The Demon Dragon Knight Becomes a Servant
Chapter 14: The Past

Theodore Elric and Zephkiel Allocus. The two are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. Zephkiel was a noble demon who lived with different abilities. Zephkiel is from a conglomerate family.

Whatever he wants can be obtained. Getting the best educator, the best training and also the best quality of life.

Theodore was just an ordinary demon. He lived in the city and lived a life in a deprived family. He had no education, nor a great power like Zephkiel.

When Zephkiel was about 12 years of age, he felt jealous of the children he had seen on his way home through the city. Other children live their lives happily and with smiles. As for Zephkiel, since childhood must carry out full noble duties.

Because of her irish feelings, she once sneaked out of her residence to go to the city. Although he came from a noble family, but Zephkiel felt a little confined because of the status that his family had.

Zephkiel hopes to blend in and play with the kids he's seen before. But all of that doesn't exist anymore.

The city is like a ghost town. People are drowning and drought. No food or drink was given. The smile and harmony of the little children playing was nothing he got. Just a cry and a rundown city waiting to die to pick them all up.

It was the reign of the demon king Alphorius. The atrocities he committed were based on his own interests. He expanded the territory by fighting. Elves, humans, dwarves, orcs, goblins, whatever it is in the library is exhausted by it for greater power.

Being concerned only with his own power, Alphorius never cared for commoners. He only does whatever makes him and the people who serve him happy.

Whereas ordinary demons already had a hard time living, because their food and crops were always cut off by the gluttony of Alphorius as the demon king.

Until one day, Zephkiel who was walking in the city was hit on the head by one of the demons in the city. The hard blow that hit the head of a 12-year-old boy certainly made his head bleed.

Butwhy? Why do they do that?

The answer is very easy.

Because, Zephkiel wears fancy clothes. He who comes from a noble family has no flaws. More so in his clothes and also wealth.

Therefore, the envy and envy of the demon folk within the city had already peaked. Those who saw Zephkiel fall tried to take what he had for sale and exchange food.

But a young man thinks differently. He rescues Zephkiel from the crowd and takes him to safety. The wound was treated, even if it was right inside the slum. It's not stopping to give food.

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Zephkiel who was in the middle told Touya, drew his gaze and looked at him.

“And that young man is your father”

Touya was stunned in silence when he picked up the story. Zephkiel continued it briefly.

“Your father who helped me back then really opened my eyes. If we, the devils of the nation at that time only lived on the suffering of others. They even dared to stab a fellow to be able to survive. The hell world back then was so cruel!”

“But your father is different. He has no intention of doing that. He does not have the courage to harm others for his own sake. And that's where me and Theo have a relationship that can be just as strong as a brother”

“So, sir Zephkiel knew my father from long ago?”

“True. I also helped Theo to practice and understand martial arts, magic, and even war strategy. With the knowledge I gave him, Theo gave rise to his extraordinary fighting talent. Until the dream he longed for first, he managed to realize for this age”

“Dreams?”

“Your father and I had the same dream. We want to change hell for the better and escape the evil reign of Alforius. And your father was the one who moved the demons to rebel. I fought by his side like a brother, but I couldn't protect him”

From there, Touya already knew how his father died. Although he had never met and considered himself human until not long ago.

While Zephkiel at that time, has not finished telling his story with Theo.

“From the day before the war started, Theo told me he had a child. He sent the child to a man on earth. And ask me to promise, that I will protect the boy no matter how”

“And the boy is…. Me?”

“True. You are the bloodline of Theo. The demon revolutionoiner, the hero of the underworld. Without your father, we demons would not be able to escape the reign of Alphorius at that time”

Although Touya had already heard the outline from Reina, but this was on a different level. Zephkiel recounts from his view that knew Theo for so long. Of course there were many things Reina did not know and only Touya could get from Zephkiel's mouth.

However, there was one thing that made Touya a little astonished. The thought flashed and could not simply disappear. Before long, he opened his mouth.

“Mr Zephkiel. Sorry if I asked you presumptuous. But why did my father leave me in the human world?”

“The answer must be you know yourself, right? It was to protect you from the impending civil war”

Zephkiel's answer is already known by Touya. But, he still wanted to make sure against his feelings on the figure of the father that he did not even know his face and whereabouts.

“I told Reina your true whereabouts, it was to protect you as well. When Reina told me, you were already impaled and almost died by a demon named Yuri”

“True. If it is not in the help of miss, then I will definitely die”

“I intend to keep your identity for your quiet life. In order not to get involved with the demons, and also to keep my promise to Theo to protect you. But, I guess that's impossible”

Touya was stunned in silence when Zephkiel said that it was impossible.

“Must be? Why can?”

“Ooyama Yuri, he is a different demon faction with demons who are within the power of this kingdom. He was from the defense faction of Alphorius, the rest of the rebels”