Painter's yore

*beep**beep**beep*

With one swift flick of his wrist, Yusuke stopped the alarm. He placed the brush he was holding on the table, next to the other neatly arranged painting utensils.

On any other day, the painter would've regarded the alarm as an annoyance and cursed when it made him lose focus. But this one was put there with a purpose. It was an alarm set to ring regularly every few hours to remind him to take a break and have something to eat.

He was... truly grateful to Shin for pointing out that he was underfed, as well as the others for giving him some money. His usual allowance was barely enough for his art supplies alone, so he didn't have much to eat.

One might've thought that Madarame would have food or at the very least ingredients in his home, but the truth of the matter was that the artist barely had time to come home.

Still, Yusuke doubted the man spends all of his time in some hotel whenever he goes around the country. If anything, he'd need to have some time to pretend that he was actually painting.

He paused this line of thought for a moment, to flip the eggs he was frying on the other side.

Madarame had never cooked for him. The man had no interest in babysitting young Yusuke either, so he hired a nanny to take care of him. The cooking skills Yusuke has now are a result of him trying to learn to cook on his own based off of whatever videos he watched on Youtube regarding that subject, and what he remembered of the few times he was in the kitchen to see his nanny cook.

Once he was done with the eggs, he put two reasonably thick bacon strips onto the frying pan. He briefly thought about having some toasted bread with his meal, but he was sad as he remembered the toaster had broke down some time ago.

As he sat down at the kitchen table, fork and knife in hand, his phone rang out with the familiar sound of a new message.

Shin: Hey, Yusuke.

Shin: Me and the others are going to come to your house today.

Shin: Also, if you notice some ominous app with the icon of an eye, just leave it alone.

Shin: Trust me on that one.

Shin warned the blue-haired artist as he knew what happened with Futaba some time ago. He didn't want to take any risk, despite the fact that Yusuke himself had no idea about either Palaces or Mementos.

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This chapter's additional info is on... Berith!

According to the writings in The Lesser Key of Solomon, Berith is the twenty-eighth demonic spirit listed in the Ars Goetia. He is a great duke of Hell with twenty-six legions of demons under his command. He is depicted as a knight or soldier wearing red armor and a golden crown; according to other grimoires, his skin is also red. He rides a gigantic red horse and burns those without manners.

In order to speak with him, the conjurer must wear a silver ring and hold it before their face. He gives true answers to all things past, present and future as long as he is asked, but when not answering questions he is a liar. He can turn any metal into gold, give dignities and confirm them. As an angel, Berith was prince of the order of cherubim.

As a demon, he serves as a master of ceremonies, duke and grand pontiff in Hell and notarizes pacts with the devil.

Berith was important to some alchemists, who believed he had the power to transmute all base metals into gold. He was tricky to conjure, however, and had to be summoned with magic rings bearing his seal. He was known for making great promises, but also for being a great liar. In Michaelis' classification of demons, he tempts people with murder, contention, strife and blasphemy, and his adversary is St. Barnabas.

Berith may be derived from Baal-Berith, a god worshiped in Canaan before he came to be viewed as a demon under Christian demonology.

Berith is the first Persona of the Hierophant Arcana.

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Confidants:

0. Igor (The Fool) - Rank 2

I. Morgana (The Magician) - Rank 3

1. Takuto Maruki (The Councillor) - Rank 1

II. Makoto Niijima (The Priestess) - Rank 2

IV. Yusuke Kitagawa (The Emperor) - Rank 2

V. Sojiro Sakura (The Hierophant) - Rank 3

VI. Ann Takamaki (The Lovers) - Rank 7

VII. Ryuji Sakamoto (The Chariot) - Rank 6

IX. Futaba Sakura (The Hermit) - Rank 3

XIII. Tae Takemi (The Death) - Rank 4

XVIII. Saki Yoshiko (The Moon) - Rank 2

XIX. Sho Minazuki (The Sun) - Rank 1

XX. Sae Niijima (The Judgement) - Rank 1

Shiho Suzui (The Hope) - Rank 8