Lay Grandsley/Synopsis

Magic Sword Tournament Arc
Not long after enrolling in Anos's class, Lay quickly turned down an invitation to become a group leader and wanted to join Anos' team instead. Lay saw that he was the strongest student in the class, but because their status were different, Lay let his distaste of royalty show. But Anos refused, saying that if he wanted to join, he would need to show adequate strength. Anos then put Lay and Misa in the same group, telling them they can join if they do well against him in the upcoming battle exam.

To get ready for the Magic Sword Tournament, the class had a Great Demon Sword Training with two of the Seven Elder Demon Emperors, Gaios Anzem and Ydol Anzeo. But Lay and Anos easily beat their instructors.

The next day, the two teams met at the forest outside Delzogade for the battle exam. Lay invited Anos to a fight just the two them, and lent Misa his sword Initio so that the rest of their teams can fight each other. Although Anos was using a tree branch he picked up from the ground, Lay was barely able to keep up and the landscape was destroyed as they kept fighting. In the end, both Lay and Misa lost, but Anos acknowledged their strength and lets them join.

After the battle exam, Anos brought Lay and Misa to his house for dinner. Once everyone finished their meal, Lay took the opportunity to talk to Misa alone in the garden. Misa thanked for him for asking Anos to bring her along and commented how he doesn't really care about the royalists or unificationists, making him laugh. Lay then asked her about being a half-demon half-spirit, showing some familiarity with the topic, but Misa replied that she was okay.

The next day, their homeroom teacher informed Lay that he was chosen for the Magic Sword Tournament, alongside Anos. In preparation for the event, the academy closed down, so Lay went to the Lognorth Magic Clinic to visit his mom. While there, Lay stumbled upon Anos and Misha, and told them about his mom. Anos offered to make her healthy again, but Lay just thanked him for the offer. After Lay leaves, Misha told Anos that Lay seemed off.

At the day of the tournament, Lay easily defeated his first opponent and was introduced as a member of the Lognorth Magic Sword Association, a prominent royalist organization, thus alerting Anos and Misa that something wrong. The two waited for Lay at his waiting room, but Lay shrugged them off by saying that the Royalist offered him enough money for a lifetime and the title of Demon Lord. After Anos and Lay attacked each other, Anos was able to ascertain that there was a magical device inside of Lay that could kill him.

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Hero Academy Arc
After the school exchange with the Hero Academy, Lay put on motion his 2,000 year plan to start a war between the humans and the Demon King again. After realizing that humanity's hatred will never disappear until one side was completely destroyed, Lay took the role of the Demon King of Tyranny Avos Dilhevia and planned on letting them kill him to end the war once for all.