Doris? No, I am Calypso

"Mr. David, aside from the matter concerning the Ark of the Covenant, there is something else I'd like to ask you." On the way back to the Golden Hind, Fujimaru Ritsuka spoke to David.

"Please, go ahead, beautiful lady. I shall certainly tell you all I know." David carried the Ark of the Covenant in one hand, his smile faintly tinged with holiness.

Yet his frivolous manner of speaking still exposed his true nature.

"We once encountered something in the Rome Singularity." Fujimaru Ritsuka turned to look David in the eye. "It was called a Demon God."

"A Demon God?" David cocked his head.

"Solomon's Demon Gods—or perhaps Demon God Pillars would be more accurate." Flauros picked up where Fujimaru Ritsuka left off. "That Demon God Pillar called itself 'Flauros, the Sixty-Fourth of Solomon's Seventy-Two Demon Gods.' You are King Solomon's father, aren't you? So Ritsuka probably wants to ask whether you know anything about the Demon Gods."

David's dignified smile remained as he shook his head. "I would very much like to help you, but I'm sorry. I generally paid little attention to my children, so I never learned much about Solomon. Naturally, I know nothing about the Demon Gods under his command."

"Mr. David, are you the type to let your children grow up freely?" Mash asked curiously.

"Well, that was part of the reason." David thought for a moment before answering with a smile. "But ultimately, it was because Solomon showed such heartlessness and poor character from a young age that I considered him nothing but a cold-blooded waste. If not for that, I believe I would have given him love as well."

"Huh? I-I see..." Mash nodded blankly.

Roman, seated in the central chair of Chaldea's control room, moved his lips slightly as the disappointment in