"A traveling information broker: the ever cheerful Amira. Now, how may I help- ah wait, it's you. Back again for another legendary tale about the Hero Luka again? No? You want something different this time? Hmmm… Welllll… I suppose I could humor you just this one time. There aren't too many tales as legendary as Luka's travels, after all."
"As you know, the hero Heinrich was said to have sworn vengeance upon the goddess Ilias, and prophesied that some day her reign of terror would be cut down by his own bloodline. You could say Ilias herself was partly responsible for her downfall, though her feelings for Luka were always somewhat… complicated. She operated the dictatorship in Heaven, and died trying to erase all who didn't follow her. In her final moments, she cemented herself into Luka's heart by saving him from turning into a rock, thus nullifying any hard feelings."
"Unfortunately history does not always focus on the important parts of things. It will remember the tyranny of Ilias for generations to come, but forget the heroes who fight and die for their own more complicated reasons. That is what myths and legends are really made for, glorifying the forgotten heroes of history."
-Somewhere on the outskirts of Iliasburg, a few weeks ago-
A grassy field extends for miles upon miles as far as the human eye can see. A single wooden sign with arrows pointing to Iliasville and Iliasburg are all the evidence that any form of civilization had touched the area. Two drifters dressed in ragged brown ponchos and torn up pants were all the life that inhabited the surrounding area. The sun was beginning to set, and one had struck up a flame in order to keep warm.
"I'm going out to find twigs for the fire and hopefully some berry bushes. Make sure the fire doesn't go out, the wind seems to be very unforgiving today."
The drifter sitting down stared into the fire as the other one continued speaking.
"Alright, I'll be over here then. Shout if you see any monsters or animals so I can get a head start if they've got their eyes on you."
The other man rolled his eyes at the remark.
"Oh shut up. If I see anything like that, you'd have no chance outrunning either of those things even if I shouted."
"Yeah, yeah whatever."
The drifter headed out into the terrains still vaguely lit by the setting sun. The one sitting down continued waiting for his return as he huddled next to the fire for warmth. Five minutes passed. Then ten minutes. Fifteen. Twenty. What was taking him so long to find berries and twigs? The fire was going to die out soon if he didn't make it back soon!
"...?"
In the corner of the poor man's eyes, he saw a bright flash as the sun fully went down. He himself did not know this, but his mind subconsciously recognized this, and it put him on edge. Longer he waited for the man's return, and finally he received an answer. Footsteps began approaching the man, but something wasn't right about them. These footsteps did not belong to the other drifter he was traveling with, whoever these belonged to were wearing shoes, something both drifters lacked.
"H-hello?"
The footsteps got closer and closer, no response was heard from the one making them. With each step, the thud of the weight of the person pressing down into the Earth got louder and closer.
"Who's there?"
Finally, the one behind the footsteps revealed themselves. In front of the drifter was an angel with golden braided pigtail style hair. In her left pupil was a cross, a sign that she was not an imposter, and in fact the real deal. That much was already obvious though, as a halo hovered above her head along with a pair of wings by each of her shoulders.
"Human."
The drifter was left dumbfounded. His jaw was wide open as he sat next to a dying fire waiting for his friend to return.
"A-An angel?! What is an angel doing out here?!"
"This location is under heavy surveillance and under jurisdiction of Heaven. Please leave the premises or I will be forced to utilize lethal force."
The man regained some sense of reality, as he realized he was sitting in what must be private property or something.
"I-I understand. I'll leave immediately. But may I ask, where is my other friend?"
There was nobody around in the dark surroundings that the man could see besides that angel. What had happened to his friend?
"He has been detained by Heaven for questioning and will be returned in a few days to Iliasburg. I advise you to not go any further unless you wish to share the same fate."
"Detained?! What for?! All we were doing out here was making a fire to get by!"
The angel looked down at the ground so not to look the drifter in the eye.
"I am afraid I am not at liberty to say."
A wave of adrenaline rushed the drifter's mind as he got in a frenzy over his friend. The drifter stood up.
"If you will not tell me why he is detained… I'll just go see for myself!"
The drifter sprinted away from the angel in the general direction of the way his friend went.
"Wait!"
