The cocoon of darkness broke, revealing the pale and unmoving form of Iruma. But that's not the only thing that was revealed, the black monster of gluttony was there as well. Luckily, Sullivan reacted rapidly and fed it before it screamed the place down. But no one was really paying attention to the ring monster, their attention was on Iruma's heart... in the heart that no longer was beating. Just as they were losing hope, Iruma suddenly rose and opened his eyes; before passing out once again.
Sullivan rapidly went to check on Iruma when a black creature with one eye and a butler's uniform appeared from the ring.
"Who are you?" Sullivan demanded to know.
"You can see me?!" Arikured asked surprised, beaming when everyone nodded their heads. "Does that mean Master rose a rank?" Now everyone was confused but gasped in shock when Arikured showed them Iruma's insignia with the Daleth rank on it.
Iruma-sama and I are on the same level now! Alice thought, ecstatic.
"It isn't that common but it isn't rare either," Henri commented. "When a demon's power rises too much out of the sudden, their insignia tries to match up with that level."
"We can always say that the principal rose Iruma-sama's rank because he defeated a demonic beast all on his own, and that's something a Gimel level could not match," Opera thought out loud, eyes never leaving the creature who was celebrating above his young master's unmoving body. "You are the ring of gluttony, right?" Opera suddenly asked, gaining everyone's attention and surprise. "Iruma-sama once came to us with questions about if the ring could gain a conscience and start to communicate. We thought that he was starting to see things... but right now I think he was in the right."
"He was!" Arikured announced happily. "I am Ali-san! Master's loyal servant!" He presented himself happily. "Master discovered that depending on his level I gain more power. At level Aleph I was a creature of pure darkness without conscience, then at level Beth, I gained a conscience but was not strong enough to materialize myself or communicate with him. It was when he became a Gimel that I was capable of those things and capable of creating memories. It seems that now that he is a Daleth I can appear to others. I am so happy! Master was right about it all then, I can't wait to tell him!"
"Does that mean that Iruma-chi is fine?!" A worried Clara asked.
"He is fine," Ali-san announced, everyone cheered at the news. "He is simply exhausted from the transformation. He did die though... he had to die to let his human form part away and his new Demi Demon form to prevail."
His words darkened the mood of the room. They were all happy that Iruma was alive and now he was part demon, which will allow him to live in the Netherworld without fear of ever being revealed as a human and eaten by demons. However, they still didn't like the thought of him dying, even for a second, for that to happen.
Alice suddenly realized that there was no longer anything keeping him away from his mate, so he rapidly rushed to his side and placed Iruma-sama's head on his lap. He tenderly caressed his hair as the new Demi Demon rested. The Alpha pheromones assaulted him, making him dizzy and realizing why it was then that he realized Iruma-sama was his mate.
"Humans don't have secondary genders, do they?" Alice asked to no one in particular, gaining many surprised looks.
"No, they do not," Henri answered the first-year student.
"The reason why my Omega could not see him as the mate he is, was because he was no Alpha. But now that he is a Demi Demon he possesses a secondary gender, which awoke my Omega instincts." He explained, answering the unsaid question. Shocking everyone even more than before, Alice and Iruma were mates? "What else changed?"
Everyone looked at Arikured, he was the one connected to Iruma's body.
"Well, as a half-demon he now will live as long as now and possesses the strength, speed, and stamina of a demon. Because he is a Demi Demon and an Alpha it's above average. He will need Opera's help controlling it." Ali-san replied.
"I will help him as soon as he can," the Alpha fox-like demon replied.
"Good," Ali-san continued. "Because he was once human and did not possess a secondary gender he will not fall into his Alpha instincts, which means he will be capable of regaining control during his ruts and when he is attacked by Omega hormones, even if they are in heat." Everyone was surprised by that, not many can do that- even Sullivan has it difficult when he encounters an Omega in heat. "About his human side, his blood will continue having miraculous healing abilities- his blood will heal anyone from the brink of death without even leaving a scar. It will also make him immune against holy magic and purification rituals."
"What?!" Opera, Sullivan, and Henri exclaimed completely shocked by the announcement.
They knew the previous King, the only other Demi Demon they knew about, was very powerful, but being immune to angelic magic and human rituals? Insanity! The three were looking at Iruma in wonder and knew then without doubt that he will be the next Demon King.
"He now possesses magic in his body and does not need me as the main source of his power, but I will still work as a storage for when he is in trouble and out of magic. He will need Lord Sullivan's help learning how to control it." Continued Ali-san, oblivious to the life-changing information he had just given. Sullivan could only nod still stunned by everything. "Talking about the magic he now possesses a blood skill called Gluttonous King Beelzebuth."
"What a mighty blood skill! As expected of Iruma-sama!" Alice exclaimed, eyes shining with excitement and admiration, he was now more relaxed knowing that his mate was safe and sound- not to mention more powerful than ever. "What does it do exactly?" He asked after he realized he had no idea what his blood skill was. But then again it had King in its name which means that it was royal and powerful.
"Well, it possesses the ability to absorb the target into his body. However, if the target is conscious, the success rate greatly decreases. The affected targets of this ability include organic matter, inorganic matter, and magic. It also performs rot on the target, decomposing it if it is organic, which helps the success rate. Monster corpses partially absorbed in this manner might reward Iruma with part of the monster's skills. It also allows him to store harmful effects incapable of being absorbed, neutralizing them and breaking them down into magical force." Arikured explained.
Opera, Sullivan, and Henri looked down at Iruma once again with shock written all over their faces. No wonder why no one ever went after the previous Demon King if their blood skill was that powerful on its own.
Devil! How will I protect Iruma-chan now from the consul?! Sullivan thought, a bit desperate now.
Meanwhile, Alice and Clara were looking at their beloved mate and friend in admiration.
"So cool Iruama-sama/Iruma-chi!" They exclaimed at the same time, once again the only thing they are ever by is how incredible Iruma is.
"Physical changes, other than having a second gender now, well... you can see that for yourselves," Ali-san said, pointing at his master.
Just like it did when Iruma went through his demon cycle, his hair was less puffy than usual, his eyelashes were longer, and surely his eyes were sharper like before, his nails were perfectly done with blue nail polish. And even though he was sleeping you could sense that his aura was more sophisticated, raven feathers surrounded him instead of flowers.
"Will Iruma-chi have wings and a tail now?" Clara asked excitedly, jumping all around his best friend's passed-out form. "I want to go flying with him!"
Alice wanted to scold her and tell her to shut up, to not be so loud, and wake up Iruma-sama... but he also wanted to know that. He would love to go flying with Iruma-sama.
"He will not have a tail, no Demi Demon ever had a tail before," answered Arikured. "But he has wings now. Black pitch wings, made from pure darkness... kind of like me." He announced, gaining exciting looks from the two young demons. "He will need your help to learn how to fly"
"Of course, he will have my help!" Alice exclaimed, ignoring Clara's excited chipper around him. "It will be an honor!"
"I believe that's enough for one day," Sullivan finally spoke. "Let's move Iruma's body to his bed and let his body get used to his new demonic side. You both can stay with him, I'll call your parents." The principal rapidly added when he was faced with their hellhound's eye.s "Meanwhile, the rest of us need to talk."