Author's note: Writing with Lilith and Advent is fun.
"…"-talking
'…'-thinking
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"Have you ever thought of having kids Addy?"
"No, and it's Advent, Lilith."
"Hm, I think it'd be nice to have someone to take care of."
In the forest
"…Wow." said Advent as he stared at the new two-story house.
"See." Lilith smirked, "I told you we could build a house in no time! ...Well if we don't include the time it took for me to get the wood."
"I think we're forgetting something Lilith."
"What?"
"Furniture."
"Oh yeah…" Lilith looked thoughtful for a moment, "Give me a sec." She ran off to get more wood.
"Hm?" Advent tilted his head to the side.
"Here we go!" Lilith came running back somehow carrying all the pieces of furniture found in a home, minus the machines.
"How…are you doing that?"
Lilith shrugged, "Powers."
Advent shook his head, "Let's just get all that stuff inside."
After furnishing the home, Lilith collapsed on the couch, "Oh man that took forever!"
"Only because you kept complaining and because I had to carry Artemis."
"Then that means I carried more stuff than you huh?"
"And that matters why…?"
"It means I'm getting stronger! Hells yeah!" Lilith jumped off the couch, fatigue completely forgotten.
Advent sighed, "Whatever, I'm going to check on Artemis." He went upstairs.
"You're such a good daddy…does that mean, I'm a mom? Nooo! I'm too young to be a mommy!" Lilith shouted dramatically.
"Lilith, you're over a thousand years old, that's not young at all!" Advent yelled as he came down.
"Eh? You're back already?" Lilith asked, "And for your information, demons live for a very, VERY long time. I'm practically a kid compared to my old man."
"I thought you didn't like talking about your family?"
"…you know what? Shut up." Lilith pouted, and then she perked up, "Say, can I stay in the same room with Artemis?"
"We have more than enough rooms for us Lilith, why do you want to stay in hers? And why do you keep changing the subject?"
"Just in case she wakes up in the middle of the night crying her cute, little eyes out and because it's fun."
"I feel am incoming headache."
-tp-tp-tp-CRASH-…-tp-tp-
Artemis fell down the stairs.
"Artemis! What are you doing up?" Advent ran over to check on her wounds.
"I wasn't as tired as I thought." She stood up, "And I was bored."
"Well, would you look at that? We barely spent time with each other and she's already acting like me." Lilith began to tear up, "I'm so proud."
"Oh hush Lilith." Advent scolded without turning to look at his demonic companion, "Are you sure your okay Artemis? That crash sounded painful."
"I'm okay." At that moment Artemis's stomach growled. "…" she held her stomach, "I'm hungry."
"She's blunt too." Lilith sat up, "You know Advent, either way, Arty's gonna act like me whether you like it or not." She smirked.
"Ugh, two Lilith's…some one kill me now…"
"Oh you know you love me." Lilith hugged Advent from behind.
"Let go Lilith, I have to go…make…lunch…" Advent trailed.
"What's wrong?"
"We have no food."
"…Ooh, that's gonna be a problem. Advent, go get some food," Lilith ordered.
"Excuse me? I'm not yours to be ordering around."
"The longer we argue, the hungrier Arty gets."
Advent rubbed his temples, "Fine, I'm going. Just make sure Artemis is safe." And he left.
"So Art, what do you want to do?" Lilith asked.
"I don't know." Artemis said, "But do you know where Mommy, Daddy and Big brother are?"
'Hm? Does she not remember? It'd be cruel to tell her but…' Lilith rubbed Artemis's head, "Sorry kid, I don't know where they are."
"Oh…okay." Artemis looked down.
"C'mon, I'm sure we could find something to do until Addy comes back."
"Addy?"
"Advent. He doesn't like the nicknames. But I do it anyway."
"Why?"
"'Cause its fun making him angry." Lilith picked up Artemis and placed her on her lap, "He needs to loosen up every now and then. And poking fun at him with those names kinda helps him."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and since he's the spirit of time, he has to be serious about a lot of stuff, so I just want him to loosen up and have fun."
Artemis looked up at Lilith and asked, "Miss Lilith?"
"What is it?"
"Why do you care so much about Mr. Advent?"
"Hm? Well…he's my partner, my teacher, and my friend." Lilith pointed out, "Would you want a friend to be serious and broody all the time?"
"I wouldn't know. I don't have any friends, well other than big brother."
'Hm, poor kid.'
Advent was walking through the forest, "Let's see, Lilith and I have our spirit duties to do and they take up a lot of our time so how are we going to take care of her? If there is a village near here, I guess we could enroll her in the school, if they have one. But then she might need-"
"Oh? I've never seen anyone like you around here."
"Hm?" Advent looked up to find a dwarf lugging a large cart of logs, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intrude."
"Ah, don't worry about it. But I'd like to know something."
"And that is…?"
"Why you're out here in the forest. Most people stay within the area of Iselia."
'We're near Iselia?' Advent thought to himself, "My, ah, family and I live here."
"Really? I haven't seen anyone else here save for a few travelers."
"We try to keep our location a secret." Advent lied, 'Well, it's the half truth.'
"I see. Are ya heading towards Iselia?"
"Uh, yes, I was going to get some groceries."
"I see." The dwarf nodded, "Ah I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Dirk, a blacksmith." He held out his hand.
"My name's Advent, I'm uh, a mercenary." Advent shook Dirk's hand. "I'll be on my way. It was a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise, sorry to get in your way." And the dwarf turned to leave.
"Ah, w-wait!"
"Yes?"
"Um, Iselia has a school right?"
Dirk nodded, "That it does lad."
"I see…"
"Planning on enrolling your child there?"
"Ch-child? O-oh, no!" Advent stammered, "She's my niece."
"I see. Well ya better get 'em ready," Dirk advised, "school's not going ta be easy for 'em, the teacher's a little harsh."
"Th-thank you, I'll keep that in mind," Advent bowed and he continued on to Iselia.
End Chapter 2
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