Chapter 2: Enter highschool! Will this story turn into a slice of life?!

Lights flashed around me as I stood on the wooden platform. All the crowds fell to their knees as the shock wave of my power washed over them.

"You kneel to me so easily. Is this foreshadowing for the future?"

As I whispered these words I smiled. These people felt more fear for me than I would ever know was possible.

"You.....how are you so powerful? You are much stronger than we anticipated...."

The queen turned towards Cilictia with an urgent look on her face.

"Cilictia, this man is seemingly 'immune to death' so I have a theory. Since you are the strongest in all of Tlavis you must constantly be with him, as to insure the people's safety."

"WHHHAAAT!"

Cilictia's face turned into that of pure fear.

"But, he's the demon lord! If something goes wrong I'll be the first to die! Shouldn't I be the person who's safety will come first?"

"You're leagues stronger than the soldiers we would be sending on this mission. The chances of you dying are very low. Just listen to me.

"F...fine."

I could finally sense the dere under the tsun!

"Good, now then. You should be able to carry on with your normal life, however you are to change schools."

"Cha...change school?"

"Yes you must go to a school deeper in the city, so as not to put the residences of the palace in danger."

Cilictia nodded her head quickly.

Sighhhhh well, I guess there's no point in pretending to be tied up to this platform anymore. I easily brushed off the ropes that were tying my hands together and walked down the steps into the courtyard.

"S....Seize him! Don't let him move another step!"

The queen screamed at me as I walked slowly closer towards her. I wonder how the crowds would feel if I killed her? It would be so easy.....

However I had more pressing matters to deal with.

So it looks like the queen wants me to get a proper education, even though I'm the reincarnating of the demon lord. I've never been a huge fan of school, since I skipped almost all of it back at earth. But now I think it's valuable for me to see my future minions. It would also be nice to learn more about this world… but it's not like I'll learn anything because, not to brag but I'm definitely smarter than all of the teachers combined.

"You will be going to this school shortly. However you are to have a large group of soldiers surrounding you at all times. We cannot trust you to find the school yourself."

"Huh? You actually don't think I can find the school myself? When have I ever shown myself to be anything other than genius?"

The queen's nostrils flared as she desperately tried to think of a foolish thing I had done.

She failed to find an example so she stayed dead quiet.

"Well, I guess I should be going then. See you~"

I casually summoned a magic circle around me and teleported into the castle. I then walked towards the map room I had seen earlier when we walked to the throne room. Of course I had memorized the entire floor plan of the castle, but I needed this map to find out more about the city below me.

I wonder how easy it would be to manipulate all the citizens of this city. Because judging by the princess and the queen....it would be as easy as breaking a blade of grass.

"Hmmmmmm... let's see here....."

I looked over the map carefully until I had completely memorized it then I teleported into the dark city underneath the palace.

You may be wondering how I can now just teleport easily, well I'll try to explain. Right when I found out I was the demon lord I unlocked many different abilities and my stats substantially increased. However, although I know this, I can't find out what specific abilities I have unlocked until I really need them. So since I wanted to teleport, I was just able to.

So far I can repel bullets and rockets and I can also teleport, and I'm sure I can do much much more.

I walked down the streets of the dark city. It had become almost entirely black as I descended down into the city so the only way I could tell where I was going was from my memory. Of course, I'd always had a photographic memory so this wasn't too challenging.

After a half hour walk I arrived in front of a huge building. It was made of cement and iron, it almost looked like a prison building or something. Odd...

To my dismay Cilictia was standing by the door with a small group of soldiers standing beside her, they were clearly waiting for me. Cilictia was dressed in her school uniform and had a rather irritated look on her face.

"Why did you have to run off! You caused me so much trouble~ Honestly why do you have to be so obnoxious!"

I could say the same about her...

I stepped past Cilicia and I pushed open the doors to reveal a huge futuristic hall, it was filled with many students dressed in their uniforms running on the white concrete floors. I smirked, they probably had no way of knowing I was the reincarnation of the legendary demon lord!

