Number 7, lucky seven.

Nerdy: I wouldn't be to sure about that lol

REVIEWS:

Nerdy: Tim Curry's Toxic Love - lol sorry m8 but no can do.

Dax21: We said once, I will say it again; No.

Chibi-Juubi: Now although that would've been fun, the harem is big enough as it is. We did recently make a little, well...A random idea kinda popped in our heads, just look for The Drunk Arc Conquest.

Nerdy: commando squirrel - she will. Trust me.

Nerdy: the wolf paladin - i'm glad you like it.

Wolfang21: LOLOLOL. That actually sounds more like Malina's job, ngl.


Jaune walked out of the shower, feeling all refreshed for the first time in several days, he grabbed his clothes, which were to his surprise all clean and smelled good. The boy had no idea why this was but he went with it as he just put them on and grabbed his sword. Once he returned to the living room, he noticed something odd. Modeus was tied up to a chair.

"Mmhhhhh!" The demon of lust tried her best to speak but her mouth was kept forcibly closed by a rope.

"Um… may I ask why Modeus is tied up?" Jaune was quite curious but at the same time, he had a feeling of the reason.

"Because she was trying to be lustful," Pandemonica replied.

"Ah, I'm not surprised, to be honest. But was it necessary to tie her mouth shut to?" Jaune asked.

"It was my idea. She wouldn't shut up about trying to see your junk so I got annoyed." Malina answered.

"Um… okay. Anyway, off to the next demon I guess." Jaune said. After untying Medous, the group left Justice's house to head for the next demon harem recruit destination.


Jaune and the Harem made their way through the infernal landscape which was the 3rd to the last level of Hell, where Lucifer, the next girl to add to the harem, resided. The blonde knight could barely believe he had been here nearly a week. However, he was confident that Beelzebub had it all covered back home, covering for him while he was down here and building them the new house.

Which brought Jaune to think about how exactly he was going to move in with them. He cannot just randomly tell his parents he decided to move out with a bunch of girls they barely know. He knows for a fact his sisters and mother would freak out if that was the case. But he supposed he can let Beel or someone else think of a way to pull that off.

The girls were all around him, each doing their own thing as they walked. Monica and Azazel were talking, with Justice this time joining in while Cerberus was running around them. Modeus was, to no one's surprise, sticking close to Jaune. She didn't cling to him, yet, which was a relief. The sisters were keeping a distance between themselves, most likely not to get into a fight.

Eventually, the group reached Lucifer's palace. Jaune marveled at the giant construct before him, imagining what could wait for them inside. Before them, the gate of the castle was being guarded by 2 giant, skeleton-like beings with their eye-sockets housing dim, crimson lights. They approached the gate, and surely one of them stepped up.

"Halt! State your business here." He demanded, almost as if he rehearsed those words.

"Ayo there, man!" Justice said, stepping forward. "You see, I got this here group and we have to see Lucifer ASAP. The blondie has business with her, so can you let us pass?"

"Former High-Prosecutor Justice?" The skeleton said in mild surprise, then he stepped away. "Anything for you. You fought against Hell's mightiest, one of the best Prosecutors there ever was, and a friend to the Queen. You may pass since it is you"

"Thanks, big guy. Take care and do your job well!" Justice said, then she made a gesture for the rest to follow. The blonde of the group had to admit the skeletons scared him. They were literally giant in size, easily 2 heads taller than he was, and didn't look weak to him in the least. If anything, they might be some of the scariest things he has seen, and Justice simply talked to one of them! Just another one of Hell's quirks.

The gates then opened themselves, revealing the main hall they stepped in. Multiple demons were roaming about, seeing about their daily lives. The boy had to admit he was quite surprised coming inside the castle, seeing it look more like the lobby of an office building with even a desk sitting in front of two spiraling staircases that went up to the upper floors.

"You don't need to worry about being torn while I am here, big guy" Justice said to Jaune. "Those people know me, so I can get easy access to Lucifer. However, once we get there, it is all on you. Try not to screw up, ok?"

"I'll try," Jaune replied, then they walked forward. Justice simply waved at the desk, apparently letting them know where they were going, and began to climb up the stairs. The climb was agonizing, comparable to his climb from Tartarus even. With each step, the pressure increased and it never went down.

Finally, they reached the top of the climb, and before them were the gates to Lucifer. On the other side of those gates, was the Queen of Hell. "Here goes nothing," Jaune said as he pushed the gates open and they went inside, immediately taking in the skeletons around. There were 20 in total, 10 lined up on both sides of the room. Then, at the end of the room, stood the Queen of Hell herself.

