-= The Underworld. The area adjacent to the entrance to the World of the Dead. Kokitos. =-
A young girl, in whose scarlet eyes burned hundreds, if not thousands of constantly changing runic hexagrams, shimmering with all the colors of the rainbow, carefully adjusted her hissing snake hair, frowning ahead into the darkness.
She was scared. It was very, very scary for her to be in such a dark, God-cursed place, but she couldn't back down, especially after she had gone so far. Into the world of the dead... all for the sake of the man who saved her and helped heal the curse.
For Eisen's sake.
If it wasn't for him, who once entered the place sealed by the Greek Gods, she would never have seen the light of the sun. She did not feel the warmth of the human body, did not feel the love of her sister, the archangel Gabriel... she swore to herself.
She swore that she would follow Aizen even into the depths of hell, even into the blue skies, and even after his death, she would follow him.
It didn't matter that it was stupid, that he was an ordinary person with a very short life span – all these were just the usual annoying disadvantages. Medusa has dreamed of leaving her personal kingdom of darkness all her life. She dreamed of looking at the world around her with her own eyes, to look at the person who gave her colors, telling about them.
It cost more than an ordinary little goddess's soul.
The girl still did not understand how Aizen and Gabriel managed to lift the curse of the Gods and the three of them left her personal prison unnoticed by the Greek Pantheon. It was also a mystery to her how Aizen managed to find and enter the sealed space of her dungeon, he said that it "happened by accident", but... did it really matter?
Everyone has their own secrets. The main thing is that he kept his promise to her. Freed her, returned her sight and gave her a goal...
Destroy the Greek Pantheon.
A very narrow circle of intelligent people knows the secret of the Jellyfish. The secret of her eyes that the Gods have so diligently sealed... Well, she would prove to Aizen that she was worthy of following him. Prove it to himself!
And therefore...
The girl closed her eyes, nodding to herself, then squinted to the left, where the emanations of Hades, the Greek God of Death and one of her Archivists were felt.
It's a pity that she hasn't fully recovered yet and won't be able to kill this bastard skeleton now, it's a pity. But now she has enough strength to hide herself from the views of the Greek Pantheon. She is invisible to this mythology, therefore...
Medusa held up her index finger, on which a ring in the shape of a bloody skull was visible. Monstrous emanations of death, pain and negativity emanated from him, but the Goddess ignored them, creating a barrier around herself so that Hades would not inadvertently feel the ring.
Minutes flowed by minutes, the girl imbued the ring with strength, sincerely believing in Aizen's words. He had never lied to her, and he would never lie to her...
And so, in the distance, the distant clatter of hooves was heard with a ghostly horse neighing. Cutting through the dark haze, a pale horse jumped out to meet the girl. It was shabby, with pieces of flesh through which gray bones could be seen and with very old-looking reins, from which a dark haze emanated.
He looked at the Jellyfish with empty eye sockets, then bowed. The girl gently, as if afraid to scare off, touched the dead horse's flesh with her hand, pathetically stroking the ancient creature.
The horse snorted softly and the next moment his empty eye sockets lit up with two gray otherworldly lights, forcing the Gorgon to smile:
- Shh, good... you're locked up in this place too, aren't you? Will you take me to your master? – the horse nodded and turned sideways to the girl, offering to climb. – Thank you.
The jellyfish jumped onto a tall creature that slowly turned towards the entrance to the deepest place in the Underworld.
A heartbeat later, the horse disappeared along with its rider, turning into a white cloud of fog.
Only the distant echo of a horse neighing said that everything that happened here was not an illusion.
-= Seat of the Sitri clan. =-
Sona was sitting in front of the chess table, thoughtfully looking at the scattered pieces.
A young dark-haired girl in a pink fairy girl costume was sitting next to her. She anxiously crumpled in her hands a long pink staff ending in a golden star, and looked at her beloved sister, who had been in a depressed state for the third week.
One of the four Great Devils, who was awarded the title "Leviathan", for the first time in her life could not help her beloved younger sister in any way. And all because of some human boy!
Oh, how much she cried that night when she found out that her sweet little sister had brought a boy home... and a man! An unconverted man, to think of it!
When the local "Demon Lord Girl" finally pulled herself together, the first thing she did was go to that boy, but on her thorny way to the guest room she met a super-cute enemy!
A girl with animal ears... Oh, she saw her rival right away! What she immediately reported to Kitsune, who was frowning like a cloud, but she just lowered her animal ears dejectedly and, practically sobbing, disappeared into her room.
"Pink Satan" should bring joy, love and happiness to everyone, and she brought a cute little girl to tears... then she begged Kitsune for forgiveness for three hours, which scared poor Ayakashi so much.
Well, yes, when Leviathan asks you for forgiveness, and she doesn't know why, it's quite strange.
Serafoll trotted her head, chasing away negative thoughts, then put her magic staff on her lap and straightened her long dark hair tied in two ponytails.
