Hello everyone, TomboyJessie13 here. This took me weeks to finish due to writer's block, that and I had discovered that I'm more creatively motivated during the night. Anyways, I had a bit of a fix writing sad chapter because I don't to offend anyone, I had however cried a few times writing this. I also had to look up various EC wiki pages to get certain subjects and items in this chapter correct. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter, I've worked my fingers off writing this one and needed sleep.

ENJOY!

Chapter 20

Black Box Type B

In an unknown location, there was a beautiful view of the mountains covered in snow and nature, the sky was blue and partly cloudy, all of that was viewed from a well-decorated balcony made of metal and quartz. On the balcony is a fancy white table with two chairs, which are currently used by two people: the Sorcerer Alexander and the Cross-dressing God Behemo. They seemed to be talking about the circumstances of the Sinners.

"...I see...so that's how it happened." Alexander said, brushing his forefinger on his chin.

"Yeah." Behemo answered, surprisingly he looked somewhat concern than normal.

"But you said Alexiel expelled their sins with Grim the End."

"He did, but the Sinners don't know that and now they're as just as helpless as the humans who weren't contracted to a Demon, so right now we're keeping the Sinners safe through what Sickle calls "Purgatory", by keeping them in a box."

"Is that a way to protect them? Or a way to see if they can realize their sins through each other's perspective and repent?" The young man was skeptical about the Gods' motives.

"Both...but, but mostly the former, right now, however, they're just acting like a bunch of children." Behemo snickered a little, trying to cover his smile.

"I can see that." He said. "The way these Sinners are acting despite your best effort, I think the problem is they lack discipline from divine intervention." Behemo was confused by what he meant by that, though one of the many Gods that created mankind, he never took his role as one seriously due to his violent temper against Sickle and his long hiatus up until the "Duel of Merrigod Plateau" where he was free to roam again, all he could ask was:

"Meaning?"

"Meaning that you need to be strict with them, get tough, start taking charge, and stop messing around, it's no wonder why they aren't going to the Heavenly Yard quicker!"

"How so? Make them behave at gunpoint?" Alexander was about to say something else when they heard footsteps, they turned to the source of the sounds and saw a man coming from the darkness, it was Held with a sleeping Sateriasis over his shoulder.

"Yggdra...Venomania." Alexander greeted both of them stoically, even though Sateriasis is out cold.

"Alexander." Held greeted him.

"...Let me guess: Sateriasis starting things up in the Box again?" Behemo asked.

"Yes..."

Behemo made a weird look upon hearing Held's answer, he looked at Alexander awkwardly, the Sorcerer motioned his hand to the Earth God, meaning he should do what the Crossdresser is best at. "Alright alright, I'll go punish him...again." Behemo groaned as he took out a paddle from his dress.

A few hours Later

Back at the box, Kayo is in the kitchen with both her hair and sleeves tied up with two tasuki cords as she cleans the rice in the sink, indicating she's preparing a meal for the sinners.

"Didn't we already have lunch, Kayo?" Banica asked as she was licking the plates from lunch, "Not that I don't mind seconds, but it seems to be a bit early for your turn." Each sinner gets a turn to make meals based on the cooking duty wheel on the wall, their names are stuck to a wheel with the words "Breakfast", "Lunch", and "Dinner" around their names. Gallerian's, of course, is outside the wheel tagged under "out of order" due to his poor cooking, once the day is done, the outer circle is spun and the Sinner gets a different time of day to cook. Today, Breakfast duty was Allen, Lunch duty was Banica to which surprisingly was not as bad as everyone thought because she made food that was edible and non-lethal, and Dinner will be later handled by Kayo.

"I know." Kayo answered. "I'm just preparing ahead of time because rice, cod, and tofu take time to cook, speaking of which how do you use a rice cooker?, You know things that are from the Second Period, right?"

"You plug it in and put in the time."

"Thanks."

"What are you making tonight anyways?"

"Nabemono, because of the excitement earlier and the fact the weather's getting cold outside so why not make something warm and good for the soul?" Just then, Clarith came in holding a bag of debris from the living room, she had returned to the box to help the Sinners fix up the living room after Sateriasis went ballistic, of course, because the gods were too busy to help and Michaela has to look after the Yard in Held's stead, Hansel and Gretel, who have taken their Arte and Pollo forms, had volunteered to help as long as they don't cause trouble while they're in the Box.

"Mmmm, something smells delicious." Clarith said smiling.

"Oh, those were the Beelzenian Cheese Bombs I made for lunch, easy to make." Banica said while stacking the plates after licking them.

"I'm surprised that you actually made something that didn't kill us." Nemesis said from outside the kitchen, she was scrubbing the living room floor.

"But of course, you guys were never contracted to Gluttony so you can't have the things I eat, I'm an evil food eater but I'm not stupid."

"That's a surprise, Master." Pollo exclaimed while he's putting the plaster on the hole in the wall where Sateriasis stuck a fireplace tool in. "Ordinarily you desire meals that are repulsive as Hell itself."

"You Moron." Arte berated him. "Didn't you just hear the Master right now? Are you're ears made out of cloth or something?"

"Oh yeah."

"Arte! I need help with the cushions." Margarita said while sewing up a couch cushion.

"Coming, Eve." Arte answered.

"I'm not Eve."

"Where the hell is Dad and Riliane? Should they at least contribute to cleaning up this mess." Nemesis slammed a wet towel on the ground.

"I think they're upstairs, Riliane said something about "talking things out" with your Father." Kayo said from the kitchen, that made Banica form an awkward look on her face while the twins began snickering devilishly. Nemesis thought about it for a second till it finally hit her, she looked up at the ceiling and smiled sadistically. Clarith, however, became shocked that Riliane would stoop that low even after she was redeemed.

Nemesis looked at Clarith, "What? He's a bastard!"

