Bab 42: Chapter 42 My lord
The male continued to fly higher until my whips faded, then dove towards me like a hawk towards a field mouse, two blazing white swords appearing in his outstretched arms as he screamed a warcry.
I drew my sword from its place at my waist and flew up to meet him, easily deflecting his enraged strikes and scoring a gash in his stomach.
The Fallen gasped in pain and tried to create distance between us, but I didn't let him. I fell upon him and blew one of his swords out of his hand with a blast of Wind, deflecting the other away to give myself an opening to impale him.
The Fallen's expression was full of disbelief as he began to cough up blood. He raised his hand and a spark of magic ignited within it.
Before he could complete whatever he was attempting, I tore my blade free of his stomach and cut off his head. His body plummeted lifelessly out of the air.
I turned my attention to the cound form of the female and flew down to land directly in front of her. I flicked the sword she had conjured away with the tip of my own sword, stalking closer towards her.
Immobilized by my chains as she was, all she could do was look on in fear as I approached.
"Impossible." she said, her breaths coming in gasps. "A devil can't–"
I pressed the tip of my blade up against her throat and she immediately quieted, the faintest tremor of fear quivering through her.
Activity picked up around us as several devils emerged from the thoroughly ruined church, Yubelluna among them. My queen, having noticed the display, stepped up beside me.
"What is your intent with this one, my king?" she asked, staring down at the bound Fallen in disgust.
"That depends. Are any of the other Fallen still alive?"
"No. Both the Fallen and the human exorcists with them are dead."
"Then we're keeping her alive." I said. Serafall would likely appreciate someone who could walk her through how to use the Sacred Gear Extractor, as well as someone who knew about Kokabiel's plans, even the likely small amount he told a Fallen no-name like the one bound before me.
"What do you intend to do with her?"
I looked up and saw Sona descending towards me, her queen, Tsubaki at her side.
"I'm going to hand her over to your sister. She probably doesn't know much of anything useful, but I'd rather make the attempt than risk being wrong and killing her prematurely."
Now that the Fallen was surrounded, I felt it was overkill to keep my sword against her throat, so I pulled the blade away and sheathed it. "Yubelluna, make sure she can't slip the chains around her. I put them on her in the middle of a fight, so it's likely there are weaknesses."
As Yubelluna set about carrying out my orders, I walked over to Sona and said, "Is there anything else of interest in the church?"
"No, my lord." Tsubaki answered for her king. "There is a subterranean section, but it was empty."
"My lord."
Sona and I turned and found Clarissa and Tomoe advancing towards us, the pentagram still in Clarissa's grasp. I noticed Clarissa slip a circular piece of clay into a pocket of her robe, but it was likely nothing more than one of her components.
Now that she was closer, I was able to get a better look at the Sacred Gear Extractor. The circle was normal enough, but each bar that made up the star was melted at the ends, fused into the circle at the outskirts.
"Well done, Clarissa." Turning to Sona, I said, "I don't mean to be rude, but I need to get this and the prisoner to your sister as soon as possible. We can't risk losing it."
Sona nodded. "I understand. I will finish up here."
"It was a pleasure working with you, heiress Sitri." There were a few things I would have done differently, but overall she was a capable Devil King. Between Seekvaira and her, it was becoming clear that Rias was the exception, not the rule.
Clarissa and I bowed our heads to Sona before returning to where Yubelluna was guarding the captured Fallen.
"I'm transporting us home. We'll use the holding cells in the basement to hold her," I motioned towards the bound Fallen. "Until Serafall can take her off our hands."
Receiving nods from my peerage, and a wide-eyed stare of what I assumed was fear from the Fallen, I covered us all in a teleportation circle and the church vanished.
"Flaming Chicken-chan!"
I hadn't even been able to get my bearings in my manor's hall before being tackled by a magical girl.
"How did it go? Is So-tan alright? Is everything…" she trailed off as she saw the bound form of the Fallen on the ground.
The blue-haired Fallen had gone pale. She was trembling in fear under Serafall's gaze.
"What's this?" the Satan asked, her magical girl act gone.
"We kept one alive. She might not be able to tell us much, but anything she has on Kokabiel will help."
The Fallen's eyes shot to me. Her mouth opened and she cried, "Please don't give me to her! I won't-"
"Ah-ah-ah." Serafall said, leaning down to loom over the Fallen. "None of that. I'm not going to do anything nasty. All you need to do is answer a few questions and you'll be free to go. How does that sound?"
The Fallen was trembling; she flinched as Serafall hooked a hand under her arm and hauled her up.
"I'll be taking her off your hands now, Flaming Chicken-chan. Oh! I almost forgot. You have visitors down the hall. I heard them knocking so I let them in. I'm guessing you'll probably want to meet with them."
"Lady Leviathan!" Clarissa said, stepping forward and stopping Serafall from casting a teleportation spell. "I apologize, but this is–"
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