The boy, whom the sister brought, turned out to be ordinary. An ordinary broken boy who had a hard time surviving the death of his loved ones. The girl read the report about this guy, but she didn't find anything special, except that he was damn smart, as Sona-chan herself wrote.
To tell the truth, Serafall was thinking of converting this boy, thereby tying her sister even closer to herself, but she quickly rejected this idea.
Sona-chan can get angry, why once again make such a cutie angry?
In general, that day Leviathan for the first time doubted her abilities as a magical girl. She never managed to cheer up any of the three reasonable people who settled in the guest residence. Neither a sister, nor a certain girl, nor a human boy. NO WAY!
"So, Sona-chan, I'm tired of looking at your sad face! The girl-sorceress Levi-chan is going to return happiness to everyone in this house! Understand me?!
- ... – Sona looked at her sister with an unreadable look, after which she lowered her eyes to the chess again.
"Don't look at me like that, So-chan! The girl jumped up from her seat and pointed her pink wand at her frowning sister. – We will return the joy of life to your toy!
- What are you talking about? Sona muttered softly.
She remembered how all the "brilliant" ideas of her overly strange and eccentric sister ended. Therefore, Sitri tried not to follow her sister's lead, but sometimes she started crying... Serafoll always knew how to influence her little sister.
- We're going to go get a certain girl and go change for the show!
- "Neko-girl"? Are you talking about Mizuki? Actually, she's a Kitsune. And Kitsune are, in fact, fox spirits, which in no way concern kosh-...
- It doesn't matter! Let's go, let's go! Leviathan grabbed her sister's hand and pulled her towards Neo's room, from where Mizuki's aura was felt. – We will choose an outfit for you open-... oh, oh, I wanted to say, a milder outfit! Yes, we will choose you a pretty outfit and cheer up one ungrateful boy! Hee-hee-hee!
"Y-are you sure this will help?"
Serafoll noted that her sister didn't even think about denying her idea, as she had countless times before. So-chan has changed...
- Of course! – Serafoll nodded importantly. - Run, run!
-= Some time later. =-
Happy, like a cat who had eaten too much sour cream, Leviathan led two red girls, who matched the color of a crustacean, under the arms.
The girl dressed her sister in a pink maid costume with stockings of the same color. In a pretty revealing, with a damn short skirt and a large neckline on the chest, maid costume. And she forbade me to wear underwear...
The sorceress girl also dressed herself up in a maid costume in order to keep up with her sister a little. In the black and pink version. Tight-fitting with a short skirt and practically hiding nothing.
But Mizuki was the least lucky of all – she got an ordinary black apron on her naked body, and dark fishnet stockings. About how Leviathan persuaded her to wear this "suit", you can make up legends. And not for children.
- Leviathan-san-...
- Levi-chan. Call me Levi-chan, neko-girl!
- Ahem, Levi-chan, are you sure-...
- On "you"! Talk to me on "you", don't be shy, cat-seductress!
Mizuki sighed heavily and closed her eyes, starting to count to ten in her mind to calm the raging emotions.
This monster, hidden under the guise of a completely normal Sona's sister, turned out to be quite... Kitsune couldn't find the words to call a "magical girl". She was just really weird.
Very strong and very strange.
The monstrous aura of the demoness made Kitsune shiver. At first, then ayakashi got used to it.
And yet... Mizuki felt sorry for Sonya for the first time. Such a sister is a heavy burden for life.
The sister's monstrous complex, strange ideas, and after all, you can't say "no", she just doesn't listen and runs like a locomotive! And sometimes it also begins to press down with an aura, so you just can't refuse!
And also this strange outfit... Mizuki didn't know if "maid therapy" would help Neo and, first of all, whether he needed such a thing, but she had no other ideas. Yes, the girl knew that guys liked something like that, but that she herself would dress up in an apron with stockings... and everything. And I didn't wear anything else! Horror! HORROR!
The girl felt like a pervert. And Leviathan and her sister are also perverts... latent, ugh!
- Are you sure that Neo needs exactly these outfits?
- Eh? Do you think maid therapy won't work?! – Leviathan already stopped on the spot from such shocking news. This kid can be tough... but neko-ears and an apron are a super combo that cannot be overcome! – Damn, I knew I had to wear a sexy sweater...
- That's not what I'm talking about. - Mizuki sighed heavily and covered her bare ass with fluffy tails. – Maybe he needs a psychologist? Or communication? After all, he suffered the death of relatives, was at the identification and saw what his parents had become... Tears sprang from Kitsune's eyes. "I doubt he needs our suits."
- A tearful catgirl in an apron and stockings... Two trails of blood slowly ran from Serafoll's nose. – This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in my life!
- God forgive her soul, ouch-ouch-ouch... Sona said softly, wincing in pain. "Sister, I agree with Mizuki. We should talk to him, maybe hypnotize him a little. Costumes are nonsense.
- You're delusional yourself, So-chan, let's go, let's go, before neko-chan stops crying!
Arguing with the demon lord was a futile undertaking.