Chapter 18: Grandmother Nixi, The Daughter Eater (1/2)

It took us about an hour of walking to get to the giant castle surrounded by a ten-meter wall with guards standing on the tops. None of them looked like they were paying much attention to us as we approached a large river.

A big bridge spanned across the water, and there was a pair of blue-skinned and winged guards standing at the entrance on the other side. I stopped our group before we went across the bridge; I wanted to ask a couple more questions that had just come to mind.

”Can you tell me a little about the demons, like do they have ranks? Are those guys like the one that came to see you?” I asked.

”Yes, they are the same, all lesser grunts, but they can still fight and use magic, so don't go thinking of trying to take the Keep. If we are nice, then Mex should be nice enough back to us. The biggest thing is to not let the grandmother get under your skin,” Jilly explained, and I felt Mary stir on my back, and her snakes started to rustle around.

”Hmmm? Where are weesss?” Mary hissed as she rubbed her face into the side of my neck.

”Kazz has brought us to see Grandma Nixi and Madam Clesh at Lord Mex's Keep,” Jilly explained, and I felt Mary start to get excited.

”Nushi?” Mary asked as she wiggled around on my back.

The Cerberus girls had changed back into dog form now, and they were walking on the opposite side from Jilly. They had thanked me for carrying them but then asked to be put down, and now they were staying at my side.

”Of course she will be there; the girl never leaves her room,” Jilly said while rolling her eyes.

”Clesh? Nixi? Mushi?” I asked in confusion.

”Oh, I guess I had better tell you about Nixi. She is Mex's Great Great Great Great Great Grandmother, and before you ask, the other ones are dead. Grandma Nixi is an Ala Medium Lesser Demon, and she has a thing for eating her female descendant,” Jilly explained, and I just looked at her with shock.

”Wait, she eats her kids?” I asked in horror.

”Her kids, her kid's kids, and their kids, but only the female descendants. That is why Nushi never leaves her room; she knows that one day she will be married off and forced to have a child, then Nixi will eat her. Only Clesh visits her, and she is the only person that Mex truly hates,” Jilly said to me.

”Well, if Mex is considered a nicer demon, then I could see why eating his mother and not waiting to eat his daughter might make him like that. You called her a Medium Lesser. Does that mean that she is stronger than Mex?” I asked.

”Nixi is the strongest Demon on the island and the only Medium Demon; she is even stronger than Doa. You would wonder why a Demon of her rank would live under another then, right?” Jilly asked.