Author's Note:
This idea was born in my head when I was dying of boredom and heat in the middle of a boring biology lesson.
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Story Title: Thirteen Days of Fun: The Occult Detective and the Demon Slayer (One-shot)
Plot: Today is November 11th, this means that the time of year has come when Bruce Belmont and Adeline Jones, brother and sister, will come together to strengthen their bond.
Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Los Angeles, their gatherings tend to bring all kinds of problems and disasters, especially paranormal ones.
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POV Narratore
Today is November 11, 2022, for many people these data have nothing special.
But in two major cities in the world and especially for a pair of twins, boy and girl, November 11th is particularly special.
For the residents of Los Angeles and Boston, November 11th is a cursed date that marks the beginning of a 13-day period full of strange incidents with enormous chances of creating a disaster.
Many people decide to go out of town if they can and leave their respective cities until November 25th, waiting for the catastrophe to go away.
The strangest thing is that this misfortune seems to move from Los Angeles to Boston and back every year.
The first disaster happened in Los Angeles in 2014, when the entire city was without power for weeks, then months later Los Angeles was invaded by a cyborg alien and his army of amphibious-themed robots and giant creatures.
The second disaster happened in Boston in 2015, a kind of mechanical sea monster attacked the city's harbor, immediately after a strange submarine returned to the surface.
The third disaster happened in Los Angeles in 2016, near Hollywood, a giant demonic tower with a demonic black knight on top popped out of the ground like a mushroom.
The fourth disaster happened in Boston in 2017, an Egyptian exhibit was devastated at night, then the city was blamed by a sandstorm and a large-scale invasion of beetles, locusts and scorpions.
The fifth disaster happened in Los Angeles in 2018, the demon Abigail was released from her prison, going on a murderous rampage for one night.
The sixth disaster happened in Boston in 2019, a kind of slimy substance brought back to life all the corpses ever buried in Boston, giving rise to a real zombie invasion.
The seventh disaster happened in Los Angeles in 2020, when a mysterious island appeared near the coast, bringing out a legions of hellish monsters and a blonde femme fatale.
The eighth disaster happened in Boston in 2021, seven creatures from the stars attacked the city and the rest of the East Coast of the United States.
Putting aside these events that transformed the date of November 11th into the new Friday the 13th.
For two people, November 11th is a memorable day in a positive sense.
During that time, two twins who were separated by fate met face to face, discovering that they have a biological family and are not alone in the world.
Bruce, he's the older twin, a girly boy, a Boston Occult Detective, capable of finding mysteries and paranormal phenomena wherever he goes.
Adeline, she's the younger twin, a rising Hollywood star and a moonlighting demon hunter, just as good as her brother at finding and being found by trouble.
After their first meeting they decided that every year on November 11th, the two of them would have a small private reunion.
In turns, one of them would go to the other's city and spend 13 days in the host twin's house.
Nearly two weeks a year are dedicated to brother-sister bonding.
Too bad that the twins' trouble-attracting nature is multiplied by a thousand every time the two twins get together at that time of year.
But this fact did not stop Adeline and Bruce from meeting each other.
After all, what can kill an Occult Detective and a Female Demon Hunter?
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A fiery red Muscle Car, a Plymouth Barracuda built in 1970, convertible and with manual transmission, is driving down a street in a wealthy neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The vintage car stopped in Hillcrest, Beverly Hills, in front of a luxurious and very glamorous Hollywood villa set in a magnificent green setting.
The driver's door opened and out of it came Bruce Belmont, full name Bruce Bel Bahamut Belmont, the World's Greatest Detective and a rather dangerous character in the magical community.
Physically, Bruce presents himself as a boy in late puberty, despite being over 23 years old.
Bruce is 175 centimeters tall with a slim and lean physique.
Her face has soft, delicate features, thin eyelashes and an androgynous build reminiscent of Artoria Pendragon or Morgan Le Fay
These two traits could easily pass as a girl.
The color of his skin is bright, milky white, smooth and free of imperfections.
Bruce's hair is currently jet black, kept in a long braid that reaches down to his waist and with a long fringe covering his left eye.
The right eye is light gray.
As usual, Bruce is wearing a stylish Detective Noir-themed outfit.
The outfit consists of black boots, black trousers, a red belt, white shirt, black button-up vest, a crimson tie, black gloves and a long dark red coat.
In addition to the noir-themed outfit, Bruce carries several accessories with him: a pocket watch, a chain wallet, a pin, a tie clip, a bracelet on his right wrist, and a single earring.
Finally, for reasons that few can understand, above the coat, specifically on the left bicep, there is a futuristic golden C-shaped trinket, with a simple but elegant design.
In his right hand he has his favorite accessory, a walking stick.
The stick is 108 cm long, made of elegant jet black wood.
The handle of the staff is silver, in the shape of a raven's head. Amber colored gemstones are set on both sides of the handle.
Decorations reminiscent of precious rings or imaginative trinkets have been inserted around the shaft of the stick.
This is pretty much his everyday clothing that he wears to look like a "normal human".
This is already the most "normal" that Bruce Belmont can reach.
At the moment, Bruce is talking on the phone with a close acquaintance.
"Mash, I just parked Megas in front of Adeline's house.
For the next 13 days, Girl Knight, you are on your own and you will be the boss, take care of the city, my office and my little monsters." Bruce said with a loving voice, especially the last sentence.
Bruce ends the call and puts the phone in the inside pocket of his coat.
Instead of immediately going to the front door and ringing the doorbell, Bruce stands still and looks at his reflection in the car window.
"Carmen, Vritra, Shinobu, Lovecraft, Fiammetta, you four are not coming out today.
