Arriving in his bedroom, Abel exhaled.
Next was to welcome his new power.
With a grip of his hand, a blue terminal appeared in his hand.
Since he was on Itogami Island, he naturally had to follow local customs. If he didn't gather a few familiars, he wouldn't be doing himself justice.
Innovate Clear!
With a flash of light, Abel disappeared from the room and arrived in his personal mini-world.
Abel stood high in the sky. Looking down, many animals appeared, adding much vitality to this world.
So-called familiars were summoned beasts from other worlds. Vampires summoned them and kept them within their bodies. Some familiars acted independently, while others obeyed commands.
According to this, his Innovate Clear was also another world. As long as he created them and then materialized them to store within his body, it would be fine. After all, he had enough demonic power to keep them.
But what image should the familiars take?
Then he would use the twelve zodiac animals.
Having made up his mind, Abel waved his hand, and twelve phantoms appeared before him.
Starting with the rat, he began his creation, ending with the pig.
Time passed little by little.
Abel looked at his twelve masterpieces with satisfaction.
Twelve familiars representing the order of the zodiac.
An Azure Dragon and a Vermilion Bird circled in the sky, and a six-legged, four-winged snake slithered on the dry ground.
A large hamster holding a green trident stood on the shoulder of a black ox, who wore black armor and a red cape, and held a large axe.
Next to the ox, there was a monkey holding a stick.
Behind the ox and monkey was a blue boar lying on the ground, holding a rake.
Beside Abel stood a rabbit-eared girl wearing a feathered dress, holding a mortar in her left hand and a pestle in her right, quietly pounding medicine.
A white tiger with wings lay on a rock, with a saber behind it.
A Qilin stood to the right of the white tiger and to its left was a four-eared, nine-tailed white sheep to its right. A black dog frolicked in the open space.
Thus, the twelve Zodiac Beasts were complete.
They were created by referencing some mythical creatures, but being creations, they naturally couldn't compare to the originals.
The next step was to integrate them into his body, making them true familiars.
"Children, come."
He wondered how long it would take to materialize these twelve into reality.
As Abel spoke, the leading hamster transformed into a yellow wind and drilled into his body.
Immediately after, the ox let out a roar, turning into a black light that rushed into Abel's body.
Then, the tiger entered like a bolt of lightning.
The other familiars successively transformed into light, all drilling into Abel's body.
Abel nodded with satisfaction.
Fusion was nothing, after all, this was his world. The next step was to materialize them into the real world.
Telos Karma!
The dark terminal appeared in his hand.
Ability Materialization 100%!
Feeling the rapid ebb and flow of his demonic power, Abel lay there, both in pain and joy.
Materialization completion was not instantaneous. So Abel created a cloud he could lie on, and then lay inside it.
At this moment, he was like a water tank with water flowing in and out, wondering how long it would take to fill the tank.
"This in-and-out feeling is really uncomfortable." Abel complained.
Then he used the power of the Sheep Talisman to project his soul, floating in the air, waiting for the light on his body to dissipate.
Time passed little by little.
The next day, early morning.
The soul floating in the air woke up. Looking at his body lying peacefully on the cloud as if dead, Abel, as a soul, shook his head.
Then he raised his hand to check the time, and then paused. He was still in soul form.
"My brain really isn't working well."
He drilled back into his body. "Hmm... comfortable."
Abel raised his right hand and glanced at the time. It was already 8 o'clock.
He raised his hand, and a blue terminal appeared in his palm.
"Exit."
As he spoke, his body glowed and he returned to his bedroom.
As soon as he appeared in his bedroom, he felt that something was very wrong.
He looked towards his bed and saw a bulge under his quilt, and a tuft of golden hair exposed outside. He didn't need to guess who it was.
Shouldn't Avrora be sleeping with Yukina? How did she end up in his bed?
At this moment, Avrora sat up. The moment she saw Abel, she smiled and said, "Good morning, Abel."
"Good morning, Avrora."
Abel asked, "But why are you here?"
"I wanted to sleep with you, but yesterday when I came to your room, I found you weren't there, so I fell asleep while waiting for you."
What 'wanted to sleep with me,' she probably wanted a bite of his blood.
"Alright, I'll believe you for now. Since you're awake, get up early and change. I'm going to register at school later. If you want to go, you can come along."
"Go to school?" Avrora asked in confusion, "Can I?"
"Of course, you can." Abel nodded.
After all, a certain Witch of the Gap wouldn't let the Fourth Primogenitor run around outside and most of her power was within the school.
Just then, the door was knocked and pushed open.
Yukina, looking anxious, walked in and said, "King, have you seen the Fourth Primo—"
Before she finished speaking, she saw Avrora, disheveled, in the King's bed.
The scene before her made her imagine many scenarios.
Avrora became the King's consort!?
Looking at Yukina frozen there, Abel felt that she was imagining some bad things.
He interrupted her thoughts, "Yukina."
"I'm here!"
Abel asked, "My Lady Protector, is breakfast ready?"
"Ah, not yet."
Yukina came back to her senses, then walked towards the kitchen. "Please wait a moment, King, it will be ready soon."
Abel then turned his gaze back to Avrora. "Since you're awake, get up and change."
After saying that, he took a set of clothes and went to the bathroom to wash up.
— — —
Saikai Academy.
It's a private academy on Itogami Island, with over twelve hundred students.
And within this private school, the room in the tallest building was quite luxurious.
Inside the room, a petite figure held a black folding fan with a helpless expression. She had black hair, slightly curled at the ends, and wore a black dress.
She was Minamiya Natsuki, an English teacher at Saikai Private Academy, students liked to call her Natsuki-chan. She was also an attack mage, known by the epithet "Witch of the Void." She was also someone who had sold her soul to a Devil.
This body was her magical clone. Heer true body was guarding the Prison Barrier, in a perpetual slumber.
Natsuki sat by her desk, on which a cup of mint-scented black tea rested.
She was currently looking at two reports. One was about a D-type vampire's death, and the other was a report on a Campione and the Fourth Primogenitor.
Avrora, who had just awakened, was troublesome enough, and now there was a devil holding her soul contract.
The Fourth Primogenitor was one thing. That devil had even killed an Heretic God and gained authority. His territory was Japan and she herself was his subject.
Thinking of this, she muttered in exasperation, "Which idiot brought him here?"
Meanwhile, at the Lion King Organization.
The Three Saints all sneezed.
...
Natsuki looked up at the sun in the sky and sighed helplessly.
Could she really be threatened by a devil?
This was difficult.
Thinking this, she drained her cup of black tea in one gulp, then stood up and walked downstairs.
Since they were already here, she would just let nature take its course.