"Still, whether he deserves it or not, you people shouldn't be abusing him like that." Clarith said sternly before going upstairs, she was following the noise of whatever Riliane is doing which led up to the study room, a room that seems to be unoccupied for the past few days since the house's doors' had been open until now. She opened the door to find a study room that seems to resemble Gallerian's from his former home, only a bit more simplified. In the room were several books on shelves that make the room look like a small library thus putting the books in the living room to shame, a desk with a chair and a large window behind it. In the center is where a low table and two couches stand...except the low table's been removed to make room for Riliane, who is currently riding on Gallerian like a horse.

"Rin! Get off of him!"

"Stand back, Clarith!" She kicked Gallerian's sides.

"YIPE!" Gallerian began to stumble forth out of the room on all fours, Clarith moved out of the way to avoid injury.

"FASTER, BEAST!"

"RILIANE! IM SORRY! PLEASE GET OFF!" Gallerian panted as he slid clumsily down the stairs, Nemesis looked at how Riliane is using her Father. "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?" He growled at her.

"Looks fun, but childish, I give it 7 out of 10 stars."

"Rin! Enough of this!" Clarith said, running down the stairs. "He already apologized!" She pulled the Princess off of him, allowing Gallerian to crawl away and hide behind Margarita.

"BUT MY BROTHER WAS IN DANGER! HE ALMOST DIED AGAIN!"

"Isn't he a spirit though?" Pollo asked.

"Yeah, like you can't die if you're already dead." Arte said.

"You hear that, Rin?" Clarith asked. "Allen will be ok, so all we're asking is for you to calm down." Riliane started to soften upon hearing their words, Clarith slowly put her down.

"Alright, I believe you, but I won't trust the guys here after harming him, I mean he's been knocked unconscious."

DING DONG

"Sounds like the door." Margarita said, "I'm coming!" she walked up to it, when she opened it, it was Behemo, and next to him was a sore and slightly tired Sateriasis. "Lord Behemo! Sati!"

"Hello, Blankenheim." Behemo smiled. "I believe this "thing" belongs to you?" He pushed Sateriasis inside. "I've already had to cancel my meeting with my friend because of you guys so I'm pretty sore about this."

"We're sorry about this, we didn't even know Sateriasis would pull that stunt." Kayo said.

"It doesn't matter, you guys could've at least done something about it instead of fooling around, Riliane is the only one who had the right idea. Because of that, a punishment must be in order."

"You're gonna send our Master to the Hellish Yard!?" Pollo panicked, defending Banica with a steak knife.

"If the Sinners caused another genocide or airborne epidemic that's one thing, this, however, since no one from his harem was hurt today, it's pretty small. Still, I had to reschedule my meeting for tomorrow afternoon so by morning we're gonna discuss your guys' punishments before I leave."

"You gotta be kidding me." Nemesis groaned.

"I ain't kidding, "sister", but in the meantime enjoy the rest of your evening, and look after both the pervert and Allen. Come Twins, Clarith, we're through here."

"But half of this room is still a mess." Clarith asked.

"It's not even that big, the Sinners can finish the rest on their own, now move it."

"I'm sorry." Clarith apologized as she followed.

"It's alright, thank you for helping us anyways." Kayo said.

"Don't worry about me you two, just do as the Drag Queen says." Banica said to Arte and Pollo.

"I HEARD THAT, WITCH!" Behemo yelled from a distance. The Twins laughed mischievously. Soon, they left.

"That is just perfect!" Nemesis ranted. "Why does this always happen!?"

"Don't be blaming us, bitch, you were too zonked out to even stop him!" Gallerian called her out from behind Margarita.

"Say that again! I dare you!" Nemesis was fixing to punch him.

"Please don't fight." Margarita begged between the two bickering family members.

"She/He started it!" Pointed at each other.

"I'M SERIOUS!" Margarita screamed at the top of her lungs that it made everyone's ears ring, the windows shake, and the chandeliers in the house wobble lightly.

"...O-o-ok, we'll stop." Nemesis stuttered and both she and her Father walked away.

"Geez Eve, what vocals." Pollo said while rubbing his finger in his left ear.

"Let's get outta here before she "Gift" us to death." Arte said as she dragged Pollo by his right arm.

"G-G-Goodbye Sinners, and Good luck." Clarith said as she walked out, petrified.

"B-b-by the way, i-if Allen wakes up, send him to me and I'll tell him everything." Behemo stuttered. "You know just in case he lost his memory or something."

Once Clarith, Behemo, and the Twins are gone, Banica got her senses together and looks up to Sateriasis, his hair was covering his face and he hasn't moved an inch since he was pushed into the house. "Hey, Sati...You ok?" Banica asked, no answer. "Did Behemo rough you up a little?" Again, no answer.

"Maybe Margarita's scream must've made him deaf." Riliane suggested.

"Maybe he's hungry, do we still have those buns Jun brought over this morning?" Kayo asked.

"Yeah, they're in the fridge," Banica answered.

"Ok." Kayo went to the fridge to get them, she returned with a plate full of them. "Here, you looked like you haven't eaten today. " He shook his head.

"So he can hear." Riliane said.

"...I need time to myself please." Sateriasis spoke finally, he sounded melancholic.

"I understand." Kayo said, Sateriasis then began to walk upstairs quietly, not saying a word at all.

"What the hell did Behemo do to him?" Gallerian asked.

"I don't think it's Behemo's punishment that made him like that." Margarita said worryingly.

Two hours later

Allen opened his eyes, he looked around and found that he's in the men's bedroom, he then saw his Sister sitting next to him reading a book by Will Jaakko "Riliane?" He touched her hand.

"Oh!" She squeaked in surprise. "Allen!"

