Well folks, I want to thank you for liking this story that I was doing, and also thank all the readers for being aware of my story and my writing.
Thank you.
The Persona saga belongs to the company Atlus, and the trilogy of Infernal Devices belongs to Cassandra Clare.
After the fight against the giant automaton, and of having managed to capture Nathaniel Gray, Minato and the rest of the shadowhunters returned to the Institute exhausted and tired, after having spent a great tension in the abandoned warehouse, and of obtaining a Good information from a werewolf who was dying from the warlock drug, they decided it was better to go home. Tessa's brother was found and taken to the Silent City, and while the shadowhunters were in the medical room of the Institute where they put Charlotte in care. She was fine, and the baby too.
"I guess that's a big surprise for us, right?" Charlotte said with a half smile towards the others. She was lying on the bed in black clothes, and her expression was embarrassed by the news of her pregnancy.
"Oh, Charlotte!" Henry kept worrying about the risk that his wife had passed dangerously to the baby in her womb. His hands did not stop shaking. "Why did not you tell them?"
"I thought it was an upset stomach that I had, I did not give importance to it and continued with my work as a director, then when we were in the warehouse ..."
"You had a dizzy spell and you left the room where Jem, Minato and I were," Will said with folded arms.
Charlotte nodded melancholy.
"Oh, for the Angel." Henry was still scared. "But did nothing happen to you and the baby?"
"No," Minato replied, earning everyone's eyes. "The baby did not have anything bad, the automaton dropped it on the floor, which did not affect the fetus in his belly"
Everyone moaned in relief.
"What you summoned," replied Jem, silver eyes set in Minato's blue eyes. "That ... automaton ... had a kinship with you"
"It's true," Will told him. "His face and hair were identical to yours, Minato, and also to Ryoji's"
Ryoji ran a hand down the back of his neck timidly.
"Well ... that's something very ... complicated," he said shyly.
"Will and Jem is right" commented Henry. "First Ryoji, and then that automaton with your kinship that defeated that giant metallic monster by just using its harp called a lightning bolt against the neck"
"And that also gave him a good punch on Nate's face," Will contributed with a cheeky smile at their corners.
"By the Angel," Charlotte moaned tiredly. "If it gives us several surprises, Minato"
He shrugged.
"But," Tessa replied, looking at the blue-haired young man curiously. "Who was he?"
Minato looked at Ryoji, who nodded. With all eyes on him, he decided to tell the nephilim of the Institute the truth. He told them that it was from the future, the death of his parents, the Persona, SEES, the Kirijo Group about putting together the fragments of Death, the invention of the Evoker against the Shadows, the renegade group Strega, and also, the role of Ryoji in the Fall. After telling their story, the members of the Institute were shocked and amazed by all their past.
He had already told his story with Tessa, Will and Jem on the train to York, but he had never mentioned anything about his being of a modern future, nor did he mention that they were part of a universe made up of several thousand of them, and that Minato Arisato himself had been invoked by the creator of the Velvet Room and the collective consciousness of the great multiverse. That's why he decided to tell it little by little without confusing them.
After an extended silence, Henry Branwell was the first to speak.
"Oh, for the Angel!" he exclaimed. "This ... I can not believe it!"
"Now everything fits into the puzzle" replied Charlotte, running a hand over her forehead.
"It seems like the perfect story to make a science fiction book" said Tessa, smiling humorously.
"To generalize everything," said Jem, who was putting in order the information said by the blue-haired japanese teenager. "You come from a modern XXI century Japan where you told us the same story about sharing the train, but you did not mention any of that because it was going to make it too complicated for us to know the truth, right?"
Minato nodded affirmatively.
"This is a lot to assimilate." Charlotte massaged the temples of her head, relieving her headache. "Not only do we have the problem with Mortmain, but all of humanity was going to commit suicide by accepting the end by a powerful primordial deity of worldly mythology." She moaned with fatigue.
"I know what you heard is too horrible" Ryoji smiled weakly. "The humanity wanted an opportunity to redeem their lives, and that is why my mother decided to fulfill her desire to carry out the Fall, but I returned to normal thanks to Minato's will to fight"
"But still ..." The director let out a moan.
"Charlotte, dear, do not worry much," her husband said, reassuring her. "No need to be alarmed more than we are with Mortmain"
"Yes, you're right, Henry." Charlotte laughed weakly at the situation they were in. "Going back to the subject" he cleared his throat. "So, what you invoke are manifestations of your psyche that you and your friends have made to fight against these beings called Shadows, right?"
He nodded silently.
"I see," he continued. "So, what we saw at the Council meeting in Westminster Abbey, Cu Chulainn and Metatron, were simple manifestations of his psyche that took the form of the originals, but they felt so real when I saw them." Every metatron like him flooded his power. about all of us
"All the people that I summon have the appearances of the originals, they are real when you see them"
"Persona," Will repeated, naming the word in spanish. "It is the term that your friends have used to invoke their fragments of their souls to fight against the Shadows, very interesting that the mundanes could fight against a threat that we have never heard".
"And not only that, Will!" Henry said to him with exaltation in his voice, like that of a nine-year-old boy. "They are advanced in technology! That secret group had built automata with human characteristics!"
The mention of Aigis in history had taken them by surprise; That was hard to believe, and it was.
"Aigis has been more human than a machine," Minato explained. "By having a personality interface, he's been learning the emotions when he joined SEES, the more he was with us, the more human he became." His tone was firm and direct, keeping his profile calm without disturbing.
"What I find hard to believe". Will scratched his head. "And to think that the automatons with false skins were creepy".
"Aigis was very different from Mortmain's automatons," he replied calmly.
"And he can also invoke a Persona," Jem said to the conversation.
"Mitsuru had explained that the androids of the Kirijo Group were created to defeat the Shadows, both in weapons and in the invocation of a Persona through an object called the Dusk Plume that allows them to invoke them"
The faces of the nephilim and the maid were more surprised by the new information.
"Incredible," Henry said with emotion in his tone and his eyes shining with emotion. "I have no words to say, so much technology, so many innovations ..."
"The mundanes have a very advanced intellect that ours," Will contributed with his arms crossed.
Being quiet during the conversation, the maid, Sophie, decided to speak:
"Can the rest of your friends also summon different types of Persona like you?" The maid asked, commenting on the word Persona with a little spanish.
"No," Minato told him. "Each of my friends has his own Persona without changing it for another, I have a unique capacity that allows me to summon another Persona, you have seen it"
The maid was confused.
