Disclaimer: This special chapter is canon to The Overlord of Heroes fanfic and is set between the chapters called 'The Inventor's Pupil' and 'Haunting Memories'. Due to this, I hope I'm not going to confuse anyone with Vaggie's sudden behavior change towards Izuku in this special. With this out of the way, let us begin, shall we?


The Morningstars. The royal family. The highest and most powerful family in all of Hell, and the family that has absolute control over the realm of suffering.

The head of this family is none other than Lucifer Morningstar, the fallen angel who rebelled against the Almighty himself and fell down to the fiery pits of Hell eons ago, now ruling over Hell as its one true king. The second most powerful demon behind Lucifer is Lilith, the first sinner who was created by God from the same dust as her first and previous husband, the first man ever made into existence, Adam, whom she had to serve as his wife for all eternity.

It looked like this was her fate, until one day, in the Garden of Eden, she met a certain archangel, who was the most beautiful and most powerful angel amongst angels, and fell in love with him, him sharing the emotions towards her as well. As time went on, they continued their relationship in secret, until one fateful day, while they were doing the good old birds and bees, Adam found out about them and their love, causing him to become enraged and to feel that he was betrayed. After what he witnessed, Adam went to the Almighty and reported everything that he saw to him. In response, God gave horns to Lilith to make her disgusting for her actions and banished her from the Garden of Eden, not allowing her to step inside it ever again and thus, not letting her see Lucifer. Hearing about the banishment of his one true love, Lucifer gathered his closest fellow angel companions such as Satan, Beelzebub, Mammon, Asmodeus, Leviathan, and Belphogor, who were angels at that time as well and were like a family for him and were also fed up with the strict lifestyles they were allowed to in Heaven, and rebelled against his Father, resulting in him and his fellow angel friends to get kicked out of Heaven, with Lucifer just for one reason: To reunite with his love.

And now, the two lovers are together forever, with Lilith now controlling Hell with her loving husband as his wife and the Queen, while the six other fallen angels became the rulers of their own rings based on their sins, with Satan getting the Ring of Wrath, Beelzebub having the Ring of Gluttony, Mammon earning the Ring of Greed, Asmodeus obtaining the Ring of Lust, Leviathan acquiring the Ring of Envy, and Belphegor gaining the Ring of Sloth, while, unbeknownst to all of them, Adam has been plotting and waiting for the perfect opportunity to unleash his revenge on Lucifer and Lilith what they did.

And last but not least, the third and final member of this family is Charlotte Morningstar, the daughter of the King and Queen, and the Princess of Hell, who always tried to achieve something that would make her parents proud. And now, at this time of her life, she attempted to accomplish her dream of redeeming sinners and getting them into Heaven, thus stopping the yearly-occuring Extermination Day once and for all.

She knew this was not going to be an easy task, but she liked the challenge. She searched for everything: Human habits, lifestyles, different time periods, every single thing for one single reason: To make the treatment of her future patients as effective as possible. In fact, on that Wednesday afternoon, when she visited her parents, this was the exact activity she was performing.

Inside the palace of the royal family, in the giant main library, where numerous rows of large, long bookshelves followed each other, Princess Charlotte was sitting at a huge, well-made, dark red-colored wooden table with an opened book titled 'Human Habits During Different Holidays' in her hands, and two towers of other human-related books at her right left side, with the ones at her right being the books that were waiting to be unlocked by her, and the ones on her left being the ones she had already read, while not far from the books, a plate full of delicious donuts was placed, offering anyone in the room to take a bite out of those tasty delicacies.

As she was focusing her attention on the book she was reading, her two personal bodyguards, Razzle and Dazzle, approached her by using their wings while they were carrying a bunch of books related to humans that they struggled to hold in their hands due to the weight of the books.

Both Razzle and Dazzle had similar red fur, long black and red horns, and yellow eyes with red irises. Razzle's eyes were reptilian-like with thin vertical pupils, while Dazzle obtained larger visionary organs with pupils that were round and circular. Both of them possessed dragon-like wings, and their tails were long with a tuft of fur at the end of each shaped into a point. Their hands had a close resemblance to hooves, and their cheeks acquired pink spots, as well as what appeared to be freckles located beside their eyes. Inside their mouths, Razzle had a normal-looking tongue, while in Dazzle's case, he obtained a more snake-like one. Razzle's fur was a light shade of red, while the stripe going down his snout was darker in comparison, whereas Dazzle's fur was the exact opposite: dark red with the stripe being a lighter shade of red.

The only attire they acquired was a black and white suit and a red bowtie, sharing the coloration of their fur and body.

As Razzle and Dazzle reached the table, they placed the books in their hands on the pile of books at the right, gaining the attention of the one they needed to guard.

"Thank you, Razzle and Dazzle!" Charlie remercied smilingly as she observed her guards, who smiled back at her when they heard his thank and saluted to her in a kind manner, being happy to help the Princess of Hell in anything she needed. Then, Razzle and Dazzle turned around and flew away in the direction they came from, going back to the bookshelves in order to find more books on the kind of topic Princess Charlotte needed.

After her guards left, Charlie moved her head and placed her attention on her book once again, continuing to read with one hundred percent focus and determination. She was so focused on her activity that her auditory organs didn't pick up the sound of footsteps getting nearer and nearer to her with every passing second, stopping and going silent once the entity got next to her. Then, the being opened her mouth and began to speak, revealing her presence to the Princess.

"Looks like you've got lots of work for yourself, honey!" the individual remarked as she got next to Charlie, causing her to turn her head in the direction she heard the familiar voice coming from. And when she did this, she adopted a soft smile when she saw that the one on her left side was not other than her mother and the Queen of Hell herself, Lilith.

Lilith was a gorgeous, slender, curvaceous woman with a height that was higher than her husband's and daughter's, standing approximately at the height of 6 feet and 6 inches, or 198 centimeters. She had pale skin, thin eyebrows and silver-grey eyes, long black eyelashes, and extremely long, light blonde hair with thick honey-blonde streaks reaching down to the floor. She also possessed a pair of long magenta horns on the top of her head, being capable of changing shape depending on the scenario.

She sported a white pearl necklace around her neck, exquisite black high heels, and an elegant dark purple dress, which was the same piece of clothing she wore when they made a family portrait back in the early 1980s.

Seeing her mother in her sight, the Princess of Hell, with the same soft smile she formed on her face, unlocked her mouth and began to talk, starting a conversation between her and her female parent.

"Hi, Mom!" Charlie greeted, saying 'hi' to her mother, then continued, "Yeah, it's a lot, but I can handle it!" she stated, "Is Dad still having the meeting?" she inquired, asking that due to her father being the King of all of Hell, the most of his days were spent with different meeting and other political stuff that was needed for him to control his kingdom without an issue.

"Unfortunately, honey, he is. Lilith answered, confirming her daughter's guess, "He must be pretty bored and tired of it at this point."

"Sure he is!" Charlie remarked, knowing that her father really hated doing meetings. Then, she turned her head away from her mother and focused her attention on her book yet again, causing her mother to become curious about her act.

"What are you reading?" the Queen of Hell wondered as she looked at the book her daughter was studying.

"A book about human traditions around the living world!" Princess Charlotte announced kindly as she witnessed and read the words in the book she was holding, "Did you know that there's a place called India and they have a festival named Diwali, where they eat traditional foods, shoot fireworks, and make lantern displays to celebrate good winning over evil?" she inquired kindly as she turned her head towards her mother.

"No, I did not." Lilith replied with a motherly smile, hiding her concern about her daughter's dream with it.

Then, Charlie moved her head and positioned her full attention on the book in her hands, going on reading it with concentration. Just as she began to continue this, her two small bodyguards came back from their repeated journey, carrying a bunch of other human-related books in their hoof-like hands and putting them down on the tower of books that was at the right, earning the attention of both of their superiors in the room, with the younger whom they had to protect at any cost rewarding them for their act with a sweet smile.

"Thank you, Razzle and Dazzle, this should be enough!" the Princess of Hell thanked as she observed her guards smilingly, then continued, "Go on! Take a break! You deserve it!" she declared kindly, allowing the two tiny demons to rest.

In response, after hearing this, both Razzle and Dazzle nodded by using their heads with a smiley expression on their faces, and with the help of their wings, they flew off in the direction of the plate full of donuts, each of them taking one from the plate and beginning to munch on it when they reached it.

Once Razzle and Dazzle started to consume their treats, Charlie moved her head away from their direction and once again, she went on with the reading of her book, proceeding to memorise every piece of information it possessed. While she did this, her mother didn't act anything just watched as her daughter read the book in her hands, still worried for her daughter due to the little 'protect' of hers. And she didn't leave her concern unsaid for too long. So, with the intent of revealing her worry to her only child, she opened her mouth and began her speech, drawing the attention of her daughter.

