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Chapter 1: Pains of Loss and Truth
Eighteen years…
Eighteen years to this day, she lost her baby boy, nephew to her baby sister whom she had been doting so much, even to this day. Painful memories of that day would arise and she would close herself off from the rest of the world.
Everyone knew her as a cheerful young looking woman with a heart of gold, but on November 27, she would mourn the loss of her infant son. Shutting herself in her room, and cry for the entire day. Besides her, only her parents and a select few like the Maou knew, not even her precious younger sister knew that she had a little nephew born on the same day as her, she was only but a babe on the day of his death.
Serafall Leviathan, this was the woman's name… the name of the woman who mourned for the death her precious baby boy.
She promised, she vowed that she would protect her son and sister, but she failed the former.
She wondered if she would have simply killed herself so that she could reunite with her son and fiancé.
By order of Lord and Lady Sitri, no one would speak of his name, the name that brought a great sadness across the Sitri household. They had modified the memories of the Sitri servants, so that none of them would have any recollection of the great loss that had befallen them.
This had been going on for eighteen years now, unfortunately it was also the their birthday, Sona had officially turned eighteen years old but to her dismay her sister who had a tendency to annoy her to no end hadn't come… again.
She had always wondered why she never came, every time she asked her older sister Serafall she would always get the "I'm always busy" answer.
But this time, she had enough… she wanted more than that simple answer.
It was time to get to the bottom of this.
~oOo~
November 28
Saturday
Beneath the records of the Sitri household, Sona had snuck into the library where the oldest and possibly the most ancient of records ever gathered by the clan. Along with the Queen of her peerage Tsubaki, the two young women scoured the old records.
They had started on the records during the years of Serafall's life during her teens, which was a good few hundred years.
"Anything, Tsubaki?"
The one with long black hair shook her head. "Nothing, Sona-sama- wait, I think I found something." She then showed a few records of November 27… exactly eighteen years ago.
"That's the day I was born." Sona said with her eyebrows raised. She took the records and blew the dust off the book, she then scanned a few pages found her name in a copy of her birth certificate as well as…"
"Born on November 27, 1997, Sona Sitri and… Rohn Leviathan?" her eyes widened at the name, "Father: Unknown, Mother: Serafall Leviathan, formerly Sitri… I have a nephew?"
She scanned a few more pages.
"Name: Rohn Leviathan, Born: November 27, 1997, D-Died: November 27, 19-1997… C-Cause of d-death: explosion from unstable magic caused by members of the Old Satan Faction."
Tsubaki's eyes widened at the revelation, her King's nephew had died on the day he was born while she lived. What a cruel fate.
"I… I had a nephew?"
"Sona-sama…"
"Why didn't anyone tell me?" the Sitri heiress asked as her hands shook with both anger and sadness.
"Sona-sama." Tsubaki tried to calm her queen down.
"I need to have a word with onee-sama."
"I don't think that's a-"
"I am going to have a word with her!" the Sitri heiress snapped at her Queen while taking the record book with her as well as the birth certificate of the nephew she never even knew existed. She then stormed out of the basement leaving her Queen stunned by her sudden outburst. She had never gotten this angry before.
~oOo~
Serafall was still affected by the after effects of her mourning and sat in her room, looking out the window where a beautiful garden was spotted. It would have been a wonderful place, bursting with laughter of both a little boy and a little girl.
He would have been a wonderful older brother-figure to Sirzech's son, Millicas.
It would have been nice, to see her baby boy growing up into a loving home, growing up with Sitri and Rias… it would have been nice.
She then heard the door slam open and turned to see her younger sister carrying a rather large book and binder. "So-tan?" she said as she stood up and put on her cheerful face, "Has So-tan come to play with Levi-tan?"
"Cut the act onee-sama." Sona lightly growled as she slammed the binder onto the table, revealing a birth certificate in it.
Serafall froze and stared at the document as well as the book her younger sister she was holding, family records of the Sitri clan…
"Where did you get this?" the cheerful young woman immediately dropped her mask as her voice became cold.