She was sitting behind a large desk on a throne made of stone with skulls to decorate the armrests. She had the traits of other girls, namely white hair and red eyes, a tail, and horns. However, her horns were white instead of blacks like the rest and jagged, likely to represent her age as the first actual, and THE devil herself. Her hair was long and worn tied at the end with her bangs being kept in place by a black, spiked headband. Likely her crown. She also had a mole under her left eye. Her high status showed in her clothing. She wore a black suit with a red collared shirt underneath, complete with white gloves, a black tie, and her Sigil on her lapel. She was twirling a glass of red wine in her hand, then her gaze rose to meet the blonde who just entered her hall.

"And who are you, human?" She asked, looking at Jaune from her throne. She looked behind him, taking notice of the other girls as well, namely Justice who waved at her. "Hmm."

"My name is Jaune A-Arc, Miss Lucifer." He replied, trying to sound polite. Lucifer, for her part, looked unimpressed. "I am here to actually make a request, and-"

"Stop right there." Jaune shut his mouth. "For starters, I must say I have to praise you for making it this far, no normal human could easily walk through Hell and survive encountering as many demons as you had. However, if you think I will so easily be swayed then you are delusional."

"What?" Jaune muttered, and the other girls were confused as well. Justice, however, snapped her fingers.

"Forgot to tell you, Jaune: Lucifer's main power is that of Omniscient. She knows everything that goes down in Hell." At this, the Arc flinched. That had to be the craziest one yet.

"Thank you for explaining it, Justice. But that is exactly the reason why this human's luck ran out. Although I am impressed, I am not impressed enough. Did you really think you can just come into this realm, having a contract with one of Hell's worse, whom I personally ordered to be banished, and enslave my race? How gullible are you?" Her tone of voice was mocking, to say the least. She was speaking with a sense of superiority to the boy. She was being prideful. "Then you stroll into here, expecting me to join your Harem? To whore myself to a human?"

"W-wait, that is not what I-"

"Oh, save it for the damned," Lucifer said again, shutting him up. "The only reason you are still alive, Jaune Arc, is because of Justice over there who, for reasons I cannot seem to grasp, joined you knowing she will come to face Beelzebub again. Not to mention that you also proved a good source of entertainment for me. But then there is the matter of Tartarus...You survived."

"T-Tartarus? I-I did, but barely!" He replied, stuttering.

"No, what you had was luck. Look at you, wearing a sword on your waist, yet barely even the knowledge of the basics to wield it. You fancy yourself a knight? Here is a truth: Knights all end up in Hell." She stated, then she took a sip from her wine. "Despite what Justice said, I can also read thoughts like Pandemonica, gaze into your soul, and so on. You can keep no secrets from me, boy, which is what irks me as well"

"What do you mean?" Suddenly, Lucifer smirked, standing up from her throne and walking to Jaune. Without explanation, Jaune was then forced to kneel by a skeleton, the other girls being kept away by the brutes. Lucifer was standing in front of him, but he could only see her legs due to the skeleton keeping him down.

"You have no secrets, Jaune Arc. Your soul is nearly spotless." She stated. "But you do have other things; you loathe your father for denying you the chance to follow in your family's footsteps."

"What?" Jaune mused. "That's not true-Ugh!"

"Quite! The Queen is speaking." The skeleton brute shouted.

"You can deny it as much as you want, boy, but I can see -no. I KNOW better. You love your older sister, Coral, as well, but you are jealous of her. And angry that she lets your own father stop her from training you. That love you have for each member of your family, although normal, is eclipsing your true emotions; you have jealousy, hate, grief, and more hidden away in your heart."

"That is not true…" He muttered again, trying not to let Lucifer's words get to him. "That is not true! Those are lies! She is trying to lie to me to manipulate me! To break me! But...What if she is not lying? She is the devil herself, after all, and demons are known to be manipulative using truths - wait, what am I thinking? If that was true, then I would've...I would've...I would've gone behind their back to do something on my own, just as I am doing right now."

Lucifer smirked. "I see you are finally realizing the truth, boy. Too bad it won't help you where you are going. Judgement!" As soon as she shouted that name, a low chuckle came from behind her throne as another demon girl revealed herself.

