The biggest problem is having to wait for the next chapter.

@Pcm Oh definetly the beastfolk are still not entirely right in their actions. However as the demons begin encroaching upon them something tells me they'll begin to spot their own hypocrisy. Some of them will- I'd guess at Hans figuring it out. Eddie sort of remembering Collin is interesting, but I feel it's a tad strange how the grandmaster who also had a close relashionship with him doesn't even remember him. Personally, I think Eddie is just going to assume he was hallucinating due to some magical shenanigans and move on. Whatever dream he had may be pleasant compared to this awful new world, but he can't afford to mire himself in it. And since it never existed, why fret over it? The demons certainly aren't doing that. For the soul, I believe that ultimately the soul is immortal. Peoples deeds can change who they are, but those are choices people make. Though events that are major can influence this in how people react. The nature of the soul is a complicated thing. The way I was raised has death be an event that causes the soul to experience the ability to see things which were concealed. All things must perish, and eventually in the distant future, so too will the demons. In that moment, I suspect the enchantments on them will be undone, but by then it will be too late to do anything. They will only be burdened by their grief and guilt. The necromancer king is about to become a problem isn't he? Collin was in the dungeon and didn't see him- where did he go? Now thats yet another thing to worry about. Personally, I want Eddie to escape far away and heal. Something tells me a much worse fate awaits him however. But a part of me wants forlorn to try to seduce and fail. Because if Collin never existed, any connection between them does not either. I want him to be free. Let him be with his grief, but be himself. Better than than be killed in spirit and made something else. The demon overlord has ultimately made his victims mindless and puppets for his own wicked ambitions- he has gone so far as to rewrite reality and kill what was human of them in spirit. No matter how much pleasure can be found in his realm, it is ultimately at a horrifying cost. Maybe the ability to heal folk is one thing, but the madness that comes with it is cursed. No matter how much the happiness over the familial reunion is real, the real cost of how it came to be must be kept in mind, at least in my view. The scariest thing is that to some extent it never feels that bad looking in at first, but think a bit more and the demons reveal themselves to be a true horror. As for my scenario regarding forlorn in the north attempting to tempt Eddie, I see that as a somewhat happier ending. Eddie resists and remains himself, and ultimately forlorn either gives up or has to start asking himself some difficult questions about what is truly going on- if his human memories were essentially fake why does this human who is not his family seem to stir him up so emotionally? Who is he? What happened in the past? Why can't he remember? It would become that he can no longer have a desire of his realized, even despite his demonic nature. At this point, forlorn might wind up figuring out that in reality, the life he has memories of as a demon are the lie, but that's all he has been. He might not care too much, but at the same time, he might be jealous of human Collin and Eddie for what they had (imagine being jealous of yourself) and how despite being a demon, he cannot have that. Eddie continues to march to his own beat. This might end with a stalemate where forlorn can only pine over Eddie from afar, but can never have him- such is the price of his pleasure, while Eddie is liberated and free, able to work through his guilt and trauma in the north with loved ones, develop a platonic relashionship with Jason, and have adventures in the north. Eddie may never be who he was, but he will survive. And forlorn simply has to come to terms that he now has no place in that new life Eddie has made, and that it doesn't matter how much pleasure he gluts himself on with his family- Eddie will always remain out of reach. That isn't really a tragedy in my eyes. Eddie is able to heal, and a demon- even if just one with forlorn- is faced with some consequences, even indirectly. Essentially, Eddie enchanting himself to be unable to feel sexual desire or having a dulled ability to do so due to the trauma of witnessing the demon invasions pretty much works as intended, and his disconnect with forlorn due to Collin never existing in this new reality backfires upon forlorn. He has already made his namesake happen to Eddie, and now he can't get anything else. Unless forlorn is ready to look into the skeletons in the closet of the infernal realm and not be as he was, he can't get what he wants. And that would be interesting- to see a demon constantly feel off kilter and paranoid that something isn't right. The demons winning on the other hand I think is still rather terrible regardless- as you've mentioned, they are insidious- any victory they have won't be a good thing in the long run. With the demons, subjugation by power I believe is present. Amidst all the pleasure, the demon overlord essentially psychologically broke everyone and turned them into pawns subject to him. They might not look like they are like that amidst all the pleasure, but since the overlord embodies free hedonism and they are unable to ever be anything else now, they are paradoxically free if one takes a cursory glance upon them, but look deeper and one can tell that tbey are subjugated. Granted, some people in this subjugation have found happiness, but it still is subjugation