"Are you sure about this whole 'redemption' thing, honey?" the Queen of Hell inquired, then continued, "I know this dream of yours is very important for you and I know you want to help sinners, but it just sounds so... absurd. Unrealistic." she noted, going on with her speech, "People don't fall to Hell without a reason, honey. I just don't want you to find it out the hard way." Lilith responded, finishing her sentence as her daughter listened to her speech in complete silence.

To be honest, Charlie was quite used to this. Someone showing pity to her, or telling her that it is impossible for her to fulfill her dream was something that she experienced almost on a daily basis. To top it off, she received this kind of treatment from her own parents almost every time she paid them a visit, with her getting the former type of treatment mainly from her mother and the latter kind of approach towards her plan being acquired mostly by her father. Truth be told, she was not angry at her mother for this. In fact, she really appreciated her mother's worry for her, but, I still frustrated her a tiny bit that even her own mother didn't believe in her dream and its success. And because of this, and to show everyone that they were wrong about her project, she could never give up her dream of helping sinners become redeemed and getting them into the realm of the Almighty.

"I know, Mom, but, I can't give up!" Charlie declared with determination and seriousness, "My people need my help, and I just can't turn my back on them and leave to die at the end of every year! And that's why..." she continued, moving her head and witnessing her mother with a serious look on her face, "No matter how long it takes, I'll show them that they are not worthless and every one of them has something good deep down inside and deserves a second chance! And even if I just manage to convince a single person that there's redemption for them, I will know that I have finally achieved something!" the Princess of Hell announced composedly as she looked into the eyes of her female parent, thinking about the two individuals in her life who truly believed in her cause: Her loving girlfriend and her young Overlord friend.

"Are you sure, honey?" Lilith queried a little bit worriedly.

"Yes, Mom, I'm sure!" Charlie answered decidedly.

"Alright. Do as you wish, honey." the Queen of all of Hell noted with a little bit of worry as she and her daughter observed each other in quietness, while Razzle and Dazzle witnessed the whole scene as they consumed their donuts.

With their conversation being done, Charlie moved her away from her mother and went on with reading her book meanwhile her looked at her doing this act in silence. Then, after a few moments of observing her daughter, Lilith, with a little bit saddened expression on her face, decided it was time for her to give her daughter a tiny bit of privacy and leave her to be herself. So, after making this decision in her head, the Queen turned her body around and moved her legs, beginning to slowly get more and more distance from her child with each step she performed.

As her mother made her way further and further away from her, the Princess of Hell continued to study her book, almost finishing the chapter about this so-called 'Indian' celebration, when, as she reached the last sentence, her eyes got the attention of a holiday that was mentioned in the chapter and the book remarked it as somewhat similar to Diwali. The book called this holiday 'Christmas'.

Other than this brief mention, the chapter inside this book didn't say anything about this celebration, but this short explanation of this holiday being kind of the same as the main topic of this chapter of the book was enough to grasp Charlie's curiosity and imagination. What was this celebration? What do humans do during this holiday? What do they celebrate on this holiday in the first place? She needed to, no, she had to know. And to her luck, one of her parents, who was one of the oldest beings in the realm of suffering, was in the room. So, she turned her head in the direction of her mother and opened her mouth, letting her question known.

"Um, Mom?" Princess Charlotte started, gaining the attention of her mother, making her move her head towards her direction.

"Yes, honey?" Lilith queried.

"What is 'Christmas'?" the Princess of Hell wondered curiously, widening her mother's eyes with her sudden question.

"Oh, it's just a silly human holiday, nothing special!" the Queen of Hell stated, ensuring her daughter that this human celebration was nothing to fuss about, meanwhile planning to get rid of the book due to it talking about a holiday connected to Heaven. Her and her husband's countless amounts of servants had gathered thousands of books from the mortal realm for hundreds of years, with the only rule they had to follow being that they books were not allowed to contain anything related to Heaven. But yet, one had a holiday connected to the realm of the Almighty. This was the reason behind her upcoming action of throwing out the book in her own way.

"O-Oh, I see." Charlie responded, not satisfied with the answer she received. She had to know more about this celebration, one way or another. And while she was thinking about this, a sudden idea appeared in her head that could serve as a solution to her problem. Since this holiday was a human one, she could just ask Izuku about it. He must have known more about this 'Christmas'. He had to.

As she settled her idea inside her mind, she moved her head and looked at the watch on her right arm in order to check what time it was. And when she did this, she shot her eyes a little bit wide by seeing that the time had flown by so fast it was about time for her to leave and go back to the hotel. Reasiling that the time of her visit was about to reach its end, she looked away from her watch, closed her book, and stood up from the table, with her mother and her two personal guards witnessing her in this act in the process.

"Oh, you're leaving?" Lilith wondered.

"Yes, sorry for that, Mom. But I need to go back to the hotel." Charlie declared as she pushed the chair she sat on back to the table fully, "I don't want to make Vaggie for being away for so long." she added as she thought about her loving girlfriend and hoped that she was alright and didn't turn the hotel into nothingness during an argument with Angel Dust or Alastor.

"Oh, it's not a problem at all, honey!" the Queen assured, "You know you're free to come and leave whenever you want!" she stated as she observed her daughter with a smile.

"Thanks, Mom!" Charlie remercied as she began to walk in the direction of her female parent, but when she was about to start this, her movement was interrupted by two entities wrapping their arms around her body and embracing her with a hug, making her look down in surprise and witnessed the sight of Razzle and Dazzle hugging her, possessing sad faces in the process. This caused the Princess of Hell to acquire a small smile by seeing her guards not wanting her to leave, making her also a bit upset by the fact that she won't see them for a week.

"Ah, don't worry guys, I won't be gone for a long time!" Charlie ensured, her guards still obtaining that upset look on their faces, causing Charlie to morph her smile into a sweet, apologetic one, "Hey, I promise you that next time I come to a visit and I'm about to leave, I'll let you come and stay with me at the hotel for the few days, okay?" Princess Charlotte suggested, hoping that with her idea, she could bring back to joyful, original selves of her, and her parents' personal guards. Thankfully, her plan worked, with Razzle and Dazzle vanishing their upside-down smiles into real, delighted ones and hugging their Princess's body closer to themselves, with Charlie doing the same act as them.

Their adorable scene continued for around a few more seconds, when the cough of the Queen of Hell interrupted their act, making all three of them look at her.

"Anyway..." Lilith coughed, starting her speech as Razzle and Dazzle released their grip on Charlie's body, "I will go and get the limousine for you! In the meantime, do whatever you desire, honey!" she stated.

"No, Mom, you don't need to!" the Princess of Hell opposed, then continued, "I will handle it!" she announced as she walked towards her mother.

"As you wish, honey!" Lilith replied as her daughter got to her and embraced her with a hug, taking her by surprise. However, this surprise disappeared almost instantly, with the Queen of all of Hell wrapping her own arms around her daughter's body as well, returning the kind gesture.

"I love you, Mom!" Charlie declared calmly and nicely as she hugged her female parent.

"I love you too, honey!" Lilith responded, assuring her daughter that she loved her too, meanwhile, Razzle and Dazzle witnessed the wholesome situation delightfully as they munched on their donuts.

After a few seconds, both royals released their grip from each other's bodies, freeing themselves from the hug. Then, Princess Charlotte moved her legs and continued her journey towards the exit of the main library, which played the part of it being the room entrance as well, while turning her head and waving at her mother and her guards.

"Bye, Mom! Bye Razzle and Dazzle!" Charlie waved as she was about to arrive at the majestic dark red-colored wooden doors of the main library, "Tell Dad I said 'hi'!" she requested from her mother while she grabbed one of the handles of the exit of the library and pushed it downwards.

"I will!" Lilith assured, waving at her daughter as she opened one of the doors wide enough for her to exit the room, while Razzle and Dazzle also waved at their Princess, saying goodbye to her. With this, the Princess of Hell stepped out of the main library, closing the door behind her back. After she left, Razzle and Dazzle put every book back in their place, with the exception of the one book the Queen ordered them not to take back. Once the two guards gathered as many books as they could into their hands, Lilith grabbed the book in particular, and by using a bit of her demonic strength and abilities, she incinerated the book in a second, doing this with absolute disgust due to it mentioning a celebration that was really special for Heaven. After that, she walked away from the ashes of the book, which were on the floor, and went deeper inside the library, minding her own business.

And as all of these events occurred, Charlie walked through the giant main hall of her family's palace gleefully, knowing that within a few days, she would know more about this 'Christmas' from her young Cambion friend.


As usual, the remaining two days until the weekend passed by so quickly that neither Charlie nor everyone else in the hotel noticed it, thus making them reach the morning of a Saturday, one day before Christmas, which, of course, Charlie didn't have knowledge of.

