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The next day she finally noticed her target going to school while holding a teenager's hand.
The teenager in question was a good human specimen, his physique was of someone who takes good care of himself.; with short black hair and quite developed muscles. But there was something else around him which was interesting… it's an aura of self-confidence in...something...
Grayfia can assume that it's Serafall who combed his hair into a more modern fashion making it slightly spiking up. From the looks of it, the Satan was telling him how much better he looked now…
'She is definitely in love with this human. And I can sense a considerable amount of magic coming from him. Now, how did he make the Leviathan herself fall in love with him?' The silver-haired devil thought curiously to herself. She was in truth fascinated by this discovery. The Queen of Lucifer is very much curious about this unprecedented event.
Countless pureblood devils wanted to court Serafall, but none of them even came close to seeing her real face…
Yet, this teenager from a small town in a Church controlled territory no less! Managed to make Serafall Leviathan pretend to be a schoolgirl just so that she could attend school with him!
By this point, the silver-haired devil lady was more interested in this juicy story than learning the method of doing paperwork fast!
So, she waited for the time Serafall and her human boyfriend were done with school. And then decided to track them down to the human's house.
Thankfully it was not as boring as she thought watching them over the distance would be, as she saw that they spend quite a bit of time outside enjoying each other's company.
To say that Grayfia was impressed by the Leviathan was an understatement as the devil lady spent the majority of her time on his lap.
From kissing to cuddling to feeding him food.
If not for the fact that the Queen of Lucifer personally knew how dangerous Serafall is on the battlefield or with her ice magic then the one she was looking at could easily pass as a normal teenage human girl in love.
Eventually, her wait was over and she tracked them down to the house of the teenager…
Once she was in front of the two-floor regular looking house she decided to ring the doorbell…
Only that, the moment she stepped into the territory of his house did she feel her magic stop listening to her!
Her eyes went wide as she quickly looked around.
Cold sweat started rolling down her forehead.
'What is this!?'
"I am sorry Grayfia… you should have not have tried to track me down…"
A familiar voice of Serafall appeared behind her.
"Serafall...what is the…" Before she could say anything more, she lost consciousness…
~~~~~~Marcus~~~~~~
"I wasn't expecting for Sirzechs to send his Queen after me like that," Sera said to me as she was looking down at the form of the silver-haired devil.
Not going to lie, the silver-haired devil lady has the same type of body Venelana does.
What is with these female devils and their absurd bodies?
"So she is the Strongest Queen and the rival to your title?" I asked curiously as I looked at her. The amount of magic she was emitting is off the charts. Thankfully we were inside my workshop otherwise someone would have picked it up.
"Was rival to my title. But I won and she decided to stick with being Sirzechs Queen and his maid."
"Maid? As in a real maid? And not his wife or something?" I asked her. This is where it was truly getting weird as I remember she was supposed to be Sirzechs wife. Well, I can't truly recall all the stuff I watched nearly 40 years ago.
"No. She is not. The council didn't want the current Lucifer to marry a servant of the previous. Instead, they allowed him to have her as his Queen for the legitimacy of his title. As no Lucifer should be without a Lucifuge to serve him." Serafall explained to me, slightly annoyed and distressed.
"This council has quite a bit of say in the affairs of Satans…" I said with a frown. This reminds me of a constitutional Monarchy of some sort with politicians bitching constantly at their King.
"They are ruled by Zekram Bael, the first generation Devil and Great King. One could say he is the one who is truly running the underworld. The man is old and very knowledgeable on pretty much anything. And no one wants to end on his bad side. Sirzechs included." Serafall said with a serious tone.
"I see, so he is like the old man who has a lot of connections."
"Precisely. Now, what are you going to do with her? Ars Goetia doesn't really have any power outside of the Pillars…" The black-haired devil asked with a slightly nervous tone.
"Indeed. Ars Goetia doesn't work so I am going to make one for the extra houses." I said with a shrug.
"...that's… I guess my concern was not needed here." She sighed in relief before turning back to look at Grayfia.
