"HUH?!!!"
Professor Kalego had officially snapped.
He stomped forward, seething, his composure shattered.
"What is the meaning of this?! What the hell did you do?!"
Even the surrounding demons were too stunned to speak.A demon summoning another demon as a familiar?
It was like a human forcing another human to crawl on all fours and bark like a dog.
Utterly ridiculous.
Iruma simply rubbed his chin and tilted his head innocently.
"Hmm… That's strange. I have no idea what happened, Professor Kalego!"
But inside, he was howling with laughter.If they weren't surrounded by demons, he'd be rolling on the ground by now.
Kalego's face twisted in horror as he shouted:
"Stop it! Cancel the summoning ritual immediately!"
He knew what would happen once his full body emerged from that circle.If he didn't get sealed back in fast… he was doomed.
"Sure, Professor!"
Iruma smiled that dangerously dazzling smile as he placed a hand on Kalego's shoulder.
A shiver ran down Kalego's spine.
"S–Stop! What do you think you're doing?!"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm pulling you out!"
With a casual shrug, Iruma yanked Kalego clean out of the summoning circle.
Where others might've struggled, for Iruma it was effortless.All it took was a thought.
"You fool—!"
Before Kalego could finish, a surge of purple energy enveloped him, flooding the room with smoke and magical gas.
Iruma raised an eyebrow.
"Pause."
"Whmmm…"
The entire world fell silent.
Time itself froze.
Galaxies ceased to spin. A power beyond comprehension pressed down on reality.
Everything was silent—paused like someone hit the mute button on existence.
Iruma stepped forward and squinted into the cloud.
"...Wait. What the heck?"
Kalego had transformed.
No longer a proud, commanding demon—he now looked like a tiny, fluffy yellow chick... wings, beak, and all.
"Oh no... I imagined a winged creature… and got a chicken."
He called out to the system mentally:
"System, what's going on?!"
[Host, your imagination shapes all things. Your thoughts determine your reality.]
"Ah, I get it now."
He hadn't imagined what Kalego would become—just that he'd be a small familiar.And so, a chick it was.
"Let's fix that. Transform!"
In a blink, Kalego morphed again.
Now, he was a white, fluffy creature with soft fur and bony hands and feet—like a living plush toy.His signature emo fringe remained, drooping dramatically.
Iruma burst into laughter.
"Pffft—ahahahaha! This is gold. I can't breathe!"
He rolled on the floor, crying with laughter before eventually getting up and brushing himself off.
"System, he's bound to me now. I can feel the contract link.Is he gaining power from this?"
[No. Your power is absolute. No being can take it from you—not even me.]
"Good to know."
Satisfied, Iruma lifted his hand again.
"Resume."
"Whmmm…"
Time began to move again.
Kalego floated mid-air, flapping his stubby wings in confusion.He looked down at himself… and froze.
What was once his proud, sharp-suited body was now… marshmallow.
Squishy, fluffy marshmallow.
"..."
THUD.
He collapsed onto the floor like a sack of cotton, bouncing a few times before laying still.
My demon life… is over…
Iruma crouched next to him with a perfectly innocent smile:
"Professor Kalego, are you alright? Don't give up hope!"
The words were kind.The tone was pure mockery.
Asmodeus burst through the crowd, wild with admiration:
"Lord Iruma! I'm in awe! You must've held deep resentment toward Kalego—that's why you summoned him as your familiar!"
Iruma shrugged, smiling as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
"Oh, no no. Just an accident. I didn't expect this to happen."
Asmodeus didn't push it.But the rest of the class erupted in chaos.
"A demon summoned another demon?!"
"That's insane!"
"Totally unbelievable!"
"This'll be front-page news on Demon Weekly!"
Iruma just smiled awkwardly as shocked and admiring gazes surrounded him.
"I really thought I'd summon something powerful… guess something went wrong."
Meanwhile, Kalego had finally come to terms with what happened.
"I... I've been turned into a familiar?!"
Power surged from his body—raw magical force twisted the space around him.
Electric arcs crackled wildly from his fur.The once fluffy chick now radiated the wrath of a demon on the brink of meltdown.
"This is absurd! End the contract at once!"
"Otherwise, I—!"
Before he could finish, a bolt of red lightning tore through the ceiling and struck him squarely on the head.
The cute little chick was instantly charred into a battle-hardened roast chicken.Kalego collapsed, unconscious.
"WOOOOAH!! Is this the power of a Special Rank?!"
"He's incredible!!"
"Even a familiar can't defy its master!"
"I'd marry Lord Iruma in a heartbeat!"
"Back off, he's mine!"
As the crowd broke into frenzy, Iruma casually picked up Kalego and left the classroom.
When Kalego finally woke, the contract had already been undone—his body returned to normal.
He almost believed it had all been a nightmare…Until he heard the one voice he didn't want to hear.
"Professor Kalego~ You're awake!"
That same towering figure loomed beside the bed, still smiling sweetly—except now, it looked terrifying.
Desperate, Kalego dragged Iruma to the Chairman's office.
When Sullivan heard the full story, he burst into laughter:
"A demon summoning another demon? Now that's hilarious! Never heard of such a thing!"
"And canceling the contract? Oh no no no—that was a solid one-year binding ritual. If you forcefully break it, both of you might die~"
Kalego fainted on the spot.
Iruma, meanwhile, sat beside Sullivan sipping demon tea, still smiling.
And just like that, Iruma's fame soared:
"The Demon Who Summoned a Demon as His Familiar."