"Hey Sis, *Yawn* I had the craziest dream that Sateriasis stuffed me in a washing machine and I was spinning around while it was filled with water." Allen said tiredly, he doesn't seem to remember that it actually happened and that it was all a dream to him.

"So Behemo's suspicions were correct." Riliane thought to herself, she then spoke. "That's a weird dream...Anyways Behemo said he wants to see you as soon as you wake up."

"Oh really? What time is it?" He looks at the alarm clock which reads 5:24 PM. "Oh Geez I'm late, I don't even remember falling asleep."

"You've must've worked yourself to exhaustion and passed out." Riliane lied, she knew Sateriasis had stuffed her in the washing machine but never intended on drowning him, though angry with him, there must be a reason for lying, but if Behemo was gonna tell of this to Allen, she'll be in trouble too.

"I that's what I was thinking, my legs feel heavy." Allen got out of bed, he was still wearing his servant uniform sans the coat and shoes. "I gotta get going right away." He put on his things and began making his way downstairs, he sees Kayo in the kitchen making noodles with Margarita helping out. The Tailor spots him.

"Oh Allen! You're awake!" She beamed. "And you look better."

"Yeah, I guess." He was confused by what she said, but he figured that she saw him collapse or something. "Anyways, I'm heading to see Behemo and judging by the time of day, I'm gonna be out late."

"Would you like some food first?" Margarita asked.

"No thank you, I'll eat at Sickle's place."

"Ok."

"Hey, where are the others?"

"Sateriasis is in the bathroom and the other three are playing tennis." Kayo answered.

"Alright." Allen then walked to the stairs and yelled: "HEY SATERIASIS IM GOING TO SEE BEHEMO, YOU BEHAVE YOURSELF!" No answer, "He must be in the shower, oh well." Allen then stepped out and found that both Gallerian and Banica were playing tennis and Nemesis is the referee, the sky was slowly starting to darken. "I'm going to see Behemo you guys and I won't be back till later." Gallerian immediately saw him and hid behind Banica's dress. "Yeaaaaaaaah anyway."

"Glad to see you're doing better sweetheart." Banica said, not minding Gallerian hiding behind her.

"Thanks." Allen then disappears into particles of light.

"He didn't even attempt to scold me." Gallerian said, baffled.

"Maybe he's too tired to deal with you." Nemesis said, polishing her whistle. "Which is a shame in my opinion." Gallerian got the idea of what she meant by that and tried pushing her into the pond, but she immediately moved out of the way and Gallerian was hanging by the edge with his toes. "You didn't think I fall for that, Prick?"

"Huh, for a fascist delinquent you ain't as stupid as I thought." He felt Banica pull him by the vest to prevent him from falling.

"I prefer the term "Streetwise."

"Hey guys, should we call it a day? It's starting to get dark a little." Banica said.

"Why not, my feet are killing me anyway." They grabbed their sports equipment and walked back into the house. Once inside, Banica looked up at the bathroom on the second floor and made a very worried look. "Banica?" Nemesis asked.

"I'm gonna try talking to him." Banica resorted.

"Better not, he might kill you." Riliane warned.

"You're talking to the replacement "Demon of Gluttony" and "Master of the Graveyard", child, I'm sure I can take on what Sateriasis has in store for me." She then walked up the stairs to the bathroom.

"Margarita, would you be a dear and make sure the food doesn't burn?" Kayo said as she grabbed her scissors.

"You got it." Margarita gave an "OK" sign.

"You're going up there too?" Riliane asked kayo.

"She's gonna need a lot of help in case something goes wrong, besides I was able to put the Duke down with my scissors on the first, I don't know how it turned him into a masochist though." Kayo said before she followed her relative upstairs.

Banica peeped her head inside the bathroom, she doesn't see him anywhere, she checked the toilet stalls, nothing, she checked under the sink, nothing. She then got an idea that he's in the shower so she opened the sliding door, there she sees Sateriasis curled up in a fetal position in the tub and holding what seems to be an empty violin case. "Sati?...are you ok?" She asked him quietly. He slowly turned his head to look at her, his eyes were red, puffy, and wet from crying, his nose was also red from having to blow his nose with a box of tissues.

"Does it look like I'm ok?" He snapped at his Gluttonous descendant. "Do you have any idea of what kind of hell I went through today?"

"Yes...maybe? Why did Behemo do something illegal to you?"

"No..."

"Oh good." Banica then sat next to the bathtub where he was sitting in. "It's about Gumina isn't it?"

"Butt out, woman." He snapped again.

"It's not like you can hide it, we all heard you earlier, you were screaming about your miseries while throwing a fit and destroying the entire living into oblivion...Point being, you can't keep it to yourself forever, Gallerian and Nemesis revealed how they felt."

"Those two at the time were in a drunken stupor, this is different." Sateriasis smothered his face into his knees, Banica only sighed.

"...Very well, Darling, you leave me no other choice but to bring out the big guns." Banica then took out a Black Box, Sateriasis looked over and jumped in surprise when he saw it.

"What the-! What type is that!? Where did you even get that Box!?" Sateriasis exclaimed in surprise.

"I had Pollo swipe this from Behemo while he wasn't looking, this is his Box; Black Box Type B."

"Wh-why?! What does that even do?"

"It has the same benefits as the Sun God's Black Box, you know the one Allen was stuffed into? I was gonna use this to study more on the previous Periods before this one and maybe even learn some recipes and technology that I never heard of before Behemo realizes it's missing, but now I'm gonna use it like the Type E box." She began setting it up.

"And what does Type E do?"

"Grants you the ability to use the "Mind Swap Technique", allowing you to view and maybe experience the memories of the person you're sharing the box with...I believe the goddess Levia used this on a patient once, I don't know who."

"Forget, I refuse to let you probe my brain just to get answers, besides you'll never understand what I went through."