That was the first time the voice of the angel had broken her monotone act. He knew he was onto something by going in this direction. The drifter had only run a few dozen seconds before he found what had 'detained' his friend.
"Whoa!"
The ground shifted from a grassy terrain to a metal sheeted floor. The drifter looked around and saw that a set of mirrors reflected the same image of the terrain in this direction so travelers on the road wouldn't stumble upon it by accident. Spotlights shone upon a some sort of gravitational anomaly in the center of the strange place. A building made of metal was stationed close to the anomaly as though to monitor it. Before the drifter knew it, he had seen something he knew he wasn't supposed to see.
"It seems as though you've found it. Oh dear. Well, luckily for someone of your status, being a sex slave to an angel isn't the worst thing that could happen to you is it?"
"Wh-?!"
Before the drifter knew it, he'd found himself bound in some sort of holy energy bindings. He knew his fate before the angel had spoken.
"Now, since I've found you, let's start off with seven consecutive ejaculations as punishment for disobeying an angels' commands."
The adrenaline in the man had run out. Now, fear overtook the man's gaze as he realized there was no way out of this.
"M-mommy!"
-Heaven, present day-
My name is Archangel Mariel of the 8th Order in the Hierarchy of Angels, but my friends just call me Mariel. I participated in the invasion on Earth and was sealed by the Hero Luka after he recaptured Iliasburg. Unlike Heinrich, Luka was merciful, and allowed me to live the rest of my existence out back up in Heaven, like most the other angels. My entire life was spent up in Heaven planning the invasion to wipe out all intelligent life on Earth. Soooo, I guess that makes me one of the bad guys in this story…
And Ilias? She was the baddest guy of 'em all. And I wanted to be just like her. Everyone did… which resulted in Heaven being overflowing with assholes. The landscape of Heaven is known for its beauty and tendency to lure the travelers into a false sense of security. While it may look stunning on the outside, it's rotten to the core on the inside. Despite its technological advancements accomplished by Promestein, nothing could cover up the hate and racism that had been instilled upon the angels. Most travelers would meet a grizzly death if they spent more than a day or two there. Despite it collapsing when Ilias died, it's just a collection of holy energy. You can't really ever destroy Heaven due to this fact, it'll just come back.
When Ilias died, it somehow got even worse. The Hierarchy of Angels collapsed, and suddenly the humans and monsters made it so nobody was more superior than the guy next to you. That however, didn't change the fact that there needed to be some kind of leader in Heaven, which the monsters and humans agreed with. I never even imagined the time for me to seize the opportunity to become the most powerful being in existence would present itself to me, but a few special circumstances, pinning blames on others for Ilias' failures, most of the more powerful angels still being sealed, and with the help of a couple friends, I was on my way to finally be the first angel to ever succeed Ilias in being the Goddess of Light. I was really anxious, it was a big day. Luckily my right hand man (or woman in this case), Cupid, was focusing on the important things.
"Hey hey, Mariel! What's the first thing you're gonna do as newly elected Goddess of Light? I know what I'm gonna dooooo~ once I get the power to summon all the human males I want. Fufufufu~"
This was Cupid, my slightly deranged and very lustful best friend back up in Heaven. Ilias didn't create all angels equally, and she ended up getting the lower end of the deal. At least she and I didn't look like giant meat puppets though, I can't imagine the Goddess of Light being someone like Power Berryelle.
"Huh, you know I hadn't really thought of that yet. Guess I'll just sit back and let everyone worship me, maybe take a pet human or something cute to keep me company."
Cupid looked over at me frowning. She opened her mouth and began ranting about why I probably shouldn't do that. I was already tuned out.
"Oi oi, you know what'll happen if the monsters or humans find out you're keeping a human slave right? It won't just be bad for you, you might start another race war."
We both continued strolling up towards the Palace of Heaven where the big glowy room that Eden, Ilias, Promestine, and Black Alice used during the previous Monster War was. Here all 8 Orders were gathered to elect a new Goddess of Light in the first democratic election in Heaven ever.
"Yeah I mean of course I know that, but most men would give an arm and a leg to even feel the breath of an angel, right? I don't need to take a slave, they'll happily frolick to me. That's just how pathetic human males really are."
