An unique encounter.

Within the crowd, many variants of demons walked side by side, back and forth towards their set destinations. From demons, humanoid in appearance to beastlike ones, walking on all fours wearing suits which had fur escaping through the holes of the suit around the neck area and the lower back. The most particular demons were the grotesque ones with numerous limbs, ranging from either 8 at a minimum to 16 in the crowd. These demons were significantly larger than their humanoid-shaped counterparts and used multiple limbs to move, the limbs being used to manoeuvre moving simultaneously, like an insect, more specifically like a centipede during transit in a meadow.

Within the crowd, there were few who seemed to be casually exploring the area and for the ones in the crowd who were sightseeing, the demons simply walked around them. They were too pre-occupied with their own lives to even spare the times to fully register who their fellow demons were, what they were wearing and why they were there.

Nemesis followed the crowd at a steady place, watching many demons leave for their destination and others take their place within the crowd. He felt quite compacted on the streets, being close to practically being jam-packed by the rest of the demons like sardines in a tin.

After following the crowd for tens of minutes and observing the normal morning workday routine for most of the demons there, he left the crowd, diverging to a separate more sparse path.

Strolling down the new path, his constant footsteps soon came to a halt.

His interrupted footsteps began their movement again, now his pace even slower than when he was in the crowd. Taking his steps down the new path which engrossed him, he spent most of his time just immersing himself in the wonderful sensation of nature as he stared at the seemingly endless hallway of trees. Each was of a different species native to the Underworld and its climate.

Raising the two [Harmonious Heart Flowers] to his nose, he sniffed him enjoying the calming sensation they brought as well as their smell which just felt so right, the scent of blood which his nose had become accustomed to, to the point where everything he smelt held a tint of blood had vanished if not only for the sniffling of the two flowers' aroma.

Shutting his eyes as if in euphoric heaven, he let the calming and nurturing sensation of nature take hold. He had stopped his stroll long before; right before he sniffed the [Harmonious Heart Flower] to be precise.

Yet however, after his enjoyment of nature, not a single smile crept onto his face.

"Hey there!" A cheerful, excited voice almost shouted. A voice which sounded familiar to him.

Swiftly shooting his closed eyes open, however, Nemesis saw nothing in front of him. Lowering the [Harmonious Heart Flowers] which he held in his right hand, down, he slowly rotated right as he turned around with his neck glancing behind him. A quick wave of something thin and light blonde flew by his vision before he was left with the same pathway only this time leading towards where he had come from.

Blankly staring at the empty path, he rubbed his eyes with his left hand as he shook his head. "I must seriously be losing it." He mumbled under his breath before continuing in his head.

'Am I seriously going to play that little girl's game?'

"Teehee~ mister. I'm right here! Behind you, just look!" The same chipper voice practically squealed as he heard her rapid breaths and soft pants.

Rolling his eyes, Nemesis started rotating right once again but whilst he did so, he suddenly stood still and with his hands now stuck out behind his back. Just as he expected, he soon felt them come on contact with something soft before he felt a rebound effect and a "Wo-Woah!" followed by a quiet thud.

Releasing an audible exhausted sigh which slightly irritated him, he turned to now face the young girl on the ground.

She looked around 5 or 6 in age, her face slightly dirty; unsure if he was the cause of the dirt on her face by knocking her down. Whilst it was dirty, it held some odd appeal. He could feel something try to tie an attraction to him and try furiously it did, however, it could in the end not succeed in having him succumb to this unknown appeal.

Her hair the light blonde he had seen streak by his face as she tried to have fun with him. She had a large pair of eyes which shone in a natural blue. Her brows were slightly furrowed and she now had a small pout. Her clothes were as normal as could be, a simple pair of black pants and a pink t-shirt.

Defeated, Nemesis simply rolled his eyes then he outstretched his free hand to her as he apologised.

"Sorry if I hurt you, didn't mean to. Just wanted to have a little fun of my own." He admitted and apologised as he bowed to show his sincerity.

The young girl's eyes widened at him for some reason before grasping Nemesis' outstretched left hand then felt her body hoisted up through an abnormal strength from a kid.

Once standing up, she felt Nemesis' hand let go of her. Patting herself off, she couldn't help but openly stare at the youth, examining him before asking an odd question.

"Y...Y-you're a male, right?"

"..." Nemesis' eyes widened and his mouth slightly was left agape at the randomness of her abrupt question, blinking repeatedly as if asking for confirmation to what she had said.

Noticing the repeated blinked and silence for an answer, she repeated her question once more.

"You are a guy, correct?"

After hearing it for the second time, Nemesis felt like just responding with "No" to joke around, however, he had a sinking suspicion that if he were to joke around and say yes, she'd gawk at him even more than she already was and tell him that he was in fact, a guy.