Nathair1" Thanks. If it wasn't for that virus, it would've been longer. That's true. Yes, a married couple is a team.
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Clara and Iruma roamed the forest and looked around in silence as the sun began setting over the horizon. Clara looked over at Iruma and tilted her head to the side in confusion, "So...what ring are we going to find first, Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked at her in confusion as he raised a brow, "Ali said that there are six more, so...which one are we going to find first?"
Iruma sighed as he shook his head and looked ahead as they continued to walk, "I don't even know where to begin looking, Clara...he also said that they're nearly impossible to find and I guess since I'm basically a glutton, Ali decided to give me the Ring of Gluttony...I don't want to think about how the other rings need to be obtained because I'll have to be seriously pissed off to get the Ring of Wrath,"
"Not entirely true, Iru-boy," the duo stopped and looked down at Iruma's shoulder to see the familiar specter, sitting cross-legged, "Since you already bear the Gluttonous Feeder Ring, you don't need to feel like that at all, for once we get close to one of the other rings, I will react and start pulling you towards the location,"
"That'll be useful, but you have no indication on where any of the other rings are, do you?" Ali hummed as the specter shook its head and Iruma inhaled slowly as he ran his fingers through his hair, "Right...and how will we know you're reacting to the other rings?"
"I'll start glowing like when you first got me and I was starving and then start pulling you, but as you pointed out, I haven't the foggiest idea on where the other rings lie at the moment." the two watched as Ali faded back into the ring and Iruma groaned in slight annoyance.
Clara frowned as she rubbed Iruma's back and Iruma looked up as Clara's frown slowly turned into a small smile, "Don't worry, Iruma-kins. We'll look around for a while and if we don't find it today, we'll go home and tell everyone why we were late today," Iruma slightly smiled and nodded before the two of them continued to walk through the forest.
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Clara and Iruma came to an opening and looked around as the sun dipped lower in the horizon before Clara looked at Iruma and frowned at the hardened expression crossing his face, "Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked at the hyper demoness in confusion as Clara sighed and shook her head, "Maybe we should go home. Mommy, daddy and the principal might be worried and I think Urara, Sin-Sin, Ran-Ran, Keebow and Konchie are worried too," she wrapped an arm around him and rested her head on his shoulder with a small frown crossing her lips as she shook her head, "I want you to find the other rings too so we can live together longer, but we were out here all day an-" before she could finish, Iruma's ring started glowing and Iruma quickly wrapped an arm around Clara and tightly held her before the two of them were pulled with a force.
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Coming to a small stream, Iruma let Clara go and looked around before Iruma spotted a golden light emerging from the stream. Slowly reaching towards the glow, Iruma hissed as he moved his hand back, "Are you okay, Iruma-kins?" Iruma sighed and nodded before the two of them looked down to see a ring on Iruma's left index finger.
Looking at the golden band that dawned his right middle finger, Iruma arched a brow, "Okay Ali, what is this one and why the hell did it burn me like that?" the specter hummed as it emerged from the ring and began looking at the new accessory that Iruma bore.
Looking back at the two, the specter crossed its arms and spoke, "That is the Ring of Lust, Iru-boy, and the reason it burned you was because it was testing you with a fiery passion to see if you are its new master or if it would reject you,"
"It burned my Iruma-kins," Clara's eyes widened before glaring down at the new ring, "Why would it do that?"
"As I said, Clara, it was simply testing Iru-boy to see if he is worthy of being its new master or not,"
Iruma sighed and shook his head, "Great...so are the other rings going to be testing me or was I just unlucky with this one?"
"All the rings will be testing you one way or another, Iru-boy, but for now, we best return to the mansion and have the Chair-Demon take a look at the Ring of Lust and maybe he can explain it a bit better than I," the two nodded as the specter faded back into the ring before Clara and Iruma stood up, turned and walked away.
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The duo walked through the front door of the mansion, where they were greeted by the stern glares of Clara's parents, Opera and Sullivan. The two swallowed hard as their eyes widened and Jack sighed and shook his head, "Where in the hell were you kids? School ended hours ago and we were waiting for you...kid, you better not have been doing anything to my daughter an-"
"Daddy!" Clara snapped and the adults looked at her, "Whatever me and Iruma-kins do is between me and Iruma-kins. We're married, and we didn't do anything, but we found another ring for Iruma-kins,"
Sullivan hummed as he walked past the other adults and over to his adopted grandson before holding his left hand and looked down with slightly narrowed eyes, "The Ring Lust, tell me you two, where did you come across an ancient demon artifact?"
"We were walking through the woods when my ring started acting up and pulled us towards a stream where the other ring attached to my finger, grandpa," Sullivan hummed as he continued to study the ring, "We're sorry to have everyone worry, but we wanted to go for a little walk before coming home,"
Sullivan sighed as he shook his head, "Very well, go wash up for dinner you two," the two nodded before they walked past the adults and towards the stairs.
"Lord Sullivan, with all due respect, sir, but why aren't you upset about them being out late an-"
"We'll have to trust them not to get into any more trouble than they already are in, Jack," Sullivan interrupted, "As far as we know, they haven't done anything since they completed the bond,"
Jack took a deep breath before he felt his wife pull him by the arm, "And even still, it doesn't concern us since it's their lives and they have completed the bond, right my husband?"
"Uh...yes Alyssa," Jack sighed in defeat.
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Clara and Iruma entered the room and Iruma closed the door before Clara looked at him and slightly frowned as he looked down at the new ring, "Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked up in confusion, "We lied to the principal and mommy and daddy. You should've told them about Ali an-"
"He was right not to mention me," the two looked down at Iruma's shoulder and saw the specter resting on it, "Not only do I want my identity a secret, but they might believe you two are losing your minds and who knows what'll happen after that," Clara moaned and pouted, "Anyway, once the Ring of Lust gets some magic, we both should get stronger, Iru-boy," Iruma hummed and nodded, "Now why don't you two get ready for dinner, I'm very hungry,"
"You're always hungry," the two said in unison as the specter faded back into the ring and the two of them began changing their clothes.
I know it's been another month, but updates will be picking up soon, I promise. Enjoy.