That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Primordial Demon

I stood silently as my evolution took place.

It had always been quite boring staying in the underworld, doing nothing but fighting.

I had really enjoyed myself back on earth.

I mean, who wouldn't when that person was born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

My parents were not just rich entrepreneurs but also popular influential people.

I was still 17 years in college when I died.

I missed them so much. Even though they held high position, they didn't let it get to their head because they were still as caring as you would expect of any parent.

I was the only child of my parents, so I received all their love and attention.

It was a pretty eventful life until it happened.

The devastating plane crash. My parents and I decided to take a vacation as we were celebrating a festive season.

We were all having fun until something happened.

Till now, I am still unaware of the cause, but I know something happened to cause the plane to malfunction.

The plane crashed on the sea, and we all drowned to death.

I still had a question bugging my mind.

Why weren't parachutes provided to us when that happened?

I died along with my parents and the other victims of the accident.

During my death, I had a little monologue about my life.

I regret leaving my parents behind.

I wish I could've reincarnated alongside them into a new world.

But reality always tends to do the alternative.

I came back to life through reincarnation, not as a human but as a demon. A primordial demon at that.

I spent a lot of time trying to adapt to my place of origin.

My first encounter was not pleasant at all.

I met a demon. A lesser demon, to be exact.

As it lacked sentience, I was assaulted by it.

Due to my lack of experience in combat, I struggled to deal with the demon.

We fought for days before the fight got interrupted by a silver haired demon with golden eyes.

「Note. Guess who this is.」

As if mocking my continuous attempts, the silver haired demon decapitated the latter with relative ease.

The demon gave me one last look and began to walk away. I tried to stop him, but he did not even bother to look at me.

When I requested his name, he stopped and looked at me before speaking.

「My name is Takumi. A name granted to me by my beloved master Sariel. Do not forget it.」

Hearing the name, I knew that the person who named this demon was definitely a Japanese person.

After facing the humiliation of struggling against a lesser demon, I took it to heart to get stronger.

Training myself and using my experience to grow.

With the passage of time, I managed to acquire a unique skill.

A very powerful one at that.

I won't go into detail about it, but as the base, it allowed me to manipulate and create a life negating energy known as minus energy.

I could either summon it from the abyss or straight up create it, although that process consumes way more magicules than the latter.

As I got stronger, I also got the opportunity to meet my fellow primordials.

The first of them was called Vert, whom I had come to like along with her companion Bleu.

They both had their quirks that made them special.

We easily became friends over time and sparred against each other to improve ourselves.

After some time, we parted ways, and I continued my life routine.

A few years later, I met another primordial duo, but they were definitely not friendly.

That goes for themselves. They were literally trying to kill each other.

I tried to leave silently, but life had other plans.

I was caught escaping, and it resulted in a fight.

Apparently, they were tagged as the troublesome demoness duo by Sariel.

Primordial yellow Jaune, and primordial violet.... violet?

Meh, who cares?

I managed to hold my own against them, but it was definitely not easy.

I suffered a lot of damage, but I made sure to inflict as much as they did.

In the end, it resulted in a tie, and I managed to leave without major losses.

With the passage of time, I met almost all the primordials except Rouge and Sariel.

Noir was... weird, to be exact. He had a monstrous level of proficiency in battle.

I never stood a chance. He defeated me easily but later left me to lie half-dead.

I was confused and frustrated with my defeat and decided to get stronger for my own sake.

Along my journey, I met up with some demons from my lineage who decided to serve me.

I happily accepted them and began to build my individual and subordinate's strength.

It wasn't easy, but that was what made the task more interesting and challenging.

Over time, my experience in battle increased, and I began to adapt to almost any situation thrown at me.

My strength multiplied, and I was finally able to match Noir in power.

「Fun fact: I almost wrote Diablo instead of Noir. *Sigh*. I miss Tensura already. I hope I reach the cannon soon. Wish me luck!」

Our battle ended in a draw, which was satisfactory enough as he fought me seriously.

After some time, I started hearing rumors of Sariel, which piqued my interest.

He was on a naming spree.

It was a really shocking news for the entirety of hell.

Apparently, he would go on a naming spree until he completely exhausted his energy and died.

