Ah, yes. The glory of the Royal one. The classroom of the Demon King himself. He's often fantasized about cementing his fortress here, and finally, after years of hard work, dedication, and a massive lesson in humility, he's finally made headway into becoming Demon King himself!

Yet here he is, sitting here. In the room that could be adorned by the Devi himself for all of it's coolness and epicness. He knew he was not worthy, yet he would grow into it. The one who was most worthy, however, was Izuku Midoriya, his almighty rival! Izuku, who tamed the Valley Guardian, who set the sky on fire, amassed followers all over the school, who became his friend, was the closest to being Demon King then even himself!

Except for now, as the boy was covered in his group of friends. "Ah, guys, what's going on here?" Lied asked with both amusement and concern. "I know you're close, but this is a bit much."

"Ever since I came back everyone's been clingy." Midoriya spoke, unable to move any limbs. Azz literally had to carry the boy in like luggage. "Guys, you don't need to keep hugging me.."

"Don't you dare suggest otherwise, Izuku-kins!" Clara clung to Izuku like she did when climbing 'Sabro mountain'. "If I move an inch, you'll get stressed out again and become Deku!"

"What's wrong with that? Deku was pretty cool." Jazz commented, and was met with a fist from the blond girl that brought in all those other Permission Slips. "Just an opinion!"

"It's a terrible opinion! He was cool but he's not Izu!" She shouted.

"It doesn't matter, he has to work right?" Kerori asked, now getting close. "Let's just remove-"

Hisssss

"-leave you there." Kerori turned her back on them, shivering like she was frozen by her ice. "Like I said, you don't get between two maniacs. Between three, forget it. You're on your own here, Izuku."

"I don't blame you." His rival muttered, sitting down, though even then the two girls refused to let go. "Gaako, Azz, help me."

"There's not much I can do here, sorry." Asmodues commented with a sigh. "I somewhat agree with them. That wicked phase came out of nowhere, so extra precautions do seem necessary at the moment."

"Yeah, and when I tried to tell Eiko to head to class, she just laughed and said Royal One was her classroom now." The dragon girl spoke.

"I helped, I get access to the classroom when it's not in session!" Eiko declared loudly. Well she had a point, without her they couldn't have gotten the numerity, so they'd be done.

He supposed it was his time to step in. "Alright then, Clara, how about thou climb onto the mountain known as Sabro Mountain, in dost effort to reach the summit once again!" He jacked up, thus, making it harder to climb! Foolproof plan.

"No." Well that stabbed his pride in the dick.

"Come on, Clara-chan, there's delicious snacks for you!" The innocent cuteness of Elizabetta Ix spoke up along with Goemon, holding candies and pastries. "Why not try this delicious macaroon cake?"

"Piss off, harpy." The Eiko girl tried to claw her away, though Elizabetta hardly seemed offended.

If anything, she looked even happier. "Don't I win the bet now? Izuku clearly has his relationships firmly established now."

"Yeah, he's friends with all the misfit class, cause we've been hanging out all the time recently." Clara spoke to Eiko, a possessive look in her eyes.

"Huh, guess they have a point. We became members of the Calamity Cult without even knowing it, didn't we?" Kaumi pointed out, and no one was inclined to disagree. "But clearly I won the bet! He's obviously started his harem!"

Izuku looked like he was about to faint, but Asmodeus spoke before he had the chance to. "No, I won the bet. I said he would bring us into some sort of schoolwide scheme, and that's exactly what happened."

"Last I checked." Lied spoke from his spot, everyone turning. "Everyone BUT Izuku won the bet."

"Wait, but I didn't destroy the school or overthrow my Grandpa."

"Oh, then I guess Sabro and Kerori lose too." DAMN IT! He was really hoping that one would hold out.

"Still, you're kinda getting in Izuku's way by smothering him like that." Jazz brought the conversation back to the original topic. "Don't you want to give him a little space to at least breathe?

The two looked guilty, backing up a bit. Izuku looked at them both, and Azz looked like he was about to say something when he saw the guilty look on his face. "I guess you guys can do it until class starts." Both girls immediately squeezed him until steam came out of his ears. "Too..too much love.."

"There's no such thing." Elizabetta corrected him.

"Well, if you can't beat them, join them!" Lied cried out. "Come on, let's get in on the action too!" Lied bagan his affectionate assault.

"Alright, if everyone else is doing it." Jazz went up next.

"Guys, I can assure you this isn't.."

