Chapter 52 : Fallen Angel
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"Wait, what was that second one?" I said, trying to parse through Serafall's…Serafallness to follow the conversation she was having at me.
"Reincarnate her." Serafall said, a wide smile on her face. "You helped me get a peerage member, so now I'm helping you get a peerage member. Isn't it great!"
I tilted my head at her as I realized she was being serious. "You do remember why I captured her right?
She was in Sona's territory and was involved in a plot that could potentially hurt her."
Serafall shrugged. "You can't hold the plans of smart people against stupid people. And Kalawarner?
She's too stupid to realize what she was being used for. Now, I only have another hour free, and I need your answer before I leave so what's it gonna be, Flaming Chicken-chan?"
Rubbing my forehead, I start away from the holding cells. "Give me a minute to talk to my peerage. This is a decision they should have some say in."
"Okay, Flaming Chicken-chan! Me and Kala will keep each other company!"
Leaving the insane Satan and dead Fallen walking behind, I tracked down my peerage and found them to still be in the sitting room.
Yubelluna and Clarissa had sat Valerie down on the couch and were talking to her.
Yubelluna rose as I entered. "What did Lady Leviathan want, my king?"
I tiredly fell into the chair opposite the sofa and motioned for Yubelluna to sit back down.
"Serafall's done interrogating the Fallen Angel we captured, and the short version is, that same Fallen Angel has been disowned by the Grigori and is now at Serafall's mercy.
Serafall offered to let me reincarnate her. If I don't, she'll probably kill her."
"Is there anything special about this particular Fallen?" Clarissa said, her expression unreadable.
"As far as I can tell? No. She's probably pretty low on the totem pole in fact. I was able to take her down when we were fighting incredibly easily."
Yubelluna's eyes narrowed as she said, "Would this Fallen truly join your peerage, or merely use you to protect herself from the wrath of the Grigori and the Leviathan?"
"I don't know."
"She's alone." Valerie said so quietly I almost didn't hear her. When she saw the rest of us looking at her, her eyes fell to the floor as she shied away from us.
"Valerie, you're a member of this peerage now. I'm here because I want to hear your opinions. All your opinions." I said.
Valerie looked between Clarissa and Yubelluna, and when both of them nodded encouragingly, she said,
"If…if the other Fallen Angels left her on her own, she has nowhere else to go. She's alone and doesn't know what she's going to do. That's how I was…"
She trails off, obviously absorbed in her memories. "I…I trusted the wrong people to help me.
I would have done anything for them after they offered to help me, but they took advantage of me and locked me in a cage."
Valerie looked up to meet my eyes. "If you help her and treat her well, she'll do anything for you."
"Thank you all for your input." I said as I stood, heading back down towards the holding cells. When I arrived, Serafall was moving between different magical girl poses.
She lit up as I approached. "So what's it gonna be, Flaming Chicken-chan?"
"Can I talk to her alone for a bit?"
"Go ahead. I'll even lock the door behind you to make it extra private." she said, waggling her eyebrows.
Nodding in thanks and pointedly ignoring Serafall's innuendo, I headed into the cell, hearing steel grind against stone as Serafall locked the door behind me.
The Fallen eyed me suspiciously as I entered, keeping her distance along the outskirts of the cell.
"Valerie-chan! Levi-tan's coming!" Serafall's voice called, getting further away with each syllable.
Sighing and offering my bishop a wordless 'good luck', I leaned back against the wall and slid down it until I was sitting. I looked up at the Fallen and said, "Your name is Kalawarner, right? I'm Riser."
Breathing erratically, the Fallen stepped into a fighting stance as she warily eyed me. "If you're going to kill me, just kill me, devil. Cease with these mind games!"
I began rubbing my head tiredly. "Honestly? I don't know if I'm going to kill you. Things will be a lot simpler for me if I do, but it just doesn't sit right with me."
Kalawarner grinned evilly. "What's the matter, devil? You don't have the stomach for it?"
Looking at her blankly, I said, "I cut your friend's head off. Believe me, if I wanted to kill you I'd just get it over with. Just talk to me, please?"
Her bravado evaporated, a flash of fear crossing her features before she scowled. "Fine. Talk."
"If I cut you loose, got you out of the Underworld and free from Serafall, what would you do?"
She opened her mouth to respond, closing it soon after, her eyes heavy.
"You don't have anywhere to go, do you?"
She seethed, taking a step closer to me. "And what would you know of that, devil? Are you not Riser Phenex? Born into luxury?" Her words came out in a hiss.
I couldn't help but laugh, taking her aback. "Your information's way out of date. Well, I guess not too far out of date considering you were probably getting everything fourth or fifth hand, but I'm not a Phenex anymore. Just Riser. I was banished."
She sneered, taking another step forward. "Poor, devil. No one wanted him and he was left all alone."
I smiled up at her, causing her sneer to morph into an expression of confusion. "If I'm being honest? Getting banished was probably the best thing to ever happen to me.
I've been coasting my entire life. That was the kick in the ass I needed to finally start doing instead of thinking. I got dealt a shit hand, but I turned that shit into gold. What are you going to do?"
Kalawarner stepped back uncertainly. "What?"
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