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Those who are misguided with Dante x Ciri, No. It's Dante x 'NONE'. Ciri's frequent smiling at him is simply a mere enthusiasm of seeing something that you don't get to see everyday.

Chapter 8: The old chronicle.

As an unexpected turn of events, after Dante, Ciri and Yennefer met with Avallac'h, an unbelievable truth was shoved down their throat. Avallac'h knew who Dante was and that he had visited Earth a 160 years ago from his timeline. While it was difficult for Dante to ingest that Avallac'h had slipped under his nose years ago, Ciri and Yennefer were the most overwhelmed because of his revelations.

Dante, Ciri, Yennefer and Avallac'h were now present in Avallach's personal study room. It had an elegant elven look and there were a rack full of books and then there were cabinets with many alchemy bottles where he swore to testify the long forgotten history. Ciri's face expressed nothing but distress.

"My goodness! I still can't believe that you both have met before" exclaimed Ciri. Dante was silent.

"Why did you come to my world and sought the ledger?" asked Dante who had his hands folded and was leaning against a cabinet with his sword unsheathed and leaning besides him. Ciri and Yennefer were seated in a couch whereas Avallac'h was seated in a chair.

"How did you know there was this tome 'Warped ledger' in his world and what is it's importance?" asked Yennefer intrigued. Avallach was silent for a moment and then replied.

"That tome is several millenia old. It contains the universe's most dangerous of the spells that could affect the very fabric of reality. Also it has a list of coordinates" said Avallac'h.

"Coordinates for what?" asked Ciri.

"List of worlds inhabited by civilizations both the present and the past" said Avallac'h. Ciri, Yennefer and Dante were awestruck by the information.

"Why would you need that?" asked Dante. Avallach's face frowned and then got out of his chair and slowly walked towards the rocky window gap.

"I was sent by my grandfather- An Astronomer, to find the true world of the Aen Undod. My grandfather knew where the ledger was hidden" said Avallac'h turning to Dante, "His world" finished Avallac'h.

Ciri and Yennefer were surprised. They hastily shared a glance towards each other.

"What? Your people's real world?" asked Ciri. Avallac'h nodded.

"Aen-oon-dod? You guys seriously have a weird sense of naming" asked Dante confused. Yennefer then gave a short note on that.

"Aen Undod was the elven race before they split into two groups" said Yennefer.

"So finally did you find your race's true world?" asked Ciri.

"Yes I did. Our long lost world far in the space and time, 'Aen Sashara' " replied Avallac'h. Ciri's face turned stoic, deep in thoughts of her own. In her travels, she never crossed a world of ancient elven origins. While she had seen other unknown alien advanced civilizations, she never came across Aen Sashara. But this reminded her of a truth she learned a long time ago.

"That makes sense. Your Aen Elle world truly belonged to humans. I saw human bones. Your people slaughtered them and took it and made your way to Aen seidhe" said Ciri with mild disgust. Ofcourse, she would be disgusted. While riding with the unicorns decades back fleeing from Avallac'h and Eredin, they explained the presence of human bones to her and that the world was once inhabited by humans.

Dante was wondering what she meant by that. Yennefer already knew this as Ciri had explained this to her before. Avallac'h was silent at what she said. He knew that was the truth, but that's past everyone and useless to dwell on it further.

"That was a long time ago and there's nothing we can do about it. But onto the matter at hand, I did visit our long lost world" said Avallac'h.

"What's it like?" asked Ciri. Avallac'h frowned, slightly looked down and sighed a bit.

"Not like what it once used to be. That world is barren, infertile and will never support life for the next few thousand years" replied Avallac'h.

"Is it the white frost?" asked Yennefer.

"No. Aen Sashara was geologically unstable. Now that world is nothing but magma" said Avallac'h. This quite cleared the origins of the elven race and mysterious human bones on Aen Elle.

"Your world's coordinates are in a tome, but that tome was in Dante's world which we had never heard of. How does these fit? Besides, you also mentioned that his world was once the focus of the previous conjunction of spheres. What is your explanation for that?" asked Yennefer with seriousness. Dante and Ciri were silent and looking at Avallac'h. He took his time and then spoke, letting out a faint smile.

"To answer that, you need to know the long forgotten history and I feel it's time for that" said Avallac'h which boosted their eagerness.

"Alright, let's hear this story of yours" said Ciri in a mocking tone. Avallac'h smirked at that and began to talk.

"Before that, does the name 'Sparda' rings any bell to you?" asked Avallac'h which made Dante to feel uncomfortable and slightly changed his stance and let a cold glare at Avallac'h. Ciri was totally confused as she didn't know who or what was that. But Yennefer's face shrunk in suspicion, as if she had heard that name before.

"Who's that?" asked Ciri. Yennefer who was deep in thoughts, broke the silence.

"I think I know that name" replied Yennefer which caught everyone's attention especially Dante. Ciri shrugged her shoulder in confusion.

"While I graduated at Aretuza, I came across books in the library, in the restricted section. There I found a book that had scriptures depicting ancient history. Almost exact description of what happened several thousand years ago" said Yennefer.

"Restricted huh?...Sounds spooky. So what did the book say?" asked Dante. Yennefer smirked and spoke.

