One thing is to commit a crime and another thing is to not be caught, especially when one is not up to the task.

Max upon hearing the voice froze, his mind wandered to many possibilities of being caught by different people. It could either be a teacher and hell, if it were to be one it could only mean one thing — Expulsion! And he wasn't ready for that not even when he hadn't achieved anything yet.

Another possibility is that it could one of the strong ability students, students like Nat who bully and torture the likes of him. It would not be a dead road but he knew he was going to pay a heavy price.

Fear gripped his heart, sweats filled his forehead, his chest kept rising and he dared not turn around until the voice spoke again.

"Kid, you will surely die of a high BP!" The voice said and let out a chuckle, walking to the front.

"You!" Max blurted out while pointing at the man, who was none other than the Demon lord. Max wanted to talk further but he kept quiet and took down his hand, "How could you do a thing like that?" he asked instead.

"I came to pay you a visit in your room but you weren't in so I opted to search for you. I didn't know you would be so busy and careless at the same time, look there!" The Demon said and pointed to some meters away from where they were standing. There on the ground were the four boys from earlier, lying motionless.

"Th-they are dead?" Asked Max totally shocked to see the four boys lying on the ground like dead people.

"No, they are not dead but hey, aren't you supposed to be thankful to me? If not for my intervention, you would have been the one lying like that or even completely dead, who knows!" The Demon lord replied. 

Knowing that they weren't dead, Max relaxed a bit and turned to face the Demon Lord. "Thank you for saving my life again," he said with an awkward smile.

"It's alright kid, I did what I should do. Besides, I wouldn't want anything to happen to my successor, do you understand?"

"We should leave here immediately or I'll be caught," Max said, without replying to what the Demon Lord said. The demon lord nodded and stood close to Max, he waved his hand and they disappeared from the place.

Just as they had disappeared, a group of students and some teachers ran into the building and rushed to the motionless Nat.

"Sir, is he still alive?" A student asked as one of the teachers was inspecting Nat's body.

"Luckily he is, but he has lost a lot of blood. We need to take him to the school clinic with immediate effect," the teacher replied and immediately called the other teachers who assisted him and carried Nat's body out of the place.

"You heard him yell, but how come you didn't know what happened to him and who did this to him?" A female student asked the other girl close to her.

"I don't know, I was passing by when I heard someone scream. I only rushed to inform you guys without coming to check what was happening,", the girl replied, then after a while, she continued, " Besides, I kind of saw someone that looked like that school scumbag."

"You mean Max?" Her friend asked with a shocked yet disbelief look on her face.

"I don't know if it was him, I just said I saw someone that looked like him. Might not be him because he can't do something like this, not in his current state," the girl replied and her friend was silent, she thought of the possibility of Max putting Nat in his current condition.

"Come let's go, Max can't do a thing like this," the girl after thinking for a while, shook off the thought from her head and dragged her friend out of the place.

Meanwhile, back inside Max's house,  the demon Lord was leisurely sitting on the bed with a cup of red liquid substance in his hand. Max was long tired of staring at the cup and decided to know what is inside.

"Hey, what is that stuff...in the cup?"

"Oh, this? I bet you would not want to know," the demon Lord replied with a wry smile.

"Bet me," Max replied with a smirk on his lips. He was already buried in curiosity and wanted to know what the demon was taken and why it was coloured red.

"This is blood," the demon Lord said and sipped from it.

"Blood?" Max asked. He would be lying if he 

wasn't surprised, but hey, it's a demon lord! 

"Well, that should be normal, I guess....but don't go drinking my blood in the future, besides, I'm too skinny."

The demon Lord could not hide the astonishment on his face as he stared at the little human, if it were to be someone else, he knew how the person would be reacting by now but surprisingly, his little human boy was calm and even made a joke out of it. "I know for sure that you'll be a successful leader just like me in the future," he mumbled to himself that Max wasn't able to hear him.

"What did you say?" Max inquired but didn't receive any reply from the demon Lord then he sighed and kept silent.

"What is that look of fear on your face kid?" the demon Lord asked while staring at Max's sudden change of mood.

"I suddenly remembered those four students, they saw me using the stick on Nat, wouldn't that be a problem for me?" Max asked. From what the demon Lord said, they are not dead. Rather, they are just unconscious and according to his calculation, they might wake up soon and if that happens, they will be a serious problem.

"Are you just thinking about that now? Seriously kid, you will get yourself killed one of these days," the demon lord said while shaking his head. He waved his hand and the cup in his hand disappeared then he turned to look at Max with a grin on his face. "Don't worry kid, I've taken care of that for you, I'm not careless as you humans tend to be."

Max upon hearing the demon Lord, let out a relieved sigh and smiled gratefully to the demon lord. He was worried for nothing! Thanks to his angel...or demon rather! He checked his wristwatch and it was time for the next class, he would not want to be late for it and so he told the demon Lord that he was leaving and left even without receiving a reply from him. The demon Lord simply shrugged his shoulders and fell on the bed, sleeping off immediately.

Just like Max had expected, when he got to the class, the boys were already awake and barely taking his seat, the four of them approached him, blocking him instantly.

"What did you do to boss Nat?"