"Just make sure she does leave the workshop," I said seriously, before going over to my PC.
Going over the list of countermeasures I had, I selected the 'case a high ranking devil arrived' option. Once I'd selected that, there were several other countermeasures I had cooked up.
Since she is Lucifer's queen, I have a good chance of having the perfect spy at the very top.
So, I selected a new form of 'Ars Goetia' . Since she is from Lucifer's servant house, the binding is even stronger as Ars Goetia was originally made to bind 'Lucifer's pillars' ; a branch system can easily be done.
All I needed was to alter a few lines in the chant and change some runes in the circle. It was done in less than 5 minutes. After that, I took my seat.
"Done. Take her to the summoning room." I said to Serafall, as I got back on my feet.
"Already? How easy is it to bind devils for you!?" She asked with a fearful and shell shocked look.
"Sera, the hardest part was to invent Ars Goetia. Once reinvented I could run in circles with this binding. If applied properly I could even enslave gods." I said with an eye roll. Making her even more ghostly white.
"You are a scary one…"
"Then it's a good thing that you are on my side," I said with a smile to which she automatically nodded.
"Good now bring her to the room. Let's get this over with. I still need to return to drawing the design for my guns."
"Guns?"
"Yeah, it's going to be a pair! I can't wait!"
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When Grayfia opened her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar ceiling. One thing for sure was that she was laying on some sort of couch and the sound of multiple fans reminded her of the computers in Ajuka's lab.
Was she moved to some sort of lab!?
She tried to move but was then assaulted by head pain.
"You're finally up! I hope I didn't hit you too hard!" That moment she heard the familiar voice of Serafall. Grayfia quickly moved through the pain and looked around.
Finding the black-haired Satan Leviathan sitting not far from her on another couch.
"You! You knocked me out! What is the meaning of this!?" Grayfia's red eyes nearly glowed as she snapped at the fellow devil.
"Because you can't tell anyone what you find here. There is a reason why I am hiding my movement." Serafall said with a sigh.
"Who possibly requires such secrecy!? Even from Lucifer himself!?" The silver-haired maid was not buying this at all!
"Because my allegiance, just like yours, has changed." The black-haired devil said sharply.
"What!? What are you talking about!?"
"Just check yourself out and tell me what you feel?" The current Leviathan simply said to her.
Grayfia quickly inspected herself… and she felt something… has happened to her very being! It's like… she was rearranged at a spiritual level!
"What...is this!?"
"Ars Goetia."
"..."
"...impossible! Solomon is dead! His heirs are dead, his magic is lost to time!" The silver-haired devil lady screamed while shaking her head. She was in denial but she can tell that it truly was what had happened to her!
How did a simple, even absurd mission end with her in the hands of the Devil race boogeyman?
"Well. He is indeed dead without any heirs, but his magic is very much alive." Then suddenly she heard a male voice from behind.
That moment the Queen of Lucifer simply knew it was her Master. It was a gut feeling, a strong gut feeling. This quite terrified her as her instincts were telling- no, screaming at her to serve him.
"Y-You are the successor to that man's magic?" Grayfia turned around and looked at him. Now she was not seeing him as just a mere human. Nope! that evaporated the moment she understood that he inherited that man's diabolical magic.
"Not just succeeded in his magic, but improved it considerably. To the point where I can enslave extra house members like you." He said that with a simple shrug.
"...I see…"
"Indeed. You will be working for me now as well. But, don't worry though. Serafall does more than an admirable job at keeping me company. So you can return to your usual duties of being Lucifer's Queen." He said plainly to her.
"I see… you want me to spy on my King?" She asked with a dull look. She looked like she wanted to kill herself.
"I have no interest in regular things. I am an inventor. I would prefer if you were Ajuka's Queen but beggars can't be choosers. So I will stick with Lucifer's Queen instead." He explained simply and shrugged at her again.
Showing that he truly doesn't care.
"That's the best part, Grayfia. He is better at inventing than Ajuka!" Serafall found the perfect moment to brag about her man in this situation.