"Several thousand years ago, there was a great war between the forces of evil and civilizations of several worlds exactly on the day of the conjunction of spheres" Yennefer said and paused for sometime. Dante was intrigued with how much people here had know about that. Then she continued,

"But, there was this one warrior, mysterious that no one knew him, Sparda. He held a vast unimaginable power to turn the tide of the war and drive the evil forces away. Long after the war, he silently helped the civilizations to their normalcy and people saw him as a prophet, some even worshiped him as god like here on skellige" said Yennefer still feeling overwhelmed with the story she read long time ago.

Dante immediately let a fake cough at the mention of 'god' and only he knew why he did it. But somehow managed to suppress his feelings and allowed her to continue. Still, they didn't know much as what Dante previously thought.

"Wait, the statue of a warrior we saw back at Kaer trolde? Is that the Sparda you said?" asked Ciri with her eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes. But that is only a little of what you know" said Avallac'h. The three turned to look at him.

"Is there more to it?" asked Ciri.

"Yes. 16 millennia back according to our timeline, the conjunction of spheres let all the worlds and the other realms in this universe to be interconnected. This led the evil forces, the demons of the underworld, invade all the worlds and began the great war of survival. The demon army were led by 7 demon lords and their emperor Mundus" said Avallac'h.

"Mundus?" asked Yennefer.

"He was the king of the underworld. The demon army proved stronger and no race were able to stand against their might. Many civilizations even reached the brink of extinction" said Avallac'h who then walked past Dante nearby a window and turned to see them.

"After a long time when all the world were about to fall, A sole demon general rose to justice who couldn't tolerate the atrocities of fighting the weak. He fought his own brethren and became their traitor...Sparda" said Avallac'h which fantasized Ciri and Yennefer.

"A demon!? Fighting for justice!? What are you gonna say next, garkains are human friendly?" exclaimed Ciri in a mischievous tone. Dante hid his face and let a smirk. He decided to keep quite as Avallac'h was sure to blow his cover for him. Avallac'h smiled at Ciri's reference.

"This is not a joke, Zireael. It was Sparda who raised his blade against his brethren and drove the entire demon armies, demon lords and the king Mundus himself back into the underworld. Then he sealed every gateway to the underworld in all the worlds possible" said Avallac'h.

"Sheesh! That's a lot to take in. But what about Dante's world?" asked Yennefer. Avallac'h leta cold smirk at Ciri and Yennefer and then spoke.

"This answers the question, how there could be humans in two different worlds?" said Avallac'h.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Dante in suspicion. Ciri and Yennefer too were wondering what that meant.

"Humans truly belonged to your world, Dante. Even those who lives in this world, Aen seidhe" said Avallac'h.

"That's impossible!" yelled Ciri. Yennefer was stunned.

"This is something only a few of us know about. Earth is the home world of humans. But it is located far away in space-time. I made a mistake. I had the coordinates to Earth, but I lost it and had to use portal sequences to reach your world and that journey took me seven years" said Avallac'h. Even for Dante, this was a new information. But glad that he would finally learn the truth.

Ciri and Yennefer couldn't believe this, but they had to get through that and live with it, no other way.

"If humans truly belong to his world, then what are we?" asked Yennefer in a pressing tone.

"Your ancestors during the conjunction belonged to Earth. According to that world, the great war happened 2,000 years ago. It's because, Earth is located far across the space which results in a greater relative flow of time" explained Avallac'h. The three were silent, trying to carry this new rock above their head.

"After the war, it was the humans who suffered a lot and was threatened with possible extinction. So Sparda transported some humans to safety as a back up to the world of Aen Elle and Aen seidhe. Then helped the humans in returning to their normalcy" finished Avallac'h.

Whatever Avallac'h said took their breath away. They felt quite demoralized after learning that Dante's world was the true human world. But at least, they understood the true heritage of humanity. At least they they know the origins of humans.

"And he was the one who secretly hid the 'Warped Ledger' at Earth" said Avallac'h.

"While I can understand how its 13th century here and 21st century in my world, what's with the lifestyle? Our world is not ruled by kings" said Dante.

"When Sparda transported humans here, those people had the knowledge of sophistication but not the resources. So they had to restart their civilization with what is available and go through the medival evolution again. But their acquaintance with the Dwarves, Elves, magic and sorcery and other elder races changed their way of life. That is the reason why they seem quite different and fantasy to you" said Avallac'h, pausing for a couple of seconds and again continued.

"Also. Aen seidhe and Aen elle are in a different region of the universe. More precisely, 8 times backward in time, but 8 times faster than your world. That's why you are almost older than everyone of us. 520 years for Aen seidhe and 780 for us" finished Avallac'h.

This was when Dante understood the whole scenario which even he was not aware of. He found his father's influence in other worlds fascinating. Not just his world, but every civilization knows Sparda and each had based their beliefs surrounding him,, just like the people at Fortuna town.

"Think, now I understand the cultural similarities between us, the linguistics and every other human thing" said Dante with the sense of clarity. Avallac'h, Ciri and Yennefer simple looked at him.

Ciri and Yennefer were dumbstruck with the stated facts. All these times, they thought they thought, they truly belonged to Aen seidhe, the world humans call home. But Ciri even got the desire to visit Earth.

"Is it possible to get to Earth?" asked Ciri hopelessly. Avallac'h glanced at her and then replied.

