Chapter 2: The first acquaintance

* I staggered slightly and, looking at the girl who was unconscious, said softly:*

"W-did it really work? Or am I hallucinating?"

I rubbed my eyes, but nothing changed. I quietly crawled up to her and, poking her, said:*

"H-is she unconscious?"

I swallowed, sighed, sat down next to her, and, still a little afraid of her, I thought about what to do with her.:*

"What should I do with you?"

* I watched as she was unconscious, and realizing that it was wrong to leave her on the floor like that, I nodded to myself and, getting up from the floor, said:*

"And where should I put you?"

* I touched the sofa and, realizing that it was hard and would not fit, scratched the back of my head. I had an idea, and I went up to her and tried to pick her up in my arms, but her wings were a little in the way, so I took her hands and dragged her to my room and, after a couple of minutes, put her in my bed and, covering her with a blanket, sat on a chair next to the bed and said:*

"And-and what should I do?"

* I looked at her face and after examining it, I realized that she was very sweet, although it was very strange, because I thought that demons were scary. After removing her hair from her face, he got up and went to the kitchen, where he made porridge and a glass of water, brought it into the room and put it on the bedside table. And after looking at her once more, he closed the door and lay down on the sofa in the hall and, taking a book, said:*

"Grandfather… What the hell is going on here? Do they really exist?"

I started reading a book about demons, but after reading a little bit, I fell asleep.*

|Next day - 7 o'clock|

* Reina woke up and, opening her eyes, looked at the ceiling and did not recognize it. She sat up slightly and looked around the room, didn't recognize her, and had a slight headache. She said out loud:*

"W-where the hell am I?"

She wanted to get out of bed, but when she turned around, she saw that there was porridge and a glass of water on the bedside table. She realized that she was not alone here, and just at that moment I entered the room and, opening the door slightly, said:*

"W-hello?"

*Reina looked at me and she was surprised to see that I didn't resemble her clan, and immediately wanted to use magic, but realized that her power was severely limited and she couldn't use it, and said:*

"Wh-what the? W-why can't I use magic?"

* She immediately looked at me and said with a threat in her voice:*

"Who the hell are you and why did you kidnap me? Do you even know what my clan will do to you?"

* I swallowed at her threat and, fully entering the room, said, lowering my gaze:*

"I-I didn't kidnap you. I-I accidentally summoned you."

* She looked at me in surprise and, grinning, said:*

"Do you think I would believe such nonsense? I'm not some ordinary trash. I cannot be summoned!"

I sat down on a chair by the bed and, waving my hands in defense, said:*

"Uh, and-I'm sorry, but I'm being honest with you. I-I accidentally summoned you. I-I didn't even know you existed!"

* She looked at me with a skeptical look, still not believing that some person had called her, and she looked at me sternly and said:*

"Cancel the ritual, and maybe you won't get hurt much!"

* I shuddered at her stern gaze and said, turning away:*

"I-I do not know how to cancel the ritual..."

*She exhaled and said:*

"I know. All you need is for me to be in the place where you summoned me and cast the spell backwards."

* She tried to get up, but her body still hurt a lot, and for some reason I jumped up to her and said:*

"Y-you still need to rest. You haven't fully recovered!"

*She was taken aback by my audacity and pushed my hand away and said:*

"How dare you touch me, human?!"

* I nodded and took my hands off her and said:*

"And-I'm sorry, I won't touch you anymore."

* She snorted and, realizing that she really needed more rest, said:*

"Well, I'll stay here a little longer, I need to recover. Now tell me, human, why did you try to summon a demon?"

I sat down on a chair by the bed and scratched my head.:*

"Well, actually, I just didn't believe that you existed, so I decided to perform a ritual..."

* She looked at me and said:*

"Are you serious right now? Did you summon a demon to test it?"

* I looked down and said softly:*

"Y-yes."

* She put her hand to her head and said:*

"And why was I summoned by such a stupid person?"

* I exhaled, because I couldn't disagree with this statement, but after sitting like that for a couple of minutes, I said:*

"You know, since you're stuck with me, maybe we should get to know each other? My name is Ashina."

* She looked at my hand, then at me and said:*

"I don't want to. You're an ordinary mortal man, and I'm a pure-blooded demoness. I don't need your care and name."

* I shuddered and, still smiling, said:*

"Okay, then I'll go, and you can eat."

She looked at the bowl of porridge and water and said:*

"This is food for servants only. I won't eat it."

* I looked at her and said:*

"Well, I'm sorry, I don't have another one, so I'll leave this for you in case you get hungry."

I got up from my chair and left the room. Reina snorted and thought about what to do and that she needed to recover faster and get out of this damn place and especially from me, and said softly:*

"Stupid man, how can he treat me, the heir of the Acheron clan, like this..."

*Reina started thinking about the whole event and while she was lying in bed, she got hungry and it was understandable because of her rumbling stomach and she thought:*

"W-what should I do? It's just this food..."

She looked at the bowl of porridge and, crossing her arms under her chest, said:*

"No, I'm not hungry enough to eat this food, especially from that person."

* She resisted and, after a couple more minutes, she lay down, and the plate on the bedside table was empty and the glass of water too, and she sighed and said softly:*

"Hmm, it doesn't taste so bad anymore, although it's not quite perfect."

