Chapter-4(Edited) (Meeting Gremory and Sitri Family & Deal)

(Lucifuge Mansion-Lilith, Underworld)

After meeting the four Demon Kings, Ophis spends most of her time in the Lucifuge territory with Grayfia being sort of attendant of hers. She visited many places in the Underworld and tries many types of different food and desserts available in those places. She and Grayfia also had a good bonding and now they could easily talk to each other if we ignore that Grayfia always tries to present as her servant or maid then it's alright.

Just like that many years passed by and they spend their time either traveling or staying at a good place for Grayfia to continue her training. During those times her strength also reached the Low-Level Satan Class and she also started wearing Maid dress proclaiming herself as Ophis's maid.

The Four Demon Kings also visited them at different intervals but they never tried to do anything to make Ophis displeased with them. They had also given warnings to every Clan Head and given them Ophis and Grayfia's pictures lest they offend them, they want to keep Ophis's existence a secret but they can't stop her from roaming around so they could do their best so no one in Underworld offends her.

During their travel, Grayfia already noticed the tension between the Three factions(Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels) as they had traveled to every world possible and she also knew that the chances of Devils winning the war are not that high as the Biblical God is still alive. So she already notified her Father not to participate too deeply in the war so they could easily pull out and during those years her father's awe and respect for Lucifer had dulled as he had seen him how he was talking with Ophis so he had no problem with that.

Many Interesting things happened during their travel like

(Flashback- Gremory Manor)

When they travel to the Gremory Territory, they were welcomed with great care and they stayed in their mansion for several months and during those months, The heir of the Gremory Clan had several times proposed to Grayfia, and every time he either met with silence or an icy glare which probably freeze him as he was not able to even speak after that and his every proposal was left with a clear rejection but he hadn't given up and one time he even challenge Ophis so she could release Grayfia but what response he got even made Grayfia chuckle.

"You are weak, way too weak."

Silence, dead silence as he heard those words, fuming in anger as he was one if not the most talented younger devil as he already reach Middle-level Ultimate Class in his early years, just as he was about to take action his Sister appeared and stop him or else it would be the end of their household. The name of the heir is Sirzechs Gremory and his Sister is Sapphire Gremory. She is even more talented and stronger than Sirzechs as she is talented in magic and she also inherited the Gremory and Bael trait from her Father and Mother respectively being the Gravity Magic and Power of Destruction while Sirzechs only inherited the Power of Destruction from his mother. Sapphire spoke in a dire voice to stop him,

"Are you a fool!! You do know who she is yet you want to take action against her!! If you want to die then die alone don't include the Gremories with you!!!"

Hearing that Sirzechs calm down and remember that the one sitting in front of him is one of the strongest existence who could annihilate himself by just waving her hand, thinking about it he quickly bowed his head as he don't want his family to be included in his foolish behavior.

"I am sorry for my behavior!! If you want to give any punishment please give it to me and please don't include my family due to my foolish behavior!"

His sister also bowed her head with him but she don't speak. Hearing him say that Ophis only looked at him for a while and nods her head indicating not to worry about and spoke, and spoke in her neutral voice,

"It's okay, you can't even harm me, even if you do something."

Hearing her say that the sibling pairs lips twitched as the male one thought 'You don't have to be that much honest', he again took a wound on his pride and keep his head down, On the other hand, Grayfia had a smile on her face as she doesn't have to be bothered with him again. She already wanted to kill him for bothering her to do her duties and already starts to lose her patience but now she doesn't have to worry about it.

(Flashback End)

Its already been several years since then and they also visited the Sitri Household during their travel as Sitri Territory is known for their expertise in Medical Field and their territory is known in whole Underworld and several other Pantheons for their Hospitals. So Ophis had decided to visit that Sitri Territory to find something which could help her cocoon.

(Flashback-Sitri Manor)

In the Sitri Manor, It could be seen that the Lord Sitri is standing in front of two girls while there was sweat on his forehead as he knew who those girls were as he was also given a direct warning and he also heard from other Lords from their meetings about how they were spending time in their territory and the good news was that nothing bad had happened except for the Gremory Household but it was also solved. He then looked at the girls in front of him and bowed his head to greet them.

"Greetings Ophis-sama and Grayfia-sama, How may I help you?"

Hearing that Ophis just looked at Grayfia as this was the habit she had developed as they traveled to different territories, the duty to introduce and tell there is always left to Grayfia. Seeing that Grayfia nods her head and walked in front and greeted Lord Sitri by bowing a little and lifting the hem of her Maid dress and spoke,

"Greetings to Lord Sitri, I am Grayfia Lucifuge, a maid working under Ophis-sama, and the purpose of our visit is to see if you could help or give some information to Ophis-sama regarding the cocoon that she had been asking and you should also know about it."

Hearing that Lord Sitri made a troubled smile as indeed he had heard about the cocoon she had been asking about but he didn't have any 100% information but he still answered,

"Yes, I had heard about it but I don't have sure information but I still have some. So, if you don't mind, I would like to invite you inside."

Hearing that Grayfia just looked towards Ophis who nods her head with the same neutral expression but Grayfia could see an exciting light in it as its the first time they heard about someone who could give them information about the cocoon. Grayfia then turned towards Lord Sitri and spoke,

"Yes, We are thankful for your invitation."

