393 Disguising Bob (1/2)
With Coux, Mammon and Beelzebub pushing for slave rights instead of the abolishment of the slavery system, Zero gave in and compromised.
”Demons will be visiting Earth more often now that the Ten-Path Crossway portals have been established. I will leave it to the Demon Lords here to decide how they want to establish a demon society on Earth. Half Moon Village will be more than happy to assist and if I could, I'd propose Endow Hill as a demon territory because it is currently unclaimed. As for developing that seed fund, I trust that you'd be able to manage. If there is anything urgent, you know how to contact me.”
Beelzebub escorted Zero out and arranged for transportation to bring the two busy people back. On the way back to Garden of Roth, Zero decided to stop by some of the small souvenir shops set up in the area. Thinking back on his actions, he might have been a little too harsh on Bob and Kerberos. Hence, he decided to buy them a little something as a form of apology.
The first thing that caught Zero's eye was a severed skeletal hand. He didn't know if three-headed hell hounds enjoyed chew toys the way other dogs did but seeing as this was freshly dug from some grave, Zero felt reassured of its quality.
”Can I have three severed skeletal hands please?” he asked and the pet store owner grinned, packaging them for Zero.
”Would you also like some worm eyeballs to go with the purchase?” he asked and Zero pondered if dragons ate such things.
”Do you have anything befitting for a pet dragon?” the doctor asked and Beelzebub coughed when the shop owner was bewildered.
”He means an elemental lizard,” the Demon Lord said so that the poor pet store owner wouldn't be too troubled about trying to sell something to a legendary creature. The only dragon that existed in hell was Olaf but even after Lucifer put the bounty out, nobody could bring the dragon back. Unless the demon lords personally took on the quest of searching for the frost dragon, anyone else who took on that mission would be courting death.
”If you have an elemental lizard pet, I think these would be nice. It's very hot in hell lately so I think they'd like a temperature regulating magic collar.”
Zero looked at it and inspected the quality of the collar before turning it down as he paid for the three skeletal hands. Beelzebub was slightly puzzled why Zero turned it down. It was obvious that Zero wanted to get Bob something. He heard from Ruth about how Zero scolded the two rampant monsters who trashed Sleepy Cave.
”Are you going to shop around for a little longer?” he asked when Zero was heading straight for the portal.
With a sigh, Beelzebub nodded in understanding. ”I understand. Take care and don't hesitate to ask for help when you need it! I don't know about the other races but the demons will always be your allies.”
Hearing that was reassuring. Zero didn't think that the archangels were all his allies. Michael had made his loyalties clear but everyone else was very vague. Uriel, in particular, was wary ever since he kept receiving mixed prophecies about the future involving Zero. The trust between them didn't exist. His ties with the giants and dwarves weren't very firm and Zero didn't know who else he could count on other than the Half Moon villagers who were scattered, the Demon Lords, his teacher and Truen. The gods were very busy and Zero didn't want to bother them for his minor problems. They did their part of giving him their blessing, protection, affection and passed on Solo's words.
After bidding goodbye and returning to Half Moon Village with a lighter wallet and a lighter mind, Zero looked for Bob. Not much time had passed and it was only late afternoon. Truen was at Hua Tuo's lab according to the minimap and Kerberos was in Sleepy Cave. Surprisingly, Bob wasn't in the village. The dragon was at Trigression Falls and Zero wondered why his summon was there.