On that Saturday morning, every member of the main cast was present in the lobby area of the hotel, with the exception of Sir Pentious, who was most certainly inside his airship with his Egg Boi minions and was in the middle of drawing the blueprints of a wheeled-cannon like weapon that could make his pupil's jaw drop by how magnificent it was, and Angel Dust, who was probably at the Porn Studio of a certain lustful moth-based, abusive, male Overlord and was likely making his living by doing the type of work that on the surface, he enjoyed, but deep down, hated with his very soul mostly thanks to the behavior of the Overlord he was working to.

The demons who were in the lobby were doing the usual act they did in the morning. Charlie and Vaggie were chatting with Alastor about the state of the hotel and were discussing the radio show that her young Overlord friend recently suggested holding in order to help her advertise her rehabilitation center more easily and try to get its existence and what the hotel offered to a larger audience, mostly the demons in the Cannibal Colony due to the colony being stuck in between the 190s and 1930s technologycally, which the Princess of Hell was really grateful for and her girlfriend was not a fond of due to it being the idea of the son of the Radio Demon in the first place. Niffty was cleaning the furniture in the lobby with her duster while Husk was standing behind the bar counter of the Caviar Bar, holding a wine glass in his left hand and polishing it with a red-colored towelette in his right hand, and Keekee was lying and sleeping peacefully on the bar counter, not disturbing the job of the anthropomorphic cat sinner.

It looked like these acts would continue for a while, when suddenly, a red-colored, circle-shaped portal appeared and opened in the middle of the lobby, causing everyone to focus their attention on it, all of them knowing who was about to step out of it, much to Vaggie's frustration and Charlie's, Alastor's, and Niffty's delight. Out of the portal, the fourteen years old Izuku Midoriya stepped out, wearing the same style and type of clothes his father gave him on the day they first met, although in a larger size to fit his teenager body.

Once he got out of the portal fully, Shadow came out of his hiding place and showed his presence to everyone while the portal closed itself without hesitation, vanishing from sight. After the portal closed, with his well-known broad smile full of yellow-colored, sharp teeth, the Radio Demon stopped his conversation with the Princess of Hell and her girlfriend, and began to walk towards his son, attempting to welcome him into the hotel once again, just like on every Saturday morning.

"My dear boy!" Alastor greeted as he approached our protagonist, who turned his head in the direction of his father once he heard his voice and also formed a smile on his face by seeing his demonic parent.

"Hi, Dad!" Izuku said happily, observing his father as he got closer and closer to him with every step.

"It is delightful for me to see you again! Truly it is!" the cannibalistic serial killer stated, arriving next to his son, "Tell me, have you prepared yourself for today's physical practice?" he inquired from him.

"Yes, Dad!" our young Overlord declared with both excitement and determination.

"Splendid!" the Radio Demon announced, then continued, "Because today, we are going to enhance the little shadow control ability of yours! I hope you're excited!"

"Oh, oh, can I join too?" the little cockroach female demon wondered with enthusiasm.

"Of course, you can, my dear Niffty! In fact, I was about to ask for your aid for this certain type of practice!" Alastor answered, allowing his servant/friend to be a part of their group.

"Really?" the cleaning-addicted female sinner wondered excitedly, "Yay!" she cheered with delight.

"Hi, Auntie!" Izuku told to his aunt, saying 'hi' to her.

"Hi, Izuku!" Niffty welcomed, greeting her nephew with a sweet smile.

"Care to join us, my dear Husker?" the radio-loving Overlord inquired, looking at his other servant/friend, with our dear hero, his shadowy companion, and his aunt sharing the Radio Demon in this act, "The more of us come, the more we could help my dear boy with his training!"

"Since I don't have a fuckin' choice, I need to come whether I want or not." Husk replied grumpily as he put down the wine glass and the red towelette on the bar counter and stepped out from behind the counter, walking to our group and joining them, thus becoming their next member, "I have to help the kid either way."

"Then it's settled!" Alastor declared joyfully, "We shall go outside and assist my dear boy in his training together!" he stated, then went on with his speech, "Is that good for you, my boy?" he queried from his son as he witnessed him.

"Yes, Dad, it's fine." our young Cambion responded nicely.

"Wonderful!" the Radio Demon announced, "Then let us go inside and begin your training!" he expressed, turning his body in the direction of the hallway that would lead him to the entrance of the backyard of the hotel.

"Whatever." the anthropomorphic cat sinner remarked with boredom as he followed his boss, then continued, "But after ya are finished with your Voodoo bullshit, the kid's gonna train with me!" he demanded.

"As you wish, Husker." the cannibalistic serial killer said, accepting his servant's/friend's demand while Izuku, Shadow, and Niffty also followed him, not wanting to become separated from the group.

As they began their journey towards the backyard of the Happy Hotel, both Vaggie and Charlie just watched their leave with their visionary organs, with the former doing it with relief, knowing that she wouldn't see our dear hero until the afternoon of the day, and the latter performing this act in silence, thinking about whether she should ask her young Overlord friend about this 'Christmas' celebration. Of course, she didn't intend to interrupt his training that was about to start, but there was still an opportunity for her to ask her question before this practice of his would really begin. So, after making her choice of actions in this situation, he moved her legs and proceeded to approach her friend, much to her girlfriend's surprise and a little bit of anger after she realised who she was going to walk up to.

"Um, I-Izuku?" the Princess of Hell started, revealing her presence to her young Cambion friend, making not only him but also the rest of the group turn their heads in her direction.

"Oh, hi, Charlie!" Izuku greeted, saying 'hi' to his royal friend.

"H-Hi." Princess Charlotte welcomed, greeting her friend, "L-Listen, s-sorry to interrupt your training, but..." she apologised, then went on with her speech, "Do you have a minute?" she queried as she got to our protagonist.

"Of course!" Izuku answered nicely.

"It seems to me that you're going to have some chat, so, I won't bother you." Alastor stated as he placed his right hand on his son's left shoulder, then continued, "Talk with the Princess as long as you desire, my boy!" he declared with his wide, iconic smile.

"Thank you, Dad!" our dear hero remercied smilingly, being grateful for his father's kindness.

"You're welcome, my boy!" the Radio Demon replied, then removed his hand from his son's shoulder, turned around, and went on with his journey in the direction of the backyard of the hotel while accompanied by his only child's aunt and uncle, leaving his son and his son's shadowy friend with the Princess of Hell, "Come after us once you have finished your little chat!"

"Okay, Dad!" Izuku exlcaimed joyfully, "I will!" he said as he observed his father and other two demonic relatives leave and go towards the entrance of the backyard.

After his father, aunt, and uncle disappeared from his sight, our protagonist turned his head back to its original form and set his upon on his royal friend, with Shadow doing the same.

"So, what did you want to ask from me, Charlie?" Izuku questioned as he and his shadowy companion looked at Princess Charlotte, with the former doing it with a smile on his face.

"Well, while I was reading a book at my home, I came across a human celebration called 'Christmas', and since the book didn't say anything more about it, I was thinking that you could explain to me what exactly it is." Charlie explained, "Can you do that for me?" she requested kindly.

"Sure!" Izuku responded nicely, offering his help to answer his friend's question and beginning to explain the definition of Christmas, "Christmas is a holiday when people celebrate the birth of the Son of God, Jesus, and decorate pine trees, and give gifts to each other to show how much they care about each other and to honor Christ." he explained, surprising Charlie with his explanation

"Really?" Princess Charlotte quizzed in surprise by hearing what Christmas was, "I never thought it would be like that! Thank you, Izuku!" she remercied.

"You're welcome, Charlie!" our young Overlord said, happy to help his royal friend with anything she needed. But after he told this sentence of his to her, as he thought about her inquiry, he suddenly realised what exactly she asked from him, making him widen his eyes in shock due to the information he received by thinking about the type of her query, "Wait, you never heard of Christmas before?" he wondered in pure shock.

"No, I didn't." the Princess of Hell replied causally, shocking her young Cambion friend even more with her answer, "The only holiday in Hell that's similar to it is Krampus Day when Krampus comes and gives present, but this celebration is mostly celebrated by the imps and other hellborns." she clarified in detail as her friend listened to her words, with him already knowing about Krampus and his purpose in Hell thanks to his best imp friend, Mellow, who talked about Krampus on the day of a certain incident.

"So, you never celebrated it?" our dear hero questioned in total shock.

"No, never." Charlie answered with a relaxed, casual tone, having no clue if it was an issue that she never celebrated Christmas or not.

"O-Oh, I-I see." our protagonist puzzled, still processing the fact he heard in shock, which didn't unnoticed by his royal friend.

"Is that a problem I never heard of it?" Charlie queried with worry.