"I do not understand"
"Sophie," said Tessa, "I think Minato refers to Metatron, Scathach, Alice, Cu Chulainn, Titania, Mahakala and Ryoji, that's the skill we've seen, but I agree with her, that means Nobody can see Do members call a different Persona?"
"No," said Minato again. "As I said, my ability is very special and different"
"If that's true," Jem told him. "Are there more of them?"
"Yes," he replied. "I have many of them in my mind, all were useful in the Tartarus to finish the Dark Hour, many of my Persona are powerful, among which Ryoji, Orpheus and Messiah are the strongest." He turned his gaze to Ryoji. "Show them your true form"
Ryoji smiled and nodded. A dark blue aura formed around him, and his human form began to change; Revealing a being with a buttoned blue suit, white gloves and white stockings that covered her two legs with golden heels. On his waist he wears a leather belt with a sword in his black leather case, and some coffins with sculptures of ivory-white monks with swords in his lap, which were tied with chains that were tied behind his back, as if they were wings. The scariest thing was that he had a cadaverous bird mask. The aura he deduced was of darkness and death.
The form of Thanatos had amazed all the members of the Institute. Their faces were pale and open-mouthed. No doubt he was very surprised.
"This is Ryoji's true form when he used it in a dangerous situation," Minato explained to everyone. "Being a manifestation of Death, and at the same time being a shadow, Thanatos is one of my strongest Persona"
"I ... I have no words to say ..." Henry replied stunned.
"It's ... amazing," Charlotte said softly, her eyes wide as shutters.
"It's the same shape we saw when we were at Ravenscare Manor," Jem said with an impression in his tone. "He has been able to destroy all the automata and finish half the forest"
Will swallowed, remembering that moment very clearly.
"His presence is terrifying when I see him," replied Tessa, her hair standing on end.
"It is," Minato told him. "That's why he's known as the Bearer of Death. You can go back to my mind"
Ryoji nodded and said goodbye to them, as he disappeared into a smoke, letting his scent permeate the medical room.
"Still missing, his presence is still in the air," Will's nose wrinkled.
Minato shrugged in response. To give them a demonstration of his power, Minato activated the trigger of the Evoker, and summoned the figure of Caesar, who surprised them greatly when he saw one of the military leaders and last dictator of the Republic of Rome. Caesar saluted the members of the Institute, and told them that it was an honor to meet the half-angel race that protected the humans in Britannia, an old name for England. After he had dissipated, he summoned Jack Frost, causing them to be even more surprised; one example would be that Will scoffed that he seemed harmless, but when Jack Frost froze his body; he withdrew his word. By the end, Minato summoned one of his Persona who most wanted to meet the nephilims, and granted his wish.
The shadowhunters stunned them. His body was sculpted perfectly, his features were sharp and beautiful; with long blonde curly hair that fell down her shoulders and two antelope horns on her temples. A white ribbon ran all over his splendid body, covering his lower part, and his white wings shone like a divine light. Helel, the Persona of the Star Arcana, and also one of the names given to Lucifer in the Old Testament.
"It's an honor to meet you, nephilim," Helel replied in a polite and noble tone, whose voice was melodic and soft.
The shadowhunters had stunned faces; The original angelic form of the fallen angel of God was fascinating and magnificent.
"You ..." Charlotte's voice choked, but she finished it again. "What angel are you?"
Helel laughed out loud, making the neophyims of the Institute in London feel uncomfortable.
"I've had so many names among humans, and you who specialize in hunting demons know who I really am"
"A moment" Jem sat up startled. "Your you are..."
"Yes" his smile formed at their corners. "My name is Helel, the Morning Star, and the first angel to be revealed against God"
The medical room was plunged into a deep silence. The faces of the nephilims were of shock and amazement. They had seen the invocations that Minato had made, but it was the first time they had seen with their own eyes the first archangel who made the rebellion in the Kingdom of Heaven.
"By the Angel," Henry mused weakly.
"Praising the name of my brothers as creator and god would be an offense to my father," Helel commented, causing the shadowhunters and Tessa to feel tense. "But that does not matter, you fulfill your mission of maintaining balance with the supernatural world, which would not affect you"
Everyone swallowed at the same time, making Helel laugh.
"Helel," Jem murmured, thinking about that word. "Helel is one of the names in the jewish scriptures that you ascribe to the star and the dawn"
"Correctly"
"But, does that mean that Lucifer is also your name, right?" Tessa asked, getting curious.
"In short, yes," he replied. "Besides that name my other half has it"
"Another half? Does it refer to a Persona identical to you?"
"Of course," Helel clarified. "My other half, Lucifer, is a demonic form that I had when I was expelled from Heaven, a different appearance to my angelic form when I lived there"
"That also includes Satan, right?" Sophie pointed.
"No," he said, making everyone look at him confused. "In the texts they talk about my fall to Hell, and that I changed my name to Satan, but there are always mistakes in the words of the writings"
"But it does not make sense" Will crossed his arms. "We know that Satan is one of many names that you were put when you descended into Hell and became an Infernal Prince"
"It is a grave error that many historians have confirmed, but the information that is said is false. Satan is a demon that represents the manifestation of all evils on earth, like other demons, he and I are polar opposites"
That information stunned the shadowhunters.
"It's impossible." Henry ran a hand over his chin, thinking about what he had heard. "In the Book of Job it is said that Satan is a lord of Hell who is powerful, but we have been instructed in the Academy of Shadowhunters about the history of demons and other supernatural beings, even so ... I find it confusing. Surely it's not your other half? "
"As I said: he and I are polar opposites," Helel said quietly. "All you have heard about me and my names are nothing but alterations in history under the pretext of creating a new enemy against order"
"It's like Ryoji said on the train back to London," Will explained, remembering the words of Thanatos's human form. "The ancient race of nephilims had been erased along with the rest of fantasy beings by God during the Flood"
"Indeed," Helel said.
"It can not be possible" Henry massaged his temples, "I thought that the existence of the nephilims in the Old Testament was a mistake, but now everything seems to be true" he sighed wearily.
"But you're a Persona anyway, right?" Sophie replied, after being quiet for the rest of the conversation. "As the young Minato said; a manifestation of his psyche that takes on the appearance of the original"
"That's right, and being the copy, I have the memories and memories of the original, just like all the Persona in Master Minato's mind"
"Meaning also the copy of Satan," said Will.
"Very successful, Will Herondale," Helel told him, causing the Welsh Shadowhunter to startle. He turned his eyes towards his summoner. "Take it, to give them a good impression" he replied with a sardonic smile, and disappeared into a smoke.
