As soon as she got out of her room, Morrigan started going on her merry way towards the castle entrance, ignoring all the while the deathly glares that came from the various bystanders that included several victims of her latest drunken rampage. She had more important things to deal with, namely teasing the hero as he just came back from his adventures. When she arrived at the entrance, there was no sign of the hero Luka, but Mephisto, the magician yoma, was standing there. She was discussing with the Grand Noah Queen and a strange, faceless golem that could only be the Grangold king. The only human woman of the group stared daggers at her, but she had to deal with worse in her lifetime and barely registered it.
Mephisto confirmed her that Luka had, in fact, made a stupid decision that involved a wish for a porno book. Said material was now in possession of Alma Elma, the succubus queen, who had mysteriously gone missing not soon after. They also had chosen to evacuate a badly battered Luka so that he could not be exploited by any monster in his moment of weakness. She could feel everybody's glare as Mephisto uttered those last words.
Deciding that she would not get anything more than everyone' scorn by staying there, she decided to move to the barracks.
She was definitively going to have to do better if she wanted to be well considered into Luka's little army.
-Pocket Castle's barracks-
Sara was currently lashing at a training dummy with her sword. She had too many questions on her mind following the latest events. Between everything that was happening in the world, the latest adventure, Luka deciding to make an impressively dense – even insulting – wish, what happened in the Labyrinth, and the resurgent questions about parental figures, she felt the need to utterly destroy something, anything, to clear her mind. She thought she could at least get information about her father from Morrigan: since the Lilith Sisters were involved in her transformation, she was also more than likely to have a hand in her father's disappearance, or, at least, to know about his fate. But, of course, the legendary succubus was nowhere to be seen this morning. Her attacks became more powerful as her frustration was growing by the second.
After several minutes of destruction, the dummy finally broke apart, splinters flying in several destructions. She looked down at the result, panting with a scowl on her face. Several other warriors had stopped their training to look at the scene of destruction. She wordlessly took a towel to dry herself and sat at an empty table without taking notice of everyone's look. Eventually, every being, monsters, humans, and angels alike went back to training silently.
After a few minutes, the Sabasan princess decided to leave to check the newly acquired equipment. It would definitively help her taker her mind of the current matters, and maybe this time they acquired something that would be useful in the future. On her way, however, she bumped into an untypically apologetic Morrigan.
"Ah, found you! I got a question for you!"
Morrigan looked around for a few seconds before deciding it was the time to be the nicest monster she could be.
"Can I help you with anything, your royalty?"
Sara remained stunned for a second, surprised by the unusual kindness present in the succubus voice. She resumed unsteadily.
"A-actually I wanted to ask if you knew what happened to my father."
"Hiyuuuu…" Morrigan's apparent good mood disappeared in the blink of an eye. "I'm not sure you're going to like that one."
"Please, just tell me the truth, I want to know, even if you killed him. I want to be done with it."
The succubus awkwardly scratched the back of her neck. A part of her just wanted to leave the princess and avoid this conversation, while another one reminded her that helping her would definitely help in bringing herself back into the team's grace. When she looked at the begging face of the princess, she eventually settled on the latter.
"Ah, to hell with it."
"I'm all ears."
"To tell you everything, Astaroth was sent to deal with your father while Lilith was tasked with awakening your monster blood. That way, you would have wrecked Sabasa without anyone or anything holding you back. It was the closest path to real history and the best way to save everyone."
"Did she tell you anything about it?" Sara was lightly tearing up, but Morrigan decided it would be better if she gave her the full details.
"It was better to make it look like an accident, so she summoned a gust of wind to push him down. I'm sorry."
"It matches what we heard happened, but we didn't see his body down there!"
"Even if the fall didn't kill him, the apoptosis and the destruction of the world would."
"Are you sure he died? Did you see him getting killed?
"Well, Astaroth did say he was dead, and she wouldn't have any reason to…"
Morrigan stopped dead in her track, her doubt appearing clearly on her eyes. She reflexively brought a hand to her head.
"Heya sis, I got a question from the princess of Sabasa for you… What do you mean right on time? Okay, perfect, after having pushed the king down, did you check if he was dead?"
Sara was looking expectantly at the long distance conversation happening in front of her. She was listening and trying to guess from Morrigan's expression everything the succubus was hearing. The succubus was shaking her head from time to time.
"Yeah, okay, he's dead… yeah, don't repeat it five… six…seven times in a row, I got it after the second." The succubus loudly blew air through her nostrils. "Yeah, yeah, I got it, I got it, you got him despite him struggling. No, I have no reason to doubt you, you're right, what would you do with someone who's that strong and… you know, I'm starting to doubt that you killed him."
Sara looked hopeful for a second.
"So, you did check and he was still wrecking apoptosis? And… You did WHAT? YOU WERE ORDERED TO KILL HIM!"
Sara recoiled as Morrigan suddenly started screaming. The succubus briefly looked at the princess before calming down.
"Yes, it was a good decision and it was close enough, but…Rile him up? Yes, I know you like it when they resist, no, don't go into the details or- I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF HIS SWORD! NO! THE PRINCESS DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW!"
The princess eyes widened as she came to the obvious conclusion. At least, her father was alive and likely very well… Morrigan stared awkwardly into her direction. She didn't expect that. At all.
"They're used to it? What do you mean? Yes, I know Lilith transformed her. The second royal couple? What's the link? She was a tight-ass Ilias virgin, and then… WHAT?! AND THEN LILITH DID THAT?! NO! I WON'T ASK HER! NO ! SARA DOESN'T WANT THE KINKY DETAILS EITHER! THANK YOU FOR ALL AND HAVE YOUR FUN!"
Sara was looking absolutely mortified. Morrigan chuckled half heartedly.
"So, hehe…"
"Did you ever wonder why, when your blood awakened, you turned you in a purple haired succubus?"
