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Diablo was walking slowly through the Great Forest of Jura towards Demon Lords Frey’s domain. He had time to complete his mission given by his Lord Rimuru. The forest looked stunning at that time of the day. It was a beautiful afternoon today. The sun was shining especially bright through the dense pine and willow trees. While he was walking through the forest he couldn't help but notice the abundance of Lilies of the Valley which were full of Magicules. The trees and flowers created a beautiful landscape which Diablo couldn't help but admire.
Diablo’s mission from his Lord Rimuru was to go to Demon Lords Frey’s domain and personally invite her to the opening festival to honor the official opening of the Tempest Federation. To be fair, his mission was to personally go to each of the Demon Lords, but Demon Lord Frey was the last one on his list to invite, and he had a lot of time left to complete his mission, so he decided to take it slow and not teleport but walk through the Forest of Jura to see and admire all of his Lords Rimuru’s hard work creating this home for a lot of people.
It was truly beautiful.
There were no monsters near thanks to Lords Rimuru’s hard work and the warriors he and Hakuro trained. But suddenly, Diablo heard something moving in the bushes.
He slowly walked up to the thing. He was curious. What could have gone through Lord Rimuru’s wards? You see Diablo was currently walking in the section of the forest that belonged to the driads who asked Lord Rimuru to put anti-aggression wards on their part of the forest. Which was of no suprise considering his Lord Rimuru was the most skilled at magic and wards.
When he was close to the bushes he uncovered what the monster was that broke Lord Rimuru’s wards. Safe to say he was suprised.
It was a cat.
Well, it's no suprise that it’s a cat since they don't have the intention of killing or harming monsters or humans Diablo thought. What was suprising though was that it was a cat.
You see cats are extremely rare in their world because of the monsters that like to kill anything that moves. Cats were one of the easiest victims of monsters.
What would be suprising to a lot of people, Diablo the black priamodial, had soft spots for fluffy animals, especially cats.
So when he saw that kitten he unconsciously held a small smile on his lips. He took the cat in his arms.
It had a black coat with white and ginger spots, though the white spots looked a bit brown from the dirt the kitten had been walking in since birth.
Diablo didn't mind that though. He started petting the kitten.
The kitten started purring, not trying to get away from his arms, even trying to get closer to Diablos' chest, finding comfort in his worm.
Diablo got lost in his thoughts and petting the kitten, so when he finally realized what was happening, the sun was already setting.
He realizes he’ll have to leave the kitten and abandon his plans to travel through the Forest of Jura. And so he put the black cat down and teleported to Demon Lord’s Frey’s domain to personally invite her under the commands of his Lord Rimuru.