With the Evoker in his temple, the crystal broke, and the fragments rose up like a whirlpool with the dark blue smoke, until it took the form of the Persona of the Judgment Arcana. His appearance caused a great impact on others, making them pale with fear. The appearance of the creature was insectoid. His body was dark blue, with six bat wings that had the same color as his body. He had two arms; using the two as legs to stand and a long tail with two vertebral columns that were also like tails that were stuck behind his back. Its crest was long, with great hedgehog tips on both sides of its elongated crest, and a terrifying face with a square jaw with teeth like leaves and eyes that flashed pure evil.
"I am Satan, the one under God, the judge!" he cried with a loud and shrill voice, like a lightning bolt and thunder in a storm. "I can finally see the children of Raziel with my own eyes!"
Everyone tensed when the biblical demon called them, using the name of their creator.
"And-and for us i-is a ho-honor to meet you ... sir" Charlotte hesitated with fear. I knew it was not the original, but their mere presence made them have the creeps and increase the fear in their hearts, like the rest of the others. She had been educated that the Infernal Princes had once been angels of Heaven, to then be rulers of their respective demonic world, and one of the most powerful was Asmodeus and Satan himself; a name given to Lucifer during his fall from grace, but knowing the truth behind the lie, now he had an open mind.
"I can smell the fear that comes from your voice, Charlotte Branwell." Satan laughed darkly, making the director of the Institute uneasy. "Like all of you, nephilims" his amber eyes rested on Tessa. "I see that finally see the halfblood in front of me, is not it, Tessa Gray?" the girl moved uncomfortably, standing next to Jem. The demon laughed out loud. "It seems that you are still clinging to one of your loves"
Tessa blushed like a tomato, like Jem did, while Will stifled a sigh.
"Young people and their love problems" he laughed evilly. "But that does not matter to me at all, the only thing that interests me if you have mastered your demonic powers, have you done well, girl?"
"O-Of course I did ..." Tessa stuttered at him. "It was the fairy Titania and the goddess Circe who taught me how to use it"
"Trained by Titania herself and Circe!" he answered loudly, rumbling the entire medical room and making the nephilims afraid. "You have demon blood, which runs through your veins, like the blood of Raziel, but the spells of the fairies and those of an olympian goddess are ancient and powerful.
"Thank you ... sir" said the poor girl with fear in her voice.
"I can ask you a question ... lord Satan," Henry replied, loving himself with courage.
"Speak now, nephilim"
"If you are the copy of the original that is residing in Hell, does that mean that neither you nor Lucifer are the same individual?"
"Of course not, nephilim," he growled like a bull. "I represent the temptation of the human being, and i also serve as the judge of God among the souls of the condemned. I associate with evil and anger, while Lucifer is an angel that fell from Heaven and founded his own faction. We are different beings that often associate us as one, but we are not"
"Thanks for the explanation," Henry said stutteringly.
"Any more questions, is there enough time?" He looked at Will. "Are you sure you do not want to know anything about my parsnips from my garden, nephilim?"
Will swallowed in horror and shook his head. Satan laughed aloud.
"I thought you were going to say a sarcastic comment, but I see that the fear of seeing you overpowered you completely, it was an honor to meet you, nephilim" the Lord of Hell disappeared into the smoke.
After a prolonged awkward silence, Henry, who had doubts, spoke:
"I still do not understand"
"What do you not understand, Henry?" Charlotte told her husband.
"If what we saw was just a manifestation of Minato's psyche, then why was there no intervention during the Dark Hour phenomenon in Japan?"
Everyone was nodded, and their eyes were directed towards Minato. He groaned, and proceeded to tell her the other truth he had saved when he arrived in Victorian England. When he finished telling them, the members of the Institute remained like inanimate dolls, with their eyes open like doors and their brains were trying to process the information that Minato explained to them, only so that they were even more confused and out of place.
"Then" Charlotte, who was massaging her temples because of the increasing headache, spoke first: "You are a native of another universe parallel to ours, and then you were sent a few years in the past to stop Mortmain in case he I could access that information about this multiverse that we make up, right?"
Minato nodded.
Charlotte let out a weary and weary sigh.
"With the explanation of your history that you gave us, I think that is enough of revelations for now"
"A world parallel to ours!" Henry exclaimed. "Charlotte, it's the greatest discovery we've had in front of us! You can imagine it! We're talking about an Earth where shadow hunters have never existed before!"
"You do not need to get exasperated, Henry," Will replied. "Now everything fits perfectly in this puzzle, and in your universe there are no demonic invasions?"
"No" Minato denied, shook his head, "only Shadows and Persona, but no threat of demons"
"If there are no demons in your universe," Sophie replied. "Does that mean there's also a risk of Shadows threats?"
"There is risk, but they are solved by another generation of user-Persona, there is no need to worry" said Minato, remembering the mention of his successors: the Research Team and the Phantom Thieves.
"A vast sea of infinite universes parallel to ours" Jem thought about the explanation that Minato had said. "Minato, do you happen to think it exists...?"
"God" he finished him. "In my universe there is christianity and other religions. I was never aware of the existence of God when I joined SEES. God or YHVH who is called by his name in the bible, is a part of the Great Will that fulfills the work as a marshal who supervises each universe"
"The Great Will" repeated Jem. "In the studies of mundane science it was believed that the universe had been created by an explosion that had occurred several millennia ago in the past, while in the scriptures of the bible it is said that God created the universe when there was nothing. we are also taught in the Academy about that as an informative part"
"It's true," replied Henry. "But I have a doubt, if we are part of the many universes created by the Great Will, do not all the universes have problems with demonic invasions from other worlds?"
Minato shrugged in response.
"I really do not know, but I can be sure that each universe we make up has its own group that can fight against demons, perhaps with modern high-tech items, one example would be SEES, that we have used our Evoker and Aigis as weapons against the Shadows"
"Well" Will put his hands around the back of his neck, "it seems that the mundanes of the different universes have everything solved with their technological advances, and while we get used to the old method"
"Does that mean that the Void is also part of this great multiverse?" Charlotte added curiously.
"No. The Void or mostly known in various cultures as the Makai or Atziluth has existed since the creation of the multiverse of the Great Will. The Makai or the Void is the home where the demons were created based on thoughts in different universes, which is part of this vast multiverse as a single for the incursions among the various" He shrugged, "it is possible that they were attracted by the emotions and thoughts of each human mind to satiate their man , or simply want to adapt to new environments"
"And that's why Jonathan invoked the angel Raziel to keep the world safe from them," said Tessa. "After having seen the raids of the demons from the Makai, he decided to become the first shadowhunter and fight the threat"
"Our work as the secret protectors of humanity has always been held firm for generations," Jem spoke firmly. "We will do everything necessary to protect humans and the World of Shadows from any threat"
"Exactly." Will smiled proudly. "We have faced worse things in our lives, Mortmain is one of them, deserves to be brought before the justice of the Clave"
Everyone agreed to Will's statement. Mortmain was a man who had a grudge and a thirst for immense revenge towards shadowhunters; his drive to bring justice to the murderers of his parents had led him to create his father's automatons as killing machines. Not to mention that he used a powerful demon to change shape to pretend to be Tessa's father and impregnate his seed in the mother, without realizing that she was a shadowhunter without knowing it, and then there was his daughter, Tessa, a mestizo between the two enemy races; a being that would be used by Mortmain himself in his plans to create a new hybrid race.