This goes for everyone else, I don't even want to feel your presence in the back of my mind or sense your magical signature.
Try to have a little hibernation for the next couple of weeks." Bruce said in a serious voice, seeming to be talking to invisible entities.
Detective Occult apparently didn't get any answers or any kind of sense.
To an outside observer, Bruce appears to be a madman who is talking to himself.
"Happy nap to all of you, I'm going to Adeline, I'll see you soon." Bruce said, finishing his part of the discussion with his intangible and invisible acquaintances.
Turning, Bruce began walking towards his twin sister's luxurious mansion.
'It is certainly a luxury home of great beauty and its monetary value is enormous.' Bruce thinks, looking at the building with an analytical gaze.
'But I honestly don't understand why Adeline decided to buy this building at the beginning of this year.
I don't like the architectural style and it wasn't even built on top of a Leyline.
However, it's not my house and it wasn't bought with my money.' Bruce thinks, glaring at the building that I'm a rich person can own.
Stopping in front of the steps, Bruce takes out his black and blue pocket watch, which looks like something out of the Victorian age or a Bloodborne-style fantasy manga.
Bruce's initials, a series of four B's, are engraved on the back of the watch.
On the cover of the watch is engraved the image of a ghostly horse, under it is written: Geryon.
"I'm five minutes early, better use this extra time to get ready." Bruce said, closing the lid of the clock and putting it away.
The Occult Detective takes a deep breath, relaxes his muscles, and does small jumps on the spot as if he were doing warm-up exercises.
Bruce gives the appearance of someone preparing to fight someone or face a tough challenge, instead of visiting his twin sister.
After five minutes of warming up, Bruce took a step forward, declaring, "Let the party begin."
As soon as Bruce stepped onto the step, the doors to the mansion instantly flew open.
Under the door hinge is Bruce's sister, Adeline Jones.
Adeline is a beautiful twenty-three year old woman, with tanned skin, who looks like a teenager, she seems to be younger than she should, it runs in the family.
Adeline's long, straight hair, which reaches down to her knees, is a surprisingly light platinum blonde color.
Adeline's right eye is a golden yellow like gold that has been polished.
The long-lost left eye is replaced by a striking sapphire gem.
Adeline is 175 centimeters tall with a swimsuit supermodel body, slender legs, large breasts, narrow waist and a perfectly curvy butt.
Its three sizes are: B92, W60, H92.
All in all, Adeline slightly resembles Artoria Pendragon (Lancer Alter), but with tanned skin thanks to the beaches and sun of Los Angeles and more feminine, graceful features.
Half of Adeline's success as a model, actress, singer and dancer is a consequence of her captivating appearance.
Today being a hot day, and Adeline being a bit of an exhibitionist, she is wearing a sexy dress.
Adeline's dress is a one-piece of white lace with blue accents that exposes her chest and inner thighs.
The chest area is held closed by a thin blue web.
The one-piece has a thong and a long tail.
This dress is paired with thigh-high, high-heeled white boots and elbow-high white gloves that fold up at the top exposing a blue lining.
On top of her head Adeline wears her iconic French blue beret.
Adeline's good eye once she sees Bruce, starts to shine, as if she were a predator who has found her favorite prey or a follower who meets her idol.
"Brother!" Adeline shouts, with enormous happiness, leaping forward like a cheetah, with her arms wide open.
Detective Occult has a thousand tricks at his disposal to dodge such a frontal move, but he decides that it is better not to do so for two reasons.
Number one, Bruce is used to much worse antics from his roommates (Altera, Nero Claudius, Tamamo-no-Mae, Astolfo etc) and his acquaintances (Lilith Asami, Olga Marie Animusphere, Mai Natsume etc).
Due number, Bruce is aware that trying to dodge his sister's affectionate attack will only spur her to show her affection in more direct and bold ways.
As has been the case for years, Bruce finds himself with his back pressed against the ground and Adeline above him hugging him.
Honestly, this is the most innocent and least awkward way Adeline greets a person. What you do to your friends may be considered ... inappropriate in a public space.
"Do you have to say hello to me by jumping on me?" Bruce questions in a monotone voice.
Detective Occult would have preferred a simple hug or handshake, physical affection is not something he particularly enjoys, well except for a few exceptions and in specific circumstances.
Adeline stops hugging, now sitting on Bruce's stomach in a position easily misinterpreted.
"Yes, it's mandatory, we have to recover long years of lost affection since we were separated." Adeline said, placing her hands on Bruce's chest, directly above her sternum.
"You know in moments like that I would have preferred to have a twin sister than a twin brother." Adeline comments with a wicked smile, running her hands over Bruce's flat chest.
"But don't misunderstand, brother, I appreciate your extremely effeminate and delicate boy aesthetic." Adeline adds, not wanting to insult her brother's androgynous/feminine appearance.
If anyone wonders what Adeline's sexual orientation is, the answer is Pansexual.
"You should improve your self-control of your impulses." Bruce said in a stoic and cold voice, having no problem with her open and flirtatious sister attitude.
"Brother, as you well know, thanks to our maternal grandmother, the two of us inherited Incubus blood.
This makes me 1/8 succubus, my inclinations are perfectly normal, in fact they are moderate compared to a pure succubus." The woman with one sapphire eye said, considering herself a modest girl within demonic standards.
"I don't have those kinds of impulses." Bruce said having none of the compulsions of a person with sex demon blood in their veins.
"That's because you're weird and abnormal, probably half of your bizarre nature comes from when you got hit by Camila's car which crushed your skull." Adeline said, truly believing that her brother is acting the way he is (in part) because of a near-fatal blow to the head.