As soon as he was reborn, he wouldn't even rest before going right back to it.

He would die again and get reborn, only for him to repeat this cycle endlessly.

It was quite the technique, but not something I was willing to do.

Besides, he had a way of naming hundreds of arch-demons before dying whilst I would completely exhaust myself by naming five greater demons.

What he did mesmerized me, and before I knew it, I found myself interested in Sariel.

I decided to head out and locate his whereabouts in order to speak to him.

I did just that, only to find out that he had been summoned to an unknown world.

I was quite sad about it, but there isn't much I could do about it, so I got over it.

The demons under him immediately started to build some kind of temple as soon as he left.

That was something uncalled for, but it was ignored by us all as it was a normal thing for the demons from the silver lineage to be weird.

I found out a truth that was quite... amusing.

All primordials, with the exception of Sariel-san and I, were born as something they called devil lords.

We were born as just arch-demons due to the fact that our souls wouldn't be able to hold the power presented by being on that stage.

This also happened because our consciousness (souls) couldn't be transferred into a spiritual body that was stronger than our souls.

We had to evolve our way to that level in order to strengthen our souls for the evolution.

If our souls were not strong enough, we wouldn't evolve.

It was a painful truth, but that didn't let me down. It only made me more confident as I was able to fight on equal footing with a devil lord as a mere arch-demon.

「Note: The dude wasn't even going all out. It's just her delusional thoughts running wild.

Though he did take her seriously as she had a dangerous skill.」

But I didn't let that get to my head as Sariel did the same thing according to the rest.

With time, I managed to accumulate enough fighting skills to stand on my own.

In this world, where survival of the fittest is a reigning thing, there was nothing like the word "enough."

I continued to gather strength enough to stand on equal footing with the rest of the primordials.

That was something I or others could call a feat.

On a faithful day, the same summoning ritual that sent Sariel to the otherworld was being used to summon me.

I was gleeful, but the magicules used for the magic were the problem.

I had a shit ton of magicules if I say so myself.

Hence, I had to transfer most of my magicules to the otherworld through the magic circle before absorbing them back to form my spiritual body after I had been summoned.

As soon as I appeared, I was met with the sight of forty dead man clad in white robes, along with a guy that had a perverted look on him.

In my past life, I had a thing with perverts as I always felt disgusted by their antics.

Who wouldn't?

I decided to initiate a conversation.

Rose:「Oh? You actually managed to summon me...」

As I spoke, I looked at him carefully, watching his reaction.

Rose: 「Are you by chance, the one in charge?」

「Yes. It was I, Prince Edwin. I am the one who summoned you, so you are now under my control.」

I can already imagine his inner thoughts.

I immediately frowned as he said that.

My amused expression became a cold and emotionless face.

I asked him.

Rose: 「What did you summon me for?」

As I asked him the question, he had a look of remembrance. But he was quick to dismiss it.

Edwin: 「Oh. I summoned you to destroy a certain primordial demon for me, but we can discuss that later. How about you come to my room instead.」

His intentions and lustful desire were as clear as day.

The look he gave me only served to ignite my wrath. That was the last straw.

I dashed towards him with the intention to kill.

My fan blades reached his neck, as the wind was still trying to catch up to my abrupt movement.

But the nearer I got, the more his words replayed in my mind.

"Destroy a certain primordial?"

Instead of outright killing him, I decided to jump back to my initial position.

I had a curious face, trying to understand what he meant.

Oops. I may have overdone it.

His face, which initially held a lustful expression, was full of fright.

He even pissed himself up. Well, "that shit's not my problem."

Heh.

Rose: 「Ney, Edward-san. Did you say you wanted me to deal with a fellow primordial?」

When I asked that question, he had a confused look before nodding his head rapidly.

Rose: 「I see. Is it Rouge.」

I asked again. With his power, there was no way to defeat him.

But I still want to see just how strong he is.

Though that isn't something I will be doing soon considering my strength.

He shook his head in denial. I then understood what he meant.

Rose: 「Primordial Silver Sariel...」

The name alone brought a smile to my face.

I had never heard of a demon possessing an angelic name.

His character alone was the opposite of we demons.

