After dealing with the frozen scenery, Kisuke went towards Serafall who was still pouting, "Now now, Sera-chan. You don't have to be that angry."
"I'm not angry... It's just that I'm disappointed that I wasn't there when So-tan became honest with herself! I already knew that it'd come to this, but I just didn't expect it'd be this soon," replied Serafall as she sighed.
She then faced Kisuke with a serious expression, "However, that doesn't mean I don't have any expectations for her partner! For starters, he should be at least stronger than Sirzechs-chan!"
Kisuke smiled wryly and scratched his cheek as he recalled the day he went to the Underworld and felt the immense Demonic Power and destructive properties of Sirzechs Power of Destruction before he faced Hades, "Such a high requirement, aren't you afraid that your sister will be forever single?"
Although he had a few ways to deal with it, only those who are nigh indestructible would be able to face it head-on.
Serafall glared at him and asked, "Are you saying you can't do it?" Serafall already heard from Azazel and Sirzechs of what he had done to Hades, and could safely assume that he's at least at the Satan level.
Kisuke chuckled at that and replied, "I'll work hard on it~." He then sat down beside her and said, "Although Sona-chan is indeed important, that isn't the only reason you're here right?"
Serafall pouted yet again, "And I'm supposed to have worked for foreign affairs of the Underworld... How can you read me so easily?"
"You always drop your guard around me and your expression slackens," answered Kisuke as if it's a matter of fact.
Serafall was startled at his words and did a quick self-evaluation. Realizing that she indeed has been putting her guard down around him too much, she questioned why this was, but she couldn't find the answer. However, there's an even more pressing matter so she set this aside for now, "Whatever. There's someone who wanted to meet you that came into contact with me in secret. No one else even knew about this aside from me."
Kisuke furrowed his brows and tried to think of people who wanted to meet him in secret. It was then narrowed to one person, but Kisuke still asked Serafall for confirmation, "Who is it?"
"I don't know why someone from the faction that wanted to capture you the most would want to contact you in secret... It's Athena," answered Serafall.
"So it's really her..." murmured Kisuke.
It was Serafall's turn to furrow her brows, "What's your relationship with her?"
"Well, I just ran into her and got a hold of her weakness." Kisuke answered vaguely.
Of course, that didn't clear up Serafall's suspicions. But she also didn't delve deeper into it as she can tell that Kisuke didn't want to say more about it, "So are you going to meet her? Since the news of your reappearance has emerged, I'm sure she's already waiting."
"Similarly, Olympus will try to get hold of any information about you and will surely pressure the Alliance to help out. Naturally, they'll only do some basic stuff and won't be pursuing you, so you don't have to worry about it."
"Please help me schedule a meeting with her. As for the location, I'll be preparing it."
Serafall then stood up and said, "Understood. This might also clear up some mysteries on what's going on with the weird atmosphere on Olympus."
When Serafall was about to leave however, Kisuke suddenly stopped her, "Sera-chan, please wait. I still have something I want to talk about. It's regarding Lord Sitri, your father."
"Father? What's wrong with him?"
"It seems that no one else has noticed, but there's something wrong with him."
"W-what?... What do you mean?" Serafall became nervous at Kisuke's words.
"Ah, I'm sorry about my wording, but please don't worry. I just noticed that your father is a bit 'unhealthy' and would want to check on him for a bit. Though not much, I'm a bit of a doctor."
Almost ignoring his words, Serafall suddenly grabbed Kisuke's hands and said, "Let's go to the main house now!"
'Looks like I gave her an unnecessary worry,' Kisuke thought as he stood up from Serafall's pull. He then faced Ophis and said while patting her head, "I won't be long so wait for me. It'll be dangerous for everyone from the Sitri Clan if someone else were to know you went there."
Ophis nodded at him and replied, "I shall wait."
Kisuke smiled and faced Serafall, "Let's go."
Serafall then teleported with Kisuke without any further words.
As soon as they reappeared, Kisuke immediately analyzed his surroundings and noticed two people inside a room which looked like a study. And those people were those who he just met earlier, Dylan Sitri and Cordelia Sitri.
Dylan and Cordelia were just discussing what they'd just watched and were shocked at their sudden appearance. However, instead of questioning them, Dylan immediately blew his top off after he saw Serafall holding Kisuke's hand, "You bastard! I haven't even approved of your relationship with Sona and yet here you are making a move on my first daughter! Do you still want to live, brat!?"
"Ah?" Serafall was startled at her angry father when she recalled that she was still holding Kisuke's hand and how it looked in front of her parents. Immediately taking back her hand, Serafall chuckled embarrassedly, "Ah, dad, you got it wrong. I'm just urging him to come with me!"
Cordelia also tried to calm Dylan but Serafall's action didn't miss her, 'Since when did this child act embarrassed?'
After a few minutes of consoling from both his daughter and wife, Dylan was able to finally calm down and faced Kisuke after he sat down on his seat behind the desk, "And? What brought you here?"
Finally remembering what they came here for, Serafall suddenly slammed Dylan's desk, "Right! Dad! Are you hiding something from us!? Like some health problems!?"
