"Excuse me, are you Miss Ameri? The young lady from the Azazel family?" a young demon approached and asked.
"Oh, you are Ferman, Lord Roze's second son... Lord Isoshi, right? I've heard of your deeds. Good evening," Ameri said calmly, bowing.
"Miss Ameri is truly as beautiful as the rumors say," Isoshi said with a smile.
"You flatter me."
"If you have time, would you care to dance with me?" Isoshi invited, looking at the person in front of him.
Ameri hesitated at his words. Although she didn't particularly want to dance with the person in front of her... he was, after all, the director's second son... would refusing him make him lose face? Just as Ameri was about to place her hand in Isoshi's, a voice suddenly came from the side.
"My apologies, Isoshi, this young lady is not your target. She already has a dance partner," Shesi appeared grandly behind Ameri.
Ameri turned around in shock, and gasps of surprise also rippled through the ballroom.
"Oh, it's Three Greats! Lord Sullivan!"
Isoshi looked at Shesi at his words.
"Oh, who is this? Is it our illustrious Lord Shesi? Oh~ It seems I've inadvertently stolen Lord Shesi's prey. My sincerest apologies."
Isoshi joked with Shesi in a peculiar tone.
"Isoshi, the things I showed you were not meant for you to annoy me with," Shesi said with a frown.
"Understood, understood. Well, I wish you a pleasant time," Isoshi and his two attendants left to find their next target.
"She... Shesi! What are you doing here?" Ameri exclaimed in surprise.
"Of course, I was afraid my dance partner would abandon me," Shesi said, looking at Ameri with a relaxed expression after Isoshi left.
"I'm not your dance partner!" Ameri realized something and immediately turned her head away.
"I know, but be careful next time, okay?" Shesi took off Ameri's glove and tossed it into a nearby trash can.
"Huh? You...?" Ameri looked at Shesi strangely. Taking off a lady's glove and holding her hand at a party signifies a different kind of relationship, but it seemed the person in front of her didn't know that.
"That playboy, Isoshi, he was treating you as a target. He's most skilled in alchemy, you know," Shesi said, leading Ameri by the hand towards the center of the dance floor.
"[Eavesdropping Prevention]"
Shesi cast a silencing spell on them both so that others wouldn't hear their conversation.
"He's someone I'm trying to win over, but his personal conduct is quite criticized. He's skilled in alchemy, and he revealed that the perfume on him isn't ordinary. If it comes into contact with another scent, it has a slight aphrodisiac effect," Shesi said as he danced with Ameri.
"Win over?" Ameri first glanced at her glove in the trash can, regretting her carelessness, then looked at Shesi in confusion.
"Uh-huh, did you think I came to a noble gathering just for fun?" Shesi said as if it were obvious.
Ameri was even more surprised by the young man in front of her. She looked at him and suddenly said,
"Shesi, you truly are a treasure."
"Huh?"
"Just when I think I understand you enough, you surprise me again."
"Hmm~ Of course, I'm a treasure boy," Shesi boasted.
Originally, Iruma was also supposed to come to this party, but today Iruma went to the aquarium with Eiko-chan.
At this moment, Anri watched as his daughter was with Shesi, even dancing with him without gloves, and his glasses shattered again and again.
Let me reintroduce: Asmodeus Anri, Border Control Security Chief, and an important partner for demon realm opticians.
However, he couldn't go over because he was already entangled with Sullivan.
"Ah~ Anri, why are you spacing out? I haven't even told you about Shesi and Iruma's growth when they first enrolled."
Anri:... After Shesi and Ameri finished dancing, Shesi led Ameri towards other demons.
"Ameri, this is the former Border Control Director, Lord Furfur Androas," Shesi introduced Ameri.
"Oh, is Shesi bringing his fiancée over?" Androas teased, looking at Shesi.
"Lord Androas, you jest," Shesi said.
Ameri, who was originally surprised that Shesi knew such a person, felt her spirits drop upon hearing Shesi's words.
"Currently, Miss Ameri is not my fiancée. At least for now, she hasn't agreed, and I haven't proposed yet," Shesi said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
At his words, Ameri immediately blushed.
"Hahaha, hmm, you're Azazel's daughter, right?" Furfur Androas looked at Ameri.
"Yes! I am Asmodeus Ameri, Asmodeus Anri's daughter!" Ameri immediately bowed and introduced herself.
"Hmm, to reach rank [6] at such a young age, your future is limitless. However, to inherit your father's position, you still have some way to go. Keep up the hard work!"
"Yes!"
...Negotiations are most suitable when identities are equal, and if you have leverage that can move others, then you have the upper hand. Identity, as Three Greats' grandson, Shesi naturally possesses. As for the leverage for communicating with noble demons... if the demon world falls into chaos and the Demon King is not on the throne, their own safety and interests would be affected. It's good to seek shade under a big tree, after all. If you ask what a 14 or 15-year-old child like Shesi can guarantee you? But remember, Sullivan's public persona is that of a demon who dotes on his grandson.
The noble gathering came to an end, and Iruma and Eiko-chan had a great time at the swimming pool. However, when Iruma returned home... he also brought back a crab, which Jaag immediately fell in love with... "Shichiro!"
The boy turned to look at his mother.
"Shichiro, what are you doing? It's time to go home," the boy's mother asked, seeing him with his hands behind his back.
"What are you hiding in your hands?"
"Nothing..."
"Even if you lie, I'll see right through it immediately. Have you forgotten our family's ability, the Falsehood Bell? Hurry and show me."
The boy reluctantly opened his hands, revealing a small demon beast.
"There you go again, child. Put it back quickly."
"Just for a moment..."
"No, you said 'just for a look' last time too, and then you messed around with it again," the boy's mother refused.
Balam looked at Iruma and Shesi.
"Ever since I was old enough to understand, I've been very interested in living things. Why does this one walk so differently? Why does that one only have one eye? My curiosity about any living creature is extremely strong. In short, I'm always very interested. I see something, investigate it, and then look again. My parents would often scold me for being like that."
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