"I snuck into the old record room where I was somehow not allowed to go into, I needed answers as to why you always missed my birthdays and some special events, and now I know why." Sona kept her stature despite feeling intimidated by the cold aura her older sister was emitting, it was outright frightening. "Why?"
"Why what, Sona?"
"Why didn't anyone tell me I had a nephew, why didn't you tell me you had a son?"
"That is none of your business."
"Of course it's my damn business!" Sona snarled, "The surname says Sitri for fuck's sake!"
Tsubaki finally caught up with her King but was immediately shocked at the sudden language she had used, this must be really affecting her if this was her current mood.
Serafall simply stared at the document and slowly picked it up, just the mention of her son's name brought her unimaginable torture.
"Say something, onee-sama. Why wasn't I told that I had a-"
"No."
"Excuse me?"
"I said… no."
"I'm not going to take no for an answer."
"My answer is still no."
Sona narrowed her eyes, "You don't care about him-"
"Don't you DARE!" Serafall roared as she released a massive amount of energy and destoryed the wall behind her, revealing the beautiful garden for all to see, "Don't you ever dare say that!"
"Then why!?"
"I have nothing to say to you." the older sibling snarled, "Now please leave me be, I wish to be alone."
"I'm not going anywhere, onee-sama." Sona declared outright, getting a worried and frightened look from her Queen.
Serafall narrowed her eyes dangerously at her younger sister, "Do NOT, make me force you to leave, Sona…"
"I am not going anywhere until I get my answers."
"Very well…" the area around her then began to freeze up as she summoned her ice magic.
Sona gritted her teeth as she was about to get the fight of her life, in terms of combat strength and magical strength she was outmatched. Serafall Leviathan was after all one of the four demon lords of the Underworld.
Not to mention Serafall is the strongest woman in the Underworld.
The Sitri heiress then summoned all the water from the piping within the walls and formed a giant spear and immediately launched it towards the Leviathan.
Serafall formed a water shield and fluttered her wings wide open, revealing her twelve bat-like wings. She then launched herself into the air just above the garden where her sister met her.
Sona said nothing as she followed her up into the air and launched another volley of water-based attacks at the demon lord, all of them easily blocked by the far more powerful devil. Serafall responded and summoned the water around her to form icicle spikes, all aimed at the younger sibling she launched them all at once.
The younger sister managed to dodge most of them but one of them grazed her left arm, using her water once more she used it to seal her wound as she launched another volley of attacks.
Serafall with all the sorrow in her eyes tearfully blocked those attacks once again slammed her boots onto the stomach of the younger woman, sending her straight towards the ground, creating a crater.
Sona tried to get up but was immediately stopped as large spike of ice landed just to the left of her face with Serafall standing right on top of her. Her eyes then widened when she felt water on her cheeks and saw that the demon lord was crying.
"Onee-sama…"
"He was beautiful… he had black hair and blue eyes… he was so tiny… he was mine… and those bastards took him away from me!" she cried as tears poured out from her eyes like a waterfall.
All around the guards, servants, and even the parents of the siblings were present as they heard Serafall cry.
"His name was Rohn." The Leviathan began. "He was going to grow up with you, he was going to make a lot of friends and was going to go school with you! He was going to be a big brother figure to Millicas-chan. AND HE WAS MY BABY! HE WAS ALL MINE AND THEY TOOK HIM AWAY FROM ME!"
Sona was immediately paralyzed with shock as her older sister broke down into hysterics, Serafall immediately wept onto her younger sister's chest and cried there. Their parents were too shedding tears as they were reminded once again of what their grandson could have been.
She finally understood why… why her older sister acted like she did, why she was acted like a child around everyone she met. Why she started her own children's show…
The reason why she always doted on her.
All because the Old Satan Faction murdered her baby.
Sona slowly lifted her arms and wrapped them around her older sister as tears started to well up in her eyes, "I'm sorry… I'm such an idiot… I'm sorry I didn't realize it… I'm so sorry!"
There in the middle of the garden, they mourned the life of a Sitri that could have been.
