Serena Snape: Love of Magic - chapter 80

Author's Notes: Chapter edited and corrected by Scott Fellman.

"Of course," I smiled fakely. I felt like punching him in the face for his stupid smile.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do that, not yet. She had to comply with his orders that were disguised as requests and favors. He may have come across as calm and rather kind in the series, but it was simply because Issei was a servant to his precious sister, it was basically a trap, like starting with all friendship levels maxed out. For everyone else? Sirzechs was completely terrifying.

" Expecto Patronum." I waved my hand, and my spider patronus appeared above my palm. There were still some magics that I couldn't perform without words, even if I was using demonic magic.

"Go to Lucius and tell him: prepare the house, we'll be returning with two Satans." I told my Patronus. The spider bounced through the air a couple of times and spun around Bella before shooting out of the stadium at high speed.

"Holy magic?" Ajuka asked curiously as he stared at the spider. I shook my head.

"Not really. I call it a Patronus Charm. It's a force of positive energy, created from happy memories and feelings." I explained honestly; Lord Beelzebub seemed more curious now.

"Oh? I must admit that I felt more … at peace, a bit happier when your… Patronus? was invoked, I suppose a side effect?" Lord Beelzebub asked, I nodded. "Interesting, emotion-laden magic is really rare, even more so the positive ones. It's easier to find curses or very negative magic laden with hatred or anger, especially among devils. What emotions did you use? " Lord Beelzebub asked.

"Love," I said simply as I looked at Bella. She snorted, crossed her arms, and looked away, although I couldn't help but notice a slight blush on her cheeks. That made me smile slightly.

"Remarkable." Lord Beelzebub said as his eyes sparkled. "I assume sending messages isn't it's main task. So, what are you defending yourself from? " he asked again. I looked at him, confused.

"Sorry?"

"Expecto Patronum, it's Latin, I suppose it can be translated as ' I expect a guardian ' or 'I await a patron', both have defensive connotations, so what does the patronus defend you from? " Lord Beelzebub asked. That was a good question. It's not like there are any Dementors or Lethifold in this world, and I don't recall any similar existence that the Patronus would be effective on. But the Patronus was so much more than that.

"Why, isn't it obvious?" I smiled at Lord Beelzebub. "What else can positive emotions, love, protect you from if not darkness itself? " I asked honestly, cheesy perhaps, but it was a good description for what the Patronus actually did. Lord Beelzebub looked slightly surprised before grinning widely.

"Too sentimental for a succubus, don't you think?" Lord Phenex mocked, still present.

"Now, now, Lord Phenex, I think it's impressive that Lady Prince has such a worldview despite… her status as a succubus." Sirzechs interrupted with a smile. Wait, it's fine that I'm defending myself, but is that bastard implying that I'm a slut?!

"She's a succubus, they're only good for one thing." Lord Phenex said dismissively. My eye twitched slightly.

"Defeat your son? Sleep with your daughter? " Sirzechs asked with an innocent smile. I could hear Lord Phenex grit his teeth. Ouch. Riser groaned at the side while Ravel blushed deeply.

"I guess that is fair. You're right. At least she's able to defeat my son in a Rating Game." Lord Phenex said mockingly, Sirzechs' smile froze.

"I suppose so, but I wouldn't be so sure now. Young Riser was barely able to last just one round before passing out, I'm sure my parents and sister will feel… disappointed with such a 'lack of performance'." Sirzechs smiled coldly.

"A simple slip. The succubus has enough 'experience' with her tricks, capable of defeating Riser. What does that say about someone of a better position not being able to achieve the same?" Lord Phenex asked. I could see Sirzechs' eyes flash dangerously.

"Oh, we don't know for sure if it might be that Lady Prince has enough 'experience' to let someone as 'experienced' as young Riser faint in the first round. Or perhaps Riser's 'lack of performance' has reached its limit against someone 'inexperienced'. After all, I expected more from someone like Young Riser." Sirzechs returned with a dangerous smile.

Okay, this is exceptionally interesting, but there is something that has been bothering me from the beginning.

"Alright, enough." I stopped the both of them from continuing their shit throwing contest "I don't care about your fight, just don't involve me. And most importantly of all, stop implying that I'm some kind of slut. I've only slept with one person in my short life, and it was with her." I said firmly as I pointed in Bella's direction. Bella rolled her eyes, but everyone else looked at me in disbelief. Even Lord Beelzebub. "What?!" I asked defensively.

I may be a succubus and I'm not bothered by that fact at this point. But I wasn't going to let myself be called a whore while this whole fight was still being broadcast all over the underworld. And yes, the cameras were still on, and the audience was clinging to their seats.

"I don't believe you; it's impossible that you only slept with your queen, you're a succubus," said Riser while crossing his arms in complete disbelief. I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, well, it's the truth, and you're dressed like a girl," I huffed childishly as I crossed my Arms. Riser's eyes looked confused before he looked down. His eyes widened when he saw the princess dress he was wearing.

"What the fuck?!" Riser exclaimed incredulously before looking at me angrily and pointing his finger at me. "You! You did this! " True, but I'm offended that he accused me without any real evidence.

"I don't know what you're talking about, sleeping beauty. You were the one who was waiting for true love's kiss to wake up." I said simply as I pointed at the screens in the air. To my delight whoever was operating them was closely following our discussion as they immediately showed a replay of Yubelluna in a prince costume leaning over a cross-dressed princess Riser.