"Come on Kerori-chan, let's get on it too!" The succubus dragged the little white haired girl towards the group.

"Just so you know, this is a sister hug!"

"I will hug with the most muscle power!" Sabro cried out, he wasn't being left behind.

"Wait, you might actually break his bones!"

"Save some ladies for me!"

"Back off, perv!" Eventually they formed into a nice big cuddle pile. Ah, the chaos was fun. From this midst of the pile, he could faintly hear the whispers of Izuku.

"I-I'm too blessed."

He turned, noticing Kalego walking into the room. "Strange, we shouldn't have reached the point where you lost your minds until mid week." He idly commented. "Not important, to your seats. And classes!"


Kalego-Sensei tapped his foot even as the duo from the Magical Apparatus Battler left. Didn't seem too angry, so Kerori simply waited for the man to speak. "Already the first day and you fools are already causing trouble." He sighed, resting his face on his own chair, something he didn't have the luxury of back in the original misfit classroom. What did it take for this guy to be happy? Aside from misery that is.

"Now then, the next week will have classes shortened." Everyone cheered, and while she would have loved some free time on her busy schedule, she had doubts the man would give them something like this of his own free and happy will. "Don't get too excited, this time should be used to study. After all, the First Year End of Terminus is coming up."

"The end of the term? Finally, there's a concept I actually understand on the first try." Izuku raised his head up. "That's just the tests to show what we've learned all semester, right?" Right, sheltered rich kid.

"And then after we go on a long break. We're allowed to stay at Bablys to complete work on our Battlers, though most of the time students use it for recreation. Essentially, it's just a long period of 'me' time." Asmodeus finished for him. Guess he finally accepted Izuku's ignorance if he answered without complaining.

"Can you imagine it, a whole month of freedom! All those games!" Lied spoke, sparkling eyes at the imagination.

"All those ignorant targets!" Jazz spoke, sparkling eyes at the imagination.

"All those ladies to google!" Kamui spoke, tainted eyes sparkling at the imagination. Good thing Elizabetta was a decent meat shield, even seemed to enjoy it on some wicked level.

"Games for a whole big month, supper big fun times all around!" Clara shouted happily, laughing to herself.

"Well, that is if you pass." Kalego stopped the celebration dead in its tracks. "If you do poorly, not only will you be ranked down, you'll be forced to spend the month on make-up work." Well that was fine, not like she was in danger. Just add studying to her new free time and she's golden.

"WAIT! A bad grade can rank us down!?" Izuku's innocence about how the whole world works shines through again. "This school really knows where to hurt you the most."

"Wait, the nerd is worried about a bad grade!?" Jazz asked in shock. "Oh shit, we're going to die! We're all going to die horribly! Burry me in a golden grave!"

"Since when are you worried about failing?" Kerori just had to ask him. "Aren't you constantly taking notes about everything? I wouldn't think you'd be that bad at school work."

"Magic i'm good at, it's a compound equation that's not too hard to understand on some level. Biology, History, Facts about life I've been sheltered about? I'm out of it. Also I tend to take the more practical and theoretical possibilities about magic rather than the formulas behind it so I wouldn't know how much mana equates to an exact range, or it-"And he was rambling, of course.

"I don't need your life story, I was just curious, and now I regret it." She sent a small block of ice towards his mouth. This would've been more satisfying about a month ago. "At least we can finally confirm there's something you don't stand out in." Was it wrong that she felt glad about that?

"My humble self believes that role falls onto Schnieder-san." All turned from Goemon to the lion headed student. The boy in question took a long sip of his water, let out a satisfying sigh, and turned back to them.

"You lot are doomed." Those were his only words of comfort.

"And just so you know again, if you get a bad grade, you'll have to stay for make-up classes." Their teacher lazily explained, sending everyone into a frenzy. "It was all in the syllabus at the start of the year. You've gained the Royal One, now you must earn grades that reflect such an honor." He smirked evilly at them. "Of course, I wouldn't mind if all of you failed."

Why was she included in that list?! He literally confirmed she was the only normal student in the misfit class! "Seriously, you'll all get worked up over this? Figures you'd waste your time and not be prepared." Asmodeus slipped into his know-it-all-phase.

"I do well on tests, I know all the questions." Clara showed off very bad grades. "I always answer them all!"

"There's no winning, is there?" Lied slumped in his seat. "What did we do to deserve this?

"I blame Izuku." The nods around her were minor comfort.

"Okay, you can all like me or you can all hate me, but you can't do both!" Damn it, good point.

