Slayer's eyes darkened and his aura became that which would make anyone fear for their life. He now looked like he could kill, and this confused and concerned Malice even more. For he had thought it odd that he knew nothing about the creature that brought the letter to the Palace this afternoon. But his intuition seemed to have been right by thinking something was off.
"So whoever this Vishious person is? I can see we should be ready for a enemy, when he arrives?" Malice said in a confirmation tone, he was ready to go to battle with Slayer if ever needed. For how he saw it, whoever was Slayer's enemy was also just as much his.
"He is my older brother." Slayer informed Malice coldly. He brought his arms that he had resting on his sides, to fold them in front of his chest. His brows knit together, the look on his face showed just how much he wasn't thrilled at hearing who was planning on visiting, clenching his jaw as he slowly shook his head in annoyance.
To say Malice was in shock from hearing that Slayer had a older brother, was an understatement. He had never heard Slayer mentioned a brother or any family for that matter and so wasn't expecting this type of information from Slayer at all.
Slayer could see the shock and confusion in Malice's eyes as he just did there, not saying a single word to him after telling him that he had a brother. Which was understandable, there were very few who did know about his siblings and who his siblings in fact were. And the only one who had met all three was none other than Beast.
"So, My Lord, has a brother?Malice said finally, breaking the silence that had filled the room. His brows then furrowed together and he cocked his head to the side a little as he said, "But from your reaction about him coming for a visit and the fact that you never mentioned a brother before.. I'm sure it's safe to say that you're not close?" Malice said. His curiosity was evident in his voice, hoping to hear more about this from Slayer.
"Hmm....," Slayer let out a short chuckle as he walked a couple feet to the side of the massive table, to come to stand in front of a large pillar that was close by. He stopped in front of it and leaned back against it, with his arm still crossed in front of his chest. He then continue to say," Well, it's much more complicated than simply saying we're not close."Slayer said. His voice was low and his facial features no longer held any anger in it.
Now replaced by face that held a neutral and calm expression, as he stood there looking at malice as he spoke. He figured he should mention his other siblings as well, since the topic had been brought up. It would make it easier to explain things about his relationship with Vishious more understandable and clear.
So Slayer inhaled deeply before continuing on to say, "I actually have two older brothers and a little sister." And if it were possible, malice's job would have hit the floor and his eyes would have popped out with how shocked he was to hear Slayer say this. Malice had to move to stand directly in front of slayer, so he could lean back and brace himself against the massive table for support. Daring at Slayer as if dumbfounded and eagerly waiting for him to continue telling him more.
Slayer let out a long sigh, shaking his head bringing his hand up to rub the back of his neck. Slayer knew that this discussion was going to not only take some time but it was also going to open up doors to other questions that malice would undoubtedly have and answers he wasn't sure exactly how to give him.
"To go back now to what you first said, no, you're right on your assumption of me and my brother not being close. I'm not close to either one of them and quite frankly, I don't really even know them that well. Never did."
Slayer said his voice was void of any emotion as he continued. My sister is the only one that I did get close to. " And Malice noticed how after Slayer mentioned his sister, it had brought up feelings that he quickly hid but malice knew that he definitely saw it.
"And why hasn't your sister come to visit you? Does she rule her own kingdom as well?" Malice couldn't help but have tons of questions to ask slayer. 'And if they were close then why hasn't Slayer ever mentioned her before? And what happened to her?' Malice wondered to himself.
It didn't make any sense to him. He was raised by Slayer and other than Beast, he knew him better than anyone. He was eager to hear more about his siblings and he was even anticipating his brother's arrival, because he was another Demon Lord and it was rare to meet other Demon lords.
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He was so caught up in his thoughts when he realized something and so he decided to ask, "what was that creature that brought that letter today? I've studied books about the different creatures that exist and have seen many different kinds of demons but have never come across that one. "Malice had been interested in finding out about that creature since he laid eyes on it.
"Like I said it's a bit complicated and I'm not sure where to exactly start," Slayer's expression with serious and he stood there for a while, thinking. Before he finally started talking. "I'll start with telling you how me and my siblings are divided. And that's my two brothers Wycked and Vishious, are demon Lords who belong to the Realm of the Dead. And my sister Sinyster and I Demon Lords that belong to this Realm, the Realm of the Living. And just like how I control and rule over the Kamairas , my brother Vishious controls what is known as the Night Creatures. And even though you have never seen any, I know you heard of them, "Slayer paused, so Malice could soak in everything that he had told him so far..
"Yes, I have heard of them. Are they the ones that wreak havoc and go around killing anything that they may come in contact with? The ones that the other kingdoms are always talking about and make sure that they're locked up inside their homes before nightfall so they don't fall prey to the hungry demons or spirits that come to collect souls they say?" Malice asked. He had heard of the villagers talking about this but brushed it off as a stupid made up fairy tale that humans came up with a lot. He had never thought that there could be any real truth in it.
"Yes, that's them. Slayer confirmed shortly. He didn't say anything for a few moments before he continued saying, "we all have our own Demons and Kingdoms that we Rule over. Mine is Damn's Hollow and the Kamairas. Vishious is the Night Creatures and Rules the Demon City, Sprague. Wycked rules the souls of the corrupted and Damned and I'm not entirely sure what part of the Realm of the Dead, he Rules over or if it's divided into different kingdoms like it is in the Realm of the Living? That I've never cared to know since it doesn't concern me. But, the last is my sister Sinyster and she rules over the aMerpeople and the other aquatic creatures and demons that dwell in the ocean waters and I'm once again not sure if there's a name for her place of Rule? I can't think of it if there is one."Slayer said. He shrugged as he, his expression showing clearly that he really didn't care that he didn't know those things concerning his siblings and their places that they Ruled over.
