"Ah, but he is just a slave, we had kid imps as our butlers, of course, he is trained, he just needs an education," Stella said which made Stolas' eyes go wide open, and at that moment he was trying to stop her, Stella forced the imp to turn to her. "Let's see if you will ignore me after this."

*SLAP*

The sound of a powerful slap was enough to be heard. As the entire hall became silent, at the moment everyone would see who would be, it was an imp and most would ignore it. However suddenly they felt like the entire room became hotter when they suddenly realized there was literally fire happening nearby them, and when they saw the person who was, every single one of them palled… Since it was.

"YOU FUCKING CUNT!" Charlie shouted as her entire being became a fierce demonic form she literally ran in the direction of the owl princess who was surprised by the outburst.

"What…AHHHHH." Stella couldn't process what happened, since Charlie went directly toward her and immediately decided to strangle and beat the crap out of the noble guest. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

"HOW DARE YOU…" Charlie shouted as she punched the face of the nobility Goetia. "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU TO LAND A FINGER INTO MY BABY, HOW DARE YOU TO HARM MY OWN BABY. I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, KILL YOU."

The entire hall filled with nobles understood immediately the reason why the princess was angry, and at the moment they noticed over the walls, they finally could see the portrait appearing, which was a picture of the whole family, and saw an imp dressed as royalty, they thought it was a joke… but then, they saw that at the moment the little imp was with his hand on his cheek and tears on his eyes… They understood one thing…One member of the Goetia family just harmed a member of the royal family of Morningstar, they fucked up badly.

"What?" Stella gasped but suddenly she could see that the princess was literally trying to strangle and just started kicking her in the face.

"Charlie, STOP," Lilith called as she tried to hold her own daughter but the princess of pride literally tackled the swan princess to the other room, where the sinner butlers just opened the door to the other room and immediately closed it. "LET US PASS."

The Queen commanded and the butlers opened to her, but by the time she got inside, the sins of Envy, Wrath, Greed, Lust, Gluttony, and Sloth bypassed the door, just to try to contain the catastrophe at minimum, while a few of them… mostly being Mammom was there to record it to save himself a good money entertainment.

"CHARLIE STOP. YOU ARE KILLING HER." Bee-lzebub shouted as she tried to contain the princess of the Pride Ring, who was doing her best to release herself over the 4 arms of her aunt who was doing her best to contain her.

"That's the point Bezzy. Now keep doing girl. I'm betting 1000 souls you are going to break her beak." Mammon was being entertained and recording everything.

"Mammom, not the time." Lilith gave a glare so cold that made the smiling greedy sin turn upside down, and grumbling he decided to place his hellphone in his pocket.

"OFF WITH HER HEAD, I WANT HER HEAD OFF. BEHEAD THE BIRD WHORE." Charlie shouted as she was so blinded by rage, that the queen of Hellhounds was having difficulty holding her off.

"She is far more angry than I guessed, man I'm just glad that I don't have children because I wouldn't imagine myself this anger." Beezy tried to joke but the princess's hair was literally burning a bit of her own fur and clothing. Satan used all his body to try to contain the princess but she was kicking and debating her body so much that the sin of wrath could see that the princess was going berserk.

"I will, I will…" Then after just a few seconds, a syringe was immediately placed over the neck of the princess of Pride, which made Charlie's eyes widen open, and then at the next second, her entire body and mind became numb as she looked deeply into the space…

Everyone looked at the person who just placed the syringe over the neck, the creator of medicine and drugs over the Sloth Ring, Belphegor who was just in the right place and right time.

"BELPHEGOR WHAT THE FUCK?" Satan shouted at the sin of Sloth, as the entire group of sins stared at her in betrayal and surprise.

"She was losing her mind," Belphegor commented as she watched Princess Goetia who seemed still sweating and bleeding from the beak, after witnessing the sins talking casually over the entire craziness that she passed.

Queen Lilith sighed, knowing that there was no other choice but to open the door.

"Louis, Magnus… can you call the guards? I think we should take the troubled guest outside of the castle… Please use the celestial rope, and kick this rag outside of my castle." Lilith gave simple instructions but the tone of her voice was as cold as the lowest level of hell.