Nonetheless, she followed the black-haired devil's gaze and saw… something entirely from the Sci-fi movies she had to watch with Rias a couple of times as her babysitter…
A holographic display which showed some sort of magical circles and pieces which looked like a... gun of some sort.
"Master is designing something which can be considered a high-level Sacred Gear!"
The Leviathan's words were like thunder in clear skies. That moment the maid remembered that Solomon was Biblical God's only true disciple -to an extend- and he inherited the secrets of the Sacred Gears thus the ten rings!
Grayfia put her hand on her mouth trying to process what this could possibly mean to the Devil Race.
"Beautiful isn't it? I saw this weapon evolve from nothing more than a mere metal construct! When it's finished, even a regular person will be able to easily kill a High-Class devil without any issues!" Serafall said with a proud tone. By this point, Grayfia has realised that Leviathan has truly, completely gone to the second Solomon's side.
"Do you even realise what this means for our race? We were this close to being enslaved by a human 3000 years ago!" Grayfia motioned with her fingers how close they were to getting enslaved by Solomon. The only reason they lost was because Solomon was getting old! That's it! Quite simply because of his natural human limits!
Nothing could stop him before that! While the Biblical God just sat back, relaxed and watched how Lucifer was getting owned by a mere human again and again…
"And who said we are getting enslaved by him now?" Serafall asked Grayfia with raised eyebrows. After all, Leviathan observed Marcus for a few years now. There is no indication that he wants to enslave her Devil race!
"...well… you were enslaved?" The silver-haired maid reasoned with her.
"Right… so you two can discuss my 'invasion' of the devil race while I return to my work. I love conspiracy theories but I prefer the technological ones. I mean I usually try those out for shits and giggles, but possible invasion? Those are discussed by nerds who like military stuff." Marcus said while shaking his head, he turned around and walked back to his PC.
"As I was saying… I was enslaved simply because he wanted an expert on water manipulation. And because I was a Satan…" Serafall clarified to Grayfia who was blushing red like a tomato. The maid was extremely embarrassed. The unnatural fear she had for Solomon which she never thought she would have, has manifested the moment she realised that the boogeyman of Devil Race was the real deal…
And she was now his pet, slave or whatever, since she definitely feels a strong urge to serve him. Most likely an effect of this new type of binding which was used on her.
"I see… so he has no interest in invading the underworld and enslaving our people?" The Queen of Lucifer asked with a relieved tone.
"Most likely not. As long as our people don't provoke him, to the point where he has to move out with force then there is no need to fear him." Serafall explained to her.
"Easier said than done! Serafall! He enslaved both me and you! There will be war if our people find out about this!" The silver-haired devil lady said with a sigh.
"That's why I approve of his secrecy! But you just had to stumble on my location like that!" The current Leviathan replied back with an angry pout.
"I had a mission from my King! Now that you reminded me, how do you do it!?" Grayfia asked with a pissed off tone. Here she was a slave to second Solomon because of some silly paperwork!
"Do what?"
"Don't play games with me. How do you do your paperwork so fast?" The silver-haired woman asked with a tired tone.
"Oh, that! Marcus invented an electronic device to do it! Now I can spend almost all my day with him!" The black-haired devil said with an extremely happy tone. The paperwork, the threat to her sanity has been completely subdued and are never to be raised again!
"I see… I still need to return this information to my King." The strongest Queen said with a sigh. She massaged her eyebrows, how is she going to do that?
"Indeed we have prepared the information for you if you are out of commission," Serafall said as she handed over a piece of paper with the information the maid needed.
Grayfia read over it a couple of times before freezing it over with her magic and turning it into dust.
"Are you sure this is wise? If Sirzechs learn about the genius of...our...Master…" the Queen of Lucifer grimaced, "then the rest will also learn and there is the possibility that the connection will be made between us and him…"
"Our master won't be hiding forever, he only needs to build up his base power, once he is powerful enough there won't be a need to hide anymore," Serafall explained plainly.
"And that's what I am afraid of… what comes after…"
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