She adjusted her pillow and, closing her eyes, began to think about her plans, because she should be back home soon.*

|After 10 minutes|

* I went into the room and, seeing that she was lying with her eyes closed, and thinking that she was asleep, I quietly began to approach and smiled even more when I saw that she had eaten the porridge, and, taking the plates, she opened her eyes:*

"Human, why are you sneaking up on me? Do you want to hurt me while I'm in this state?"

* I shuddered and said, looking at her:*

"I-I didn't mean to hurt you. I-I just wanted to pick up the plates, and-and I thought you were asleep."

* She looked at me with a question, not expecting such concern from a person, and said:*

"Well, I can take that into account, and yet I had to eat it, so don't think I liked it."

I laughed weakly so she wouldn't notice, and said with a gentle smile:*

"Okay, then tell me how you'll recover."

* She nodded, and when I left the room, she tried to move her wings and, feeling that she could barely move, nodded to herself and tried to get out of bed and muttered to herself:*

"Come on, get up! You need to get out of here and go home!"

* She leaned against the wall and got out of bed and smiled and said:*

"Yes, it finally worked!"

* She looked at the door and started moving with calm steps, and when she reached it, she opened the door and met me in front of it, and I had a plate of porridge and another glass of water in my hands, and when I saw her, I said:*

"Wow, hello! You were able to stand up! I am very happy about it!"

I put the plate and glass on the bedside table and said:*

"Well, can we assume that you've recovered?"

* She started nodding rapidly and said:*

"Yes, man, I've recovered, so let's finish this quickly and I'll go home!"

* I nodded and showed her the place of her summoning, and she, tired of standing, sat down in the center of the pentagram while I drew the curtains and set up the candles, looked at her and said:*

"Are you ready?"

* She nodded quickly and said:*

"Come on, man, hurry up, I'm finally getting out of here!"

*I started the spell backwards and after a couple of minutes, when I finished, nothing happened, and I looked at her and said:*

"And, uh, n-nothing's going on?"

* She didn't understand either and said:*

"Try again until it works!!"

* I nodded and read again, and after a few attempts, she pulled her knees towards her and, burying her face in them, did not understand, and I sat next to her and, seeing her depressed state, said:*

"Hey, listen, r-since you're stuck here with me for now, maybe we should get to know each other? My name is Ashina."

* She didn't answer, and I thought she wouldn't want to talk to me, and I was already getting up, and she said in a barely audible voice:*

"Reina..."

* I turned around and, bending down again, said:*

"You can repeat that, I didn't hear you."

* She raised her head, and she said a little louder:*

"My name is Reina, and don't you dare forget it... stupid man... stupid Ashina."

I laughed softly, as she used to address me by my first name, and I said with a smile:*

"Nice to meet you, Reina!"

* I thought about it and, getting up from the floor, said:*

"Would you like some tea?"

*Reina thought about it and stood up and nodded, and I smiled at her and said:*

"Okay, then follow me!"

* We went to the kitchen, and when they came to her, she sat down at the table, and I turned on the kettle and sat across from her and thought about the fact that she now lives with me, and calmly said:*

"Listen, Reina, since you're staying with me for now, then you'll probably need to buy some things, like a brush and clothes, right?"

* Reina nodded and said with a snort:*

"Well, it makes sense, I'm not going to use your stuff!"

* I smiled and turned around, poured tea for her and myself, then put a mug in front of her, and we started drinking tea, and along the way I looked at her, thinking how to go outside with her appearance, and after a couple of minutes, I said:*

"I have a question, can you remove those wings and tail?"

* She looked at me and slammed on the table, saying:*

"No, it's the pride of my clan, and I wouldn't even think about hiding my wings and tail!"

I exhaled and took another sip of tea.:*

"Well, that's what I mean."

* I looked at her again and said:*

"Maybe then I'll take your measurements, and then we can order clothes?"

* She looked and said, turning away and folding her arms:*

"I won't let you touch me!"

I nodded and got up and went into the other room, and at that time she took a couple of sips of tea and ate cookies, because she didn't want to show that she liked them, and when I returned, she stopped, and I put a centimeter tape in front of her and said:*

"Here, take it, as soon as you measure it, I'll order it."

* She looked at it, not knowing how to use it, pretended and said:*

"Haha, I won't do that, my clothes are enough for me, so stop these stupid attempts to make friends with me!"

* I nodded and, finishing my tea, said:*

"Then I'll go to the grocery store and get you a toothbrush."

* I was already leaving the kitchen and said:*

"Leave the dishes on the table, I'll come and wash them later."

* She shuddered and stammered, looking at me.:*

"Stupid man...Ashina, I wasn't going to wash, it's not a demon's business to wash dishes!"

I grinned and left the kitchen, after which I went to my room, where I changed into street clothes. After leaving the room, he began to put on his shoes and said:*

"Which brush should you choose? Purple?"

* She came out of the kitchen and, crossing her arms over her chest, said:*

"What makes you think I like purple?"

I scratched the back of my head, looking at her purple clothes, purple hair, and purple eyes, and said:*

"I-just assumed."

* She snorted, turned away, went to the couch and said:*

"Take any one, the main thing is high-quality!"

* I exhaled, realizing that she meant this brush to be perfect and purple in color. After putting on my shoes, I opened the door and said:*

"I'm off, don't get bored here!"

I left the apartment and closed the door behind me.*