Mortmain must be stopped at all costs.
"We'd better rest a little," Charlotte commented with a yawn, while massaging her temples. "So much information made us confused and tired"
They all agreed and went to their rooms.
When everyone was in their respective rooms, Tessa decided to start a conversation with the maid, near the door of her room. This conversation was something that Tessa had had when she went to Benedict Lightwood's party.
"Sophie, I saw you with Gideon the other day"
Instantly, it tensed completely.
"What do you mean, miss?"
"I went back to find my pendant," she explained. "My mechanical angel, and I saw you in the hallway with Gideon." He swallowed hard. "He ... held your hand ... like a suitor"
It made a long silence.
"Are you going to tell Mrs. Branwell?"
"What, Spohie, no, I just wanted to ... warn you ..."
"Warn me what?" Sophie asked in a neutral voice.
"The Ligthwood ..." She swallowed. "They are not very nice people, when I was at their house ... with Will and Minato ... I saw terrible things ... terrible"
"It's mr. Ligthwood, not his children!" The abruptness in the maid's voice made her cringe. "They are not like him!"
"What difference can there be?"
Sophie stared at her with eyes full of anguish.
"Do you think I'm stupid enough to let a three-room gentleman make fun of me after what I've been through? After all that mrs. Branwell has taught me, Gideon is a good man..."
"It's a matter of education, Sophie, can you imagine going to Benedict Lightwood and telling him that he wants to marry a worldly woman and, besides, a maid?"
Sophie wrinkled her face.
"You do not know anything," he replied. "He does not know what he wanted for us ..."
"You mean the training?" Tessa could not believe it. "Sophie, the truth ..."
But she, shaking her head, had taken her skirts, and left her alone behind the door.
Tessa watched as the maid disappeared into the corridor, while she curses herself internally for her idiocy.
While in the Velvet Room, Igor explained to Minato his performance during the course of his trip. He had explained that his interaction with the members of the Institute in London had strengthened his Social Links. He also explained that the relationship between Tessa, Will and Jem was increasingly tense; since the love of the girl who feels for the two nephilim causes a feeling of confusion and guilt, something normal among the loving adolescents.
After knowing about his performance, and spending some intimate time with Elizabeth, Minato had returned to his room. He heard Jem's voice telling him to wake up and shuffle into the living room, where Charlotte was calling. He got out of bed, changed his nightgown, and went to the meeting.
When he arrived, he saw that everyone was in their own place: Sophie was in charge of a blazing fire in the fireplace in the living room. Charlotte was sitting behind the desk, Henry was at her side. Will was lying in one of the armchairs next to the hearth, with a tea service on the side and a cup in his hand. Tessa was sitting on the couch next to the desk next to Jem. He sat on a sofa that was next to them. Minato could see that Tessa felt tense next to Jem, her second love. But there was something more than a simple tension between the two. Something he did not know, but his Persona from the Priestess Arcana, Parvati, who was more than just a love affair.
'It's something else,' Shiva's second consort had explained to her through childish laughter, just as they did in the Arcane of Love.
"Then, since we are all" began the director of the Institute in an animated tone. "As you probably know, Wayland Consul had given us a full period of time to find Mortmain's whereabouts. We have compiled information in various places to learn about his past and the motivation for his revenge, and Brother Enoch has warned us that Nathaniel Gray presents the same spell that Jessamine had when we interrogated her with the Mortal Sword, but we all know where Mortmain is." Minato, Will, Jem and Tessa nodded. She continued: "Now we also have another piece of news: the werewolf that Minato saved the previous night, it was discovered that he and the others had taken the automata in cover to where the meeting of the Clave was going to take place"
That caused a great impact on Will and Jem.
"It was for me, Jem," Charlotte told him, calming him down. "According to the information in detail he says that the order was to be taken to Westminster Abbey, where the meeting is held in the Pyx Chamber, he said it was a nephilim who gave him the information on where to take them"
"Benedict Lightwood," Will spoke with venom and bitterness in his voice.
"Our suspicions about him became so clear when you and Tessa went to his mansion on the night of the dance"
"The most reasonable thing would be that we take Benedict Lightwood to the Clave and interrogate him with the Mortal Sword"
"When we tested the Mortal Sword with Jessamine, we discovered that it had locks set by Mortmain," Charlotte observed worriedly. "Do you think Mortmain would be foolish enough not to take the same precaution with Benedict? It would be a risk for us"
Will ran his hands through his dark hair.
"Mortmain expects us to go to the Clave," he began. "It would be his first guess, he is also accustomed to leaving his luck to partners who no longer serve him. De Quincey, for example. Lightwood is not irreplaceable to him either, and he knows it." He drummed his knees. "I think that if we went to the Clave, we would undoubtedly get Benedict to be in defeat, but there is a segment of the Clave that follows it, we know some of them, but not others, it's sad, but we do not know who we can trust. Beyond us, if Minato had not intervened in our lives, the Institute would be in danger, and Tessa would not be safe"
She blinked.
"I?"
Will seemed to have stopped, as if surprised by what he had just said.
"Well, you are an integral part of Mortmain's plans, he has always loved you, he has always needed you, we must not let him have you, it is evident that, in his hands, you would be a very powerful weapon"
"All that is true, Will, and of course I'll go see the Consul," agreed Charlotte. "As director it is my responsibility to protect the Institute and the residents from any threat"
Everyone was happy because of Charlotte's firmness in not surrendering.
"It's good to know that you continued forward without giving up," Jem told him altruistically.
"It was your's who gave me strength to continue being the director of the Institute, I thank you very much"
"Mrs. Branwell." Sophie decided to start a conversation with a little hesitation. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Yes," she said. "you can say it"
The maid felt insecure and restless, but decided to arm herself with courage.