"Moreover, your problem is not lust towards women and men, but anger." Adeline declares, aware that her brother has a different type of impulses to tame.
Adeline leans forward, placing her lips near Bruce's left ear.
"Brother, you can be honest with me. Death, blood, destruction, fire, calamities are your drug.
You want a worthy adversary to push you over the edge, you crave an enemy army to crush single-handedly.
This desire of yours also manifests itself in your choice of women, you want warrior women capable of killing a dragon on their own and witches capable of uprooting fortresses." Adeline said with a voice as sweet as honey.
Adeline is telling the truth, with few exceptions, Bruce has shown interest, only in women with a high physical, magical or intellectual level.
Each capable of at least destroying an apartment building in less than an hour.
"You are worse than me, but you hide it under stoicism and nightmarish self-control, but when you break free, nothing and no one survives your storm of destruction." Adeline said with a mischievous smile, whispering these words into Bruce's ear.
"Better crazy than deviant." Bruce declares without hesitation, considering his destructive impulses less problematic than Adeline's sexual impulses.
"My inclinations towards dangerous or extremely gifted women are not the result of my subconscious impulses coming from the inhuman blood.
No, they are the result of exposure to the charms of Scáthach, the strongest warrior witch in ancient history.
You cannot be defeated and pierced by her spear without feeling attraction towards her, not even her wisdom is to be ignored." Bruce said with an expression of... puppy in love with some masochistic streaks.
"Brother you are a... complicated man." Adeline said, starting to change her mind about her brother's tastes in women.
"However, this takes away your right to paint me as a serial abuser.
I only show this side of me to people I love with all my heart." Adeline said with a sweet smile, punching Bruce lightly in the chest, aiming for one of his hearts.
'It means that me, Patty, Miyu, Marcy and maybe Anne are the only people lucky or unlucky enough to receive Adeline's unbridled affection.' Bruce thinks, grabbing Adeline's hands, having had enough of Adeline's loving touch.
" Most of all I have to say hello to you like this when we haven't seen each other for so long." Adeline said in a melodramatic voice, freeing herself from Bruce's grip.
"We have been sending each other enchanting letters every single week for over half a decade." Bruce comments, having made sure to keep in touch with his twin sister as much as possible, despite living on opposite sides of America.
"It's not the same as seeing and hearing you with my own eyes and ears." Adeline said, acting as if they hadn't seen each other in years.
"We saw each other through the haunted mirrors last night." Bruce comments, not understanding Adeline's need to treat their every reunion like a scene from a soap opera.
"It's not the same as doing it in person, not through Mystic Code Ancients or spells.
It's been forever since our last face-to-face visit." Adeline said, hugging Bruce again and placing his head against her brother's chest.
"Last month we traveled together to Italy, there and back." Bruce declares, having an answer for every dramatic speech Adeline makes.
" I admit that it was nice to share the private plane and the train ride from Florence to Rome.
But in the end we separated, you remained in Rome to help Giulia Von Spada find Leonardo Da Vinci's hidden projects.
While I had to go to Fortuna Island and investigate the Order of the Sword." Adeline said in a melancholy voice, finding it unpleasant that the two of them can't share their adventures more often.
"You know you still haven't told me in detail what exactly happened on that island." Bruce asks with a slightly curious tone.
Detective Occult has only a vague idea of what happened on that isolated island, surely he could discover all the secrets if he visited the island, but he doesn't have the time or desire to do so.
"I'll tell you all about it over dinner, it's a particularly interesting story and there are some twists." Adeline said with a smile, having covered this story for the occasion at their annual reunion.
"Does this mean you won't be on top of me for the next 336 hours?" Bruce comments, not knowing if Adeline will stop sitting on him and do something else.
Bruce's idea isn't that ridiculous, he and she were once stuck in an ancient crypt for seventy-two, chatting with each other and waiting for the time to get out.
"If Mar-Mar were there too, I might think about it, but without her there would be no point." Adeline said, standing up and adjusting her dress and chapeau (French cap).
Bruce using his cane gets up without any problems.
As soon as they are both on their feet, Adeline grips onto Bruce's arm tightly.
"You're a clingy, pushy woman." Comments Bruce, accustomed to this behavior for a long time, coming from Adeline and other women in her life and some men.
"You're a Kuutsundere who doesn't admit to liking younger girls who are clingy." Adeline said with an amused smile, knowing full well what lies behind her stoic brother's face.
"Our age difference can be counted in minutes." Reply Bruce, as if he wanted to change the subject.
"But the facts don't change. I'm younger than you and you like the feeling, even if you don't admit it." Adeline said with a mischievous smile, wanting to break her mask of sibling stoicism.
"I don't know why. Maybe because you are my biological sister, but sometimes you are the most unbearable of all the pseudo-sisters." Bruce said in a slightly annoyed voice.
"Foster sisters, assistants and female apprentices cannot compare to our blood bond." Adeline said in an arrogant and smug tone considering herself Bruce's best sister.
"Will you show me the inside of your residence or will you show me your garden or swimming pool?" Bruce asks, curious to see the changes Adeline has made to this luxurious property.
The sapphire-eyed woman puts a finger to her lips, thinking about what she wants to do.
'My garden has some rare flowers from the demonic world, I could convince my brother to take a portrait of me with those flowers surrounding me.
But the light isn't good and I don't think he's in the mood to be an artist.' Adeline thinks, leaving the outdoor art project with the flowers aside for later.
'I have a new bathing suit, I was saving it for Marcy's next private visit, but I can use it on this occasion.
