Chapter 68: New Friend

"Gee, thank you."

"We will watch over you and make no mistake." Salv.

Victor smiled.

"I'm not going to do anything wrong. Just relax and don't be paranoid. I'll just explain everything later."

Grimm could not speak. He rested deeply. His friends have a bad opinion of Victor because they know he is a demon. He can't blame his friends because that's really the image of the demons. They are evil. But that did not mean that a creature was really that bad. It is difficult in this world because it is full of judgment.

"Hoy, why are you quiet?" Rey.

"Nothing." his language was weak.

During recess they all went to the rooftop. They were currently eating cupcakes that Grimm had baked when Victor arrived. Everyone stopped eating.

"What are you doing here?!" Rey asked.

Victor was slightly taken aback. Mikee looked hard at the newcomer. He did not expect this thing. But in the end he also spoke. He had to do the right thing.

"Guys, can we give him a chance? Let's not judge if we ourselves, do not want to be judged. Everyone probably deserves to have a chance even if he is a different creature."

Everyone was stunned to look at Mikee. The depth of what it said. Those words hit Grimm hard.

"Mikee is right. Let's not judge him because of his personality. W-What if I told you all that I am like him? That I am also a demon? Can you still accept me as a friend?"

Grimm suddenly thought that he needed to tell his best friends about his true identity. And after that, come what may! Everyone was stunned and looked carefully at Grimm.

"What are you, Grimm! Don't joke like that. We are getting what Mikee is aiming for here." Rodel said.

Grimm stood up and walked over to Victor. He stepped aside here and looked seriously at his friends he had been with for a long time. In hardship, in comfort, in trouble and in punishments... They are together.

"I'm not kidding. I'm a demon like Victor..." Grimm said seriously.

"Wait, Grimm... That's enough! How can that happen when you have parents and family?" Rey asked curiosly.

"They are not my real blood relatives. I just used the womb of my mother Rosa so that I could come into this world of people and be born as a human being. T-The day I escaped to hell, that was the day of my execution. My father Belphegor wanted to kill me because I was a failure-creation. This demon Victor helped me escape hell. He was my very first friend. So if you do not accept him, so should I..."

After that, Grimm told more about his past. His friends were stunned and could not believe what he was saying. And to make them believe it even more, he lit his eyes and showed the spell on his body that Father Clemen had placed. He also ordered Victor to release the spell on his body as proof that they were just the same. He knew that Sir Orphen put a similar spell on Victor. Father Clemen mentioned that to him yesterday.

"I am Grimm Redshade-a demon and I am the son of one of the Seven Prince of Hell, Belphegor. It is up to you if I remain your friend..." Grimm said sadly.

His Kuwarog boys were still puzzled and Victor stared at them. But Rey couldn't stand it anymore.

"Damn it! You're really cool, man!"

"Yes, that's cool! And how can we not accept you, Grimm! You are our Bossing!" Ricky said smiling.

"That's right. But we were completely taken aback by all your revelations. That's why you are different from everyone else. Anyway, we can do nothing. You are our friend." Rodel said.

"And I will never forget that I owe my life to you." Salv retorted.

Grimm wept and smiled at his friends.

"In that case, will you accept Victor as well?" he asked.

Everyone was stunned but it was Mikee who spoke.

"Of course."

Mikee first approached Victor and shook hands. He looked intently at the man.

"I'll just clarify, I'm Grimm's best-friend." he said.

"I understand. It's okay with me, as long as I'm more handsome." Victor smiled.

The others then shook hands with Victor. They asked a lot of questions on Grimm and Victor. But the important thing is that everyone should keep the secret of the two. Victor took off his uniform, jacket and showed his body full of scars. There were many of them up to his arms.

"These scars are proof of the tortures on me and Grimm. I was created from the ashes of a human being. I am not like Grimm who is a pure-blood demon so he has no scars on his body. He is very smooth. And that's the annoying thing, only my face and neck are very smooth because I kept it well. Huh, I shouldn't ruin my good looks."

