Lucifuge Hope II

"ARRRGH--!!!" Goverick screamed in pain as Grayfia tortured him by freezing his legs, causing them to disintegrate before the demon commander's eyes.

"You've made a mistake, Goverick," Grayfia said in a cold voice as she slowly tortured the man.

However, instead of giving up hope, Goverick attacked with an evil laugh. "Kekeke!… Made a mistake, Who? I? Looks like you have to study again, Grayfia. The one making the mistake here is you!" He didn't feel guilty and even blamed Grayfia without shame.

Lady Lucifuge glared at him and replied, "You're talking nonsense, Goverick."

But Goverick did not lose the argument. "Hehehe! Have you forgotten who I am? I AM COMMANDER GOVERICK, A DIRECT SUBJECT OF THE DEMON KING ASMODEUS! And look who made a mistake here! Attacking me is the same as declaring war on ASMODEUS-SAMA!! HAHAHAHA~" His laughter echoed throughout the mansion, creating a terrifying aura of madness.

Meanwhile, Grayfia and Layla were shaken by Goverick's words which revealed his status as a direct subordinate of the Demon King Asmodeus. They realized that with their family's current difficult situation, they were in a very cornered position. If Asmodeus decided to step in, without the protection of the other demon clans, the Lucifuge family would be destroyed.

Fighting an army of thousands with just Grayfia alone would be impossible, even more so with the presence of other high ranking demons. Goverick saw their confusion as an opportunity to escape using teleportation magic, but it wasn't as easy as he thought.

Petra, who was there, instantly appeared beside Goverick and pressed his mouth, cutting off any possibility of screaming.

"HMPH--"

"Your barking is too loud, Dog," Petra hissed, emitting an intimidating aura that Goverick had never felt before. The demon felt terror as if it was faced with a creature much stronger than it. "Asmodeus? Let the demon king come. I will make sure that his reign ends that very day. And as for you, Dog, do what you always do: lick like an obedient servant." Petra's words were accompanied by the color of his eye sclera turning black, while his pupils were white. His face was contorted with anger, giving a different intimidating effect, to the point that Goverick fell silent, absorbing Petra's presence with deep fear.

Petra released his grip, making the demon greedily take a breath while holding his jaw with both hands.

The two Lucifuge women who were nearby were a little surprised and intimidated by Petra's unusually sinister aura. Sensing the tension, the brown haired man turned around and returned to being friendly.

"You can do anything to him, Grayfia. For the next consequences, I have promised to give my support," said Petra while patting Grayfia's shoulder.

Lady Lucifuge was once again in a state of anger as her steps approached Goverick, who was caught off guard by the angry woman in front of him with a trembling body and a broken voice as she wanted to beg for mercy. "Wait--"

However, seeing that Grayfia was at the limit of her patience, there was no more mercy for Goverick. The heartbreaking screams of the demon commander echoed throughout the Lucifuge mansion.

…

After cleaning up the mess in an instant, which Petra helped with his cleaning magic, the three of them sat in the living room which was clean again, welcoming guests from the Lucifuge clan.

By providing high-class tea that is stored in case important guests come.

Petra without hesitation sipped the expensive tea while looking at Madam Layla's face, which still looked anxious.

"Once again, I express my deep gratitude to you, Petra-sama," Layla said, bowing her head slightly.

The man nodded and replied, "No problem, luckily we weren't late," as he put his glass on the table in front of him. Petra then looked back at Layla and Grayfia, noting the similarities and differences between the two. Although similar, there are some differences; Layla's body is fuller and plumper, with a dress that shows a lot of cleavage.

Petra compared Layla to images from anime with lots of fanservice that he often saw, and nodded to himself in recognition of the similarity, making the two women look at him with question marks on their faces.

"Okay, can you guys tell me in more detail about your current situation?" Suddenly, Petra entered a serious conversation. "I heard about it from Grayfia on the way here, and I think the situation is even worse than she said. Can you guys tell me?"

Layla wrung her hands feeling uneasy and hesitant to tell the truth about the problem. However, Grayfia's soft hand held his, making him turn towards his daughter.

"It's okay, Mom, we can trust him," said Grayfia, calming her mother's emotions.

Maybe it was because the bad incident that had just happened made Layla hesitate to talk to the man, even though he had previously helped her solve the problem. However, seeing the trust her daughter had in Petra, Layla relaxed a little more and tried to trust the man in front of her now, just like the trust her daughter had in her.

"The underworld is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. Even though the Lucifuge clan is currently neutral in the current conflict, things cannot be taken on anyone's side. The regime of Livan Lucifer, the son of the lord Lucifer we once served, forced us to support his faction. However, we realize that the goal is not to solve the problem, but rather to worsen the existing situation. My daughter refused his orders, so our position is very threatened now because of the massive boycott launched by him. In fact, we have served Lord Lucifer for thousands of years without any problems like this. "Now, our position is the same as the common people on the outskirts," explained Layla with a sad look.

"The conflict between the old and new generation of demons is reaching its peak, and it won't be long before war erupts. Therefore, with our current weakened state, Lucifuge no longer has any strength left. "It is absolutely impossible with Grayfia's strength alone that we can survive the various parties who corner us like this," he continued.

Petra's head nodded in understanding when Layla finished explaining the current situation. "I understand," he said, then there was a moment of silence before he continued his words. "It's easy to protect you from threats from evil parties who want to harm you both. However, if I had to say it, Areon wouldn't be happy to know about this situation either. He was the type of person who would do anything for the good of his own race. So, choose between these two, madam. I promise on my behalf, do you want me to protect you until the conflict is over while looking at the current decline of the underworld, or resolve the conflict that is occurring, but you can no longer be neutral because to resolve this we have to destroy one of the two existing factions, he said seriously.