But it would be risky, water is one of my brother's favorite elements, if he gets angry I could end up becoming a drowned or frozen woman.' Adeline thinks, deciding not to bring her brother into her pool until she is in a good mood.
Seeing that there was only one viable option left, it was easy to make a decision.
"Brother, I'm going to take you inside the house, I want to show you how I decorated the place, I added so many trophies and souvenirs from my adventures this year." Adeline said dragging her brother inside her luxurious villa.
Once inside, the front doors closed on their own.
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The entirety of Adeline's home at the basic level looks like something out of a magazine focusing on luxury homes for wealthy people.
The whole place is filled with furniture imported from Europe, decorations of crystal and other precious gems, latest generation appliances etc.
The corridors are extremely clean and tidy as if an army of maids were working around the clock.
But luxury and wealth cannot hide the fact that Adeline Jones, an abnormal woman who practices magic and hunts demons, lives here.
The entire house was redecorated and changed to Adeline's unique tastes.
The walls were painted a beautiful celestial blue, with golden engravings in the form of magic circles and occult symbols, as if a mad artist participated in the painting work.
The floor is covered with white marble tiles decorated with seals of various types and levels, the most dangerous are hidden by a thin and long red carpet present in the corridors.
The owner of the house loves to walk the red carpet under the spotlight and without the spotlight.
The windows below completely covered with white curtains made from pure silk and designed to resemble spider webs.
If anyone is wondering, spiders are Adeline's favorite animals.
One thing that is impossible to miss is the huge number of paintings in each room.
Paintings come in all shapes and sizes, but they have two things in common.
One, all the paintings have a white frame that is encrusted with diamonds.
Two, every single painting depicts a monstrous creature of demonic or paranormal origin.
On a minor note, about a 1/3 of these images show female demons.
Adeline still glued to her brother's arm, is showing off her gorgeous home that looks like the Los Angeles equivalent of a rich female Hollywood star's haunted/cursed house.
"Didn't you bring your little monsters?" Adeline asks, stopping for a moment to talk about the mystical properties of this luxury residence.
""No, I left my little monsters at home with Mash. This means that for these thirteen days 90% of my attention will be dedicated to you." Bruce said in a stoic voice, preferring to have no distractions nearby so he can focus on Adeline.
"Too bad. If the little monsters were here, I could have made myself look like the sexy, famous, rich aunt." Adeline comments, slightly disappointed that her little monster brothers aren't in town.
" If we're talking about adorable, miniature creatures.
Can you tell me where your fangirl dressed as a maid is?" Bruce said, surprised not to see a 13 year old girl with big blue eyes and long wavy blonde hair nearby.
"Patty is at school now, probably after real school to visit me. She has become quite a common sight in my office and in this house." Adeline said, in a loving voice, caring a lot about her fangirl.
If Patty's mother hadn't come back into her life, Patty Lowell would probably be known as Patty Jones nowadays.
"You're a thoughtful person when you can hold back your quirks." Bruce comments, affectionately stroking Adeline's head, appreciating this more human and maternal side of her sister.
"Brother, what do you think of my house?" Adeline asks, wanting to know her brother's honest opinion.
Bruce is silent for a moment and thinks about everything he saw as if they were clues at a crime scene.
"On the outside, it looks like an ordinary house for rich Hollywood divas, but inside this place added to the style, I would have some torches, but all in all it's a nice house." Bruce said, moving his gaze to a painting showing some kind of Ice Arachne Queen.
"Here you can find the wonders of the sun and the night." Bruce said, appreciating that there is a perfect balance of modernity and occult in Adeline's home.
Adeline's smile gets bigger and bigger.
"Thank you, brother, there are few people who appreciate my style or artistic preferences." Adeline said, in a loving voice.
Surely most people would not want to enter a house with paintings of demons on the walls or think of living in one.
Bruce looks carefully at the painting next to him, moving his bangs, revealing an orange gem that is in place of his left eye.
When Bruce was almost 16 years old, he fought against a worthy opponent, Gemini, which caused him serious injuries, his left eye was a complete and irrecoverable loss.
On a minor note, Adeline also lost her right eye a few months later, starting to follow her brother's crystal eye fashion, albeit its smaller and lower quality collection.
But this allowed Bruce to use False Mystic Eye, an empty eye socket that can be filled with any type of Mystic Eye.
Only Bruce is the one who actively seeks out rare Mystic Eyes to obtain through good or bad means.
"I must admit that your technique for trapping creatures inside the paintings is impeccable, it completely hides the signature and power of the trapped creature.
If I didn't have a False Mystic Eye that specializes in sensory clairvoyance, I wouldn't know that paint demons are the real deal." Bruce said, adjusting his bangs to hide his crystal eye.
"Trapping my prey on the canvas is the only way I can make a portrait.
Despite my many talents, painting is one of the few things I can't do well." Adeline said with a blush of embarrassment.
Adeline Jones in her civilian identity is a woman famous as a model, singer, musician and actress, however she is terrible at drawing and painting, especially when it comes to portraits.
"My lack of talent for pencil and brush isn't such a big deal compared to your complete lack of talent for gardening and healing magic." Adeline said with a mischievous smile, mentioning her brother's shortcomings.
"It's not that manly, they've gotten better over the years." Bruce said in a stoic and cold voice, keeping his face unreadable.
"Now, plants, instead of dying in your presence, become cursed plants that attack people." Adeline said, vividly remembering how she once got bitten by a giant fire-breathing chili pepper.
Bruce remains silent, but the air around him grows colder.
"When you heal someone instead of nothing happening, it causes a worsening of their entire health.