"Yes, but you won't be able to because of 2 reasons. One, without the right coordinates, it will take 7 years of continuous journey even for you. Second, Humans in this world had spent thousands of years adapting to a new way of life. Going to Earth simply would disrupt the balance" explained Avallac'h. Ciri frowned at the response, but she understood what he meant. That was right, If the humans of Aen seidhe moved to Earth now, it would be too weird and it will take another millennia to get set with the new place.

"This untold history is totally mind boggling. But if what you said is true, then why was it not known to any of the humans here?" asked Yennefer. Ciri and Dante too understood the the question's logic.

"Yes, why didn't we know that before. How was this lost in generations?" qualmed Ciri. Avallac'h stood silent and turned serious. He expected this sort of question.

"Because, Sparda himself didn't want you to know this. While the knowledge of the war and his very existence was made known to very few, he knew that this secret about the humans will simply cause chaos. He relocated some of you to save your race from extinction and didn't want that work to go wasted" replied Avallac'h.

That was convincing for both Ciri and Yennefer. But still this was weird as Dante's arrival to this world coincided with the revelation of a big truth about human origins and it was just 16 hours since his arrival. Yennefer couldn't even begin to calculate the repercussions, if this knowledge is made known to every human. There would be nothing but blood shed and pogroms. She understood that Sparda did the right thing.

"Did Sparda relocate any other species like he did with us?" asked Yennefer.

"No. Only your race" said Avallac'h.

"But why? Why did he care much about humans?" asked Yennefer immediately. Avallach's face was serious and stood silent for few seconds.

"Because...Because humans proved weaker against the invading demon army. During the war, number of mightiest sorcerers on Earth were negligible. While our elven and other races had 100% magical support, Humans relied more on physical work with little magical assistance and that wasn't enough to stand against their enemy. This changed the war into a mass slaughter" replied Avallac'h.

Now Ciri and Yennefer saw why the dark knight showed more interest towards humans. Humans were weak and the weak needed more protection. But this was the base meaning by which Avallac'h stated. Only Dante knew that he was wrong in that sense. Sparda never considered humans weak. Besides, its the human emotions like love and care what gave real power to him that saved every civilization. Even Dante considers himself more powerful because he embraced the human side from his mother a lot and also believed that true powers come not by simply killing others, but through the will to protect the loved ones. He can understand that this elf had that egoistic tone in his speech.

When Avallac'h said that, Dante stared at him irately. But his fixed expression was broken by Ciri's voice.

"Our acquaintance with lots of magic and other never before seen things here changed our life. In other words, our destiny had changed a long time ago" said Ciri stoically looking at the elf.

Ciri's fascination after this history lesson grew even more. While Ciri never knew anything about Sparda and that Yennefer had learned at least that name in an age old book in the library of Aretuza, She expressed her eagerness in her voice to learn more about this Sparda.

But if there's one thing Ciri and Yennefer share, it's a huge respect for the demon general. While demons choosing the side of good was not even possible in dreams, they decided to revise their opinion and judgements. Even Dante's respect for his father had grown even more as he had saved a lot of civilizations from the armies of hell.

Ciri and Yennefer's attention turned to Dante. Yennefer felt like fate had brought him here so that the truth about human origins might have finally seen the light. Until half a day ago, she and Ciri thought that Dante was the foreigner in their lands. They were wrong. Dante comes from the real and the true place of humans, but sadly the humans of Aen seidhe can never learn the truth...But it may be for good.

Yennefer's face sprouted in mild joy and surprise.

"Dante, You are the testament to human origins. Call it fate or whatever, your arrival here helped us finally learn the big truth" said Yennefer. Dante kept a stoic yet surprised face.

"Uh...Yeah. This Sparda really did one hell of a job in saving everyone's ass" replied Dante.

"Avallac'h, after the war what happened to Sparda?" asked Ciri. This was when Dante got stirred because that also involved him.

"When he turned against his breathren, he used his full powers to push the demons back and seal every gateway to the underworld. But being a demon himself, his powers were trapped too, thus becoming a mortal. He became a traitor among the demons and became the 'Legendary Dark knight' for those who viewed him as their savior" said Avallac'h.

"So, the people of Skellige knew this Sparda like the other elder races, but the full story had been lost over time while not their beliefs, isn't it?" said Yennefer to which he nodded.

"But that's not the end. After Sparda became a mortal, just a few years before his death, he fell in love with a human woman" said Avallac'h which turned Ciri and Yennefer's face sarcastic. Ciri let a whistle as a jest. Yennefer nodded dismissively with a smile.

"Hah! A demon falling in love with a human is the last crazy thing I would ever hear in my life" said Ciri amused. Dante laughed internally but didn't show it in his face.

"While people don't accept Cregennan and Lara dorren, they let this?" asked Yennefer sarcastically. Avallac'h let a faint smile, deep down inside, he knew they were right in that sense.

"While among humans, he has his own human form. They were happily married. The woman's name was Eva and she bore two sons, twins" said Avallac'h looking at Dante. At the mention of Eva, Dante's childhood memories flashed over his mind, his good days with his brother and mother. Then how fate turned out be cruel to the three. It was something he felt difficult to cope with, but he's getting old and 57 years past those tragedy.

"Really!? The twin sons of Sparda and Eva, what happened to them?" asked Ciri. Avallac'h was looking at Dante and he returned a glare at Avallac'h with his sapphire blue eyes.

"They-...I don't know. This is as far as our elders knew" lied Avallac'h which made Ciri and Yennefer frown. They didn't know he was lying. Dante was wondering why did he lie when he could have told the truth.