Cordelia's eyes widened, looked towards Dylan who was now making a difficult face, "Dylan... You..."
Kisuke didn't say anything and just waited for them to sort this out themselves.
While crumpling his face Dylan sighed, "...How did you know? Did the doctors of our institution disclose it to you?"
At these questions, Serafall became even more shocked, "So you do have some health problems... What is it? Why didn't you tell us anything?"
Dylan put both of his elbows on his desk and sighed again, "I didn't want to make all of you worry and I thought someone would be able to come up with a solution before I succumb to it."
Something then flashed inside Cordelia's head and recalled the recent research focus of their institution, "Do you mean that 'sleep disease'?"
"Sleep disease?" Serafall muttered as she recalled the details surrounding it. The 'sleep disease' is the same disease that put Sairaorg's mother into a coma and it's a very rare disease among the Devils that takes away one's consciousness until the body dies. As of now, no cure has been formulated and the cause of this disease is still unknown.
Dylan nodded at his wife's words, "Yes. A few years ago, symptoms of it started manifesting, and just two years ago that we were able to confirm that I'm indeed on the road towards that. That's why I asked our researchers to focus on its study before I lose consciousness. I'm sorry for keeping this from all of you."
Dylan then shook his head and looked towards Serafall, "Though I must say that I'm very disappointed with our researchers. I didn't think that someone in the team would disclose it to you. Mind telling me who did it?"
Still shocked at her father's revelation, Serafall stuttered, "N-no, dad... It wasn't one of them... It's Ki-tan who told me that something is wrong with your health..."
It was Dylan's turn to be surprised and faced Kisuke, "You?"
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Editors:
28th00: I can't remember if we dealt with Misla's condition yet in this story, but Kisuke is about to no-sell it. Soul diseases, I guess it only affects devils because they're more of a Spiritual Being than a Physical Being. Kisuke literally specialises in this specific field. The Soul Health field that is. Just look at Benihime! Phis-chama waits patiently at home, she's a good dragon.
Goyya: They haven't dealt with Misla's condition yet, but it'll be indirect help from Kisuke through the Sitri meds. And for those who might be wondering why Sona's father have this condition, this isn't just for plot convenience but Sona's father fell into coma and she has to return from the frontlines to inherit his position in canon.
Staz Irvine
Taking off his hat, Kisuke reintroduced himself, "It's a pleasure to meet you in person. And Serafall-sama is correct, I'm the one who shed light on this issue to your daughter."
"I see. I'll assume that it's for a good reason, but how were you able to get hold of this information?" asked Dylan with inquisitive eyes. Depending on his answer, it would look like Kisuke was already targeting the Sitri Clan a long time ago by acquiring this piece of sensitive information.
In face of this, Kisuke just calmly smiled, "I know your concerns, Dylan-sama, but please rest assured that I was only able to take note of this earlier."
Dylan's brows rose, "Earlier? Are you trying to say that you noticed something amiss with me just from our short interaction and through a holographic image? You do know that even my family didn't notice anything, right? Yet you claim you were able to see through me just like that?"
"That's correct."
"So I'm supposed to believe that? Might as well say that you have a cure for it," Dylan sneered at him.
Chuckling, Kisuke replied, "Of course not~. I wouldn't have something so convenient~."
Dylan was about to reply but Serafall interrupted him and asked Kisuke, "Ki-tan! Couldn't you do something? Since you noticed it, you might already have an idea of how to resolve this... Please."
"Serafall. You believe him?" asked Dylan.
Serafall stared straight towards her father's eyes and answered, "Yes."
"But..." However, before Dylan could continue, he felt a hand on his right shoulder and looked over it, "Cordelia... Even you?"
"It's a stretch to say that I trust him, however, I trust our daughter." Cordelia then looked towards Kisuke, "Young man, although you already said that you don't have a cure for it, I hope there are some actions that you think we can take?"
Kisuke nodded, "Of course. That's the reason that I'm here. Even though I noticed Dylan-sama's ailment, I don't know much about it. So if you were to allow it, please let me do an in-depth check-up on you. That way, I may be able to find at least something that can suppress the symptoms."
Silence then engulfed the room as Dylan and Kisuke stared at each other. A minute later, Dylan sighed, "Fine... I'll trust my daughter for now. What do you need? We have a complete set of medical equipment within the mansion but we have better ones in our territory's institution."
"I'm sorry but the equipment that I use is a bit special which I made myself so we have to do it in my place."
Startled, Serafall asked, "Your place? But you..."
"It's fine. Either way, I already planned to abandon it for a better location. With that, let me take my leave first as I have to prepare a few things. Serafall-sama will be leading you." Not waiting for anyone, Kisuke teleported away.
Dylan turned to Serafall and asked, "His place?"
"It's a bit of a special place, but for now, let's prepare to leave," answered Serafall.
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Half an hour later, Serafall, Dylan and Cordelia arrived in the middle of the underground wasteland and the one who welcomed them was the Dragon God, "...This way." Ophis then turned towards a certain direction and started walking.
Dylan's mouth twitched at their reception, "T-this is..."
