Life: 15
I waited patiently for my cue to appear on stage. Behind me was my butler Mittens who was currently dressed up as Killer Queen from head to toe.
"How are you doing there Mittens?" I asked and he nodded.
"Just fine, master." Mittens replied before practicing a few poses.
"Good to hear that." I smile before turning back to the door that would lead me on to the stage.
I was adorned in magical boy attire like Serafall originally wanted, apparently she was right about it as it tested well with test audiences. I personally wouldn't complain since I get to make some devils question themselves. I hear my cue and me and Mittens prepare ourselves. We walked onto the stage in a cloud of smoke "Killer Queen" right behind me as I proceed to laugh.
"Halt evil doer! I have come to help my good friend Magical Girl Levai-tan!" I say proudly with the biggest smile on my face that I can muster before turning to Serafall.
"Levia-tan are you alright?" I ask and she looks at me with wide eyes.
"Yes but who are you?" Serafall questioned despite already knowing the answer.
"I am the Man of Miracles, the one who makes the impossible possible, I am Magical Boy Bari-tan!" At my proclamation Mittens strikes a pose and explosions go off in the background.
"Cut!" I hear the voice of the director say.
"Alright we'll call it a day for now." He said and Serafall immediately hugged me.
"Wow! You did great Bari-tan! You're a real natural you know that?" She spoke excitedly.
"Well I'm glad you think so. I'm just sad that Mittens can't be himself." Yeah as it turns out Mittens is not that marketable, Killer Queen on the other hand is very marketable.
"It is no problem to me master. Just as long as I serve you well then I am happy." Mittens said.
"Ah, thanks Mittens." I hug the creature.
"Anyway I'm going to go get changed." I say before heading backstage.
Truly I've had a blast filming for the show I hope the others enjoy it when they see my debut. Can't wait to see their reaction!
I take a look at my remaining Evil Pieces, two Knights, two Pawns. I hold one Pawn in my hand holding it to my face inspecting it. That's when I feel something pressed against my head.
"So how is it having Grayfia in your Peerage?" Serafall asked.
"Not bad actually." I say and it was true.
The silver haired maid made it a point to always stand at my side as it was only natural for a Lucifuge to be at the beck and call of Lucifer. Yes it seems the reveal of me possessing the soul of the original Lucifer had only further cemented her idea of being born to love me. In truth on the yandere scale she seemed to lean more towards Momo Deviluke as opposed to Yuno Gasia which is a relief.
"That's great to hear. You know I think she likes you." Serafall said with a teasing smile.
I end up choking on air once she says that.
"I find that quite unlikely. Besides she's married to Sirzechs." I say hoping that will be the end of the conversation.
"Are you sure about that?" Serafall asked with a mischievous smile.
"What are you trying to say?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Well what if I told you that their marriage is a trick. That it was all to keep a positive public image." Serafall said making my mind go blank.
Game is this true?
Is it really that big of a surprise!
Yes, how was I supposed to even guess that?
What is missing between them? Or rather I should say who!
Millicas Gremory!
In all my years I've never once seen or so much as heard anything involving Millicas Gremory.
Bingo!
Wait then why was the quest all about cucking?
To screw with you of course!
"I think I need to leave." I say standing up taking Serafall by surprise.
"Where are you going?" I hear her ask.
"Somewhere to clear my head." I call back.
The human world was always a fun place to be, especially when I was able to go alone. My entire body refused to stop shaking, this was not to the shock of learning that Sirzechs and Grayfia's marriage never occurred but rather the fact that I never put it together. If that was different from what I knew of canon then what else could be different? Right now I feel as if one of my major advantages is gone.
Really? Are we really going on this path? What happened to derailing canon?
What if there's no canon to derail?
Since when has that stopped you?
That was a good point. If anything the changes in canon are perhaps my biggest desire, after all if something like the marriage between two characters is different than that means-
What is it?
My Instinct just went off, someone or something of value is here.
I follow the direction my mother's family power is leading me only to come to a forest with several dead bodies. The individuals all wore black, black bodysuits, black boots, black gloves, and black masks. I don't know why but they kinda look familiar.
At the epicenter of the carnage was a girl that had- wait a minute is that Jeanne? Lets see blond hair, blue eyes, holy swords scattered about the area. Yeah that Jeanne but she looks different compared to what was shown in the anime, as a matter of fact she looks closer to her Fate counterpart. Regardless, what the hell is she doing out here?
"Well, it seems a devil has arrived." Said a sickly voice, I looked over to see a man who was jacked.
"Gilles, don't involve him in this. This fight is between you and I no one else." Jeanne said readying a holy sword.
"I'm afraid I can't do that, you see when I see devil scum I have to kill devil scum." Gilles says as he cracks his neck.
"Umm, hi. My name is Barisol Sallos, and I would like to say one thing." I raised my hand above my head.
