Chapter 72: Ei, the perfect maid.
"Let me get this straight... My mother is under an illusion, thinking she's the CEO of a large entertainment corporation?" Vergil questioned, looking at Katharina.
"Well, it's not exactly an illusion... She really is the CEO of a Cinematic Entertainment company whose copyright could be broken if I mention her full name," Katharina said, completely nonchalant as she continued sipping her milkshake.
"Wait... so she really is a CEO. But... who put her in that position?" Vergil asked, and well...
"Me? I mean, didn't you think it was strange that we're demons and my house costs over two million U.S. dollars? I mean, think, Vergil, think!" she said excitedly.
"Oh crap... don't tell me—" Vergil started, but soon...
"Well, you know... when your grandparents say video games are the devil's work, or when we're accused of things you probably never thought were true? Well... even candy is from the devil... literally," Roxanne said, shrugging.
"Humans are very limited... In fact, currently more than half of the world is run by mega food or entertainment corporations... governed by humans and demons working together most of the time," Roxanne continued while calmly licking her ice cream.
"Okay, this is too much for me." Vergil said, taking a sip of his milkshake. "And how does my mother fit into all this?" he asked.
"Well, your mother actually has a strong CEO presence, and her personality fits the role. And well... I can't leave my mother-in-law unemployed, can I?" Katharina said and continued, "We did a test with her, as the company's spokesperson, but she was way too good to be just that, so we promoted her. Your mother is really competent, you know?"
"Okay, so demons basically run the world... So what does the guy upstairs do?" Vergil asked, genuinely curious.
C'mon, this world is currently run by demons, but there are other races too! How do demons dominate along with humans?
"Oh, you mean the Heavenly Father?" Ada asked, and Vergil nodded. "Well, he's a reserved guy. Actually, no demon, fallen angel, or king has really seen the Heavenly Father.
At least we know his appearance based on the archangels, but it seems he only controls religious matters and balances the forces of the world," Ada concluded while sipping a red drink that looked like blood but was actually strawberry juice.
"And you reached that conclusion..." Vergil murmured.
"Oh, it's just that there are a lot of rumors that Gabriel and Uriel love shopping at some stores in Times Square. Even angels have their needs, after all, they're derived from humans," Ada said with a shrug, and Vergil could only look at her in disbelief at what she had just said...
"Ah~ Why do I even try to understand... it's better if I just accept it, isn't it?" Vergil asked, and the three women smiled.
"Okay... but I still want to understand why she's here," Katharina said, pointing her finger at Viviane, who was calmly carrying the shopping bags for the three women without complaint.
"Huh?" Viviane turned to Katharina. "What part did you not understand about me being Lord Vergil's personal servant, Miss Agares?" Viviane asked, looking at Katharina without understanding the commotion.
"I'm not going to steal your husband; I'm not even interested in men right now. Oh, don't take it the wrong way, it's just that I don't want to be tricked by another man, so I prefer not to get involved with anyone. Just being a spiritual sorceress is good enough for me." She explained as she continued walking calmly and without a care, especially since Sapphire had disappeared.
Vergil looked into Katharina's darkened eyes, and he could feel the possessiveness emanating from her like demonic energy, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Fufufu, calm down, my beautiful wife," Vergil said as he touched her head, gently caressing it, making her almost purr like a happy kitten.
"Let's go home, yes?" he asked, and they all agreed. But before he could finish his thoughts...
'Ah~ it was only a matter of time...' Vergil thought, sensing an aura approaching them. He looked at the women, and they all flinched slightly before a woman emerged from the shadows in front of him, right in the middle of the street they were walking down.
She specifically looked at Ada... "It's good to see you're well, Lady Ada," she said, bowing slightly.
The woman was anything but ordinary.
She was around 1.66 meters tall, her skin was pale, almost like pure jade, and her hair was a purplish-blue, styled into a long braid with bangs just above her eyes.
