Interlude (II)

~11 July 2008~

*Serafall Leviathan POV*

"That is bad. I never thought us creating an alliance would make the other faction do this."

I look at Sirzech, knowing what he has been through. We all want peace, but the other faction did not see it that way. The Greek and Egyptian faction make their own alliance because they want to show the world their might. The Celtic faction and The Vongola family make their own group because they are afraid of the Greek and Egyptian faction's aggressive alliance.

All of the faction know that the Greeks have a grudge against the Celtic, and they want to rule Romania like in the past. I did not blame the Vongola family for creating their own alliance when the Greek flexed their newfound power to the other faction.

I want us, the devil, to ask the Vongola family to join the alliance between the Three Factions and the Norse, but after the last meeting, I know that Lexian Vongola will reject our offer. Not only we, the devil, don't have anything to offer to the Vongola family, one of the devil clans gets caught selling the special potion from the Vongola family to the black market. What makes me angrier is that they sell it to the Khaos Brigade members.

Five young masters of the 72 pillar clan lose their life and beside their corpse is the evidence that shows that they are the one selling the potion to the black market. However, that is not the only thing inside the file. Those young masters also get involved in the slave market. They are the ones that kidnap other races and sell them to the black market.

Never in my life, I see a person with so much illegal activity in my life. Slave trade, Drug trafficking, and even Arms trafficking. Their Drug is sold to the low-level devil or creature and also to the magician around the world. By report we got, the devil also used a scheme where they force someone to taste their drug and erase the memory of them feeding the victim their drug.

It has been a long time since the Underworld witnessed a public execution. From the file we got from the unknown party, we get twenty or so names. Instead of calling the underworld police, we, the four satan, do the shakedown personally.

We hope that the report inside the file is wrong, but sadly the report is true. For the first time in a long time, I witnessed Sirzech enter his true form, and because of it, the territory of the Zepar clan has a massive hole in the middle of it.

We can only calm Sirzech after five minutes, but even with a span of five minutes, the Sirzech aura of Destruction already spread out and destroyed anything it touches.

I can see the fear in the clan head's eyes when they see the true form of Sirzech. They even throw their son to save the rest of the clan members. They didn't use any of their usual tricks of saying that their number will decrease instead of increasing if he kills a devil. I guess fear can be a motivator that lets them know that Sirzech is still the most powerful devil alive, and they cannot even dream of fighting Sirzech to a standstill.

Anyway, After that incident, we begin sweeping across the underworld and find more than a dozen devils doing the same business. The majority come from the 72 pillar clan, and the rest comes from the Extra Demon house.

Lucky for us, Heaven, Grigori and Norse easily forgive us for this bad news. If there is an angel, fallen angel, or valkyrie in the slave cage when we do a shakedown, there would be a war coming knocking at our door.

However, our main focus is the new alliance between the Vongola family and Celtic Pantheon.

"So, what should we do? Should we invite them to our little alliance?"

Sirzech looks at me before saying.

"No. I don't think they will accept our offer, and when the news about our internal problem reaches the Vongola family, they will most likely look at us with suspicion rather than welcoming a smile."

"Yeah…"

It is sad that the entire faction will see us as slave traders because of some of the devil, even though there are many slave traders from many different races. Sadly that is how reality works. Like the sin of the father will pass down to his son.

Maybe just maybe the Vongola family will not see me as a slaver? I will try my luck when I have the time.

"So what should we do now? You are the one that takes care of the domestic affair. While I want to help you with this mess, I also need to take care of the mess this incident created. The other faction began to see us as an untrustworthy race, especially the Shinto-Youkai faction. With the Youkai incident in the past and with this recent incident, I'm surprised that Lady Amaterasu did not kick out any devil in her country."

I wouldn't say I like this situation. Not only does it take away my time to spend with my beloved little sister, but it also makes my image as a Satan that handles foreign affairs. I can imagine my job will become harder than before. The job of increasing a relationship between our race and the other faction will be next to impossible.

"I don't know. Serafall, what do you think I should do? Ajuka and Falbium are busy clearing the mess the last incident created; I can't ask them for some advice."

Ajuka and Falbium are known for their genius minds. Ajuka is already known throughout the underworld. However, nobody knows about the Falbium genius mind. The sloth devil is known for two things, their efficiency, and their mind. They are always thinking about ways to make their work easier and as fast as they can. So if you want to ask for advice, the Sloth devil will make the most efficient plan they can think of.

"I don't know. I honestly don't know. For now, we need to clean up all the bad apples in our race before we could think about allying with the other faction."

"... Yeah, you are right. What a mess."

Yeah, what a mess. I hope this disaster will pass away quickly. I miss the peaceful day where I could do my usual behavior and pester my little sister and enjoy her flustered face.