Next installment of The Devil Familiar of Zero. A large number of you feel this character is too much of a pushover to Louise, and I understand that loud and clear. His personality will gradually shift to one who commands respect. Also, from this point on, it will gradually deviate from canon, but some parts will intertwine with the canon.
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"Speech."
"Let me introduce…" Louise started before I stopped her. We had just walked out of the prep area to the stage as it was my time to perform.
"I'll introduce myself." I said as I put my hand in front of her face.
"My name is Rofocal Shax. I am the Marquis of Hell." I said as the crowd started to chatter among themselves.
"Okay time for the presentation." I said as the crowd became silent. I sent Louise to the side before taking a deep breath. I made two finger guns with my hands and pointed them at the sky, causing everyone to look up.
"Boom." I said as I made two dragons shoot out of my hand. The one from my left hand is water dragon and the one from my right hand is a fire dragon. The dragons shot out to the sky and I made them fly to wall and back while flying in a spiral motion. Everyone was in awe at this as their facial expressions cleared exhibited their emotions at this sight. I then sent the dragons along the edge of the seats, causing some of them to singe due to the heat of the fire dragon. I then made both dragons criss-cross each other before intertwining right on top of the viewers. The two dragons collided and then fizzled out of existence, but not before showering the crowd in a gentle drizzle of water.
"That is all." I said as I bowed towards the crowd. I lifted my head up and saw the princess stand up, clapping at my display. Soon another started clapping, and before I knew it, the entire crowd was on its feet, clapping and cheering at my display.
"What a magnificent display of magic by Marquis Shax!" Colbert said to the crowd as he passed me on my way off the stage.
"The judges will render their decision in twenty minutes. Until then, please enjoy the food." Colbert said as he pointed to the buffet table off to the side that was filled with many ornate pastries.
"You did it Rofocal!" Louise said as she got me in a hug.
"I know I did." I said as she released her grip on me.
"You did well Sir Rofocal." Siesta said as she hugged me, causing Louise's smile to turn into a big frown.
"Yes I did." I said to her as Louise started to fume.
"Can you please release me now?" I said to Siesta as I adjusted my breathing to compensate for her newfound Devil strength.
"Sorry Sir Rofocal." Siesta said with a blush as she started to giggle.
"Since there are twenty minutes before the decision is announced, mind if I walk around for awhile?" I asked Louise who simply nodded.
"Siesta, please keep Louise company while I am walking." I said to her as I turned my back to walk around the perimeter of the school. On my way out of the courtyard where the stage was, I was confronted many people, each thanking me for my amazing performance, or saying how impressed they were by it. I simply smiled towards them but once they were out of my view, I frowned. Those people that were congratulating me are probably the same nobles who oppress commoners, and it made me sick that they put up a false front in public.
I walked around the perimeter for fifteen minutes, lost in my thoughts before I saw a group of people walking near a hole in the wall.
"Princess Henrietta! What are you doing here?" I shouted at her from behind. Why would the princess be out here when there are the nobles back in the courtyard? She and her entire group of bodyguards stopped when she heard my voice and she turned around to see me.
"Oh Rofocal, I am simply strolling around." She said with a smile as I raised my eyebrows. She never called me by my first name, so why did she start now?
"Can I tell you something near your ear?" She said as I nodded. She walked out from the group and leaned into my ear.
"Can you die for me?" She said as I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. I looked down and saw blood coming out and a spear of light protruding out of my stomach. I collapsed to my knees and looked up at Henrietta who simply smirked.
"Not what you were expecting right, Devil boy?" She said as her royal outfit ripped apart and wings came out from her back. The wings were dark so she must be a Fallen Angel! Her form started to change as she grew five inches and her hair turned black. Her eyes also turned a dark shade of red in this transformation.
"W-who are you?" I asked weakly as she stood over me. Any light weapon inflicts a serious amount of damage to Devils and I am currently feeling that effect.
"How rude of me for not introducing myself." She said in a mocking voice as I started to use temporal healing to close up my wound.
"My name is Erinyes."
"Erinyes? You are a Fallen Angel under Tariel." I said as I thought about the name Erinyes. I remembered her name being mentioned by Serafall at a dinner party. If I remember correctly, she was one of five angels to break away from the Grigori and became independent under Fallen Angel leader Tariel. However, the entire group disappeared without a trace and they were presumed dead by Serafall, but I guess that is wrong.
