The Secret Behind the Ring
"The Secret Behind the Ring."
Today will be another great day!
Good morning, Grandpa and Opera-san!
Good demo-rning, Iruma-kun!
Good morning.
Wow, this looks great! Down the hatch!
So yummy.
Your Hell Grey tea.
Thank you!
So, Iruma-kun.
Yes?
It appears that your Gluttonous Feeder Ring is a bit hungry.
Let's feed it some of my magical power.
Sure.
The ring needs to eat its fill, too.
Now it should be full.
Thank you, Grandpa.
Make sure you eat your fill, too, Iruma-kun!
Iruma-sama!
Iruma-chi! Good morning 4 you! 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12...
Let us head to school.
I'll see you later!
Azz-kun, Clara, good morning.
Iruma-chi, your cowlick is devi-devi on point.
You fool. This is no cowlick.
This is clearly Iruma-sama's fantastic hairstyle.
Wait... Perhaps I should have the same hairstyle as...
Er, Azz-kun...
You really don't have to.
Are you certain?
In that case, Iruma-sama, allow me to carry your bag!
Oh, it's fine. I'll carry—
I'll carry it, then!
You fool! Stay out of this!
Please, please, please, please, please...
Please?
Here you go.
Iruma cannot refuse when someone asks him for something.
Yay! Iruma-chi's baggy bag!
How dare you?! That's not fair!
He is the ultimate pushover.
Be more careful with that!
We strive to strengthen our evil tendencies in our fortress
Hey, it's the Iruma Corps.
They sure do love walking.
Looks like the strange beast is as strange as ever, too.
It's the head of the class, Asmodeus-sama! He's so hot.
My right foot is Connor, and my left foot is Murf!
Are you ready?
Demonathon
Let's run a demonathon to school!
Dash!
Zoom!
You're going to make a mess of Iruma-sama's belongings if you shake his bag that much!
Come back here!
They get along so well.
Wait up, you two!
Suzuki Iruma, age 14.
He is a human,
but was sold off by his moronic parents, became the demon Sullivan's grandson,
Humans only exist to be our food
and started going to the demon school Babyls in the netherworld.
As the name suggests, this is a school for demons in the netherworld,
Suck them dry, soul, blood, flesh, and all
so Iruma is the only human.
He was worried at first,
believing the demons might find out he was human and eat him,
Tremble at the sound of black wings as we take flight
but many things happened, and he's gotten quite used to life here.
For we are demons
Sheesh. This is no place to dump garbage.
You said it.
Demons are too lazy to throw it out properly. It's such a devi'n problem.
Oh, I'll help!
Iruma-kun! Thanks a lot.
We always appreciate your help.
You're such a good demon, Iruma-kun.
Oh, this is nothing.
I will also help Iruma-sama!
Mosu!
Naberius Kalego
Listen up, misfits.
Don't even think of causing any trouble.
Don't inconvenience anyone.
While you're at school, follow all the rules,
respect your teachers, and strive to do your academic best.
Do not forget to prepare for your upcoming end-of-the-terminus tests.
End-of-Terminus Tests
End-of-terminus tests?
I wonder if those are like finals.
Though I wouldn't care
if you all failed.
I'd better study.
Now, for your magic basics lesson today,
we'll be starting with page 80 in your textbook
and practicing transformation magic.
You will cast a spell on the frog in this bottle to change its color.
Now, then... Iruma-kun. Give it a try.
Y-Yes, ma'am.
Please do your best, Iruma-sama!
You've got this, Iruma-chi!
The spell is "Cherusil."
Go, go, Iruma-chi!
Okay.
Um...
I'll use devil mode.
Cherusil!
As you can see, its color has changed.
It's now a lovely black.
Splendid, Iruma-sama! That is the most perfect shade of black I have ever seen!
Nice!
Amazing!
Excellent work. You slay me, Iruma-sama!
Clappy, clappy, clappy, clap.
Th-Thanks.
I'm starting to get used to doing magic with the ring.
Being able to use magic could be fun if I can really master it.
Because Iruma is a mere human being, he has no magical powers
and wouldn't normally be able to use magic.
He's able to use magic thanks to Sullivan's magical powers
and this Gluttonous Feeder Ring he happened to get.
I'm starving!
Same here!
I'll use my devi card.
Thank you much.
Lunchy time! Oh, lunchy! Oh, lunchy?
Iruma-sama, would you like to get the A lunch today?
Lunchy! Lunchy-chy-chy-chy...
Or perhaps the D lunch?
Hm, they both look good.
Then I shall get you both.
I'm gonna go order the W lunch!
H-Hey, wait! That lunch has funny mushrooms! It's not—
Hey, wait, you... two?
Wha—
I-It's the thing that sucked away everyone's magical powers before!
Wh-Wh-Why?! Begone, evil spirit!
Y-You're hungry?
But Grandpa fed you this morning!
Anyway, I need to get you to Grandpa!
Nah, I'm not actually hungry.