"N-No, it's not!" Izuku protested, "I'm just a little bit surprised you didn't know about Christmas, that's all!" he clarified, not wanting to make his friend more anxious.

"Oh, okay." Princess Charlotte remarked, then turned her body around, moved her legs, and began to walk back to her girlfriend, who just witnessed their whole conversation from afar in silence, "Thank you again, Izuku!" she remercied, thanking for Izuku's aid as she observed him with her eyes and got closer to her girlfriend with each step.

"Y-You're welcome." Izuku said as he witnessed Charlie join back to her girlfriend's company and walk away with her girlfriend in the opposite direction his demonic parent and relatives went, entering another hallway and beginning a conversation with Vaggie as they went probably towards their room, thus vanishing from the sight of our young Overlord's visionary organs and leaving him all alone in the lobby area.

After his royal friend left, our dear hero also moved his body around, and with Shadow by his side, he proceeded to run in the direction of his father, aunt, and uncle, trying to get to their position as fast as he could. Meanwhile, as he performed this act, an army of thoughts appeared in his mind about Charlie's former experiences, or rather lack of experiences with Christmas. How did she not know what Christmas was? Of course, the answer was kinda obvious, with the place she grew up literally being Hell, the home of all demons and sinners, and Christmas being a celebration connected to Heaven due to Jesus being the Son of the Almighty, but it still baffled that the Princess of all of Hell, who was the daughter of the King and Queen of Hell, who were, as far as Izuku was informed, among the most powerful and most ancient entities in the realm of suffering, making Izuku think they could have at least tell some things to their daughters about humans and their traditions.

As he thought about this, after around two minutes, thanks to his running, he finally got the sight of his father, aunt, and uncle walking down the hallway in the direction of the entrance of the backyard of the hotel, causing him to unlock his mouth in order to get their attention.

"I'm here!" Izuku exclaimed as he rushed towards his demonic family members, making all three of them look behind their backs once their auditory organs picked up his shout.

"My dear boy, you're back!" Alastor announced in delight as he observed his child and his shadowy friend reach their position and got next to him, stopping in his tracks, with Niffty and Husk performing the same act, "Tell me, did you enjoy the little chit-chat of yours with the Princess?"

"Yes, Dad! I did!" our young Overlord replied joyfully, hiding his sadness towards Charlie for her never experiencing Christmas in her entire life.

"I'm glad to hear that." the Radio Demon remarked with his iconic grin, then went on with his speech, "Now, let us continue our journey to the backyard to begin your training at last!" he declared.

"Okay, Dad!" our protagonist responded, then he, his shadowy companion, and the rest of the group proceeded to carry on with their journey towards the direction of the backyard of the hotel. As they went on with their way, Izuku couldn't help it but he was just able to make himself stop thinking about Charlie and her situation regarding Christmas and to feel bad for him being incapable of doing something, anything about it, making his flatten his ears and tail a tiny bit. However, this upsetness of his didn't go under the radar of his demonic parent, causing him to open his mouth full of yellow-colored, sharp teeth and let his concern known.

"What's the matter, my boy?" Alastor wondered, observing his son, "You seem distracted."

"What?" Izuku baffled, then suddenly realised what his father asked, "Oh, nothing, Dad!"

"Are you certain, my boy?" the radio-loving Overlord questioned, "Because your ears and tail say otherwise!" he pointed out, thus resulting in his son acknowledging the fact that his cover had fallen.

"Well, it's just that Charlie asked me about what Christmas is, and she told me that she had never celebrated it." our dear hero revealed, not surprising his father with his explanation.

"That's not surprising." Alastor noted, then continued, "Hell is not particularly the perfect place for holy holidays to be held!" he remarked, pointing out this fact to his son.

"I know, Dad, but, I just wish that I could at least do something about it." Izuku expressed in sadness, crossing his arms and looking at the dark red-colored floor as he walked in the direction of the backyard, starting to accept the fact that there was no solution for Charlie's not rather close connection to Christmas to be changed, while his father moved his head away from him and observed the hallway as they got closer and closer to their destination.

But as Izuku thought about this, an idea appeared inside his mind. An idea that not only was perfect for the time of the year, but it could also solve the Princess of Hell's situation about Christmas, thus making her experience Christmas for the first time, but it was also suitable for everyone in the hotel to show her their gratitude for how hard she worked for everyone's sake. So, with his idea being complete in his head, Izuku opened his mouth and spoke up, ending his walk.

"Wait!" Izuku started, causing every member of the group to stop in their tracks and set their eyes upon our young Cambion, "I know this will sound strange, but what if we make a surprise Christmas party for Charlie?" he suggested as he witnessed his demonic relatives with his visionary organs, being a little bit nervous about their opinion regarding his idea.

"A Christmas party in Hell?" the Radio Demon repeated as he thought about the concept, " I have to admit, that is quite a unique and original idea, my boy!" he noted

"Really?!" our protagonist questioned in happiness after hearing his father's remark, causing him to straighten his ears and tail in response.

"Sure!" Alastor replied joyfully.

"S-So, are you in, Dad?" Izuku inquired a bit anxiously.

"Of course, my boy!" the radio-loving Overlord answered in delight, resulting in his boy becoming relieved and joyful due to knowing he had his support.

"I'm in too!" Niffty announced, joining her nephew's plan.

"And you, my dear Husker?" the cannibalistic serial killer inquired from the anthropomorphic feline demon, observing him with his eyes, with Izuku, Niffty, and Shadow performing the same act.

"I don't really care about this shit." Husk responded grumpily, "Do whatever ya want, kid." he stated, thus signaling his nephew that he also supported his idea in his own special way, with Izuku getting his uncle's message due to being used to his usual behavior.

"Thank you, guys." Izuku thanked with gratefulness for his demonic relatives' helpfulness.

"You're welcome, my boy!" Alastor said, witnessing his only child with his broad smile, "Now, let us discuss and plan this surprise Christmas celebration in more detail after you have finished your training today! Is that all right for you, my boy?"

"Yes, Dad, it's good." Izuku replied delightfully, knowing that he had the aid of his hellish family members. With this, our young Overlord, his shadowy friend, his father, his aunt, and his uncle went on with their journey towards the entrance of the backyard of the Princess's rehabilitation center, which they reached shortly after they ended their conversation. Then, after they got out of the building, they finally began our protagonist's training on that day, with his father's training being the first to be held, just they discussed it.

Once his training not only with his father, but with his uncle and aunt as well, with our dear hero enhancing his physical strength further outside the hotel during the former type of practice, and learning how to resuscitate someone by using the cardiopulmonary method in his room throughout the latter kind of training, Izuku took off his clothes, had a shower, put on his pajamas that he stored inside the dark red wooden wardrobe which was in his room, pulled his chair out, sat down to his table, and began to plan the surprise Christmas party for his royal, thinking about where it should be kept and which task he should give to who in the hotel, meanwhile Shadow just observed his master doing this in silence and with curiosity.

After a few hours, the plan was complete, with Izuku planning to present to the residents of the hotel the next day, being a tiny bit anxious for their thoughts on his idea. Then, he got into his bed, turned off the light that the small lamp emitted next to his bed, covered his body with his blanket, and fell asleep, with his shadowy helper changing into his shadow form, thus vanishing from sight and protecting his master in his sleep from anything that could hurt him.


On the next morning, around 8 am, as soon as our young Cambion woke up from the realm of dreams, he jumped out of his bed and dressed up as fast as he could, wearing the clothes he had worn the previous day. Then, once he was finished with this, he ate his breakfast, which was jambalaya cooked by his father, that was placed on his table, positioned on a serving tray, and brought inside the room by his aunt he was asleep. After that, he walked up to the door of his room, grabbed its handle, opened it, and with Shadow by his side, who came out of his hideout at this point, he stepped out of his room and started to go in the direction of the lobby, wanting to know where Princess of Hell was at that moment.

A few minutes had passed, and Izuku and his shadowy helper reached the lobby area of the Happy Hotel, earning a glimpse of the situation that was unfolding there. And when he performed this act, he saw that aside from his aunt, his royal friend, and his snake-based demon inventor teacher, everyone was present in the room and were doing their usual tasks, including Keekee, who was laying on the table between the three furniture, and Angel Dust, who had his pet pig, Fat Nuggets, in his lap and was sitting at the bar counter of the Caviar Bar, possibly coming to the hotel at late night due to his work regularly taking that long, waiting for Husk to serve the drink he ordered and obtaining a bruise on the right cheek of his, causing Izuku to become worried for him due to him thinking that he must have gone into a fight, not knowing that the gay pornstar's injury was inflicted on him by his abusive Overlord boss.