"There is none of God's rule in this land, so I believe the correct term is Angel. There is nothing to fall from." She said as she kicked me in the head as I healed my wound with temporal reverse.
"We need to leave now." One of the guards said to her, causing her to look away. My wound was fully closed and blood didn't leak anymore so I am ready to kill this bitch.
"It has been fun know you, Devil boy. From the bottom of Revelation's heart, we thank you for killing that wretched Mott who was a thorn in our side. Goodbye." She said as a spear materialized in her left hand. I started laughing at her and this pathetic display, catching her off-guard.
"What's so funny?" She asked seriously as I just smiled at her.
"This." I said as I leaped to my feet and grabbed her by the neck and threw her towards her group.
"Burn bitch burn!" I said as I launched a stream of fire at the entire group. The group shrieked in agony and I simply laughed probably as it was delightful to watch them suffer after they tried to kill me. They screamed for ten seconds before the sound of screams stopped. I looked at the group one more time, admiring my handiwork before deciding to leave to tell Louise of what just happened. I turned and started walking towards the courtyard.
"What is this?" I said aloud as I stumbled around. My vision was becoming foggy and I could barely keep my balance. That spear must have had some type of poison on it. That is the only possibility of what is happening to me right now. I fell to the ground and became disoriented, soon becoming unconscious within a matter of seconds.
"What happened?" I asked myself as I blinked my eyes. I was lying face down on the ground and my muscles felt like they weighed one thousand pounds when I got back to my feet.
"Right, the poison." I said to myself as I created water to drink. Water counteracts by diluting the concentration of it in the bloodstream, according to Serafall. I created over five gallons of water to drink and chugged it down in less than two minutes, which is impossible for humans, but for us Devils, it is perfectly possible.
"Ah, much better." I said as I turned to look at the sky. There was smoke coming from the area where the exhibition was. Crap, that can't be good. I rushed over to the area as fast as I could, but my body still wasn't at one hundred percent. My body felt a lot weaker, but I was still stronger than an average human. I looked at my Iphone and saw the time 10:22 am. I've been out for about five minutes, what could have happened within that five minutes?
I rushed to the courtyard where the exhibition was held and what I saw surprised me. There were bodies, some lying around while some were dismembered. I looked the corpses to see if there was any sign of Louise or Siesta, but I couldn't find any. There were at least four dozen bodies that I had to look through before giving up find them. Movement in the corner of my right eye alerted me to someone approaching my location.
"Siesta! What happened?" I asked my Pawn who held Derflinger in her left hand.
"Sir Rofocal! It was awful, they came upon the exhibition with yellow spears and swords and they threw them into the crowd." Siesta said in a panicked voice.
"Yellow spears? How many of them?" I asked Siesta after I put my hands on her shoulders.
"Yes, they created yellow spears in their hands. There were two that created yellow spears and the other fifty had yellow swords." She said as she calmed down. Yellow spears? More Fallen Angels? The ones with yellow swords are probably just mercenaries hired for this job. Great, more things to kill.
"Where did they go?" I asked her.
"They followed Louise and the princess into your tower. Louise is probably hiding in your room." Siesta said as questions flowed into my head. Princess Henrietta was here? The princess isn't a Fallen Angel then.
"Let's go, we need to rescue them." I said to Siesta who nodded. We rushed towards the tower where our rooms, encountering hordes of burning bodies on the way there.
"Into this building!" Colbert shouted to me as he incinerated another person that was wielding a light sword.
"Need to do something first." I shouted at him before I made it to my tower. We rushed into the tower before getting greeted by a spear wielding Fallen Angel. This Fallen Angel was short and had blue hair and red eyes, and he glared at me with thoughts that made me shiver.
"Impressive, getting past Erinyes. You won't get past me though." He said with a dangerous smile as he made his wings visible. He had four wings, so he must be the second in command of this attack. He then chucked a spear at me which I dodged.
His attention was turned to me as he created a spear in each hand and repeatedly chucked them at me but I dodged each spear. Siesta managed to sneak up on him and chopped off his head with Derflinger.
"I-I killed him." Siesta whimpered as she started to cry. She dropped Derflinger and hysterically sobbed as the first kill is always the hardest.
"Don't worry, it gets easier." I said to her as I embraced her. She sniffled and then smiled before picking Derflinger back up. I helped her back to her feet before we started off for the room. We encountered the remaining Fallen Angel forces in the building and slaughtered them all before we made our way to the door.
