I am finally back! I am so sorry for the long wait, school, and hobbies and everything has been in the way of writing. But I am here now with a new chapter. If you like it, then please leave a review. Criticism is also allowed, as long as it is constructive.

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How the heck did he get here? One moment he was having a good time eating ice cream, the next he's forced to hold a Bariyon, again, while having to pee. How damn cruel could his brother be? Yukio couldn't still be mad about the broken glasses, he had a whole drawer full of extra pairs after all! What else could he be mad about?

Rin ran off by himself during the esquire exam, leaving the others behind to fight off the other part of the Naberius. He also revealed his powers in front of Neuhaus, who later tried to kill him. But that was not his fault! They had tricked him into it!

Maybe it was something simple, like how he used his head to calm down the cat sídhe Kuro? But why would that go as a punishment? Maybe Yukio found out about his experiments and got mad at him for not telling? Or maybe he finally decided to punish him for burning half of their clothes. But again, that had not been his fault. He had trouble controlling his flames already, so even if he hadn't been sick, it had still been an accident.

… Was he still mad at him for not buying him water? Had it been that big of a deal? Water sounded like heaven right now... Oh, he drank some of that silver wine sake that was meant for Kuro, and he got a bit weird after that, but as far as he knew, he had not been that hard to deal with.

Now that he thought about it, Yukio had plenty of reasons to be mad at him, but nothing seemed to be extreme enough to punish him like this. The rock was as heavy as ever, and it was only getting worse by the minute. He was looking forward to pushing it off. But he still had another half an hour. Hopefully, he would not be dead by then.

...

This was torture! He could no longer feel his legs, and he had been sitting on his tail this whole time! Would this be the end of him? Would he die buried under a rock demon? What a shameful death. He would die a virgin, and on an empty stomach, and with a full bladder, and thirsty. At least he would not have two loudmouths yelling beside him when he passed away.

Would he go to heaven? Could demons go to heaven? Or would he end up in Gehenna? If so, maybe he could start a heavy metal band… Or his biological father would force him to do his dirty work. As long as he didn't become a maid... Would there be Sukiyaki in Gehenna?

No, he would not die like this! No way in hell! He would defeat his father in Assiah, not in Gehenna, and then he would become the new paladin! He just had to survive another twenty minutes and he would be free!

Those twenty minutes went by slowly, and when there were about five minutes left, Yukio entered their room. He walked over and placed himself right in front of Rin, who looked up with a strained expression.

"Do you know why you're sitting here?"

That question, the one he had feared. He had used most of the time trying to figure that out himself, but nothing seemed to make sense.

"Because… I did something I shouldn't have?"

"Yes, but what? What did you do that you shouldn't have done?"

"I… Broke your glasses?"

Yukio shook his head and readjusted the ones he was wearing.

"I drank Silver wine sake?"

Another head shake.

"I ran off on my own during the esquire exam? Forgot to buy you water? Burned your clothes and your manga? Almost died? Twice?"

The younger brother sighed at his brother's attempts. "You really don't know, do you?"

Rin did not know, but he wanted to. What could be so bad that he had to be punished like this?

"You pulled down my pants during class because of a dare."

… Oh! Right! How could he forget! He had lost a bet to Shima, and for that, he had to pull off his brother's pants. He hadn't seen that as a loss at the time, but now that he was sitting here with a heavy stone on his numb legs, he finally realized how stupid that bet had been.

"I UHM, I'm sorry about that, and I'm sorry for your taste in underwear."

If glares could kill, Rin would have been a dead man. But at least he got to remove the rock now. Yukio placed a talisman on it, and sure enough, the weight neutralized. He let out a sigh of relief and somehow managed to get on his feet.

"No, but really, cat boxers? Who in their right mind would wear those? I thought you were a professional. If your enemies saw those, they would laugh their asses off!"

He regretted those words as soon as they left his mouth, and he spent the next hour hidden in the bathroom to avoid certain death.