The sins and the queen of the Pride Ring remain quiet as they watch Princess Stella get 'escorted' forcefully to the outside of the castle, while she gives her angry cries.

And the Queen Lilith pinched between her eyes, as she tried to process how one guest managed to ruin an entire night which should have been perfect for everyone.

Walking outside the door, she saw the nobles staring in fear of one said event, but Lilith did not care about what happened, she just went to look around her grandson, and that made her even more afraid of what was going on since she couldn't find him.

"Where is Moxxie?" Queen Lilith approached the group of nobles who then saw her cold glare which made everyone in the little circle see her anger toward them, they couldn't say anything, but they pointed in the direction of a door, which Lilith and the other sins immediately went in the direction of the door.

5 minutes before:

At the moment the slap happened, Prince Stolas never thought to see such brutality made by a child in front of him. It was like when his father slapped on the back of his head when he bowed to someone who wasn't royalty. Someone thought it was his first friend, but Stolas remembered that while his father hit him, his hit didn't leave a mark and wasn't painful like the cruel swan who slapped the child in front of him.

Even if imps were treated as butlers, he remembered that his butler who took care of him almost all his childhood had been a great fatherly figure to him, and even in times of difficulty, he watched his butler being always polite, even in the worst outcomes. And Stolas respected his butler since as a kid. One of the most painful things was to see a child imp having tears in his eyes like he was doing his best to not cry...

Stolas was so focused on the imp in front of him, that words were deafy towards his ears. Especially an angry shout from the royalty who just tackled his fiance.

"What should I do?" Stolas asked himself to see such a little imp still hurt from such a slap, and by seeing that tiny little kid of himself on him, he asked to himself. "What should I do if was this tiny version of me who was doing his best to not cry?"

Stolas could see that from the time he was 12 years old, the worst day of his life which should have been the best... It made him reflect on what would he do to his little kid to achieve his own happiness.

Stolas looked at his own hands and the glass of juice that was given by the imp as an act of kindness...

He looked at the tiny cup on the floor, and by using his magic to levitate the cup, he caught the attention of the tiny imp.

Stolas left the cup floating in front of the imp, while he himself went towards the group of nobles who were staring at him, if he had looked at them, he would have suspected that they were avoiding him like a plague, but he wasn't even looking. He just went to one of what would be a sinner wearing a butler outfit and a tray of purple liquid which would be exactly what Stolas was looking for.

Moxxie stared at the floating cup, while his cheek was hurting so much, he was feeling a tear getting down, and he was trying his best to not make his grandpa sad because he taught him to not cry in a public event like that, he needed to not give a shit to nobody, but that slap did hurt his face that still stings.

Until he saw a familiar figure, the sad prince who was talking to him, and holding a glass of juice, he opened the lid for his tiny cup and poured the juice inside his little cup.

"Please don't cry, don't be sad, here's some juice," Stolas said as he showed the tender tone of his voice, which the little imp nodded his head towards him. And Moxxie drinking a few gulps was enough to make him feel a little better and the tear that was trying to shred finally dried out.

Carrying the little imp with him who was still drinking his own juice, Stolas went into another room to focus on how to help the little imp to not call attention towards himself, since usually servant imps shouldn't cause scandals.

Stolas found that the kid stopped crying, which was a good first step... But now he need to see how to make the little kid be in cheerful spirit like he was at the time he met him.

Stolas tried to think but nothing he could say or try to act would actually be something impressive to a child... But then he looked at himself.

"What usually made me happy?" Stolas thought until he remembered that at his top hat, he had something that he always loved to do, the only piece of freedom he had when he had the chance...

Above his top hat, he usually would place a flower he himself planted and took care of... The plant he was having right now was an eating fly plant, which was a nice life plant to have around and he didn't understand why the others never liked carnivore plants like himself.

Stolas decided to take off his top hat and offered it to the little imp who looked at it curiously but also hesitant.

"Hey, there is no need to be afraid of her, she is an eating fly plant, and her name is Gertrude. She is a great fly hunter." Stolas said weakly as the imp looked closer to the demonic plant just moved and wiggled like a dancing.

Moxxie found it funny to see a plant wiggle, he chuckled.

"Nice to meet you Gertrudes," Moxxie said as he touched the leaves and the head of the carnivore plant, who just felt the pressure of his fingers like a massage patting on her head. "Oh, she likes it."

