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Chapter 7 - Playing With Clara

-Courtyard-

Currently, Iruma and friends are in the school courtyard with Clara.

"How did it come to this..." And they were drained of social energy by Clara as Iruma held her leash.

"She got attached and dragged us all the way to the courtyard..." Asmodeus explained.

"Iruma-chi, Azu Azu, Pan Pan!" Clara called to the group, "What should we play?"

She proceeded to pull a bunch of -clearly dangerous- nick knacks and do dads that clearly couldn't have fit in her pockets.

"There's lots! We have spike-spike ball! A chomp chomp picture book! A blood stained family murder set!" She then pulled out hang signs.

"Lets play murder house!" She set up a blanket.

"Iruma-sama, lets flee-" Asmodeus tried to say before-

"Iruma, you be the dog!" Clara dragged him down.

"Woof." And he immediately complied.

"Pandora-" Asmodeus tried once more.

"Pan Pan, you be the sadistic maid!" Clara pointed to her and she immediately swapped her outfit with a maid one.

"How!?" Asmodeus questioned how the swap happened before Clara handed him a sign.

"You'll be the widow next door who' cheating with my husband!"

"How dare you make us lose our dignity-!" He started complaining.

"Let's play Az-kun!" Iruma smiled and it convinced him.

"Just divorce him you old woman!" Asmodius got into character.

"DORYAA!"

*CRASH*

Clara swung a giant axe at him.

"WHA- WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU MADWOMAN!" Asmodeus scrambled back.

"We're fighting now, fighting!" Clara laughed, "Iruma, come help!"

"What do you want the dog to do!?" He questioned.

"Pandora! Help me!" Asmodeus yelled as he was being chased.

Pandora gave a smile, but her eyes weren't, "Don't worry I'll clean your remains."

"HAHAHA!" Clara laughed as the games continued, including chasing with chomp-chomp picture book, boiling Asmodes, riding Pandora, and this lasted for two hours when they were exhausted.

"Huff, huff... no more..." Iruma panted when he noticed Pandora sitting calmly, "How are you not tired Pandora?"

"I don't get tired with my body." She sipped some tea that Clara gave her.

"Here, have some juice, I have candy too!" Clara gave the boys a drink.

"Thank you..." Iruma thanked her, but Asmodeus was too tired to speak, "Is that..." He pointed to her pockets.

"This?" She pulled a snake and pitchfork from her pockets, "This is my bloodline magic! I can pull out anything I've seen before!"

"Woah, that's ama-" Iruma started to say before Clara got distracted by people coming up from behind.

"If it isn't Clarin!" One waved, "Did you find new owners."

"Yep!" She answered as she got a head pat.

"Well whatever, can ya gimme some juice?" He asked like a good friend despite the lack of such a concept in Hell.

"Sure!" She handed over a bottle and they immediately walked off.

"Bye then." He waved.

"Bye bye!" And Clara waved back.

"... that was-" Iruma looked concerned so Clara explained.

"You see," Clara smiled brightly, "If I give something to people like that, they'll play with me sometimes!"

Iruma blinked in surprise and Pandora caught on to the situation, "That's..."

"But still!" Clara interrupted him again, "You're the first demons to actually give your alls to playing with me!"

"That's why... um-" She looked a little embarrassed, "Will you play with me again?"

"Of course!" Iruma happily agreed.

"Gladly." Pandora did as well.

"Idiocy is contagious." Asmodeus grumbled in pain.

"You've recovered already Azu Azu!? Lets play!" Clara was re-energized once more.

"Lets stop here for today." Iruma shook his head as he sweated heavily.

Clara took the hint and continued playing around with a bunch of stuff and showing the group until she eventually wandered off.

Iruma took the time away from her to sit on a bench and think.

However while that was happening, Asmodeus and Pandora were doing a little plotting.

"Hey Asmodeus, Clara is definitely going to become one of Iruma's friends, you know that right." She asked.

"Unfortunately so, what are you getting at?" He sighed.

"How 'bout we deal with those manipulators by-" He dragged him close, *pst pst*

After whispering a plan into his ear, he nodded.

"I'll do it." I had a smile to say the least.

...

Time passed quickly, and Iruma was looking at the drink Clara gave him.

"BAAMM!" Until Clara dive-bombed him, sending him into a bush.

"HA HA HA HA! Direct hit!" Clara laughed.

"Cla-" Iruma was, once more, cut off by Clara as she took a bunch of stuff from her pockets.

"You see, these are my favorite snacks! There's juice, books and stuffed animals too!" She pushed the stuff to Iruma, "They're all yours! I'll bring anything Iruma-chi wants!"

"That's why... why won't you play with me, agai-"

"I don't want them." Iruma flatly rejected.

A blank expression appeared on her face.

"Ah, do you not like these snacks? Then-"

"Th-that's not it!" He waved his hands in rejection, "Sorry Clara. I-"

"W-" Iruma got cut off by- "WAAAAAAAAAAA~!" Clara's tears.

"Hey Clara-!" It was Pandoras turn to cut off Irmua.

"It's cuz we want to play without you paying us to do so." She pat Clara's head from behind her.

*sniffle* "Really?" She asked tearfully and Iruma approached her and pulled her up.

"Yes! We don't need compensation to want to play with you!" Iruma smiled, "Because playing with you is fun!"

"Re-really!?" Her hopes were in the clouds.

"Yes, really!" Iruma nodded, "My parents taught me to take what I was given, but..." He took a deep breath, "But even so, you shouldn't have to give presents to people for playing with you."

"You overdo it sometimes, but since I've never played with anyone before, I think overdoing it a bit is fine." He lifted her from the floor, "So, will you play with us again?" He asked as he held her hands.

*sniffle* "YEEES~!" She yelled out as more tears flowed, for a different reason this time before turning to excitement.

"This is the first time I've been asked to play! What should we do!?" As she said this, some of the manipulators came by, so Pandora quickly came up with something.

"How about we play a little rough with the people who you gave presents to~" She winked to Iruma, but Clara took it literally, "And hear comes some, go play Clara~"

"Clarin, long time no see!" The leading one said, "Gimme some juice will ya?"

Clara stood with joy, "Lets play!" She ran to them.

"Maybe lat-" *SMASH*

He was interrupted by a large vending machine being slammed into his face, courtesy of Clara.

"YO-CHAN!" The lackeys yelled in unison.

"You can have as much as you want if you put coins in that!" Clara said as a finishing line, "Bye bye!"

"Haha, you really overdo it..." Iruma laughed.

"She sure does..." Pandora nodded.

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