I pushed open the door to my room before a sword tried to slash at me. I parried away the sword and saw who tried to stab me. It was that bodyguard from yesterday, Agnes if I remember correctly. She saw that it was me and lowered her weapon and let me into the room with Siesta following closely behind me. Louise was lying by the bed with Henrietta who was in the prone position.
"Rofocal! Don't scare me like that! I thought you died." Louise said as she hugged me before hitting my chest with hammer fists.
"Don't worry Louise, I wouldn't die that easily." I said to her as I pushed her away from me.
"What happened to her?" I said as I went over to Henrietta who was bleeding from the stomach as far as I could tell.
"She was hit by a yellow spear." Louise said as she looked sadly upon the princess.
"Crap that is not good." I said as put my finger on her neck. She has a faint pulse and is nearing death. She is bleeding and has appeared to have lost a significant amount of blood already so time is of the essence.
"Should I revive her?" I asked Louise.
"Yes! I don't want my friend to die!" Louise said as she implored for me to save her friend. I grabbed my Pawn piece before making a Shax magical circle appear under her.
"I, Rofocal Shax, order that you, Henrietta de Tristain, be given new life. Revive as a Devil!" I said as the Pawn piece went into her chest. The magical circle didn't disappear and that made me realize that it didn't work as she died from blood loss as shown by her lack of pulse. I rushed over and grabbed two more Pawn pieces before rushing back over to the now deceased princess. I jammed the two into her body as the circle faded away. I felt for her pulse and found it, albeit very weak, but it was there.
"Did you manage to save her?!" Louise yelled at me as she grabbed my shirt before I removed her hand from the shirt.
"Yes, she needs rest now, but she will be fine in about a day."
"Sir Rofocal, I think you need to see this." Siesta, who was standing by the window, said to me in a scared voice.
"What?" I asked as I reached the window before my question was answered. Outside the window, there was a six winged Fallen Angel, high above the courtyard. This angel had black hair with blonde highlights and was wearing a purple robe. He created light spear that rivaled a cruise missile in its size, and threw it towards the tower next to us, completely obliterating it. I saw that the other three towers were completely destroyed, and we were probably the next target.
"Siesta, get them out of here. Bring them to your hometown. Tarbes is it?" I said to Siesta as Agnes put Henrietta on her back to carry her.
"Yes, it is Tarbes. Where should they stay?" Siesta asked me.
"Bring them to your house."
"How will you find us?"
"I am linked to you as you are a Devil now. I can also track you down by your aura once I get to Tarbes. Get going." I said to Siesta as Louise opened the door for them to leave.
"Come back in one piece, Rofocal!" Louise said in a commanding voice.
"I will." I said as I pushed the windows open before opening my wings to take flight.
"Oh so you finally decided to show yourself." The Fallen Angel said to me as I was about 150 meters away from him.
"Who are you and why did you do this?" I said as I gestured towards the ground.
"My name is Keyhere. And this is only the first step towards the revolution." He said as he started to laugh like a madman.
"What revolution?" I asked, remembering the name Revelation that Erinyes mentioned.
"We will rid the land of nobles and our new government will be backed by us Fallen Angels." Keyhere boasted.
"While I agree with the ridding of nobles, you will not have power here if I have anything to say about it." I said as he created a magical circle in front of him.
"You won't after I kill you." He said with a vicious smile as he hit the circle, causing a light spear to fly out which narrowly missed me. He kept hitting the circle, causing spears to fly towards me, and I kept dodging them. I realized that this wasn't going anywhere so I paused time for him before going behind him. I then lit his body on fire before restarting time.
"AHH, it burns!" He said as he flew away from the academy, trying in vain to put out the flames. I followed him as he thrashed about in mid air before crash landing outside of school grounds. I landed perfectly and walked up to the crater where he was before looking inside.
"You bastard!" He said as he jumped out of the crater with a light spear in hand. I was taken aback by his sheer speed, but recovered just in time to deflect a spear he threw at me. I rushed at him as I created a water spear which I impaled through his stomach, causing him to collapse onto the ground.
"What is Revelation?" I asked as I knelt by his body.
"Go to Hell." He replied as blood started flowing from his mouth. I simply smiled before standing back up.
"Already been there and wrong answer." I said as I put my foot in his wound, rubbing it in and causing more pain to him.
"Y-you are t-too late. Y-you will not stop Revelation." He said as I saw the life leave his eyes.
"Crap, didn't get any information." I said as I kicked his body out of anger. I looked around the forest before realizing I made a stupid mistake.