Cupid continued frowning, but I couldn't understand what she was being so butthurt about.
"What is it with you and those humans? You know they're just meat sacks crafted by Ilias to compete against the monsters for her enjoyment right? They have no real motivations or intentions other than to fuck each other's brains out until they drop dead inevitably. It's pitiful, really."
Cupid just sighed and said out loud an agitated "Good grief, you know there's no need to be so closeminded." Cupid was different from me and other angels in that she had always been interested in humans since the day she was created. She was created as an experiment to find out the effects of lust on angels. I myself had very little past experience with lust or pleasure, I only started feeling those emotions half a year ago for the first time in my life. Despite her past as a veteran in a war against them, Cupid held no ill intent towards humanity as a whole, and believed they were just as important as an angel's life. At the time, I really didn't know what she saw in humans that she thought was so awe-inspiring, so I just let her live her little fantasy world out where everybody is equal.
"Alright, the time's almost come. Looks like everybody is already in there but you."
I looked at the door that led to the chamber of the late Ilias. I was sweating bullets, and it had been a long time since I had sweat at all. I looked back at Cupid again to go over my appearance and attitude.
"Okay Mariel, give me your angel face! Make me feel like an old man when he sees a little girl at the park!"
What the hell kind of analogy was that? Ignoring Cupid's weird antics, I puffed my cheeks out and pushed my breasts out to exemplify that I was the future queen of Heaven. I also gave my killer move which involved making a face that looked confused and titling my head ever so slightly to the left. Nobody could withstand my loli in distress appeal! Muahahahaha!
"Perfect! Awww wittle Marie you're soooo cute~"
"Sh-shut up! I am not cute! I am the future Goddess of Light!"
"Whatever you say. Fufufufu~."
"St-stop laughing!"
My cheeks were red, I hadn't even realized. I hated when Cupid teased me. After that interaction I walked through the chamber door and put my hand up to signal Cupid goodbye, but I knew she'd stand there with her ear to the door waiting to hear exactly everything that happened in the election. Every member from every Order (except the 9th since there were too many of them) that was unsealed was seated in their respective order to the Angel Hierarchy. I decided to play along for traditions sake and sit in the eighth and final Order allowed to partake in the election, but I was the only unsealed member. There were no powerful angels that were unsealed, angels like Seraph Eden and Cherub Wormiel would take at least another hundred years to become unsealed. Suddenly an angel I didn't recognize began talking.
"Angels of Ilias, as many of you here know, we have been defeated in a war against humans and monsters. Whether or not it could've been won is irrelevant, the only thing that matters in this world are the results."
I instantly got the feeling that whoever this angel was had very recently been unsealed. The way she talked and acted was very akin to the way Ilias used to order around angels, which is why nobody would want to elect this angel.
"If we are to survive as a species, we must have a leader who is aware that we are no longer invincible or the same militaristic powerhouse we once were. We must be able to have a firm grip on the reality of this situation. I know many of you are casting your votes towards Mariel, but can we really be sure Mariel has what it takes to succeed Ilias?"
I had taken precautions in case this happened so I was cool and collected in my thoughts.
"Wha- of course I have what it takes! I'm a flesh and blood direct descendant of Ilias, there's no way I couldn't have what it takes! Who are you anyway? I've never seen your face around Heaven before."
The strange angel continued speaking in a strict and menacing manner. She ignored my questions about her.
"If we are to entrust the future of the every angel in Heaven to you, you must first prove that you're a worthy successor to Ilias."
She had repeated what she had said before. I wasn't quite sure what she meant by that. What did this girl want from me? What could I possibly do to prove that I am a successor to a God? Of course I'd be a lot less interesting than Ilias, all that was planned for the future were times of peace now that she was gone! And it wasn't like we angels could plot a counterattack against the humans and angels, like that worked oh so well last time around. Nevertheless, I didn't really know what to say to this, so I let the angel keep talking.
"Archangel Mariel, if you wish to succeed Ilias' position, then I demand you go down to Earth and bring back to Heaven the head of one of the Six Ancestors! If you can't accomplish this, you are nowhere near the power required to succeed Ilias!"
