Chapter 5: A Deal with a Devil
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
{Message/Notifications}
[Spells/Abilities/Items]
Location change/emphasis
Disclaimer: I do not own Overlord or anything in it except for my OC Tiras Thaddeus Aziz
The Great Tomb of Nazarick/9th Floor/Guest Room
Ninya awoke from the most peaceful sleep she had ever had.
'Where...where am I?' she thought looking around.
Ninya was laying in a large, comfortable, and extremely well made bed. The rest of the room looked amazing. It was filled with many beautiful and expensive looking things that she doubted that even the wealthiest of the nobles in Re-Estize could afford.
She then remembered what happened the previous night. She remembered the evacuation of E-Rantel, the ambush on the outskirts of The Great Forest of Tob, and finally the demon that saved her.
'Peter… Lukrut… Dyne. Their all gone.' she thought sadly, tears forming in her eyes 'What happens now? Did the demon claim my soul?' as she was thinking these things to herself, her stomach growled loudly and she smelled food.
Looking towards where the smell was coming from she noticed one of the large bedroom doors was slightly open. Getting out of the bed she noticed she wasn't wearing the same clothes she had been the other day. Instead she was wearing a nightgown. The nightgown was simple and elegant, it was also the most comfortable thing she had ever worn. Apparently she had been undressed, bathed, and redressed in her sleep. The clothes she had been wearing had apparently been fixed, cleaned, and folded and was left neatly at the end of the bed.
'Did the demon undress me?!' she thought whilst her face turned red in embarrassment. Before she could think on it further her stomach growled once again. 'Oh, right. The food.' she decided not to think about the demon undressing her and instead go enjoy the food she could smell.
She went through the door into the next room, looking around everything in this room was just as expensive looking as the stuff in the bedroom. Looking for the source of the smell she looked over and saw a tray with all kinds of food sitting on a coffee table. A fancy and comfy looking couch was sitting against the wall near the coffee table. Sitting on the couch was the demon. It was drinking tea. The demon noticed her and put down the tea it had been enjoying.
"Good morning, please have a seat and enjoy the food." the demon greeted her.
She sat on the other end of the couch. "So who are you? Did you claim my soul?" she asked.
"Ah, where are my manners? I'm Tiras Thaddeus Aziz, I'm a Devil, an Incubus to be exact. No I haven't claimed your soul… yet." The newly identified Tiras responded. "That's actually why I'm here, we need to discuss it but we don't need to get straight to business. Please enjoy some of the food you must be hungry miss?" The demon explained, asking for her name.
"Ninya… Ninya Veyron" she answered nervously.
"Well then Ninya, please eat. We can talk business afterwards." Tiras said.
Ninya then hesitantly tried some of the food. It was the most delicious thing she had ever eaten. After the first bite she eagerly ate the rest of the food provided. All of it was amazing and the tastes of each item complimented the others further enhancing the meal.
"Well I'm glad you enjoyed the meal." Tiras said taking a sip of his tea
"Yes, it was really good. Thank you." Ninya said. "So you said you were a Devil? I thought you were a demon. What's the difference?" she asked hoping to avoid the subject of her soul for a while longer.
"Well… hmm? What's the simplest way to explain it?" Tiras asked himself aloud. "Devils and Demons are sibling races, we have the same origins but we grew differently. Demons are the muscle, the brute force. Devils are the brains, the intellect." Tiras explained. "Generally Devils are in charge of demons, as most demons that don't follow someone tend to give in to their instincts and desires bringing death and destruction wherever they go. Much like the Demon Gods as you mortals called them, that rampaged across the land 200 years ago." he continued.
"What do you mean, as we mortals called them?" she asked.
"Well you made the mistake of calling them gods. They weren't gods, compared to myself and my comrades they were runts." Tiras explained.
The Shadow Demons that infiltrated the Slane Theocracy had found a summoning crystal and identified the spell in it as [Dominion Authority]. If the history of this world was to be believed then one of the Demon Gods had been killed by it and since they were all supposedly equal in power this meant that the so called Demon Gods were rather weak, at least when compared with a max level player from Yggdrasil.