Seeing that the lobby was not empty, our dear moved his legs and stepped inside while his shadowy friend followed him, causing everyone to notice his presence. Once his father set his eyes on our protagonist, he immediately greeted him and began to walk towards him, curious about how he slept. After Izuku revealed to his demonic parent that he slept well, he inquired from him where Charlie went, making his father tell him that the absence of the Princess of Hell was thanks to her paying a visit to her parents and she probably won't come back until around 4 pm.

Realising that this was the perfect opportunity for him to discuss his idea about the surprise Christmas holiday for his royal friend to everyone, Izuku asked his father where his aunt and his snake-like sinner teacher were, with the former beings in one of the hallways and sweeping the floor with a broom, and the latter being inside his airship, as his father told to him, he asked everyone to stay in the room and don't stop what they were doing as he ran in the direction of the hallway his aunt was located, confusing everyone with his behavior, with the one exception being his demonic parent, him knowing one hundred percent the cause of his son's attitude.

Once he found both of the individuals and requested them to come with him to the lobby, with the wannabe Overlord being reluctant about this at first, but joined him anyway after our dear hero accepted his offer of helping him more in the making of the blueprint of the wheeled-cannon he was planning to build in the future, he requested everyone to take a set on the three furniture, which was the exact thing they did. Then, Izuku walked to a spot where everyone could witness him, and once every single demon in the lobby set his eyes upon him, he revealed his idea of a surprise Christmas party for Charlie and talked about the two purposes of this surprise party and the role and the task of each main cast member in this.

As he expressed, in his plan of making this surprise party, our young Overlord thought giving the job of cutting and bringing the pine tree to the hotel to Sir Pentious, with his decision being reasoned with the fact that with the help of his minions, the wannabe Overlord could be done with this task pretty easily. Izuku also asked his aunt to knit stockings and Christmas sweaters for everyone, and requested his uncle to handle the creation of the eggnog, since he was the bartender of the hotel, thus being the only one in the whole building who could mix drink professionally. For Vaggie and Angel, our protagonist imagined them handling the acquirement of both the Christmas ornaments for the tree and the Christmas decorations for the lobby, granting this task to them in the hope of getting them to become a little bit more friendly to one another given the fact that they were the cause of most arguments in the rehabilitation center. Finally, as the last part of the preparations, he announced that he and his father were going to make the food for the Christmas dinner, this being mainly due to the fact that most of the food was made and the main chef of the hotel, besides the female cockroach demon, was his demonic parent. As his last request, he asked every demon in the room to wear Christmas-themed clothes as their attire, wishing this for the thought that with this, they could make themselves fit more into the theme of the surprise party.

Once he finished the presentation about his plan, every single demon, aside from the Radio Demon, Niffty, and Husk, just stared at him in dumbfoundedness and in total silence, taken aback by his idea. Of course, this quietness caused our young Cambion to experience anxiety, this being thanks to his assumption that the others disliked his plan. But to his surprise, everyone agreed to go along with his idea, including the snake-like demon and moth-based female sinner, with the former joining this because of the arrangement he made with his pupil about him helping him in the creation of the blueprint and in the building of the wheeled-cannon, and with the latter not being fond of this idea, mainly due to the fact that it was thought by the son of the Radio Demon, but coming along the plan at the end when she acknowledged that all of this was done for her loving girlfriend.

After hearing that everyone agreed to do his plan, Izuku adopted a joyful smile, becoming sure that the surprise Christmas party for his royal friend would be held with one hundred percent certainty. And thus, once agreeing on starting their preparations instantly, everyone stood up from their seats, aside from our young Overlord of course, and went on their separate ways, with the notable kingpin slithering back to his airship to gather his Egg Boi minions, the cockroach-like female demon running back in the direction the hallway she was previously, desiring for getting her knitting needles and lots, lots of yarn, Vaggie and Angel walking towards the exit of the hotel and stepping out of it after they opened it, beginning their search for any Christmas decoration in the realm of suffering, and the radio-loving Overlord going in the direction of the kitchen of the rehabilitation center, with his son and his son's shadow also coming with him as well, with the former intending to lend a hand for his father in the making of the dishes that their future Christmas dinner contained.

Everyone handled their tasks without much issue. After two hours of searching and with the help of his minions, Sir Pentious managed to find, cut, and bring a pine tree that had a perfect size to be a Christmas tree to the hotel, with most of the work being performed by his Egg Bois. Niffty also succeeded in her mission with ease, knitting beautiful and warm Christmas sweaters for every single individual in the hotel, including her nephew and the Princess of Hell, who was, of course, not present during all of this.

In the case of the moth-based female sinner and the gay pornstar, they had the hardest objective to accomplish. Aside from the red-colored pentagram that would be in the place of the star on the top of the tree, it took them nearly four hours to finally find a few boxes of Christmas decorations thanks to the fact that they were searching for those items in the literal fiery pits of Hell. Even after they found the ornaments, they still fought for them against a small group of sinners, with the main for their conflict being that the group leader didn't allow them to have the decorations, just if they paid an insane amount of money for them. Luckily for them, Vaggie and Angel emerged from the fight victoriously, grabbing the boxes and bringing them to the hotel without a hitch, leaving the beaten-up demons in the street.

For Husk, his task was the quickest one to be completed. He was done with every step of making the eggnog in almost an hour: Thickening the eggnog with egg yolks, folding it with whipped egg whites, adding the milk and the heavy cream to it, everything. Although he really wished for an eggnog containing alcohol, he still had to make a non-alcoholic one due to his nephew not being old enough, which he didn't mind.

Speaking of which, our dear hero and his father also had their pretty difficult work to do. In fact, their task was one that took the longest. And it was primarily thanks to the list of dishes they cooked for the dinner. As the main dish, Izuku and Alastor decided to go on the traditional way and chose to fry a whole turkey that they served with lemons, oranges, and limes, acting as decoration, thus making it an exquisite meal. As for the side dishes, they made maple-roasted sweet potatoes, peppery roast beef, old-fashioned sweet potato casserole, chopped salad, and the Radio Demon's favourite, and Izuku's second favourite dish, jambalaya, but without venison, just as our protagonist loved. Heck, Izuku even made special cat and pig food for Keekee and Fat Nuggets to offer them a chance to eat with them together, and even prepared some gingerbreads just like his aunt him how to, with the gingerbreads resembling each resident of the hotel, although he didn't have time to put them into the oven due to how much work he and his father had with the dishes.

Once they were done with every meal, they took every dish to one of the dining rooms that were large enough to fit everyone inside and acquired a table that obtained enough chairs and was big enough to allow every single resident to sit down around it comfortably. Then, they set the table for their upcoming Christmas dinner, placing the turkey in the middle of the table and positioning the rest of the meals on the two sides of the dark-red wooden furniture, with the maple-roasted sweet potatoes, the chopped salad, and the jambalaya being put on the right side, and with the peppery roast beef and the old-fashioned sweet potato casserole getting located on the left side, while Shadow assisted his master and his master's father with his help by putting some dishes on the floor and pouring the food prepared for Keekee and Fat Nuggets into separate feeding bowl.

Around 1 pm, after they were done with this, all three of them left that particular dining room and headed back to the hotel lobby, where they witnessed that by the time they finished their mission, the rest of the main cast, including the pets of the hotel, were already there and had placed down the green-leaved pine tree next to the fireplace, with the sinners of the cast wearing their Christmas-themed attires, waiting for our young Overlord and the cannibalistic serial killer to finally arrive and to begin to decorate the tree.

Sir Pentious was wearing his fingerless gloves, a simple green-colored jacket, and a red-colored bowtie. Beneath the jacket, he acquired a long-sleeved light-red shirt, pinstriped with black stripes. His hat's appearance was different, obtaining the shape of a Santa hat with it being charcoal grey and having white fluff and ball, keeping its singular eye and mouth full of sharp yellow-colored teeth at their original location. The few of his minions who were in the room also had Christams-themed outfits which were similar in style and color, with the exception of their hats, to their boss's clothing, acquiring red shirts under their green coats and having normal, red-colored Santa hats on the top of their shells.

Niffty's outfit didn't have much changes from her usual attire. She still obtained her red-colored maid dress and her white apron, but as an addition, and to match the theme of the upcoming surprise Christmas party, she wrapped a black scarf around her neck and added two large bows to her outfit, with one on her waist right under her back and having red and white horizontal stripes, and the other being positioned in her hair and also possessing red and yellow horizontal stripes.

In the case of Hell's most famous gay pornstar, given his job, and the style of clothes he favoured in these situations, he was obtaining a sexy Christmas outfit, wearing long, white-fluffed red gloves, which were black at the hands and acquired the fluff around the wrists and at the beginning of the gloves, on all of his four arms, a red-colored skirt with white fluff at the end, and a short red shirt with white fluff at the breast area where his large fluff was. As the last piece of his attire, he wore a mistletoe in his hair, located above his right eye.