"There's something else she needs to know about Mr. Benedict Lightwood," he swallowed, but continued, "I've been with Gideon Lightwood, I've been seeing him on my days off." She was pale as a ghost. "He told me that Mortmain has something mr. Lightwood wants, and Gideon has just discovered that his father does not know what he knows"
"Well, holy God, girl, do not stay there," complained Henry, who looked perplexed as his wife. "Tell us"
"Demonic pox," the maid replied. "The mr. Lightwood has had it for years and will kill him in a couple of months if he does not get the cure, and Mortmain says he can get it."
A great commotion erupted in the room. Minato's Persona laughed loudly in his mind. Charlotte ran to Sophie; Henry called her; Will jumped out of the chair and started dancing in circles. Minato remained calm, while Tessa stayed where she was, dazed, and Jem stayed by her side. Meanwhile, Will seemed to be singing a song about how he had been right about demonic pox since the beginning.
Demonic pox, oh, demonic pox,
And how do you get that mess?
Go to the bad side of the city.
Until very tired.
Demonic pox, oh, demonic pox,
I had it from the beginning ...
There is no smallpox, fools, no
But as I say in this song.
Everything, all reason
And not all of you!
"WILL!" Charlotte screamed at the noise. "HAVE YOU LOST THE JUDGMENT ?! STOP WITH THAT INFERNAL SCANDAL!"
Jem, rising to his feet, covered Will's mouth with his hand.
"Do you promise to shut up?" His friend hissed in his ear.
Will nodded, eyes bright. His friend released him.
"Well then"
Will dropped to the floor, leaned back against the chair and raised his arms.
"Put the demon pox in your house!" he announced, and yawned.
"Oh, no, weeks of jokes about smallpox," Jem complained. "The one that is going to fall on us!"
"It can not be true," Charlotte was amazed. "It's just ... Demonic pox?"
"And how do we know that Gideon did not lie to Sophie?" Jem asked, his tone soft. "I'm sorry, Sophie, I hate to say it, but you can not trust the Ligthwood"
"I've seen Gideon's face when he looks at Sophie," Will interjected. "It was Tessa who told me first that she liked our Miss Collins, and I thought about it and I realized that it was true, and a man in love ... a man in love will say anything, betray anyone." Looking at Tessa as she spoke. Minato saw that Tessa was staring at him; He had feelings for Will, he knew it very well, but Tessa was in a new relationship with Jem. Parvati had told him there was something else, and that had to do with the fact that the two had declared their love for each other. Tessa was in love with Will, but now she loves Jem.
The love triangles are complicated and anguishing among lovers.
"Besides, Benedict had a demon woman in his lap at the party, and he was kissing her," he continued, turning his gaze from Tessa. "I had snakes in my eyes, everyone with their tastes, I imagine ... Anyway, the only way you can get the demonic pox is by having improper relations with a demon, so ..."
"Nate told me that mr. Lightwood preferred demon women," Tessa recalled. "I do not think his wife ever found out about that"
"Lilith," Minato commented, earning everyone's eyes.
"What did you say?" Henry told him, confused.
"The demon woman with whom Benedict kissed, was Lilith"
The faces of the residents of the Institute darkened with surprise.
"Lilith," Will repeated, stuttering. "By angel! Benedict has been having intimate relations with the very Lilith, the first wife of Adam and Infernal Princess of Edom!" He laughed like crazy, making everyone feel uncomfortable.
"Will, shut up!" Jem replied in a loud voice, making his friend stop laughing, but let out a few small giggles. "At least you could tell us what are the symptoms of demonic pox"
"Pretty unpleasant," Will replied, enjoying himself. "It begins with a shield-shaped rash on the back, and it spreads throughout the body, forming a crack and fissures in the skin ..."
Jem gasped.
"Now I'm back," he said. "Just a moment, for the Angel ..."
And he disappeared through the door, leaving the others staring at him,
"You do not think he has demon pox, right?" Henry asked no one in particular.
Minato shrugged. He thought that Jem had gone to look for information on possible demon pox.
"Oh, shut your mouth, Henry," Will snapped, and it looked like he was about to say something else, but the door flew open and Jem came back into the room, panting and holding a piece of parchment.
"The Silent Brothers gave me this when I decided to look up information about the death of the Ligthwood brothers' mother, it's Barbara Ligthwood's report. After Charlotte told us that her father never gave Silas to the Clave, I thought about asking the Silent Brothers how mrs. Lightwood had died To see if Benedict also lied when he said he had died of grief"
"And he was lying?" Tessa leaned forward, fascinated.
"Yes, the truth is that he cut his wrists, but there is more." He looked at the paper in his hands. "A shield-shaped rash, indicative of the characteristic marks of astriola, on the left shoulder," he read.
He handed it to Will, who took it and read it, opening his eyes in amazement.
"Astriola!" he let go. "That's demonic pox, I had proof that demon pox exists and you did not tell me! Et tu, brute" He rolled the paper and gave Jem on the head with him.
"Oh!" The boy rubbed his head, embarrassed. "Those words did not mean anything to me! I assumed it was some minor illness." It does not seem that that was what killed her. "He cut his wrists, but if Benedict wanted to protect his children, hiding that his mother had taken the lifetime..."
"By the Angel," Charlotte exclaimed in a low voice. "No wonder she killed herself because her husband had suffered from pox, and she knew it." He turned suddenly to Sophie, who gave a little cry. "Does Gideon know this?"
Sophie shook her head, her eyes wide.
"No"
"But would not the Silent Brothers be obliged to inform someone that they had discovered this?" Henry asked. "It seems, well, at least, irresponsible"
"Of course they would inform someone, they would tell their husband, and they certainly did, but what, surely Benedict already knew," Will ventured. "There was no need to tell the children, the rash appears at the beginning of contracting the disease, so they would be too old for her to have passed on to them." Without doubt, the Silent Brothers told Benedict, and he He said: "Horror," and quickly wrote the whole thing, "You can not judge the dead because of improper relations with demons, so they burned the body, and that's it"
"And how is it that Benedict is still alive?" Tessa asked. "Should not the disease have already killed him?"
"Mortmain," Sophie replied. "All this time he has been giving him drugs that make the disease progress more slowly"
"Does it slow down, but does it stop?" Minato wanted to know.
"No, he's still dying, and now more quickly," Sophie replied. That's why he's so desperate, and he'll do whatever Mortmain wants"
"Demonic pox!" Will whispered, and looked at Charlotte. Despite his obvious excitement, there was a light flickering behind his blue eyes. A light of acute intelligence, as if he were a chess player reflecting on the next play in search of possible advantages and disadvantages. "We should get in with Benedict immediately," Will proposed. "We have all the evidence in our favor, and we just need to put Benedict Ligthwood in his place"
"Benedict is stubborn ..." Charlotte began.