"Let's go, dad, mom," urged Serafall as she followed Ophis.
Dylan and Cordelia looked at each other and decided not to say anything and follow.
Some time later, they reached Kisuke's 'clinic' and entered. Waiting for them inside was Kisuke, not in his shihakusho but instead a traditional white lab coat, "Welcome~. Dylan-sama please change into this. You may use that room."
Dylan nodded at him and took the white robe that Kisuke passed him and went towards the room he pointed. Kisuke then turned towards the girls and pointed towards a table with some sweets and warm tea, where Ophis was already helping herself, "Please wait over there. It may take half an hour to examine everything."
"I'll be leaving my husband to you," Cordelia then smiled, "And if you can find a solution, then I'll automatically approve of your relationship with my daughter~. So do your best."
Kisuke grinned and replied, "I guess I have to put in some effort~." He then turned towards the room where Dylan went and before he entered the room, he declared, "I'll do my best~."
Cordelia suddenly turned to Serafall when Kisuke went away, "What about you? Isn't it about time you find a man for yourself?"
"I don't need it and neither do I want it!" answered Serafall immediately as she sat down beside Ophis.
Cordelia gave her a look of suspicion and asked, "Hmmm... You are not aiming for him, right?"
Serafall was startled at her mother's words, "W-wha...! No! Ki-tan is a good friend!"
While the mother was poking fun at her daughter, Kisuke started Dylan's examination. But instead of half an hour, it took Kisuke an hour to do everything after getting Dylan's permission to try out some possible cures.
"Whew~... Congratulations, Dylan-sama. It's done." Kisuke used his magic to clear the sweat that had been accumulating on his head.
Dylan stood up and looked at himself. He did some stretching and some exercises and was able to confirm that the symptoms that has been plaguing him had disappeared, "It's really gone? I'm cured?" muttered Dylan as he looked at his hands which his former strength had returned to.
"Yes. This 'sleep disease' that you experienced is when the soul's 'frequency' became out of sync with the body. And to cure it, I had to fix this problem," explained Kisuke.
"Out of sync? Isn't that a homunculus problem? How did you do it when I don't have a homunculus body?... Wait... Could it be..."
"It's as you've guessed. I directly adjusted the imbalance in your soul. Unlike real bodies, homunculus bodies were created 'adjustable' to better suit the soul. However, even though 'frequencies' of the soul are always changing ever so slightly, the artificial couldn't keep at it as well as natural bodies do, so the former would need constant medication depending on their 'cycle' throughout their lives."
"Without that, I had no choice but to adjust the soul directly. Nevertheless, this problem only occurred because the soul's 'frequency' changed too much that the body was having a hard time catching up until it couldn't anymore and the two entities disconnected, hence, leading to losing consciousness until the 'frequencies' were close enough to meet again."
Dylan became silent and thought for a few minutes before facing Kisuke again, "Mind if I take a look at my data?"
Without a word, Kisuke passed him the documents that recorded his state before and after his check-up.
Although he couldn't be considered an expert, he still had a vast amount of medical knowledge compared to ordinary people as he was always in talks with the medical experts in his territory and had to understand the things that were presented to him.
Dylan looked over his data for over ten minutes and sighed, "As expected... There are only a few things that I can understand from this. You really do have a special method of diagnosis."
"However, I can still confirm that I'm cured... At least, physically so I can't safely assume that you indeed found a way to cure this 'incurable' disease that was already present since ancient times. Though I'll have myself examined again by my doctors once I've returned. I hope this doesn't offend you."
Kisuke shook his head, "No. That's a natural step. You don't exactly know what I did and you need to take some precautions in case something out of the ordinary happens."
Dylan sighed, "In any case, if I'm really fully cured, I'd like to apologize to you for this behavior when we meet again. And hopefully, you can part with the cure. I'm willing to pay a large price."
"Hmm..." Kisuke stroked his chin and went towards one of the terminals, "I'd like you to receive it now as I don't know when we'll meet again. Naturally, I don't know if your 'sleep disease' is the same as the 'sleep disease' that has been plaguing others, but I could give you a diagnostic method for it along with the blueprints of the special equipment that you'll be needing."
"Of course, this 'cure' may be used for something other than its intended use so I'll also be adding a diagnostic method to figure out whether the soul was intentionally tampered with using this method." Kisuke then took out a USB stick from the terminal and passed it to Dylan, "As for the price, please consider it as a gift and my apology for dragging Sona along with me~."
While smiling, Dylan also glared at Kisuke, "Damn you... You just had to make it difficult for me to accept this."
Chuckling, Kisuke added, "Iya~. Please don't consider this as a bribe but as my good will~."
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Editors:
28th00: Does this count as a dowry for Sona (and Serafall, even if she's in denial)? Phis-chama is playing the part of a good guide, she's even sharing her snack time with others! I'm so proud of her!
Goyya: If they were to ask for a dowry, then they'll regret it. Too much of good is also bad, lol.
Staz Irvine
I'm sorry for posting everything just now!
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I completely forgot about it after posting in my Pat reon and only noticed it when I posted the next batch!
Thank you very much for your understanding~!
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