Happy ending “for now”. It sounds like something bad will happen to the demon family, and it may be happened to the now demonfied Collin. According to you, Forlorn remembers his time as Collin, but Eddie doesn't remember who Collin is, and think Collin as Forlorn, the demon prince. Which would likely cause a very depressing event to unfold. My way of thinking is that, Forlorn wants Eddie to joins him, bringing his family to corrupt him, but Eddie already being broken (not knowing who Collin is, the feeling of missing something important to him, and the fact that his friends are being rendered immobile by Forlorn, knowing that East is entirely screwed and he likely won't get far from East), so he killed himself before Forlorn could do anything about it, making Forlorn break down and his family attempted to confort him (I don't know if that's what will happen since he's now a demon). It's a very likely scenario to happen, for someone who crossed the despair event horizon like Eddie. It's just there won't be any demon stopping him. Or another scenario, where Eddie killed Forlorn in an attempt to save the East when he almost succumbed to Forlorn. He eventually remember Forlorn as Collin, crying and begging for him to respond, with the demon already dead. The family may be tempted to kill Eddie, but they will be in so much grief that they cried alongside Eddie. The demon overlord knew that Forlorn is his most important asset in conquest, but without him, he could only retreat with the remaining demons for another conquest. Forlorn tries to convert Eddie will not be successful, as Eddie don't remember who Collin is and would likely not be tempted to join with Forlorn. Maybe Forlorn could tell Eddie, but Eddie will still be clueless as to what he said, only having a very depressing feeling inside him. Eddie may give up and let the demon corrupt him, but I doubt it, if he really give up, he may just die rather than being turned into a demon, which is depressing to see. Of course, those are my speculation, everything is up to the author of this story, after all. It may be too dark, since either one of them may lose their life, but it's a very realistic way to happen. I would like to see if there's an what if story about these two scenarios, and how it will affect the ending of this story.

Nooo not memory lose , man I just want eddie and Collin to be together with all their memories

This is probably the worst thing you have done to Eddie, not only losing memory of his beloved, he will remember Collin as Forlorn, the demon prince. I know things only gone downhill from here, but give the couple a chance here, man... That said, Forlorn do look attractive as a demon.

@Pcm There are only two chapters left, a short one about the Grandmaster, and the king right? With how dark this is going, the only ways Eddie could have his happy ending is leaving the East, or get transformed by Forlorn. No matter what, Eddie already a broken man, and I could only for the best with Eddie in the end. Collin as Forlorn will remember everything, using that to his advantage to transform Eddie, will be truly terrifying and tragic.

I hope that Eddie and Colin can be together, even if only as demonic husbands of a sort. Especially since demons seem to still care about their mortal loved ones, so I imagine forlorn wishes to have Eddie by his side. I can imagine Eddie is probably going to struggle resisting joining him, while forlorn is trying to have Eddie join him and regain his lover . Maybe even the rest of the family joining in on making Eddie succumb, and Eddie transforming into a true demon as well. As their first corruption of existence

Firstly, let me congratulate you for making me so emotional over this chapter that I had to sit down and take a break. On the other hand, I really did hope Collin would make it, but....this is tragically more likely. Between the severe guilt, trauma and demonic shenanigans, he didn't stand a chance. The dissonance between the happiness of the demons , the familial air, and the terror the demons cause and are is done in such a way that it never feels dissonant. Collin is just so lost for most of this chapter after what he did, and it shows. He just wants the pain to end. No wonder he's called forlorn now. Seeing Collins family turned into full demons by the main fellow is basically the death knell. From what I can see, the demon went and basically re wrote reality to make them believe in what he invoked. Either that or they really were just a demonic breeding plan result. It's tragic either way. And the worst part is that Collin as forlorn does look beautiful. Handsome even. And yet...that's not him. He died screaming for Eddie. And that makes it all the more terrifying. Lys and Eleven are either dead or gone. Eddie is going to likely meet an awful fate. He cannot even remember Collin, and forlorn likely doesn't either. It's all over now. The beastfolk are about to have their wish of Collin and his family dead fulfilled in the worst way possible. The north is the only refuge left. You've written a story where everyone has been so complex and multifaceted, and the spots of hope you've shown made me hope as well. But I think that with how the demons are...this was inevitable. This is the story of the fall of the east.

Fun and hot little story! Thanks!

Please don’t keep us waiting bong bros need dong bros.