"But I can show you something" said Avallac'h who then proceeded to open a cabinet where he was searching for something amidst the pile of things. The three were watching him. He then finally took something out. It was a rectangular metal box that opens like a book. He then showed it to them.

"What's in it?" asked Ciri.

"You are about witness what only a few had seen" said Avallac'h who then opened the box like a book. It opened to reveal two painted figures in the two sides. In the left side, it was a tall, young handsome man with slicked-back white hair with a monocle. He wore this rich purple royal attire from neck to toes with a red amulet in the upper chest portion. The right side had a young and beautiful woman with a lengthy blonde hair and she wore a red royal out fit with inner black dress. Ciri and Yennefer found the couple charming.

"Who are they?" asked Ciri.

"This is Sparda, in his human form and this is his wife, Eva" said Avallac'h which stunned the two. This was the first time, they got to see that. When Dante looked at them, his first sight was on his mother who saved him and his brother as kids from the demons. When he looked at his father, he felt nothing but respect for what he has done until his death.

"My parents-..." thought Dante.

"If you have the picture of them, then your race must have known him well" said Yennefer.

"Our race was one of the oldest to make acquaintance with him. He helped us a lot. Even many of us see him as our savior just like the people here. I also have the picture of his true form" said Avallac'h who then took a large painting from the bunch of posters and other paper works piled in the corner. He then showed the old painting to them. They saw a creature with two inverted ram horns and a demonic face. Body was like an insectoid with rough texture and demon knee pads and ornaments, 4 wings and holding a sword whose cross guard was same as his horns. Ciri and Yennefer were awestruck to see him. He still retained that majestic look.

"So this was our savior, huh? If a demon like him do know love, then our millennia held beliefs become invalid. This very act itself is unbelievable! Now, it has changed my perspective" exclaimed Yennefer. Ciri smiled and nodded.

This was when, Yennefer wanted to tell Avallac'h about the visions she had at the fountain.

"While this is an interesting history lesson, I wanted to tell you something" said Yennefer which brought everyone's attention.

"A few hours back at Aretuza, I-..."

"You and other mages used the fountain. Is that it?" asked Avallac'h which stunned everyone.

"Whoa, how did you know that?" asked Ciri, her eyes widened, who knew it back from Yennefer. Avallac'h let a mocking smile.

"We know about the fountain and with my navigator skills, I managed to sense a rift in the space time. You don't know what kind of terrible mistake you have committed" said Avallac'h distressed.

"Then you may believe what we saw was even more important" said Yennefer. Avallac'h nodded in acknowledgement and waved her to proceed.

"Yennefer stood from the cot and walked past the elf and Dante and folded her hands. She then turned to face them and talk.

"The continent was attacked thrice in just 12hrs by unknown creatures which strangely Dante claimed he had previously faced in his world. So myself with the help of other mages used the fountain to learn the truth of any unknown portals left open somewhere. Instead, it showed us visions of horrors, death, chaos and destruction and we fainted" said Yennefer.

Avallach's face frowned instead of surprise for unknown reasons. After a minute, he replied.

"I will consult this with our elders, they can tell what this is about. This-...could be important" said Avallac'h to which she acknowledged. Then Dante felt it was time to ask the most important question.

"So Avallac'h? As you had been to my world, I hope you can send me out of this place now" said Dante which caught the other two's attention.

"Didn't you hear what I said? I lost the coordinates to your world. Without that, it would take you 7 full years to reach Earth. Are you ready to do that?" asked the elf. Dante turned irate at this response.

"I didn't cross so much hurdles to hear you say this crap!" said Dante pressingly. Avallac'h was only slightly surprised by his sudden change in demeanor.

"Dante, imagine what would happen if you get trapped somewhere else and never able to return home? 7 straight years is a lot" warned Yennefer. Dante couldn't believe she too was supporting this.

"So what are you asking me to do? Stay here!?" asked Dante sounding choleric.

"Believe me, that's more safe than this 7 year fool's errand. Never play with portals. Even I, with my elder blood powers don't jump blindly unless I know of a place" said Ciri folding her hands.

Dante felt hopeless as their warnings were highly discouraging, besides it was better to take their advice. He already got stuck in an unknown world straight outta fairy tale because of a fu**ing portal and he's no expert in it. It's not like he's gonna kick the bucket, but moving in circles is something he's never gonna enjoy. He need to get back to his world in one jump in one piece or never do it at all. Anyway, he would seriously miss his adventurous jobs and especially, pizzas and strawberry sundaes.

"Hey listen, I get your warnings. But you must understand that I don't belong here and I need to go back home" said Dante. Yennefer and Ciri understood his feelings. He was right in that sense. But they and Avallac'h had to be practical at that point.

"I can help you by finding the coordinates to Earth and open a portal. Until then you have to wait. If you would like in the mean time, why don't you learn about this world and try to live and adapt for the time being" said Avallac'h which turned Dante's face scowled.

"You do know, how much it's difficult for me. And...how can I learn anything here without help?" asked Dante folding his hands. This was when Ciri stepped in.

"Well, If you don't have a problem, maybe I can help you with that" said Ciri to which he kept his face cocky and slowly nodded his head in dismissal. Yennefer was looking at Ciri with a jest.