...Huh? Kill one of the Six Ancestors…? Wha…
My head started going blank. What was this angel spouting out? Something about killing demigods? My mind was racing, and I felt my heartbeat increase sharply. A voice broke my train of thought and actually made me flinch.
"I think Mariel has it in her to do it!"
As the voice broke the silence and my thought process, another one erupted out of the crowd as if it were a chain reaction.
"One of the Six Ancestors is chump change for a goddess like Mariel!"
No you fools! The only things I've ever slain was a hunting spider that crawled on my leg during the assault on Iliasburg and sinners Ilias bound for me to rape to death! Even that spider caused me to shriek out in fear at such an abomination! How could I possibly kill one of the Six Ancestors?!
One by one all the angels in the room began chanting and praising my name because they believed I could easily kill one of the Six Ancestors. The frustration and anger began building up in me at an alarming rate. It wasn't supposed to go down like this.
"Argh! Enough!"
The room turned silent at my violent outburst.
"I can't kill one of the Six Ancestors for a very good reason, mainly because the only one still alive today is the Monster Lord's second in command. If I kill her, won't that bring about the end of angelkind?"
Most angels in the room began mumbling phrases such as "she has a good point" and what not. Even though I had cowardly intentions, it was a good excuse. What good can come out of slaying the Monster Lord's first mate? The strange angel spoke up once again.
"The last of the Six Ancestors has gotten weak in her old age. Nobody will suspect anything if she suddenly dies in a freak accident. Kill her, take her head, and then make it look like she died in an accident."
I couldn't refute that, so I began thinking it over in my head. It was a good plan, maybe killing an old monster lady wouldn't be so hard after all. And plus it will gain the absolute trust and loyalty of every angel in Heaven's higher ranks if I do this. The praise and chants from the angels resumed once again.
"Mariel I believe in you! Kill that old hag and prove that angels are forever superior!"
The voices began to get louder and more demanding. If I didn't act now, I might lose my chance to be the Goddess of Light. That was a loss I couldn't afford to cut. With all my strength and courage I forced the words out of my mouth.
"I-I'll do it. I'll b-bring back her h-head… and then I'll b-become a g-goddess!"
Everyone stood around me in astonishment. For a moment or two the room was completely still. Nobody said a word, and then all at once…
"I knew you had it in you!"
"Hurray!"
"Hmph, I expected no less from our future Goddess."
Everyone began praising me all at once as if I had already brought back one of the Six Ancestor's head. Even though I was happy to hear everyone praising me, I was still a nervous wreck. I was about to fight one of the toughest monsters in existence, if I failed there'd be no compromises or mercy, a true fiends battle.
"I'll give you two weeks to find, kill, and return with the head of one of the Six Ancestors. If you do not return within this time frame, the angels shall elect someone else to be the new goddess."
And just like that, the electoral assembly had ended abruptly. I was left with no other option besides to find and kill the last of the Six Ancestors, and finally put an end to the last remaining person to have physically spoken to Alice the First. I felt as if I had been pressured to sign my own death certificate.
When the electoral assembly ended, the angels began to congregate and talk in their friend groups. All but one, of course. I didn't know what to say, so I attempted to leave unnoticed by her, but she must've known we were alone because she instantly noticed my attempts to escape.
"Mariel. Come over here, I'll go over the specifics of this mission."
I had no other option but to oblige. As I approached the angel, she began talking to me.
"Mariel, do you believe you can slay Tamamo?"
It was the first time either of us had mentioned her real name. Not only did it make it feel much more surreal, but I was also quivering as I failed to respond to the angel's question in time.
"Hmm… I thought so. You lack the power necessary to take down such a beast, correct? Perhaps back in Ilias' reign you may have been able to bring about Tamamo's demise, but now that she can fight back, you stand no chance against her."
The angel hit it dead on the nail. I knew I couldn't kill Tamamo, she knew I couldn't as well. If she knew this, does that mean she's plotting to take the position for herself? Before I could even voice this thought the angel kept speaking.
"However, there is a way for you to become strong enough. When Ilias died, the fleeting remnants of the dark and holy energy that fused together with her body were scattered throughout the planet, and festered themselves within certain individuals deemed to have potential. You are one such individual I have sensed to have a remarkable amount of potential. All you need now is a little push."