Seeing the little imp smiling at seeing one of his plants on his top hat. Stolas decided to have a way to make sure the little kid would have a good night, even after having a terrible encounter with his fiance.

"Why don't you the top hat and then when you get home you plant her? She is now yours." Stolas thought that just having to give one of his creations would be enough to cheer him up.

Seeing the little imp gasp happily and immediately place the top hat above his head, whit it was still too long and almost covered his tiny face if wasn't for his horns, it was still funny to see an imp trying to use his top hat.

"Hoot hoot hoot" Stolas chuckled as he could see the excitement of the little Moxxie was enough to cheer him up as well. It seemed that the little formal party was going to be good again.

Then the door was opened, which revealed to the surprise of the owl prince, and the slight fear was... The queen of monsters Lilith and the group of sins were looking hatefully at him.

"What do you think you are doing?" Lilith asked calmly, but people could see that her tone of voice was so cold, that Stolas' first instinct was to be in front of the imp to try to avoid them to see him.

"Nothing your Highness, it's just me alone enjoying this room, seeing the decorations, wow there is so great fine art on here." Stolas did his best to lie.

But every single sin raised their eyebrows on how fucking terrible the lies of the prince owl were...

Stolas knew the imp would probably be responsible for the disaster his fiance did, and the imp was just a little kid... So he should do something

"Please don't hurt him, he just offered me his juice, and while being unable to obey orders, he shouldn't be punished... I know butlers should be polite, but he is just a little kid." Stolas tried to defend, really he tried. But from the look at the Queen Lilith staring at him like he was an utter lunatic wasn't helping in any of his favor.

The other sins actually had a funny expression on their faces. Until Satan quickly whispered to Beezy.

"It's just me or the stupid owl is talking bullshit?" Satan asked as he couldn't comprehend how the words of the prince came out, and Lilith herself stared at the duo in front of her.

"I have lived centuries with Lucifer, and sometimes I can guess when he is telling a lie, but… or this prince is a far better liar than Lucy, or he is telling the truth," Beezy replied that she never found somebody who would be so kind and ignorant at the same time, because if was an act to manipulate their vision of him being innocent, so he would have done a great job, however from his first lie before, the entire group came into a conclusion that the owl was or either stupid and a terrible liar, or a master mind genius of lies like the King of Hell himself.

Lilith walked further her own beautiful eyes showing nothing more than deep anger towards the whole family, but at each step that she found the body language of the prince, she always knew when her own husband lied to her, she always had something to discover the truth about when he tries his best to make her not worried in some cases, but she always found a way to discover… But this time… nothing, not a single trace of lie… and that was an absurd…

"So you think Moxxie behind you is a butler?" Usually, this question Lilith would have asked in anger and hatred for people assuming her grandchild to be less being than the others. But the tone of the voice this time was actually in amusement because she knew Stolas was trying to protect Moxxie and not manipulate him.

"I'm sorry Your Highness, but since my childhood, I have grown up with imps but… I beg your pardon, you said Moxxie?" Stolas eyes widened open as he suddenly realized the meaning behind the words from the queen herself, and from the banner what it said literally Happy adoption anniversary Moxxie which was spread all around the ceiling, which made him glance at the imp who was wearing the top hat.

"Oi grandma, look, this kind man gave me a tophat and a plant, her name is Gertrude." Moxxie smiled at seeing his own grandma and his grunkles and granties appearing on the door. "He was feeling sad but I gave him juice, then he became happy, and went I was sad he came and gave me juice and Gertrudes. And now I'm happy."

Moxxie excitement literally met the gazes of the Queen of Hell which made her stop her cold glance and just raise her own eyebrow towards the owl prince, who seemed to blush from not noticing that the imp himself was the grandson and the newest member of the Morningstar family.

The sins would have laughed loudly if wasn't for the fact that a bitch fucked so badly towards the proud family, and it would have been a funny story to tell in the future, however, after such an event, they couldn't help but mumble on how absurdly blind someone must have been to not notice the portrait over the corner and notice that they indeed adopted an imp.

