{Underworld: Bael event manor}
{3rd Person Pov}
Sirzechs Gremory's blue eyes locked with the Hazel eyes of Rizevim Livan Lucifer who's eyes narrowed when they met with Sirzechs as the Gremory heir placed a hand on his chest and gave a polite bow causing the son of Lucifer to scoff and roll his eyes his focus turning elsewhere as Sirzechs stood up and continued into the manor watching the heirs talk and mingle about as their servants tended to them when requested.
'There aren't a lot of them present. I estimate only 30 to 40 heirs of the 72 pillar households are present. And even that might just be the only heirs of this generation.'
Sirzechs noted as he scanned the crowd.
'I know Sitri, Astaroth, Glasya-Labolas, Phenex, and even Belzebub, but the others I don't really know which household they are from until I see their house sigils.'
Sirzechs ignored the others having a conversation and walked to a child with green hair and blue eyes. Ajuka Astaroth. The heir to the Astaroth family. Both Devils eyes met but Ajuka's narrowed as he calmly and politely questioned.
"I take it you are heir to the Gremory Household? Sirzechs Gremory if I recall. A pleasure to make your acquaintance, I am Ajuka Astaroth. To what do I owe this conversation happening between us?"
Sirzechs gave a calm smile as he replied.
"Nothing at all Ajuka Astaroth. I simply couldn't help but notice you standing alone in the corner and thought it might be a good idea to strike up a conversation with yourself since it seems like all the other heirs are busy at the moment."
Ajuka nodded as he replied.
"Then by all means. I am certainly free at the moment, so what would you like to talk about?"
Sirzechs pondered before answering.
"Well. Tell me about your hobbies."
Ajuka looked confused and cautious as he questioned.
"My hobbies?"
Sirzechs nodded.
"That's correct. To ease your worries, I'll go first. My hobby is researching magic."
Sirzechs words earned a raised eyebrow from the Astaroth Heir, an intrigued look on the child's face as he questioned.
"What do you mean specifically by "Magic"? That's a very broad term to describe your hobby."
Sirzechs nodded in agreement as he replied.
"Fair enough. I mean the study into how various pantheons power systems can inspire or be integrated with what Demonic Power allows us Devils to achieve."
Now Sirzechs had the Astaroth's Heir's full attention as he spoke.
"And might I ask how has your research come along?"
Sirzechs raised his palm as a small magic circle bearing the sigil of the Gremory Gremory household appeared but with a twist. Around the magic circles were runes, ᚾ,ᛁ, ᚺ, and ᛇ. And from the magic circle, a ball of water appeared as Ajuka narrowed his eyes a frown forming on his face as he questioned.
"What did you do exactly? I haven't studied runecraft, so I can't tell what it is that's different."
Sirzechs nodded in understanding as he explained.
"This is a phenomenon that's called Supercooled Water. Or water that remains liquid below it's normal freezing point, but when disturbed even slightly crystallises itself. ᚾ Nauthiz – Represents friction, resistance, and constraint. It locks the orb in "stasis". ᛁ Isa – Literal rune of ice, the core freezing function. ᚺ Hagalaz – Used to destabilize the balance and trigger the freeze explosion. ᛇ Eiwaz – A bridge rune to represent the sudden transition from liquid to solid, critical to the spell's transformation effect. The orb itself is at around a temperature of - 10 Celsius."
Ajuka tilted his head.
"But it's not frozen?"
Sirzechs nodded.
"It's not frozen because the water is has been distilled or in other words purified."
Ajuka raised an eyebrow.
"Purified?"
Sirzechs nodded.
"Tap water has things like minerals, salts and impurities. Boiling the water doesn't remove these minerals but only the bacteria inside of them making the water safer to drink. So, you try to freeze it and it becomes ice instead of remaining water because there are still minerals and salts that the water can freeze."
Ajuka nodded as he probed further.
"Then how do you create this "pure" water?"
"Simple. When boiling water cover the pot with a lid, and the steam that rises onto the lid turning into droplets is your "pure" water."
Sirzechs explained and Ajuka nodded in understanding.
"So then what you did was create a water ball that flash freezes anything it touches instantly using demonic power, runecraft and science?"
Sirzechs nodded as the ball of water dissipated from his palm.
"That's right. With the addition of runecraft and science, I get more, for less demonic power expenditure."
"Fascinating."
Ajuka muttered as Sirzechs spoke with a smile.
"Now then, I believe you still owe me an explanation of what your hobbies are."
Ajuka was brought out of his musing at Sirzechs words as he replied.
"That's fair. My hobbies are similar to yours in that I like studying magic, but I also like engineering things. I like to "create" more so than "destroy" things like most devils use their magic for. If you are fine with it, I'd love to come over to the Gremory Manor to further research between us on the concept of "Magic"."
Sirzechs smiled politely but shook his head.
"Unfortunately that won't be possible. After this event is over, I will be very and I mean very busy with other things I doubt I'll even have time to interact with others."
Ajuka looked Sirzechs in his eyes before sighing.
"A shame. I don't suppose you'll tell me what it is your planning to do that will keep you so busy over the next few years?"