"Where is this Tarbes anyway?" I questioned myself. I sighed after spending five minutes pacing around wondering about my next move.
"I know what I will do." I said as I created a magical circle. I teleported to Mott's old mansion and appeared on the steps of the house. There appears to be no one at the estate as Mott isn't paying them anymore so they all probably abandoned their posts. I opened the door to see no one in sight, no guards, no servants, the place appeared to be completely empty.
I searched around the mansion, carefully noting each room that I have been to so that I don't get lost in the giant estate. I went to all the rooms including the kitchen, staff rooms, bathrooms, and various leisure rooms before coming upon the grand room where I found Siesta at the last time I came here. I went over to his ivory desk and sat in the chair before looking at for any scroll with a map on it. I ransacked through the top cabinet of the desk, sending useless papers flying around before I found a scroll.
I unraveled the scroll and discovered that this is a map of the local area of Tristain. I find it somewhat funny as he labeled his estate as my house on the map, but this did give me an idea of where to start. I scanned around the map before finding the little village of Tarbes about one hundred and twenty mile away Northeast from my current location. I put the scroll back into the drawer where it came from and I then searched the other drawers to see if there is anything of value to give to Siesta. I found a few gold coins, a necklace, and an ornate bracelet. I put these all in my pockets before I tried to open the last drawer in the cabinet but found that it was locked and the key was nowhere in sight.
"No problem." I mused to myself as I put my hand over the lock to freeze it over completely. I then punched it, shattering the ice and the lock, which gave me the chance to open the drawer. I opened it and found a letter with an interesting seal on it. I then looked the symbol carefully before my eyes widened as I realized what it was. This was the symbol of the Devil pillar Buer, but that can't be right as they were killed in the Satan Civil War, unless they escaped like Mott did. I opened the letter and what it said greatly astounded me.
To my dear friend Marax,
I know you are somewhat uneasy with my inclusion of non-Devil nobles, but it is for the better. These humans are extremely foolish in their pitiful attempts at power and I feel it would be unwise of us to not play to that emotion. We personally won't have to spend that many resources in our master plan if we include humans, and at worst, they could be used as fodder. Reconquista must use all resources at its disposal in order to accomplish the task that we have been working towards for over ten years. I hope you can come to understand and respect my decision in this matter.
From your friend, Maximilien Buer
I put the letter down after reading the name on the bottom. Maximilien Buer was one of the most notorious war criminals in the Satan Civil War. Him and his entire clan were vehement supporters of the Old Satan Faction, and their fanaticism led them to commit heinous acts, such as the massacre of civilians of Lucifaad. I thought that he was personally killed by Sirzechs Lucifer, but I guess that is false. I sighed as I digested all this information in as the name Reconquista became stuck inside my head. All of the information today made my brain hurt. First it was Revelation and now it is Reconquista, how many factions are there here? I looked outside the window behind his desk and saw that it was already dark outside so there is no point of travelling this late. I took of my clothes and went onto the bed where I found Siesta dying, and then fell into a deep sleep.
I awoke early late the next morning before starting my daily routine of stretches. I checked the time on my Iphone which displayed 9:54 am, and this told me that I should get dressed and go out. I went outside to be greeted by the smell of the unpolluted air, which was a relief compared to the tainted human world air I had to breath.
I opened my wings and took one deep breath before I took flight. Tarbes is about twenty minutes by flight, so I simply took it easy as I glided through the sky. I could see the magical academy in the distance as well as the city that Louise brought me to. The trip was somewhat boring so I put in my headphones into my ears around ten minutes in. I listened to music as I could see a tiny village in the distance. I made my gradual descent onto the outskirts of the village as it would be troublesome for the villagers to see a winged man walking into their village. I retracted my wings into my back before walking into the village. As I walked into the village, I could see numerous people staring at me, probably because of my clothes or my foreign looks, but that didn't concern me as I need to find Siesta.
I walked aimlessly in the village before I picked up Siesta's signal. The "King" of a Devil peerage is always linked to their members, so it is virtually impossible for us to ever completely lose each other. I followed the source of the signal to a tiny cottage near the Northern part of Tarbes. The cottage looked relatively small, but it was in somewhat good condition as far as I could see from the outside. The one story cottage was painted in a brownish color, had two tiny windows, a red roof, and a wooden door on the front side. I approached the door and knocked three times on it, holding back my power to prevent me from destroying the door. I waited by the door for about a minute as I noticed a teenager staring at me from one of the windows. The teenager disappeared from view as soon as we made eye contact and he hid back inside as the door opened.
