This is just an idea I had randomly and thought it might be fun to try out

That and I hated what happened to Estarossa in the most recent chapters so I figured a little love would do him some good

And yes! I know Fanfiction says Melascula's name is Merascylla but I'm going with Melascula since I have creative choice

Enjoy!

"I am the Commandment of Love" Talking

'That has a nice ring to it' Thoughts

"Full Counter!" Spells and/or Exclamations

Love and Faith Prologue

Estarossa was not having a good day

Then again he wouldn't say that any day of his has been good since his lack of darkness was discovered, although today was worse than most

First he failed to kill a captured Goddess, disappointing his father, brother, and so on

Secondly he couldn't kill any of the other creatures until they brought in an insect (While not a small one it was still a mere insect)

Thirdly he was sent out of the castle to patrol The Miasma Field

The Miasma Field was in reality just a slight indent circling the Demon Kingdom where the pitch black miasma of the demon realm was most focused, since it did nothing to Demons it made the perfect moat

So why did it need a patrol?

The answer was it didn't. The patrol was just busy work for demons who can't do much else

Or punishment for those who misbehave

A humiliating position for any although it was particularly bad for the Demon Kings Second Son: Estarossa the Failure Prince

With a sigh the young prince shook his head, tossing his messy silver locks around and kept trudging along the edge of the moat, cursing his small stature even though it made him identical to his brother, until something inside the charcoal mist caught his eye

"Is that a snake?" Upon closer inspection it was in fact a snake. It was a tiny thing with a large-ish head, thin body, pointed tail, pale pink scales, and black dots going from the back of its head to its tail

It was a breed of demonic snake, possessing the standard multiple hearts of all demon sub-species but unable to wield Darkness like most high tier and some low tier demons 'Just like me' Estarossa thought bitterly

The Demon prince crouched down and leaned closer to the serpent which was simply sitting in the Miasma watching Estarossa intently

"Hey there" Estarossa started softly "What's a little thing like you doing here?" He asked not expecting an answer since it was just a snake

"I'm just enjoying the atmosphere" A feminine voice came from the snake when it talked

Estarossa stared at the snake for a second longer before exclaiming in shock and falling back "You can talk!" He said while staring at the snake like it was a talking… well snake

The serpent rolled it's- her- eyes and slithered closer to Estarossa "Well Duh, last I heard that's what you High Tier Demon's called this"

Estarossa could only stare at the snake in shock for more reasons than the fact it could talk

While he was far from the strongest demon he did have stats higher than the average low-tier demon

But he was adept enough to sense that this snake had abnormally high magic reserves

After a few seconds a tick mark appeared on the snake's forehead and she bit Estarossa's ankle

"Ow!" The Prince exclaimed and scrambled backward "You bit me!"

Once again the snake rolled its eyes but seemed to smirk at him "Yes I did, but you shouldn't have to worry, I didn't use any poison"

Estarossa glared at the serpent but flinched and pulled his leg to his chest, clutching the wound with his hands

The serpent watched the action in slight confusion "Why don't you heal the wound? You know, with your darkness?"

Estarossa glanced at the snake for a moment but turned his gaze to the ground after a moment "I… don't have it"

The serpent blinked but turned her head to the ground slightly "Oh, in that case I'm… sorry… I guess" She cleared her throat uncomfortable "Is there any way I can… make it up to you?"

At the question Estarossa looked at the snake and smiled a little "Actually yeah… you can be my friend"

The snake blinked at the request but seemed to smile "Alright then. I suppose since we're going to be friends can I have your name?"

Estarossa smiled and moved so he was sitting cross-legged "My name is Estarossa, what's yours?"

The snake thought for a moment before answering "No clue"

If this was an anime Estarossa would have face-vaulted, but instead he merely blinked

"You don't have a name?"

"Nope"

"Not even a nick-name?"

"Correct"

"Well then I'll give you a name"

The serpent leaned backwards in shock but quickly regained her wits "G-give me a name, really?" She asked with a slightly hopeful tone

Estarossa nodded determinedly "Yep, everyone needs a name. How about… Merascylla? No that doesn't sound right… Medusa? No too monstrous… maybe… Melascula?"

The Snake thought about it for a moment "Melascula… Yeah I like that name. OK from now on I'm Melascula!"

Estarossa and the now named Melascula shared a grin both had the felling this was the start of something horribly wonderful

Coincidently, a collective chill ran down the spines of the people who would become members of the Ten Commandments

Well that was a thing!

I'll be following the main story-line as closely as possible but the two biggest changes will be Estarossa's mental state being stable and the relationship between Estarossa and Melascula