Chapter 205: Expectations (2/2)

And, even if they did manage to escape with her, it would cause a crisis in the family and they would be forced to look for them with all their resources, something that he knew he would not be able to survive or escape from no matter how hard he tried. 30 minutes would be the most he could estimate he would be able to last in such a situation.

Moby began looking at Jayden's and Alex's looks of despair and hopelessness, especially Jayden who had a mellow smile with tears running down her face as she looked at him for hope or comfort like he was some sort of hero made his heart crack even more than it had already cracked before.

Everyone's expectations were solely on him. He had so much to live up to as their leader and future overlord that the pressure was starting to catch up to him even more. He kept trying to think of something but nothing would appear in his head no matter how hard he tried. He was afraid to let them down after so long and after they had trusted in everything he did.

Despite his inner turmoil, Moby forced a calm and collected expression, his hands over his mouth like he was in deep thought, like he had everything under control. But, in reality, he felt the same as they did. He was just far more experienced at hiding his emotions as he had subtly gotten trained into doing it in his many, many years of his negative emotions and thoughts being drained. Hiding his emotions under a poker face was almost second nature to him, as easy as breathing, but now even breathing was difficult with such a dense atmosphere.

As he looked up and peered into the abyss of Jayden's wet tear-filled eyes, seeing his reflection through them a sudden idea came in his head, making his eyes grow wide.

It was extremely difficult and dangerous in more ways than one. He knew full well that it had a very subtle chance of working, but he was more than willing to test it out for Abby's sake, despite knowing that he was not the one doing all the work.

Moby's clear, yet subtle expression of an idea completely contrasted the grim atmosphere in the room, making everyone look at him for hope, trying to rely on him, they all knew that if anyone could solve this predicament, it was him, he had never let them down before with any of his previous plans, so it was very easy for them to dump all their wishes, and expectations onto him as their unshakable pillar of a leader, the exact image he had always tried to present himself as.

As for Jason and Nags, their emotions were nothing like Jayden and Alex yet they were still very intrigued to find out what the future king of all demons had up his sleeve. It was not that their loyalty was waining, he had already proven his otherworldly intelligence to them during their encounters but they still wanted to see more of what their new master was capable of.

However, as soon as Moby's eyes widened, they furrowed once again as he let out a deep sigh, closing his eyes, making everyone that had been waiting in anticipation go back to their previous state of silence and despair, if not even worse as it seemed like not even he could think of anything to do.

Moby's plan required Jayden to somehow be able to breach the defensive barrier being put up by the school, but he had no idea where to even begin to bypass it. Even if she turned into a bird or a wisp, he felt like the barrier would undoubtedly stop or even kill her if she was such a weak creature. The chances of failure were exponentially bigger than success, they only had one chance and it was not worth the risk of Jayden either being caught or even killed.

Then suddenly, a familiar ringing sound resounded in his head. A system notification sound with a hint of excitement, one that was much louder than before like Avilia was trying to show him something.

This greatly piqued Moby's interest. He never received such a thing from Avilia before as he was able to pick up on her clear yet subtle humour from his head.

When he opened his eyes, he was greeted by 2 notifications, notifications that immediately shifted his sour mood back into what it was before as his eyes grew even wider, everyone's gaze once again refocusing on him with more intrigue and emotions than they had prior.

[ System Alert! ]

[ You Have Created a Demon Mechanic! ]

[ A New Demon Has Joined Your Household (House of The Blissful Demon) ]

'Oh yeah. It's all coming together,'