~oOo~
Unknown Realm
Mokai City
The entire city was burning as bombs dropped by dragons and their riders, people fled their homes as fire rained down from the skies.
As the last bomb was dropped, a lone dragon and her Burner clad in armor landed into one of the towers to inspect the outcome. He had been ordered to bomb this area as he was informed that it was an armory.
Only that it was not…
The rider removed his helmet to reveal his short black hair and blue eyes filled with dread as he looked around to see the charred remains of people… and children. He looked to his left and spotted a figure huddled into a corner, he approached the figure and lightly touched it but was then reduced to ashes as it revealed the skulls of a woman and an infant.
Sorrow filled the heart of the Burner as he dropped to his knees and wept, "No… why?"
Another Burner landed in the vicinity and saw his weeping comrade only to scoff at the sight, "What are you doing?"
"You said this was an armory." The first Burner growled as he stood up and pointed at the remains of the dead Mokai, "But it's a temple! These people were running for their lives!"
The second Burner snorted as if it were humorous, "They were Mokai. They had it coming."
The first Burner gritted his teeth, "Dammit Loden! They were women and children!"
Loden simply stood there, not even feeling guilty at the atrocities they committed, "It was the Diviner's order, Rohn. No survivors."
The first Burner identified as Rohn looked at him with disbelief before pushing him aside and walked back to his dragon.
"Where are you going?"
"I refuse to be a part of this!" Rohn growled as he was about to get on his dragon.
"Then you are no longer a part of the Sky Guard." Loden said as he followed him and drew a dagger, "You are now an enemy of Asylia."
Rohn heard those words and drew his weapon but was too late to act as Loden blocked his attack and thrusts his dagger into the young Burner's side, causing him to gasp in pain.
Rohn's dragon saw her master needed help but Loden acted quickly and swung his weapon, slicing the lower section of the dragon's neck.
Both dragon and Burner immediately lost consciousness as Loden left them there to die from their wounds. Satisfied with his work he went back to his dragon and fled the scene as he had more work to do, he had Mokai to kill and he was not going to let anyone stand in his way.
Unbeknownst to him though Rohn's hand started to move.
~oOo~
Unknown lands
Rohn had somehow escaped with his dragon but they were both bleeding fast. The Burner struggled to stay awake as did his dragon as they flew into a desolate wasteland filled with nothing but death. But alas his strength waned as his eyes shut.
Knowing that her rider lost consciousness, the dragon did her best to stay awake and in the air but she too had lost too much blood. Drawing her last breath, the dragon fell along with her rider and slammed onto a cliff, veering them off and crashing into the hot windy desert.
~oOo~
Feeling the wind on his face Rohn woke up to the sight of his lifeless dragon, using what little strength he had left as his wound had yet to close, he crawled over and closed his dragon's eyes.
"Sleep well."
Dropping his helmet and chest plate, he walked for hours not knowing which direction he was going, he grew weary as he struggled to stay upright, walking and walking, hoping to find water in this wasteland. He looked to his right and saw a dead Mokai burner.
He clutched his wound as blood still seeped out from beneath the torn chainmail, breathing hard. As he kept on walking he heard the sound of wings fluttering and the roar of a dragon. The Burner feeling threatened at the sound looked around and saw a Blood Dragon fast approaching.
The Blood Dragon then landed and immediately came face to face with the wounded Burner, showing his gray and red scales as well as razor sharp teeth.
Taking a few steps back but showing no fear he stood his ground, "I know you."
The dragon responded with a low growl.
Rohn then finally bowed his head, "I submit."
Acknowledging his surrender, the dragon responded by moving hier head forward and touched it with the Burner's. Understanding at what the dragon just did, he nodded, "Alright Mokai, I hope you know where water is."
NA: And thus ends this thrilling first chapter! Tune in next time as we are giving away free imaginary freshly baked internet cookies!
Just a notice to you all, I won't be doing daily updates as often anymore as I do not want to burn myself out, I know some of you will be disappointed but it has to be done.
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