The silence was uncomfortable over prince Stolas himself who just wanted to have a strong booze and forget such a shameful mistake he made…

Lilith noticed that her own grandson was actually very happy with a new plant, which she couldn't help but feel nostalgic for one old home that she had millenniums ago, she noticed that it was not a carnivorous plant, but a…

"Oh great, a fly-eating plant. Just great." Bee-lzebub sarcastically whispered as her own best friends started to chuckle from her own misfortune.

Lilith tried to hold her giggle, since she know that this was the worst nightmare when it comes to the sin of Gluttony, she always had problems when it comes to that specific kind of plant which just annoys her every moment since they treat her as one prey and every time they bit her, they some times bites her fingers or even her ass.

"That's a wonderful gift. Did you thank the person who gave you the gift Moxxie?" Lilith for one moment stopped her coldest glare, and she just gave a quick judgment after everything happening towards on the room, and from seeing the sincerity of the Goetia boy, she judged that he was dorky, and too naivy… something that she always loved to see her own grandson acting. As she saw the imp tilted his head and then he realized that he had forgotten to do it. She then rolled her eyes. "You forgot? Did you also forget to greet yourself and ask his name like we trained yesterday?"

Moxxie gasped as he looked towards the owl prince.

"Thank you Mr. It was a great gift, I loved it. And good evening, my name is Moxximillion Morningstar The 666th." Moxxie gave a grateful smile as he then looked at his own grandma with excitement and he was actually jumping happily. This made the group of sins and even the Queen roll their eyes, but smile towards the little imp still acting like himself.

"Nice to meet you, your highness. My name is Stolas Goetia, and It's not a problem Your Highness." Stolas said as he bowed himself in a way he always has greeted the royals and also he did to his first friend. And when he saw the queen of monsters smiling towards the little prince Morningstar was cheerful again. Stolas decided to give a bow to the queen and the sins. "Sorry for my intrusion, and for not being aware of him, I was having so much in my mind that I couldn't have noticed sooner and I may have spoken something that it may have offended you. I ask you for forgiveness."

The group stared weirdly at the prince who wasn't proud, and yet he humbly asked forgiveness for not actually knowing about Moxxie, but the slap itself, they didn't hear him say anything about it.

"And what about the slap on his face?" Satan asked as he narrowed his eyes towards the prince, but what he just said would make his eyes wide open in surprise.

"I cannot ask for forgiveness from someone who isn't sorry for what she did, I tried to show kindness, I tried to see hope in her, but she is herself, and she always sees me as inferior and I'm not able to control my fiance, I didn't have a choice in anything related between us… I'm just feeling sorry to see him crying in the same way I would cry in his own situation." Stolas didn't ask to be there, didn't ask to be married to Stella, didn't ask for forgiveness for her, he doesn't have power like that. And she is in her own control, so nothing he could say or do would matter to her. But it was painful to see the little imp cry as he did on the worst day of his life.

Belphegor noticed the dark in the prince's eyes, and then she understood one thing… The prince owl was depressed…

"Oookay," Satan said as he gave room, for the Prince Owl to pass by them. The sins never thought a so complicated and yet so silly prince. It was like layers that they never seen before. And yet so simple. And couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

"And in moments like this, I'm glad that I'm not married," Mammom commented, as he understood everything Stolas had said, which made the entire group look at him. "WHAT? A CRAZY BITCH LIKE THAT WAS ENOUGH REASON FOR WE DON'T MARRY AT ALL."

Nobody dared to refute his words, as the Queen herself could see the little imp not understanding the adult stuff, so he played with the little plant.

"Well Stolas Goetia, you have my own gratitude. Now I suggest you leave this same room, and have a nice time going back home with the other guests," Lilith commented, which clearly the prince owl could see that it wasn't a request… it was an order to get out from the party, and since Stolas managed to go that far, he knew that maybe it was the right idea since he was already feeling tired, but he was happy to see the little imp happy again.

"I understand your highness. I wish you a good night." Stolas said as he immediately gave a quick bow towards the royalty once again.

"Are you going to leave Stolas?" Then a little voice called as he was feeling a bit sad, Stolas turned his head at the imp who was just seeing that the person who gave a great plant was about to leave. "Why?"

Lilith would have made any excuse or even the other sins. But Stolas was quicker and even being a terrible liar he decided to tell the truth.