Ninya turned noticeably more pale "Th-the Demon Gods that nearly destroyed the world were runts?!" Ninya asked.
"Yes." Tiras responded
Ninya didn't want to believe what she had just been told but with how quickly he replied and how casual his tone was told her that he was telling the truth.
"Anyway we've gotten off topic. We need to discuss the matter of your soul." Tiras said
"Right…" Ninya replied nervously.
"I'll be blunt. You will belong to me Mind, Body, and Soul." Tiras said.
"Mind, Body, and Soul?" Ninya asked.
"Yes. Mind: everything you know or learn, I'll know. Body: Your body will be put to use however I wish, whether it be a maid, assistant, or some other type of service. Soul: Your soul is mine to take should you die and I decide not to resurrect you." Tiras elaborated. "Whilst you will be my property, I rather dislike slavery so you will not be made into a mindless slave. You'll have a considerable amount of freedom. I don't plan on forcing you to do anything you truly don't want to and I'll also be giving you a condition you can add to the deal." he continued.
"You can resurrect people? Can you resurrect my friends?" she asked hopefully.
"It is within my power, however I'm giving you a single condition. So you could only pick one of them to be resurrected." Tiras responded. "Are you sure you'd be able to pick just one? Are you sure it's what you want?" he asked
Ninya considered her options "No, I want you to save my sister Tuareninya." she then explained the situation with her sister.
"So you will belong to me Mind, Body, and Soul. In exchange I'll save your sister Tuareninya. Correct?" Tiras asked.
"Yes" Ninya responded.
"Very well." Tiras said. Tiras then put his hand under Ninya's chin, slightly lifted her head, and kissed her. As he kissed her Ninya felt an odd slightly burning sensation on her neck.
Ninya was red in embarrassment "Why did you kiss me?!" She yelled
Tiras reached out and a black void seemed to appear, he pulled a mirror out of it "Sealing the Deal." he responded handing her the mirror. "Most Devils can seal a deal with a simple handshake, but as an Incubus I seal them with a kiss." He explained.
Ninya took the mirror and looked at her reflection. On her neck was some kind of mark, like a tattoo. It was a heart with chains around it, the chains that wrapped around the heart also wrapped around her neck making the tattoo resemble a collar. As she was looking at it, it faded away as if it wasn't there.
"That mark identifies you as my property. In general unless I'm giving you a direct order or want it to be visible very few will be able to see it. Any Devil or Demon will be able to see it clear as day, it marks you as mine and warns that harming you can result in my wrath." Tiras explained.
"Okay, so what happens now?" Ninya asked.
"For now you will be training in the arena and learning in the library whilst I'll be searching for your sister." Tiras answered. "You should probably change into your other clothes."
So Ninya changed her clothes and CZ was assigned to escort her around for her training.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick/Conference Hall
"So It worked?" Ulbert asked.
"Yeah, we can make deals with people and the conditions we give them work." Tiras responded. The lore for Devils said that they could make deals and bargains with mortals, back in Yggdrasil it was just lore but now it worked just like the lore for the NPCs and Items. "I know everything she knows. I also know new things that happen to her, for example I know that CZ keeps putting stickers on her forehead and that Albedo… oh god."
"What?" Momonga asked
"Albedo is instructing her on what it means to become my property and discussing the possibility that Ninya will become part of my Harem…" Tiras said. "I'll have to go sort this out immediately." Tiras said before teleporting to the arena where Ninya currently was.
Momonga was a bit stunned "A Harem?!" he asked.
Ulbert burst into laughter "The way things are going he won't be the only one with a harem."
Momonga turned to Ulbert "What do you mean? Are you okay with this?!" he asked.
"Well Albedo and Shalltear both want to be your wives and many of the other NPCs want to at least be your concubines." Ulbert explained. "Also I thought I wouldn't like the idea of Tiras having a harem, but he's running me ragged in bed. Him becoming an Incubus greatly increased his libido and I'm having trouble keeping up, if him having a harem will get me a break then I'm perfectly fine with him having a harem." Ulbert added.
