The 0th Corps Commander Became Trash! [ TCF x INTKOT ]

Previously...

"Oh..."

Deon said nothing more and looked down, his fingers fiddling with his now longer hair.

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"Ahem, thankfully you weren't harmed after being, lit. On. Fire. Right?"

"..Yeah..."

Deon guiltily looked away from Ben's reprimanding and invasive gaze. A sense of familiarity arose within his body from the amount of worrisome feelings emanating from Ben.

"Sir Arut! You were amazing, I never knew ancient powers could be as powerful as magic!"

"And you overdid it with your powers how else would someone faint for a whole day? So please be careful from now on."

"I got it..."

Wasn't it better to get the job over with? He completed it with max efficiency; even if he bled a little, there were no casualties.

"That's right! We, the Zeroth Corps exist solely for you, Sir Arut! Please believe in us!"

"..I will...?"

Of course, the Zeroth Corps existed because of him, he was the reason why it formed in the first place.. Was he missing something? How come he felt that Ed didn't mean it that way?

"Sir Arut!"

There it was. The other commanders were finally here to argue with each other in front of him.

"..We heard you're awake! But... something seems to have changed."

Idelia stared at Deon's longer hair. She knew that the Zeroth Corps Commander was handsome, but she never imagined that with longer hair, he'd look more beautiful than handsome, as well as saintly... He was almost like.. A Demonic Saint, alluring, yet deadly.

If Deon had known what Idelia was thinking about, he would have lost his temper for the nth time already.

"Ah, don't mind it. I might cut it soon."

"But I think longer hair suits you Sir Arut."

"...I also agree with Idelia!"

Deon turned to Aslid, it was a rare moment to see such people in agreement; these were the corps commanders after all, half of the time spent together was them fighting.

"What are you even doing here? Do you want me to play with you or something?"

Deon stared at Idelia with an incredulous look. See? Not even a minute in and they've already begun fighting!

"Stop joking around, I'm obviously here to pay my respects to the Zeroth Corps Commander!"

'That's definitely not what you want to do..'

Both Idelia and Deon looked at Aslid with a skeptical look, it was obvious what he came here for.

"You guys are all the same."

'Why the hell are you even here?!'

Deon watched as Jaykar barged into the room, his face slowly darkening. Currently, he felt miserable with all of the people in here.

"Ahem... if you're going to visit him just greet him quietly, and then leave. Sir Arut seems to be quite angry."

Jaykar turned his head away from Deon who was death glaring at him. There was a feeling that The Zeroth Corps Commander was angry at them.

"Huk-"

Both Edellia and Aslid turned away at the sight of an angry Arut that was glaring at them in a menacing way. That gaze seemed to have said—you're annoying me get out before I kill you.