The Disgraced One

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"Talk"

'Thought'
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'I can't believe the Cult Leaders are asking for me to kidnap a baby, ugh...'

A week or two has passed since the death of the King; everything seemed to have gone back to normal, though Iris and Alexia were still grieving, but more or less everything had gone back to the status quo it seemed... Or at least it was supposed to, a certain rogue assassin could be seen sneaking around the Castle, and most definitely disturbing the peace that was being held.

'I mean, it wouldn't be the first time I have stolen or even killed some kids, but Prince Yugi isn't even possessed, so what kind of value does he actually have for them?'

The assassin sighed and shook his head, clearly not understanding why he was doing such a seemingly pointless mission. Of course, it didn't stop him from doing it.

'I guess since Iris has become Queen, maybe using the Prince as leverage would give us more control over this Kingdom, though I feel like there are better ways of doing that...'

The assassin has finally made it to his destination, which was the bedroom of Prince Yugi Midgar. He still seemed unconvinced in doing any of this, but he pressed on and carefully opened the door, making sure not to be seen or spotted.

'Oh well, as long as I'm getting paid by the Cult, I shouldn't really complain, maybe I'll even get a promotion and become one of the-'

The assassin immediately cut himself off once he had fully opened the door, reasoning for the sudden interruption of his own mental thoughts, would be because he wasn't seeing a baby that he was supposed to be kidnapping, but instead a young man, maybe around 10, as he stood in the center of the room, completely naked, and was apparently stretching out his black-marked body, as if getting used to moving around again, such a sight definitely shocked the assassin, as he was clearly not expecting to see this at all

"Well would you look at that?~"

Yugi Midgar, no, Ryomen Sukuna has paused his stretching and took this chance to look at the assassin who had entered his room, with all four of his red eyes focused on the intruder, who just continued to look shock and confuse the person

"A new toy has come to me first instead of me coming to them, how kind of you~"

As soon as Sukuna said this, all of the assassin's instincts and heighten senses went off at once, and he immediately turned away to run as fast as he could

'WHO THE HELL IS THAT MONSTER?!'

The very frightening assassin didn't really get far. One moment he was running for his life, the next, he found himself on the rooftop of the castle, being held by the neck over the edge by the King of Curses himself, who was now wearing a white robe to hide his nude, marked body.

"You are given one chance to explain yourself, now speak, before you lose your other arm."

What Sukuna just said momentarily confused the assassin, but after taking the chance to look at his left arm, which was gone, his fear came back at full force and he became very compliant

"I-I WAS SENT BY THE CULT TO KIDNAP PRINCE YUGI MIDGAR, AFTER THE SUSPICIOUS SUICIDE OF KING KLAUS!"

The scream of fear by the assassin was clearly music to the ears of the Disgraced One, no doubt enjoying what he was doing to the poor unfortunate intruder

"And what is this Cult you speak of, hm?"

Though Sukuna seemed more interested in what the assassin had to say, especially when he mentioned that he worked for and was sent by some kind of Cult

"T-THE CULT OF DIABLO IS A SECRET ORGANIZATION THAT WISH TO REVIVE THE DEMON KING THAT ONCE RULED THIS LAND, IN THE HOPES OF USING ITS POWER TO RULE THIS WORLD!"

This new piece of information that the assassin just revealed had turned Sukuna's mild interest into pure fascination and curiosity.

"You wish to bring back the Demon King you say?~..."

Sukuna couldn't help but chuckle at this, before bringing the assassin closer to his face and showing him the full might of his powers that he wields, which definitely made the human piss himself out of terror.

"But I'm already here~..."

The assassin went wide-eyed from what he just heard come out of Sukuna's mouth, but before he could ask what he meant by that, he was cut off again by Ryomen speaking to him.

"You've satisfied my curiosity enough, thank you."

Sukuna didn't seem to have any further questions to be answered by the assassin, which made the person hopeful

"D-Does that mean you'll let me go?..."

The King of Curses tilted his head and looked confused at what the assassin had asked of him.

"What gave you that idea?"

In an instant, the assassin's entire head was suddenly disconnected from his main body, as if his head weren't screwed on right and resulted in his body just falling down without it. Sukuna definitely found this amusing; he licked his fingers clean of blood once he was done breaking his toy. Then, he just simply dropped the head and took the chance to admire the entire city.

'So there exists a hidden group of people that wish to resurrect this so-called "Demon King Diablo", and use its power to bring the entire world under its heel, hmph, how truly foolish.'

Sukuna couldn't help but laugh at the mere thought of anyone doing this, no doubt finding that idea entirely stupid

'To think they don't even recognize when a true Demon King has just been revived and is standing here before them, it makes me want to kill them all in one fell swoop.'

Though he didn't do just that, Sukuna instead let out a simple smile as he turned around and started walking away from the murder scene he had just committed with the assassin

'But no, I shall let them continue with their little project in reviving their little pet Diablo.'

Sukuna's smile suddenly turned more eager and twisted

'What better way to prove my rightful place to rule this world, by destroying the one who wish to do the same~'

Sukuna then disappeared suddenly, revealing such evil excitement at the idea of showing who was the real KING around here

'Until then, I need to find some servants to work under me, as much as it pains me to say this, I need protection, especially whenever I'm in my weakened child state, can't afford to die a 2nd time.'

Meanwhile, at some random mansion, a certain familiar maid could be seen holding a baby in her arms, seemingly not dropping it this time and even looked happier to be with the child, unlike before

'But first, to settle an old grudge."

But unknown to the familiar maid, Sukuna could be seen standing by behind said servant, as he then started to summon some fire in his hand and slowly aimed it at the person and the child she was carrying

"Open."
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For now, Sukuna will let the Cult live, if only out of person interest and entrainment, though he will not hesitate to commit genocide if they get in his way~

(BTW, Sukuna will be 5 years old when the story begins, you know, when Cid enters the academy and all that)