"Extraordinary! I guess there is no more space." comment by Mikee.

Victor took a deep breath and faced everyone. He put on his clothes again.

"This is over. I can't imagine what kind of torture you have been through." Rey.

"You can't really imagine until you see. But don't dream." Grimm retorted.

In the afternoon, Victor and everyone left school. Grimm also invited him to go with their friends to deliver breads to their customers. And he said Yes, immediately.

"Uy, you look close ah?" Rusty commented when he met the troops.

"That's right. These two are cool." Mikee smiled.

Father Clemen came and smiled. He first greeted Victor.

"Why, it looks like you're already close to Grimm's friends ah? That's good."

Victor's eyes widened when he saw Father Clemen smoking a cigarette. He looked at it puzzled.

"A-Are you a smoker?!" he said in surprise.

"Whew, it seems like our first reaction." Ricky's uncontrollable language.

Father Clemen smiled at Victor.

"Yes, do you want to?"

Victor looked at the cigarette with a shudder.

"Ewww! No way! It will destroy my beautiful body. It is better if you stop that."

"Yeah, Victor is right. We all side with him." Rusty retorted.

"That's right. Just throw that away!" Grimm said.

Clemen rested violently and threw his cigarette in the corner. He did not know why he could not refuse Grimm. When he spoke, he simply threw away his cigarette.

"I just passed by here to see if there is any trouble going on. It's good and everything is fine with you. And by the way, Victor... You should go to church every week. I will wait for you."

Father Clemen turned around and walked away. Victor was stunned by the last thing he said as well as Grimm's friends. The latter just laughed. Victor has recovered.

"Huh, me?! G-Go to church? No way! Eh if I get burned? That priest is really weird." He couldn't help but comment.

Grimm laughed.

"We've known that for a long time."

"Right." Rusty agreed with Grimm.

They walked home. As usual, they all accompany Rusty to their house first. After that, they went straight to Grimm’s house. When they got there, Grimm immediately introduced Victor to his parents, his older brother and his Lola Epang. After arranging the breads to be delivered, they all left. Grimm lent his older brother's bicycle to Victor.

After they delivered, they all had a snack first. Victor took a deep breath and the air filled his lungs.

"Finally, I also felt like I was alive." it suddenly retaliated.

"Right. It feels good to know that you really exist, right? "Grimm said.

"Yes."

Mikee remained silent while staring at the two. Even if Grimm says Victor is a friend, he will still consider it a danger. He cannot be complacent. He needs to pay more attention to it. It's hard to make mistake.

"Better yet, let's go. It's getting a little dark." he said.

"Yes. It's hard to be scolded." language by Salv.

They all agreed, they left. They stopped a bit in the middle because they were all urinating. They first pulled to the side of the road and turned around. Ricky looked up, the darkness of heaven. Because its new moon. He only sees a few stars. He looked around and saw only a few houses he could see and they were still far away because of the vast countryside around. He frowned. There is something on the roof of one of the houses.

"Guys, what is that?" he suddenly asked.

Everyone's attention was focused on him.

"What is which one?" Rey asked curiously.

"There on the roof! In the third house near the thicket. At the end of the countryside!" Ricky said.

Everyone looked at the direction that he points. There was something on the roof and it looked like a human.

"Maybe something is being fixed on the roof or the T. V. antenna-" Salv could not continue to say.

He noticed his bracelet shining blue. Dark blue.

"Wait! Its an impact!" he exclaimed.

Everyone looked at the bracelets they were wearing and at the creature on the roof. Grimm stared intently at what was there. He could see clearly in the darkness.

"Tiktik!" he exclaimed.

(Tiktik -is a kind of Aswang which loves to hunt pregnant women and it uses its long tongue and it creates a noise of tik tik tik that’s where it got its name. It don’t separate from its torso like the manananggal who flies around. The noise of the tiktik is a signal. If its loud, it means it is still far away but when it is soft, it means it is already close.)

