[It's a Demon, does he want to challenge me again?] Damien thought as he saw Felix walking towards him.

“Master Damien.” Felix called out to Damien using the word Master.

"Hah?"

Suddenly Felix knelt in front of Damien. “I lost badly in the duel we had earlier, Master Damien. Even this small one can't give you the slightest wound.”

[What is this demonic youth doing?]

“It is written in the demon's law, that the loser is obliged to serve the winner. That's why from now on this servant will give up everything he has and help Master to reach the Demon King's Throne.”

“Heh…”

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After school, Damien, who was in the forest, thought about what Felix had done earlier. “Master… is it true that the demons who lose must serve the victors?”

“That's right, that's why you can't lose in a duel.”

"What if I lose?"

“Then your path to the Throne will be instantly destroyed. And…” Amon suddenly deepened his voice. “This king will kill you.”

"Why!!!"

““Because this King wants a disciple with Satan's blood who can become a Demon Lord. That's why, if you lose then this King will extract your blood and give it to new students."

“Oh my…” Damien said weakly, he seemed to see his future path growing darker. “Not only can't get hurt, but also can't lose. That would obviously be very difficult.”

"Cheer up! This king will support you."

"I don't want to hear that from someone who wants to kill me."

“This king doesn't want to kill you yet, you know? Anyway now all you can do is train to get strong.”

"You are right…"

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Damien left for the Academy early in the morning so he wouldn't be late again.

On his way, Damien looked up at the sky and found many young demons flying their way to reach the Academy.

“Master, I also want to fly. When are you going to teach me to fly?”

"Unfortunately you won't be able to do that for now and maybe in the future."

"Why?"

"Your demon blood is too powerful." Ammon explained. “If you bring out even one of the four characteristic aspects of a demon: Claws, wings, tail, and horns, your blood will flow faster than usual and make the rationality within you diminish to be replaced by wildness.”

“Hahh… this is such a strong power, but why are there so many restrictions.”

"Nothing great can be achieved instantly, brat."

“Hah…”

A demonic youth with silver hair landed in front of Damien.

In contrast to Damien who was modestly dressed, the silver hair demon was wearing a far more luxurious outfit. But the Demon knelt in front of Damien with a smile on its face. "Good morning, my lord."

“…Felix.” Damien felt awkward with Felix's attitude. This wasn't the first time he had underlings, in fact his underlings used to be numerous and older than him. But, this was the first time he saw his subordinates kneel down. "You don't need to kneel just to greet me."

"Is that true…?" Felix said confused, but he still got up. "Thank you for your gentleness to this servant."

What Damien and Felix were doing caught the attention of the students flying to school. Make them stop for a moment and look and comment.

“Look, it's Damien!”

“The rumors that he made high-ranking disciples his subordinates turned out to be true.”

“Subduing high-class students on the first day, he seems to be serious about grabbing the Throne.”

[I'm too conspicuous.] Damien said frantically, before he spoke to Felix. "Let's go to the Academy!"

"Yes, my lord."

"Today if I'm not mistaken is the program for the Familiar Summoning Ritual, right?"

"That's right, my lord."

"But why was it done simultaneously?"

There are more than two hundred disciples in the first year. But the Familiar summoning ritual was performed simultaneously, not split into groups. And also when the summoning ritual is carried out there is only one supervising teacher, which means that there is only one summoning ritual at a time.

“That is to make it clear who is the gem and who is the trash, my lord.”

For Demons, ranking is everything. That's why for the next few days, the focus will be on the events that determine the rankings of the first year students. And now, one of the many ranking-determining events, was about to take place.

"But won't it take too long if you stand in line?"

“Don't worry about that my lord, you are a powerful demon and were chosen as the student representative. So you will definitely be the first to perform the ritual.”

"That would be great."

Damien and Felix arrived at the Hall of Familiars.

Many eyes stared at them as they entered. Be it admiring eyes, jealous eyes, or curious eyes, everyone was looking at Damien and Felix. While Felix paid no heed to it since he was used to it, Damien still felt awkward in this situation.

The hall was buzzing with lots of talk, including that of Damien and Felix. But with just one scream, they were all him.

"Shut up!" The scream was from a teacher who had just entered. It was Lucius who was the referee of Damien and Felix's fight yesterday.

“I am today's mentor, Lucius Lucifer, and I will also be overseeing the Familiar Summoning Ritual that you will perform.” With a firm voice and an unsmiling face, Lucius started talking to all the students present. “This ritual is one of the three events that will determine whether you guys are trash or not. If you fail this ritual because you are absolute trash, then… you will be expelled from the Academy immediately. Understand?"

With his unsmiling look, and his words about being expelled from the academy, many of the students present were salivating. But they still answered the question in unison.

“Understand.”

"Let's get started." Lucius opened a bag filled with hundreds of parchments.

The parchments flew by themselves and ended up in each student's hand. Now, one disciple has one parchment.

Damien looked at the parchment in his hand. It was a brown parchment with a magic circle drawn on it.

"This King just remembered this, Damien." Amon suddenly spoke. "You can't summon Familiars."

[Heh!!!] Damien was taken aback.

“But that's fine, just do as the others do. This is for smooth running in the future.”

[What's smooth? If I get expelled, my dream will immediately vanish.] Damien's mood immediately dropped drastically.

"What's wrong, my lord?" Felix who was sensitive to his Master's mood, couldn't help but ask.

“It's okay…” Damien said while looking at Felix, and he suddenly realized something. "Felix, didn't you get the parchment?"

“It was intentional. Because I come from the Fenriz Family who cannot summon Familiars.”

“Then… are you going to be expelled?”

“Of course not, after all the Academy was aware of these circumstances before I entered. Also, only real trash will be taken out.”

"Is that so." Damien's mood rose again. [Only real trash is being taken out, so I still have hope.]

Seeing that all the students already had parchments, Lucius started to speak again. “Now, drop your blood on the parchment!”