READER'S POV

After changing into some comfortable clothes, Asmodeus, Simeon and I along with Raven, we headed to the main hall to meet up with the others but, Raven was still complaining about the leash.

"Dang it! this sucks!" Raven shouted as he tugged on the leash to try and get it off.

"Will you stop pulling? it's only for a little while," I told him as I tried to drag him into the main hall but he kept lying on the ground and he ended up sliding on his belly whenever I tried to pull him.

"(Y/n), you know that shapeshifter hounds don't like being on a leash. We can't shift and we can't hide in the shadows either."

"Look, just grin and bare it for a while. Besides, do you really want to get a certain demon brother angry if he saw you without your lead on," I asked him and then Raven stopped fighting when I mentioned Lucifer.

"You've got a good point," Raven told me before he stopped tugging on the leash and then he started to walk beside me like a good dog should.

We got to the main hall where we saw the others and Luke didn't look to happy to be here and I think I know why.

"I want to go home..." He grumbled.

"What's wrong, Luke? You seemed to be in such high spirits earlier," Simeon told him with a smile.

"Yeah. Suddenly, that cute little tail of yours is  hanging down like a sad doggy, you know?" Asmo commented which made Raven growl at him.

"Hey! I'm right here!"

"I'm NOT a dog! And I DON'T have a tail!" Luke shouted angrily. "You're so lucky, Simeon... Unlike me, you have relatively decent roommates. My room is AWFUL! First off, Leviathan is taking up almost half of the room to perform a strange ritual worshipping some sort of idol!"

"Well, tomorrow is the birthday festival for one of my favourite characters. When the clock strikes midnight, I've got to go online and start streaming. To share my deep passion, and joy, and infatuation-"

"Ugh, at least speak in a language I can understand!" Luke interrupted. "As for Beelzebub, HE suddenly started eating one of the paintings in our room..."

"That picture of the fruit was too lifelike. I thought it was real," Beel told him.

"Right, but shouldn't you have realised it was a painting BEFORE eating the entire thing!" Luke told him with a frown while I shook my head and whimpered Raven covered his face with his paw.

"Hey now, Levi, Bee. You shouldn't tease the doggy too much, got it?" Mammon teased Luke.

"I'm NOT a doggy!" Luke shouted.

Asmodeus looked at Mammon asked him, "What's going on? Suddenly you seem to be in an awfully good mood, Mammon. Did you spot something in your room that you might be able to sell for a profit?"

"Wh...?! N-N-No, I'm not plannin' to do anything like that! I mean, I'm totally not thinkin' about maybe stealin' something outta the castle if I get the chance! And it's not like Solomon and Satan and me realised we've got shared interests and common goals because Solomon wants some magical items that belong to the Demon King and Satan just wants to give Lucifer a black eye and that suddenly things got more interestin' when we realised we could work together. It's not like that at all, understand?!"

Raven turned into his smaller form and then he climbs onto my shoulder before he spoke up, "He does realise that he just confessed to the whole thing?"

"I believe he just did. What an idiot," I replied before Satan shouted.

"Solomon, shut that idiot up right now."

"Don't look at me. Isn't he your responsibly? You are technically brothers, after all," Solomon told him.

"Allow me," I told them before I whacked Mammon over the head.

BONK!

"Ow!! what was that for?! I didn't do anythin'!" Mammon shouted.

"I know but consider it a warning," I told him with a frown before Diavolo showed up.#

"Well, it looks like everyone's here now."

"In that case let's begin our tour of the Demon Lord's Castle," Lucifer told us while Mammon sighed in relief.

"...Oh man, that was CLOSE! Good thing Lucifer didn't hear what I said," Mammon mumbled but I knew he heard him.

"Mammon, when the tour's over, I expect you to come to my room and explain everything about what you just mentioned in detail," Lucifer told him with a frown.

"YIKES!" Mammon shouted before hiding behind me.

