The Daily Life of the Demon King

Chapter 91 - 91: Gloria Meets the Goddesses and the Strange Robot

A few days had passed since Alex and Rebecca had left Valeri in Mama Welles' care. During that time, Alex had been swamped with work. One of the significant events was that he finally found some free time to upgrade the katana that Sawada had gifted him as thanks for helping resolve a conflict.

In addition, Alex grew closer to both Rebecca and Lucy. Whenever he had a job to do with Lucy, he often invited Rebecca to join them. However, Rebecca, being a true "gremlin" in the body of a cute girl, sometimes provoked clients, and Alex either had to resolve the conflict peacefully or, if words failed, resort to more active methods.

Alex also made sure to take Valeri with him to work from time to time, so she could get acquainted with his job, just in case she decided to pursue a similar line of work in the future.

During one of his meetings, Alex asked Lucy if she could get him an empty AI with self-learning capabilities. She got curious as to why he needed it, and Alex shared his plan — to create a defense drone for Gloria.

Hearing this, Lucy happily agreed to help, and soon she acquired the AI he needed. Before he knew it, Alex found himself at her apartment, where they spent the evening working on the AI for the GIR project. Of course, nothing inappropriate happened that night — it was just a pleasant evening of project work.

Rebecca also contributed: one day, she showed up at his apartment door with a bag full of various weapons she wanted to integrate into the small robot.

Alex barely had time to catch his breath: delivery jobs, gathering information about the cyber implants that interested him, and studying how Sandevistan helped speed up movements and thought processes.

He found out that the substance injected into the spine during system activation resembled adrenaline but was more potent and aggressive, which could lead to brain damage if used too often.

One evening, Alex grew even closer to Gloria. It all happened rather spontaneously — they were watching a show together, and Gloria fell asleep on him. Now, their relationship had become something more than just friendship, though it hadn't reached the level of a romantic one yet.

One day, Gloria was woken up by a phone call. She had fallen asleep on Alex again, as she had the day off, and instinctively reached for the phone that was disturbing her sleep.

"Alex, it's your phone, turn it off," she mumbled, giving him a slight nudge.

Alex, now awake, reluctantly opened his eyes. He didn't want to get up — the last few days had been so hectic that he had barely slept. He'd either been fulfilling orders, conducting re

He already regretted ever giving this robot internet access. Instead of self-learning, Gir spent all his time watching funny videos and other pop culture nonsense on social media.

Gloria, used to Gir's antics, simply sighed wearily upon seeing his latest improvisation and glanced at Alex, whose expression was completely blank. She had said from the start that giving him internet access was a bad idea, and now this strange dancing "dog" was proof of that.

"Okay, Gir, get in the backpack," Alex said, stopping the robot mid-dance.

"No!" Gir declared firmly, shaking his head and crossing his arms in refusal.

Alex sighed again, briefly considering dismantling the robot but decided he was more useful when fully assembled. Besides, Gir was a walking arsenal, packed with weapons. He needed to approach the situation more cleverly.

"Don't you want to surprise your moms?" Alex asked with a squint.

GIr paused, tapping his fingers to his temples as if seriously considering Alex's suggestion.

"Alright!" the robot nodded and jumped into the backpack.

Alex sighed in relief and zipped it up. Yes, Gir was exactly as he had been created, and in many ways, Alex was to blame. He slung the backpack over his shoulder and turned to Gloria.

"Well, I guess I should get going," Alex said with a tired smile. The day had just begun, yet he already felt exhausted.

Gloria stepped up to him, standing directly in front of him, and something stirred inside her when he introduced her to his family. She took Alex's hands and gently kissed him on the cheek.

"Be careful. And please don't leave Gir alone. Who knows what he might get up to," she warned.

"Yeah, I know. What scares me most is that he'll pick up Rebecca's personality and get even crazier," Alex replied with a light sigh.

Gloria understood what Alex meant. He often told her how his workdays ended up when Rebecca was involved, and how she would lash out at some poor soul who dared to provoke her.

Alex looked at the goddesses, who were smiling at him at that moment. He said goodbye and was about to leave when he suddenly turned sharply, as if remembering something important.

"And Loki, don't even think about causing trouble for Gloria. If anything happens, I'll find a way to fix Yamato quickly and come back to spank you," he threatened.

Loki nodded immediately, realizing that joking with Alex was dangerous. She vividly remembered the time she hadn't taken his words seriously and ended up unable to sit for several days. She definitely didn't want to go through that again.

Seeing her frightened reaction, Alex waved goodbye and headed for the exit.

"Alex, wait! What about your phone?" Gloria called out, pointing to the phone displaying the images of the goddesses.

"It's fine. I've got my communicator, so I can reach out if needed," Alex said, giving a thumbs-up, indicating that everything was under control.

He knew he was running late and quickly walked to the elevator to head down to the parking garage. Once on his motorcycle, Alex lit a cigarette and exhaled heavily.

He started the engine and rode out of the garage, heading to meet the group with Main. He was about to find out what the job was and check Gear's firepower in action.

To be continued...