But—
Y-You just spoke?
Huh?! Why would I ever speak?
Have I ever spoken to you before?
Huh?
Listen here.
Wait, you're right! I am talking!
You think?
Wait, wait, I have a voice? Wait, why?
Ah, ah... Test, test. Can you hear me?
C-C-C-Calm down!
What? Wh-Wh-What's going on?! Huh?!
Wow, the world is huge out here!
What is that? A black shadow?
Youth isn't always just in the light.
You must embrace the shadow as part of your youth, too.
Dosa-chan?
Prep Room #3
So...
I guess I'm the Gluttonous Feeder Ring's... incarnation?
Incarnation?
As for how I'm speaking right now... I haven't the foggiest!
You didn't have to say that so confidently.
No... It must mean that my screams, my feelings... took form!
That's right, Master.
I have a mountain of things I wanna say to you!
Huh? To say to me?
You aren't using your magical powers properly!
You lack elegance!
Huh?
I gobble up a lot of power at once...
Then I'm forced to horf it out just as fast.
Be kind to me!
Keep mistreating me like that, and I won't let you use magical powers.
Huh?! But what else am I supposed to do?
First of all, magic is...
The ability to make your thoughts come to life.
It's based on desire!
The transformation spell you did in class
was the realization of your desire to make that frog black.
Desire...
The basic element of magic is your imagination.
Imagination?
With that, you'll be able to pull off a far more difficult Cherusil.
So I just have to really visualize it in my head?
Right, then.
Try using a transformation spell on me.
Huh?
Bring it!
But what kind of transformation?
Well, let's see...
Maybe imagine me with big eyes, curvy, and with long, skinny legs so I look hot!
Go on, imagine it!
S-Sure...
Let's see...
Eyes? Curves? Long and skinny...
Ch-Cherusil!
Ah, yes.
I definitely have a big eye, I guess you think these are curves, and my legs sure are long.
Do you have any imagination?! Simple is best, you fool!
I-I'm sorry!
What am I going to do with you, Master?
U-Um... Could you not call me "Master," please?
Oh? I guess I'll call you "Li'l Iru," then.
Li'l Iru?
And you can call me...
Alicred.
Alic...
Nah, just call me "Ali-san."
Ali-san?
No matter how many times I look at it, they look so much alike.
The more I look at it, the resemblance is uncanny...
to Iruma!
Could it actually be him?
Is Iruma wearing...
this frilly... f-fluffy thing?
No, of course not.
Despite how he looks, Iruma is filled with ambition.
Rank 2 (Bet)
He's always working toward a goal
and overcoming any obstacles along the way.
Rank 2 (Bet) -> Rank 3 (Gimel)
His heart is filled with a fiery passion.
He would never wear something so f-frilly and fluffy...
It's obviously someone else.
Okay. Next, try casting it on yourself.
You can end up all weird, too!
H-Huh?
I guess I'll transform my clothes, then.
Cherusil!
That's so plain!
You turned a frog black, and now you turned your uniform white?
You lack imagination.
Go for a more dynamic transformation!
Let's start this fashion show!
Nice!
Even though it's boring. Go on, do something flashier!
There you go! Nice and flashy!
You could use more muscle, though.
Yeah, the outfit definitely doesn't make the man.
You seriously lack originality.
I'm sorry...
All right! Next, imagine something you'd never, ever wear.
Make your imagination work overtime!
Something I'd never wear?
Let's see...
Something expensive?
But Grandpa buys me expensive-looking things, so I might...
Go on! Work it!
Okay!
Something I'd never wear... Something I'd never wear...
Never... Never, never, never, never, never, never, never!
Cherusil!
Who's there?! Don't use vacant rooms without permission!
All dressed up!
Frilly and fluffy!
W-Wait, Ameri-san!
Wh-Wha... Wh-Wh-Wh-Why are you wearing that?!
Y-You've got the wrong idea! I was just practicing magic...
Magic?
Ah, yes!
I was talking with this ring, and we were practicing together!
Rings don't talk!
On top of wearing frilly, fluffy outfits,
you're delusional and talking to inanimate objects, too?!
Wait, Ali-san? Where did you—
Excuse me!
Hey, wait!
Sure
She definitely got the wrong idea...
How do I explain this misunderstanding?
Why don't you just tell her you're into that?
Ali-san! Why did you disappear?
Heh. I watched it all unfold from the ring.
I had a good laugh.
Show yourself to Ameri-san and help me explain!
Yeah, that's not happening.
Huh?
I mean, I'm basically the unknown, right?
If they find me, they might do experiments on me, and that's oh so scary!
Li'l Iru, you know what it feels like to not want
to stand out!
Well... Yeah, I do.
Poke, poke. Poke, poke.
Iruma tries his absolute best not to stand out.
Poke, poke. Poke, poke.
That is the only way he can survive in the netherworld
as the only human resident.
But if I don't do something, Ameri-san will have the wrong idea about me forever!
W-Well, if there have been others like me before,
then I guess it's okay to pop out and clear things up.