Your attempt to heal an arm will end in an amputation to save the patient's life." Adeline said, aware of Bruce's complete denial in the practical art of magical healing.
The floor beneath Bruce has begun to be covered in a thin layer of ice, even the walls and ceiling show freezing effects.
Adeline stopped clinging to her brother, not wanting to become an ice woman and be left to thaw out in the sun in the garden.
" Back to the house tour. I built a dungeon with everything you need, a throne chamber, a training ground, a laboratory and other niceties." Adeline said with a forced smile, knowing that she had overdone it and that her brother might bring a little ice age into her house.
'At least I'm a lucky woman that when my brother gets angry he unconsciously uses ice, if he used lightning or fire I would have serious problems.' Adeline thinks, trying not to imagine what might happen to her home if her brother releases large amounts of lightning or a firestorm.
'The worst would be if he used storm or his mud, those two elements are real disasters that are difficult to fix.'
"I'm not interested in the dungeon." Bruce comments in a cold tone as the temperatures drop further.
'Wonderful, now I can skate inside the house and host a penguin.' Adeline thinks, starting to shiver a little because of the cold.
"Onii-Chan, do you want to see my library?" Adeline asks in a sweet, childish voice, making big puppy eyes.
By using the Japanese word for brother and a more childish attitude, Adeline hopes to put out the fire of anger and light the fire of the protective and potentially siscon older brother.
'I'm not dressed like an idol or an animal girl, but I'm sure it should work.
Especially when I want to take him to the library, my brother loves books to the point of spending millions on a rare specimen or stealing a book, through his phantom thief alter ego.' Adeline thinks, knowing the most questionable facts of her brother's life.
"Library... well, Adeline, let's go." Bruce replies in a monotone voice as the temperature returns to normal.
«Victory for me!» I have to thank Luz for bribing my brother with nerdy stuff.' Adeline thinks, sure that her trick wouldn't have worked if her brother wasn't a bit of a nerd.
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The library of Adeline's house is a huge, spacious room, with a different style from the rest of the house.
If the rest seems like a perfect combination between the preferences of Enid Sinclair and Wednesday Addams, the library was conceived for a completely different person.
The floor is jet black wood with no mystical inscriptions, a huge Indian carpet with a design of elegant flowers in white and red.
The walls and ceiling are painted a beautiful red like the petals of a rose, but it is difficult to see due to the numerous elegant black wooden shelves from the Victorian era.
On one wall is a white marble fireplace with wood that needs to be lit.
Above the fireplace there are two particular objects of inestimable price.
Number one, a small golden statue resembling a woman wearing a lioness mask holding an hourglass. This figurine is a gift from Adeline's teacher, a certain Eva.
Number two, sitting on a gold sword stand is a long katana in a white sheath, this is Pollux, Adeline's main weapon.
In the center of the room there are two old upholstered solid wood armchairs, facing the fireplace, the one on the left is red, the one on the right is blue.
Between the two there is a small oval table with a tea service on it, that is, a set made up of crockery intended for serving and consuming tea.
The shelves are 50% full, but not with books or other types of documents.
The shelves contain trophies, souvenirs and weapons that Adeline has earned during her adventures, each year the number and diversity increases.
La maggior parte delle armi sono Devil Arms, demonic, variably sentient weapons that are commonly the manifestation of a defeated Demon's soul or power.
The second largest number of objects are composed of hyper-realistic figurines of occult creatures that are kept safely in glass cases.
Finally, among the varied assortment of objects, which vary from authentic tourist souvenirs to cursed artifacts, there are some old books and some files.
As soon as Bruce entered the room, he left Adeline's side, walking to the center of the room.
" This place was built for me, you even left room on the shelves for me to put my things." She states Bruce as a fact, not an unfounded presumption.
"It's pretty obvious, I built this room for you. So when you stay here with me you can feel right at home in Boston." Adeline said, feeling like a lady in the right seat.
The Occult Detective sits in the armchair on the left, making a hand gesture, his staff rises into the air and sits on a lower tier of sword holders.
"I really like it, I appreciate the gesture, next time you come to stay with me, I will give you the best treatment I have." Bruce said with an unperturbed face, but there is an unusual trace of warmth in his voice.
"Brother, I love you too!" Adeline exclaims, jumping out of her chair, going to hug her brother.
As usual Bruce has to be careful with compliments, he speculates on women.
" Adeline, you are my sister, not my lover." Bruce said, "struggling" this time with the sapphire-eyed woman's embrace.
"Brother, I just want to give you affection, don't get into your pants." Adeline said with a mischievous smile, "fighting" with her brother.
After a little push and pull struggle, Adeline sat on Bruce's thighs, who let out a sigh of defeat.
"I won't even say anything about your behavior." Bruce comments, moving his gaze to one of the figurines in Adeline's library.
"These are not models or simple miniature reproductions." Bruce said, not having to use his False Mystic Eye to confirm his theory.
"You guess brother." Adeline exclaims with a smile, happy that her brother noticed this detail.
"All the figurines you see are the real deal. I invented a technique that allows me to transform defeated demons into figurines. It was difficult, but my hard work paid off in the end." Adeline said in a proud voice.
If the brother has a mania for collecting old books and magic of all kinds, then the sister is a more flamboyant collector.
Adeline as if she were a great woman hunter she wants a trophy for every single demonic species she has ever hunted.
He first started small with the horns, claws, bones and fur of his prey, followed by the Devil Arms.
At first Adeline started with the horns, claws, bones and fur of her prey.
Then, as she became more experienced, Adeline began to obtain Devil Arms, forming a magnificent collection.
When Adeline has become a high-level, even legendary, female hunter, I start turning her prey into paintings if they are "common" and into figurines if they are "rare".