"Actually you can, it's all in the personal memories and visual expression." Asmodeus said it like it was easy.

"Oh, shut it, Alice."

"I don't call you Deku, you don't call me Alice." And then Asmodeus was hit with a hammer.

"We don't bring up the 'D' around here!" Clara defended, and Kerori already smelled steaming feathers from behind her.

"Give me another hammer, you sent Kamui over the edge."


Asmodeus watched in mild fascination as Izuku drowned himself in books. The safety of the Magical Apparatus Room was paramount, so Lizzy was just watching him while sipping a soda. "So, you nerds feel confident about this? Just saying, it's my life on the line if you fail, Izuku-kun"

"Either he passes and keeps his rank or fails and you vanish. It's a win-win in my books." Gaako shrugged. "You're just lucky Clara's willing to help you finish out that bucket list."

"Here's your pool of chocolate!" Lizzy cried a little at the sight of a bucket full of melted fudge.

"You really are an angel in devil's clothing, you know that right?" She formed a halo above her head. "Just so you know, I'm rooting for you." She dove straight in. "Ah, well, since Izuku-kun is a secret idiot, I might as well live everyday to the fullest until then."

"Hey, I can do this, especially now that there's life on the line!" Izuku shouted. "I just need to cut out some non essentials, like playtime, food, sleep." Only one of those was nonessential in Asmodeus's book.

"I'm surprised Eiko isn't here, she usually wants to help Izuku out any way possible right?" Asmodeus asked Gaako, the usual predictor of the girl's antics.

"She's off making a study guide." Gaako responded flippantly.

"Of what subject?"

"Every." The answer was so blunt he was startled for a second. Now he was pretty concerned about that level of determination, did anyone have good habits other than the dragon girl?

"Don't worry, little Kohai, I'll make sure you pass." Clara dressed up in those ridiculous non-detection glasses, which didn't work since they all saw her put it on, and a graduation hat. "Call me instructor Clara!"

"Yep, clearing up my bucket list was the right call." Lizzy spoke at the horrifying sight before them. Guess the threat of long term death just got the fight out of someone.

"As much as it annoys me to keep you around, we won't allow Izuku to fail at any rate." Asmodues spoke up. He needed to put his all into helping Izuku catch up. "Our motto is Plus Ultra, right? We just have to find what he's good at and work the rest to passable levels. Let's give up on culture and history for now. Show us your magic grades."

He was handed all the papers, now to find-oh mother of devi. "Wow, these are surprisingly low for all your muttering." He looked at the forty-five in Magic and the twenty in Biology.

Gaako looked over his shoulder, then at Izuku. "Did we jump the gun by calling you a nerd?"

"Again, sheltered. I didn't even know about Ranks until well into my first week here!" Right, he was starting to think Sullivan wasn't suitable to be a parent, if BOTH Midoriya's were equally clueless about the world.

"And the rest is really bad. I got much better grades." Even Clara was technically smarter than all these single digits. "Do you even know how to read?"

"Yes, I know how to read, but that doesn't help when I don't understand what the questions are saying!" Izuku pounded his head. "I've been dumped entire decades worth of information all at once, being expected to be at the same level as everyone else. All my notetaking time is mostly trying to comprehend the subjects that are just common sense!"

Clara immediately clung to his side. "It's okay, calm down, just breathe." Izuku did calm down. Clara was obviously still worried about Izuku's Wicked Phase again. All that time studying was just to reach common knowledge. No wonder why Izuku skipped the Evil Cycle altogether.

"We should just get a stress ball at this rate." Gaako said. "What the hell is the plan, cause Clara needs to study too."

"Nah, she just needs to get her obsession with nicknames out of tests." Izuku idly muttered.

Asmodeus looked at these, before a thought occurred. "What about extra curricular subjects? Maybe we can get one of them to help out." He pulled out a bunch of books.

"Well, I did decently in the Astrology elective, but that was again more average than I'd like it to be."

"What about Torture Arts?" Gaako offered.

"Hard pass." Izuku spoke subconsciously.

"What about Fantasy Beasts? They're a fun read!" Clara held the book to a random open page.

"I'm not that interested in myths-is that a bear?" Izuku suddenly held the book very intently. "How many legs does a cat..is this really a subject we study here?"

"Yes. It's actually one of the hardest subject we have at Bablys." Asmodeus clarified. "Namely due to Balam Sensei scaring off his student's, but many have trouble comprehending mythology either way."

"Really?" Izuku looked at them in disbelief. "This is super easy though."

