Amaimon was bored, he had nothing to do in Gehenna and his brother, Mephisto was unwilling to play with him in Assiah. Well, it was more like he was barred from entering Assiah after the incident with Okumura Rin. Unless Amaimon can control his anger or bloodlust, Mephisto will not allow him any way near his beloved Assiah. Thus the bored Amaimon decided to pay a visit to the rumoured half-demon child of Vulcan, wanting to see Amaya with his own eyes. After all, half-demon can be quite powerful, or interesting in a sense.
'Don't you get bored?' Amaimon suddenly spoke out loud, breaking the silence. He wondered how that girl was able to be so focused. It was rare for him to get interested in things after all. Amaya had a huge shock, she was completely unaware of Amaimon's presence in the garden and she was intensely focused in her training.
'Wh-, who are you?!' Amaya pointed her sword at the stranger, 'How rude of you to enter others' premises without permission!' Amaimon is deeply intrigued now, there was actually somebody who didn't know him, 'Oh, you don't know me. I am Amaimon, nice to meet you.' He jumped down, extending his left hand, his right was holding onto his familiar, Behemoth. 'This girl must be trapped inside this place ever since birth, probably' Amaimon thought to himself.
Amaya blushed deeply at the stranger's sudden friendliness, and sheathed her sword immediately. This is the first time she met a demon from the outside and that friendly extended hand, it should be a sign of friendship, no? Amaya shook his hand, her face reddening, not very sure as to how to react. 'I, I am Amaya, he-hello.' She stuttered. She had always been holed up in the palace, visitors were rare and she didn't have any familiars or even friends.
'Hmm.' Amaimon looked around at the garden, it was beautiful, with a mini waterfall in the corner and the whole place was filled with flowers, colours of all shades of red. There were garden swings and picnic tables that looked like they had been untouched for quite some time. Although Gehenna's sky was constantly dark, this palace of Fire seems to be the only place with light, although it is a queer shade of red light.
Suddenly, Amaya exclaimed out loud, remembering some important details, 'you are the Earth King! One of the Eight Princes of Gehenna!' Amaya blushed again, how could she treat the prince so rudely, so as to point her sword at him and even failing to notice his name, or even appearance for that matter. But one thing, Amaya didn't expect Amaimon to look like this, having such a youthful features and certainly not dressed in such a gothic way. Amaya had half expected all Kings to wear cape and royal robes. (Well, Mephisto is certainly far from that…)
'Well, yes. Do you want some?' Amaimon didn't really care about what people think of him and he started fumbling in his pocket for some sweets, he had just finished the lollipop in his mouth. Amaya took the sweet from his hand and stared at it with curiosity, this might just be one of the legendary food from Assiah she overheard the servants talking about. 'You're supposed to eat it, not stare at it.' Amaimon pointed out. Amaya reddens and ate the sweet immediately.
Amaya felt like a village pumpkin, she didn't have many knowledge of Assiah or even Gehenna. She yearned to explore around the world, travel between the realms. But the thought of disobeying her father is such an atrocious thought that she immediately waved the idea away. Speaking of which, her father seems reluctant to talk much about Assiah, it seems to awake the painful memories of her mother, especially the last moments of her life. Thus Amaya didn't press on much for details.
'Say… Can you tell me more about Assiah?' Amaya perched down on one of the garden swings and asked dreamily. Amaimon was amused and sat down beside her, 'Well, what do you want to know about?'
….
The two sat there talking for a long time. This may be a blooming flower of romance, perhaps?
Sorry for abruptly ending off here! This is to speed up the introduction and get to the main story :)
More of Amaimon next chapter yay~ 3
