DEMON'S VIRTUE

Eiro looked at the status in front of him, thinking about how he should best assign the stat points that he got yesterday. The best idea would most likely be to get as many of his stats to directly upgrade by pushing them over the next hundred. Considering that he had 450 stat points to assign, it seemed like he would be able to do this for plenty of them.

He pushed some into strength, others into intelligence and wisdom, and any of the other stats that seemed relatively close to reaching the next upgrade. And as he did, one after another, messages appeared in front of him.

[Intelligence stat reached 400 points. Ability <Quick Thought Processing> was upgraded to <Hyper Thought Processing>]

[Strength stat reached 200 points. Ability <Gladiator's Strength> was upgraded to <Warrior's Strength>]

[Dexterity stat reached 200 points. Ability <Skilled Hands> was upgraded to <Capable Hands>]

[Willpower stat reached 200 points. Ability <Iron Will> was upgraded to <Steel Will>]

[Constitution stat reached 200 points. Ability <Vigorous Body> was upgraded to <Energetic Body>]

[Wisdom stat reached 400 points. Ability <Quick Learning> was upgraded to <Rapid Learning>]

Eiro sat in front of the notifications, enjoying their light glow. The Demon couldn't help himself but grin at all the upgrades, and slowly turned his head toward his current status again.

[Name – Eiro (Jura Daemonherz)][Race – Elemental Imp][Level – 85]

[Health – 181.485][Mana – 406.125]

[Strength - 206][Constitution - 201][Resistance - 162]

[Agility - 262][Evasion - 167][Dexterity - 208]

[Intelligence - 401][Wisdom - 400]

[Perception - 276][Willpower - 201][Charisma - 106]

[0 Stat Points Available]

"Seems rather impressive, I would say... I even breached 400 Thousand mana." The Demon muttered to himself, and Nelli appeared beside the Demon, "The fact that this is supposed to be little for the point you're at right now is utterly insane to me." She pointed out, and Eiro looked at her with a smile, "That just means that after my next evolution, I'll definitely be ready to become a royal. And that, of course, there will be nobody that can actually stop be from winning the hero tournament."

"I don't think the latter part was up for debate anyway. You're already officially the second most powerful person in the personal-power-obsessed organization of this country." Nelli pointed out, and Eiro shrugged, "So? Not everyone is in that organization, so there might have been people that could overtake me if I wasn't so close to my evolution now. There are plenty of other powerful beings... Like that damn crow from not too long ago."

"Are you still bitter about that?" Nelli asked, and the Demon looked at her as if it was obvious, "Of course I am! It wasn't even a proper fight. It was completely one-sided..."

"It's been a while since you experienced something like that, huh?"

"Mhm, exactly. And I don't want it to happen ever again." Eiro pointed out, as he pushed himself off the ground, "Anyway, for now, I think I should loosen my body up a bit. See how much my new stats changed my movements."

The Demon made his way to the center of the training area, and did some of the more basic things that he would use to test his limits. Eiro pulled in his legs and the very moment that his body dropped down as low as it could, he stretched his legs back out with as much force as his body could muster without life force manipulation.

A small cloud of dust formed below him as Eiro rose high into the air, impossibly high. He could actually see the rooftop of the manor, and that just from jumping. It definitely was a good bit higher than usual.

And now that he was here in the air, Eiro pulled in as much air using magic as possible to test the increase in his manipulation of mana through his higher intelligence stat. Once more, there was definitely a difference that Eiro could notice, a notable one at that.

The flow of Eiro's mana itself had become naturally smoother, both through his increase in intelligence and wisdom. He took a deep breath and used the air he just gathered for a smooth descent. Eiro soon was back, standing on the ground with his two feet.

"Seems like that worked pretty well." Eiro said with a grin on his face. His stat distribution this time worked out pretty well, he didn't feel awkward from the sudden increase of his capabilities like that. Eiro probably just got used to what it felt like for his stats to increase in this manner, since it did happen quite often, especially lately. And then, now that this was taken care of, he looked at his party members again.

"Now. Want to practice a bit with me again?"

