Iruma stepped forward, bit his finger, and smeared blood on the parchment. He then placed the parchment over a candle to burn. Suddenly, he thought, 'I don't have magic, so maybe getting expelled like this wouldn't be so bad after all?' Thinking this, Iruma chuckled foolishly. Naberius Kalego watched this scene with irritation.
"This guy's idiotic grin is exactly like that person's—that annoying, unrestrained, self-centered individual who embodies the three things I hate most! Sullivan! That idiotic Chairman has been tricked countless times, cuts my salary for no reason, forced this cursed pink mirror on me, and made a mess of the entrance ceremony! But... I'm in charge of this summoning ritual. Make one mistake, and I'll have you expelled!" Naberius Kalego roared in his heart (displaced anger).
The result... was a scene that no demon had ever considered.
Naberius Kalego's upper body emerged from the summoning circle. Naberius Kalego and Iruma stared at each other... a deep, meaningful gaze.
"Ah?!?!?"
"What is this?! What have you done, you scoundrel?!" Naberius Kalego watched in shock. He didn't understand what was happening, but the important thing was that if it didn't stop now...
"Stop it immediately! Stop the summoning right now!" Naberius Kalego yelled at Iruma. Iruma quickly went to Naberius Kalego's lower half, trying to pull him down, but realized with a tug that it couldn't be done with brute force.
"Baka! Don't pull at a time like this, push!"
"Ah, my apologies, my apologies."
Iruma immediately started pushing.
"No! Not the feet, but over here!"
But it was too late. Naberius Kalego's entire body had appeared in the summoning ritual.
Naberius Kalego cursed inwardly. Sure enough, with Naberius Kalego's entire body appearing in the ritual, the ritual was successful. A thick mist appeared, and Naberius Kalego transformed into a plump little bird, flapping his wings furiously to keep himself from falling to the ground. Seeing this, Lord Shesi clutched his stomach and laughed.
"Hahaha! You're killing me, Iruma!"
Naberius Kalego shot him a murderous look, but Lord Shesi ignored him. He then walked to the ritual circle, pushed the two aside, and began his own summoning. He was now curious about who he would summon—a demon? A magical beast? Or something else? Or perhaps nothing at all? While the other demons were still shocked by Iruma summoning Naberius Kalego as his familiar, Lord Shesi had already stepped up to the ritual circle to prepare his summoning, and Iruma, who had stepped down, was surrounded by everyone.
"Lord Iruma, I sincerely admire you. I never imagined you would summon Lord Kalego as your familiar. Surely, you were still angry at Lord Kalego's attitude, weren't you? You've taught him a great lesson!"
Asmodeus said excitedly.
Everyone else also expressed their shock, while Naberius Kalego, summoned as a familiar, glared furiously at Iruma.
"Impossible! How could I... how could I be a familiar?! Don't be ridiculous! You scoundrel, release this contract immediately! Otherwise!" Naberius Kalego finished speaking and was about to attack Iruma, intending to make Iruma break the contract. However, a blood contract is extremely strict. Just as Naberius Kalego made a move to attack his "master" Iruma, a blood-red lightning bolt suddenly struck, nearly killing Naberius Kalego.
Just as everyone's gaze turned to Iruma, Lord Shesi prepared to place his blood-smeared parchment on the candle to burn. A puff of smoke appeared. Suddenly, in a giant, unknown cave in the northernmost mountains of the Demon World, an egg wobbled, as if drawn by something. Beside the egg, a giant vertical pupil appeared. The pupil slowly rose, revealing its true form: a massive dragon.
"Is that so? He's returned? No, it looks like his descendant is summoning a familiar? Hmph, then I'll let my daughter play along with you, shall I?"
With that, the dragon gently pointed at the egg, and a magic appeared on the eggshell. Then, the eggshell began to crack and shatter. A small dragon appeared in the giant dragon's sight, and then a magic circle lit up beneath the small dragon, and its figure instantly vanished.
Meanwhile, Lord Shesi looked at the small black dragon on his shoulder, a little surprised. He had actually summoned a familiar, and it seemed quite powerful?
All the demons' gazes shifted from Iruma and Naberius Kalego, looking at Lord Shesi with shock.
"Uh?" Lord Shesi felt a little awkward seeing everyone staring at him in shock without speaking.
"What's wrong? I feel like my familiar shouldn't be weak, right?" Lord Shesi said.
"Lo... Lord Shesi, don't you know the species of your familiar?" Asmodeus swallowed and asked Lord Shesi.
"Huh? Isn't it a dragon? I saw that other student also summoned a dragon," Lord Shesi said, pointing confusedly at another student nearby who had also summoned a dragon, albeit a bone dragon.
"Lord Shesi... this is a Black Dragon! The Demon King's familiar!" Asmodeus explained.
Hearing this, Lord Shesi looked at the dragon snuggling into his arms and sucking on his finger, and pondered for a moment. Hmm... he shouldn't be fooled by appearances. He had forgotten that the finger being sucked by the Black Dragon was the very finger he had cut to bleed onto the parchment.
Naberius Kalego, however, didn't care what Lord Shesi had summoned. He simply dragged Iruma directly to the Chairman's office.
..."Release it? Impossible, impossible. It's only a one-year contract anyway. If you try to forcibly break it, you'll probably die, right?"
Hearing this, Kalego felt like dying. He had hosted so many familiar summoning rituals, and he ended up being summoned as a familiar himself. Unable to accept it, he simply fell backward. Iruma looked at Kalego with concern.
"Eh? Teacher! Teacher!!!"
Lord Kalego was bedridden for a long time because of this. Iruma's ranking was not assessed because Naberius Kalego went home. As for Lord Shesi, because he summoned a familiar identical to the previous Demon King, the teachers didn't dare to rank him and had to temporarily postpone it.
PS: Two hours before the familiar summoning ritual
Naberius Kalego in front of the mirror: "Starting today, it's the familiar summoning ritual. Prepare yourself, Iruma, you troublemaker."
Suddenly, the mirror cracked, his shoelaces broke when he looked down, and he encountered a black cat on his way to school.
"...I have a bad feeling."