"I do understand, how about in return I'll let you view my past? I'm sure you'll understand why I'm just like you, but we'll get to that later, now let's get going." Banica then opened the Box and they both entered it. Inside was fairly dark with black walls and floors with green lines covering them vertically and horizontally, making a grid-like pattern. Both Banica and Sateriasis were amazed by how it looked from the inside. "Wow, this reminds me too much of the Court that Eve made back on Merrigod Plateau." Banica mused, "It was the birthplace of that witch Nemesis calls her Mother."

"You don't say." Sateriasis nods.

"This is where we'll use the Mind Swap." She points at the center of the box before clapping twice, a few wires dropped from above. "Remove your coat and shirt, I'm gonna hook you up with these doohickies." Sateriasis did as he was told, leaving his top half bare. After he sat down on the ground, Banica puts wires on his forehead, face, chest, back, and arms. "Alright! Let the Mind Swapping begin!" She clapped her hands twice again. Everything turned dark, she sees images of what seems to be Sateriasis's past. She sees the first thing that catches her eye; the day he was born. She dives in by herself, and into the body of the infant Sateriasis, she sees a beautiful woman, looking very tired.

"Who is this woman?" Banica asked herself.

"That's my birth Mother, Nylpho Venomania." Sateriasis answered from afar.

"It looks I'm in your body as a Baby, it feels weird." She then noticed Nylpho making a horrified face the moment she saw the baby. "She looked frightened, is this where she saw your mark?"

"Yes...She cheated on my Father with a servant and aborted the child before I came into existence."

"What happened to her?"

"...Suicide, she threw herself off a cliff into the sea, afterwards my Father, Ilotte Venomania, blamed me for her death, disowned me, and hid me in the manor's basement, calling me a "demon child" as well."

"You poor man." Banica sighed sadly.

"Yeah, you've seen enough so let's-"

"Hold on, I want to see more."

"Banica, please!" He begged, but she didn't listen and proceeds to look at more of his memories, she found one of his Brother and Gumina Glassred. "So this is the true Sateriasis."

"Enough! You've already seen too much! I don't want to remember those memories! Let's just view yours and be done with it!" Sateriasis was becoming flustered.

"You can't hide this forever, someone is bound to find out sooner or later." She went into that memory, becoming the younger Sateriasis she knew himself. "I see, I must be in Lasaland's Workshop District." Banica said, the young Sateriasis in the memory was posing for a painting done by an old man.

"I'm just about done here, Cherubim." The old painter said, adding the finishing touches. "Aaaaand finished." The man showed Cherubim the painting, the young man in the portrait has his hair covering his eyes.

"Thank you, Mr. I love it." The Cherubim in the memory said.

"Heeey! Cheru!" Cherubim heard a voice behind him, he turned to see Gumina and the real Sateriasis coming to him, Gumina spots the painting and beamed. "Woooow, did he paint that for you?"

"Yeah."

"I'm impressed, Brother." The real Sateriasis said. "It makes you look like the head of the house."

"If only that were the case." The memory faded.

"You three were really close back then." Banica said.

"Not anymore." Sateriasis said quietly, at this point, he gave up trying to stop her.

"Let's move on." Banica then went to the next memory, unfortunately, she went a little too far and fast forwarded to that of a pink haired woman, Lukana Octo, being carried to the master bedroom bridal style. "Huh? what's this?" She cocked her head to the side. Sateriasis immediately beamed when he saw Lukana.

"Oh! That's when me and Lukana...first...made...love." He realized that Banica fast-forwarded to the memories she wasn't supposed to see at all; his sex life and kidnappings.

"Oh, Sateriasis~" Lukana moaned as Sateriasis lays her on his bed, he began to open her shirt.

"OH GOD, IT'S THE NIGHT OF YOUR FIRST AFFAIR!" Banica panicked.

"REWIND! REWIND! REWIND!" Sateriasis egged her on, Banica tired to rewind but she kept fast forwarding to the "embarrassing parts"

"Mikulia feels so happy~" Mikulia said blissfully, Banica fast forward it.

"Please, more~" Hakua moaned, Banica fast forward it again.

"It's my turn, Duke~" Tette said staring down at Sateriasis, Banica fast forward it once more.

"MY EYES! THEY'RE BURNING!" Banica exclaimed in disgust while covering her eyes. She finally stopped to where Sateriasis sees a blond haired "woman" in a blue dress. "Yes! Sanctuary!" Banica exclaimed in relief. "After we're through here I'm gonna take a bath, wash all this filth off me."

"Wait, why does this look familiar?" Sateriasis asks, they continued watching further into his memories of the "woman" as they head down to the basement of Sateriasis's manor, in its center, the Sateriasis in his memory extends his hand to the "woman", offering to dance.

"Now, Shall we dance in this harem, Elluka?" He asked the "woman" in front of him, "she" took his hand as a form of yes and embraced closely.

"Oh no! I remember! BANICA!" Sateriasis called out to his descendant, but he was too late.

"GAH/GAH!" Both Banica and the memory version of Sateriasis called out in pain as they gripped onto their wounds, "Elluka" had stabbed the Duke with the Vessel of Wrath. "Elluka" removed "her" wig, revealing that "she's" actually Sateriasis's murderer; a man named Karchess Crim.

"As I thought, you're the culprit, aren't you, Duke Venomania!" Karchess sneered.

"... You're... a... man...!?" The memory Sateriasis collapsed.

"UGH! THAT HURTS!" Banica cried out while holding on to the area that was stabbed.

"Are you alright!?" Sateriasis panicked from a distance.

"Yeah, I don't seem to be bleeding which is a good thing, it still hurt though." She then witnesses several women running out of the basement.

