!"

Ralph shoved the handkerchief from his pocket into Dennis's mouth and made him shut up.

He was just too annoying.

Lith nodded. "I see."

Cough! Cough!

Dennis somehow managed to throw the handkerchief out of his mouth and coughed.

It was not a great experience to deepthroat a handker

'Wait, what the fuck, I didn't deepthroat a handkerchief! It was just in my mouth!'

Nobody had accused Dennis, but he was still trying to convince himself that it wasn't something weird that just happened.

"You bastard, what the hell did you do?" Dennis cursed and asked for an explanation.

Being around Ralph for so long, he had picked up the word 'hell' and watching too much anime, he also picked up the word 'holy shit', even though he wasn't a Demon or an Angel.

Ralph rolled his eyes and didn't answer.

Ptui!

Dennis spit down and said with an accusing tone, "what even was in that handkerchief? I can still feel the stupid smell of it coming inside of me."

""

""

Both Ralph and Lith were dumbfounded with the comment from Dennis.

"What?" Dennis wasn't aware of what he had just said.

"What did you say?" Lith asked calmly.

"I just said I can feel the smell coming inside of me hey, why are you recording wait WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!"

The realization of what he had just said hit Dennis.

"NOOOOO! DELETE THAT!" Dennis ram behind Lith to get the video recording.

Ralph sighed and shook his head. "I am surrounded by an idiot."

"Woof! Woof!" Ren, who was beside Ralph, barked and agreed. He too was surrounded by an idiot.

Ralph blinked and stared at Ren. He didn't understand his barks, but could somehow tell what must be going on in his head.

"Your master will kill you if you say something like this," he warned.

"Woof!" Ren didn't care.

Ralph smiled and shook his head.

Lith and Dennis came back to the spot, with Dennis accepting defeat.

"Please don't share it with anyone, Your Highness. My already low chances of scoring any bitches will fall down even further." Dennis pleaded.

Lith chuckled. "Don't worry, I won't send it to anyone."

"Phew"

"Except your wife."

"What!?" Dennis was stupefied for a second, but then calmed down. "Heh, jokes on you, I ain't marrying anytime soon."

Lith chuckled. "You're missing out then."

"What do you mea aaaaaahhhhhh I remember, you're married, aren't you, Your Highness?" It clicked Dennis.

Lith nodded. "That's right. It's really amazing."

"Hey! Last time you told us about it but didn't tell us who your wives are or what their name is. Are you going to still keep us in the dark? C'mon, it's been eight decades now!" Dennis complained.

Lith smiled and shook his head. "I'll tell you the name of two of my wives, if you get it right, I'll invite you to my wedding that'll happen in the future."

"Huh? What?" Both Ralph and Dennis were confused and asked.

"Aren't you married already? What do you mean future wedding?"

Lith laughed and patted Dennis's shoulder. "Buddy, who said I have only one wife and don't plan to have more?"

Ralph and Dennis blinked at this sudden revelation. They were surprised, but not so much now.

"Anyway, the name of my two wives is" Lith took a pause and smiled, creating some suspense.

"is?"

Lith chuckled. "It's Arya and Emilia. Good luck trying to guess who they are."

"Arya and Emilia" Ralph and Dennis repeated the name softly.

"Arya and Emilia"

"Arya and Emilia"

"Arya and"

"HOLYYYYY SHITTTT!"

"!!!!!!!!"

"ARYA AND EM NO!"

"TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL!"