The outfit of our dear hero's uncle had the slightest changes. The only two differences from his causal clothing were that he also had a mistletoe, just like Angel Dust, but it pinned to the left side of his top hat, and got a red and white striped scarf around his neck.

As for Vaggie, however, she had the biggest alteration in her outfit. Her bow in her hair was red and green instead of completely red, obtaining vertical stripes with the two colors previously mentioned. Her attire was different as well. Instead of her regular clothing, she wore long, black-colored thigh-high stockings and a black mini dress that some places possessed white horizontal stripes at the edge of the top part, at the stomach area, and in the middle of the lower arms, with the most formest having black dots, the second stripe mentioned acquiring red snowflakes as decoration, and the most latter obtaining red dots. As the last part of her outfit, she had white-colored fluffs around her wrist, matching the attire.

Seeing that everyone was wearing their Christmas-themed clothes, Izuku was about to rush back to his room in order to get a Christmas outfit for himself, while Shadow was eager to follow him, but he was quickly stopped in this act by his father, who, with a snap of his fingers, transformed his and son's clothes into new ones, with the Radio Demon replacing his coat with a black one that had slim red vertical stripes. He also gave this type of coat to his only child as well, although the coloration was a bit different, with the slim stripes being green instead of red, fitting our protagonist's style.

Once Izuku got out of his surprised state and thanked his father's kind action, all three of them approached the others, joined them, and started to decorate the tree, hanging the stockings above the fireplace, and ornamenting the whole lobby with the decorations inside the boxes that the spider-based demon and the moth-like female sinner brought in and placed on the table between the three furnitures. Inside the boxes, they found everything they needed: The lights, the ornaments, the tree skirt, the wreaths, the garlands, every single decoration. And thus, they began their work, first decorating the lobby with the wreaths and the garlands, then adorning the Christmas tree with the lights, the ornaments, and the red tree skirt. Alastor even wrapped a few lights around his antlers, which he made larger and wider to perform this task, performing this act on his son due to him asking for it as well, although with just two or three thanks to Izuku not widening his antlers.

At last, at 3 pm, after they were done with everything, they stepped away from the tree and observed it, with our young Cambion opening his mouth and beginning to speak.

"I think we did a good job, didn't we?" Izuku remarked as he looked at the Christmas tree, with everyone, including Vaggie, nodding by using their heads in agreement. But as they did this, the auditory organs of Vagatha picked up the faint sound of something that sounded like a car stopping at the entrance of the hotel, causing her to adopt a certain suspicion that the person whom they planned this Christmas party had earlier. But in order to prove her uncertainty, she decided to walk in the direction of the front doors, making everyone look at her in confusion at her sudden movement.

Once she reached the door, she grabbed its handle, pushed it downwards, and unlocked one of the doors slightly, peeking out of the small space she created by this. But the moment she took a look outside, the moth-based female demon shut the door immediately, rushing back to the group to tell them what she saw.

"Guys!" she exclaimed as she came back to the group, "Charlie's here! She came back earlier!" she informed, shocking every with her news.

"Quick, Dad, turn off the lights!" Izuku requested from his father.

"Don't say more, my boy!" Alastor answered, then, with a flick of his hands, he turned all the lights inside the lobby off, causing the room to fall into complete darkness, with the only light source being the light of the outside world shining through the glasses of the front doors.

It was a good choice for Izuku to ask his father to turn off the lights. Because, at the moment the lobby turned dark, the entrance of the hotel had opened, releasing a low creaking sound in the process. Once unlocked fully, Charlie stepped inside the building with an expression that indicated that she was down in the dumpster emotionally, although the group didn't see this, just heard the sound of her footsteps, thus her getting in the hotel. And she was not alone. Behind her back, the Princess of Hell was followed by her demonic bodyguards, Razzle and Dazzle, who were there due to the promise she told them and followed her everywhere she went, protecting her from anything.

After all three of them were inside, Princess Charlotte turned around and closed the door completely, letting out a tired sigh while still acquiring her gloomy expression, which she probably obtained due to her father talking about her hotel, her dream, and how hopeless it was, with her guards having a concerned face, worrying for their princess's well-being.

Then, Charlie moved her body around and began to walk towards the lobby while crossing her arms and witnessing the floor in sadness, completely unaware of the fact that the room she was going to was as dark as the night. Once she and her bodyguards entered the lobby fully and started to approach the resting area of the lobby, with a snap of his fingers, the cannibalistic serial killer eliminated the darkness, making all the lights light up the room.

"Surprise!" Every member of the group shouted, gaining Charlie's, Razzle's, and Dazzle's attention and taking them by surprise, "Merry Christmas, Charlie!" they exclaimed in a union.

"Wha..." Charlie said in total shock, trying to gather all her thoughts from what she saw, "G-Guys, w-what is this? W-What are you doing?"

"Since you never experienced Christmas, and all of us knew how to celebrate it, we decided to prepare a surprise Christmas party for you!" Vaggie explained as she and the other members of the group got to the Princess of Hell, with her becoming even more after hearing her girlfriend's explanation.

"W-Wait, really?" Princess Charlotte questioned with confusion.

"Indeedy, my dear!" The Radio Demon answered, supporting the moth-based female demon's explanation, "In fact, that's not all! Watch!" he declared, then, he turned his head in the direction of the Christmas tree, raised his right hand, and with a flick of his right hand, he made all the lights on the tree emit their colorful lights, causing everyone to observe the tree with a smile, with the exception of Husk of course, while Charlie just stared at the Christmas tree in awe.

She couldn't believe it. Her girlfriend, her friends, everyone did all of this just for the sake of allowing her to experience a holiday she never celebrated in her entire life. And thanks to all of this, her shock was replaced with gratefulness and her face adopted a sweet smile as she looked at the Christmas, and droplets of delight appeared in the corner of her eyes.

"Thank you, guys!" the Princess of Hell remercied happily with a smile as the tears of absolute joy rolled down on both of her cheeks.

"You should be thankful for my dear boy, darling!" the radio-loving Overlord announced, making not only Charlie, but everyone else set their eyes upon Izuku, "He was the one who suggested this idea in the first place! Isn't that right, my boy?" he noted as he witnessed his son with his iconic wide grin.

"Well, it's just that, when you told me you had never celebrated Christmas and didn't know what it was, I couldn't help but think about a way I could help you experience it." Izuku clarified to his royal friend as he flattened his ears and tail a tiny bit, and scratched the back of his head with his right hand in shyness, "That's when I had the idea of making a surprise Christmas party for you. And I think, despite all the hardships we had with it, it still worthed it in the end." he said, then continued, "Because, with this Christmas party, we also wanted to show you our gratitude for how hard you worked all this time for everyone's sake." he confessed as he looked at Charlie, finishing his speech while everyone, even Husk, agreed with his statement in their minds, "So, what do you say? Do you like it?" he inquired, hoping that his royal friend liked the surprise Christmas party.

He didn't need to wait for long. After a few seconds, Princess Charlotte lunged towards our protagonist, embracing him with her big hug of gratitude, causing him to lower his ears and tail and making his face to light up immediately, resulting in Vaggie becoming enraged by seeing this.

"I love it!" Charlie declared as she hugged her young Overlord and her tears continued to go down on her face, "Thank you, Izuku!" she remercied, with Izuku's blush vanishing after she said this and him adopting a smile once he heard telling him this.

"You're welcome, Charlie!" Izuku replied, returning the Princess of Hell's gesture, while everyone just witnessed this wholesome scene, aside from a frustrated Vaggie. Meanwhile, as Alastor observed his son and Charlie exchanging their hug with each other, a sudden idea appeared in his mind. An idea that was not only perfect for the Christmas party, but more importantly, it was also beneficial for his son on a personal level. So, with his plan being complete, he widened his smile a tiny bit and opened his mouth, beginning to speak.

"You should have seen his face when he presented his plan to us, my dear!" Alastor remarked as Charlie and Izuku released their hug, with the former wiping away her tears and both of them focusing their attention on the Radio Demon, "He was so enthusiastic about it! In fact, he even prepared to sing a Christmas song for you!" he announced, surprising everyone with his statement, with our young Cambion and Princess Charlotte being the most stunned.

"Really?!" Charlie questioned in excitement as she adopted starry eyes.

"I did?" Izuku queried in total confusion, not knowing what his father was talking about until he looked at him and the smile he morphed. By seeing this, our dear hero instantly realised what his father meant by this, causing him to become extremely nervous. Although he was not angry at his father because of his sudden action, knowing that he only did this to let him become less shy about his singing capabilities around other people aside from him, his mother, his aunt, his uncle, Miss Rosie, and Miss Mimzy, but regardless, it still made him very nervous.

As he observed his father in worry, the cannibalistic serial killer went on with his speech, continuing to talk to the Princess of Hell.