"Then it's settled. I give you my word. At least for the sake of gratefulness, for helping me out a long time ago, I will do everything in my power to get you off this world" said Avallac'h. Dante felt he lost the conversation.

"*SIGH*...Yeah yeah, Whatever" said Dante who didn't like the idea.

"Then I too must leave for it's already 3 hours since we met, It's evening time now. Today we learned a lot of history and I need to meet with the others. I'll keep this concealed as much as I can" said Yennefer, now turning to Dante.

"It was a pleasure to meet someone from 'Home'. I do hope you will enjoy your stay" said Yennefer with a smile and extended her hands. Dante held her arm and shook as a sign of friendship.

"I won't say the same now. But hoping to do in the future" said Dante. Yennefer nodded and left the place. She can always teleport anywhere.

"Zireael, I need a moment to speak with Dante" said Avallac'h to which her face expressed resentment. But as his stoic look was immovable, she hesitantly left the room. Dante was wondering what this was about. After Ciri left his room, Avallac'h went and closed the door. He then came near Dante.

"What now?-...I thought you were gonna blow my cover up. But you didn't do it. Why?" asked Dante surprisingly.

"I could have, but I respect your privacy. But this privacy is no way gonna help you"

"What do you mean by that?" asked Dante. Avallac'h took his time to answer.

"I wanted to tell you, but you need to learn that part yourself. You are here for a reason and not by an accident. I don't know how you arrived here and for some reason, even with my skills, I couldn't find that out. But know this Dante, There's no complete war or peace. We are on the fine line between it and only a small trigger is all that needed to tip the balance" said Avallac'h. Dante understood it was a message, but cryptic.

"I don't like puzzles, always prefer to blow my way out" said Dante instantly.

"And I don't accuse you. You will fulfill your purpose when needed just like Ciri did a long time ago. But until your stay here, until I find your world, you will come to learn it's meaning soon enough. Until then? You have to adapt to your new home" said Avallac'h. Dante was deeply confused with what and why the elf said something like that. But he could very well understand that he didn't mean anything good.

"But what does that kid had to do with this?" asked Dante confused.

"You ask her the entire story. Not just that, you need to know a lot about our history" said Avallac'h. Dante reluctantly agreed.

"While this is all well and good, I wanted to ask you something" said Dante to which Avallac'h sharpened his eyes and ears.

"You seem to know everything about my father and family. How's that?" asked Dante suspiciously.

"Our race had the first acquaintance with the dark knight. Of course, we know a lot about him up until just few years before his death, than everyone else" replied Avallac'h which made Dante to be wary.

"So it looks like his influence is same everywhere. As for me? Even if I stay here for 8 yrs, it would still be only an year on Earth and that's fine by me. My friends there can wait longer than that" said Dante. Then Avallach's face turned eager to ask the question he had in his mind.

"I know it's none of my business, but how's your mother and brother?" asked Avallac'h which puzzled Dante. While talked a lot about his family, Dante was surprised that he didn't know everything. But there's no way Avallac'h could know their eventual deaths. Dante expressed mild seriousness.

"Like you said, that's personal and I don't wanna talk about that" said Dante to which Avallac'h didn't over react as he expected this reply.

"If you're done, then I'll leave" said Dante to which Avallac'h nodded. He then proceeded to leave the room and close the door.

Avallac'h stared at the door for few seconds, then turned to see Sparda and Eva's picture. He took Sparda's picture alone and talked to it.

"I am sorry Sparda. But I can't fully trust your son. I could have told him whatever you told me, but I think it's better if he see this through by himself. Every civilization's survival rests on his shoulder, These sorceresses had the same vision from the fountain you just asked us never to use. Now all we can do is hope for the best, but prepared to face the worst", Avallac'h confessed and kept gazing at his picture.

Dante left Avallach's room and turned to see Ciri standing a feet away from the door to his left. She then faced him.

"So, what would Dante and the sage converse secretly, let me guess..." said Ciri.

"Nothing. He said that he don't want this secret history to leak out...And that he swore to help me" said Dante. Ciri simply shrugged her shoulder.

"Then I think, It's time for us to leave" said Ciri and slowly looked down in excitement, "It was hardly a day, look how much has happened in the mean time. Till yesterday, everything was normal. But after your arrival? It was like we had an year of strange adventure. New facts surface, It was like like a daydream" said Ciri flabbergasted.

"Well, you can keep dreaming kid. But now I gonna need some serious assistance" said Dante chuckling. Ciri's face turned irate.

"DON'T ever call me a KID! You get me?" Ciri pressed her tone.

"Didn't you hear what Mr. Pointy ears said? I'm almost 500 years older than you" countered Dante referring to the relative time flow. Ciri became dumb at his response. Actually, that was the truth, Ciri was struggling to speak but felt defeated and embarrassed. Dante smirked but then again turned serious.

"Okay, let's stay focused. Avallac'h mentioned something of a role in your life. He said you fullfilled your...purpose?" asked Dante. Ciri instantly caught his reference and her face turned despondent.

"Since, you'll be staying here for a while. There's no harm in telling you. Yes, Avallac'h was right on that part and I don't think this is the best place to do that. We'll go to Yennefer's house at the harbor side. There I will tell you the story" said Ciri. He then nodded and they both set to leave the den and walked their way out.

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At the Limbo...