She differed drastically compared to the other demons, lacking the typical gloves, red button-up shirt, and pants. Rather, she had a suit jacket that's ripped to expose her stomach and a bra that doesn't connect at the front, exposing her breasts to a degree. She wore a thick belt with a pentagram medallion on a chain attached to it, with only underwear rather than pants, and thigh-high socks covered by metal armor on her calves and belts around her thighs, and heels. Her skin was not pale, but grey and her orbs shined white. Her hair was still white like the rest of the demons, being white and tied at the base, allowing for a dense ponytail, and 2 strands of her being let loose that went down the sides of her face. Her horns were black, large, and jacket, with each having two small spikes coming from them. Her arms were armored, and her gauntlets were equipped with metallic batons which suggested she gets into fights a lot.

"FINALLY, I GET TO SHOW THIS MORTAL HIS PLACE!" She shouted, holding her fist up and clenching them, the loud crank of the metal echoing throughout the room. She walked to Jaune and grabbed him by the collar of his sweater, going to the window and holding him over the edge.

The other girls all shouted from behind, but the brutes kept them at bay. Lucifer stood behind Judgement, looking somewhat puzzled. "Not going to use the SIn Machine, Judgement?"

The High Prosecutor turned to her. "Not for him. He doesn't deserve it. I will send him falling down straight into Tartarus!" She declared, to which Jaune immediately began to panic and he looked down, seeing the black rock. The window he was being held over was large and opened towards the side of the castle, but he only now noticed that the castle in itself was the end of this particular level of Hell. There were gaps around it leading to Tartarus.

"Wait, please, don't!" He begged, but Judgement didn't heed his cries. Instead, she pulled him closer to whisper in his ear.

"I saw you getting out of there by climbing, boy. You did well. Please don't die here, and return." She said, letting genuine kindness seep through her words before yelling and throwing Jaune out the window, the harem all shouting for him as the boy fell.


Jaune screamed out as he fell down into the abyss, turning himself to face his imminent demise. He put up his Aura, but he doubted that it would help him. Despite having fallen from a higher point early on during his journey, now he was falling straight towards lava! He knew Aura wouldn't save him. However, something caught his attention as he fell. Something he remembered.

It was the same chained body of a giant he saw when he was last inside of Tartarus, meaning that the one named Ignium was there. He knew that Monica even made him promise not to go there again, but now he had no choice whatsoever. He wanted to live! He even made promises to some of the girls. He swallowed deeply and used his semblance to amplify his Aura as much as possible, aiming for the imprisoned demon.


"How many times must I tell you to shut up before you shut up?!" Ryan shouted in anger as Ignium laughed. The 2 had been bickering for a long while now, and the chained demon was having plenty of fun simply making fun of the lesser one charged with guarding him. "Look, my love life is none of your damn business!"

"Buillshit! For it to be none of my business it has to exist in the first place!" Ignium replied, then watched as Ryan went from blue to red. This earned a great laugh from him.

"If only you weren't chained above a lake of lava, I'd come there and shove my spear down your throat," Ryan said, gripping his spear tightly.

"But you can't! Meaning that I can say whatever I want. Lucifer didn't cut my tongue!" The demon said.

"She should have" Ryan muttered, then his senses perked up, making him grab his spear. "Someone has entered Tartarus!"

"Oh great! Visitors!" Ignium shouted aloud, then he began hearing a girlish scream. "That doesn't sound normal." Looking up, the demon saw the source. A guy was falling down the ravine, heading straight for him. Once Ryan saw this he was awestruck that it was also the same boy who escaped him some time ago. "Hello there, the ticket to freedom," Ignium muttered.

The demon began to swing himself by his chains. Despite his arms being stretched out, he could still move his legs and lower section of his body, which is exactly what he needed to do now. He swung his legs in wide motions, keeping his head up as the boy was growing closer to him. Ryan, for his part, knew what Ignium was trying to do and prepared his spear.

"Not today, Ignium!" He shouted and threw his spear towards Jaune, but the boy saw it coming and crossed his arms, his Aura deflecting the spear right back at Ryan's feet. "HOW?!" He shouted, then he only watched as Ignium got what he wanted.

The boy looked down, expecting to meet the lava, but then he saw Ignium "Grab on!" The demon shouted, then swung for one last time, allowing for Jaune to grab onto the demon's legs, his arms wrapping themselves around his knees while his head was just below his crotch. "Better climb up, kid. Else people are going to talk!"

Jaune, seeing what the demon meant, climbed up on Ignium's body, eventually grabbing onto the chains of the demon and coming face to face with him. Ignium, while in this form at least, looked like a man with short black hair done in a stylish manner with golden eyes. His body, while nude from the waist up, was covered by dark-crimson suit pants ripped from the knees down, with no shoes on his feet. On his chest also rested tattoos. He had 2 snakes tattooed on him, one on each side of his chest. "How...Why did you save me?" Jaune asked.