"Indeed, my dear!" the Radio Demon responded, "He was so excited about it that we could barely hold him back!" he noted, still obtaining his joyful behavior, "But now, I suppose we should end our conversation and let my dear boy get the stage and perform his song, shall we?" he stated, then turned his head in the direction of his only child, walked closer to him, and with his hands, he started to push Izuku gently in front of the whole group, while our protagonist couldn't do anything about it due to the shock that enveloped him.

"Papa, qu'est-ce que tu fais?!" Izuku whispered anxiously as his father moved him in front of the others while Shadow followed them, with our hero becoming so nervous that he started to speak French without noticing it.

"Oh, do not fret, my boy, There's nothing to worry about!" Alastor remarked in a whisper, stopping in his tracks and not pushing his son anymore, thus positioning himself in the sights of everyone in the lobby, "Besides, I know you'll get a hang of it! Just, stay calm and everything go smoothly, okay?"

"D-D'accord, P-Papa." Izuku answered, still not sure about this.

"Very well." Alastor said, "But do not be afraid, my boy, I have the perfect accompaniment for your serenade!" he declared, then, with a snap of his fingers, he summoned three of his shadowy helpers behind Izuku, making him turn around and allowing him to see that every one of the shadows was wielding a different instrument, with one sitting at the drums, one being positioned in front of a piano, and the last one possessing two trumpets, with the shadow tossing one of the trumpets to Shadow, which he caught successfully. As he observed the shadows, Izuku understood that his father probably did this for the purpose of making his performance as good as possible, which he appreciated.

"And, I suppose you'll need this as well!" the radio-loving Overlord announced, causing the focus of his son's eyesight on him once again and letting him witness that he was holding his red-colored microphone in his right hand, which he extended towards him, thus offering it to him.

"T-Thank you, Dad!" our dear hero remercied as he took his father's vintage microphone away as his shadowy friend observed all of this.

"You're welcome, my boy!" Alastor said, then turned around and joined back to the rest of the main cast, looking at his son once walking back to them, waiting for him to begin his song.

Once every single member of the group watched him, Izuku began to think about a song he could sing that was perfect for the theme of the holiday they were celebrating. He had searched for the perfect song in his mind for several, hoping that he could find one, while everyone just stared at him, waiting for him to begin his singing. But as he continued to think of a song for longer and longer, it started to seem like he couldn't find one, resulting in him becoming more and more anxious, fearing that he would be busted in front of everyone.

This appeared to be the case, until in a sudden moment, a Christmas song materialized in his head that was not only perfect due to the type of instrument the shadowy helpers of his father acquired, but it was also one of the most classic Christmas songs, and he could even modify it to be ideal to mention the possible wishes of everyone in the hotel, making it excellent to be the first Christmas song Charlie had ever heard. With the Christmas song being chosen, Izuku vanished his anxiety by morphing a smile on his face and turning his body in the direction of the shadows, opening his mouth in the process.

"Hey, boys, can you come here for a second?" Izuku asked politely, causing all the shadows to levitate to him. Once all the shadows had reached him, including his own shadowy companion, he started to explain the song he chose to them in a whisper, not wanting the members of the main cast to hear what he was saying, while almost everyone looked at him in confusion by seeing this. After he finished his speech, all the shadows nodded to him in understanding, agreeing to go along with his plan and going back to their original positions, readying themselves for their upcoming performance. Then, our protagonist moved his around and placed it into its earliest formation, lifting his left hand while holding up his left index finger, thus signaling that they were about to begin their song.

"One, two, and one, two, three, four!" Izuku counted as he moved his left hand a little bit, indicating the start of their performance.

Once the counting had ended, all the shadows began to play on their instruments, creating a melody that almost every demon in the lobby enjoyed, with Alastor already knowing the name of the song his son chose just by the music the instruments released. After a little bit of playing on the instruments, they reached the part where the singing should have begun. So, with this information, Izuku moved his father's microphone to his mouth, opened his mouth, and began to sing, truly starting his performance (Turn in Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (A Hazbin Hotel Christmas Carol) from Down the Fox-Hole if you want. I changed a little bit on the lyrics due to the fanfic, I hope this isn't an issue.).

"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,

Lean your ear this way.

Don't you tell a single soul,

What I'm gonna say." Izuku sang as the shadows went on with their play on their instruments and Charlie, Angel, Sir Pentious, the Egg Bois, and even Vaggie just looked at him in shock, stunned by how well he sang, same with Razzle and Dazzle, while our young Overlord's demonic relatives just listened to his song enjoyment, with Husk having his regular grumpy expression and mood, but enjoying his nephew's performance nonetheless.

"Christmas Eve is coming soon,

Now, you dear old man

Whisper what you'll bring to me,

Tell me if you can.

Jolly old Saint Nicholas

Whatcha gonna bring to me?

Is it a new All Might poster

That I can hang on the wall of my room,

Or it is another All Might figurine

that I can add to my collection?" he said in his singing as his father and aunt smiled at this, knowing how much of an All Might fan he was.

"When the clock is striking twelve

When I'm fast asleep

Down the chimney broad and black,

With your pack, you'll creep

All the stockings you will find

Hanging in a row

Mine will be the shortest

You'll be sure to know." our young Cambion sang, then stopped in his singing for a little bit, with the shadows continuing to play on their instruments, "I thought it's going to sound worse, but it's better than I thought! What a relief!" he noted to himself, referring to that he expected his singing to be bad. Then he moved his body around and towards the direction of the shadows, going on with his speech once he was done with his moving, "Can you boys play us up a little bit?" he requested nicely, with the shadows starting to play the melody with more intensity, "Yes, just like that! Let's make a big, grand finale!" he noted as the shadowy helpers reached the level he needed, "Yes, it's perfect! Just how I like it!" he remarked with delight, with all of the shadows, including his own shadow, sharing the emotion he obtained at that moment, "And now, let's get back to it!" our dear hero announced, turning around, facing the group, and continuing to sing.

"Miss Vaggie wants a brand new spear

And my aunt wants new knitting needles,

My Dad wants to make a deal

Let's hope he doesn't kill." our young Overlord told in his singing, with Husk cracking a tiny, tiny smile at his remark and with Alastor rolling his eyes jokingly at his son's statement, knowing that he didn't mean it on a way that would have offended him.

"Charlie wants a swarm of guests,

Angel wants a gown with lace

Sir Pentious wants to dominate Hell

And my uncle just wants to rest

Now choose for me, dear Santa Claus

What you think is best

Jolly old Saint Nicholas

Whatcha gonna bring to me?

Jolly old Saint Nicholas

Whatcha gonna bring?

Whatcha gonna bring to me?" Izuku finished high above the clouds emotionally, closing his eyes and raising his left arm in the air in joyfulness, ending his song as the shadows also stopped playing on their music tools. Shortly after this, a silence followed his performance, causing Izuku to open his eyes and lower his left arm, becoming extremely nervous due to how quiet everyone was. However, this silence was short-lived, which was thanks to the Princess of Hell opening her mouth and beginning to talk, thus revealing her opinion on the song.

"That. Was. Amazing, Izuku!" Charlie declared with a big smile on her face as she clapped with both of her hands, praising her young Cambion's singing.

"Excellent performance, my boy!" the Radio Demon applauded as he clapped with hands as well, with every single demon, including Vaggie, who also thought that Izuku sang well, although just admitting it really, really barely sharing the same act as him, "Truly magnificent!"

"It was beautiful, Izuku!" Niffty praised as she clapped with her hands.

"Nice one, kid." Husk remarked with a little smile, clapping with his hands.

"You sing well, Toots!" Angel said, doing the act that everyone was doing.

"You acquire quite an exquisite singing voice, my pupil!" Sir Pentious noted as he also clapped with his hands, acknowledging the singing skills of his only student, with his minions doing the same act.

Seeing that everyone liked his performance, Izuku couldn't resist but smile at this, knowing and being grateful for the fact that they enjoyed his singing. As he continued to smile and as the others cheered him, all the shadows, except Shadow, disappeared from sight, including their instruments, which were made out of shadows as well. Once the members of the main cast finished their applause, the cannibal serial killer spoke, earning the attention of every single individual in the lobby.

"Now then, I suppose after this flawless performance, we should take a rest and let us taste our delicious Christmas dinner, shall we?" Alastor suggested, then turned his body in the direction of the hallway where the dining room he and his son put the meals was and started to move towards it, with everyone, including the two pets of the hotel, and the two personal bodyguards of Princess Charlotte, following him in the process.

"A Christmas dinner?!" the Princess of Hell questioned as she walked and her eyes lightened up in a mixture of surprise and excitement, with the group being at the midway of their journey.