"No! D-Don't leave me!" Sateriasis begged as he laid dying in a pool of his own blood, both red and violet, one by one each woman had run out of the basement, all except for Gumina who stayed behind to see the dying Sateriasis one last time. "G-Gumina...wait!" He cried out tearfully. "I...I Lo..." He sadly could not finish his sentence and died in vain, everything went dark again.

"You never had the chance to confess to her." Banica sadly said.

"It was only the last minute that I remember her being my true love as she remembered me as Cherubim." Sateriasis admitted, he sounded like he was about to cry again. "And yet she never even bothered to talk to me when we reunited." He finally gave up, willing to open up.

"Whyt?" Banica asked worryingly.

"If you can rewind it to the day it happened then you'll know, the date is December 135 EC."

"I'll try, ummmm oh there we are." Banica then rewinds it quickly. "December...December...December...here we are." There was a very lively party going on, everyone was dressed in the finest outfits during that time, everyone was looking at Banica's direction, who is in Sateriasis's body again, with a look of scorn and disgust, some were laughing and calling him insulting names. "How rude, ever heard of looks don't matter?" Banica said in disgust.

"Times were different back then, nobody cares about that."

"Hey, I see Gumina." Banica observed as Sateriasis in the memory walked up to her.

"Gumina! Gumina Glassred!" The Memory version of Sateriasis called out to her happily, "I need to tell you something!" she then turned to him with a very cold expression, that stopped him in his tracks.

"Oh...It's you." Gumina said in a deadpan voice, he was surprised by this new attitude of hers. "What are you doing here?"

"...Wh-what's gotten into you?" He asked.

"Nothing of the sort." She snapped at him, "Now please leave me be, servant boy, there are other guests for you to bother." She turned away from.

"...Gumina, what's going on? I'm your best friend." He touched her shoulder, she then quickly slapped his hand away.

"TAKE YOUR DISGUSTING HANDS OFF ME, YOU PIG!" She angerly shouted at him. "The last time I checked, a friend would never have a face as hideous as your's, look at that mark on your face, what kind of person has a face like that? Practically no one in all of Asmodean."

"...G-Gumina..." He was in complete shock.

"And don't you ever address me, and my fiance, Lord Venomania, with such informalities again." As she said that, she clung to the real Sateriasis's arm. "You've already ruined this party by being here, now get out, I don't ever want to see your ugly face again." She then walked away with the real Sateriasis in tow, he looked back with a cruel grin on his face. Humiliated, heartbroken, and in complete shock, Cherubim, who is now being laughed at by the guests attending the party, ran out of the room in tears.

Everything went black again, grid-like patterns appeared on the walls and floor, the mind swap is finished.

"...My god." Banica stood there horrified by what Gumina said to her Ancestor. "How could she say such horrible things to you?"

"Because I'm a monster." Sateriasis whimpered while he was curled up in a fetal position again, he was now in tears as well for having to relive that awful memory. "Gumina hated me because I look like a monster to her, I even used my brother's face in the afterlife to hide the very person I despised the most; my old life as Cherubim, I hated my old persona as a whole because of my Mother and Father! I became the way I am because of my adulterous whore of a Mother and Bastard of a Father, I never asked to be born this way!" He cried out in sorrow as tears began falling onto the floor, suddenly, he glared up at Banica with his red and irritated eyes. "And I never asked for you to probe the memories I never wanted to remember!"

"I didn't want to, but you left no choice, bottling up those memories is only gonna make you miserable!"

"I better off having those memories bottled up, all you did is making me feel 100x worse than before! WHY BOTHER TRYING TO HELP IF ALL YOU DO IS HURT ME?! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN FIX THAT WHICH CAN NEVER BE MENDED!?" He began to cry out in sorrow again while facing the ground, tears were dripping onto the floor. Just then, he felt a huge slap across his face, Banica had left her red handprint on his face.

"...Oh dear, I'm so sorry! But I had to do it." Banica apologized, regretting ever slapping him across the face. "I'm only helping you because like I said earlier, I was just like you."

"Like me? But you were luckier than I am, the achievements you've accomplished in your exploits, how you saw the world, ended a famine in Beelzenia, brought back many recipes, and developed a famous and delicious wine before you contracted to a Demon, how are you like me?"

"Yes, I did those things and I was proud of what I accomplished." She said with a sad smile as she removed the wires off of Sateriasis and put them on her face and shoulders. "But that was after I went through 10 years of hell." She claps twice, another mind swap begins. Like Banica, Sateriasis was left alone in the vast darkness with only the memories of his descendant as company, he put both his shirt and coat back on and proceeds to look through her memories like she did to him.

"Which one should I go to?" Sateriasis asked, drying his eyes with his handkerchief.

"My first birthday dinner, where the Beamu Pig was served." Banica said from afar.

Sateriasis nodded then went to it, in the memory, he was in the body of Banica as a very small infant and that she was in the arms of an Elphe woman who looked suspiciously like Gumina. Sateriasis felt like he was about to have a panic attack just from the site of her. "Who is that woman?" He asked, feeling like he was gonna vomit from anxiety.

"Dammit, I forgot that Mother was a Glassred." Banica said quietly to herself, knowing full well that she's the descendant of Sateriasis' childhood friend, Gumina.

"What?"

"Nothing, let's just say that this woman is my once beautiful and respectful Mother, Megour Conchita."

"I see...and I must be in your body as an infant just like you in mines." Sateriasis looked around and found that everyone was getting ready for supper. While doing so, he smelled something that is super delicious, "What is that wonderful smell?" He asked while trying to contain his drool, he then remembered that he didn't eat a lot after he got back because his stomach started to growl aggressively, he should sample on some Kayo's nabemono when they're through.

"Oh, that was the Beamu Pig I mentioned earlier." Banica answered, "I never had any of it during that because I was a baby, however."

"That's a shame, I would like to have some of that if it weren't for the religious practitioners."

