That is why we are allied to some of the tribes close by, especially the Giants, dwarfs, gnomes, driads, and even some connections with the fallen angels (even if we still are wary of them and don't allow for a single one to enter our territory without constant supervision).
"Young Lord, your father has returned and requests your presence." A maid said from the entrance of the library.
"Okay." I said simply before standing up. "Where is he right now?" I asked.
"He is in his office, apparently he has a lot of paperwork to take care of right now." She said, and I realized why he was calling for me. Normally he SHOULD be the one to take care of the paperwork, but when he's with me he can leave it to Sebas (his mutation rook) and Demiurge to take care of it all.
If there truly is a lot of paperwork (AKA his most hated enemy) then calling for me is the way to go.
"Understood, thanks for the hard work Cixous." I said to her with a smile. She nodded and indicated for me to follow.
Approaching my father's study I was greeted to the image of him surrounded by multiple stacks of papers that were taller than me. I feel sorry for whoever has to deal with all this.
Father was working on it, but considering how his face illuminated the instant he saw me I can already predict that he will not continue this for much longer.
"Son, it's good to see you. I have urgent matters to talk to you right this instant and it definitely cannot wait." he said righteously, but he wasn't fooling anyone. "I am leaving the rest in your hands." he said to Demiurge, Sebas, and Jeremiah (poor man, he hates paperwork even more than father).
Following that, my father and I left the study/hell and went to an adjacent room.
After getting properly comfortable, father started to talk.
"Last night I and the others raided the house of the previous owner of Hainekou. We properly investigated everything and found clear evidence of what Hainekou said, we also found the other 6 that she talked about and they are now under our tutelage until the proper procedure is done." he said, making me bail my hands in tight fists. To think that the scum get out so easily, he didn't even properly suffer, it was infuriating.
"And the other servants? I doubt that he was the only one involved."
"While it's true that they were involved we could do nothing about it since according to the law what that noble did was not illegal, but we found evidence of him selling confidential information of the devil race to other groups." he said, making my eyes widen in shock.
"He was a traitor to the entire race?" I asked with a surprised tone.
Father shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Probably not, we just found conclusive evidence of the fact after looking for it. And the most amazing fact is that all the messages had the same calligraphy as mine. Small world isn't it?"
"HAHAHAHA, now it's good. He and his servants are fully screwed now. HAHAHAHA." I said as I could not stop laughing. However, after laughing for a while I realized a problem. "But finding this 'evidence' is fine? Won't it cause any problems down the road?"
"Naah, don't worry so much about It." he waved my worries off as if they were nothing. "That guy was barely a Baron, no one would go to his help if that means offending a Duke house. To be honest, if I were to say he was looking at me funny and thus I killed him on the spot, there wouldn't be any form of commotion."
"Ranks in nobility are the most important thing, if the difference is too big they become nothing to us. As long as we don't do this sort of thing too often and don't eliminate an entire household everything will be fine."
"In this case, I left his youngest son alive and he will be staying with us until he is old enough to take care of his territory. Until then we will have the custody of his entire belongings and we will administrate them as we see fit. If he proves himself good and a resource for the devil race we will help him progress much further, if not, well I suppose there are others who would love the noble title and are capable enough." He explained.
Well, at least we will be fine. We can even educate him to work under us in the future, or at the very least make sure he never thinks of rebelling against us.
I guess this is one of the advantages of being among the highest rankings amongst the nobility.
"Anyway, tomorrow's your big day as it's your birthday tomorrow but the party starts tonight so be sure to be ready. Also, we just received confirmations of presence from the Driads, Giants, and Dark Elves so be sure to look into the information we have on them in the library later today. Also, we should go see those six. They too are quite weakened due to their previous conditions of treatment and current injuries, we are treating them right now with the best healing we can as well as giving as much nourishment as possible so you should go see them tomorrow together with the little cat." he said before turning around to leave and saying, "Now let's go."
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After the talk I went to see how the new arrivals were doing. They were put in the room adjacent to Hainekou's so I could go see her too.
Entering the room I saw the six people there. They were all children, mostly around my age.
First was a girl with long black hair and eyes. She looks Japanese, but at the same time does not. To be honest she doesn't even feel human at all, but she also doesn't feel like a devil and it is hard to put a finger on what she is. Weird.