Her outfit consisted of a purple kimono resembling a yukata, secured by an obi around her waist. The kimono turned into a miniskirt below her waist, with long purple stockings covering her legs and thighs, while black sleeves extended all the way to her fingers.
On the right side of her head were several violet and blue flowers with a fan above her ear, while additional flowers and a garter were tied to her left leg and thigh, respectively.
'She's wearing quite a... provocative outfit...' Vergil thought, looking at the woman. Ada stepped back when her gaze fell upon her.
"Ei," Ada said, referring to the most loyal subordinate of her mother. Ei, the most powerful elite maid of the Baal Clan.
"What are you doing here?" Ada said, her fists clenched and her jaw tightening... If she didn't know that Ei could kill her with a single blow, she would have already attacked, but now... she couldn't... Not with everything at stake...
"Oh yes, the order. I just came to inform you that your mother is coming to the human world to meet you personally," Ei said, looking at the man in front of her, who didn't even flinch when he felt her presence. He just looked at her without fear while his hostility leaked out in the form of demonic energy...
'Flow of demonic energy creation higher than the Agares heir... speed of demonic energy processing greater than the Sitri heir... and emotional control surpassing that of Lady Baal...' Ei thought, analyzing Vergil up close.
'He is the person with the greatest potential I've ever seen in my life…' Ei's mind calculated all the possibilities this man could bring to the future of the Clan. The Queen's order to send her first made more and more sense.
'Sapphire... that's it... Yes, it makes no sense for anyone else but her to train such potential...' She thought, knowing how Vergil was six months ago, and now... he was almost a different person.
"Send my mother back home," Ada said, continuing. "I'm not marrying someone I don't even know, and even if I did know them, I still wouldn't marry. I've already chosen my husband." She said, gripping Vergil's arm tightly, intertwining them. "My husband is Vergil, and that's final." She looked at Ei with a truly defiant gaze.
"I think you're mistaken, Lady Ada," Ei said, looking at her. "Again, I only came to announce Queen Baal's arrival. I didn't come to take you or anything like that; I'm just delivering the message she asked of me. I'll leave, and even if I inform her of your message, let's be realistic, she doesn't care." Ei said coldly.
"But I'll still be happy to fulfill my role as the perfect maid, as you wish, Princess." She bowed.
Vergil saw that she was about to leave, but... he felt something... "It's rude to record someone without their consent." Vergil said, and Ei froze for a second.
"Very rude," he said, and a projected slash cut through the air, and something fell... "Oh... what's this?" Vergil smiled as he bent down to pick up an Eye with two Wings.
He stared at the eye, which had large, tired veins, and if compared, it looked like it hadn't slept in thousands of years. Its eyelids blinked at Vergil in fear.
Vergil looked calmly and smiled, seeing energy dissipate into the air... "Is this what they call a spell?" Vergil questioned the only witch present in the room...
"Yes, My Lord. A basic camouflage spell. They are underestimating Lord Vergil," Viviane said, smiling gently at him.
"Huh? Oh, right... It seems like underestimating me has become a trend with all the beings I encounter, hasn't it, Viviane?" Vergil asked, and his eyes glowed red as he looked at her...
"I-I-in my defense! I didn't know when I sent you to the lake!" She tried to defend herself, but he just smiled. "Of course, of course... I wasn't talking about you, my perfect maid." He said, using his voice to provoke Ei, who narrowed her eyes as if offended.
"Well, it's a familiar, isn't it?" He asked Ei, who continued to glare at him but responded, albeit slightly irritated. "Yes, it's Lady Rapha-"
Slash. Slash. Slash.
"Well, it's not anymore." Vergil said, smiling with the little eye cut into several cubes of flesh, his hands stained with blood, and the slash so abrupt that a little blood flew onto his face.
"Tell her to learn some manners." Vergil said, smiling, while his half-closed eyes increased the terror of his expression...
The five women simply...
'He's insane!!!' They screamed in their minds...