Chapter 64: Rumors

Lucifer and Rachel finished talking about the Warmester Denoble House and the organizations by the time morning came and the sun has taken control over the sky.

Of course, since this place was pretty cramped and all that, they weren't really able to see the beautiful sun rays of the sun.

However, the main reason why they were able to tell that the morning has truly come for them was that...Asgo woke up.

He woke up and was currently sitting on the ground as he looked at Rachel, who was standing, and Lucifer, who was sitting.

Both Rachel and Lucifer were staring back at Asgo, who just woke up.

However, things changed when Asgo spoke, "W-what happened..."

He then began to stand up as he tried hard to remember what happened earlier before he lost his consciousness.

"Kuhh!!" Asgo screamed in pain as his head started to hurt when he tried hard to remember.

However, he was still able to remember that he was trying to stop Rachel from telling Lucifer about the Warmester Denoble House as he murmured, "T-that's right..."

"I was trying to stop Rachel...!!" Asgo's eyes widened as he finally remembered.

Of course, that was not all that he did as he quickly whipped his head towards Rachel and Lucifer.

"D-did you tell him anything? You didn't tell him anything, right? If you did, then that means...you are going to die!!" Asgo shouted out loud with a desperate and hollow look on his face.

It was amazing as to how he could have a hollow look and desperate look on his face at the same time, but that was just how he looked right now.

Asgo then continued to speak as he raised his hands and looked at them, "No...it's not just you...but all of us! All of us are going to die! Me, you, and Lucis!!"

Asgo's whole body was shaking as he tried to think about what would happen to them once the organizations find out about this.

No, Asgo was already sure that death would come for him as the organizations probably already know about this right now.

He was sure that they would already have found out about it through the many ears and eyes that the organizations have in this place.

And while that was happening, Lucifer was looking at Asgo with contempt in his eyes.

"Tsk. I never expected for him to be this scared of the organizations. Asgo acting like this is definitely outside of my expectations," Lucifer said as he shook his head.

This was truly outside of his calculations and expectations. The reason why Lucifer made Asgo his slave the first time was because he knew that Asgo would be a good underling.

However, with the way that Asgo was acting right now...Lucifer could only say that it was a miscalculation on his part.

But this miscalculation was really striking a chord on Lucifer as he literally can not do anything about it.

Asgo was seen as someone connected to him by the First Academy, and Asgo was enrolled in the First Academy as well.

If he suddenly goes missing, it was only natural to think that Lucifer would be the one who the First Academy will look for to ask questions.

"Contract, huh...I can definitely use that to make him docile," Lucifer said as he considered using the contract that he used on Rachel.

It would definitely be possible to make Asgo more...secured by using the power of the contract.

Although Lucifer didn't want to use the contract again, he had no other choice in this situation.

What's more, it would be the second time that Lucifer would use the contract.

As they say, the second time is always easier than the first time.

However, Lucifer was the one to scratch the idea of using the contract on Asgo.

Why? It was because it was more than likely that Asgo would still be scared of the organization so much that he would just rather die rather than obeying Lucifer's orders.

If a demon under the contract does not uphold the contents of the contract, which is following the orders of the master, the demon would immediately vanish and die.

And if Asgo disobeys Lucifer even once regarding the organizations, it was easy to guess that Asgo would die and Lucifer would be put in a situation that he wanted to avoid by not killing Asgo straightaway.

It was then that Asgo shouted out loud once more as if he was going crazy, "Nooooo!!!!!"

Asgo then fell on his knees as he punched the ground hard as if he was really lamenting over this situation.

"We are going to die! Die! Die! Die!!" Asgo shouted out loud once more.

And Lucifer saw it all. He spoke as his eyes turned cold, "This sight is truly pathetic. I even feel regret making him an underling of mine."

"However, this much fear over a petty organization of a petty kingdom...there must be something going on. Do you know anything about this, Rachel?"

Lucifer then turned her eyes at Rachel, who was looking at Asgo mourn over his loss of life or whatever the hell he was going through.

Of course, when Lucifer asked Rachel, she quickly turned around as she tried hard to find the answers to his question.

And it seems there was one as Rachel could remember something along the faint lines of...

"Hmm...there's one thing that I remember about this place. This place is called the Slums as it is literally the slums, and there's a rumor about the Slums before that was pretty popular even among the normal citizens of the Zacharath Kingdom."

"Even to the other cities," Rachel said as she put a hand over her chin as she was trying hard to remember it.

And it seems that she was taking too long as Lucifer spoke, "Rumor? What do you mean by that? Tell me already," He said.

Well, it was only natural for Lucifer to be excited about this or to want to know more about this whole situation.

It was connected to the organizations, which he planned to destroy and take the place of the Warmester Denoble House.

But most importantly, it was connected to Asgo, a normal demon who was living in the slums.

Although Asgo wasn't really that important, the main point is that...Asgo was just any other demon living in the slums, which means that...there might be other people like him living in the slums.

There could be other people who are so scared of the organizations that they would act just like how Asgo was acting right now once they hear it or something like that.

That was why it was important for Lucifer to know this, and it seems that what he was thinking was correct as Rachel finally remembered and spoke.

"I finally remember. The rumor said was...the slums were the main recruitment place for the bad organizations ruling over the Zacharath Kingdom."

"But that was not all as another rumor came as soon as that rumor died down and that rumor was...the Slums was also the place where the members of the bad organizations get their training partners as they kidnap people from here and then use them as training partners."

"Of course, they are really not training partners as they are just beaten to death and tortured."

"And the final part of this whole rumor thing is that...some people actually get back alive - from the bad organizations."

"Whether they join the bad organizations or they were kidnapped as training partners, some returned back alive in the Slums, which became the source of the rumors."

"Of course, the rumors died down pretty fast because the organizations quickly moved to quell it down."

"Anyways, the main point is...don't Asgo fit in that description perfectly?"

Rachel said all those words without missing a single beat, and what she said also made sense.

The rumors and the connection to Asgo...it all made perfect sense.

At least, for Lucifer who listened intently, the story made sense and it was reasonable as well.

After all, if Asgo truly got a backstory like that, it would only be natural for him to be this scared about the organizations and the Warmester Denoble House.

This would explain why and how Asgo knows the Warmester Denoble House despite being a normal demon living in the capital city of the Zacharath Kingdom.

Coincidentally, Lucifer deems it normal for Rachel to know about the Warmester and the organizations.

It was because Rachel was a beautiful woman. Even Lucifer admits that she was a beautiful woman.

And that, alone, explains how she knows a lot of information that most commoners shouldn't know about.

That was why Lucifer didn't question how Rachel knew so many things about things that she shouldn't know about.

"He really does fit in that kind of description. If he was a member or a kidnapped one, then being scared of the organizations is only natural," Lucifer said as he looked at Asgo with pity on his eyes.

Lucifer was sure that what Rachel said was the truth. Rumors like that are usually the truth, which is why he was feeling pity for Asgo now.

Pity because Asgo...would have to die.

"I guess I really do have to kill him..." Lucifer murmured.