Here we go- [Man I feel so bad for Sanemi rn]

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"ÈXI! BACK TO THE PALACE! AN INTRUDER HAD ENTERED THE PALACE!" Uzui Tengen, one of the Èxi, shouted at the top of his lungs as he, along with his wives ran through town.

Every other Èxi heard the news as their heartbeat quickened, their eyes wide and fear quickly rushed to their body. 'Run! Run! Run! Run! Faster! To his majesty!' They all chanted as they ran.

'Dammit Sanemi! You better not die! I will revive you and kill you myself if you do!' Uzui thought as he ran as fast as his legs could carry him.

The king was not only their master he was also... their friend.

Uzui Tengen, he was a special demon that specializes in hearing. He was able to hear the moment the dagger made contact with the king, Sanemi's skin. The moment he did, he felt as if someone just dumped cold water on him.

"SANEMI!" He screamed and the other Èxis could hear him well and they knew from the terror in his voice that this was a bad situation.

Everyone was pushing their body as they finally arrived at the palace. Everyone was out of breath. Uzui didn't stop as he rushed to the gate, only to be thrown back as he was cathed by his wives.

"A... a barrier!?" Tamayo exclaimed in terror as she took back her hand the moment she touched it. "It's holy magic!"

"WHAT SHOULD WE DO!? THAT WILL BURN US BEFORE WE EVEN GET CLOSE TO SANEMI!?"

"Let us do it." The Èxis turned around and saw the three boys panting for air. "I-I'm sorry... it tooks us a lot more time to get here..." Koichi panted as they immediately made their way in front of the barrier and put their hands on it, flinching a bit. 'Damn! I'm too rusty! And... to add that I don't have that much holy blood... Sanemi you better hold it there...'

"Focus." Yuichiro muttered as the other two nodded and they closed their eyes. They began to chant and the others watched in anticipation. Soon, the barrier started to open little by little from where they stood. "GET IN! The caster is much more experienced than us!" Yuichiro exclaimed and they all nodded, immediately squeezing in the small hole. They ignored the burn they got and just kept on going, after the Èxi and the others got in, the three of them entered as well.

'Keep going! Don't die on me yet Sanemi!' Yuichiro thought as he ran through the halls.

'Please! Please don't die! I'm smelling your blood since we were at the barrier!' Muichiro was scared but he kept moving forward. 'You can't die yet! You promised!'

'Don't die yet!' Koichi kept on chanting, running and forgetting to breathe. 'You still have to look for my sister!'

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"Hello, your majesty." Shiro's tone was cold as he let the dagger twist and the king began to cough out blood, his hand going over his as he began to sink in his sharp nails.

"W-who are you...?" Sanemi asked in a coarse voice. 'Dammit! I'm not healing!' "From you-" He began to cough, but his attacker didn't seem to care. "You're just a kid... y-you're flesh is very- young..."

"Shut it." The hooded figure spat, taking out the dagger as he used his other hand to gripped into Sanemi's hair, making him look up at the ceiling. "You... why can't you just die already..."

"Heh, who the hell do you think I am... I'm the king!" Sanemi let his mana flow as black wind formed, hitting him and he backed away. Sanemi stood up from the chair and backed away, holding into his bleeding chest. "Tell me your name."

"You don't deserve my name." The intruder put back the dagger on the holster in his leg as he stood up straight, wiping Sanemi's blood in his shirt. "You are nothing but trash to me."

"Oh, such confidence." Sanemi chuckled. He was beginning to heal now. "Hey, you. What the hell did you do to your dagger to not let me heal?" Sanemi rushed forward, casting a spell that hit the guy, but he didn't get shredded, much to Sanemi's disappointment. "Oh, what's this? To be able to hold out to my attack... are you a demon? But you smell like those humans from the fucking church. You reek of holy magic."

"Good for you." He raised his hand as it glowed gold before the golden orb made a rush to Sanemi, but he managed to dodge. "So you can evade class 2 spells..."

"So what, weakling. I've faced someone who could cast class S spells without breaking a sweat. You're nothing compared to her." Sanemi mocked him, forming more wind as he attacked the cloaked attacker, but he just jumped and blocked. "Stop moving around."

"You... don't you dare think of mentioning that person to me..." He growled, feeling anger coarse through his body. "You are not worthy of it!"

"Oh, feisty." Sanemi easily dodge the dagger that Shiro had thrown. "You know that caster too huh? You know where she-"

"SHUT UP!" Sanemi stepped back with a little smirk. He was finally getting to the kid. "Don't you dare talk about her! Don't even think of her!"

"Ohh~ scary~" Sanemi chuckled as he saw his attacker getting even more agitated. "What are you going to do? Tan me?" Sanemi dodged as another attack came from him. "Come on, even that little pig head is better than you."

