Midnight

**Midnight** (魔王ウシミツ *Maō Ushimitsu*) is the father of the current Demon King Twilight, and a great leader of demon kind until a decade ago. He is currently retired and recovering from the fatigue induced by his long reign.

## Personality

Midnight comes across as extremely intimidating, partially due to his size, with most of the elders preferring not to engage with him unless absolutely necessary. He, much like most other demons, is prone to misunderstandings, such as him thinking Syalis was Twilight's bride instead of a hostage. While he can be strict when he sees Twilight or another demon doing wrong, he ultimately trusts his son as the new Demon King.

After visiting the Demon Castle for the first time and seeing all the demons so lighthearted during work, he stated that Twilight is capable of doing what he was not, and if anyone is capable of initiating peace between humans and demons, it's him. Despite Twilight's worries, he reassures him that he is a good king, though Twilight still wishes he could be a little more dignified.

After shrinking, he pretends to be a child in order to investigate who stole all his mana. He often gets distracted, and unknowingly acts like a child, such as playing with Syalis and Sand Dragon. He has an extremely hard time showing happiness, with Twilight thinking he was extremely mad when he was happy. After becoming a child, he's started smiling more and showing blatant happiness.

## Appearance

As a result of his over abundance of mana, Midnight stands about twice as tall as the forest surrounding the Demon Castle, and about half as tall as the Castle itself. When his full size, he is able to hold Twilight in one hand. Midnight has the same tanned skin as his son, and the same black horns. He was spiked green hair pushed away from his face that fades into red. He has slightly pointed ears and sharp eyes that give him an intimidating appearance. He has sharp black nails, similar to many other humanoid demons.

In his adult form, he wears a black robe with orange trim over another white robe. His robes are pulled back to expose his chest, which is covered with bandages, and are fastened with a black and orange clasp. He has a tattered, white shawl-like covering that he wears around his shoulders, and is fastened by a red patterned scarf with a three-eyed skull. He wears a white sash where he keeps a staff that he keeps with him. His boots are black with a white spiked pattern which is inspired by the kanji for 'big'. He has a gold bracelet on each wrist.

As his child, his outfit doesn't change very much. He wears a black kimono-type robe with orange that is covers his hands and is tied up with a white sash because it's too big for him. His chest is still exposed, and he still wears bandages around his torso. He continues to keep his fan in his sash, behind him now instead of on his hip because it's too big for him now. He wears the same white and red scarf shawl duo, with the skull being in the same place. His boots are now white with the same pattern, but in orange. He still has his gold bracelets.

After getting his mana drained, Midnight shrinks in size drastically, until he is about a head shorter than Twilight.

## Overview

The demons and divinity species were on the verge of extinction 400 years ago. Midnight saved them by creating a home for them underground.

In those days, the Demon Castle was located beneath the surface, but when Twilight succeeded him king, he raised the castle above ground (That’s the current Old Demon Castle).

## Trivia

* Dignity: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
* Imposingness: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
* Problem of a few hundred years ago: "My days are filled with nothing but battles."
* Problem of a few decades ago: "He looks just like me, so why is he so darn cute?!"
* He thinks it's a bit odd that Syalis runs around free, but trusts Twilight so he allows it.
* Midnight was OK with Syalis originally because his dog, Cookie, gets along with her.
* After Syalis, Cursed Musician and Alazif went back in time, they needed an excess amount of mana in order to return, which is what drained Midnight's mana.
* He has abysmal cooking skills, with everyone who has tried his cooking developing PTSD.
* His usual order at the cafeteria is stir fry over rice, spicy tofu over rice, or fried rice.
* When asked, "What part of your appearance do you care about the most and/or how do you maintain it?", he answered "Handsome horns".
* When asked, "What’s the best thing that happened to you recently?", he answered, "Everything feels fresh and new these days"
* He feels unmoved by horror movies.
* He used to keep his horns like Twilight does, but they're filled with immense magical power, so most of them have been recycled into foundations of buildings.
* If the Human World Santa Claus came to the Demon World, he would ask for a home office setup.