"Not as much as proud," replied Jem. "Benedict has always wanted to control the Institute, but he also wants to humiliate you, Charlotte, prove that a woman can not run the Institute, Will is right, put Benedict in his place as the traitor he is"
"To what end?" Henry asked. "Send Charlotte to Benedict, what does it provide us, exactly?"
"Justice," Will answered, his eyes burning with excitement. "We know where Mortmain is hiding, but Benedict is a wild dog that needs to be tamed and then taken to the kennel"
"But I'm almost certain that he is more afraid of Mortmain than we are," Tessa said hesitantly, "and he certainly needs what he gives him otherwise he will die"
"Yes, he will die, but what he has done, having improper relations with a demon, infecting his wife and causing his death, is like having killed another shadowhunter on purpose." Not only can it be considered murder, but also murder with demonic means That will demand the worst punishment"
"What is worse than death?" Tessa and Minato wanted to know, and immediately regretted having asked, because he saw Jem tense his mouth imperceptibly.
"The Silent Brothers will extract what makes it a nephilim, it will be Abandoned," Will answered. "Their children will be worldly, and the marks will be taken away from them The name of Ligthwood will be crossed out from the lists of the shadowhunters It will be the end of the Ligthwood among the Nephilim There is no worse shame It is a punishment that even Benedict will fear"
"And besides," Jem added. "We have Minato Arisato with his power of Persona, since he has saved us from trouble several times"
Everyone looked at him, who remained where he was, quiet, reserved and polite. With the dark blue hair tousled that covered half of the left side and left to the right blue eye that combined with his hair color. For the rest of the week, Minato had helped them with his power from his universe. It was he who prevented the Institute from being in danger and was dominated by Benedict Lightwood. It was he who helped them get complete information about Mortmain's revenge goal and Tessa Gray's secret. It was thanks to him that they could see for the first time an angel that was trapped in the girl's pendant. Everything had been fun to him. The Messiah.
"Then everything is clear, we will visit Benedict," Charlotte spoke firmly, whose expression was hardened, a feature identical to Mitsuru Kirijo when there were situations of greater tension than Minato had remembered. "There is no time to send a proper notice ahead, it will have to be something of a surprise ... Well, where are the business cards?"
Will sat up.
"So you've decided to follow my plan?"
"Now it's my plan," Charlotte replied firmly. "You can come with me, Will, but you will follow my instructions, and we will not talk about the demonic pox until I say so"
"But ... but ..." the boy mumbled.
"Oh, leave it," Jem interjected, giving him a loving little kick on his friend's knee.
"He has appropriated my plan!"
His attitude was a copy identical to the antics that Junpei always did, a memory that Minato would have in mind.
"Will," Tessa began firmly, "what does it matter to you more, that the plan be put into practice or that the initiative be recognized?"
He pointed at her with one finger.
"That," he replied. "The second"
Charlotte rolled her eyes.
"William, this will be done as I decide or it will not be done"
Will took a deep breath and looked at Jem, who smiled at him; Will let the air out of his lungs with a sigh of defeat.
"All right, Charlotte, do you want all of us to go?"
"You, Tessa and Minato, no doubt, we need you as witnesses to the party, Jem, Henry, it is not necessary that you come, and it is necessary that at least one of you remain to watch over the Institute"
"Honey ..." Henry touched Charlotte's arm with a questioning look.
"Yes?" His wife looked at him in surprise.
"Are you sure you do not want me to go with you?"
Charlotte smiled at him, which transformed his tense and tired face.
"Very sure, Henry, technically, Jem is not an adult, and leaving him alone here, and I do not want to say he is not capable, would only add fuel to the fire of Benedict's complaints, but thank you very much"
Minato understood that Henry cared very much for the welfare of his wife and the baby; an attitude that any husband would be attentive in lending his help to his fiancee. Speaking of fiancees. He observed that Jem squeezed Tessa's hand, affectionately and softly, a moving gesture among lovers. Charlotte picked up a pen to write a note for Benedict on the left side of the business card, which Cyril would hand him while they waited in the carriage.
With the meeting over, Minato and the others went to their rooms to get dressed. When he was about to open the door, he heard Will calling back to Tessa; maybe he was calling her to tell her about his love or something like that. He was not interested in hearing other people's problems; he opened the door and entered it.
Tessa had only taken a few steps in her room when she stood in surprise, contemplating what lay on her bed: an elegant indian silk stripe suit with cream and gray stripes, adorned with delicate braided cord and silver buttons. Gray gloves were on the side, with a pattern of leaves on a silver thread. There were bone-colored button boots at the foot of the bed, and elegant patterned stockings.
The door opened and Sophie entered, holding a pale gray hat trimmed with silvery wild berries. She was very pale, and her eyes were swollen and red. He avoided Tessa's gaze.
"New clothes, miss," she said. "The fabric was part of mrs. Branwell's trousseau, and well, weeks ago she thought about making a dress for you, I think she thought you should have clothes that miss Jessamine did not buy for you, she thought she would feel more ... Comfortable, and they brought it this morning, I asked Bridget to prepare it for you.
Tessa noticed the tears in her eyes, and sat quickly on the edge of the bed.
"Sophie" spoke in a trembling voice. "I should ..., no, I want to apologize"
"Apologize to me?" the maid asked in a neutral voice, as she left her hat on the table. Tessa looked at her. Charlotte always wore a very simple clothes. I never would have thought that the director had an inclination for beautiful things, or the taste to choose them.
"I was completely mistaken in telling you about Gideon as i did," she continued. "I put my nose where it should not, and you're absolutely right, Sophie, you can not judge a man for the sins of his family, and i should have told you that although I saw Gideon at the ball the other night, it did not seem i am taking part in the amusements, in fact. I can not see inside your mind to know what you think, and I should not have behaved as if i could. I have no experience other than you, Sophie, and when it comes to gentlemen, I am clearly misinformed i apologize for behaving with superiority, I will not do it again, if you can forgive me "
Sophie went to the closet and opened it to show her a second dress; this one was dark blue adorned with a braided cord of golden velvet, and a skirt to the polonaise with the opening to the right, which left to see pale ruffles of cloth of faya.
"How nice!" Sophie exclaimed in a slightly dreamy tone, and brushed it with her hand. "It's been ... it's been a very nice apology, miss, and I forgive her, I know you were very concerned about me about my relationship with Gideon, and I know I was doing it to protect myself, that's why I accept your apology"
"Thank you, Sophie, thank you for accepting it." Tessa smiled. "What you've done has been very brave, about telling Charlotte the truth, I know you were afraid she would get angry"
The maid smiled sadly.