In the blink of an eye, the angel revealed a strange angelic-like entity from seemingly out of thin air. It was not human like at all, where it's head should have been was a strange blue fire that was constantly burning in a chaotic yet orderly fashion. An organized disorder, so to say. The torso was muscular like an ape's, and it's shoulders contained pipes protruding out of them which were fuming, but strangely nobody even noticed this strange anomaly at all. It had a neck brace that had a golden halo surrounding it, and similar things on all of the ends of its appendages. On its stomach region appeared to be a dialing mechanism of some sort that was numbered from 90 to 5,200 in a clockwise order.
"Wh-... What the hell is that thing?!"
"This is my stand. I have chosen to name it 「Canned Heat」. It was Ilias' dying gift to the remaining angels left in Heaven to eradicate the humans and monsters. However, I am not the only one with such an ability, and neither is angelkind. The fact that you can see it now just proves my point further that you have the potential to wield your own stand. As you can see, nobody else in this room is able to see my 「Canned Heat」."
It was just as she said, nobody in the room even batted an eye at the strange entity that now stood before me. I couldn't believe it with my own eyes. Angels were one thing, but this was something entirely different. However, even if all of this were true, there was something I had to know.
"How is getting an ability like this going to make me stronger? All you've done is put on a fancy light show so far. What can that possibly do against Tamamo?"
The entity turned the dial up a bit past the 100 mark, and instantly heat shimmers began protruding out of the entity's pipes on its shoulders. In just a few moments, the room had become noticeably more hot than before. Angels surrounding us had begun to notice this as well.
"Hey why'd it get so hot all of a sudden?"
"It's like a bajillion degrees in here!"
I immediately recognized what those numbers were, temperature. If it was only a little past 100 and it was already getting swelteringly hot in here, what would happen if it were turned even past that? The thought made my skin shiver. The strange angel must've noticed I was visibly disturbed because she began monologuing again.
"Now you understand, Archangel Mariel! My stand includes the ability to change the temperature of my surroundings up to 5,200° Fahrenheit! Anyone who is pitted against me will be disintegrated!"
T-This power is insane! This girl could vaporize Tamamo without even touching her!
"Now, Mariel, you will acquire a stand of your own. Perhaps one even more powerful than my
「Canned Heat」. However, I should warn you, if you do not mentally prepare yourself before I begin the process, your mind may be destroyed, or even worse your body could shut down and render you useless."
My blood pressure began to rise rapidly. This was an opportunity I couldn't turn down no matter the consequences. If I turned her down, I will live in misery for the next ten millenia at least. Even so, I was horrified. Even more terrified than when I fought Luka and felt pain for the first time. Nevertheless, I forced the words out of my mouth.
"D-do what y-you have to do…"
"Very well, then I shall begin."
The angel pulled out an arrowhead. It looked vaguely similar to one of Cupid's arrows, the head had strange writing engraved into it written in a language I did not recognize. A heart was inscribed into the center of the arrowhead piercing directly through whatever type of material it was crafted from. Strangely, however, there was only an arrowhead, and not an actual stick that was attached to it.
"Imaya!"
In an instant, the angel jabbed the arrowhead into my wrist with all the force of a thousand men! The pain was more intense than anything I could've possibly ever imagined, and before I knew it, I had begun to shout out loud in a pitiful manner.
"K-Kahhh!"
Instantaneous, my consciousness collapsed, and I was introduced to a world of black. Everything around me wasn't a material, I was floating in a pit of nothingness. A vision in my head was suddenly being 'played'. In my head I saw a towering castle, the green luscious lands of the world down below surrounding it, and a small blonde kitsune waiting in a room there. The vision shifted from this third person perspective and put my mind inside of the strange kitsune's body. I couldn't move or say anything, I was forced to watch as the kitsune began to walk around the room. I could, however, hear her every thought.
"Hmm… What a strange day… Perhaps I should pay Luka and Alice a visit? Or maybe I should check in with Granberia and Alma Elma? Those two seem to be at it again…"
Suddenly a figure appeared out of the corner of my eye, standing in the corner of my bedroom chamber attempting to sneak around me. I still had my back turned so I pretended not to see them as I spoke out loud to make myself seem cool.