"You think so?" Gaako grabbed the book from him. "Let's test it out, then. How many legs does a human have, along with wings and horns?"

Izuku looked like he was told a bad joke. "A normal human has two legs and no horns or wings."

"What's the name of a flying Fantasy Beast with feathers?"

"A bird."

"What do bees produce"

"Honey."

He went on, answering them quite easily. Honestly it was quite impressive. How did he remember so many facts about such different and weird creatures?

"Okay, last question, what's a cat's favorite food?"

"Fish." He spoke dryly.

"Izuku-kins is super smart! I knew you couldn't be a super dumb-dumb head."

"Getting a hundred percent on this is nothing to be proud of." The boy fell over and looked frustrated.

"Seriously, did your mother read you bedtime stories a lot or something?" Asmodeus said. "I mean, a wyvern or a manticore is one thing, that's just nature. But you are talking about things that don't exist so easily. Like, how the hell do you know so much about Humans?"

"Oh, I get it." Gaako spoke. "It's because he looks like one. He's hornless right?" Suddenly Izuku seemed to sit up fast.

"Yep, yepero, that's alright. Thought they were cool because they looked like me." Izuku was shaking nervously. Since when did he consider Gaako dangerous, and why over this subject? "When you look as pathetic as that, you start to wonder why you even exist."

Again, the battler was silent. Izuku's self depreciation seemed to be propping up more frequently ever since Deku left. Maybe a subconscious effort to relieve some stress, though his thought process was interrupted by Clara's shouting. "What do I keep saying about being stupid about this, Izuku-kins! I. DON'T. CARE. WHAT. YOU. ARE!" She clasped him tightly.

"Yeah, being hornless isn't something to be ashamed of. It's like being born with a messed up arm. It's just something you can't control, and you accept it as a part of you." Gaako said.

"And you already make up for it by being better than everyone every day … well besides the tests of course, but we're covering that now." Asmodeus added. Izuku was truly an enigma, even with the honor student's open honesty. He was naive yet smart. Kind but ruthless. Had the backstory of a super-villain, but aimed to be a hero. Despite any flaws, he knew Izuku was meant to stand on top of the world.

And maybe, just maybe, it was his duty in this world to see to it.

Eiko interrupted the moment by kicking down the door, looking like she went a week without sleep. "Completed … the … guide …" She hit the ground with scattered papers.

"And the judges say that fall was a solid six six six!" Lizzy called out, completely forgetting she was there for a second, now with a bunch of numbered panels. "A perfect score!"

Izuku cleared his throat. "Well, this just means I won't have to worry about the Fantasy Beast section anytime soon, so we should move onto the next subject." He turned to the history textbook. "I don't know a lot of Netherworld history, but I can at least memorize the subject easily enough with a little more work."

"Great, time for extra classes, to help Izuku." Asmodeus took small vindictive pleasure in the complicated look on Clara's face. "Come on, let's get you two morons to Dalhi-sensei's classroom."


Izuku walked up with the gang to the classroom. "Alright this should be the place according to the map … now to enter and-" And of course, the screaming commenced. "Oh come on, we didn't even enter yet!" Other students rushed out. "What's scarring everyone this time?" He was too used to this.

"Dahli-sensei is out for the week! He just started his wicked phase!" One of the students answered in cold terror. Izuku was pretty sure he had nothing to do with that. "Balam-Sensei is acting as a sub today! Run for your lives or get dissected!" Okay, were teacher's licensed to kill their students here? He needed a clearer explanation on that.

"Shit, we need to run!" Azz called out, clearing that right up into the territory of mild justification.

"Isn't Balam the teacher that wrote the book on fantasy beasts?" Izuku recalled. "If he's subbing then he's probably the best option I have to learn quickly."

"If you survive that is!" Gaako grabbed his arms. "Balam is nuts! He's known to grab on to student's he finds interesting and kidnap them! And what's more interesting here than a hornless, wingless, magicaless demon?" That set off far too many 'stranger danger' signs in his head.

Suddenly, this didn't seem like the best idea, but he was running out of options here. "Well, it's not like my 'state' is an open fact, and I still need to learn history.."

"Can we at least vote to use Eiko as bait, she's half conscious as it is." Azz gestured to the woman on Gaako's back.

"Please, your pink ass is much more noticable, you are the bait." Gaako rose up to the challenge.

"I'll go!" Clara still had her glasses on. Yeah, she was the obvious choice, but this was his friend he was talking about. "No one will take my Izuku-kins away!"