Momonga's jaw dropped. He was stunned into silence.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick/9th Floor/Tiras' Room
After sortng out the harem situation(or so he thought) and explaining what he learned to Ulbert and Momonga, Tiras went to his room and made use of the [Mirror of Remote Viewing] to find Ninya's sister Tuareninya. They had discovered that by stating the name of someone you can somewhat picture in your head or know exactly how they look the mirror could show you exactly where they were.
It showed him a building with a metal door. After looking around for some landmarks he spotted a palace with the flags of Re-Estize.
'So she's in the capital. I should send in some Shadow Demons to scout the place. Wouldn't want to go in blind.' He then sent a team of six newly summoned Shadow Demons to scout and map every room in that building. Originally he thought he'd just let the Shadow Demons handle it, until he was informed about what was going on. The things going on in that building filled him with rage. Unbeknown to him in his rage he stopped controlling his power. Sensing his anger the member of the Pleiades who was attending him today entered the room.
"What has angered you so, Tiras-sama?" Entoma asked, her voice filled with worry and fear.
Tiras calmed down and looked at Entoma "Entoma you eat humans don't you?" he asked.
"Yes, Tiras-sama" she replied.
"Well I'm angry with some humans. We're going to go kill them. You're free to eat the ones we kill." Tiras said.
Entoma made some chittering noises in excitement "Happily, Tiras-sama!" She exclaimed.
"Calm down Entoma. We won't be doing it right away, attacking a fortified building in a city, in broad daylight will attract far to much attention." Tiras said. "We'll wait for nightfall before attacking."
'Well if I'm going to the capital I should check with Demiurge to see if he has anything planned,' he thought.
So he messaged Demiurge.
{Yes, Tiras-sama?} Demiurge answered
{Demiurge, I'll be heading to the capital of Re-Estize. I was wondering if you had any plans there.} Tiras said.
Tiras and Demiurge then discussed a plan to raid the warehouses in the capital as well as take over the criminal organization known as Eight Fingers.
Re-Estize Kingdom/Capital City of Re-Estize
Stepping through a [Gate] Tiras arrived in an alley next to the building he would be raiding. He was currently in his human form, which was the same as his true form minus the things that clearly showed he was a Devil, such as his horns, wings, tail, and the glow of his eyes. With him was Entoma.
As he left the alley to head to the building the door opened and a burly man threw a sack outside. Because of the deal he had with Ninya he could tell the instant he saw it, that Tuareninya was in the bag. He picked up the bag.
"Hey! Where did you come from? Get out of here before I hurt you." the burly man threatened.
Ignoring him Tiras spoke to Entoma "We got what we came for. You're free to slaughter and eat all the men in that building. Be sure not to harm the women."
"What?" was all the man man managed to say before he died.
Entoma then entered the building and Tiras put up a barrier so that no one would hear the chaos in the building.
Heading back to the alley, Tiras reopened the [Gate] and returned to Nazarick with Tuareninya in his arms.
So Entoma slaughtered the men in the building and feasted on their flesh. Meanwhile Demiurge and his subordinates stealthily raided the warehouses in the Capital and used [Gate] to transport the supplies back to Nazarick. The other Guardians and the Pleiades attacked other Eight Fingers locations.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick/9th Floor/Guest Room
Deciding that the guest room was big enough for Ninya and Tuareninya, Tiras laid Tuareninya on the bed and healed her. He then had the maids bathe and clothe her. She was returned to the bed just as Ninya returned from her training.
Ninya entered the room, noticed Tuareninya, and rushed to her side.
"I've healed her, she'll awaken in the morning." Tiras said.
Ninya then tightly hugged Tiras "Thank you! Thank you, thank you…" Ninya kept repeating whilst crying tears of joy.
"I always keep my promises." Tiras said.
Tiras then left the room and insured that Ninya would have the next day off to spend with her sister.