"Well? What is it you want, Alice?"
She must've been surprised that I instantly knew she was present in my room. Perhaps if she wasn't such a klutz she would've been able to at least hide her slithering, but being around a few thousand years makes you alert to a few things.
"Gah! Damn kitsune! How can you be so on edge all the time?!"
"I'm not on edge, this is me being relaxed. Maybe you're just getting too laid back in your old age. Ufufufu~."
"Shut up you old hag! You're like twenty times older than me!"
"Mmmm… Some men do like them older. Changing the subject, what are you trying to nab out of my clothing drawer?"
"Tch-!"
It looks like I hit it right on the mark. The funny thing is that I wasn't even sure that's what Alice was going for, I only said it to mess with her, but it looks like she was too naive and fell for it.
"Well? You know it's not nice to go through other people's clothes without permission first right? Didn't I ever teach you that much?"
"I don't know what you're talking about! I-I was only looking for my contacts that I dropped somewhere on the ground over here!"
"Mmmhmm… Are you sure it isn't this you're looking for?"
I held up Alice's panties stained in what I knew to be Luka's semen.
"Wha-?!"
"Oh boy, it looks like whoever these belong to had one crazy night. But you say you're only in here for your contacts right? So I'm sure you wouldn't mind if I just had a small taste right~?"
I began to bring my lips closer to the panties, aiming at a particularly stained section. At the same time, Alice was shaking in her boots- er scales.
"ALRIGHT! Alright! Just… give them back."
"Hmm? I'm sorry? Do these belong to you? Are these the panties of the Monster Lord stained in semen that I'm holding?"
This really was just getting more and more fun as she keeps getting more flustered. This whole thing could've been prevented if she had just asked me for them. But now I have to teach my student another hard lesson.
"Grr…! You…!"
I knew she was about to blow a gasket, so I decided to at least go out with a bang. I brought the panties a bit closer to my mouth and then…
*Rero*
Alice just stood there dumbfounded. I swished it around in my mouth a bit before gulping it down.
"Huh. Yeah, that's Luka's."
"Y-You…!"
Despite Alice's eyes being filled with murderous rage, nothing gives me more entertainment than teasing her ever since she married Luka.
"Okay, You can have them back. My bad. I had no idea that these belonged to you."
"YOU!"
"Uh-oh."
The vision suddenly cut out. I was back in darkness again. In the darkness, I was able to hear a voice calling out to me. It seemed to be… Cupid's? In a fraction of a second, the darkness was replaced with light all around me.
*Zawa zawa* *Zawa zawa*
My ears were buzzing, and I couldn't hear or see anything around me. The light gradually began to fade, and I could make out Cupid calling out to me again.
"Oi! Mariel! Are you alright?! Answer meeeee!"
The world was becoming visible to me again, and the ringing slowly subsided.
"Argh… Cupid?"
"Yoohooo, it's your best friend, Cupid! Anyone in there?"
The world had completely returned to normal and the ringing had stopped. Looking around my surroundings, I noticed that I was now lying down in my own bed, in my own room, presumably in my own house. Well, hopefully anyways, considering what this day has been so far it wouldn't surprise me if I was now stuck in another dimension where man evolved from spider DNA.
"Y-yeah, I'm hearing you loud and clear. You don't have to be so loud."
"Ah! Mariel! You're not a vegetable!"
Cupid leapt on top of me and hugged me while I was stuck underneath my blanket covers.
"Ow! Of course I'm not a vegetable! Now get off me already!"
"I was sooooo worried, you were out for almost a whole day! I stood by you the entire time waiting for you to get up!"
While it was nice of Cupid to take care of me while I was out, her words also brung dread along with them. A day had passed, meaning I only had 13 more days to find and kill Tamamo. Though, from that vision that I had, I can probably conclude that Tamamo is in Hellgondo in the Monster Lord's Castle.
"Cupid! How did I get here? The last thing I remember is talking with that strange angel and then blacking out."
Cupid looked at me with a confused look.
