Did I hit a wound?
"Then… tell me what happened," Vergil said, pulling Katharina out of her frenzy of romantic information and twisted thoughts involving Ada and Roxanne.
"Uh... oh yes… well, this," she said, showing him the cellphone screen, which displayed a small message.
[Roxanne - 11:46 ~Help me, damn it! Demon Hunters!]
Of course… it wasn't written exactly like that; it was all jumbled as if a child had sent the message…
"Roxanne… well, she might be in trouble," Katy said, looking at him with a strange gaze that shifted from worried to furious…
'She's worried, but since this involves me, she's fighting the urge to wish her dead or saved… What a crazy woman.' He understood immediately as he felt her reaction changing; she was indeed a whirlwind of emotions…
"Let's go after her then, I know where she is," Vergil said, using the contract link… well, he knew exactly where everyone was, both Ada and Roxanne… He just didn't know where he and Katy were.
"Want to tell me something?" he commented, seeing her gaze continue to waver… "N-no, better not now…" she murmured; at least she was honest this time, so he ignored it…
"Then, you better get me out of here quickly… This place isn't Los Angeles, is it?" he questioned, making Katharina blink twice in concern…
"Y-you know?" she asked hesitantly… "Oh… yes, the contract… you're really connected to them… you can even feel it when you're not in Midgard," Katharina murmured…
"M-Midgard? Y-you mean, like, the Realm of Midgard? Norse Mythology?" he commented, alarmed… He was a man of history… he knew a thing or two…
Not that it was hard, right? I mean, the whole world uses Norse Mythology as a major culture for game and anime adaptations nowadays… He was already tired of hearing poorly crafted Viking stories…
"Like, one of the nine realms?" he questioned again, and Katharina sighed… "Yes, we're among the Infernal Realms, we're in Underworld or Netherrealm, as you want to call it," Katharina said with a shrug.
Vergil remained silent for a moment… a few things crossed his mind… and the first was…
"How are we alive in the underworld? I mean, are we in Hell?" he questioned, and Katharina let out a soft laugh; it was almost comical to see someone learning about this…
"Haha, no darling, this isn't Hell. It's a world between Hell and Midgard, well… it's complicated to explain, but here there are no souls or anything like that, this is the Demon World," she said, laughing, then she pulled him by the arm, inviting him to stand up.
"Come see, I'll show you!" she said excitedly, eager to see his reaction to what might come next!
"O-ok!" he agreed as he quickly got up, following the girl's rush who was truly euphoric!
She hurriedly pulled him to the window, which was covered by a red curtain, and quickly opened it, giving him the view…
"W-Wow…" he said, seeing the scene… Underworld was… differently beautiful…
He caught a glimpse of a city… "That's the city of Agares, my family's city!" she said excitedly, giving him a taste of who Katharina was. "Although my mother doesn't manage it very well…" she murmured almost imperceptibly, "But look! It's beautiful, isn't it?" she commented…
The view Vergil saw was somewhat strange… First, the sky, it was completely purple, yes, purple! Then the ground, the ground was a reddish color, but there was some life there, even if it wasn't extravagant… As for the architecture? It was a bizarre Victorian-era city mixed with a strange Dark Fantasy he had read about in various books…
And finally… "That moon…" he murmured, seeing the moon with a color slightly lighter than the sky, he could clearly see its outline…
"Artificial," she commented with a shrug, "The big guys created it because it was inconvenient to live in a world with a broken flow of time." She said, "It seems that demons have gotten quite used to human life; now, we basically mirror the world. Underworld is the same size as Midgard, but, well, we don't have oceans or anything like that, just a vast planet of pure purple," she commented, somewhat discontent… "At least we have the internet!" she said, showing the cellphone, with 7G activated…
"S-Seven G? That's—" he murmured, she just smiled, "900mb of Multidimensional Internet provided by the Fortune Witches! They are ungrateful and ridiculously greedy! But it's the best internet provider out there!" she said, completely excited…
"I-Is this interdimensional???" he said incredulously, "Hm? Of course! Even the leaders use it! I heard Azazel, the leader of the Fallen Angels, is quite an eccentric guy; he likes to have orgies on Tuesdays!" Katharina said as if… it were normal…
But in his head… he was receiving too much information! It was so overwhelming that he didn't know how to handle it! It was scattered and thrown directly in his face!
