A couple of days later, Latina was walking home from school with her friends.

"So, what do you have planned once you get home, Latina?" asked Chloe.

"Dale found some people who knew Rag, and they wanted to meet me so I'm going to meet them at home," said Latina.

"Rag was your birth father, right?" asked Rudey.

"He was, and I don't remember much about him, so I hope to learn something from this meeting," said Latina with an excited smile.

"Good luck with that," said Sylvia before they all separated. Once Latina was home, she greeted Rita who was cleaning down the counter.

"Are Dale and the others here?" asked Latina.

"They're out back right now talking," said Kenneth while closing the shop for the private meeting. Suddenly, the back door opened with Dale, Valx, and two other men walking inside.

"Oh, looks like she's already home," said Dale once he noticed Latina.

"So, this is Lord Smaragdi's child," said one of the two men as she walked a little closer but stopped a few feet away from Latina.

"Her hair is just like his," said the other.

"It's nice to meet you three, my name is Latina," said Latina while bowing her head to the three men.

"She has such good manners for someone so young," said Valx.

"Latina has been learning a lot since she came here, she even took to the human language faster than I thought she would," said Rita.

"Then it's just as I thought," said Valx.

"What do you mean?" asked Dale.

"A Demon Lord's title is one of inheritance but with it comes dozens of strange abilities based on the line of Demon Lords," said Valx.

"Most of Smaragdi's powers were knowledge based and his magic was very weak for it, it's why he had no choice but to flee with her in the first place," he said.

"Wait, Rag was a Demon Lord?" asked a shocked Latina.

"He was, and he also interested this to me in case something happened to him," said Valx while reaching into his pocket.

"It will protect you from the other Demon Lords," he said while handing over a ring.

"Maybe a little bit for you right now so how about we use a string to make it a necklace for now just like we did with your band?" asked Dale.

"Sounds great, Dale!" said an excited Latina.

"Now then, how about we talk about your father a little bit," said one of the men while motioning to sit at a table.