Who knows what he will do in the future with the most unique and rare monsters?
"Out of curiosity, why did you do such a thing, were you bored by the paintings?" Bruce questions, raising an eyebrow, slightly curious, as to why Adeline created a second method of containment and preservation of her prey.
"The last time I was in your old office I saw your model collection.
It was nice to see a small army of model military vehicles, ships, planes, mecha, star-ships and Frame Arms Girls up close." Adeline said, remembering how she found one of her brother's hideouts during her last visit.
Sometimes, Adeline in her brother's little hideouts, finds suitcases for kidnapped escapes, secret projects, a small cache of special ammunition or nerdy stuff
"When I came home, I had a desire to have my own collection of a small miniature army, but I didn't want to copy you.
So I decided to turn the most eye-catching and rare ones into figurines." Adeline talks about how the idea for her collection of demon figurines began.
"It's nice to have a pastime, figurines take up less space than paintings and are easier to place wherever you want." Bruce comments having no problems or finding any disadvantages in Adeline's little hobby.
"Onii-Chan, I know we're at the beginning of our bonding period, but can we have our little gift exchange?" She asks Adeline in a childish voice, wanting to find out what she will get herself this year.
"If it happens now or later, nothing changes for me." Bruce said in an indifferent voice, not having Adeline's crazy desire to receive her gift.
"Great, because I got you something special!" Adeline exclaims, suddenly standing up, going to take something from one of her shelves.
Adeline, hiding a small square object behind her back, approaches Bruce.
"Brother, happy reunion anniversary of twins separated by reasons we don't know!" Adeline exclaims, using the entire name of their little made-up party.
Adeline gave Bruce the case of a Japanese video game whose title can be translated as: Occult Academy.
On the case is an anime image of a girl who looks like Adeline, dressed in a cute school uniform, a witch's hat, a cape and a scepter.
In the background there are other cute and attractive characters, strangely, some of these characters give off a feeling of déjà-vu to Bruce.
"He bought me a video game." Bruce said, raising an eyebrow, not expecting something like this from Adeline.
"A Visual Novel, specifically a Dating Sim and an Eroge, but with a great plot and a pretty good combat system." Adeline said with a proud smile, placing her arms on her hips and puffing out her chest.
{Author's Note: This game would be like a Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel), with the combat mechanics and design of Honkai: Star Rail, but the plot happens in an advanced science/magic school}
"I am the world's greatest detective, but I don't want to use my talents to solve this mystery.
So I ask you, why did you buy this game for me?" Bruce questions, not wanting to try to understand his sister's thought processes for many reasons.
" As you know this year I spent six months of my life traveling back and forth between Los Angeles and Tokyo.
I appeared in several Japanese films and magazines, I even did a small tour across the country." Adeline said in an arrogant and smug tone, loving her budding international fame.
"Yes, I know. You've given me a lifetime subscription to all the magazines you appear in regularly." Bruce replies in a tired voice, knowing more about his sister's career than he would like.
Once a month, Bruce's office is filled with magazines whose covers often contain Adeline's image or a news story about her.
"Don't forget that Rise Kujikawa, Japan's famous female star, helped you enter the Japan industry under my request" Bruce said in a monotone voice, reminding Adeline that her success in Japan is not entirely hers.
For this favor, Bruce had to respond to several innocuous requests from Rise Kujikawa, nothing unpleasant, but it took up a good chunk of his morning schedule.
Adeline's arrogant face crumbled, being replaced by an embarrassed expression.
" However, during my time in Japan I worked as a voice actress for this video game.
I did such a good job that they modeled the female lead after me." Adeline said, returning to her arrogant, confident tone.
" This explains why there's your anime version on the cover.
However, it seems only to me, but some characters resemble our mutual acquaintances?" Bruce said, with a suspicious tone, sure that Adeline did more than just be a voice actress.
Bruce holds up the video game wrapper and points to a character on the cover who looks like himself.
" Coincidence." Adeline said, lying without hesitation to her brother.
' Coincidences don't exist. This is one of your ways of messing with me.' Bruce thinks, holding back a sigh, deciding to pretend to believe her sister's words.
Adeline is a woman who can be sweet and loving one moment, then the next second she becomes a mischievous woman who loves to play pranks of all kinds.
Finally, there is her side to be avoided at all costs, the side reminiscent of Morgan Le Fay, an ancestor of the twins.
"Should we play together now or should I play alone when I get back to Boston?" Bruce asks, not knowing if he should play such a game with someone or not.
Detective Occult is a rather busy person, he doesn't have time to be carefree and play video games in the living room.
And when he ends up playing, Dating Sims are the last type of game Bruce wants to try.
His real life has too many women, he doesn't need other women in the virtual world.
"I would love to play Occult Academy with you, I promise not to give spoilers or suggestions.
But before proceeding, you should open the game's wrapper." Adeline said with a smile, having something in mind, whether it's good or bad, it's up to you to discover.
Bruce having high survival skills and knowing Adeline's type of pranks, I don't hesitate to open the game's wrapper.
On the right is the Occult Academy disc, while on the left is a professional photograph of Adeline.
The photograph shows Adeline with a sweet smile, dressed as the female protagonist of the game, in her hands she holds a scepter, at the bottom of the photograph there is an autograph and a dedication, handwritten by Adeline herself.
Such an object would be worth a fortune to one of Adeline's many fans, but to Bruce this photograph is worth very little.
" Adeline, I already have a hundred photographs of you, I don't need another one, I don't even know what to do with them." Bruce said, having far too many photos of his sister both physical and digital.