"She's not angry, she's disappointed, I know, she told me that she could not talk to me now, but that she would do it later, and I saw it in her face, in a way, it's worse"
"Oh, Sophie, but she's disappointed with Will at all hours!"
"Well, who does not?"
"I was not referring to that, I mean you appreciate it, like you're Will or Jem, or well, you know, even if you're disappointed, you do not have to be afraid that I'm going to kick you out. And I believe it too"
"Miss Tessa!" Sophie protested, opening her eyes.
"Beuno, it's the truth," retorted Tessa, a rebel. "You're brave, generous and charming, like Charlotte ..."
Sophie's tears stung. She wiped them quickly with the tip of her apron.
"Okay, enough of that" he cut in a hurry, still blinking. "I have to dress you up, and get ready, because Cyril already comes with the carriage, and you know that mrs. Branwell does not like to waste time"
Tessa approached obediently, and with the help of the maid she put on the white and gray striped dress.
"And be careful, that's all I have to say," Sophie concluded, deftly handling the button hook. "The father is a bad piece, do not forget, he's very hard on those guys"
'Those kids' By the way he said it, it seemed that Sophie also felt sorry for Gabriel, as well as Gideon. Tessa wondered what he would think of his little brother, and his sister too. But he did not ask anything while Sophie brushed and curled her hair, and moistened her temples with lavender water.
"Well, it's lovely, miss," Sophie observed proudly when she finished, and Tessa had to admit that the girl had done very well choosing the cut and the color that suited her best. The gray, in fact, fit him very well: his eyes looked bigger and blueder; the waist and the arms, more slender; the bust, fuller. "One last thing ..."
"What is it, Sophie?"
"Young Jem," he replied, and Tessa was surprised. "Please, whatever you do, miss ..." She looked at the chain with the jade pendant hidden by the dress, and bit his lip. "Do not break your heart"
Minato saw that Cyril was leading them not to the Chiswick manor house but to an elegant inn in Pimlico, which was apparently the daily residence of the Lightwoods. It had begun to rain, and the wet clothes-gloves, hats, and coats-were taken by a flippant footman before accompanying them through many gleaming corridors to a large library, where an energetic fire burned in a large fireplace.
Behind a huge oak desk sat Benedict Lightwood, with its sharp profile, accentuated by the play of light and shadow inside the room. The curtains were drawn over the windows, and the walls, covered with heavy volumes bound in dark leather, with gold lettering on the spine. He was flanked by his children: Gideon on the right, with blond hair pulled forward to hide his expression, and arms crossed over his broad chest; Gabriel left, and his green eyes were illuminated by a bewilderment when he saw Minato among them.
"Charlotte," Benedict greeted. "Will. Miss Gray. Ah! Minato Arisato, the warlock who has the magical power of summoning an ancient hero and the very Metatron, who freed the Ithuriel angel from his confinement. to sit on the chairs before the desk. Gabriel frowned at Will as he took a seat. Will looked at him, mimicking Minato's neutral face, and then looked away.
Will had not released any sarcastic comments, but Minato knew that Will would soon explode later.
"Thank you very much, Benedict." Charlotte, petite, with her spine very straight, spoke with perfect aplomb. "For receiving us without us having notified"
"Naturally," he smiled, but looking at it in more detail, it was not a natural smile, it was tense. "I can assume they succeeded in finding Mortmain, right?"
"Without a doubt, Benedict, it was an exhausting and long investigation, but we were able to find it, thanks to the residents of the Institute, and also to Minato"
"Of course" Benedict struggled to maintain his natural smile without tensing more. "After all, the angel Ithuriel called him Messiah, and he did his work in helping them"
"Indeed," Charlotte replied firmly, without lowering her guard. "But there's something else I wanted to talk to you about"
He swallowed; his neck was sweating.
"And what would it be, Charlotte?"
"We know you had a party at your mansion, Benedict, and you invited downworlders and demons as your guests at night." Will, Tessa and Minato were there in Chiswick.
There was a slight silence. Benedict did not move a muscle. Gabriel and his brother either.
Before Benedict could reply, Will was answered first.
"That demon woman you were lying on the couch with," he began. "Would you say it was a friend or rather a business colleague?"
Benedict's eyes hardened, but he said nothing.
"Oh, I'd say I was a friend," Tessa continued. "Normally, you would not let your business colleagues lick your face, although I could be wrong, what do I know about those things, I'm just a poor woman?"
"She'll be the one to explain." Minato put his Evoker on his temple. Benedict paled like a ghost, while the broken glass took the form of a naked woman with pale skin with long black hair that fell down her back and a long boa that covered every part of the woman's body, curling around her neck. Both the legs and some parts of his body had purple black scales. His face was beautiful and attractive, with amber eyes that sparkled malice and fun.
"Oh, Benedict, we seem to meet again," Litlith said, her voice silky, soft, and seductive. "Do you deny us together on the night of the party? How bad you are"
Benedict's eyes were narrowed and his jaw trembled. Gabriel was dismayed and speechless, while Gideon looked at the floor, muttering in a low voice.
"What happened, Benedict?" she answered innocently. "Did not I do very well in fulfilling my role to have fun on the couch? After all, your two children were there" Lilith winked at both of them. Gabriel blushed, and Gideon stood his ground without contracting like his brother.
"I ... i ..." began the father of the Ligthwood brothers in search of a logical explanation, but the words did not come out with his stutter and tremor in his voice.
Gabriel looked at his father, bewildered and confused, but Benedict did not look at him.
"Admit it," Charlotte replied in a self-taught voice. "You have not only invited demons and downworlders to your party, but you had an intimate relationship with a Greater Demon, the Infernal Princess Lilith"
"A very flattering title," Lilith said with a laugh.
"Father ..." Gabriel wanted an answer, but he did not answer.
"Come on, Benedict," Will said with a smile at their corners. "We know you've had sex with demons, and you've also been infected with demonic pox"
"What...!" Benedict let go, but Lilith's boa came quickly to his neck. Sharp teeth like leaves were stuck, ready to bite their prey.
"Lift up your sleeve now," Adam's first wife replied in a soft, menacing voice.
Benedict, who was in a panic, decided to carry out his order. A feature of corruption covered his bare arm; It was like his skin was beginning to crack. Gabriel was horrified, while Gideon smiled with triumph.
"It was already that you finally confessed your crime, father," Gabriel's older brother reproached him dryly.
"You" roared. "You told him, you betrayed me"
"Yes," said Gideon, crossing his arms. "And I would do it again"
"Father, is that true?" Gabriel's tone was one of consternation and exigency. His emerald green eyes wanted the truth, but his father remained silent.