"Direct." I used up a lot of my magic to form a direct so big and heavy that it crashed into the man and created a crater around him.
Direct has leveled up!
I then turned to Jeanne and grabbed her by the hand.
"Come on we need to get moving." I tell her and she looks at the crater and upon seeing movement she nodded her head.
"Right." She agreed and we took off running.
"Hope you don't mind me asking but why is a devil helping me?" She asked and I had to think for a moment.
"It just felt like the right thing to do." My simple reply was met with a small smile.
"Well in that case I have to thank you." She says before clutching onto her side.
"You're injured." I noted.
"It'll be fine. I can still fight." She waved off but I wasn't convinced.
"Here use this." I say tossing her a vial of Phoenix Tears.
"These are-" I cut her off before she could continue.
"I always keep a vial or two on hand just in case, so don't feel bad about using it." I say already telling where she was sure to go with this.
"Thank you." She said before using the tears.
"Don't mention it." I say with a smile on my face that causes a tinge of pink to appear on her face.
"My name is Jeanne." She introduced herself.
"You said your name was Barisol Sallos correct?" She asked and I nodded.
"Well it's a pleasure meeting you." She finished with a smile of her own that looked cute on her.
"Likewise. Now I hope I'm not prying too much but what's the story with that guy?" I asked and she changes her expression into a more serious look.
"His name is Gilles and he's a descendant of Gilles de Rais as well as a stray exorcist. He's been hunting me for the last month after I left the church." She explained and I nodded.
"So why did you leave?" I asked and she tilted her head at me.
"Aren't you quite the curious devil." She teased before continuing.
"I guess you could say I had a disagreement with one of the higher ups." She admitted.
"You know for someone who used to be a part of the church you sure don't seem to have a problem with me being a devil." I pointed out.
"And you despite being a devil don't seem to have a problem helping a complete stranger despite knowing they were originally from the church." She retorted.
"Hmm, touche." I found myself saying.
"I think we can rest now. We should have put quite a bit of distance between us and him." I suggest and Jeanne nods.
"So I am curious what is a devil doing way out here?" She asked and I rubbed the back of my head in a sheepish manner.
"I needed to clear my head of a few things." I said and she nodded.
"I guess I'm here for the same reason." She smiled sadly.
There's a story there, wonder if I should press the matter. No I don't want to risk it.
"Blade Blacksmith." I say out of the blue.
"What?" She looks at me in confusion.
"That's the name of your Sacred Gear isn't it?" I asked and she nods.
"Yes its the power to create holy swords, a "gift" from god." She said although I could sense there was some resentment in her words.
"They wanted me to mass produce holy swords for them and when it became clear that I couldn't they had planned on extracting the sacred gear from me to experiment on it and turn it into a holy sword factory of sorts." She said and I immediately felt bad for her.
"I'm so sorry to hear that." I say in a comforting tone.
"I don't even know why I'm telling you any of this." Jeanne lamented.
"Aren't devils meant to be evil?" She asked and I gave a crooked smile.
"Not all of us are that bad." I say jabbing a thumb into my chest.
"For example there's yours truly." I say with pride and she laughs at that.
Suddenly those men in black appear from out of the woodwork and surround us. Leading them at the helm was Gilles who looked disgusted.
"You truly have fallen, for a holy maiden, a saint such as yourself to fraternize with a devil. How distasteful." Gilles spoke with venom in his words.
"I'm no saint Gilles. Just because I hold Jeanne d'Arc's soul does not make me her." Holy crap as soon as she said that I realized why I had taken a licking to Jeanne so quickly.
"Nonsense. You speak treasonous words." Gilles rejected her words entirely.
"No its true. Perhaps I should reintroduce myself. I am Barisol Sallos, bearing of the soul of Lucifer." At my declaration Gilles' eyes widened.
"Lucifer?" Jeanne muttered to herself.
"The very same." I said readying myself to fight, a direct already in hand.
I ran at one of the black clad men and sliced them down only to find that they were hollow, a creation of a sacred gear perhaps in that case I need only touch them. Sure enough as soon as some try to attack me they phase out of existence thanks to my ability to negate sacred gears.
Seeing that his men have no effect on me Gilles scoffs.
"Fine, I'll do it myself." He says before readying himself to fight me by drawing out a light sword.
The two of us clash swords while Jeanne takes care of the mooks with her ability to create holy swords on a whim. Gilles tries to slash and kick me only to hit air as I jump over him before I fire a bullet of demonic power at him that he casually deflects with his sword.
Wanting to end this soon I have an idea that might just be crazy enough to work.
It probably won't!
I jump a few feet away from Gilles and roll up my sleeves.
"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power!" I begin to chant as I clenched my fist.