"What an idiot..." Satan mumbled. 

I nodded my head in agreement before a voice spoke up.

"Now, now, I think it's nice to have at least one foolish character in the group you can tease. It lightens things up a little, don't you think?"

"HEY! Who're you callin' foolish?!" Mammon shouted after he stopped hiding behind me.

"...Wait a second. Where did that voice come from?"

Simeon asked we looked around and for some reason it sounded very familiar to me.

"Whoopsie! I suppose I really should have introduced myself earlier! allow there, I'm Little D. No. 2! Ah, but call me Number Two if you would, mmkay?"

"Wh-What is THAT?! A tiny demon...?" Luke asked as he started at Number Two.

"Looks yummy," Beel mumbled as he stared at the little demon.

"Careful, Beel. He'll make you sick to your stomach," Solomon warned him.

"You all know about the Little D. 's, don't you? After all, they help (Y/n) with any tasks we assign. Apparently, Barbatos has some student council business to attend to at the moment, so I thought I'd ask Number Two here to be our tour guide.He may be small, but he's very helpful," Diavolo explained to us.

"Yes. He's MUCH more helpful than a certain OTHER 'number two' I know," Lucifer pointed out as he glanced at Mammon.

"A certain other number two? ,,,Who's that?"

We turned to look at Mammon when he asked that stupid question. 

"Seriously?" Raven mumbled.

"You know, every once in a long while, I'm actually a little envious of you for being like this, Mammon..." Levi told him with a frown.

"Okie dokie then, I'll go ahead and give a quick rundown of what we're going to be seeing on our tour. The history of the Demon Lord's Castle is the history of the Devildom itself! We're going to be viewing all sorts of historical artefacts and works of art housed here in the castle. And in the process, you'll learn all about the Devildom!"

I smiled a little because this was right up my ally since I love to draw and art too. But the others say othewise.

"Boring..." Mammon grumbled.

"I doubt you even need to introduce HIM, right?" Satan asked Little D.

"Don't be so sure, Satan. After all, I'm guessing (Y/n) doesn't know who this is."

Simeon spoke as we looked at the portrait of a demon and he looked like some sort of King. Raven whimpered in fear before leaping off my shoulder and then he went into Diavolo's arms.

"What's wrong with Raven? he looks scared," I asked.

"This is a portrait of the great Demon King himself!" Number Two told me which took me by surprise.

"Ah, right, so that's what he looks like. The last time I saw him was at a ceremony over a thousand years ago," Luke told me.

"Yes, I haven't seen my father in several hundred years myself. He's slumbering at the bottom of the Devildom now. I'd say he isn't much interested in the world at large these days."

"Yeah...and he's scary...." Raven whimpered as he hid his face in Diavolo's arms.

"Scaredy Dog," I grumbled before Solomon took a closer look at the painting.

"That crown there...what is it? I'm guessing it must belong to the Demon King?" Solomon asked Number Two.

"Hmm? ...Oh, you're right! I didn't even notice that crown there. And as for whther it belongs to the Demon King...I think maybe it could?"

"Actually, that belonged to the previous Demon King," Lucifer spoke up.

"Oh wow! it looks like you're right, actually! The former Demon King's inscription is etched into the inside surface!"

"Huh, interesting. You certainly do know a lot about this stuff, don't you Lucifer?" Asmodeus asked him.

"That's because when I first came here, Diavolo explained what each item here was. It took him hours," Lucifer explained to us.

"Haha, right! I did, didn't I? Ah, the memories!" Diavolo spoke with a smile.

"Man, I've gotta hand it to Lord Diavolo. Even when Lucifer gets sarcastic like that, it STILL doesn't bother him...!" Mammon spoke up.

"Assuming it registered as sarcasm to him in the first place," Solomon spoke as we continued with the tour.