"Well at this point you shouldn't eat THAT particular Beamu, because my vessel was lodged in its stomach, contaminating it with the Gula Disease."

"Here my love have some, have some." A man appeared with a fork with bits of Beamu meat in hand.

"Alright, maybe one bite." Megour said, trying a bite.

"Who's the man?" Sateriasis asked.

"That's my Father, Duke Muzuri Conchita." Banica said. "He was very exceptional Duke and food Connoisseur like your's truly, but wasn't smart enough to know that consequences of bringing in a disease-ridden animal, he lost his title for abusing his role due to heavy taxes and confiscating food."

"Is it part of the 10-year process of being infected?"

"Yes, the next memory will provide you information of what it did to my family." Banica informed him, Sateriasis then proceeded to the next memory that was a little farther than it should have. "Also please refrain from going into the memories of my discovery of disgusting foods and cannibalism for they will scar you for life, I ain't kidding, one of the humans who tried probing my memories once were traumatized for months."

"How do I rewind?"

"Let me do it." Banica then manually rewind her memories to when she was Six, "There." Sateriasis entered the memory, he was now in the body of the Six-year-old Banica, He saw that her family has gained a bit of girth along with some atrocious table manners.

"How gruesome." Sateriasis said in disgust.

"That's what 10 years of Gula would do to you, you have to keep constantly eating until your full, even if it means gaining weight." Banica said from afar, Sateriasis continued to observe within the young Banica's body, noting with curiosity that she did finish her vegetables. Her Mother looked this way.

"Eat. There should be nothing left." Megour told her.

"No. I don't really like carrots." The young Banica responded timidly to her Mother, that's when it happened, she stormed her well to Banica's direction angrily yelling:

"EAT!" Megour scolded her as she grabbed the carrots and forced her child's mouth open.

"MAA MAA...GAAHH/*chokes*" Her Mother forced Banica's food down her throat, that in turn caused Sateriasis to feel like he's being force-fed as well. He gripped onto his neck, choking.

"IF YOU DON'T EAT YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!" Megour screamed at Banica while she continued to shove food into her daughter forcefully. Sateriasis got out of the memory quickly as he could no longer stand the feeling of food being shoved down his throat, even though he isn't the one eating, he was on his knees coughing after that ordeal.

"Are you ok?" Banica asked worryingly.

"*coughing* Y-yeah...she shouldn't be doing that to...does you're Father know?"

"Sadly yes, and he hasn't done anything to stop her...Until the 10th year when my Mother tried to stoop to cannibalism." Banica was starting to sound serious.

"Did she die from the illness?" Sateriasis asked, after recovering.

"She died yes but not from an illness...My Father tried stopping her only to kill her instead."

"Goodness!"

"He had no choice...Though Mother's no longer around to torment me..." Banica was silent for a moment. "...Her abuse impacted me in my later years." She then fast-forwarded to another dinner.

"Hm? This doesn't look like your Manor, where am I?" Sateriasis asked.

"The dining hall in Marlon Castle, we were having a banquet celebrating my engagement to Carlos Marlon." Sateriasis again was in Banica's body but as a 15-year-old. He sees a lot of people surrounding the table.

"Ugh, this food tastes like crap." Someone said in disgust, it was Banica's maid, Arte."

"You said it, Arte." And the other was Pollo. "No wonder the people in Marlon are skinny, they're not getting good food."

"I-i'm sorry about my attendants, Carlos." The young Banica said meekly.

"It's fine, Banica." The young boy said, it was Carlos. "Although I wished they learned some manners." Just then, Sateriasis in his descendant's body saw a few men in armor approaching one of the older men at the table with a bag in hand, before dumping the bag revealing his and Banica's vessels; The Venom Sword and the Glass of Conchita, The Duke's vessel is what intrigued him the most. He couldn't hear what they're talking about from afar, but he felt something was not right, he noticed that the young Banica was starting to tremble at the site of her own Glass, and the increasing number of unfinished dishes didn't make things better either because he knew of the abuse his descendant had suffered. Just after the meal was over...

"Ahhh...AHH...AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The young Banica snapped, and screamed, she was suffering an attack of PTSD as she began to shove all the leftover food on her plate into her mouth as quick as a flash. Again it had caused Sateriasis to choke from both the food being shoved down and how horrifing the site was, it was enough to make him lose his appetite. When she was finished with her plate, she went and took Carlos's leftover's.

"B-BANICA!?" Carlos squeaked in horror as Banica continues to eat everyone's leftover's grossly in and at an alarming speed.

"IF I DON'T EAT! MOTHER WILL PUNISH ME!" Banica screamed with her mouth full before continuing.

"OK! STOP IT! I GET IT! YOU'RE JUST LIKE ME WITH MY FATHER, BROTHER, AND GUMINA, YOUR MOTHER'S ABUSE LEFT YOU TRAUMATIZED DURING YOUR CHILDHOOD AND TEENHOOD! NOW PLEASE GET ME OUT OF THIS MEMORY BEFORE I SUFFOCATE!" Sateriasis screamed out in pain while gripping his neck, everything went dark with green lines on the walls and floors again, Sateriasis was panting from the attack Banica had, he looked up to find Banica sitting in front of him.

"...Sorry, I may have gotten a little carried away." Banica said sadly.

"*Panting*...At this point I'm not angry with you anymore, just sick and tired of all the this...anyways, you eventually overcame your trauma as you grew?"

"Yes, I began seeing food as a blessing for myself and a way to cope with my abuse, failures, and depression instead of pleasing Mother, I even eat the accursed Beamu pig despite the 10-year curse of Gula, and began considering my prized Glass of Conchita as a memento. Regardless, the only one I blame for all this is Beelzebub for my family's downfall. Sateriasis sat there in silence from what Banica said, he leaned his head on her shoulder, his descendant was slightly surprised by this move he pulled, but instead chose to go with it and hugged him tight to comfort him.