"Its burning grip tells me to defeat you!" My hand begins to glow a light green as heat and energy are gathered to it.
"Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! Shining Finger!" I declare rushing forward to the man intent on grabbing a hold of his face.
This might not have been my brightest idea as unlike with Gundams humans have blood, and brains, and eyeballs...you get the idea, it wasn't a pretty sight.
"Yuck." I say while trying to shake off my hand of the gore that covered it.
New skill created!
PLAYER STATUS
Name: Barisol Sallos
Age: 14
Level: 11
Affiliation: 72 Devil Pillars
Tittle: Clan Heir: +100% reputation gain with Devils
Race: Devil: +2 STR, CHA, and INT.
Class: N/A
HP: 1212
MP: 6051
STR: 16
DEX: 14
CON: 14
INT: 12
WIS: 15
CHA: 18
Perks:
Pureblood Devil: +1 STR, DEX, and CON every 3 levels. Increases MP and CHA by 10%.
Sallos Bloodline: +1 CHA every 2 levels. Allows access to Sallos family power.
Eligos Bloodline: +1 WIS every 2 levels. Allows access to Eligos family power.
Lady Killer: Increase damage and easier Charisma checks against females.
Natural Body: +1 STR. Your STR stat can never be ranked down.
Teacher of Heroes: +300% EXP gain for all Peerage members during training. You gain 10% of their EXP per individual.
Soul of Lucifer: +500 MP per level, Devil Abilities are 100% more efficient. Gain the ability to negate Sacred Gear effects and Demonic Resistance at MAX level.
Perfect Body Control: +1 DEX. You gain proficiency in acrobatics and parkour. You have zero wasted movement.
Expression of Perseverance: +1 CON. Increases HP by 10%. Damage is reduced by percentage of CON plus CON Modifier. Current Damage Mitigation 16%.
2 Unspent Perk Points
Skills:
Life Drain - LVL 8 - Active - Drains the MP and HP of the target while the player is touching them at a rate of 80 points per second! COST: 22 MP
Berserk - LVL 9 - Passive/Active - Passively reduces pain experienced by the player by 90%! When active it completely numbs pain! Negates mental interference such as pressure, confusion and fascination by 90%! It also has the bonus effect of increasing melee damage by 70% at the price of giving up your sanity! Now go out there and show them your inner Guts! COST: 9 MP
Mental Pollution - LVL 3 - Passive - Provides a 50% chance that mental interference type magic will be rendered ineffective due to the player wielding a warped mindset!
Mana Threads - LVL 8 - Active - Creates sturdy threads made of mana! They are strong enough to restrict a person's movement and durable enough to block attacks! COST: 3 MP per thread
Demonic Resistance - LVL MAX - Passive - Attacks that use Demonic Power have their damage reduced by 50%.
Sacred Gear Canceller - LVL MAX - Passive - A unique ability which can nullify almost all Sacred Gear abilities and Sacred Gear-enchanted powers just by touch.
Instinct - LVL 9 - Passive/Active - Increases all movement-based buffs, including flight, reflex and dodge oriented abilities by 90%! Decreases effectiveness of auditory and visual interference by 100%! When active causes the player to sense the presence of whatever it is they desire at a range up to 500 feet, knowing its exact location, physical and emotional state! At any range past 500 feet the player just perceives a vague direction of where their desired goal is and nothing else! COAST: 6 MP
Fate King - LVL MAX - Passive/Active - Increases the effect of one's personality, giving the player a natural charm that pulls others towards them! Increases the chance of making allies by 85%! When active it suppresses an enemy's fighting spirit giving a 70% chance to allow a dialogue to begin! Basically the power of friendship! I bet you feel special! COST: 5 MP
Kingsmen - LVL 2 - Active - Buffs allies giving them +750 MP, +5 STR, 5% HP regen a second and 3% MP regen a second, and also increases damage by 30%! Lasts five plus CHA modifier minutes! COST: 175 MP
Direct - LVL 4 - Active - Creates a sword/spear of magic energy! Both the size and weight of the weapon depends on how much MP is used to cost it! COST: varies
Shining Finger - LVL 1 - Active - Concentrates a large amount of energy into the hand, resulting in a bright green glow. Doing so enables the player's hand to tear through rival fighters.
As it stands I'm happy to have access to one of my favorite childhood finishing moves. I turn to look at Jeanne who currently has a blush on her face? Wait is she...an M?
Returning to the Sallos estate I was greeted by an angry Ravel who stormed up to me, slapped me and then hugged me.
"You idiot! Where were you? I was so worried." She said on the brink of tears.
"Sorry. But something came up. By the way, how would you like to meet my Knight. Jeanne say hi to Ravel." I turn to introduce the two of them.
AN: A little rushed at the end and for that I apologize but I really wanted to get this chapter out as it marks the end of the Childhood arc as it were.
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