Primordial Soul's Rebirth

"Why does it seem like I know him?"

A demon among the crowd whispered with a frown of confusion.

He couldn't be sure, but he felt like he had seen an image of the guy with black hair and purple eyes somewhere.

But his words caused the demons around him to turn toward him.

"Wut?"

The demon asked as his frown deepened when he noticed the strange expressions on their faces.

It was as if they were looking at an idiot.

"Did you live under a rock or something?"

A demon sneered as he looked at the demon in question, causing his frown to deepen.

"Not under a rock, but yes, I never actually came out of my house."

But he still accepted that he was an introvert who never came out of his house.

"Sigh…." X3

The demons around him sighed before one of them spoke up.

"That guy is the waste of the Ashenfang family.

He was supposed to be the next king, but him being as useless as he is, all he could do was hide behind his maternal grandfather."

That demon jeered as he looked at Rohrg mockingly.

His voice was barely a whisper, and there were many other demons talking about something like this, but Rohrg, who was walking out of the crowd, heard it all.

'Just you wait...'

The demons in the crowd didn't know that their faces were already imprinted inside the protagonist's mind, and as vengeful as he was, Rohrg wasn't going to let them slide.

'For now, however….'

Rohrg, taking a deep breath, went on his knees as soon as he neared the throne that Alex was sitting on.

He was kneeling a step behind the position where the demon generals were standing right now, hoping that he could get cover behind them.

The demon generals, however, just moved out of the way.

"Take a seat."

Alex's voice resounded throughout the hall, causing the murmurs to go silent.

His eyes were focused on Rohrg, but everyone could tell whom he was talking to.

"As you wish, my lord." X3

The three demon generals spoke in unison before they stepped up toward their respective thrones.

Unlike any other empire, here calling the demon lord, who was the emperor of the demon empire, 'your majesty' was not a tradition.

Everyone in the demon empire was supposed to call the demon lord 'lord'.

But the thing was that there would be no other lord in the demon empire.

No one is supposed to be lord over anyone; even the archdukes can't be called lord by their subordinates or slaves.

The Demon Empire had only one being that could rule over every being in the Demon Empire, the demon lord. He was the one and only lord, the lord of their lives, the lord of their wills, and the lord of their bodies.

Others were either sires or masters.

But let's leave it at that.

For now, the atmosphere in the throne room was anything but relaxing, especially for the family members of Rorhg Ashenfang.

Lilia Ashenfang, Rohrg's sister, could feel her heart hammering against her chest, ready to break out of her rib cage, but she stood still.

'He didn't do something stupid, right?'

She hoped not, or things might not end well for them.

She clasped her hands and prayed to whatever god she could, wishing for her brother's well-being.

Then there was Grum Infurnis, the maternal grandfather of Rohrg; he was currently frowning, thinking about what his grandson could've done.

'He didn't seem to have any good opinion about the demon lord being crowned, even though he hadn't seen the demon lord.'

He muttered inwardly as he saw Rohrg kneel in front of Alex, the demon lord.

But then his eyes widened as he recalled something.

'He didn't do that, right…?' Enjoy more content from empire

One of his men, who was supposed to keep an eye on Rohrg, had informed him about the device that the boy was searching for; he himself helped Rohrg find it, but now he was regretting his decision.

'Please don't let it be what I'm thinking….'

After a long time, he wished for something that was against what his mind was telling him.

But for some reason, the unease in his heart kept growing instead of receding.

"My lord."

Rohrg bowed his head in front of Alex as the most loyal servant one could find.

'Oh?'

This caused even Alex, who was an expert in acting, to raise a brow inwardly.

If he didn't know the truth, he would've thought that Rohrg was the type of guy who would die for him if he asked for it.

"What is your name?"

Alex demanded his name from Rohrg, his eyes peering into the poor guy's soul.

"My name-"

But before Rohrg could reply…

*Gasp* Xn (Since the number of gasps is not counted, we will assume it to be 'n'.)

Many demons gasped as they saw Alex's eyes turning black and golden with golden pupils and black sclera.

There were many demons with different types of eyes, but Alex's eyes gave off a different vibe.

It felt... demonic, dangerous, and devilish, yet charming, majestic, and glorious at the same time.

It was as if God were looking at them; their trying to hide anything in front of those eyes was impossible

*Badump*

Rohrg's heart, on the other hand, skipped a beat.

He felt like he was sitting naked, and his secrets were open to Alex.

But he calmed down in an instant, something impossible for an A-ranker like him.

"My name is Rohrg Ashenfang, my lord."

He replied, his voice dripping with respect, quite the opposite of his thoughts.

'What does he want?

There's no way he noticed the device. It doesn't use any kind of mana, so it would be hard for even the Ancestor to perceive it.

So, what could he possibly call me out for?'

He was frowning inwardly as he pondered the reason Alex could've asked him to come here—his mind was working in overdrive, but he couldn't think of anything.

The dramatic pauses that Alex took didn't help as well; they only added to the pressure.

"So, Rohrg Ashenfang, I want you to state the first and only order I have passed down until now."

*Badump**Badump**Badump*...

Alex's purr along with his eyes, which were looking deep inside Rohrg's soul, caused the guy's heartbeat to rise at an unpredictable rate.

'How did he know!'

His eyes quivered, and his fists clenched. For the first time since the start of the program, he felt fear.

If he was found out to have gone against the demon lord's words, he, just like his grandfather, would be blamed for treason.

He knew the disadvantages of the broadcast, and that was also the reason for him doing it.

But now he could see his plans backfiring on him.

He racked his brain, thinking of a way out of this situation.

His lips, however, still moved, doing what Alex had asked him to do.

"The coronation ceremony must not be broadcasted."

Rohrg's words echoed through the hall as the demons frowned in confusion, while Rohrg looked up into Alex's eyes.

'What's going on?'

This was the only question in their heads.

Even the wise ones were at a loss, but there was one person in the crowd who understood what was going on.

'He really did it...'

Grum muttered inwardly as his eyes grew worried while staring at Rohrg.

His gaze then shifted to his granddaughter, Lilia, and he couldn't help but grind his teeth.

He knew for sure what would happen if Rohrg were to be proven guilty; he was old, so he knew many things, and one of them was a line even he used to say—'death to the traitors.

He glanced at Rohrg once again before his eyes grew determined.

He loved his grandchildren from the bottom of his heart, so much so that he was willing to go against the whole empire just to save them when death was the only thing that was written for them.

So, how could he sit still when one of his grandchildren was sentenced to death?

But for now, he waited.

From what he observed in the last few months, he could tell that, for some reason, his grandson had grown manipulative and scheming.

His every move had a counterplan ready.

He just hoped the same for today.

'Or else…'

He clenched his fists, resolute to not let Rohrg die today, no matter what.

As for what was actually going to happen, only time could tell...

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