After these words, Bruce puts the wrapper on the coffee table and takes out the photograph of his sister, thinking of using it as material to light the fireplace.
"Brother, before you ruin my image, turn the photograph over and take a good look at it." Adeline said, gesturing with her hand, she definitely has something prepared.
"If there's an explosion of goo or a seal that traps me in a depraved illusion, I promise you'll have your legs frozen until I complete your little game." Bruce said in a serious voice, willing to pay for Adeline's pranks by partially freezing her body.
'Adeline shows no visible signs of fear, so what she has planned contains no explosions or illusions.' Bruce thinks, before looking at the other side of the photographs.
The image shows Adeline with a mischievous smile, dressed in the clothes of the female protagonist, but the buttons have been opened, the jacket and tie has been removed, the long socks have been pulled down.
In short, it's fanservice photography.
'What is Adeline planning, she knows I'm immune to stuff like that.' Bruce thinks, before noticing a difference between the two photographs.
Adeline (fanservice) instead of holding a stick, is holding a demonic-looking briefcase.
"For my dear twin brother, here is a new suitcase to solve your problems, happy anniversary." Adeline said loudly, clapping her hands.
After these words the little magic in the photograph was activated, the briefcase present in the photograph begins to shine...
Bruce sensing what could happen, with a simple gesture of his hand, turns the photograph and faces it towards Adeline.
BANG !
The briefcase was shot out of the photograph, hurtling straight towards Adeline's head.
A normal person would have been hit in the face earning a nasty bump or concussion, but Adeline is far from normal, very far.
With extreme ease, Adeline manages to grab the briefcase, before it can damage her beautiful face.
"Predictable. It's a surprise variation of the cake-in-your-face prank, but with a demonic suitcase instead of the cream-covered dessert." Bruce mutters, minimally impressed by Adeline's prank.
"This prank didn't work the way I wanted." Adeline said, sounding disappointed.
'Well, there's always the next chance.' Adeline thinks, immediately returning to a good mood, then she walks towards her brother.
"For this year I got you two gifts for the price of one. The newly released video game Occult Academy and the Devil Arms, Pandora.
I wish I could have gotten the virtual reality MMORPG Infinite Dendrogram too, but I couldn't get it in time." Adeline said, stopping in front of her brother and handing him the demonic briefcase.
Pandora resembles a gray briefcase with many detailed cracks on it, for example, the first set of cracks is basically a yellow circuit board and the second is a pattern of cracks that looks like a vein.
In the center of these cracks is a silver circle enclosing a skull with three eyes and fangs.
"Pandora is a demonic weapon capable of 666 calamitous forms. It portends misery and disaster for countless enemies." Adeline said, giving a little presentation of her magical gift.
Bruce standing up takes the briefcase, as soon as he touches it his body feels a certain sensation coming from the briefcase.
"Brother, Pandora seems to like being handled by you." Adeline comments with a big smile, acting as if she sees her brother playing with an adorable kitten.
Bruce ignoring Adeline, made a small gesture with his hand, all the furniture and Adeline herself were pushed towards the walls, creating a small space between Bruce and them.
In his mind, Bruce receives instructions from Pandora on how she can be handled.
"I will enjoy using you in battle, that's a little, but for sure." Bruce murmurs with a too sweet and beautiful smile on his lips.
At the sight of Bruce's very rare smile, Adeline's heart almost melted.
'I was very happy to choose Pandora as a gift for my brother, it matches the style of the Daedalus Cube perfectly.' Thinks Adeline, delighted and proud in her ability to find the perfect gift.
"The Game Is On." Bruce declares, raising Pandora into the air, focusing her magical energy within her, activating her power.
"PF013: Epidemic." Bruce said, starting Pandora's first transformation.
Epidemic is an over-and-under, double barrel bow-rocket launcher with frill-like panels coming out from the sides. The skull emblem is inbeween the two barrels with a golden gear around it.
"PF124: Hatred." Bruce said, proceeding to the second form of the Devil Arms.
Hatred is a triple barrel, over-the-shoulder rocket launcher. The barrels are placed in a triangle formation. The rocket launcher itself has three sections.
The front has the front of the barrels and three sections that jut out perpendicularly to form a "Y" shape.
The middle section has a handle similar to its briefcase handle near the back of the section and a handle that stick out to the side near the front.
The back section looks like a handgun hammer.
"PF398: Revenge." Bruce said, activating Pandora's fourth form.
Revenge is a large, steampunk-designed laser cannon the size of Dante. It has a round, silver core with armor black plating on the top and bottom. It has curved fin on top and a large gold gear on the bottom. There are black cylinders on either side. It has motorcycle-esque handles on the shooters side. Revenge is perpetually pulling in energy and emits a narrow ray of light that acts as a laser target.
"PF262: Jealousy." Bruce continued to proceed to the next form.
Jealousy is a six-barreled gatling gun. It looks like the briefcase split open into four sections, allowing the barrels to exit. The skull emblem juts out, revealing a bandolier.
"PF594: Argument." Bruce has activated a rather large form of Pandora, which takes up a lot of space in the chamber.
Argument is a vehicle-like form that hovers with thrusters on the back and rocket barrels all around the seated pilot.
"PF422: Grief." Bruce concludes, transforming the briefcase into one worthy of a manga focused on ninjas.
Grief is a tri-blade shuriken with spade tips. The blades are connected by a large, gold gear that is sandwiched between the black rectangular armor plates. There are handles on the end of the black plates on the underside of Grief. Connecting all these portions is a large, silver cylinder with the skull emblem on it.