Everyone was stunned.

"Looks like he’s going to get a pregnant victim!" Mikee said.

They moved quickly, they immediately ran towards it.

"Damn it, we may not reach!" Rodel exclaimed.

The house is too far from the road. Victor's face became serious.

"I'll take care of it." his language was weak.

He immediately acted and ran away. Grimm and his friends were stunned as a strong wind blew through them all. They were shocked and surprised to see Victor was already on the roof in front of the Tiktik.

"Wow! The speed!" Ricky exclaimed.

The Tiktik was surprised and slightly backed away when Victor suddenly appeared in front of it.

"What are you doing here?!" the Tiktik asked in shock.

Victor did not speak. A sharp knife suddenly appeared in his right hand. Fgh! In an instant he cut off the Tiktik's long tongue. He growled and angrily rushed to Victor but it moved quickly. In a flash the Tiktik broke into pieces. It looks like a minced meat. Victor was not even bloodied in what he did. Grimm was stunned by what he saw. If Victor was really serious about him, he would probably have no fight at its speed. Grimm's friends did not see much of what happened because of the darkness. But Mikee, he saw everything.

"He is a very good assassin, he worked very quietly." he said softly.

Victor got off the roof and hurried to where his companions were.

"No more problems, it's over." he announced.

"R-Really? What happened to that Tiktik?" Salv asked curiously.

"I killed it. I divided his body into twenty pieces."

Grimm whistled.

"You're awesome! If you were really serious about me the other day, I just don't know." he said in astonishment.

"Wait, if you cut him that much... Why don't you even have a drop of blood in your body?" Ricky asked.

Victor looked at it.

"I have been trained to kill quietly and cleanly. That is my ability. I also use a little bit of anything to make a killer weapon. Like a pen... I can use that to kill."

"Wow, really?!" Rodel's language was unstoppable.

Mikee smiled. He was already looking forward to what he had heard.

"Better yet, let's go home." he just said.

"That's even better!" Grimm.

They all went home and they always praised Victor. The latter could not explain how he felt. For a long time, only now someone praised him... It feels good. Until he got home he would not lose the smile on his lips.

"I'm here! By the way, I have a pasalubong!"

He laid the box with only cupcakes on the table. Orphen looked at him.

"What's up? What, are you having fun? And why are you late?"

Victor was excited to sit down.

"Eh because, I went with Grimm to deliver the breads. We encountered a Tiktik on the road and I killed it. And everyone praised me. It's fun when you're praised. It's only now that someone appreciates me. His friends told me that I’m awesome." Victor said happily.

"Uhum... In that case, cook rice and cook a dish." Orphen suddenly said.

"Okay!"

Meanwhile... Leviathan grunted punching huge stones around him. He crushes them hard.

"I guess your head is hot? How are you? Is Grimm dead?"

Leviathan stopped what he was doing and faced the speaker. He saw Belphegor.

"BUWISET!" disgusted with this language.

"Same to you. What is your butt firing?"

Leviathan clenched his right fist and punched hard in the air. A very strong force was lost.

"The assassin I sent was a traitor. It was a mistake that I sent Victor!"

Belphegor rolled his eyes and suddenly laughed softly.

"You idiot. You know that Grimm is a friend of Victor."

Leviathan frantically looked at Belphegor.

"Tsk! I think Victor found out about my plan to kill him when I no longer needed him. Looks like he just preceded me. How dare him three times a day!"

Belphegor smiled.

"I think, I should send assassins to end those rebellious ones. Is that okay?"

"Do it."

"All right."

Belphegor turned and left. He secretly teased Leviathan. It made a mistake. It sent Grimm's ally.

"How dare you three times a day!" he even bit his lip tightly.

Anger can be traced to him as his strong aura flies his long, red-haired air. Gaunt just stared around and folded his arms. He smiled.

"That’s it, be annoyed Belphegor... It's good for you." he whispered.

Another idea he suddenly thought of. He has already started so he needs to continue...