We walked through the hallways with Number Two leading the way. As he explained to us what each other the items and paintings that were being displayed in the hallways, the others were not very interested except for me and Solomon since we've never been here before and we're both interested in the demon Realm's history.

"It's nothin' but paintings in here," Mammon grumbled.

"Yeah. There are plenty in the House of Lamentation too, but not as much as here," Satan spoke as he looked around the hallways.

"I haven't stopped to look at these in quite some time myself," Diavolo spoke as he looked at some of these paintings.

"Wow, there's even a picture of the Celestial Realm here..." Luke spoke with a smile after seeing that familiar painting.

"Ah yes. I believe this was painted around the time that I first met Lucifer."

"Hey, let's not bring that up-" Lucifer tried to stop him but Diavolo continued anyway.

"Oh, what's the harm in it? The first time I met you, you were simply so divine, so awe-inspiring that you took my breath away. I couldn't believe such a beautiful, magnificent angel actually existed. And then there was the way you refused to even shake my hand at first," Diavolo explained to us that I had to hold back my laughs.

"Why do you sound so happy right now...?" Lucifer grumbled.

"He wouldn't even shake your hand...? Wow, that'd be unthinkable now," Satan spoke with a surprised look.

"All of this walking around is making me hungry," Beelzebud complained.

" 'Man, this tour of the Demon Lord's Castle onlu7 just started, and I'm already totally sick of it! lolol!' And...sent!" Levi mumbled as he posted something on his social media page.

"Uh don't you think it's a BAD IDEA to be posting that sort of stuff online?!" Luke shouted.

"HEY...BEEL! Stop gnawin' on my elbow!" Mammon shouted as he tried to shake off Beel from his elbow.

While the others were busy complaining and groaning about the tour except for the angels and the other human, I decided to have a little wonder and have a look at some of the paintings until I came across a certain painting. It was a human dressed in a robe with a symbol on it and they were petting a dog demon. Raven climbed onto my shoulder and he stared at that painting too.

"Raven you got any idea what this painting is?"

"Kind of...but, I can't remember who or what this was supposed to be," Raven told me before we heard screaming.

"AAAAAAAAAH!"

Raven and I jumped in fright which caused Raven to fall off my shoulder and then I caught him in my arms.

"Wh-What was that...?!" Luke shouted in fear.

"It sounded like a woman screaming...?" Simeon spoke.

The others looked at me and I frowned at them.

"Don't look at me, I did not scream banshee," I told them before we heard the scream again.

"Ooh, I HAVE to post about this! 'Just heard terrible scream! @ the Demon Lord's Castle.' And...done!" Levi grinned.

"I must be hungry that I'm hearing things now," Beelzebud mumbled before his stomach grumbled.

"Uh, if you're hearing things, then ALL of us are hearing things!"

"Wait a minute. I feel like I've heard a scream like that somewhere before..." Asmodeus spoke before we turned to look at a certain painting which suddenly spoke.

"How could you... HOW COULD YOU...?! Asmodeus...this is all your fault! all of it, YOUR FAULT...!"

I was shocked when I saw that portrait talking like that and then Solomon spoke up.

"Is that portrait talking?"

"Bingo! Yes, you're exactly right!" Number Two spoke in a cheerful tone.

"That a portrait of Helene. She was a witch," Lucifer told us.

"Helene...? Hmm, Helene...why does that name sound familiar...? ...Ah yes!" Asmo spoke after realising something. "Yes, of course! Helene! I remember now!"

"So what's goin' on here, anyway?" Mammon asked.

"Ooh! I can answer that question! Helene was once known far and wide as a witch of unparalleled beauty! Countless humans, angels and demons alike fell under her spell. But then Asmodeus here came along and seduced her, leading her to betray her lover at the time," Number Two explained.

"Yes, I had a feeling that's where this story was headed," Simeon spoke.

"War erupted as a result of her betrayal, a great war that destroyed an entire country. And Helene was derided as a horrible, wicked woman who had sold her soul to a demon. What she had to endure was awful..!" Number Two explained which angered me the most.

