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Kerori nervously stepped through the gates before looking around, "Kerori," the ice demoness looked back and saw Iruma approaching her. Standing in front of his former classmate, the future Demon King slightly smiled, "Thanks for coming,"

"Thanks for inviting me back…but…where is everyone else?"

Kerori looked around in confusion and Iruma took a deep breath before shaking his head, "They're home…it's just going to be the two of us today," Kerori hummed as she looked at Iruma and arched a brow, "Apparently, grandpa and Opera forgot to tell me what the second trial was until after I made some decisions…so…the ones that I chose to come back…we're going to spend a day together…one-on-one,"

"Oh…well…okay," the two turned and began walking towards the water park. Stopping, the ice demoness looked at Iruma and hummed, "Iruma?" Iruma hummed and looked at her in confusion as he ached a brow, "A few things to ask you…outside of my stage team, my manager, my family, you, Lied, and Ameri, does anyone else know?"

"No," Iruma shook his head, "I swore I'd keep your secret and I'm nothing if not a man of my word,"

Kerori hummed and nodded, "Right…and…how many candidates did you select?"

"Ten," Iruma inhaled slowly, "There's you, Ameri, Elizabetta, Konatsu, Azuki, Haruno, Eiko, Gaako, Culus and Clara,"

"And that brings me to my next question…we were all told that Clara wouldn't be a part of this. We were told that-"

"The same thing I told Ameri," Iruma narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head, "Clara is one of my best friends and I wouldn't have felt right if I excluded her like that. If anyone doesn't like my decision, they're free to back out, but Clara is going to be a part of this," Keori took a deep breath and slowly nodded, "I hope you don't have a problem with Clara being part of this…whatever you want to call it,"

"I suppose there is no getting around it, huh?" Iruma hummed and shook his head again, "And you said Nee-San was still in this, right?" Iruma slowly nodded, "You know a lot of demons are going to believe you only brought her back for her body,"

"I know, and that's not the case…this is a double-edged sword…I got two of them…Elizabetta because she is the embodiment of lust itself and Clara…I know everyone is going to assume I picked Elizabetta because of her body, and I'm sure Elizabetta will think the same and I'm going to have a hard time convincing everyone different, but I wanted her to come back because she's fun to hang out with.

And Clara…I don't want to intentionally hurt her…I'm not going to invite her to the first round and then send her away…I made her cry once since I met her and that was because of a miscommunication…I don't want to do that to her again…so I told grandpa and Opera that she should be on the list too, or I promised to bring hell once I became the Demon King and…they told me to talk to her about it. They supported my decision to have my best friend here,"

Kerori sighed as she slowly shook her head, "I swear sometimes you're too kind for your own good, Iruma," Iruma hummed and shrugged his shoulders, "Well let's go," Iruma hummed again and nodded as the two of them turned and walked further into the park.

The two adults walked through the park, water dripping from their bodies and Kerori slightly smiled, "You look like you're having fun," Kerori hummed and nodded, "I'm glad you're enjoying yourself,"

"Yeah…I'm normally busy with work, but it's good to get out once in a while," Kerori smiled as she turned and faced Iruma. Her eyes widened as she looked down at Iruma's hand, "Why…why is your ring glowing like that?" Iruma's eyes widened as he looked down at the ring that dawned around his right middle finger, "The last time that happened it went crazy…it's not going to do that again, is it?"

"No…sometimes this thing has a mind of its own, but it should settle down in a minute," the two stared at the ring as the light slowly dimmed and Iruma mumbled under his breath as he narrowed his eyes, "Damnit Ali, what the hell do you want? You heard grandpa and Opera. I have to date each of them, and you want to cause a scene?"

"Did you say something, Iruma?"

Iruma sighed and shook his head, "Just…going insane…I think…let's forget about the ring and enjoy the rest of our date, okay?" Kerori slightly frowned and nodded before they continued to walk through the water park.

EKNAQ

Iruma walked away from the icy mansion before he sighed and looked down at his ring, "Okay Ali, why did you try to interrupt my date with Kerori?" the ring started glowing again before the spirit of the ring emerged, "Well?"

"I was thinking, Iru-boy…it's far too boring if you go as yourself,"

"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" the spirit hummed and Iruma narrowed his eyes slightly, "Look Ali, I have a date with Clara tomorrow, and I'd appreciate it you don't do anything that will ruin that,"

"I was just thinking…what will happen if they see the other Iruma? The one that helped get Royal One, the one who helped your little friend, the one who-"

"If you force me through that hell, I promise hell on you, Ali," Iruma warned, "We better get going…grandpa and Opera are probably wondering where I'm at and I have to plan my date with Clara," Ali hummed before fading back into the ring and Iruma continued to walk down the road.

Some foreshadowing…enjoy.