Nathair1: Thanks. For the sake of the story, I needed him to skip Bet. Aren't all fathers a little overprotective of their daughters? Keep reading to find out what happened.

I hate everything right now. I had half the chapter finished and I lost it because of a power outage. I'll write what I remember. Enjoy.

Clara moaned and slowly opened her eyes before she looked up to see she was lying on Iruma's chest while Iruma tiredly stared at the golden band that dawned his right middle finger, "Iruma-kins?" Clara frowned as she sat up and Iruma looked at her with a tired expression crossing his face, "Did you stay up all night?" Iruma yawned as he slowly nodded, "But why? Nothing happened,"

"I know, Clara," Iruma yawned again and Clara pouted and puffed her cheeks out, "But the last time the Ring went crazy was when I first got it and it attacked Azz and Sabnock and I didn't want it to attack you in the middle of the night, so I stayed up to keep an eye on it,," Clara frowned as Iruma yawned and shook his head, "I don't know...maybe I'll ask grandpa if I can stay home today and get some sleep an-"

"Then I'll stay home too," without warning, Clara grabbed Iruma's hand and pulled him towards the door, "You stayed up all night to make sure your ring didn't hurt me, Iruma-kins, I want to help you," Iruma sighed and nodded as the two of them walked out of the room, closing the door behind them.

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The two approached Sullivan standing in the main foyer, "Hey grandpa," the adults looked at the two as Iruma took a deep breath, "About my ring?"

"Ah yes, just one moment," Sullivan reached over and touched the ring and everyone watched as a bright light surrounded the golden band before it changed slightly as the light died down, "There, your three-fine-tune-up is all finished," Iruma looked at the ring as Sullivan held his index finger up, "Now hold up your finger and say Rafire," Iruma looked at his adopted grandfather in confusion, "Just do it, grandson,"

Iruma swallowed hard as he held his finger out, "R-Rafire," a purple flame rested on Iruma's fingertip and Clara and Iruma stared at it with wide eyes.

"Your Ring now has three settings, Devil Mode, which is the weakest, next is Demon Mode," everyone heard a faint click and saw the flame grow slightly bigger, "And then there is Ifrit Mode," everyone heard another faint click as the flame grew even bigger, "But until you learn how to control the power of the Gluttonous Feeder Ring, try and stick with Devil Mode," the flame vanished before Sullivan continued, 'One more thing, grandson," the two looked at the old demon, 'There is a spell that will unleash all the magic stored in the ring at once called Pandora,"

"Pan-"

"No," Sullivan covered Iruma's mouth and held him close to him, "Even uttering the word will trigger the spell, and you must promise me to only use that if only absolutely necessary," Iruma hummed and nodded as Sullivan released him, "Now, why don't you two have some breakfast before heading to school and-"

"A-actually grandpa, will it be okay if we stay home today?" the adults looked at him before he yawned and shook his head, 'It's just...my Ring was acting up last night and I didn't want it hurting Clara, so I stayed up while she slept and...I don't want to fall asleep in the middle of class,"

"Why would your Ring try to hurt Clara?" Alyssa asked and the two looked at the matriarch of the Valac family, "You and Clara are bond mates, so why would your ring want to hurt her?"

"When I first got the Ring, it hurt Azz and Sabnock and I didn't want to risk it hurting Clara, so I stayed up and...now I can barely keep my eyes open,"

Iruma yawned again as Sullivan hummed and rubbed his chin, "I suppose I can inform your teachers that you two will be absent today. Why don't you go and get some sleep, darling grandson?" Iruma nodded before he and Clara turned and walked back up the stairs while Sullivan, Alyssa, Jack and Opera watched them with concerning looks crossing their faces.

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The two walked into the bedroom and Iruma closed the door behind them before he started walking towards the bed, "You know, Clara, you don't have to stay here with me. You can-"

"Iruma-kins, you stayed up last night to make sure your Ring doesn't hurt me, and I want to be here for you," Clara slightly smiled before pulling Iruma towards the bed, "Now let's get some sleep an-" before she could finish, a black smog formed out of Iruma's Ring and the two looked at it as Iruma stood in front of Clara and narrowed his eyes.

"What...who...where?" Clara and Iruma stared at the smog in disbelief as the smog looked around, "I can speak," the smog looked at Iruma before floating towards him, "You, boy...I need you to cast a spell on me," Clara and Iruma hummed in confusion as they looked at one another, "I need you to envision me slender, tall and with stunning eyes and then speak the spell Cherusil,"

"Uh...okay?" Iruma held his hand out and swallowed hard, "Cherusil," smoke filled the room and Clara and Iruma began coughing.

The smoke soon settled and the two saw a one-eyed specter floating in front of them, tethered to the ring around Iruma's finger. The specter floated towards the mirror and looked at its own reflection before humming, "I see I have a stunning eye, and I do have a slender appearance...what is wrong with you!" the specter looked at Iruma, "Don't you have any imagination? This is the most basic form you could've given me an-"

"Leave Iruma-kins alone and who are you?" Clara demanded.

The specter hummed before taking a deep breath, "I am the Guardian of the Gluttonous Feeder Ring, Alikred,"

"Ali...what?"

The specter sighed as it crossed its arms and shook his head, "You two can just call me Ali," the two stared at the specter in confusion, "And just so you know, Iru-boy, I wouldn't have gone after your little girlfriend, I'm bound to the Ring and the Ring is bound to you, so your little friend is safe from my appetite," Ali looked up and saw the stunned looks crossing Clara's and Iruma's faces, "Anyway, I would appreciate it if you two keep quiet about this little encounter. I don't like other demons knowing about me, so...just keep quiet about all of this, okay?"

"Hold on, hold on," Iruma sighed and shook his head, "You said you wouldn't go after Clara, fine, but you went after two of our classmates when I first got the ring and then you went after grandpa...luckily he had enough magic to spare," Ali stared at him in confusion, "You attacked Azz and Sabnock and then you tried to attack grandpa?"

"Hmm...I don't remember that, all I remember was being really hungry and went after the closet source of magic and then when I sensed your little friend, I had to contain my hunger or risk angering you, Iru-boy,"

"I...I'm going to get some sleep," Iruma turned and climbed into bed and laid down as Clara laid down beside him, "What are you going to do, Ali?"

"I'll simply retire back into the Ring," without uttering another word, the two watched as the specter faded back into the Ring.

Clara looked up at Iruma and frowned as she nuzzled closer to him, "That was weird, wasn't it, Iruma-kins?"

"Yeah...but for now, I'm going to get some sleep," Clara nodded as the two closed their eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.

I have my reason for moving the story like this. Enjoy.