I climbed the stairs to a small balcony overlooking the bustling hall and stood up on the glass railings.

Cilictia looked up at me as if I were insane.

Although I was still wearing my old school uniform (A basic white buttoned down shirt and black pants) I felt as if I were truly the reincarnation of the demon lord.

As some people noticed me they stopped to look. Multiple other people stopped as well, until all the crowd was stopping to stare at me.

I had no words to say to them, for even the simplest of words uttered by my mouth are too intellectual for these pathetic students. So I instead settled for giving the staring crowd an arrogant smirk. However, even this sent a visible shudder through the onlookers.

RIIINNNNG

A loud bell sounded to alert the students for their next classes. Cilictia waved to me from on the floor.

I quickly jumped from the railings onto the floor and walked towards Cilictia.

"I'm in a different class than you so I guess you should just go to whatever class you want… not like I really care where you go. See you~"

I nodded and decided to follow where many strong looking students were going to. This led me to a strong looking metal door that looked extremely ominous.

Inside I found myself in a huge cavernous training room. Many guns and futuristic lightning-swords lined the walls and training dummies were stacked beside one of the corners.

"Welcome everyone to the generational test of strength! Please line up in front of the door and I will be judging if your strength is worthy of serving the rulers as their guards."

As the students lined up before the door I stood still. It looked like I had come to the right place, the perfect way to gain followers was to show them my strength!

I pushed past the other students to get into the front of the line.

"Alright, I guess you're the first one up!"

A kind looking middle-aged man with a brown beard looked at me.

"I can't recall your name..... However! Give this test your best try!"

"I will. But if you don't mind me asking, is magic allowed in this test?"

"OHOHHHHOOO!! Magic you say? You're one funny lad! Well of course it is, but good luck on trying to find someone that can use it. That art has been lost for over millions of years! Haven't you read all the legends about the mages using all the magic energy up on sealing Xalvual Evilian?"

Hmmmmm... it seems like the legend about this demon lord is a lot more mainstream then I originally thought...

"Alright old man, make sure to take a few steps back from me. I don't want anyone to get killed."

I said this as I walked into the training room, leaving all the crowd gawking at my cool remark.

The teacher pressed a button from beside the door and many robots ran out of an automated door at the opposite end of the room.

"What are these? Surely they aren't part of the challenge?"

"They....they are..."

Pfft! I can't believe this! Even me, who just recently gained my powers, can see how obviously weak these robots are.

"I can destroy these with my eyes closed!"

I closed my eyes and focused my power on the robots. They immediately exploded.

"Was that all?"

I looked back at the teacher, who went completely still.

"Wh.....who are you! Not a single soul in the entire Intergalactic Empire has had magic for over a million years! How do you know magic, and extremely strong magic at that!???"

Suddenly the teacher ran out of the room, screaming something about having to tell the principal about my shocking performance.

Sighhhhhh. Can I do anything without making people scared of me? It seems I cannot.

After the teacher had left the room one student stepped out of the line. He was a big man who looked to be about sixteen. He had a bald head and an angry glint in his eyes.

"HEYHEYEHY! Who are you! What do you think you're doing! Don't just come in here and show off your fancy magic tricks like that, yeah?"

He walked towards me trying his best to seem menacing.

"I've never even seen your face around here! You've got no business being in MY school!"

He turned around towards the rest of the students.

"Should I go tell this loser the rules of this school?"

Some of the students cheered while others cowered away from the obvious bully.

"Alright then punk! Here goes!"

He grabbed the collar of my shirt and raised his fist, preparing to punch my face.

"Just wait, before you punch me, listen to my words. Mindless violence is never wise. It can most often lead to more problems than thought-out violence."

"What are you blathering about Mr. Smarty-pants! You're in no position to be talking down on me!"

"Oh, you are very mistaken... you see I'm always in the position to talk down on

people.."

His face contorted into anger as I said these words.

"But seriously, hear me out. If you punch me you do realize that your punch will just hit yourself instead? I'm not the sort of person to mindlessly lie, so you should probably listen to me more seriously."

