And thus we return.

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Gaea is a Weird Place

"NIPPON ICHI SOFTWARE PRESENTS!"

"Magnus, Darling, why are you shouting out the window so early in the morning? And what seems like nonsense?"

Red Magnus turned away from the window, crossing his arms and stared seriously at his new 'master'.

"It's not nonsense. It's a tradition super passed on to demons for time immemorial! No idea why we do it, but that's never super stopped me before!" Red Magnus laughed before looking at Kirche, shrugging, and going back to sitting against the wall patiently.

Kirche herself raised an eyebrow at the seemingly ingrained response, but likened it to a prayer or some such and moved on, shrugging off her blanket and enjoying the morning air as she began to get ready for the day.

There was also the other boy who shared her bed for the night, but he was still solidly passed out for a few more hours. Worse comes to worse, a quick Levitation or Magnus himself could take care of it. It truly was a treat to have such a strong and able body around.

And doubly so when compared to the other 'human' summoned that day. Oh, Kirche had her doubts given the small explanation she had been able to puzzle out from her darling Demon, but until she saw something special she would go on with the obviously superior familiar candidate.

"Ahh, that look of expectation and determination on her little face...exquisite." Kirche silently gushed, fitting her blouse before popping the top three buttons, feeling like giving the boys and girls a treat.

"Wow. You are pretty twisted. Eh, you got some passion to ya at least, so it isn't super terrible." Red Magnus commented as he came to her side, absent-mindedly handing her a cloak to fasten to her shoulders, even as she chuckled and gave him a small slap to the chest.

"Oh, I don't want to hear that from you, Mr. Demon from a plane of Hell." Kirche chuckled right back.

"Eh, we call it the Netherworlds, or Disgaea. Hell's much worse. There you actually have to LEARN. Nah, just ultra-violence and real men paving the way for others to follow. Which I would still SUPER like to get back too again." Red Magnus pointed out again with flat eyes, nearly making Kirche sigh again even as they walked down to breakfast.

There was the only downside to her familiar. It's consistent and steady asking and/or demands to be sent home. She would be more sympathetic if he didn't do it in such an annoying way, but frankly neither were the type to care much about such things for long.

"I keep telling you, a Familiar is summoned to help the Master. If the Familiar dies first a new one could be summoned, and I can only assume you're stuck here until I bite it too. Even then, who knows, maybe you'll die too. Most don't really check and see what happens to Familiars after dealing with the Master." Kirche tried to explain again, already feeling tired of repeating it, even as Red Magnus groaned.

"Uuuuggghhh, But you Humans take FOREVER to die if nothing off's you! And it better not kill me if you go first! I'll miss so many parties and fights! And do you KNOW how much it costs to be revived? That's like, a few million Hell right there!" He complained, pouting like a child. The effect was somewhat ruined by his poking out fangs and bulging muscles, but not enough to not make Kirche still twitch.

"Really? So you're just worried about the time your going to miss from partying and money involved in COMING BACK TO LIFE?"

"Of course! What else would Super bother a demon as great as Red Magnus? For Agni's sake, I need to be around to beat up anyone stupid enough to try and court Usalia at the least! Hey, want to go to the Netherworld?"Red Magnus suddenly asked, nearly making Kirche fall over even as she entered the Great Hall.

She turned to look at his grinning face, and saw that, yes, he was serious.

"I'd really rather not until I'm old enough to not give a damn or out of really any other option. I'm sure you understand."

Red Magnus looked shocked.

"Really? But every human I ever saw or heard about in the Netherworld were all about getting there! Usually to start some stupid plot or end of the universe scenario, but that was before I was really a playable character." Red Magnus tried to explain only to cause more confusion.

"What do you mean by 'Playab-!"

Whatever she was going to say was cut off by a massive rumbling of the ground, shaking the dining hall and making everyone desert the building only to stop dead in the courtyard at the sight that greeted them.

There, in the distance towards Galia, was a massive pillar of ice piercing the sky.

SCENE CHANGE: 10 MINUTES AGO

Black lined eyes snapped open.

"Who the fuck are you, where the fuck am I, and where is Lieze." Killia Snarled.

END OF CHAPTER

This is about as far as this one goes, mostly It's just Disgaea mindfuckery or over escalation I might play around with from here. We'll see. And if anyone has any other ideas about what can happen or where things can go I'd love to hear them too.