---

It was a few days later. It was time for the official ceremony. Armodeus had fully repaired the armor that Eiro was now wearing, and Bavet was well-fed and in a good mood, so he was able to perfectly transform Eiro's wings into something like a decorative cape.

All of Eiro's children were given nice clothes. Sammy, Clementine, and even Avalin, who received some extra special objects to suppress her holy energy, were given dresses sewn specifically for them. And Arc, Rudy, Leon, and even Felix were given suits that were sewn for them as well. All of them were looking pretty good. Even Armodeus dressed up for the occasion.

And since over the past few days, all of them got to a point where they could move around somewhat normally again, due to Eiro's help, his full party was here as well. For once, Ariella and Hannah came out as well. That meant that everyone that Eiro cared for to some extent was here to witness this.

And Eiro stood at the front of the crowd, here in Solomon's throne room. The King slowly stood up from his throne and approached Eiro, pressing his scepter down on the ground in front of him.

"We have gathered here today, to celebrate the achievements of this one man! He, who single-handedly slaid a beast amongst beast! The royal monster 'The World'!" Solomon exclaimed loudly, and the crowd started to cheer and clap loudly. For a while after this, Solomon continued to say some random things, at least it seemed that way to Eiro. They were the regular things that one was supposed to say in such a ceremony, he was sure, but Eiro simply didn't care for it in the slightest. And then, they finally reached the end.

"Hereby, I, Solomon Sigurd Skyhart, name this most special of warriors Baron Eiro Jura Daemonherz!" Solomon exclaimed, and a notification appeared in front of Eiro's eyes.

[Do you wish to receive the name Eiro Jura Daemonherz?]

Of course, Eiro accepted. Immediately, the Demon's name fully changed in his status, and as this happened, his children had messages appear in front of their eyes as well.

[The one you acknowledged as your parents has received a new name. Do you want to change your name in accordance?]

That was something that Eiro did not expect. The system itself acknowledged the relationship between Eiro and his children. All of them immediately muttered 'yes' upon reading the notification. Clementine and Rudy both started to tear up, since it now seemed more official that they were Eiro's children to them as well. Arc and Sammy looked at each other with warm smiles, while Avalin and Leon were simply grinning because they were surprised because of the sudden appearance of that notification.

And just in this moment, while the audience began to clap and cheer for the birth of a new baron, the banners with this family's coat of arms dropped. It was the same coat of arms that Felix drew the other day, simply a bit more refined. A Demon's head with antlers, the patterns of Eiro's symbol running through him, ending in a colorful array to represent the different magic he had mastered. And behind him, the horizon of this world. Wings and a demon's tail stretched out from the side of the shield-shaped symbol.

Eiro pressed his hand onto his chest, and manipulated the chaos around his armor to create this exact banner on its surface as well. And around that time, another notification appeared in front of the Demon's eyes.

[You have been named a Baron of the Skyhart Kingdom]

[Future Evolutions may be influenced]

"Hm?" He muttered surprised. A noble title given to him by people influences his evolutions as a monster? If only he had known about this a bit earlier...

Eiro got rid of the notification, and enjoyed the applause and cheers a bit more. It did feel pretty good to hear that kind of thing. It didn't take long for the ceremony to finish up, and they went straight from this ceremony, to a huge party held here at the castle. One more event at which Eiro had to socialize, and one where the children had to socialize for the first time in a long while. Outside of school, of course.

But the only ones that Eiro didn't let out of his sight, or even his arms, were Avalin and Leon. Avalin because he was able to safely keep her holy energy in check if he was this close to her, and Leon because otherwise, the young boy would end up in a place where he shouldn't be, just to then nap. That was a bit too risky for Eiro, although he doubted that anyone was too stupid to attempt anything with Eiro's children, but he never knew.

The others could take care of themselves, so Eiro just let them wander around. The only issue was that, now that Eiro was an official noble with the possibility of rising through the ranks of nobility in the coming years, there was one issue that Eiro didn't account for.

The fact that he was unmarried brought plenty of nobles with him that were 'jokingly' suggesting a marriage between him and their children, or Eiro's children and their children.. He did not expect something like that would happen.