Really?!
Well, sure.
If I know it's safe to come out,
I'll make a flashy appearance that rivals an actress strolling down the red carpet.
Though, I really like this mysterious thing I've got going—
Let's do this, Ali-san!
Let's work together!
Oh, you... Wink.
We'll discover the secret behind the ring
and clear this misunderstanding with Ameri-san!
So, Li'l Iru, you got any leads? You seem amped up.
Yes!
I'm sure he knows all about this ring!
Hmm...
No, rings just don't talk.
What?!
The Gluttonous Feeder Ring is just a magical apparatus that stores magical power.
It absolutely does not have a consciousness. Nope.
B-But it started talking...
Er, it can't appear right now, but...
You must be tired.
Huh?
Let's get you a warm cup of milk.
N-No, really! It really...
Please take a nice, long nap.
Huh? What?
Sleepy time... Sleepy time...
Zzz...
Sleepy time...
Eiko, what book are you looking for?
I thought I'd study up on cameras.
Cameras? What are you going to shoot?
W-Well...
I'm going to sneak shots of Iruma-san and President Ameri, but...
I can't say that!
Eiko? Eiko? Hello?
The Gluttonous Feeder Ring... The Gluttonous Feeder Ring...
Found it!
"A somewhat rare magical apparatus that stores and releases magical power."
"Once it runs out, a mist appears and sucks up all of the magical power in the area."
Well, that sounds like trouble.
"Sounds like"?
You don't remember what happened?
All I really remember from that is, "Man, I was starving."
Huh? What about going berserk?
Nope.
U-Um...
What about making cherry blossoms appear?
Nope.
Doesn't remember the cherry blossoms...
What about the first Libera?
Haven't the foggiest.
I was probably still just a ring with no intelligence back then.
Doesn't remember Libera.
So, when did you first become aware?
Oh, that was... the dragging incident.
The what?
Oh, you know.
The time I made you dive at the weirdo with the glasses to tell you he was dangerous.
What?! Wait, that's why that happened with Kiriwo-senpai?!
I thought it was pretty clear.
It was not!
Basically, I can't pinpoint the exact time I changed.
That's about all I remember.
I see...
But if Ali-san's memories are that fuzzy,
then we really don't have much information.
Which means...
Stuck
We're stuck.
What am I supposed to do?
Fireworks! Fireworks!
Fireworks, fireworks!
Fireworks?
You remember the fire...
...works?!
What is it, Li'l Iru?
I'm trying to put together everything we've been through.
Look!
Huh?
No awareness Rank 1
Has awareness Rank 2 Rank 3
Look. It splits up perfectly.
Talks
You don't remember the cherry blossoms or Libera,
No awareness Rank 1
But you remember things that happened after I reached Bet rank.
Has awareness Rank 2 Rank 3
Talks
You remember Kiriwo-senpai and the fireworks.
And once you reached Gimel rank...
I could talk...
So basically, the reason I can talk now is...
Because my rank went up?!
...up?!
Shh!
S-Sorry!
Yeah, that makes total sense,
because you and I are basically one entity!
If that's true, we'll be able to experiment!
Oh?
If you keep changing as I climb the ranks...
Then when I reach Dalet, you should grow even more!
4 (Dalet)
Okay!
I'll work even harder to raise my rank!
Hey, hey.
You sure about that, Li'l Iru?
Wouldn't that bring attention to you?
Now you realize that?
You really are a pushover.
What to do...
Though, if you insist, maybe I'll look forward to it.
Oh, also, Li'l Iru, no being formal with me.
Of course... I mean... Sure.
Thus Iruma began his life with the incarnation of the Gluttonous Feeder Ring, Ali-san.
What will this encounter mean for Iruma?
Yum!
This is so rich!
He mentioned the ring talking, so I was a little worried...
It looks like he's doing okay.
I'm so relieved!
I had so much fun today!
We got a little closer to Ali-san's secret, too.
That's really gre— Zzz...
I haven't resolved anything about the misunderstanding with Ameri-san!
Back to square one.
Iruma had no way of knowing the tumultuous future that awaited him.
Su-ki-ma!
Su
Ki
Ma
Hello, everyone. Eiko here.
I finally got the hang of using an evil-lens camera!
The AOV! Shutter speed! The aperture! The sensitivity!
Exposure! Developing! And food!
Now I can take beautiful pictures of Iruma-san and President Ameri!
All I need to do now is buy a camera!
Now I just need a devi-time job!
Get your demongos! Every last one's gotta go!
Step right up! Twist my arm!
E-Eiko?!
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I never imagined the Gluttonous Feeder Ring could talk,
but I need to keep moving up in the ranks for Ali-san's sake, too.
Before that, though, I need to clear up this misunderstanding that has Ameri-san
thinking that I like frilly, fluffy outfits.
This is all your fault, Ali-san.
Next time on Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun,
"Ameri's Decision."
Er, Ameri-san, why are you making such a scary face?