"I have to go Moxxie, I have sleeping well and I'm really tired, and sad, but your juice made me happy again. And giving you Gertrudes, I know that she will be in the right hands, can you take care of her for me?' Stolas gave a quick glance, and she noticed that Queen Lilith nodded towards him in approval of a good way to leave the party.

Moxxie noticed that the prince indeed looked tired and he couldn't help but nod his head to him.

"Okay, I will see if Mama can call you here to see Gertrude," Moxxie said as he showed the top hat once again to the owl prince, who once again hooted in a chuckle.

"Don't worry, I believe in you," Stolas said as he once again gave a nod to everyone and left the door…

10 minutes ago:

"So I was being told that the new generation of the Goetia family would also be chosen for the future." The king of Pride used his iconic smile as he could see the noble king Paimon, an heir of the Goetia family who was under his hierarchy but managed to have some interesting proposition over the other nobles that indeed intrigued the actual king.

Paimon he just met the king himself near the royal portrait and saw that the entire family decided to adopt an imp to being a new part of the royalty, as a good way to develop chaos over the Rings, Paimon couldn't help but respect the strategy of the king of Pride, since he himself think that both himself and the king Lucifer would be great grandfathers and their alliance would be perfect if their grandkids would become united as lovers or even great allies in the future.

"Oh that's right, my son who will be my heir after the dismissal of my duties has been in his arranged marriage with a very good branch of the said family side of the Goetias, I know that at the moment they will officially marry and have the newest generation, that would be my future heir which would lead our Ring into greatness, in a hope of developing a friendship and connection towards your grandchild." Paimon decided to use his silver tongue as he processed good ways to make sure to not offend a simple imp, which was surprisingly something he always thought would be easy to do, since he always had imp servants, he never treated them badly, so he knew he would be safe when it comes about having near and future connections with the morningstar family, everything was perfect, nothing could go wrong...

SLAP

And then a sound of the slap was loud enough to make not just the entire hall in silence, but at the moment King Paimon turned his head and saw that...Stella just slapped the adoptive son of the heir of the Morningstar family...it was like everything was in slow motion... Since the King Lucifer, slowly turned his head towards him...

The sweat on the old owl wasn't because it was a warm temperature or the fire which was started by Princess Charlotte herself which went for the throat of Stella...

No... It was fear... Usually, the iconic chaotic smirk from the Pride King was replaced by a more restrictive smile... But in his eyes... Oh shit... In his dammed eyes, Lucifer was giving a message that he would massacrate his entire family.

At that moment Charlie, Stella and the guards went in a few rooms away just to try to avoid the princess killing a stupid bird on the birthday of her own son... The group of nobles then heard a clap... From nobody other than King Lucifer who usually clapped over the chaos... But not this time, the clap was slow and sarcastic... Everyone just saw that bowing down to the king was the heir of Goetias who was with his face on the floor.

"What a lovely party, what an admirable girl, is that the person you said that she was going to marry your heir and have a new heir in the future?" Lucifer asked Paimon who was with his entire face sweating in fear and bowing down to avoid any bad outcomes. "I like the balls she had to slap on my grandson's face... I didn't know your family wanted to slap my family in the face before... Have you ever had the desire to do it?"

"My king please forgive us, it was a terrible mistake." Paimon would never apologize to someone, but his entire being was looking at the floor, as he was trying desperately to not look up.

"Come on Paimon. You want it... My face is pretty slappable...do you hear that?" Lucifer smiled as he turned his cheek and with his own hand gave slight tap sounds which enerved even more the king Paimon, since he knew that it was a trap made by the king of lies himself. "Come on, just a little slap, with the size of your hand, it can be bigger than my whole face"

"NO KING, IT WAS A MISTAKE" Paimon shouted as he was terrified of what the king would do to not just him, but to his entire lineage.

"Mistake? You mean your future daughter-in-law just slapped a member of the Morningstar family, which implied she slapped my daughter, she slapped my wife... And she slapped me..." The king of pride walked towards the king owl and with his feet placed above Paimon's head and like a stepping stone, he made sure that King Goetia would still keep looking down no matter what. "Are you not going to raise your head? I'm just stepping on your head now, don't that make you slap me right now? Your hand must be feeling a bit itchy right now, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it..."