Shiro didn't listen to him as they kept on exchanging attacks, Shiro mostly relied on his holy magic, he was not going to use his demons powers for this battle.

"Is your holy magic this weak?" Sanemi smirked as he finally let a hit on him and he went flying all the way to the wall. "You're family must be pretty weak to have someone like you. Your mother must be dissapointed."

"Mother..." Shiro began to tremble as he wriggled out of the rubble, Sanemi still watching in the distance. He knew he struck a chord and he was proud of it. "Mother... is..."

'Disappointed? Mother?' Shiro kept chanting as he scratched his face. It felt as if something was ripping it and he felt uncomfortable.

"Did I hit a spot?" Sanemi asked but the kid didn't answer and kept on muttering. He was surprised his hood still hadn't fallen off. 'Time to kill this twerp.' He grinned, feeling adrenalin through his body. He hasn't killed a single thing since a long time ago and the feeling of seeing blood made him excited. "Your mother must be so sad."

"Don't talk about my mother." Shiro finally spoke, his hands going limp on his side. "You... you are the disappointment. You're her disappointment..." Shiro didn't know what was happening anymore. His mind was blank. "I just... wanted her to be happy... This is all your fault... Arjun..."

"...Ar... jun?"

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The Èxis froze on their spot. They have been looking for their king but being inside the barrier was messing with them and their senses were askew, it also didn't help that their king was always so secretive as to where he was in the palace.

But the presence they were feeling right now, they knew it was no illusion nor were they imagining it.

All of their heads turned to the north tower where a large cloud had formed above. Only one demon in the whole kingdom could form such a powerful spell. It was their king.

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"SANEMI-" The Èxis felt as if their world just got shattered in front of them. Their bodies won't move, even if they tried to, they just couldn't. Koichi burst into tears as he held the barely standing Muichiro.

Sanemi was pinned in the wall, his whole body was covered in blood, and in front of Sanemi was someone that looked very much like their king. Snow white hair, lilac eyes, and a frown that they knew too much.

"S-sanemi..." Tamayo whispered, looking at the boy she's raised as her own son so close to death and someone that looked so much like him pinning him in a wall by his neck.

"The king... is not dead yet..." Obanai whispered and he was the first to jump in and summoned a large snake to constrict the unknown person.

"DON'T!" Obanai stepped back, eyes wide at Sanemi's order. "DON'T GET NEAR HIM DAMMIT! GET THE HELL AWAY! DON'T TOUCH HIM!"

"Sanemi!" Obanai argued. "Don't be ridiculous! You're being-"

"SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!" Shiro screamed as he covered his ears, letting Sanemi fall to the ground as he wheezed for air. Shiro stepped back from Sanemi, his horns were out and his right eye was slitted red. "Why can't you just die already!"

"...Shiro..." Sanemi whispered but Shiro just backed away and covered his ears harder than before. "Please... look at me..."

"I don't wanna!" Shiro began to cry. "I don't wanna! You- You're the reason, Arjun!"

The Èxi and the others watched in confusion. They didn't know who this person was, but three sure did. Douma, Inosuke, and Kanae knew. And Douma immediately managed to put the pieces together. 'Ahh... I see now... Arjun really was his father...'

"T-that's the halfty..." Kanae whispered and the others immediately understood the situation now. "A-and he's the same clone at the town..."

He was Sanemi's son. Plus, he kept calling their King Arjun when they knew that name was banned in the whole kingdom.

"... Shiro... tell me... why are you- crying..." Sanemi knew that his regeneration was being slowed down because of the holy magic, but he needed to pull his shit together. Now more than ever.

"DON'T CALL MY NAME!" Shiro dropped to the ground as a sobbing mess, looking around except Sanemi. "YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER! I WON'T ACCEPT YOU! NEVER!"

Every word felt like death to Sanemi. This was the first time he's met his son, yet he's already hated. "Shiro..."

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!"

Sanemi knew that he wouldn't be able to talk to him. He needed someone that Shiro would feel safe with. And he had that. "Shiro.. Look up..." Sanemi used his magic and sliced up the curtain hiding the portrait.

"M-mother..." Shiro's heartbeat calmed down as he saw the familiar face of his mother. "W-what is a picture of her doing here...?"

Sanemi noticed that he was calmer and his body was beginning to regenerate. Sanemi looked over to the side to see three boys crying as they stared at Shiro in awe. "Go to him..." He whispered.

The twins and Koichi immediately ran beside Shiro and kneeled beside him. "Y-you're... you really are..." Koichi couldn't form words as he stared at Shiro. He looked nothing like his sister but the soft eyes Shiro had reminded him of her.

"W-who are you?" Shiro asked. "You three?" The three of them didn't say anything as they engulfed him in a hug, crying as they did.

"Let me talk to him." Shiro flinched as Sanemi began to stand up. The three boys nodded and moved away.

Shiro forgot why he was here. He was here to kill him.