Samael and his general Waiboch teleported out into a place that defied every laws of physics. buildings and structures were floating and hanging upside down. It was dark, storm clouds, and thousands of souls screaming at a distance and can see twinkling sparks in the sir.

"Hm, Vergil must be here" said Samael analyzing his surroundings.

"Why don't we keep moving forward?" said Waiboch to which he nodded and both proceeded to walk. This was when rumbling sounds were heard. Samael and Waiboch turned their head to check the source. Suddenly several shadow creatures spawned out of nowhere in hundreds with burning red eyes. But identified that the shadows were their own, but they weren't surprised.

"These things want to play! So, let's play" said Samael who took his 'mace of ever flame'. Waiboch unsheathed his giant thick sword. The shadows even for their sizes lunged at them at great speed.

Samael spun his mace at high speed repelling multiple attacks from his shadows. Samael is the most powerful demon next in line to Mundus, but few know that he's an accomplished melee fighter.

5 shadows stroked their weapons at Samael, he knelt down and raised his mace to block their attacks and overpowered them. He then made rapid succession of hitting the shadows that incinerated to nothing due to the mace's hell fire.

Waiboch was fighting his shadows. Being the 'fallen' general, he's a winged quadped, but can stand like a biped too. He maneuvered the shadow attacks by mainly using his wings and jumping above them. The shadows were blindingly fast, but Waiboch used his muscular strength to blindly sweep the area around him by doing a spin attack with his sword to a maximum radius. The shadows died the same death.

Samael used his pyrokinetic blasts to destroy a handful of shadows and Waiboch did the same. Samael was tired of this fight used demon magic to kill every single one of them by launching a whirlwind of hell fire.

Then Waiboch and Samael stood victorious with nothing left. They then hid their weapons and stood to look at their surroundings.

"Now that we had taken care of this little show, we can go and meet our friend" said Samael to which Waiboch nodded and then both walked their way.

After crossing a certain distance, Samael and Waiboch felt a stress in the air, something that was rushing at them at blinding speed that it increased the local pressure ten fold.

"Wait, something or someone is here" said Samael who and the general began looking for the source. Samael suddenly noticed a powerful slash approaching him, but with his reflex, he evaded the attack and unsheathed his mace. Waiboch who saw that decided not to interfere and let his master do the job.

Samael who managed to see a green big armored humanoid entity standing with his sword in a fighting stance. Samael grinned at him and spoke.

"Ah, Vergil, Brother to Dante and the elder son of Sparda. What a sight!" mocked Samael.

"Why are you here Samael? I'm in no mood to play with you" said Vergil in his demonic voice to which Samael sighed and nodded dismissively.

"We don't have to play, but I have someone you can dance with" said Samael.

"SHUT UP!" yelled Vergil and launched an attack but was easily blocked by Samael.

"Huh, what a waste of time!" said Samael who then shove him back by greater force which made Vergil to grunt in response. But he didn't stop, Vergil dashed at him at warp speed and striked his sword, but Samael used his teleportation to escape and get behind Vergil struck the ground near him with great force which threw Vergil back, but managed to land on his feet.

"Your brother is trapped in another world and he's not gonna get out of there soon" said Samael which quite distracted Vergil.

What did you do to my brother?" commanded Vergil. Samael laughed at him.

"Nothing, he's in a place he never thought he would be. But now, I have a different plan of what to do with you" said Samael which enraged Vergil, but at the same kept his head calm and collected.

"Then you will pay" said Vergil and then lunged at him and charged his sword. Samael blocked the attack with his mace and there was a test of strength, but Samael over powered him and threw him back. Immediately Vergil ran towards him and slashed his weapon, Samael maneuvered to his left and swung his mace to his face. Vergil bent his body backwards to evade the attack and connected with a dodge to the ground and swung the sword to his right. Samael evaded by jumping and charged his energy and hit the ground with his mace with brute force which caused a tremor of fire that made vergil lose his balance. Samael used this opportunity to hit Vergil with his mace as hard as he can which knocked him down.

The hit was hard that Vergil lost his armor and returned to the human form lying down grabbing his right arm with his left and slightly grunting in pain.

"Well, you fight great even for a dead man. But don't worry, you still can be useful" said Samael turning to Waiboch who then walked towards Vergil and grabbed him and had him stand on his feet.

"What the hell-...*GRUNT*...happened to Dante?" asked Vergil. Samael's face turned grim and angry. He slowly went near Vergil.

"You won't have to worry about that anymore" replied Samael who then took a few steps back and raised his right arm with his fists closed. Suddenly echoed filled the space. It was a spell running in Samael's mind that resonated with the physical space. Then his fist was covered with reddish purple energy and then walked near Vergil,

"Welcome-...to the darkness, Son of Sparda" said Samael who then pierced his fist in to Vergil's chest who then roared in pain. Vergil was now surrounded by a red-purple aura which started to mutate him. Vergil had zero tolerance to that process. He felt as if a hot iron rod pierced his heart. Suddenly Vergil started to transform into a fiery biped demon. Samael removed his hand from his chest.

Vergil finally transformed into a purple-black colored muscular entity, with bunch of long porcupine like hairs, fully sealed face with 2 crimson gem eyes. His fingers looked more like claws. And last but not least, he grew a thick tail.

Now Vergil no longer remembers anything, even his identity. He is now, nothing but a manifestation of evil. He traced his arms and legs slowly trying to figure out what he was. He lifted himself up, standing straight and then let a growl that could be heared through out the limbo. He temporarily even lost his speech ability.

