Extra Demon: Sacred Academy of Light

"Everything is dark… I can't see anything… it's cold… and I'm afraid…" The demon clenched her teeth, trying to calm herself, walking slowly… trying to get out of this cursed place. "Damn it! Damn it!" She muttered to herself, feeling it, feeling how her own fear was consuming her from within, and she couldn't accept it, couldn't accept being afraid of a mere human...

Looking down, she saw her fingers trembling… and not just her hands, her whole body was shaking. Although she wanted to deny it, although she tried to deceive herself, her sensations, her chills, the fear was real, the fear of death was far more intense than when she was locked up like a damned rat...

She didn't know at what point the entire place where she was confined to serve as training for humans had been covered by a shroud of darkness. She couldn't see anything, not even the multitude of trees that were supposed to be around her. The only thing she could see was herself, her own body. She had already been in this cursed dark place for over three hours, and with each passing second, her anxiety and despair grew stronger… She didn't know what to do or where to go… every step she took, every breath, and every movement was slower, she felt more tired and much colder… her body heat was dropping.

"Where the hell am I…" she murmured to herself as she moved deeper into the darkness...

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"She is still… lost and alone… yes, like me, poor soul, poor demon, poor being… so miserable…" A young woman knelt, looking down, her delicate hand caressing a head… her hands were so pale that you could even see the veins marked on them, with a subtle delicacy… her eyes, each a different color, gazed with pity at the demon who lay in a deep slumber… a long, deep sleep from which she would never awaken…

Azrael watched silently as the demon's breathing grew weaker and her expression paler… after a few seconds… the demon stopped breathing… she was already dead.

She remained silent, her hand brushed the demon's cheek… slowly, she lifted the head that had been resting on her lap and placed it on the ground…

"So easy…" she murmured to herself, moving to the side of the demon's body, she looked at the sky: "Easy… how easy it is to take a life." A small smile formed on her lips… taking a blue, gleaming stone from her pocket, she curiously moved it from side to side, then, after a few moments, looked back at the demon…

"I think it's better if I go…" she said, pursing her lips, and as she activated the stone, her body was enveloped in a blue glow, disappearing in seconds.

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"The first… is to kill the demon in Class 2… within three hours…" Elizabeth looked at the young Azrael and smiled softly: "What a terrifying power…" she shook her head slightly…

"Death's Mark… such a unique and marvelous ability!" Seraphine's completely golden eyes shone with great devotion. She clasped her hands and closed her eyes: "Worthy… entirely worthy of one of us… although she's a bit crazy…" She tilted her head a little…

"Huh…! You give me chills when you get like this, Miss Saint!" Elizabeth shook her head and stepped back a little, turning her gaze to her aunt: "It's much better than your ability, aunt… My father is starting to suspect you might actually like women! Hahaha!" Elizabeth couldn't hold back her laughter…

Emilia furrowed her brow sharply… ignoring her niece's teasing words… she looked at the saint and raised an eyebrow: "Seraphine, don't do that in public, you'll scare off all the believers," she warned in a severe tone, setting aside her niece's mockery… "Death's Mark… unlike those who think that just by looking into Azrael's eyes you can die…"

"Impossible, who was the idiot that said such nonsense?" Elizabeth mocked with an irritating expression: "She causes it herself," she said as she relaxed on the couch. "She only needs to touch you to kill you… it's much more believable than just a glance…" she placed a hand on her cheek… "Literally 'Death's Mark,' the very name of the supreme ability says it all… of course, poor fools who have no idea… but still… why does she have the best supreme ability out of all of us? Isn't that unfair!" Elizabeth crossed her arms with a pout…

"It's because of the death rune… a curse as well as a blessing," said Emilia with a serious expression, recalling clearly… the moment Azrael entered the event… she activated her unique ability, or one of them, the whole place turned completely black, and all she had to do was touch the demon to kill her…

"Shunned and hated by everyone in the castle where she lived…" Elizabeth glanced at some papers on the table, picking them up: "Five older siblings… three men and two women, five princes dead in mysterious ways…" she continued looking at the papers… "Five concubines… the king of the Lunar Empire… enjoys a harem it seems, but unfortunately for him, all of them died…"

"They all harassed and mistreated their two younger siblings… twins, one boy and one girl, ignored by their older siblings, due to their mother… a countryside commoner… their mother, Liliana, murdered by the other women… leaving the two alone… some time later, the five princes and princesses along with their mothers died… but not only them, the servants and all sorts of people who mistreated the twins died… A complete massacre!" Elizabeth smiled…

"It wasn't until… young Azrael killed one of the duke's sons in front of everyone… impressive… magnificent! On the wedding day itself, during her own engagement, she killed her fiancé in front of the entire empire… How did it happen? What occurred? No one knew… A complete chaos…"

"At the end of the investigations, looking at the past deaths of all the other princes and concubines… and the strange way they all died following the same pattern, it was concluded that everything was caused by Azrael! When questioned, the only thing she said was: 'They deserved it!' She was sentenced to death, but… her brother Ariel intervened, saying that if they killed his sister, he would take his own life… leaving the empire without an heir, with an old and worn-out king, and seeing that the empire's situation was hanging by a thread, he decided to disown his daughter and send her to study abroad, but… her brother went with her!!" What a story… Elizabeth was left speechless…

"Everyone thinks Ariel, the heir to the throne, hates his sister, but in reality, it's the opposite! As siblings and being twins, they love each other! A bond of blood unites them! The psychopath siblings! A great name for those lunatics!" Elizabeth said with a big smile, leaving the papers on the table… looking at her "sisters": "Don't you think so?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om