Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. They are the property of Hajime Kanzaka and Shoko Yoshinaka.
Chapter Six
"We need to talk," the priest said as he entered the room hitting his staff on the white stone floor with a loud ringing sound.
"You really have lost all sense of decorum, haven't you?" the master of the castle said. He was sitting in a high-backed chair made of dark wood. There were white furs draped around it as cushioning. The master sat in the chair at an angle resting his left elbow against the arm rest and allowing his feet a leisurely stretch. "You know how to address your superiors, don't you?"
"Pardon me," the priest said, not correcting his mistake. "You've changed since I last saw you."
"I know you think I'm degrading myself hopelessly beyond necessity to have stolen this form, but it was the most direct path to my goal. I don't need to make excuses for myself," the chimera said directly, touching a slightly green finger to a slightly green face.
"Indeed, you have achieved your goal delightfully well," the priest praised, his comments reeking with sarcasm.
"Tut tut. One day that mouth of yours is going to get you into trouble Xellos-san," he warned.
"I'll be sure to be more careful," he said, taking a little bow.
"You've got about thirty seconds to tell me what we need to talk about, before I draw my sword and ask you (very politely) to get the hell out, for you did enter my space without my permission," he said rising to his feet and leisurely stepping towards the priest. His white shirt stretched taunt across his shoulder blades as he moved.
"Lord Hellmaster asked me to visit," Xellos said smugly.
"Really?" he asked, taking a sword from the wall, it was almost as long as himself with a wide wicked blade. "Twenty two seconds."
"He's displeased with the actions you've taken towards the girl, and has asked me to relay the message that he doesn't want you to interfere with his plans."
"So, he just wants me to put her back where I found her and walk away? I refuse. I'm really doing all of this for him," he said, testing the blade with the edge of his thumb. "Oh well Xellos, it really was good meeting with you like this after so long, but your time is up."
"Do you really mean to get violent?" the priest laughed.
"I do," he said darkly, "and I have every right. Just pull your little cowardly act already, I get so tired of your pretenses."
The priest bowed and disappeared in a static blurred haze.
"There isn't much time left," the chimera said. "He would waste her on one casting of the Giga Slave – he would use such a prize only once. Ha! How foolish! As a human, casting the spell once would kill her, but as a mazoku, she could cast it an indefinite number of times. She could do so much more than destroy our world – she could burn a hole in the universe." He paused, thinking. "I'll have to move even faster now."
He put the sword back on the wall and went to go check on Lina. She was probably famished by now, but he was well prepared for that.