"I'm envious." Sateriasis said quietly into her shoulder. "We share the share the same title as Duke and had contracted to a Demon that made us beautiful, we even reunited with our lovers at one point. But unlike you, you were able to conquer all the things that can make you feel miserable, I never had that chance, I have never been able to let go of what happened between me and Gumina...I just don't understand why Gumina would turn on me...I love her but...I want to know why she lead me to this."

"THEN WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE WHINING LIKE A BABY? TRY SEARCHING THROUGH THE AKASHIC RECORDS IN THE BOX TO SEE WHAT'S YOUR GIRL'S PROBLEM!" Just then they heard Nemesis from afar, it doesn't sound like a memory or anything, it was real, Banica lets go of Sateriasis for a bit to remove the wires before she claps her hand twice to open the box, they see the Sinners hovering above them, illuminated under the light of the dining room's chandelier, they've been watching them from afar the whole time.

"What the hell, Nemesis?! How did you even find the box?" Banica called out, her voice to them sounded squeaky like a mouse.

"I'm very sorry, Banica." Kayo apologized. "But I wanted to make sure nothing bad happens to you so I followed you, but then the bathroom got all quite so I went inside and that's when I found the box."

"Oh my god." Banica said, rubbing her temples. "I told you I was gonna be fine, you guys shouldn't even know Behemo's box was here!"

"Behemo's Box hm?" Gallerian asked. "Maybe we can use it to our advantage." He rubbed his chin.

"Yeaaaaaaaah anyways." Riliane butted in. "Like Nemesis said, if you want to know why Gumina treated you like crap, you might as well look into records to why she did that."

"That's a good idea." Banica said, "Thanks Nemesis!" She clapped her hands twice again to close the box.

"I'm a little nervous though...What if it's because of my face?" Sateriasis said nervously.

"It's going to be ok." Banica reassured. "Black Box Type B, activate archive on Spirit Data: Gumina Glassred!"

Logging into Black Box Archive

Subject: Spirit Data - Gumina Glassred

Files found: 2

There were two memories, both with different dates, the first memory was a few hours before the party, the second took place 2 years after the Serial Disappearances ended. "There we go, but which one should we start first?" She then took out a coin from her chest. "Heads is memory 1, Tails is memory 2." Sateriasis nodded as she then flipped the coin, she caught it and slammed it on the back of her hand, she moved her hand revealing that it was tails. "Tails it is then." Banica pressed on the second memory which takes them to the aftermath his crimes. Gumina was sitting in front of a canvas, add a small blob of purple paint on it. Sateriasis was behind his childhood as he reached out to her, only for his hand to go through the back of her head, he pulled back in surprise.

"She's there, but I can't touch her." He commented.

"But of course, It's only a simulation of what already happened, a recorded memory, an illusion, you can't disrupt it no matter what." Banica said.

They continue watching her paint, Sateriasis was curious about whatever she's painting so he looked over her shoulder, and to his surprise: it was of him, with his old face intact, the entire room was also covered in paintings of his old face. "She's...drawing my old face...after what she said about me."

"I don't get it, she insulted you and yet she's drawing your face." Banica said, scratching her head. Gumina was then finished with her painting, as she stared at her latest work, tears began to run down from her eyes, the both became confused by this change in attitude.

"That day when I made you look like a fool, I never realized how tormented you felt." Gumina said to the painting of Sateriasis's old self. "If I have known that you would become a different person from then forth, I would never have done that, I only did what I did to protect you but it only made things worse for the both of us and all of Evillious." Sateriasis's eyes widen from what he heard, he slowly began to realize that Gumina had truly cared for him, and how guilty she felt for humiliating him.

"Protecting me?" He said quietly.

"And although change is a good thing...I loved you the way you were before you changed your face, Cherubim." Sateriasis became choked up when he heard that last part as the memory ended, everything went dark again.

"So that's why she didn't show up to you're harem again, she must've not wanted to see you with your Bother's face instead of yours..." She noticed Sateriasis was about to collapse. "Sati!" Banica held onto him. "Are you alright?" Sateriasis was shivering as he covered his mouth as if to keep himself from breaking down again.

"...She loved me the whole time...she only rejected me just to protect me...but from what?"

"Well...maybe memory 1 would show us." Banica said as she pressed on the memory, they are in a hallway.

"Hey, were in my manor again." Sateriasis said, they then saw his brother standing by the hall, seems like he's waiting for someone. And on the other side, they see Gumina heading towards his direction.

"How could my family betroth me to Sateriasis? I never asked for this." Gumina said to herself, she was fuming. "I'm going to break the engagement wither they like it or not." She then saw the real Sateriasis, just as she was about to talk to him.

"My lord!" The real Sateriasis' associate showed up, and Gumina quickly hid in the shadows. "I heard rumors that Gumina wasn't pleased with being betrothed to you."

"Indeed." The real Sateriasis said in a dark tone. "She would rather be with my abomination of a brother than me."

"But weren't you friends with him?" The associate asked before they were met by the real Sateriasis' glare. "N-nevermind."

"Enough foolishness, I had planned on eliminating Cherubim at the party tonight so that Gumina would be with me, but I don't know how to kill him though."

"...I would like to make a few suggestions, my lord." They began walking the other direction away from Gumina's hiding spot, Gumina was shocked when she heard of her betrothed's plans.

"Cherubim's in danger." She gasped out loud, she backed away from her spot and ran off as the memory slowly faded again. Banica and Sateriasis were left in disbelief at what happened.

"...Sateriasis had planned to murder me?" Sateriasis asked in disbelief.

