—[Salem Ophecialis’ Diary] King Pae 2nd Year March 24th

A young knight from the Nobrieum family asked for an audience with the king.

The knight cried out, “Your Majesty, a demon has appeared. The demon had not only killed my family, but they forcefully violated my mother, sister, and fiancée in front of me and took them away. I want to find the rest of my family and take revenge against the demons, but to my greatest misfortune, I lack the strength to do so.”

Hearing this, the king, a renowned demon hunter, said, “Oh, is that so! They have been quiet for some decades, but it seems they are crawling back out again. Okay, I got it! I will take revenge in your place, so just wait a bit!” Despite his servants’ pleas, the king left the palace without anything but a single sword.

After a week, the king returned. Although he had been alone when he left, he came back with a line of demons treading behind him. Then he made all those demons kneel in a line and called the young knight forth again and said, “It took me a while because I caught that demon and everyone related to him, including, of course, his mother and father. I lost sight of their youngest son because of the troubles he stirred up, but I brought as many of the demon’s blood relatives as possible. Now, do as you wish with them.”

The young knight was stunned because he hadn’t expected the king to go this far; he pledged to follow the king’s orders like they were law.

“Give grace like the sea and revenge like a sharp blade. Should we get to the settlement?” And thus, taking an eye for an eye, the female demons were taken as slaves,...