Alas Ramus Birthday Party 3 Final

Everyone was now waiting for Kyle to show his gift, however, his strange action of taking the phone inside his pocket and calling someone got their attention.

After talking for a moment, he ended the call and Maou curiously asked.

"Who did you call?"

Kyle smiled at him and replied. "The people who would deliver my gift to Ramus."

Maou blinked for a moment before saying. "What do you mea-" 

Maou paused as he heard someone outside press the doorbell from their apartment, which is strange as he didn't invite anyone besides the people who are currently inside.

"That's them, the people who gave my gift to Ramus," Kyle answered.

Okay, now it made sense to Maou. 

"I see, then let me get them."

"Wait my liege! Allow me, for it is my duty!" Alciel heatedly said.

"Alright, alright geez no need to shout." 

"Then, I shall be back." Alciel immediately rushed toward the door, everyone was waiting for him to get the gift.

However, they heard his loud voice coming from the outside.

"What! A-are sure this is all for us?!" Everyone was curious as to why Alciel reacted that way.

But it didn't take them a few seconds to know exactly why he was so surprised.

Alciel came back inside, however, he wasn't alone, they were people beside him, and they were carrying different sizes of boxes.

It didn't end just yet, as another group of people came inside the apartment carrying a bigger box!

The people came back and forth for a few minutes, after that the apartment was filled with all sizes of boxes.

Everyone was stunned at the sight, no one moved for a while before Kyle spoke.

"Huh? I thought there was more…but oh well! Ramus-chan, this is my gift to you. Do you like them?" 

Ramus, who was clueless, just smiled at him and replied, "Yeh! Sank you!"

He couldn't help but smile at this, then she started patting her head, everything was totally worth it.

Now everyone from the room snapped out of their stunned state, and Maou stared at him with an odd face.

"Dude….what in the popsicle is this?!" Maou couldn't exactly curse in front of the children, that's why he refrained from cussing.

"What do you mean? It's my gift?" He played innocent, if it wasn't so obvious Maou would have easily believed it.

But he wasn't having it.

"You know what I mean!"

"I don't know what you're talking about, listen just accept them okay?" He ignored Maou after that.

Maou was about to say something, and suddenly Alciel exclaimed.

"My liege! T-this is?!" 

Maou shifted his attention toward Alciel and saw the box that Alciel opened, it was a brand new washing machine!

Not only that, it's the washing machine that they saw in the advertisement plenty of times on TV!

Suddenly he forgot everything that he was about to say to Kyle and excitedly went over to look at the washing machine closely.

Emi couldn't understand what got them excited, she thought. 'Isn't that just a machine? What's so special about it?'

Little did she know, Maou and Alciel's old washing machine broke a week ago, and they had to wash their clothes by hand.

That's why they are so happy with the product.

"Well, aren't they happy?" Rika smiles wryly at the two men who got excited by a washing machine.

Then Suzuno asked Kyle. "Kobayashi-dono, isn't this a bit too much for a 'gift'?"

Kyle shook his head and denied her claim. "There's no such thing as 'too much' if it's a gift, that's just how I spoil someone."

"Spoil? Are you sure that you aren't using this 'gift' to help them instead because from what I can see, these gifts are for them instead of Alas Ramus."

Kyle decided to ignore that because he couldn't deny that at all since it was the truth.

Seeing that he wasn't answering, Suzuno decided not to pursue this matter, who was she to stop the man, plus it was his money being used.

Though she had a suspicion that Kyle isn't a normal person because his partner Elma wasn't, it alarmed her after seeing the gift that Elma gave was a magic item and anyone proficient in magic could tell that.

And to make it worse the magical energy inside that necklace, specifically the tooth of some creature was massive.

She would never know that it was a tooth of a mythical dragon that she read in some text in the church.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration that it's the best magic item that she had seen in her life, it's even better than some sacred weapons.

Which is ridiculous, now she wonders who Elma is, for now, she'll keep an eye on her.

Whether she's a danger or not.

—

Maou and Alciel finished unboxing most of the boxes, and they realized most of Kyle's gifts are used for daily necessities.

It was for convenience, a stove, a new refrigerator, a mini refrigerator, an electric kettle, an oven, you name it.

Only a few of them are the actual gifts to Ramus, and the rest are for them to use which made Maou feel complicated.

Honestly, he was grateful to Kyle for giving them this, but how exactly could he repay him?

He couldn't really remember doing anything significant to Kyle, so far it was always him that received his friend's good grace.

Suddenly Kyle tapped his shoulder and asked. "What do you think of my gift?"

"What do I think? To be honest I'm torn between happy and angry at you."

"Hah! It doesn't matter what you think, I won't allow you to reject this, besides even if you did you can't because you guys already opened the boxes I can't exactly bring them back no?" Kyle gave him a cheeky grin.

"Asshole." Maou let out an annoyed huff.

"Hey, how am I an asshole? I helped, didn't I?"

"A helpful asshole is still an asshole, there's no difference."

"Haha, no there is and it's the 'helpful' part." Kyle never lost his smile once.

Maou rolled his eyes, but he was eternally grateful to Kyle for these things.

He is the first genuine friend that he ever had, different from demons, as he didn't have to fight him for dominance.

—

The party eventually ended, all good things must end and that's reality, nothing lasts forever.

After giving them goodbyes, Kyle, Elma, and Eve went back to the mansion.

Nothing really noteworthy happened today aside from Elma giving her tooth, it was unexpected.

Her gift was easily the most valuable of all the gifts that Ramus got.

"So, you gave Ramus-chan your tooth huh?" Kyle asked while they were walking on the streets.

"Yes! I thought it would help, plus I don't have much money on me to buy an appropriate gift for her." Well, that's because she spends most of her money buying random food.

But that was left unsaid.

"It was certainly unexpected, it contained some fraction of your magic…but do you have any idea if an ordinary person wears it?" 

"No..?" Elma asked, confused.

"Well, there are two alternatives. One is that they would be too exposed to your magical energy and boom, their body explodes because they couldn't handle it." 

Hearing my explanation, Elma's face became paler and paler over the seconds.

"Two is that it would forcefully unlock their magical talent due to being constantly exposed by a massive amount of magic energy…if they didn't have one then like my first explanation their body explodes." While he was lacking in magical knowledge, he still knew the basics.

Lucoa didn't teach him for nothing at all.

But then again Elma had amnesia, so she was bound to forget these things so he decided to warn her if she ever tries to give something similar to someone.

"I-i didn't know about it! Oh no! I should get it bad Ramus-chan w-would be in-" Elma panicked for a moment before Kyle flicks her forehead getting her attention.

"Ouch! What was that for?!" Elma glared at him.

"It's for you to pay attention to me since you're panicking too much. Anyway! I wouldn't have allowed you to give that necklace to Ramus-chan if she was a normal child but she isn't, so she's fine." He reassured her.

"R-really?" Elma sounded hopeful.

"Yes, she's something entirely different." If he remembers it clearly Alas Ramus is a fragment of Yesod, she's something that is the closest thing to a God.

Different from him of course, he received his divinity due to faith.

She's probably older than Elma, though he can't say the same for her mentality.

"Oh thank goodness…I wouldn't want to kill that sweet innocent child by accident." Elma sighs in relief.

He wanted to tell her that it's impossible for her to kill her, but decided not to, she shall remain ignorant of what Alas Ramus truly is.

—

-Location Beijing China-

Meanwhile, Lucoa arrived at the place where an ancient sect resides.

With a smile on her face, she said. "Found it, now it's time to start."

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Okay, it's going to be part of the story but consider it as an omake because it wouldn't be the focus of the story.

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