"Yubelluna!?" Riser exclaimed betrayedly as he looked at his queen. Yubelluna blushed deeply and looked away shyly before bowing.

"I-I'm sorry, my king! But the succubus said it was necessary to wake you up! I didn't enjoy it in the slightest! " Yubelluna defended herself, a lie. The way she blushed and kept looking at Riser said otherwise. Riser growled once again in my direction.

"Change it back," Riser growled, wrinkling his nose before smirking.

"No," I said with a smug smile.

"You-" Riser growled, only to be stopped by Lord Phenex, who raised a hand in his direction. Lord Phenex glared at me. I rolled my eyes, I really didn't want to give in, but continuing to antagonize the Phenex wasn't a good idea. Besides, I already had my fun, and pictures of Riser in a dress should already be on the internet. "Alright, let's move on, like I was saying, don't involve me in your fights." I said simply while waving my hand.

Riser's clothes quickly changed back to the red suit he had originally worn. Riser sighed in relief as he felt the clothes on his body. I looked at Sirzechs and Lord Phenex. Sirzechs seemed conflicted, while Lord Phenex seemed to want to continue fighting Sirzechs.

"Lord Lucifer, the cameras." Grayfia said simply, Sirzechs stopped and nodded before sighing.

"I apologize for my words Lady Prince, I did not mean to slander you in any way." Sirzechs said as he bowed slightly. Lord Phenex simply snorted and looked away.

"Let's just get this over with." I said tiredly. Sirzechs simply nodded, turned around and smiled.

"Hello, everyone in the Underworld!" Sirzechs exclaimed toward one of the cameras. "I apologize for the final interruption of what was an exciting and unexpected Rating Game, and it is my honor to announce the winner."

"She is the first succubus in history to rise to the ranks of high-class devils! This being her debut, her first Rating Game, and with only one member of her peerage. Lady Prince is the winner! Lady Prince's queen, Miss Black, achieved a crushing victory over the young Riser Phenex! A round of applause!! " The stadium erupted in cheers, Sirzechs let them celebrate with a smile for a while until he raised his hand, and everyone fell silent once again.

"Unfortunately, this Rating Game has come to an end, but fear not! For those who want to continue watching Lady Prince in action, I'm sure you'll soon hear more about her and her next Rating Game, so stay tuned!"

"With that being said, I must bid you all farewell once more." Sirzechs bowed slightly, the screens finally cutting off transmission. Sirzechs smiled and turned to me once more. "Congratulations on your first victory Lady Prince."

"Thank you, Lord Lucifer." I bowed in gratitude, and he just raised his hand and shook his head.

"Let's go," Lord Phenex said simply as he disappeared into a teleportation circle. Riser glared at me before he and his peerage disappeared as well. Only Ravel looked at me blushingly before disappearing. I sighed tiredly. I stood up straight again before clearing my throat.

"So… are we going?" I asked awkwardly. In the direction of the Satans. They nodded and waited for me to make a move. I grimaced. I didn't really trust myself to teleport two Satans with me in a circle without any mistakes. So, I was left with only one other option. I created a portal behind me. Ajuka's eyes stared at it.

"A portal, It's kind of strange that someone uses something like that." Ajuka hummed, I nodded.

"I have a certain affinity with portals." I said simply, I looked at Bella. She nodded walking over to me then she wrapped her arm around mine and stood by my side. "Please follow me." I said simply before walking through the portal with Bella. I immediately disabled most of the island's defenses.

Sirzechs, Ajuka, and Grayfia immediately followed us without even hesitating. I once again flexed my magic to manipulate the defenses and place the trio as temporary exceptions.

The island's defenses were something I had been creating over the past few days. The last thing I wanted was for my island to be attacked or robbed. There were precious plants that I couldn't afford to lose, so I had been working on a way to keep the island safe.

I had created a very good defense system. At first I thought of placing it under a fidelius , I was sure that I could manage to push the magic necessary to make a fidelius. over the entire island, but it was certainly not reasonable. As Lucius mentioned, my house would surely be used for future social and political gatherings if I continued to climb the social ladder. Something I did not expect.

So most of the defenses placed now were on the forests and plants. They would activate once someone stepped into certain areas without explicit permission from any member of my Peerage.

They were trulyinsidious and strong runes, they were being pushed and maintained by a philosopher's stone placed inside the mansion. And, in addition, I had made a transmutation circle that ran throughout the island to be used in case of emergency that had various effects.

The strongest? It was the same circle to create Philosopher's Stones. Curiously, the strongest attack it had that couldn't be defended against in a normal way, was when it took the soul from a body to fuse it into a Philosopher's Stone, it was just as good as a Killing Curse, without defense and completely effectively lethal.

My portal had dropped us off at the door of our mansion. I simply led them up the stairs and stopped at her door.

"Lord Lucifer, Lord Beelzebub, Lady Lucifuge, I welcome you to my home." I said as the door to the mansion swung open completely on its own. In front of us were the others. To my curiosity, Enid was in front, visibly nervous, to each side, but a step behind were Lucius and Narcissa, much calmer. And another step behind were 2B, A2, and Dobby in their work clothes.

Well, let's get this show started.