Sirzechs shook his head as Ajuka nodded. And just then an energetic voice called out to them both.
"Hey there you two! My name is Serafall Sitri! Let's be friends!"
A bundle of joy and enthusiasm and the current heir of the Sitri Household Serafall Sitri now stood before them with her tiny arms on her hips as she stood proudly. Serafall Sitri was a beautiful girl, with black hair tied into twin tails and pink eyes.
Sirzechs nodded.
"Nice to meet you Serafall. I'm Sirzechs and the one next to me is Ajuka."
Serafall wore a large and childish smile as she spoke eyes sparkling with excitement as she looked at Sirzechs m.
"I saw what you did earlier. That water spell you casted. Could you teach me about it please?!"
Sirzechs shrugged.
"I can teach you the way I used my demonic power and the science behind it, but the rune aspect is very tricky, so you'll need to be patient and learn the runic system of the Norse pantheon or just wait until I finish what I'm aiming to accomplish and if I'm free I'll teach you."
Serafall pouted but nodded her head raising her pinky finger.
"Then it's a promise."
Sirzechs looked a bit surprised but nodded his head locking his pinky with Serafall as he replied.
"It's a promise."
Just then something caught the attention of everyone present.
"You lousy servant! I asked for a glass of the Bael's finest wine and you bring me just regular wine!?"
(*SHATTER*!)
A young boy with Moss Green hair and dark green eyes yelled loudly as a broken glass of wine lay shattered on the floor next to a demon butler who was trembling in fear.
"Have mercy Lord Beelzebub. I can't get access to the Bael family's finest wines as I am but a mere servant. I already tried to request on your behalf but I was kicked away and told only those of the main Bael branch are permitted to their best wines."
The servants words seem to enrage the Beelzebub heir as he stomped on the servants palm eliciting a gasp of pain as he grinded his foot on the servant's palm and with a wicked grin spoke.
"Useless! I gave you just one command that you had to follow but you couldn't do it! You're lucky enough to even be allowed to breathe near the presence of the Beelzebub heir, and still you don't seem to be as grateful as one would expect when serving a Satan's family! I believe you should be punished. Your body shall become the nesting grounds for the insects of our family."
The servants eyes widened in terror, and some even looked disgusted with the mental image of such a thing happening. They didn't care for the servant, but the Beelzebub heirs words were rather grotesque to imagine. The servant grasped at the Beelzebub's heirs foot that remained crushing his right palm as he begged for mercy.
"My lord please! I promise I'll go get you your wine right away! It was my fault for not getting you your wine, and I promise you just let me go right now and I'll rush to the Bael household to get their most precious wine even if it costs me my life! Just please! Don't turn me into an insect nesting ground!"
Watching the scene unfold, Rizevim scoffed disgusted at what was happening at the moment.
"Disgusting. But at least it's some form of entertainment."
He muttered under his breath before leaning back onto his throne to continue watching the drama unfold.
Both Sirzechs and Ajuka watched impassively Sirzechs expression remain neutral while Ajuka wore a frown. But Serafall was anything but impassive. She was fuming at the sight before her. To have so much power and use it to bully others weaker than themselves disgusted her.
The reactions of the rest of the crowd were between amused, annoyed, or irritated. But the reaction of the Beelzebub heir was one of pure animosity. He was physically trembling in anger as he spoke.
"You…. YOU FILTHY PIG! HOW DARE YOU TOUCH ME WITH YOUR COMMONER HANDS! I'M ACHLYS BEELZEBUB A MEMBER OF A PRESTIGIOUS DUKE FAMILY AND YOU DARE TO TOUCH ME WITH SUCH POOR AND FILTHY HANDS! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! YOU FILTHY POOR LOWLY SERVANT! I'LL MAKE SURE YOU SUFFER FOR AS LONG AS IT'S PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE UNTIL YOU'RE A ROTTING INSECT CORPS USED ONLY AS A BREEDING GROUND FOR THEIR EGGS!"
The Beelzebub heir raised his palm to the terrified servant as his house's sigil appeared preparing to cast magic and kill the servant in a slow and torturous manner. Serafall was immediately going to step in breaking her pinky finger from Sirzechs, however Sirzechs raised his palm and uttered one word.
"Denied."
{**Fracture**} {*WOOSH*}
"?!"
In a single second the Beelzebub's heirs magic circle fractured before turning to dust. Those who didn't understand what had just happened looked around confused. But those who did.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh Flaxan Haired Maiden Of Annihilation, you truly gave birth to such an excellent specimen of our race! To think he has such precise control over the Bael's lineages power he can annihilate even demonic power itself!"
The son of Lucifer. Rizevim Livan Lucifer. The devil widely considered the strongest broke out into laughter, a hideous, sinister and wicked grin stretched across his face like a Cheshire as he leaned forward on his throne gazing at Sirzechs rather intense and inappropriately as the boy walked forward to the heir who kept trying to cast his demonic spell only for it to repeatedly be erased.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!? WHY CAN'T I USE MY DEMONIC POWER!?"
The Beelzebub heir panicked as Sirzechs calmly answered.
"Because I denied you the rights to use your magic in my presence."
-(Scene End)-
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