With that small spark of hope shining faintly in his eyes, the young demon prince retreated alongside his imposing half-siblings.
He would probably continue to be treated with the same contempt in his homeland, but considering all the trouble the Ignis nation had gone to in order to reclaim him, Ryan knew with absolute certainty that they wouldn't kill him.
Even so, his life as a defective bastard in the court of a Demon King would not be easy at all. With his departure from Kowarre, another of Ryan's pending strategic tasks had been successfully completed.
Two days after concluding that tense meeting, Ryan woke up before dawn, as was his usual custom.
Slipping stealthily out of bed, he left behind the naked, exhausted bodies of Helen, Mirian, and Irina tangled in the silk sheets. Although both Chloe and Alicia had also shared his bed the previous night in a rather wild session, neither of them had stayed to sleep until morning.