"Sir Rofocal!" Siesta said as she greeted me with a big hug.
"Hello Siesta." I said as I hugged her back.
"Siesta! Who is at the door?" A male voice from inside called out.
"It is my new lord, father." Siesta said as I heard a chair move from inside the house. A middle-aged man, who I assume to be her father, ran towards the doorway. The father is a man who looks to be in his forties and has black hair, just like Siesta.
"Hello there, my name is Rofocal Shax. I am the one who now has Siesta's contract. Who might you be?" I said with a smile as he reached the door.
"My name is Malcolm of Tarbes. Nice to meet the noble who has my daughter now." He said in a respectful tone of voice before he went to Siesta's ear.
"Nice catch Siesta." He said in a low voice that Devils could hear perfectly with our enhanced hearing abilities. I raised my eyebrows and Siesta blushed when she heard this.
"Father!" Siesta said in an embarrassed tone of voice.
"Don't worry Siesta. This one looks to be a keeper." He said to her, causing her to blush even deeper. I simply smiled at this before the father grabbed me by the hand.
"Come, let's bring you inside." He said as he dragged me into the house before locking the door behind him. I turned left before seeing a fireplace and seven children sitting beside it. All of these children have black hair and are sitting in a semi-circle formation. I also saw a taller woman behind a pot stirring a broth that was boiling.
"Malcolm, who is this?" The woman asked to the father who was standing right next to me.
"Dear, this is Sir Rofocal Shax. He is Siesta's new lord and lover." He said proudly as the kids all starting yelling.
"Did you hear that? Big sister Siesta has a lover!" One of the smaller girls said.
"Big sister is getting married!" One of the younger boys said.
"That is enough!" The tall woman said, getting the kids to become quiet, casting an eerie silence over the room as she approached me.
"Hello, I am Anne of Tarbes. Sorry for the noise they have caused." The woman said as she bowed.
"No problem. Nice to meet you Anne of Tarbes. So these are your children?" I said as I looked at the seven children in the house. The youngest looks to be around five or six, and the oldest appears to be fourteen or fifteen.
"Yes, I am the mother of Siesta and all of these children you see here." She said as she turned around.
"Children! Introduce yourselves!" She said as she yelled at them, causing me to raise my eyebrows. How can someone be so sweet and then so authoritarian the next minute?
"My name is Rachel." The youngest looking girl said.
"My name is Allison." Another girl stated.
"My name is Jessica." The last girl said.
"My name is Michael." The youngest boy said.
"My name is James." Another boy said.
"My name is Joseph." Another added.
"My name is Julien." The teenage boy from the window said.
"Nice to meet you all. I am Rofocal Shax. I am a Marquis of Hell, and Siesta's new lord. I will be sure to treat your sister with respect." I said to the kids who simply looked at me happily and nodded.
"So where are they?" I asked Siesta.
"They are upstairs." Siesta's father replied.
"Let's go." I said to Siesta as I noticed the stairs right behind her. We walked up one flight of stairs before turning and continuing up that one. I saw princess Henrietta laying on a bed with Louise and Agnes beside her. The bedside was being illuminated by one small candlelight and it was very silent there.
"Louise, I'm here." I said to her once her face became visible.
"Rofocal! Don't scare me like that!" She said in an angry voice. I simply rolled my eyes and walked up to the bedside.
"How did you save her? I have never seen magic like that before." Agnes asked.
"It is magic from my land. My land is much more technologically advanced and much more different because of this." I said to her.
"Your land? I would like to learn more about your land. Also, thanks for saving me, Sir Rofocal." Henrietta said as her eyes opened. I smiled at this, she was finally giving me the respect I deserve.
"Well, we have technology that you don't have here. Look at this for example." I said as I took out my Iphone and gave it to Henrietta. She stared at it like it was an alien, and she kept pressing the screen for something to happen, which it never did.
"What is this?" Henrietta asked me with a confused look on her face.
"It is called an Iphone. It allows people to communicate with each other and send pictures and stuff like that." I told her, but I could tell that I lost her after the word pictures.
"What is a picture?" She said.
"Eh, never mind about that. This isn't only way our lands are different. We also have a different system of government in our land." I said as I took back my Iphone and placed it in my back pocket.
"What type of government do you have?" She said skeptically.
"We have something called democracy…"
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