Chapter Twenty Five:

When Shalltear arrived in the Room of Requirement, she gave her King a questioning look before raising an eyebrow at the sight of the twins in stasis, while simply sipping the blood in her goblet. While Enuma wasn't particularly bothered by her Queen drinking blood that was probably fresh, the same couldn't be said about Hermione who looked quite concerned and couldn't help but voice said concern.

"Is that blood, Shalltear?" Asked the Demon-Ship as the Devil/Vampire took another sip from her goblet.

"Of course it is. I might be a Devil but I'm also a Vampire." Replied the Bloody Valkyrie nonchalantly. "And if you must know, it came from the host of the parasite that is the reason why our King is in therapy."

"She's in therapy?"

"Okay you two! That's enough! We have more important things to take care of. Namely waking up these two and potentially recruiting them." Exclaimed Enuma in a tone that conveyed her embarrassment, which was already clear thanks to her blushing face, before gesturing at the twins.

"Right. And how exactly do you think I'm going to be able to wake them up?" Asked Shalltear, who was actually curious about what her King's idea was.

"Spook 'em?"

"You don't have a clue, do you?"

"Nope."

"May I try first?" Asked Hermione, who summoned her Rig, as she had come to call her mechanical additions she gained in her Ship-girl-form.

"Sure. Go ahead. Any warnings?"

"Cover your ears." The Demon-Ship's fellow Devils did as Hermione suggested, just in time as the four mechanical beasts attached to her roared in unison, which sounded like the sounds of multiple heavy metal objects creaking in unison, which was proven quite effective as it caused both twins to wake up. Revealing that the twins had heterochromia. The actual girl had a green right eye and a blue left eye while the boy had the same colors but on the opposite sides. His right eye was lue and his left green.

"Nice going, Titanic. They might be awake now but also terrified." Stated Shalltear sarcastically after a moment of silence, using the name of the famous (or perhaps infamous) cruise ship that sunk on the 15th of April 1912, the Titanic, as a way to call Hermione stupid.

"Sorry about that. The two of you were basically in a coma and that was one first attempt to make you two wake up. It worked obviously but… I got nothing. Sorry." Apologized Enuma rather sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head as she did so. "I apologize on my friends behalf… ehm… my name is Enuma. Enuma Gremory. What's yours?"

"Wow. You're terrible at this." Stated Shalltear sarcastically, taking another sip from her goblet before looking at the blood in the goblet, shrugging, emptying it in a few gulps and finally putting it away.

"Shut up! You know full well I have trouble with people I don't already know!"

"Wimp."

"Give me a break! You know full well why I don't like dealing with strangers!"

"I know that. That shouldn't stop you though."

"Traitor."

As the two Devils continued to bicker, the twins started to feel more at ease around the trio of strangers that were somehow able to casually talk with each other in the twins native language. Which shouldn't have been possible because as far as the twins knew, the only place where their tongue was spoken was in their home realm. After a while of listening to the two girls bickering, the male twin couldn't hold it back anymore and let out a barely suppressed laugh, causing everyone to look at him in either surprise or disbelief, which caused him to blush at the attention.

"Really?" Asked the female twin in a tone of disbelief.

"What? They were being funny." Replied the male twin shyly.

"Did you make us bicker in order to make those two calm down on purpose, Shalltear?" Asked Enuma her Queen.

"No… but it worked didn't it?"

"I suppose. Anyway, as I said earlier, I'm Enuma. The one I was bickering with is Shalltear and the one who woke you up is Hermione."

"Yo."

"Sorry for scaring you like that." Was Shalltear and Hermione's respective responses.

"It's fine. Though how are you able to casually speak with each other in the Elven Tongue?" Wondered the female twin.

"Elven Tongue? I take it that the two of you are Elves then?"

"Dark Elves actually." Replied the male twin. "But why'd you ask when you're obviously speaking the language?"

"That's because we aren't, but possess an ability which automatically translates everything we hear and say… which is simply called Language. The telltale sign is that the mouth doesn't match what it said." Explained Enuma, earning looks of surprise from not only the twins but also Hermione.

"That explains why I occasionally hear people say things in German, but still understand what they say. And how come you didn't tell me about it earlier?"

"Didn't think it'd be necessary until you noticed and asked me. Anyway, isn't it common courtesy to introduce yourself when someone else does?" The question was directed at the twins, who looked a little embarrassed at being called out.

"Sorry. My name is Aura. Aura Bella Fiora." Replied the female twin, revealing that her name was Aura.

"And my name is Mare. Mare Bello Fiore." Stated the male twin shyly, revealing that his name was Mare. "Uhm… if it's not too much to ask, but what are you three exactly? You kind of look like the Light Elves back home, but with some missing features."

"Our species might have something of a bad reputation, but most of us aren't actually all too different from Humans. We're Devils. Though I'm the only one who isn't something else in addition to being a Devil." Replied Enuma, who let out her wings, which prompted the other two members of her Peerage to let out their own wings. The only one whose wings were different was Shalltear with her right wing being the wing of a Devil while her left, while still bat-like, was the wing of a Vampire. "I think I should introduce myself properly this time. I'm Enuma Gremory. The King of my Peerage. A Devil of the Noble House of Gremory. Some people call me The Red Duchess."

"I'm Shalltear Bloodfallen. The Queen of Enuma's Peerage. A Devil in service of the house of Gremory. A former Vampire of the Bloodfallen-clan. A title of mine is The Bloody Valkyrie."

"And I'm Hermione Granger. The first Knight of Enuma's Peerage. I'm a Demon-Ship."

"Now that the proper introductions are out of the way, I believe we have much to discuss. Much to discuss." Stated Enuma with a smile.