Chương 19: Schemes of an Echidna and Primordial
[ Walpurgis Venue ]
After giving Milim a satisfactory answer about how gluttony and knowledge relate, Aria was finally going to get herself a drink or two and maybe even go flirt with Luminous or Frey….Or at least that was the plan, and in a way she did get the drink she wanted…
But why was she now sitting with Guy, Velzard, Ramiris and Milim, "Guy! Let me tell you something interesting! Echidna Was able to block my [Milim Eye]."
"*Cough!*" Aria almost done a spit-take when she heard Milim's words. Why the hell would she tell them that! Isn't that same as revealing her identity!?
«Answer. It is estimated that individuals 'Guy Crimson' and 'Velzard' already suspect that you are closer to Aria than you portrayed. Possibility in them believing you are 'Aria' is 50%.»
'Thanks I guess.' It wasn't that she afraid of revealing her identity, its that the reveal needs to be like Aizen's betrayal that shocks everyone!
Indeed! She wanted to slick back her hair, let her clothes billow in the wind, ascend into the sky like she was Jesus…
'Pfft…Hahahahaha.' Aria had to control her body to the max just to stop herself from bursting out into laughter when she thought of the latter, however it didn't stop her from laughing in her mind.
Now that she thought about it, if Aizen spent years on his plan, whose to say he didn't spend years on cooking up the best way to debut as a villain.
«….»
"I heard." Guy responded to Milim, bringing Aria's attention back, and fortunately or maybe unfortunately, he was more interested in the Dao, "It was rather interesting, to be able to even make a Unique Skill evolve." His gaze shifted to Elaine that now didn't even bother to hide her allegiance to Aria, standing behind her.
{My Lady…}
{Don't worry, it won't work.} Elaine didn't even need to finish for Aria to understand that Guy was trying to analyse her. But what she didn't notice was the short glance he gave Clayman. It seemed that her profound words hadn't only affected Elaine.
«….»
Scholar silently observed before speaking,
«Notice. Individual 'Guy Crimson' has failed in appraising individual 'Elaine'. Cause detected to be Divine Protection: Coil of Wisdom.»
'Oh?' Aria was pleasantly surprised at Scholar's notice, although she already knew that Guy wouldn't be able to easily analyse an US holder, she didn't expect that her blessing also had such an effect. After all, Divine Protections weren't really expanded on by Fuse, other than possibly affecting evolution, with Veldora's most likely being the cause of Ranga's unique evolution.
'Scholar, please analyse my divine protection.'
«Confirmed. Analysis of Divine Protection: Coil of Wisdom will now begin.»
Satisfied with the little find, Aria put her attention back onto Guy, narrowing her eyes with a smile she said, "I would appreciate if you keep your perverted gaze to yourself, Rouge."
"Echidna was it? Didn't your mother teach you to respect your elders?" Before Guy could even respond, Velzard replied, as she elegantly sipped her tea.
"Elders you say?" Aria scanned the Frost Dragon, her eyes blatantly pausing at the white haired beauty's chest, with a innocent look she asked, "Could you be referring to yourself?"
*Crack!*
A breaking sound seemed to come from the cup in Velzard's hand, but as if such a thing didn't occur she responded with a gentle smile, "Of course I'm referring to Guy, I thought I should enlighten you as a ignorant otherworlder."
"I see what you're trying to say," Aria gave an understanding nod, continuing, "But I can't do that with Guy, he reminds me of my previous partner." She said so naturally as if it wasn't something that would bother Velzard.
Guy, the topic of conversation, of course raised an eyebrow in interest, as he calmly sipped his wine, but the same couldn't be said for the Velzard.
*Crack!*
This time, the cup completely froze over before turning into icy particles. Gritting her teeth she questioned, "So you're saying you like Guy?" The Frost Dragon immediately jumped to a conclusion.
"No." Aria denied, much to the delight of Elaine, who moments ago was thinking of a permanent way to kill a True Dragon.
"No?" Velzard didn't expect such an answer, leaving her stunned for a second.
Guy, on the other hand, leaned forward, his arms now on the table as he gazed at Aria with a curious smile "Oh? Could there be something about me that isn't to your liking?"
Aria eyed him with both her eyes and [Magic Sense], "If I'm being honest, you're sexy as hell." Her words made Guy smile slightly, as for Velzard, before she could interrupt, Aria continued, "But I prefer girls."
The Frost Dragon's mouth opened like a goldsfish out of water, it wouldn't have been much of surprise if she had paid attention to the glances Aria gave Luminous, Frey and Milim, someone like her would have easily noticed.