"Reasons. What else will I do down here?" Ignium replied with a shrug. "But you, boy. You didn't fall here by chance, am I right?"

"N-no…" Jaune replied, hanging his head down. "I was thrown here by Lucifer and Judgement. Apparently, they didn't like me gathering a harem of girls from around here." His reply actually made ignium widen his eyes, same with Ryan who was in hearing range.

"Boy, answer me truthfully, are you mentally ill?" Ignium asked, to which Jaune looked at him strangely.

"No, why do you ask?"

"BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FOOL'S QUEST, THAT'S WHY! EVEN I KNOW THAT!" Ryan shouted from the side. "No one can handle multiple demon girls at once! Even demon males have a hard time with 2! How many do you have until now even?"

Jaune did a count in his head, then sheepishly answered. "Well, if you count Cerberus by the body, 9?" At that moment, Ryan flipped hearing him, throwing all kinds of curses, even in foreign languages at the boy before him, his luck, and even threw some about humanity as a whole.

Ignium, for his part, was laughing so hard he was running out of air in his lungs. It didn't help that his laughing was making it difficult for Jaune to hang on to the chains. "You, my boy, have to be either the smartest, luckiest guy alive. Or the dumbest, most unlucky, pathetic son of a bitch ever! Did you even try to get Lucifer into your Harem?" Arc nodded to the demon, making him laugh even louder. "You are precious! Too rare to die!"

"Ummm. Thanks?" Jaune nearly slipped after replying but managed to hold on. However, as soon as he did, Ignium's laughter died off, and his gaze was upon the boy. A sly smirk on his face as his eyes glowed with a golden hue that pierced Jaune's soul. "Could he read souls like other demons? Monica once said his power is on par with Lucifer's, so can he?"

"Well, currently most of my power is being drained by those chains, but since you are touching me it makes things a lot easier," Ignium replied, confirming Jaune's thoughts. "I can see what Lucifer told you back then boy. Sorry to confirm it, but she was not lying completely. Whatever you realize it or not, you hate your father's gut and loathe your entire family while still loving them"

Jaune felt a guilty weight settle on his heart. He always looked up to his sister and father, respected them even. His mother and other sisters too. Each of them was great in their own way, but him? He only now learned he was jealous of everything? He…" It's true...I admit it now." Jaune muttered, but then something hit him. Ignium said 'completely', meaning Lucifer did lie about something or twisted the truth in some way. "Wait, what did Lucifer not say? What did she keep from me?"

"Easy there, boy," Ignium said. "You know demons all need something in return for this kind of stuff, right?"

"What? Come on, please don't ask for my soul!" Jaune said in a mild panic, then he saw Ignium laugh. "You were messing with me, weren't you?"

"Of course he is!" Ryan shouted from the sidelines, trying to get his spear. "That guy never takes anything seriously if it doesn't concern or benefit him! Heck! I doubt he is ever serious about anything!"

"Oi!" Ignium chimed. "But yeah, I was just messing with you. You see, boy, what Lucifer was hiding was the amount. You do not loathe and hate your family as much as she might have made you believe. Except for your father."

"My father?" Jaune echoed, then he thought about what that could mean, eventually realizing the truth behind that. "My father is the one keeping me from any sort of training...He is the core reason why I am like this"

"Bingo!" Ignium shouted, swinging around a bit. Thankfully, Jaune was able to hold on. "Your pappy had been keeping you away from the big, mean world, looking to keep your wings from expanding and taking flight! But you broke free of him - the moment you stepped into Hell! He cannot stop you in here, nor will he be able to undo anything once you are back!"

"B-but how?" Jaune asked, looking at the ancient demon. "To do that I first have to return home, and I have to get the girls as well!" He stated, making Ignium blow some air from his mouth.

"You are not making it easy, are you? Oh well, I guess the knight look is more than a silly facade." The demon stated. "Listen here, I will give you something to help you out of Tartarus, and more...I will grant you my fighting skills"

"You can do that?!" Jaune said in utter shock hearing the demon, who flinched from having the boy shout so close to his ears.