Slayer then pushed himself off the pillar that he had been leaning up against and he turned to start walking towards two large glass doors that opened up to a balcony. Malice watched Slayer as he had said nothing more and proceeded to walk towards the doors that separated the study and the balcony outside. He was also still wanting to hear more about his siblings and so he pushed himself up from the table he had been sitting up against and false Slayer.
Slayer had already unlocked and pushed the large glass doors open and was standing in the middle of the balcony steering up at the night sky, when malice stepped out onto the balcony and walked up to stand next to Slayer as he was still staring up at the sky. Mouse looked up at the night sky as well as he stood there next to Slayer.
They stood there for quite some time just looking up at the night sky in the stars, still not seeing anything to each other and staying completely silent. It was Slayer who finally broke the silence by saying in an almost hesitant tone, finally bringing his head down from looking up and turned his body to face Malice now, "there's some things that I hadn't told you and things that I now need to tell you about because the situation has made it that I have to tell you about a few things that I didn't feel the need to tell you about before. "His expression was void of any kind of emotion as he stood looking directly at malice that made Malice feel a little uneasy for some reason.
malice had turned his head to look at Slayer and then he slowly turned to also face slayer, eager to hear what it was that Slayer wanted to tell him about. I've only told you very little of how it was that you came to be with me and why you're different from all the other Kamaira's."So that's where Slayer started telling malice about the day that he was born, about his parents and how they had died leaving him to be orphaned. Of how it was Beast who had been there to see his mother die as she gave birth to him and had brought us to him as he had been walking on the path. Of him being a hybrid that was the only one to ever be born and how it had made him to be viewed as an abomination.
Malice listen to every word that Slayer spoke, without interrupting him even once with any questions that he might have had. He just listened.
When Slayer was finally finished telling Malice of everything, there was nothing but complete silence that followed. They stood there in the middle of the balcony just staring at each other. Slayer couldn't read how malice was feeling, he just looked at him with a void expression and Slayer knew that malice would need to let everything that he was just told time to sink in. Time to let it register and figure out how he felt about things and what knowing this information meant to him. So he decided to leave and give Malice space and he turned his head turned to head back inside the study and had only taken a couple steps when Malice spoke," is there different plans of night creatures like there are for the Kamairas? And what do the Night Creatures look like? I wasn't able to get a good look at the one who had delivered the letter earlier because it kept his head lowered and was wearing a cloak that's Hood hit its face from view? "Now let's recalled what he has seen of the Night Creatures appearance. He couldn't help but be more curious now of the night creatures and what they look like and what type of demons they were.
"Let's get inside and sit down shall we before continuing, "Slayer then proceeded to walk back inside his study. Malice followed right behind him and as soon as they entered inside flair walked over to sit in his chair behind his large desk that was located at the far corner of the room. It was made of beautiful red mahogany that had been handcrafted and had unique carved designs that went all along the sides and corners. It was polished and glossed and was a truly beautiful piece of furniture. Malice took a seat in one of the chairs that sit in front of it, ready for Slayer to tell him more about the Night Creatures.
Slayer brought his elbows up to put on his desk, putting his hands together to hold under his chin as he started to speak," I'll be honest with you, I don't know very much about the night creatures but from what I've saw when I had dealt with them in the past is that they seem to take on different appearances when they leave their Demon City and enter into our world during the night hours. And that they too are divided into two different clans just like the Kamairas. They're stronger Night Creatures are the Shadowers - and they have the ability to take on a human form as well as their demon form they are also Vishious as Generals and Commanders and they also possess wings that they can extract from inside their bodies when they want to use them. Their powers are unfortunately also something that I'm not sure of. And, the weaker Night ght Creatures are the Shriekers - and they are basically the laborers of Sprague, they build and forge whatever Vishious wants or needs. They also take care of the maintenance, in and outside of the palace. They take on the appearance of gargoyles when they're in our Realm during the night time hours. And take on an appearance of goblins in their own Realm. They are both the deadliest of enemies to all demons that belong to our Realm. But unfortunately, that is everything that I know about the Night Creatures." Slayer finally finished giving Malice everything that he knew about the Night Creatures and knew that it was hardly any help to Malice and his curiosity of them now.
Malice was leaning back in his chair and had his hands entwined together behind his head. His expression said nothing about what it was he was feeling in after just a couple of seconds he asked, "Sir, there's something that I still don't understand about all this, if Vishious were coming because of the Night Creature that had been killed in our lands and was coming to find out what had happened, why is he coming here now, the Night Creature has been dead for many years now. If he took its desk so seriously, then why wait all these years before coming here?" Malice asked. He found this late response a bit pointless.
Slayer couldn't help the smile that came to his lips hearing this question. Not because he thought it was a stupid question or to mock Malice for asking it, but because not many would have thought that it be odd and would have found other things to ask instead of caring about his brother's late response to show up.
"How time is for the realm above the earth and the time for those that dwell below it are, in fact, not close to being the same and are way different. It's been 18 years since everything that had happened in our Realm. But, down in the other Realm it has only been a week or two or somewhere around that time frame." Slayer said flatly with a light shrug of his shoulders. Look you have plenty to wrap your head around and think about and the time that passes by in the two Realms is hard to explain and is confusing to understand. And quite frankly, I'm over talking about this shit for the night."Slayer said, letting out a tired side stretching his arms over his head before standing up and without looking back said," Have a good night and we'll have plenty of time to answer your questions. I'm heading up to my room for a little while. "And with that I can close the door behind him, leaving malice alone to let sink in everything that he had just learned.
"Long time no see, Brother."