Gideon looked at his father with uncertainty and reproach.
"Since you made me come back from Spain, I've been thinking, as a child I assumed that all shadowhunters lived like us, condemning the demons during the day, and fraternizing with them under the cloak of night." Now I know that's not true It's not about how we do things, father, it's about how you do them, you've poured disgrace and filth on the Lightwood surname"
"No need to be melodramatic ..." Benedict began to say after being silent, having the fangs of the boa in his throat.
"Melodramatic?" Gideon's tone turned with contempt. "Father, I am afraid you have left for your greed, you always wanted to take the Institute to Charlotte for your vice of pride, but all your plans fell by the arrival of Minato Arisato. I am telling you now, and will testify against you in the Council. I will hold the Mortal Sword and tell the truth to Consul Wayland"
"Our mother's dream was always to take the Institute on her deathbed ..." Gabriel murmured.
"The death of your mother, Gabriel, was a lie" Lilith's eyes went to Benedict, shining with evil. "Right, Benedict?" The jaw of the boa changed from neck to shoulder, biting it with immense force, making it scream in pain.
"Yes... yes...!" he shouted.
"What really happened to my mother, father?" Gabriel ignored his father's pain cry.
It's ... true!" He said with a gasp, making his second son be surprised. "Your mother committed suicide because she learned that she had been infected by the disease. I had to use Silas's death as a pretext to hide the truth about your mother's death. Silas did not die because Granville Fairchild told the Clave the truth about his falling in love with his parabatai Eloisa Ravenscar, but he killed himself because he knew that it was forbidden to fall in love with a parabatai. Everything had been a lie to cover my reputation "
There was a tense silence in the room. Gabriel had watery eyes, while his brother went to him and comforted him. The eyes of Charlotte, Will and Tessa were of contempt and annoyance. Minato told Lilith to tighten the bite more, which she accepted sadistically. Benedict howled loudly, echoing throughout the room.
"For ... please ... make it ... stop!" he moaned. "I will do anything"
"Whatever," Charlotte repeated with disgust. "If you are going to cooperate with us, I want you to explain in detail: did you tell Mortmain where the Council meets?"
"Yes ..." he answered with a choked cry. "I ... told him where ... we met"
Everyone looked at him with hatred.
"Benedict" Charlotte's voice was steel. "You're not just a liar, you're a traitor, you lied about killing your wife and you blamed my father for something he never did, you had illicit relationships with demons and you gave our enemy information about where the council meetings are. , besides that there are automatons ready to attack all shadowhunters, you are really, a despicable being. "His tone was deadly. "You do not deserve to wear the marks, nor the blood of Raziel that runs through your veins"
Minato looked at Lilith.
"What are the final consequences of demonic pox?"
"The final consequences would be the worst" Lilith laughed between laughter, making Benedict pale. "After being completely infected, the individual will succumb to a period of tensions such as fever, chills, nausea, suppurating sores, not suppurating sores, buboes, a black spot over the eyes, hair removal, skin discoloration, swelling, inter other symptoms. The pox would then worsen and the victim would fall into sores and fissures will eventually cover the victim's skin completely, forming a dark chrysalis within which the victim becomes a demon. After several weeks of supposedly painful transformation, the demon will emerge from the chrysalis"
Benedict's jaw snapped open, and his heart began to beat rapidly.
"Please...!" implored with anguish. "Mercy ... please ... Cover me ... please! I beg of you!"
Lilith stroked the neck of the boa. His face showed indifference.
"I do not see the logic in healing you, Benedict. Charlotte said that you do not deserve to take the blood of one of YHVH's angels. "In addition," his face turned macabre. "I always wanted to know how demons would work with nephilim blood worms. Goodbye "She said goodbye while disappearing in a smoke.
Benedict grabbed left, where the bite of the boa was deep and covered in blood. I kept moaning in pain. He looked with imploring at Minato.
"Please ... Messiah ... please"
Minato's expression was stoic. He looked at him indifference.
"Assume the consequences of your apt," he said coldly.
"But..."
"You already heard it, Benedict." Charlotte rose from her seat, as did Minato, Will and Tessa. "Your own pride and vanity led you to how you are now, I suggest that you heal the wound, you can not get to the Council meeting like this"
Bebedict looked at his eldest son for help.
"Gideon ..."
His eldest son walked towards them, then raised his hands before him, almost as if he were going to pray. But shadowhunters did not pray; and instantly Minato realized what he was doing: he was removing the silver ring from his finger. The ring was similar to Jem's Carstairs ring, only it had a flame pattern around the gold. The Lightwood ring. He left it on the edge of his father's desk and turned to his brother.
"Gabirel," he snapped. "Will you come with me?"
He was undecided if it was necessary to go to where his older brother was, but he ran the risk of further tarnishing his last name if he left the mansion. The rumors that the two sons of Benedict Lightwood would be by word of mouth; making more than his reputations decayed more, especially since he was tainted when his distorted the truth of the death of his mother and uncle.
"I ... i can not decide ..."
"Gabriel" his older brother spoke to him in a calm tone. "It's not worth staying with him" he made a reproachful gesture towards his father. " He lied, he lied to both of us.
"And who will take care of him when he presents the symptoms of the disease? What will people say when he realizes that our father contracted a demonic disease, while his two children abandoned him to their fate?" said with despair. "I must stay so that father does not hurt an innocent person when he becomes a demon, if this is a divine sign for me to drag myself towards my pride, then I accept it, I accept this responsibility"
"Gabriel" Giedon looked at his brother with supplication, and then understood his younger brother's decision. If they left their father alone in the mansion, soon smallpox would accelerate rapidly, then metamorphose into a demon and attack any living being in sight. Benedict had committed several sins that did not need to be forgiven, and becoming a demon would be his punishment.
He nodded, agreeing to his choice.
Charlotte walked to the door, together with her three companions, along with Gideon behind them. She turned her gaze to the dying, and defeated, Benedict Lightwood.
"I trusted to see you in the Council chamber tomorrow, Benedict, I trust you know what you have to do," she said in a firm and icy voice, and left the room, along with his companions.
Later in making some modifications that were in the pages of the second book of Infernal Devices.
In this chapter I put everything: the mention of the Great Will, that the universe of shadowhunters was part of the Amala Multiverse, God as the marshal of the Great Will, and I also placed Caesar, and also Helel, Satan and Lilith, since I was anxious to put them.
In this chapter I thought to let Benedict live, but the plot where he becomes a demon in the third book would be interesting to put in this story.
I want to thank you all for continuing to leave constructive criticisms about the plot of the story.
See you in the next chapter.