"You have managed to unlock 6 shapes, you still need 660 to complete the entire list." Adeline said, impressed that her brother could start six forms of Pandora on the first try, while she barely managed to get three forms in a month.
Reverting Pandora to its normal form, Bruce reaches out and conjures up some sort of archaic object that looks like a 3D metal nine-pointed star.
" Adeline, here's your gift." Bruce said in a monotone voice, floating the object directly into her sister's hands.
The woman with the sapphire eye lifts the mysterious object and looks at it with a confused expression, unable to identify it.
"It is a puzzle box of my own creation, it can be used to imprison a spiritual entity or keep a very precious object safe." Bruce said, sensing that her sister can't understand what she has on her hands.
Adeline doesn't seem thrilled to be on the receiving end of a glorified demon trap, after all, she already does this as a pastime.
Bruce's rule is not good, it's like giving the fishmonger a fish.
"At the moment, inside there is a potion that dissolves clothes without harming the target's skin and a recipe for a useful potion." Bruce said with a neutral expression, delivering a vital piece of information.
Adeline's body tenses, her grip around the box, a wicked and perverse smile appeared on Adeline's mouth.
"Brother, this is one of the best gifts of my life." Adeline said, hugging the puzzle box tightly.
"I absolutely must do something to repay for such a gift." Adeline said with a slightly red face, seeming to lose her grip on reality slightly.
" Adeline, I have a weapon with 660 unexplored forms, don't let me discover them and use them on you." Bruce said in a warning tone, holding Pandora pointed at her.
Miraculously, Adeline calmed down and placed the gift she had just received on one of her shelves.
"You put me in a bad position brother, I gave you two gifts for the price of one, while you gave me three gifts for the price of one. We're not even." Adeline said, walking towards a shelf that contains some of the books in her library.
Adeline picked up a book and a couple of thick files and handed them to her brother.
"This is the research of Agnus, the mad scientist of the Order of the Sword, this is what I was able to recover from the ruins of the laboratory." Adeline said, handing over all the recovered material to her brother.
"Why would you need such data?" Bruce questions, raising an eyebrow as they use his Telekinesis to hold the research material in the air and quickly flip through it.
"Haven't you already invented your own method of transforming mere humans into something more magical and inhuman." Bruce said, sure that Adeline doesn't need information on how to turn humans into demons, because she can already do something like that.
"True, I don't need this material, Nico doesn't need it either, she doesn't want to have anything to do with her father." Adeline said, admitting she didn't need Agnus' research.
"I took this research material, because I thought you might like to have it. Several times in our letters, you mentioned that you are researching metamorphosis.
I wanted to give it to you for your next birthday, but with your three gifts for the price of one, I had to give it to you first to even the score." Adeline explains, hoping she's made a good move.
Bruce leaves using Telekinesis and places the research material and the demonic briefcase on the small table in the room.
Then, Detective Occult approaches his sister, standing in front of her.
"Sister..." Bruce said, placing his hands on Adeline's shoulders.
"Thank you very much, this data will come in handy." Bruce said with a smile and a loving tone, before placing a chaste kiss on Adeline's cheek.
The 1/8 female succubus widens her eyes as if she can't believe her eyes and the feeling of heat on her cheek.
Adeline almost loses consciousness, does not faint, but can no longer stand.
The woman with the sapphire eye falls, fortunately, Bruce with a movement of his hand, pulls the blue armchair towards Adeline so that she can land on something soft.
'Two smiles and a kiss on the cheek on the same day, that means hell or a miracle will happen tomorrow.' Adeline thinks, not believing how much affection she received from her brother today.
"Unfortunately you will have to wait a few years to see the first fruits of my research again, perhaps a decade or two to see the results at satisfactory levels." Bruce said, sure that the gift he just received will be useful in his search.
"Is there any project this complex that could take this long to complete?" Adeline asks, still shaken by her brother's actions.
"At the moment, I am busy with the construction of a moon base, I want to investigate Moon Cell closely.
Maybe I can find a way to increase the properties of the Daedalus Cube and discover a way to summon Servants from other dimensions." Bruce said, giving a brief summary of his current main project.
"Onii-Sama has only big and complicated plans on his agenda." Adeline said, not at all surprised that her brother wants to "conquer" the moon.
"Don't you also have your own goals to achieve?" Bruce questions, wanting to know what his sister wants to do.
"Actually, brother, could you help me with one of my sensitive projects?" Adeline asks with a red face, starting to play with her fingers.
"It depends on what it's about." Bruce said, keeping his guard up, not knowing what to expect from Adeline in this state.
"I'm tired of being Marcy's first girlfriend, I want to marry Marcy, I want to be Adeline Wu or Mrs. Jones-Wu!" Adeline exclaims loudly, expounding on her next big plan: Marriage.
"But to do that I need a ring and a unique gemstone like that, which I can't get on my own without help." Adeline said, unable to give her future wife a ring with an ordinary stone.
"Brother, could you help me kill the current Ruler of the Demon World, so I can rip out his heart and use it to create a crimson stone that would put any Philosopher's Stone to shame." Adeline asks a big favor from her brother.
"To bring you to the altar and see you married I will do anything, even bring hell to the throne room of the Demon King." Bruce said in a serious voice.
"You could also donate sperm to Marcy's uterus, after the honeymoon I want a child conceived by the union of my favorite woman in the world and my favorite man in the world." Adeline said, not missing the opportunity to make a second outrageous request.
"First we kill a Demon King, then we find a seed bank." Bruce concludes, walking out of the library, off to plan his twin sister's wedding and an assault on a Demon King's castle.
Ladies and gentlemen, here are the wonders (madness) that happen on November 11th.
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