Even I had changed from spending millenia in the underworld as they called it.

But he had not changed a bit. According to the others, he hated to fight and was rarely ever seen.

He was a lunatic in magic and had a weird fetish for naming. That was what I got from them, though.

I hadn't gotten the opportunity to meet him and see what he looked like, so the joy I felt in finally getting the chance to meet a fellow compatriot was beyond what words could express.

Rose: 「I see. Be honored to see your request fulfilled! Or don't. You won't live to do so either way.」

With extreme joy, I quickly dispatched the person before me.

I didn't even know that I could kill so fast.

I spread my wings wide and used them to fly above the kingdom.

Rose: 「With his presence concealed, I'd never locate him soon. But with my presence unleashed, he will locate me faster. Fufufufu.」

I decided to use my dark magic 『Death Rain』to deal with them.

It ended as soon as it started. I used the bodies left from my assault to create a new and powerful body to incarnate into.

That would normally be called genocide but I am past that now.

I have fully embraced this world, and I've accepted the truth.

I can never go back to being a human, so I'll remain a demon.

After doing that, I absorbed all the souls of the people I massacred.

Why did I do so? I've been doing that since I was reincarnated.

It helps to strengthen myself, so why not.

By doing that, I evolved into what they call a demon lord.

Magicules increased tenfold, and the body I possessed also evolved.

I gained a monstrous level of power within a span of a few minutes, which is something I couldn't do for millenia.

I am quite pleased with myself.

Not only have I evolved, but I now get the opportunity to meet him.

I am in a state of pure bliss at the moment.

When I thought things couldn't get any better, it did.

Sariel: 「Primordial Pink Rose. We have a lot to talk about.」

Ah~. I think I'm gonna spasm if this goes on.

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There she was. Rose. To be completely honest, she is quite the looker.

One would think that pink hair would make you look extremely unnatural and weird, but she just broke that law.

Her appearance fits her perfectl—

「Notice. The host should pay attention to the individual Rose.」

Oh, the monotonous tone hug?

——— You're just jealous is all!You don't have a body to look as perfect as she does! Quit being a sassy old woman!! ———

「Notice. There is no need for a body as perfect as hers as I am the most beautiful entity in all of existence when I possess your body.」

——— W-Wah!!? Sage-san, how dare you!! ———

Kalisha: 「Pfft-Hahahahahaha!!! That was perfect, Sage-san!」

——— I swear we're gonna have a fight after this!!———

「Notice. I do not have a separate body to use as a medium, and also, I am but a loyal skill that only wishes to be of use to the host. Is there any problem?」

——— LOYAL—MY ASS!!! ———

You've done it now. I'll make you pay. And Kalisha–

Kalisha: 「Hey Sage-san. It's 7 for you, 6 for Sariel-sama, right?」

「Precisely.」

Now they're ganging up on me. Why am I being bullied by my two closest companions?

I'll forgive them just for today.

I am a kind and loving demon, after all.

Kalisha: 「....」

「....」

*Sigh*

Sariel: 「Primordial Pink Rose. We have a lot to talk about.」

As I spoke, her body shivered slightly. Why, you ask?

How the hell am I supposed to know!

That's so weird. And they call me the weird one.

Rose: 「Ah~. Sariel-kun. It pleases me to finally lay my eyes on you. I must say, you are quite charming.」

Alright—I'm sensing red flags over here. Red flags! Big ones!!

She's giving me those "Ara‐Ara~" vibes.

Those are dangerous people—I tell yah.

Sariel: 「Y-Yeah, thanks. The same could be said about you. In actuality, I came to ask you why you prefer to reak anarchy.」

I got straight to the point.

Rose: 「Oh? They annoyed me, so I wiped them out. Any problem.」

My lips twitched after hearing her answer.

She's already reminding me of some brat (Makime).

Sariel: 「Look. You don't just go around killing people or clearing nations just because they got you mad.

I mean, I understand if it's a personal issue but to wipe out a whole army just because a soldier called you flat makes no sense.」

As I spoke, the smile on her face got brighter for some weird reason I don't wanna know of.