Hearing that Lord Sitri invited them inside and several maids came forward and takes them to the lobby where they could see a woman standing and next to her was a girl with a smile on her face who looked similar to the woman standing next to her so it is not difficult to guess that they are mother-daughter pair as the woman is way too much mature to be the sister of the girl. The women step forward and bowed while lifting the hem of the dress head to greet.

"Greetings, I am Lady Sitri, and the one next to me..."

Before Lady Sitri could finish her sentence the girl next to her jolted towards Ophis and hugged her and spoke happily,

"I am Serafall Sitri!!, But you could also call me Sera or Sera-tan.."

Before she spoke even further Grayfia appeared behind her and separated her from Ophis and made her stand before her Mother. Seeing this Serafall pouted but don't speak anymore as her mother glared at her, after that Grayfia turned towards Lady Sitri and bowed a little and lifting the hem of her Maid dress and spoke,

"Greetings, I am Grayfia Lucifuge, a maid working under Ophis-sama."

Ophis who was by her side suddenly opened her mouth and spoke as to introduce herself.

Ophis-"Ophis"

Hearing her Grayfia still maintained her usual cold face but one could see the surprise in her eyes as it's been a while since she saw Ophis introduce herself but remained calm. Hearing Ophis introduction Serafall has starred in her eyes as she once again jolted towards Ophis and hugged her as she exclaimed,

"Phis-chan!!, what a cutie..."

Again before she could even finish her sentence she got back to where her mother was standing but this time her back was covered in a cold sweat as this time Grayfia applied pressure to her using her aura, so Serafall this time just stands beside her mother with a pout on her face which make her looks cute.

Before they could start their talk again Lord Sitri returned with servants having refreshments and spoke,

"Sorry, I got a little late, shall we start our talk?"

Hearing which Grayfia just nods her head and they took seats on the couch while Grayfia stands behind Ophis while in front of them were Lord and Lady Sitri pair and on their left side was Serafall who now returned to her happy mode. Lord Sitri fake cough a little to get their attention and said, everything he knew,

"I have done some research on the Golden Cocoon like Ophis-sama is describing but I haven't found anything related to it as the cocoon is existing in 'Dimensional Gap' where only a being of suitable power could hope to survive and for a cocoon of any place from these realms to exist is of very low chance. So, I would like to ask a question regarding it."

Hearing that, Ophis nods her head.

"Ophis-sama how old is the cocoon as it would be beneficial to know about it."

Ophis thought for a while and spoke.

"Before this world was even formed.", Ophis answered.

Hearing that all of them were shocked as a being to exist before the world was even formed and for Ophis to know about it indicates that she is also older than the world itself. Lord Sitri then spoke again after organizing his thoughts.

"Then it is clear that the cocoon is not from any of the worlds as even the Yggdrasil came into being after the world formed from the dimensional gap. So it is possible that the cocoon is being created in the Dimensional Gap, for my next question, is the cocoon absorbing energy from Dimensional Gap?"

Hearing his question Ophis shook her head indicating that it's not, seeing that Lord Sitri thought for while, and said,

"Is it possible for the cocoon to exist outside the dimensional gap, if possible then our Sitri family would like to help you by providing the space for it to grow?"

Hearing that all of them were shocked as his statement could also be considered rude as he was making a deal while giving a space for the cocoon to grow they would get the protection while Ophis was thinking of it as a good idea as she doesn't have to go to dimensional gap if she wants to spend time with the cocoon.

Ophis still remembered the last time she had gone to spend time with the cocoon, she sensed a presence she hadn't sensed in a while and it was near her cocoon, so she went there quickly and watched a giant western red dragon flying far away from the cocoon, seeing that the dragon was far away she relaxed, that dragon was a being she sensed when she was spending time with her cocoon forming on the other side of the Dimensional Gap and she still remembers the chaos it caused in the Dimensional gap by being loudly laughing and roaming here and there but she ignored it as she spent all the time beside her cocoon who was giving her the aura and calmness she always desires. After seeing the dragon move far away, she changed the positions of the cocoon to another place where it is even difficult to see and spend time with her cocoon which was in years during which Grayfia spend her time training and researching more about maids. Ophis had gone like that several times and Grayfia would spend her time like that.

Now, Ophis was thinking of it being a good idea to make the cocoon stay in the Underworld and she could also introduce Grayfia to it. So she nods her head towards Lord Sitri, who seeing that had a smile on his face, and spoke, as he felt way too happy inside,

"Then Ophis-sama, it would take 2 months to prepare the place for the cocoon to be placed."

Hearing that Ophis look at him and replied,

"Also prepare a place for me to live with it."

Hearing that Lord Sitri nods his head and said,

"Yes, Ophis-sama it shall be done."

Hearing that Ophis nods her head and stands up and starts to walk towards the exit, seeing which Grayfia looked towards the family and bowed a little and spoke, in a graceful manner,

"Then we shall take our leave to prepare on our side."

Seeing the Lord and Lady Sitri stood up and bowed their head and Lord Sitri said,

"Yes, We shall also start preparation from our side."

Hearing that Grayfia nods her head and walks towards Ophis, after exiting the mansion gate, both of them vanished.