Paimon suffered utter humiliation in silence, as the king of pride was utterly known as being a master of temptations, and the old owl was seriously feeling how influential temptations the king of pride was, it was so tempting but it was a powerful spider web trap no... a snake's cove trap where the serpent king was staring at him in temptations for him to feel for, any moment that he would say that would be disrespectful or any action would make the possible tragedy even worse.

"I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT," Paimon shouted while he was being tempted...

Every noble remained quiet as they saw in shock on how screwed the noble family of Goetias are. The king is giving traps to make them digger even more their graves. Some of the nobles were relieved that they weren't stupid enough to fuck up badly as that.

"Oh really? Well because I cou..." Lucifer would have provoked more until he suddenly got in silence, and from his silence, he looked far away in the direction of one door... And his silence remained for 5 minutes, which every single minute innerved, even more, the nobles until the face of the king narrowed not before giving a sigh... "You are lucky, very very lucky you bastard of a whore of the noble birds."

Paimon's eyes widened open in surprise until he felt his clothes being pulled making him get up fast, and when he saw the face of the king, showing nothing but dark fire in his eyes and black wings, he knew that he was face to face with a nightmare.

"Your son Stolas saved your life, your lineage" The sudden words made Paimon get shocked as he wanted to know the reason, but the king wasn't done. "You know... people say the truth about my dad being Omnipotent and omniscient... and that's true, he can hear everyone's thoughts... But people forget that I can hear everyone's voice and words... I've been listening to every single thing... And you are lucky... you are very fucking lucky Paimon, because your son is literally consoling my son right now and he is showing his true sincerity... Your family lives because of him Paimon... Don't make me regret this..."

The words of Lucifer hit the deepest of Paimon's son, never in his life had he felt so relieved but the sudden flame nearby him made him snap to reality.

"Don't think that you are free from me you bastard, you are so in thin ice that even that you breath wrongly would get you in trouble, mark my words Paimon Goetia the First... You have no idea how much I wanted to fuck with you, and not in a funny way." The king of Pride pressed his face to the old owl, which made him gulp in fear. Then with a false gentle smile, he released the king owl and tapped his back. "Now, that's good that your family went to meet my grandchild, don't forget to take the little sack of candy and I wish you a nice return to your home.

In other words, from deep inside of his own eyes, King Lucifer said another message. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY CASTLE WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE."

Something so subtle like that still gave shrives and goosebumps to everyone who witnessed the little talk between kings, as they themselves noticed that the party was being cut short, and everything was ruined at that moment.

Paimon quickly nodded as he immediately left running towards the doors, and forgot to take one of the bags with candy, which made Lucifer tilt his head. But then he watched Stolas get out from one of the doors.

"Oh, Stolas?" The king of pride sang which made Stolas turn his head and see the king himself who seemed still transformed but this time his voice sounded genuine please. "Your dad forgot to take one of the candy bags, can you do me a favor and take it to your dad?"

Stolas nodded his head, and before he was going to leave he heard the king once again calling his name.

"Also, thank you for Moxxie's gift, he always asked my little Charlie if he wanted a pet, and we thought he wasn't ready for responsibility, and now that you brought a plant. I think it will be a good test of responsibility." The king could see the teenage owl pales to see how the king guessed everything that happened on the inside of the room. "Now, shoo, shoo. I hope you have a nice return."

The prince of Goetias nodded his head towards the king and immediately managed to get away with a few bags of candies and tiny toys. Lucifer gave a sigh of relief as he saw that one of the problems was solved, but there were a lot of issues that he should be correcting at that moment. So he slowly glanced around all the nobles.

"Well, is there someone who also wants to slap me? It's your only chance right now." The king smiled as his iconic smile, however everyone in the room could see the king actually was politely asking to leave the party.

"NO, NO NEED FOR THAT, I HAVE TO SEE MY COUSIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PRIDE RING. IT WAS A GREAT FORMAL PARTY, SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT WE HAVE TO LEAVE." And just like that, every single noble family created excuses to run away quickly from the castle, and in just a few minutes… the entire main hall of the castle was empty, with just only King Lucifer alone on there. And with that time alone… The king of pride couldn't help but place both of his hands over his eyes and groan in disappointment over something that should have been a great night.