Rose: 「I am proud to say that I absolutely do not give a damn.」

Sariel: 「Okay.」

Rose: 「Eh?」

I know this type of people. They are the ones that will kill in order to get you mad.

And what do you do with them? Ignore them. Besides, if it gets too much, Guy will have to intervene.

That will at least get his lazy ass up the frozen chair.

Besides, if I'm correct, this is a scheme to instigate a sort of battle between us.

She must've known that I don't like battles, so she decided to use a round about method to instigate a fight by using my work as a medium.

She is definitely sharp, but I'm smart.

That's the difference between the silver and pink lineage girl.

Kalisha: 「Wow! Sariel-sama is really amazing!」

Heh. I'll take that as a compliment.

Sariel: 「If that's all, then I'll head out now. See you!」

I turned around and started to walk away.

「Warning! Incoming attack! Activating the extra skill 『Multidimensional Barrier』... successful.」

A dark blue flame that was sent towards my back was blocked by my barrier.

Rose: 「Wow. That's one sturdy barrier. I had the intention to kill with that attack.」

Sariel: 「Do you really have to do that?」

She nodded with a sickly sweet smile. After this event, I'm gonna stay far away from her.

I can't deal with these types of people. I'll just run mad if I try to do so.

Sariel: 「Fine.」

I got into a fighting stance, eyeing every movement of hers.

She revealed two pink fan blades and also got into a fighting stance in preparation for or fight.

She initiated the first attack as she appeared a little above me with her fan blades closed, ready to dig into my body any moment.

Creating a regular katana using 『Material Creation』, I parried her attack, and that's where the exchange started.

Although my sword was long, she parried every strike of mine with elegant precision.

Appearing behind me, she aimed to cleave through my torso, but I was quick to respond with a kick to her arm.

That altered the direction of her attack and gave me an opening.

Taking that opportunity, I struck her with my blade, only for it to get blocked by her other fan.

Below me, a magic circle was formed, glowing with evil light as the heat of the atmosphere began to rise up.

My barrier was still activated, so I did not need to worry about damage.

But I wasn't stupid enough to get complacent. I jumped away from the attack as it shot up blue flames that burned the air around us.

——— Hey Sage-san. Why didn't you let the previous attack hit me? I have an intrinsic skill called 『Magic Nullification』, right? ———

「Answer. You do possess that intrinsic skill.

But the type of magic she is using has the life negating property that does not operate with the same principles as spiritrons, making this skill useless.

Further improvements are being made to enhance this skills capability.」

Wow. That's quite the information.

Wait—did she say further improvements? I sense danger.

——— Oi, what are you cooking? ———

「Notice. That would be explained on a later date.

『Thought Acceleration』will not hold on for long.」

Tch. Fine. You win. But I'm not forgetting it!

Kalisha: 「Sage-san-(8), Sariel-sama-(6)! You rock Sage-san.」

..... Why do I have to deal with three annoying women at the same time?

Rose: 「It's rude to ignore a woman, you know!?」

Sariel: 「It's rude to give a man pain without pleasure, you know?」

Rose: 「You...」

Ha! How do you like that!? That's the ultimate word I learned from the [1]holy scriptures!

Take in my wisdom mortal!!

Kalisha: 「That was.. rude.」

「Notice. The species "demons" are immortal.」

——— Heh. A refrigerator would always protect the snacks. ———

Kalisha: 「You...」

「You...」

——— Hahaha!! I'm invincible! Take that Sage-san. It's now Sariel-(7), Sage-san-(8)! ———

——— I'm not giving up! And you, we are starting a new warfare between us. I'm in the lead! ———

This is a tick on my bucket list. Seven more to go before I create history.

Suddenly, the attacks launched by Rose increased in both speed and accuracy.

Sage-san also thought it wise to completely neglect me because she was mad.

I just spoke the truth is all!

Why do women always speak the truth but find it difficult to accept facts!?

As I continued thinking of such things, a blade of hers grazed my cheeks.

I then understood that I had to get a little serious.

I applied my 『Life Predation』 effect to my blade and began to counterattack.

The life negating effect of her skill was completely useless in the face of my energy-predating ability.

We clash for several hours with no clear victor.

I began to use my 『Soul Harvest』subskill on her.