"Yeah!" Izuku replied, gaining his royal friend, "It's a tradition! During this time of the year, we make a traditional dinner for Christmas! I hope you'll like it!" he stated as he and the rest of the group walked towards the dining room as well, being almost at their destination. Shortly after this sentence of his was over, they had finally reached the end of their journey, stopping in front of the double door of the dining room, with both of the doors having a circle-shaped window.

After they arrived, the Radio Demon extended both of his arms and opened the doors of the room, allowing everyone to step inside. When Charlie saw the army of delicious meals placed on the table, her eyes became starry from the excitement instantly, with our dear hero observing her with a smile, being one hundred percent sure that she liked the dishes just by looking at them. Once everyone was inside, each member of the group approached a chair and descended on it, with our protagonist being the last one performing this act thanks to him running back to them and grabbing the baking tray full of not-baked gingerbreads, putting them into the oven.

Then, after everyone was at the table at least and was sitting on their chairs comfortably, they began the consumption of their dinner, chatting with each other and laughing while doing this, with Keekee and Fat Nuggets also attending the dinner by eating the food that Izuku prepared for them in their feeding bowls. During this dinner, Charlie properly introduced Razzle and Dazzle to our dear hero, with the two bodyguards becoming fond of him almost instantly just by witnessing how happy he made their princess with this Christmas party.

After they finished their meal, they headed back to the lobby and went on with their talking there, enjoying the party, drinking a little bit from the anthropomorphic cat sinner's eggnog, and even trying on the Christmas sweaters the cockroach-like female demon knitted, with Charlie absolutely loving her own sweaters, even deciding to keep it on herself after everyone took them off, wearing it for the rest of the party, all the while the two pets of the hotel just rested and did nothing. As she chatted with our young Cambion, Izuku suddenly realised that he had forgotten to get the gingerbread out of the oven, causing him to end his conversation with Princess Charlotte.

"Sorry, Charlie!" Izuku apologised, "I need to go!" he declared as he began to step backwards, with Shadow following him, "I'll be back in a second!" he stated, and with his shadowy helper by his side, he turned around and ran in the direction of the kitchen, leaving his royal friend in the lobby with the others. As she observed her young Cambion leave the area, an idea popped up in Charlie's head, which was a perfect way to thank Izuku for all of this. So, with this, she moved her body around and started to approach Alastor, who was talking to his two servants/friends, much to Husk's delight, which he clearly enjoyed and didn't hate every second of it. No, not at all.

"Um, Al?" the Princess of Hell started, getting the attention of the trio.

"Ah, my dear Charlie!" the Radio Demon greeted as Charlie got to him, "Tell me, have you come here because something's bothering you?"

"No, Al, not at all!" Charlie said, then continued, "But, can I ask you something?"

"Of course!" Alastor responded, delighted to help. Then, he moved his head down a little and Charlie whispered her plan into his ear, making the cannibalistic serial killer's grin widen by hearing her idea.

"That's a great idea, my dear!" the radio-loving Overlord stated, making Charlie's smile become bigger, "We will do it immediately!" he added, then told everybody about Princess Charlotte's plan, which everyone joined to, even Vaggie, although reluctantly. And thus, they started the preparation of the reward Charlie wanted to give to our young Overlord.

Meanwhile, Izuku went on running down the hallway, hoping that the gingerbreads didn't get burned. Once reaching the entrance of the kitchen, he unlocked it wide and rushed inside as fast as he could, putting on oven gloves and opening the door of the oven. Fortunately for him, the gingerbreads didn't become burned, instead, they were excellently baked, perfect to be served for everyone. When he saw that the gingerbreads were done, he grabbed the baking tray that the gingerbreads were on and pulled it out of the oven, closing the door of the oven once having this act of his performed. After that, with the gingerbreads in his hands, our young Overlord exited the kitchen and went through the hallway that could lead him back to his demonic relatives and friends, while Shadow closed the door of the kitchen behind his master's back and attempted to keep up with him.

"I'm back!" Izuku announced as he entered the lobby and looked at the baking tray full of gingerbreads, "Good news is, the gingerbreads didn't get burned, so we can eat them! I hope you'll like them!" he remarked, moving his head up and setting his eyes upon the members of the main cast just enjoying the party. But instead, he saw something that made him widen his eyes in surprise. In the resting area of the lobby of the hotel, all three of the furniture and the small table were moved to the walls, thus offering a more open space and much easier accessibility to the Christmas tree. But that was not the most surprising thing he witnessed. The more surprising thing he saw was that there was a photo camera placed on a stand in the room, with everyone being positioned in front of it just a few meters away, showing their backs to the Christmas tree.

Hearing his voice, every single member of the group turned their heads in his direction, with Charlie doing it with a sweet smile on her face. Seeing this, both Izuku and Shadow got pretty confused, causing the former to open his mouth and begin to talk.

"Um, guys?" our young Overlord started with confusion in his voice, "What are you doing?"

"Well, it's just that, you have done a lot for the hotel, and I never had a chance to thank you for this." the Princess of Hell stated as she walked towards her young Cambion friend, "So when you mentioned that during this holiday, humans give present to each other, I thought it's the perfect opportunity for me to thank you for everything you did by making a group photo with everyone." she explained, revealing the reason why everyone was in front of the camera, causing our protagonist to shot his eyes even wider after he heard this, "So, in case you can't see us or you miss us, you would have something that reminds you that no matter what happens, we're always here and you'll always have our support." she finished as all members of the group nodded with their, with the exception of Vaggie, ending her explanation and hoping that her friend liked her idea.

Izuku couldn't believe what he had just heard. Charlie, his only royal friend, wished to take a group photo with everyone, just to thank him for the amount of help and assistance he provided for the hotel. Due to this, our protagonist couldn't resist forming small tears of joy and gratitude in the corners of his eyes, causing him to become emotional.

"C-Charlie..." Izuku started as his tears began to grow larger.

"Oh, come on, my dear boy, there's no reason for you to cry!" Alastor declared, "Besides, all of us agreed to do this for you!" he announced, then continued, "Now, come over here and let us create this photograph!" he requested, finishing his speech.

"O-Okay!" Izuku said, then wiped his tears away with his right hand while he held the baking tray with his left hand, put the baking tray down on the small table that, at that moment, was positioned at the right wall of the lobby, took off his oven gloves, and with his shadowy companion, and with his royal friend, he approached the main cast, joining to them and positioning himself at the perfect spot. To be exact, at the moment they were about to perform the picture with the photo camera, which was wielded by one of the Radio Demon's shadows, Izuku placed himself between Alastor and Princess Charlotte, with the former being at his right side, and the latter standing at his left side, all the while Shadow floated between his master and his friend.

On the other side of the cannibalistic serial killer, our dear hero's uncle and aunt were positioned, with the former having his casual grumpy expression, and the latter acquiring a sweet smile on her face. Meanwhile, on the left side of the Princess of Hell, her girlfriend was standing, having a small smile which she morphed only for her girlfriend's sake. Next to Vaggie, the notable kingpin was foundable, obtaining a smiling expression while a few of his minions stood at his left side. Finally, in front of the group, the gay pornstar was lying on his back on the floor, resting his head on his left upper hand and smirking, posing for the camera as his pet pig was laying on his stomach and he petted his head with his right upper hand, while Keekee, the other pet of the hotel, sat next to Angel's head.

As everyone settled to their position, and as the shadow was about to make the picture, the radio-loving Overlord opened his mouth, speaking up.

"Say 'Merry Christmas', my dears!" Alastor declared as he and everyone looked into the photo camera.

"Merry Christmas!" Everyone said in unison, smiling at the camera, with the only exception being Husk, of course. Then, with a quick move, the shadow snapped with the photo, thus taking the picture that would serve as an object that captured the magic of this surprise Christmas party and would remind Izuku of this precious moment in his life. After they picture was taken, everybody went on with their previous activities, chatting and talking with each other, and even trying out the hot chocolate that Niffty made during the party. And during all this time, one single thought was inside Izuku's mind: All of this, the Christmas party, and everything they did that day, had definitely been worth it.


There it is. The Christmas special chapter. It's finally done. I hope I didn't make you wait for too long with this special chapter. Now, it's time for a little bit of explanation.

Since this special is set between the chapters "The Inventor's Pupil" and "Haunting Memories", Vaggie didn't have that talk with Izuku and she still hates him. I hope I didn't confuse anyone with this. Also, I know a lot of you are waiting for the chapter where Izuku takes the entrance, and I promised it would be the next chapter I would publish. But don't worry, I will publish that chapter this December, so you don't have to wait for long.

That's all I had to explain. I hope you enjoyed this special Christmas chapter. And if you didn't, feel free to write down what exactly you didn't like about it. I'll be eager to read them. Stay healthy and have a nice day(or night), and I wish Merry Christmas to every one of you, my dear readers!