"Now I get it...Your brother became envious of your relationship with Gumina despite being engaged and had planned to assassinate you, but she overheard everything and had to quickly think of a way to save you because of little time she had, and that was to make him think she hates you thus throwing him off your tail, but it backfired because you took it seriously and that's what drove you to murder your family and servants, leading you to become a Demon Contractor." Banica explained. Sateriasis' face twisted into an angry sneer.

"IT WAS ALL MY BROTHER'S FAULT!" He screamed out in anger, causing the Box's interior to malfunction and memories of his crimes flashing around the walls, from the day he took in his first lover to being dragged down to the Hellish Yard by its Master. "EVERYTHING THAT I AM! EVERYTHING THAT I BECAME! IT WAS HIS FAULT! ALL HIS! I THOUGHT HE WAS MY BROTHER! HE DESERVED TO BE MURDERED! HE'S NO ONE! NO ONE! NO OOOONE!"

WARNING
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IMMEDIATE SHUTDOWN IMMINENT DUE TO OVERHEATING INTERIOR

Banica was panicked by how Sateriasis was able to overheat the box that quickly, and they only had 47 minutes to spare too. "SATI! STOP! YOU'RE GONNA TRAP US IN THE BOX!" Banica tried reasoning with him.

"DON'T EVER CALL ME THAT! I HATE SATERIASIS! I HATE MY BROTHER! I HATE HIM!" Deciding that enough was enough, Banica pulled on his ponytail with her left hand and pointing her fist to the ceiling above with her right as she's ready to leave.

"STAND BACK EVERYONE! WE'RE COMING OUT!" Banica warned the Sinners outside the box and she took off with Sateriasis in tow, Sateriasis stopped ranting when he felt his ponytail being pulled on forcefully, soon enough they're out of the box...but something was off...everything looked like trees in the distance with a smoke grey sky and above a large pond, that's when Banica realized that not only they're out of the Box, but outside the house as well.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They both screamed as they fell into the pond, becoming submerged in water. Once they resurfaced, Banica sees Margarita standing in front of the pond holding Behemo's black box in hand. Banica swam up to shore with her elbows resting on the ground, she smiled at her and asked:

"Margy darling, why are we outside the house?"

"I thought the box was gonna explode, so I took it outside to throw it." She answered timidly, Banica raised her eyebrows.

"Understandable, I'll forgive you on that one."

An hour and a half later

The sky had already turned black with white artificial stars popping up and a white keyhole shaped moon, Sateriasis was sitting on the patio with a blanket wrapped around him, Banica was wearing a baggy red shirt with mahogany red shorts when she saw him sitting by himself. She stepped out, she shivered a little due to the drop of temperatures.

"Sa-I mean Cherubim...how are you doing?" Banica asked sheepishly, no answer from him, she sat next to him. "You don't have to talk but I just want to say that I'm sorry for having to have put you in the box, I didn't think it would put so much of a strain on you from what you've been through in your life." Sateriasis was still silent. "I was just trying to help you find some closure with Gumina, but it seems that I only made things worse for you regarding your..." She stopped herself before resuming. "...again, I am sorry, I've already planned on giving the box back when Allen returns so we won't have to do it again, besides I'll be in big amounts of trouble if Behemo finds out..." Banica said with a sad smile, "...Anyway, it's nice talking to you." Banica then stood up, but when she did, she felt her hand was grabbed. She looked back and saw that Sateriasis did that.

"...Banica..." Sateriasis stood up from his spot and hugged her tightly, much to her surprise. "...Thanks...for helping me find the truth." Banica smiled and hugged him back.

"You're welcome, Cherubim."

"Ummmm, am I'm interrupting something?" Someone asked, they looked and saw that it was Riliane, standing by the door.

"Oh no, but it is rude to eavesdrop, child." Banica said.

"...Anywaaaaay, Kayo said to tell you and Sati the foods ready."

"Actually, it's Cheru." Sateriasis, I mean Cherubim corrected her.

"Oh ok, Cheru." They all headed inside.

Outside the Box

There was a screen overlooking the house the Sinners are staying in, in the screen showed the Sinners in the living room instead of the kitchen, that reason is that they're setting up a long kotatsu they obtained from the hospital the other day, Kayo was cooking Nabemono on a small portable stove, made with fish, tofu, and mushrooms.

"Heeeey there's he is." Nemesis said when she noticed Cherubim coming in.

"About time you showed up, we thought you freeze out there." Gallerian said.

"Me freeze out there? Don't be foolish, Judge." Cherubim teased. "Besides, I'm sure Kayo would hate to see to see the food go to waste, unless Banica wants to finish."

"You know me well." Banica snickers. The one viewing the screen was none other than Behemo and Allen themselves, they've been viewing the Sinners from afar the whole time.

"And so the Demon of Envy's vision has come true." Behemo said to himself.

"Vision?" Allen asked.

"My "Mother" had a vision from her Prophetic Dream ability that Banica would use my box for something, and that Venomania would face suffering before recovering, I couldn't figure out what she meant by that, so I just played along and brought the box to Banica."

"So it was planned all along?"

"Yep, though I am kinda pissed that they almost destroyed the damn thing after I just got it back from the Graveyard, at least some good came out of it."

"Will you be getting that Box back?"

"Meh, they can keep it, it could come in handy in the future, at least keep it in a safe place though I don't want it destroyed by reckless hands."

"You got it."

"...How was he..?" A feminine voice asked the two blondes behind them, they turned to "her". "...Is he gonna be ok...?"

"You don't need to worry." Behemo answered. "Slowly but surely, he's now one of the few Sinners to be a few steps close to redemption...Glassred." Gumina looked overhead to the screen and saw how Cherubim is doing, upon seeing how far he has gone to gain closure.

She formed a tearful smile.

End Chapter

*This is the longest chapter I've ever written.

**This chapter marks as the last time Cherubim calls himself Sateriasis.