She immediately sensed the danger and started trying to fight against my spiritual assault.

That gave me enough opening to use one of my arts on her.

Sariel: 「『Soul Blade Art: Rotating Void Slash』!」

With a 360-degree swing of my blade, a dark violet circle was formed.

The attack range was wide; wide enough to sever Rose into two separate parts.

She managed to jump away from the attack, but her solar plexus was split open because of the slash.

This attack deeply affected her soul, causing her to collapse to the ground due to energy exhaustion.

Rose: 「*Sigh*. I guess I lost, huh? Well... what are you waiting for? End me already!... This is so humiliating...」

She took in a deep breath and continued speaking.

Rose: 「I... I thought I had finally reached the point where I could fight Noir on equal terms and grew complacent. Even after I evolved, I'm still so weak.」

Sariel: 「Huh? What nonsense have you been spouting for the past few seconds. Just shut up and rest.」

I walked up to her and sat down beside her, poking her cheeks.

Rose: 「Uuum, what are you-」

Sariel: 「Shush...」

Activating my subskill, 『Ultra-Speed Soul Regeneration』, I started to heal her soul with every poke I did.

Feeling the pain in her soul getting relieved, she smiled warmly at me.

Sariel: 「You do know that Noir wasn't taking you seriously, right?」

Rose: 「I see. I had thought of it a little but tried to deny reality. I guess I was a fool.」

I smiled at her before asking.

Sariel: 「Um, Rose-san-」

Rose: 「Rose... Just call me Rose...」

Sariel: 「Rose. Are you an otherworlder?」

Rose: 「Tch. You know already. Why do you even need to ask.」

I looked at the sky, thinking about her question before answering.

Sariel: 「I'm... I'm glad to see a fellow countryman as a primordial.」

She looked puzzled at my answer. No shocker. Even I don't get it.

Rose: 「Sorry for the attack. I just wanted to see where I stand among the primordials in terms of power. I guess I get it now.」

Sariel: 「No biggies. But did you get your answer?」

I asked her this question with curiosity written all over my face.

I kinda wanted to know just how strong she thinks she is.

Rose: 「I... don't think so.」

Is that so?

Well, if I were to use the power scaling system I had for the primordials back in the day, then–

Sariel:「You're actually the third or fourth strongest primordial in my case.」

She looked at me with wide eyes.

I guess it's true that women tend to reject facts.

「....」

Kalisha: 「Hmph!」

Oh, come on!

Rose: 「Well, I guess I could use a little pride. Never mind.」

I stood up from my sitting position and stretched my hand out to her.

She looked at me for a while before taking my hand.

With that final touch, I completely healed her up.

I helped her to stand up before asking her a question.

Sariel: 「What are you gonna do now? Claim this territory, or return to the underworld?」

Rose: 「I don't want to do either. I'll just follow you for a while to-」

Before she could complete her sentence, I teleported back to the Jura Forest.

Rose: 「Oi! Get your ass back here.」

Those were the last words I heard before disappearing.

Sariel: 「Phew. That was one hectic fight.」

I turned around to scan my environment.

——— Hey Sage-san, what was that alteration you were talking about? ———

「Hmph!」

Ah! I forgot. I have two angry women out for blood.

I'm a really unlucky bastard, aren't I?

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[1] This is the name Sariel uses to refer to manga.

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 Professor mode

In a class full of college students, there was utter chaos.

Professor: 「Ehem! SILENCE!!」

With his roar, the whole class was in a state of absolute silence.

All the students present turned to look at the with bored expressions. Some had a look of curiosity on their face.

The professor was satisfied with the silence before speaking.

Professor: 「It has come to my notice that most of the... "rascals" in this class have refused to participate in the election to vote for the author "@Legend07uju."

Because of that, the school authorities have taken a decisive move to ensure that you all do so.

Henceforth, no student is allowed to visit the washrooms during class lessons.

If you are caught doing so, DETENTION FOR HIM, DETENTION FOR YOU, DETENTION FOR EVERYONE COMING TO SCHOOL!!!

HA-HAHAHAHAHA!!!」

The class erupted in anger after hearing the news, but there was nothing they could do but watch the rule becoming reality in the school.

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