"So you're saying all of this happened because Asmodeus fooled around with some woman long ago?" Satan asked.

" 'One of Asmodeus's ex-girlfriends just showed up! OMG!' And...sent!" Levi spoke with a grin as he posted onto his social media page again.

"Leviathan, you know you sound like a teenage girl, right?"

I glared at Asmo and shouted, "You creep! what the hell were you thinking?!"

"Ahaha! Now wait a minute, everyone. We're talking about something happened hundreds of years ago! But regardless...Helene, I never expected to run into you here of all places! I mean, what are the chances?! Wow, it's been sooo looong! So, whacha up to these days, hm?" Asmo asked with a nervous smile.

"Wow, it's almost like he's still trying to flirt..." Solomon mumbled.

"Oh, he won't be flirting by the time I'm done with him," I grumbled while cracking my knuckles.

"Well, isn't that nice, running into an old friend again like this," Diavolo spoke with a smile on his face.

"It doesn't seem like she considers herself an old friend," Lucifer spoke before Helene told us what happened after the war.

"...After what happened, I incurred the wrath of the nephew of my former lover, who was a sorcerer. He sealed me inside this painting."

"The nephew of your ex? Are you talking about Demetrios?! I don't believe it! The first time I saw him, he was just a little munchkin. You're telling me he grew up to be a sorcerer capable of doing something like that?! Well, that is impressive! You know, Demetrios's father was a grade-A hunk, so I imagine his son must've turned into quite the man himself...Why didn't you tell me this happened to you? I would've come straight over to help. Ugh, Helene, you're so stubborn, you know that?"

"...Silence!" Helene shouted in anger.

"Ahaha! QWow, it's been so long since I've heard you say that! Ah, the memories...<3"

"Uh, Asmodeus, I think you better stop talking..." I tried to warn him but it might be a little late for that.

"Asmodeus...you haven't changed one bit! You're still the same awful womanizer of a demon you've always been. Not a day has passed that I haven't thought of how much I hate you, how much I RESENT you! NOT ONE SINGLE DAY!" Helene shouted angrily.

"Mmhm, thank you. I missed you too, you know," Asmodeus spoke with a smile.

"Maaan, she's not gettin' through to him AT ALL!" Mammon grumbled.

"I may be imprisoned inside this portrait, but I haven't lost all my power. Oh no... In fact, I still have power ennough to capture you, as you're about to see...!"

"Uh oh..." I mumbled as I took a few steps back from the painting. 

"Oh dear Everyone be careful now, mmkay? Because it just so happens that Helene's portrait us known to drag those who look at it inside the painting itself!"

"D'AAAAAAAH, I'M BEIN' DRAGGED IN! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING EARLIER?!" Mammon shouted before grabbing onto Levi.

" 'Aaaaah! Mammon grab onto me, and now he's pulling ME into the painting too! OMG' ...Sent!" Levi shouted out loud while posting on his social media.

"Whaddya exoect?! You were the closest thing for me to grab! Now c'mon, Levi! Dig in! We're losin' ground here!"

"You know I sit inside all day every day! I'm not strong enough for this!" Levi shouted as he and Mammon get dragged into the painting.

"...Ugh. I'm so hungry that I'm too weak to keep from being pulled in..." Beelzebub mumbled as he also got dragged into the painting.

Solomon grabbed a hold of Asmo as the pull get stronger and stronger.

"Hey, Solomon? Why are you holding onto my arm?"

"Because when it comes down to it, this is all your fault. So if I'm going in, so are you," Solomon spoke with a frown.

"Well then, in that case, I'm pulling (Y/n) along with us!"

"What?!" I shouted before Asmo grabbed a hold of me. Raven transformed back into his larger form (which is the size of a German Shephard by the way) and he grabbed a hold of my sleeve as he also got pulled into the painting with us.