"M-m-my-my I-Izu." He heard Eiko grumble out.

"Guys! We are running out of time!" He didn't want to yell, they were all trying their best to help him, but they were just running in circles right now. "You guys can leave if you're uncomfortable, I'm going to head in and learn everything I can about Netherworld history even if it kills me!" He opened the door, and was met with a series of vines that seemed right out of something he heard one of Kachan's buddies talking about reading. "Oh god, I was wrong, I wasn't ready!" He shouted in fear.

"We tried to warn you, you fool!" Azz called him out, before the vines grabbed ahold of him too. "You've doomed us all!"

"Spinny Spinny, wrapy wrap!" Clara was able to have a fun time as always, oblivious to the danger as she rolled up in the vines. He'd give his left arm for some of that ignorance right now.

Gaako was hanging upside down, tied back to back with a still sleeping Eiko. "Sometimes, I wonder how Eiko puts up with all of it for you, Izuku. She has an iron will."

"Izu, me, forever, three and a half babies." What was that about? How can someone have half a kid?

"Oh my, I'm thrilled to see so many enthusiastic students joining my class." An echoey voice called out to the vines presenting the Calamity Cult right before a demon with bird-like feet and long, unruly hair, along with a metal mask that covered the entire lower half of his face. "You all look so lovely and innocent too, I'm happy to teach and treat you well." He knew his mother was getting a chill down her spine. "Now, let us begin."

Izuku and the rest of the cult were placed in seats right next to each other, stil tied up in the vines, as well as everyone else. This probably meant Balam-sensei expected his students to try and run off by this point. 'Great, a demon that can learn.'

"Welcome class. Let's begin with a lecture on fantasy beasts." Izuku felt himself being dragged up to the front, where he was petted. "Fantasy Beasts are thought to exist in a world where things are much safer. This causes many to not have regular adaptations you can find in the Netherworld, such as wings." He moved from Izuku plain view, now petting Azz. Huh, so his original theory was right. Good to know.

"Really? How can something so weak exist?" A familiar pink haired student he's seen around before with two other girls raised her hands. Izuku felt very hurt on the inside after that comment

"Fantasy Beasts rely on imagination due to a lack of information. You must infer this. For example, if a cat is simply a small basalic that has no wings, it can be inferred that it would want a small ground based animal." The man went off, switching to petting Clara without missing a beat.

"I don't talk like that, do I?" He asked Azz once he returned.

"You talk just as much but you're far less invasive about it." Azz shuddered with his words. "Refrain from touching me and you'll be safe." He groaned. "We call it Balam's skinship. He loves teaching, but he can't keep his hands to himself."

"Humans are the most interesting of the bunch, by all logic they should be weaker than many other species, with no specialization. However, they developed sapience, which allows for the possible crafting of Magical Apparatus in their world." The man went on, now petting the eyestalk he's seen sometimes.

"Come on teach, you can't really believe that humans managed to harness electricity for lighting the dark, that's just ridiculous!" One student complained. Wow, the stuff he could teach this class would be insane. Too bad that would lead to him being eaten.

"Aren't humans nothing but food for us, though? I mean, we're always singing about how delicious they taste." And like that, Izuku's point is justified. He's lucky he's able to blow off Gaako, she's so suspicious of him all the time that he never feels safe.

"What about you Sensei, what would you do if you found a human?" The teacher stopped whatever he was writing on the board and looked contemplative.

"If I met a human...I would ask how they've been able to survive such a harsh environment for so long. Creatures like these are ancient, existing longer than most. To go so long without adapting or evolving is both baffling and fascinating." He was Balam-Sensei's primary target, great. Again, being quirkless sucked.

"Could you imagine it?" The man asked as he felt around the students again, a hand on his back. "A living being without … wings …" He kept feeling around Izuku's back. "What the..?"

Oh shit!

"Ah, Balam-Sensai, I'll have you know there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why Iz.." Asmodeus tried to stand up for him, but it was too late as Balam united Izuku from the vines and rushed him out the door.

They kept running faster and faster, Izuku's mind reaching internal panic levels unfathomable to mankind. 'I'm dead. I'm dead. He's a teacher, biologist and fantasy expert. He won't believe me!'

Balam ran into the room. "This boy doesn't have wings!" He shouted to the other teachers, Izuku resigning himself to fate.

"What are you talking about, he used them all week." Robin-sensei was the first teacher to respond. Oh, right! Thank you Deku!