At Aria's confession, Guy Smirked, "What if I said I can turn into a girl."
Elaine who heard his words was horrified, that was something she couldn't allow no matter what! However it was too late, Aria had already been tempted.
"Please do." She shamelessly requested with an eager look, after all, this dude was already sexy as a man. Wouldn't he be a nation-toppling fair-skinned jade beauty if he was a woman?
The Red Primordial's smirk grew wider, and asked, "What do I get in return?"
"Eh?" Aria blurted out in surprise.
"I'm a Daemon." Was all Guy needed to say for the Echidna to understand what he meant.
"I see…An equivalent exchange. Not the first time I've heard of such a concept." Aria tapped her chin thoughtfully, and Velzard took this chance to poke at Aria.
"It's understandable if you can't offer anything, after all, you're new to this world, and Guy is someone who has lived since the dawn of creation, so he's not lacking anything." She explained with a smile that Aria could clearly tell was meant mock her.
'Actually, why the hell does she keep antagonising me? Can't she see I have no interest in Guy?
Rather, I would actually be interested in her if she didn't have such a fake personality. Reminds me of that kikyo bitch from COTE.' Aria ignored the cold bitch—pun intended—and said to Guy,
"How about a fight?" The Frost Dragon frowned at the blatant disrespect, it was either that Aria was a fool who didn't know who she was, which may be the possibility as an otherworlder, or she had confidence in her abilities.
"Fwight me! Me!" Milim, who had been stuffing herself the whole time, immediately perked up at the mention of a fight. Swallowing the food in her mouth she added, "Echidna, it's not fair that you only fight Guy!"
Guy raised an eyebrow in interest at the eagerness coming from Milim, so he asked, "Milim, didn't you just spar with that bald priest a week ago?"
"Ah?" Milim froze at the question, chuckling awkwardly, she replied, "Middray is recovering."
"Of course he is, he got hit by your Drago Buster." Guy rolled his eyes.
"Anyways, Echidna is stronger than him and would even be a challenge to you, so of course I want to fight her!"
"Why didn't you say so from the start." Guy didn't doubt Milim, "I accept that fight Echidna." As he said that, his bodies features started to change, his sharp facial features turned softer, and his chest grew bigger.
(Image)
The other Demon Lord's who were enjoying the banquet with their subordinates, all looked Guy in shock. After all, their was a sound-isolating barrier on each table, so they weren't aware of Guy and Aria's conversation, just that the former suddenly turned into a woman.
"So he wasn't lying." Leon muttered in surprise, even though he knew that Daemons are gender fluid.
Luminous on the other hand stared at Echidna in envy, 'How lucky! She can enjoy the company of beauties so easily, while I'm struggling to get Hinata to strip for me!'
"What do you think? Is this form to your liking, my dear?" The next moment, Guy's arms was already wrapping around Aria's neck, the latter's face twitched at what she just witnessed, "Yes…But did you have stop time just to come here."
Guy grinned at her question, "So you're able to perceive it, good."
"Wahahahaha! What did I tell you, Echidna is strong!" Milim stared at the Lord of Darkness with a smug grin.
'No wonder she's confident.' Velzard now realised where the Witch of Gluttony's confidence was coming from.
"Hey Guy," Aria suddenly called out to the Primordial who was now back in his seat, but still in his female form.
"Yeah?"
"Leon is beautiful, right?" She asked, making the Daemon tilt his head with a curious look.
"Of course, unfortunately he's been rejecting me all this time." He shook his head with a dejected look.
With a grin, the Echidna said, "If a male Leon is already this beautiful, how much more would he be if he was a female?"
Guy's eyes widened at her question, "You mean you can?"
"It's exactly what you're thinking."
And thus began the plan of the Mother of All Monsters and Red Primordial to turn the Platinum Sabre, Leon Cromwell into a woman.
!!!
'Why were those two glancing at me like that?' Leon felt a chill down his spine when he saw the strange looks Guy and Aria were giving him.
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thus marks the end of the Walpurgis.
Also, I had some interesting Alternative Titles for this chapter:
The Woes of being a Villain: Aizen's Edition | The Rise of Clayman? | Perverted Primordial? | Blonde Lolicon's Dangerous Premonition |
What do you guys think of breaking away from the Tensura fanfic tradition of always bullying Clayman, does he deserve a redemption? As you can probably guess, he will be getting a US whether he gets a redemption or not—The butterfly will always flap its wings.
You can also leave behind some sub-skills for Aria's version of Gluttony, though I already kinda finalised it, I might make some changes if I see some truly interesting ones.
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