"What are we gonna do with him, master?" asked Waiboch.

"Now this new being will serve Mephisto" said Samael. Waiboch was confused as to why he wanted to give this to another hell lord.

"But why-...?" began Waiboch immediately interrupted by Samael.

"Why do I want to give this to him?" asked Samael with a faint smile and then slowly walked around Vergil and then stopped.

"The others must be distracted completely while I enact my plan. I don't want to involve myself in anything, atleast for now. I can't say more than that" said Samael

"As your wish Samael. Don't you think it's time to leave?" asked Waiboch.

"Yes it is. Let us take him and meet Mephisto" said Samael. Then the three teleported out of the limbo using the spell learned from the 'Ledger'.

...

3 hours later...

Dante and Ciri after 3 hours, they left the Undvik island in a boat and then reached Kaer trolde harbor. Then they walked along the street and to the Yennefer's house which was on the way to the Fort's entrance elevator. It's been a day since Dante came to this world.

They both entered the house and saw a lot of household items that are common. There was enough space in the house. But they also managed to see more of ladies private belongings and toiletries along with 3 big mirrors. Dante whistled at the sight of the house.

"Hah, a perfect home sweet home for a lady" said Dante amused.

"Nice isn't? We can sit on the couch" said Ciri who unpacked her swords, flintlock revolvers and removed her gloves. Dante unsheathed his sword and had it standing against a cabinet. He then went on to remove his long red coat to reveal his inner black suit with 3 belt locks. The black suit covered his body upto his forearms. He had his gloves on and kept his handguns upon the cabinet. He cracked his neck and knuckles after working continuously for almost a day. Now he had time to relax and talk to Ciri about her history with this world, coupled with the fact that he will be staying here for who knows how long.

"So, I think now would be a good time to talk. What's this history you have with this world?" said Dante. Ciri was seated opposite to him on the couch .

"I don't know how my friends back in my world world would react if I told them everything what we learned. Surely they would take me to an asylum" said Dante which Confused Ciri.

"Won't they believe you? You had hunted down monsters in your world that plagues the humans and yet you say they won't believe you?" asked Ciri.

"First of all, humans in our world are unlike you. We have magic but not sorcery. Both are different in different sense. You people live with beings which are nothing but myths in our world. That's why I said they won't believe me" said Dante.

"Well, now I understand that. Avallac'h was right about one thing. Too much has deviated between our way life. No way it can mix again" said Ciri.

"Back to the topic, Avallac'h said something about your actions in the past, something big" said Dante. Ciri's face turned stoic soaking in sentimental past. She remembers every single event from her childhood till the day she became a witcher. Her run to different worlds, fighting along side his family against the deadly wild hunt. She sighed and spoke,

"I do have both pleasant and hard past" said Ciri who then proceeded to explain her childhood. The royal life as a king's daughter, how she grew up with her grandmother and uncle at Cintra and Skellige assuming her parents were dead in sea, How she was lost in the brokilon forest and were raised by dryads for a short time until she was brought back by her father figure Geralt of Rivia.

Then talked about how as a teenager she did her training as a witcher and as a sorceress. The eventual realization of her real bloodline from an elf named 'Lara dorren'. After this was revealed, she explained to Dante that many sorcerers wanted to gain her elder blood powers because of the latter's ability to instantly travel between worlds. Her misfortunes of getting lost in a desert. Then her dealings with the mythical unicorns and her ride to the world of Aen Elle through a tower portal. Her dealings with the Aen elle elves and this so called Wild hunt who too wanted her powers due to the reason being her powers originate from elves, but most importantly to open a permanent portal to Aen seidhe to escape their degrading world.

Finally Ciri explained how after being lost for years, she reunited with her family and together faced the wild hunt and most importantly, fulfilling the destiny of the elder blood, To stop the white frost from consuming worlds. Ciri used her powers to stop the white frost which really drew admiration from Dante.

"So, this is it. This is our story" said Ciri. She managed to see Dante's face who was flabbergasted. Dante felt that Ciri did a lot, suffered a lot as a child and did something that few men/women would dare to do, saving the worlds. While explaining about Ciri's powers, she also explained him, the story of 'Lara dorren' and how her actions ended with a blood feud between humans and elves.

Dante felt that Ciri was quite like him. Dante while a teenager hesitated to accept the demonic powers, but over time, he respected his father's legacy and his role in saving humans. He made peace with his powers and decided to put it to good use, though always trying to stay and behave like a perfect human whereas his brother was his exact opposite. Ciri too was caught up in that cyclone of fate, given unexpected powers and then had every power hungry jackasses on her trail. In Dante's case, reputation was different. Every demon curse his name for sparda's treachery and strive hard to kill him.

While Dante had saved everyone(including other races unknowingly) from Mundus, Argosax, Abigail, He felt Ciri stopping the white forst to save all the worlds even more intimidating i.e., she unknowingly saved his world too. Making the right decision at the right time at a very young age was something he admired and respected. Also he respected this witcher Geralt who took care and loved Ciri like a daughter. He had been told previously that witchers have no emotion because of their mutations. Maybe that's wrong and could have been a simple misunderstanding.

"*WHISTLE*...WOW! That's all I can say" said Dante to which she smiled.