"I-huh?" The teacher looked baffled, apparently not believing his fellow staff. "That can't b-I felt his back! There's nothing there! Not even wing roots or bases!"

Morax-sensei was also in the room, horrified at that revelation. "He doesn't? That shouldn't be possible! Did they get ripped off or something?"

'They're going to find out!'

"Midoriya, this is serious, let us see your back!" For once, Robin-sensei being a nice guy was totally working against him!

'They're going to find out I'm human!'

They looked. "Oh, there they are." Robin-sensei pointed out

'And here comes the accusati-come again?'

"Those are some tiny wings though. You could hardly tell if they're there." Morax-sensei observed.

What the heck was going on? Was he in his Wicked phase without realizing? Wait, that's not possible, he just can't go into it without-Lizzy! He looked at his ring, seeing her giving a strained thumbs up while out of view. That beautiful genius!

"I-i've never been able to fly until I hit my Wicked Phase." He got out of Balam's grip and tucked his shirt down. "The rest of the time, I'm always on the ground."

"Balam, you can't just take him out of a class and expose him, there's other students to consider."

"Right, sorry, I made a mistake. I guess I got too caught up in the lesson.' Well at least he seemed to care a lot.


The boy wasn't lying. He was really unable to fly. Truly a pitiful case when one considered the danger of the world. The boy looked utterly embarrassed and ashamed. He couldn't blame him. He made an entire show out of exposing a medical defect.

"I-uh, I-" The boy struggled to form words. "I hope we can still continue the lesson, Balam-sensei. I still could really use the help in history." The boy was afraid, but he genuinely wanted to attend his class? After all that Buzzer still didn't go off? He idly observed any signs of misdirection or misunderstanding. There wasn't anything visible.

"Before we do, there's one thing." He grabbed the boy's shoulder, turning the boy to look at him. This had to be done. He grabbed the mask on his face. This was more likely to freak the student out more, but it was the only thing he could imagine that could compensate for what he did to him. "Studying imagined creatures creates a lot of perceptions, so you're either such a creature, or a demon with a severe illness. Please, don't hold it against me." He unhooked the metal plate, showing off his unsightly fangs.

"Balam-sensei, are you alright?" The boy immediately responded upon looking at him. Balam turned, and saw all traces of the boy's previous fright seemed to melt away. "You're not hurt, are you?"

"This stopped hurting a long time ago, kid. All it does now is look creep to other people. It's why I wear a mask, to get close to creatures and touch them. Stuff like skin and fur, it feels nice you know?" Looking around he noticed the mask flew farther than he intended. "Woops."

"Thanks for sharing, but you didn't need to reveal something so personal about yourself just for me." The child looked at him oddly. "I've always been looked at funny for what I don't have. I'm used to it." Buzzer didn't go off again, must have internalized a low self esteem from bullying. Approach in a manner that makes it seem he's helping you, or he'll just feel bad about it later.

"Yeah, but it would have bugged me-" Balam started, fixing the mask up. "If I saw something you didn't want others to see, while you got nothing in return. Also, you still want to learn from me, I want to be fully honest. I'm just glad you aren't sick or anything." An idea came to his head. "Come with me. I may have something to help you with your studying."

The child simply nodded and followed him. It was peculiar. Even without the injury across his face, his fangs have always freaked out anybody that he came across, aside from one or two other demons, but the boy looked at him as if it was normal, or even unphased at such a sight. He must've seen many peculiar creatures if the first thing he thought to ask was if he was alright.

They made their way into his room, as Balam went to prepare some tea. "I'm sorry, but I assume you like hell's grey, right?" He asked the boy.

"Of course, it's my favorite." The boy bowed his head slightly. "You spend a lot of time studying as well, don't you? Are all these books written by you? I have a similar hobby, writing down whatever new bloodline ability I come across."

He was handed one of the books, idly flipping through it. Very interesting, it was as if watching someone study without school reference, like an outsider studying their kind. Was he just that unaware? Maybe he could help a bit and offer some easy to comprehend material. "Balam-sensei, about what you said about meeting a human, was that true?"

"Of course. They're really fascinating creatures. Could you imagine if there's a pocket of tranquility where animals can just … live? Threat free and in harmony."

"I wouldn't say that." The boy muttered to himself. "Always trying to find a way to fit into a world that tells them you don't belong."

"What gives you that impression?"

"Balam-Sensei" He turned, watching the boy look at him with honest, determined, and honest eyes. "I'm Human." And Buzzer did not go off.