The bully brought his fist closer to my face in an attempt to scare me; however, I wasn't scared in the slightest.

"It would be wise to actually think about my words....that is if you even have the capability to think..."

"You're reaaally going to regret saying that, loser!!!"

He swung his fist against my face angrily. I didn't even flinch though because I already knew what the end result would be.

The impact of the punch seemingly disappeared into nothingness.

"Reversal magic."

I whispered these words so that the bully was the only one to hear them.

Right when I uttered them the bully flew back from me and fell into the wall, making the training dummies crash to the floor.

The students gasped as the bully groaned.

I slowly turned to face the students.

"Oops, I guess I might have shown off a bit too much? Although I really wouldn't call that showing off... that sort of magic is something even a kid could do."

The crowd spread out, some more confident students walking towards me while other, more nervous students took a step back. In only the space of a few seconds I had immediately stolen the spotlight from anyone else.

That was exactly my plan.

"Hey....um..I don't think you ever said your name?"

I turned around and saw the face of the girl who had talked to me. She was a bit shorter than me, but not so short that she could be called petite. She had mid-length black hair and red eyes.

"You were really cool back there and I haven't seen you around school at all... are you new?"

This strange girl then began to blush. Not only was she immediately trying to flirt with me, but she was also blushing. If I were any other guy I would have fallen completely in love with her at first sight.... but a demon lord doesn't get swayed by women.

"My name is Kageru Hirako....no. My name is Xakvual Evilian."

"Xalvual Evilian...you mean the demon lord who was sealed away generations ago?"

For some reason I feel like this girl wouldn't care who I was. I could tell by her eyes that she was already completely in love.

I leaned closer to her.

"It's a secret!"

She started to blush a lot.

"O.....okay! My.....name's Sefina by the way."

Hmmmmm... a normal shy girl. She looked like she would be a very gullible person who would be easy to manipulate. It would be wise to keep her around.

Before I could respond the door opened and the teacher came back inside. He was closely followed by twenty or so guards.

"Hey you!"

Hm? Why is the teacher talking to me?

"You have been summoned to the throne room for a meeting with the king!"

"The king? Why would he want to see me? I don't think I've done anything he'd want to see me for-"

The guards ran at me and held my hands behind my back. They then pulled me towards the teacher.

We walked out into the hall, however instead of going back into the city like I had gone before we went into a sort of elevator.

"I never would have guessed you are who you actually are. I must confess, I feel uncomfortable being in the same elevator as you…"

Hmm, so I guess the king told them that I'm actually the Demon Lord. I could tell by the beads of sweat forming on the teacher and the guards' foreheads that they were absolutely terrified.

They were probably doing everything they could to not run out of the elevator crying.

After a long and torturous trip on the elevator we arrived in the throne room. It looked identical to how it looked the first time I was here, except now the king was sitting in his throne, fully awake.

"Leave!"

The king spoke to the teacher who had arrived with me. However he allowed the guards to stay. Probably another safety precaution.

"So, why did you want me?"

I looked at the king. His smug face told me that he was immeasurably arrogant and thought that he was leagues better than everybody else. This is very good since the people who are the most arrogant are usually the easiest to manipulate. I would have the king bowing at my feet in no time flat.

"I have told you to come for one simple reason. I have heard from sources that you destroyed all the training robots for the graduating class for soldiers in a split second. This is completely unheard of! As well as you being the reincarnation of the Demon Lord, you deserve nothing less than this: I hereby demote you to Class F, the class made of up losers and rubbish. Now begone from my sight."

Whaa....what!?!?!?!?!?! Class F? I have never been so insulted in my life! The class for losers is the last place The Demon Lord should be! I can't believe the insolence of this terrible king! I looked at the king angrily.

"How could you do this to me? By doing this you have shown me how truly terrible and awful you are!!"

The king looked at me with a cold glare then shrugged his shoulders.

"Guards, take him back to the school!"

The guards roughly dragged me out of the throne room and pushed me back through the doors of the elevator. I had come to this planet expecting to be at the very top, however now I was at rock bottom.