"Yes, I can! But it is not as simple as you might think, or lacking pain." Suddenly, the tattoos on Ignium began to move, the snakes seemingly coming to life and traveling on his body. "This here is more than simple tattoos, boy. It is my weapon and fateful companion, who has stuck with me even in this shithole; Blood Binder." Suddenly, the two tattoos merged themselves into one, then detached themselves from Ignium's body, becoming a large, intimidating mix of a cobra and viper with crimson scales with a creme underbelly, its eyes fully black and hissing at him. "He will act as the conduit through which my skills will transfer into you, granting you what you need to fight back!"

"Ok…" Jaune replied, being somewhat scared of the snake before him. "What do I need to do- aaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Poor boy, never got to finish his sentence as Blood Binder sunk its fangs into the base of his neck, its tail wrapping around his neck and going down Jaune's torso, turning itself back into a tattoo.

"My body feels like I am on fire!" He thought, clenching tighter to Ignium's chains not to fall. His body hurt, agonizingly even. It felt like each muscle in him - every cell, fibre, nerve, and bone in his body were being remade right there by the demon's familiar. Mute screams left his mouth as the process went on, the flesh covered by the tattoo already emanating smoke from the pain. The burning feeling was not just in his head after all.

"Hold yourself together, kid! The worst is yet to come!" Ignium shouted, shouting actually serious now. And to Jaune's utter horror, he had reasons to be. No sooner from when Ignium said that, Jaune's body literally began to smoke all over. "Shit, you need some help." Ignium realized, then he began to swing and shake Jaune off him. Eventually, he did, but then he quickly kicked Jaune towards Ryan, crashing the boy into the blue demon. "Give him the elixir, pronto!"

"What?" Ryan said, rubbing his head. He looked at Jaune, the boy not getting up and being in obvious pain. The demon, however, ignored it and focused on Ignium. "Why should I-"

"Fuck it! I'll give you advice and even introduce you to some broads! Just give him the entire fucking elixir, damn it!" Ryan widened his eyes hearing that, but then he obeyed.

"Fuck all of this!" Ryan shouted as he got the elixir that was confiscated from Ignium out, then he turned Jaune on his back, watching as the boy was shaking in pain from the demonic influence. BUt there was a problem. "He passed out!"

"Then cut his chest and pour it all inside!" Ignium shouted, knowing well what that would do.

"Oh, I hate my job…" Ryan muttered as he looked around for a bit, seeing Crocea Mors at Jaune hip. He took the blade then began to use it to cut open Jaune's chest, prying flesh apart and exposing the sternum. The demon could even see his beating heart through his ribs. He knew he had to act quickly before he bled to death now, and that is what he did.

He took the bottle, which was a pristine light-blue glass bottle with gold surrounding it. Ryan bit off the top of it, then spit it to the side. "How much?!" He shouted at Ignium.

"All of it! Give it all to him! NOW!" Ignium shouted.

"What?! You know what that will do, correct? He will gain-"

"I am very much aware of what will happen to the boy, Ryan, but I am also aware of what will happen if you do not pour that elixir into his chest right now!" Ignium replied, hastily and with a clear message of urgency in his voice. Ryan obeyed, then he began to pour the miraculous cure inside the boy, the liquid seeping between his ribs and landing on his internal organs.

What followed was Ryan throwing away the bottle as he poured the last drop in, then he stepped back. Suddenly, a holy white light enveloppe Jaune, but this was not his semblance at work. The demons watched as his chest closed itself, not even leaving a scar behind, and how his breathing stabilized. The pain was gone now, but he was still passed out.

"Wow…" Ryan said in awer, then he looked at Ignium. "I always wondered what your venom was capable of before you became a demon, but this is beyond what I imagined being possible." The blue demons stated, then he collapsed on his ass, hand on his forehead."Is he?"

"No, he is not dead. However, now he has just become a treasure." Ignium stated. "There is a reason I watch out for the amount of elixir, Ryan. His blood will take on its holy properties - will become a healing elixir like my own. There is no turning back now for him."

"And his skills? Are they really going to improve?" Ryan asked. "I mean, I know you made some kind of deal, but do you really think he is going to be able to fight his way back to Lucifer and maybe, most likely, have to face Judgement in a fight as well?"

Ignium scoffed. "We both know that even with my skills he has no chance against Judgement yet. No, I will tell him a powerful secret. A weakness of Lucifer which is as old as the time itself. A secret that she only ever told a chosen few, those whom she trusted the most!"

Ryan listened with curiosity and awe. "Which is?"

"Pancakes"


THE PANCAKES! THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!

Nerdy: boy, i'm about to shove some pancakes up your ass if you don't start getting on yugioh.

That sounds like some kinky ass gay shit.

Nerdy: please don't project your creepy fantasies onto me.