After I left Aaliyah back at her room, I went back to my dorm room. The first thing I did was check my email. I received a document containing the income statement for my company. We made a little over 50,000 zencoins in profit.It wasn't bad for one month, but my profit was slowly falling. In our first month, we made 10,000 zencoins from only 1 contract. At our peak, we made more than 200,000 zencoins in a single month.We got lucky and had a total of 6 contracts with several different guilds, but now we were down to 2 contracts. The guilds were slowly pulling away, and the ones we had were even looking to negotiate the terms.The reason was that several different manufacturing companies were able to make better-quality weapons. The only reason my company hadn't gone under already was that I could sell my weapons far cheaper than their market value since it didn't cost me anything to make them.That was my only advantage. The weapons and tools I could make were subpar. They could do

As I walked through the corridors on my way home, I spotted Kiki surrounded by a group of upperclassmen. The upperclassmen really took a liking to her, and she didn't seem to mind entertaining them.I knew some of these upperclassmen by name only. All of them were of high status, belonging to prominent families who either owned a guild or sat on the board of a high-ranking guild. Some of them even had parents who were high-ranking government officials.And even if they weren't high class, if they had a powerful skill with high proficiency, that alone would be enough for them to get close to her.I listened in on the disgruntled complaints of the boys in my class a few times. Even they had feelings for Kiki, but they couldn't get close with their powerful seniors swarming her. The only one who could was Levi, who also held the respect of the upperclassmen.She had them all wrapped around her finger."Hey, Damien."Just then, as I walked past them, Kiki raised her hand and waved at me.

Standing in front of the mirror, I combed my hair as I got ready for my date. I wore a black jacket over a plain white t-shirt, matched with black pants and white sneakers. After checking over my appearance, I picked up my keys and left my dorm room.Mia and I had planned to meet at Aetheria Mall. Arriving at the mall, Mia was waiting for me outside. She was wearing a bright blue dress with boots that reached up to her ankles. The expression on her face said she wasn't pleased. A small blue handbag casually dangled from her arm."I'm sorry I'm late; did you wait long?"She sighed."It's fine; let's just get this over with."I nodded."I thought we could go see a movie, but it doesn't start for another hour or so. We can go to the cafe in the meantime."Mia didn't answer, so I took her silence as a yes. The mall had a total of 3 floors with various stores. Mia and I made our way up to the third floor where the cafe was."Why does it seem like this is your first time coming here?" Mia a

[Mammon POV]All demons are born as slaves.From the moment you are shoved out of your mother's womb, kicking and screaming while covered in blood.I too was once a slave and my mother died during childbirth, just like most demons. For demons, childbirth had a 90% mortality rate.My father was a demon lord, and I was one of many of his spawns.The lesson was hammered into our very beings that we were nothing but his slaves.I worked in my father's castle as a squire, but I never once caught his attention.When I was young, I thought my father was the epitome of power. When he moved, his entire fortress trembled in terror.I admired him for the man he was.But little did I know he was a fool.That fool did the one thing demons are taught never to do.He went against the demon king, and he paid the price for it.As a result, the clan he spent a century building was wiped out in the span of a day.That day, the demon king held me up by the throat and threw me into a den of spikes with th