So… his brain crashed!
"Wow… he got a Blue Screen," Katharina said, seeing that he was really a bit out of it… "Is there a reset button for this?" she said while waving her hand in front of him, checking if he was still processing what was happening…
Katharina watched Vergil, who seemed completely out of it, trying to process all the information she had dumped on him.
His gaze was fixed on the city of Agares, but his thoughts were racing, trying to piece together the puzzle that had become his reality.
"Maybe I overdid it a bit with the explanations…" Katharina murmured to herself, tilting her head to the side while continuing to wave her hand in front of his face, getting no reaction.
She bit her lip, thinking about how she could bring him back to reality.
"If I show him my breasts, will he snap back to normal?" The idea crossed her mind, but she quickly shook her head. "No, I can't do that… yet," she murmured, chuckling softly at her own mischievous thoughts.
Meanwhile, Vergil finally blinked, his eyes refocusing.
He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts.
"So… we're in a demon world, not on Earth, the moon is artificial, and we have 7G multidimensional internet created by witches… And you said the leader of the Fallen Angels has a quite active social life?" He finally managed to articulate, trying to summarize the absurd amount of information he had just received.
Katharina grinned widely, pleased to see him finally reacting. "That's right! You're starting to get the hang of it, darling. Now, let's get moving. We need to find Roxanne before something really bad happens. Besides, I want to show you more cool things about this place!"
Vergil sighed, still trying to process everything, but he knew there was no time to hesitate. "Alright, let's go. Just… maybe fewer surprises next time?" He suggested, still a bit dazed.
Knock-Knock
The door made a brief noise and began to open slowly, by the same maid who had brought food for Vergil earlier. Vergil looked into the maid's glacial blue eyes as she approached with soft steps, almost gliding over the floor.
She approached the two with silent steps, bowing slightly before speaking in a polite but firm tone.
"Excuse me, Lady Katharina, Lord Vergil," she began, her soft voice filling the space, "Lady Baal is waiting on the other side, in the human world. She asked me to inform you that it is of utmost urgency." Novah said…
"Lord?" Vergil questioned before Katharina could respond, he was curious, when did he become a Lord?
"Hm? Yes, aren't you married to Lady Katharina? Lady Katharina is a Prin-" "N-Novah, it's not necessary to explain that yet…" Katharina said…
"Ah, Novah, thank you for informing us," Katharina said, maintaining a friendly tone, trying to cover up. "We were about to go meet her, but… you know how things are." She gave a somewhat mischievous smile, as if blaming the circumstances for the delay.
Novah, however, maintained her unshakable composure. "I understand, milady. I just thought it prudent to notify you, given the importance of the situation."
Vergil, trying to regroup and sort out his mind, asked, "Who is Lady Baal?"
"Hm? Katharina, are you leaving the lord completely confused? He doesn't even know the names of his own wives?" Novah said nonchalantly… Katharina scratched her cheek with one of her fingers, seeming to wait for Novah to say…
"Lady Baal… Ada Baal." Novah said, and Vergil's world seemed to make sense…
"And why didn't you say so earlier? You could've just said, Ada is waiting," Vergil said…
"Lord Vergil… no offense, but I am not an irrational animal enslaved by modern man. I was very well-educated and know the highest level of etiquette to treat all kinds of people and hierarchies properly." Novah said, smiling with a large vein pulsating on her head.
'Did I hit a nerve?' Vergil questioned himself, seeing that she seemed ready to attack him…
"You may go, Novah." Katharina spoke curtly, having seen how her husband was treated… He was ignorant? Yes! But he was her husband!
Seeing Katharina's face, the maid gave a slight bow, satisfied with the response. "Very well. If you need anything else, I will be at your disposal."
Katharina, with a quick gesture, signaled to Vergil that they should move on.
"Let's go, darling. We can't keep Ada waiting too long, especially if the situation is urgent." She then began walking toward the exit, pulling Vergil along.
'What the hell is this urgent situation! I want to be with my husband! But he's not helping himself!' She growled, smiling as if he couldn't sense what she wanted…
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<Author's Note>
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