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"You don't find it a bit odd?" Francis asked as he prepared dinner. "That you, an angel, are helping a human to raise a demon?"

Arthur didn't look up from the clothes he was altering. "And you are a priest in training being fucked by an angel. What is your point?"

"Fucking, not being fucked, fucking." Francis corrected him. "And well, aren't angels and demons enemies?"

"We are and typically when an angel and demon meet we would fight and one would kill the other." Arthur confirmed. "However this demon is still a child."

"And the fact that he is a child is good?"

"Very." Arthur said reaching for another shirt. "As a child regardless of their backgrounds or heritage if taught when the mind is young and still open to everything."

"And you think that you can change the child from bad to good?"

"Francis, tell me the truth." Arthur said. "Have you seen Ludwig do one single act of violence?"

"He did attack you." Francis pointed out.

"Once." Arthur countered. "And the reason he did was because I went against his wishes of me using my magic to heal his wounds. Which brings us to the next point, his wounds."

"Where did they come from?" Francis asked as he walked to the cupboards and took out the salt.

"I don't have anything but my assumptions, Ludwig isn't telling me anything else." Arthur said. "But whoever did that, Ludwig isn't in a big hurry to return to them."

"Especially not the way that he has been clinging to Gilbert." Francis said. "Dinner is ready."

A loud wailing sound pierced Gilberts ears. He placed the plates he had been drying back in the sink, dried his hands, and quickly walked to Ludwig's room. When he was a few feet away he felt the temperature rise suddenly and then the crash and sound of wood and glass breaking.

Gilbert ran the remaining distance and pounded on the door. "Ludwig?" he called. "Are you alright?"

The wailing increased in volume at the sound of the child's guardian.

Gilbert tried to open the door to find that it was locked.

"Ludwig, open the door."

There was no answer.

"Ludwig, I'm not mad at you. Just worried." Gilbert said patiently. "Now please open the door."

Slowly the door opened to reveal Ludwig's tear stained face. Gilbert picked him up, noting that he had let the black wings out. He then glanced around the room to see what had been broken.

"Well you certainly showed my grandmother." Gilbert said dryly. The old and large wooden mirror that Gilbert had inherited from his grandmother now laid in pieces on the ground. He made a mental note to vacuum the area even after he cleaned it.

"What's wrong?" Gilbert asked. "What happened?"

Ludwig only shook his head and murmured in his native language as he sniffled, then Ludwig gave a low moan. The temperature started to rise again in the room until Gilbert realized that he was sweating.

"What, what are you doing?" Gilbert asked fighting down the fear he was feeling.

The next thing Gilbert knew was the room exploded in fire and his own body was suddenly searing in pain.

"Next thing I know is that you guys are here." Gilbert said. He winced as Arthurs hands trailed on the burns on Gilberts back.

"I should have known something like this would have happened." Arthur sighed. "He's at that age where he needs to learn how to sue and control his magic or else it would explode at random."

"Thanks for the warning." Gilbert snarled. "A bit late now, don't you think?"

"I didn't think that it would get this bad." Arthur said as he slowly healed the burns. "I thought it would start small."

"Yes, this is small." Gilbert said sarcastically. "Tell me, how do you prefer your human meat? Well done or extra crispy?"

"I'm a vegetarian." Arthur said. He allowed his hands to stay on Gilberts back for a moment longer as a white light spread on Gilberts body. "I'm done."

"Well he's still hiding underneath his bed and he still hates me." Francis said. "He was growling and trying to bite me the entire time when I reached towards him."

"You're a priest and he's a demon." Arthur said. "You figure that equation while I go talk to him."

Arthur walked and entered Ludwig's room. He sat on the floor quietly for a few moments before he peered underneath the bed. Ludwig was curled up with his back facing Arthur.

"I didn't mean to." he heard Ludwig whisper in their native language. "I didn't want to hurt him."

"I know, we know." Arthur said. "This isn't your fault. You are growing and so is your magic, you are going to lose control until you learn."

"And how do I learn?" Ludwig hissed. "There are no other demons here but me."

"But I am here." Arthur said. "I can teach you control."

"You're an angel." Ludwig said incredulously. "What can an angel teach me?"

"Magic is magic." Arthur said. "The differences from the angel and demon magic is what we do with it. Demons are more offense while angels go more to the defense. I can teach you both."

"What about flying?" Ludwig inquired. "Aren't I supposed to learn how to fly?"

"I can teach you how to do that too." Arthur confirmed. "Although we have different wings flight is the same as well."

Ludwig glanced at him. "What is my place?"

Arthur froze. "What?"

"What is my place?" Ludwig repeated. "What is my place in this world? What do I do here?"

"That's something that you need to figure out yourself." Arthur said. "Not even humans know their place in this world. You and I don't truly belong here so that makes it a bit more difficult to find our place here."

Ludwig stared at him silently.

"What?" Arthur finally asked.

"Why are you here?" Ludwig asked. "Why are you here on this realm?"

Arthur gave Ludwig a sad smile as he reached over, and he took it as a good sign that when he patted Ludwig on the head the child didn't flinch or draw away, and said "Unfortunately I have done ultimate acts against heaven and I can never go back."

He leaned closer to Ludwig and whispered "One of those acts being that years ago, many years when this world was still young, I had found a demon on earth and raised him instead of turning him over to hell as I should have."

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