"You came here yourself Mariel, you said you were tired so you wanted to lie down. I was worried the stress had made you go crazy!"
Huh? That didn't match up with the timeline of events in my head.
"I came here of my own volition?"
Cupid shook her head up and down rapidly to affirm my question. Whatever the case may be, I don't have time to sit around and wonder how I ended up in my own bedroom. I need to get to Hellgondo, but first and foremost I need to know if that angel actually gave me an ability or not.
"Hrnnnnng!"
"Uh… Mariel? What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to see if the ability that angel gave me works or not!"
I think Cupid thought my mind broke or something, because she just looked on with pitiful eyes.
"D-don't look at me like that! I got stabbed in the wrist and was given an ability that is supposed to help me take out Tamamo!"
As I spoke about my wrist, I put my hand down to feel there, but felt no wound where there obviously should've been.
"Wh-What?! Where did the wound go where I was stabbed with that arrowhead?!"
Suddenly, Cupid broke my train of thought process.
"Well, it looks like you need more time to recuperate, I'll just leave you alone and-"
"Oi wait, Cupid! I need you to come with me!"
"Hmmm? Come with you where?"
Cupid had a puzzled expression on her face. If a question mark could be drawn above someone's head, she'd match it perfectly.
"I need you to come with me to Hellgondo to kill Tamamo!"
"Hellgondo? Kill Tamamo? Mariel, did the oxygen in your brain get cut off for a few minutes while I was in the bathroom or something?"
"We don't have time to talk about this, the only way the Hierarchy will put me in power is if I bring back Tamamo's head."
Cupid remained silent on this affair. I knew that Cupid didn't harbor any soft feelings for Tamamo in the first place, after all she'd killed plenty of angels in the Great Monster War a thousand years ago for any angel to hold a grudge.
Cupid looked down at the floor with a gloomy face.
"Wellll... Mariel, if you really are serious about this I won't stop you, but I won't help you kill the last of the Six Ancestors."
"...Will you at least come with me? It'd be a lonely journey traveling through the mortal realm without anyone else."
Cupid crossed her arms and made a pouty face. She was stubborn enough to not want to kill Tamamo, but I wasn't letting her stay here in Heaven while I stood alone in Hellgondo surrounded by monsters on all sides and plotted an assassination of the most powerful one there. It's time to pull out my trump card.
"Hey, big sis, will you please come with me to the Monster Lord's castle? I'm scared to go by myself, there's scary people down there and I don't wanna be all alone by myself."
"M-Mariel there's no reason you can't go alone!"
Her facade was quickly crumbling, I knew just a little more and it would all come crashing down. Nobody can withstand my loli in distress appeal! Muahahahaha! I choked myself up and forced myself to get tears to come out of my eyes.
"You...you won't come with me…? I see…"
I wiped a tear from my eye as Cupid looked on with a painful expression.
"I put all my heart and soul into this… but no matter. I shall cancel-"
"Guh! Alright! You win. I'll come with you down to the human world."
As always, Cupid failed to resist my mind crumbling technique. I can't blame her though, I'd probably succumb to myself if I tried hard enough. I gave Cupid a big smile.
"No matter what the situation may be, you always fall into my biddings."
"But I'm not going to aggravate that cunning and cruel beast! If you want to know what it feels like to have your vaginal fluid sucked dry and then more so, be my guest! I am not attempting anything of the sort!"
"I don't have a choice. This is my big shot, a once in a lifetime opportunity that nobody before me has ever achieved. Besides, I think I can handle one old lady anyways. We don't have time to talk about this though, we've already lost enough time as it is. Grab what you need for a stay in Hellgondo, once we leave Heaven we aren't coming back for at least a day or two. You should know how much energy it costs to teleport around now that we're not immortal anymore."
The passage down to the human world was not very long or hard to take to say the least. All it takes is an incantation and a couple years of practice. And thus, our journey to Hellgondo had begun. Since most angels have the ability to instantly transport to anywhere in the world at their will, actually getting to Hellgondo was not the hard part. The Monster Lord's castle held Tamamo, as I foresaw in my vision, and so all it would take now is patience to wait for Tamamo to slip and fall into my plot!