"You know kid? It might have been hard, but you did something that few dare to do. You had the sense of responsiblity at a young age, saving worlds and people. Some how, My people too are in your debt " said Dante.

"Maybe, But like you said, it was hard. I lost people I cared and loved in that conflict with the Hunt. I was...tired, wounded, both in and out. Sometimes I thought of giving up to the enemy to keep others safe" said Ciri.

"Huh, that might have ended up being the last mistake in your life" said Dante to which Ciri shrunk her eyebrows in confusion.

"It's a common notion among folks that when you lose hope and decide to give up, think not about whom but what you are fighting for. Loved ones or not, you said the Wild hunt was danger to everyone. By killing them and stopping the white frost, you still saved millions" said Dante who surprised Ciri with mild excitement.

"Wha-...I can't believe it! Geralt said the same thing to me. Believe me, that's when I changed my perspectives on winning or losing" said Ciri.

Dante had learned everything he needed to know, but he need to learn a lot about adapting here and only Ciri can help.

"So Ciri, I'll get to the point. It's been a day since I came here and it was unlike any other. It will take a lot of time to get set. So I'm gonna need help" said Dante.

"I understand and don't worry, I'll guide you" said Ciri with a smile.

"Well, but hunting down monster had not only been my job, but also a hobby. Is there a way-..."

"There are always people with a monster problem. So don't worry, if we happen to see any contract, we can take it together" interuppted Ciri. Dante nodded in approval snf felt relieved. At least he didn't have to depend on anyone for money.

"Is this the place we're gonna stay?" asked Dante

"Only tonight. Tomorrow morning, we will leave Skellige and move to a place called Ellander. There I have an old house at the city. We can stay there. There's a temple owned by my old mentor. She too can help us a lot" said Ciri to which he nodded.

"Then I'm gonna take a nap. Tomorrow we got a long way to go" said Dante. Ciri nodded and she took another couch at the other side of the room. She can never forget this day, from how it began and how it ended. She slowly closed her eyes and went perchance to dream.

Dante was thinking about what Avallac'h said to him. He wanted him to learn Ciri's past. He was wondering what sort of reference was Ciri's story to his own purpose. He tried to piece it together. Avallac'h said that he had to fulfill his purpose at the right time just like Ciri did years ago, which was stopping the white frost from consuming worlds and killing this wild hunt. While it made little sense to him that he had something big waiting for him in the future just like her, he couldn't understand the message fully. But he decided to leave that thought aside and focused on waiting until he can get away from this world.

...

In Mephisto's realm...

Mephisto was standing alone in his realm when suddenly, 3 portals opened up to his realm. Mephisto turned to see the portals and wondering who would it be. Then Samael, Waiboch and the transformed Vergil came out that really got Mephisto's attention.

"Samael? Waiboch?-...What-...Is that?" asked Mephisto staring confused at the sight of the new creature. The blue black creature walked towards Mephisto. He closed his eyes and smelled from it's neck and instantly opened his blood red eyes and let a demonic grunt.

"Smells nothing but pure evil. But what amaze me is that I couldn't track it's source" said Mephisto.

"You never will. This is Vergil" said Samael which stunned Mephisto and eyes widened.

"A Son of Sparda!? What abomination is this, Samael?" asked Mephisto gritting his demonic teeth.

"Instead of wasting your army against that unstoppable Dante, Send him. And he's no longer the Vergil Sparda anyone knew. Infact, he don't even know who he is. He is now a manifestation of eons of corruption and evil deeds. Give him a target, he will get their heads for you" said Samael.

"It is interesting, but give me one reason to trust you, Blood prince. You are unpredictable and no hell lord trusts you" said Mephisto suspiciously.

"And I don't care if anyone trust me or not!" yelled Samael angrily, but again kept a calm and cool face and kept his fingers over his chin and spoke, "I don't plan to involve myself now. But you seem to be more interested in taking Dante down. Even your commanders won't stand a chance. That is why I'm presenting this to you. Besides, I'm helping myself" said Samael.

Mephisto understood the logic behind his words. When Dante managed to finish of Abigail and Argosax, others hell lords make sure that they were more careful when dealing with the Son of Sparda in the future. 40 years back, he proved that he could defeat the emperor himself. So, when powers fail, strategy takes hold. Mephisto was no different in that regard.

"Alright, I will take him. But let me check on him one more time" said Mephisto who then proceeded to analyze him. To his surprise, he was everything he perceived as pure evil.

"Hm, not only his body, but his mind, soul...and Heart. Everything's black as the abyss. Let me name him 'Black heart'. He will be the perfect weapon against Dante" said Mephisto which received an approving nod from Samael.

"I know you would like it. Then it's time we left this place" said Samael to which Mephisto waved his hand and then Samael and Waiboch used a portal to get off the place.

Black heart was staring at Mephisto and he returned the glance.

"At the right time, you will strike. And after that, I will personally come to finish the job" said Mephisto with a grim smile to which Black heart roared in approval.

...

That's right. This is the end of 1 day story. From now on, the story will progress through weeks and months as setting up the stage had been completed. Most importantly, it will be more action packed in the upcoming chapters. Dante finds himself some new contracts that very much suits his expertise and at the same time, he will fight the hell lords and armies with the other characters of the Witcher franchise.

Vergil exactly looks like Marvel's Black heart.

Dante might be over powered, but every Witcher franchise character will have equal importance highly powered in their own regard.