Chapter 51: Chapter 50 - Next Path
It was the next day and Cebrail had business to take care of. Well… actual business instead of just going around Kuoh Town looking for trouble and hanging out at Sis Cross Kiss.
So she told Reginleif to look into the barrier magic around Kuoh town set up by Odin and likely a few other notable figures with knowledge on the future.
She guessed that if the murders going on around Kuoh Town were supernatural the barrier had to have been damaged somehow, as while Kuoh Town was connected with the Reverse Market Place normally a supernatural being with low karma or too much hostility wouldn't even be capable of stepping into the town.
She doubted Reginleif could actually fix the barrier if it was indeed damaged since that would be incredibly unreasonable given that it was created primarily by Odin who, despite being a drunkard and a pain in the behind, was likely in the top 50 strongest beings in the universe. In his prime he might have even been top 20 due to the absurd power of his spear Gungnir.
It might not seem that impressive however there are A LOT of powerful beings in the universe like the Buddha, so being counted as anything within the top 100 is the same as saying one is above a majority of heretic gods and around the level of a fully mastered Longinus user.
Now Cebrail was standing in front of the research facility in Fifth Heaven. She was here to visit her uncle Raphael however she had no idea where his office actually was so she couldn't just break in unnoticed to pay a visit.
So now she was all dolled up. Wearing a pretty white dress with far too many frills, black stockings, and her hair done up in two pigtails with large black bows holding them up.
She had to look good in front of other Angels since she was essentially their idol and the research facility was sure to be full since her mother Gabriel wasn't with her.
The cameras at the front door honed in on her, the Angels controlling them zooming in and scanning her as if they couldn't believe that THE Seraphim Princess was paying them a visit.
Pressing a button on their table they sent an announcement throughout the facility.
"We have a code white. I repeat we have a code white. Angela head to the front entrance immediately. I repeat Angela, you are directed to head to the front entrance immediately."
Angela who had just sat down to take a break from her research stood up instantly with wide bulging eyes.
"W-What? Why me specifically? What high ranking Angels do I know???" Angela was extremely confused but still rushed to the front entrance and put in a key code by the door and opened it.
"H-Hello! Hello?" Angela called out, looking from side to side she didn't see anyone perplexing her greatly. "Umm, did they just play a prank on me or something?"
Suddenly she felt a tug on her coat and looking down she gasped. "Ah! Princess! I'm s-so sorry I didn't see you!"
"It's fine, I understand that I'm short. I've come to terms with it." Despite her words being calm her face was twitching and she was staring at Angela's breasts with muted but still visible irritation.
"N-No Princess! You're just young, you'll definitely grow up to be big and strong you'll see!"
"Please don't patronize me Angela."
"Eep!" Angela flinched as Cebrail's tone turned colder than ice. "W-Why have you come here today Princess? Perhaps your Brave Saint cards aren't working?"
Angela quickly changed the topic to avoid irritating the Seraphim Princess further.
"I came to speak with my uncle Raphael." Cebrail states her intentions and the two begin moving deeper into the laboratory with the large doors closing behind them loudly.
"That's great! I-I'm sure that he'll be happy to s-see you!"
"Indeed. I don't see him very often after all." Cebrail's eyes shift to Angela's clothing which hadn't grown in skimpiness since the last time they had met. "Speaking of my uncle, how is it going?"
"Huh? Ho-How is w-what going?" Angela asked nervously her eyes shifting from here to there.
"Obviously I mean your relationship with uncle Raphael. Have you gotten any closer to him?" Cebrail asked with genuine interest.
"Umm… yes?"
"...That didn't sound very certain…"
"W-Well! Umm… I-I got promoted to the chief of Light Power Research so my o-office is in t-the same… hallway… as… him…" Angela had initially sounded rather proud of herself until in the middle of the sentence when she looked at Cebrail and saw her face tightened up like she was trying her very hardest not to scold Angela.
"Don't you like uncle Raphael?"
"Y-Yes…" Angela twiddled her fingers together nervously like a schoolgirl.
"Then you shouldn't just settle for being close to him physically, you need to start enticing him properly." Cebrail scolds her lightly while wagging her finger as though she were the adult in this situation. She even stopped and took the woman by her collar. "Here."
She unbuttoned Angela's shirt to the point in which her outfit was only just barely covering her lace black bra underneath.
"Eek!"
"And here take this." Cebrail pulled out a book titled "Fifty Shades of the Giga Chad." and handed it to Angela.
"Take this too." The Seraphim Princess pulled out another book called, "Fifty Shades of the Gyaru Arts." which detailed the art of being a Gyaru.
"Ummm, ummm, Princess, I don't think-"
"Don't worry Angela, I'm supporting you." Cebrail gave the Angel researcher a thumbs up causing Angela to tear up a bit.
"I w-won't let y-you down P-Princess."
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"I see. So you really don't plan on seeing your daughter any time soon?" Raphael questioned someone on the phone.
"You know that I can't Raphael, two kings with differing ideologies cannot coexist. Only one king can rule the world and take the empty throne. However, within the next two years I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to properly check up on her." The man on the other side of the phone, Merlin, responded to Raphael's inquiry.
The truth was he wanted to watch his daughter's growth closely however his… "people" weren't capable of going up against paradoxes such as "This statement is false," he did have to thank her soon for pointing out such a major flaw in the design of his AI though fixing it was far easier said than done.
"Well whatever you say Merlin. Just try not to be too disappointed if she doesn't end up loving you as much as you love her. You're technically a dead beat~" Raphael jokingly mocked him for his absence in his daughter's life. "If you really wanted to be with her you could just-"
"Not an option. What makes a king candidate a king candidate is their dream Raphael. And while for Angels or other supernatural races dreams might be easily discarded, Humans cannot simply give up on their desires. Just saying it out loud will do nothing."
"Well whatever I guess."
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"L-L-Lord R-R-Raphael, The P-Princess is here to see you." Angela's stammering voice came through Raphael's office door after the knocks alerting him to exactly who it was.
"Seems like your daughter is paying lil ol' me a visit. I'll talk to you later about the specifics of these… Sephira Crystals you've been working on." Raphael hung up the phone and pressed a button on his desk letting the door open on its own revealing a blond haired beauty and his dead eyed niece.
"To what do I owe the visit Cebrail?" Raphael greets his niece and dismisses Angela with a slight wave of his hand.
The blonde Angel bowed before exiting through the door letting it close and lock behind herself.
"I came to ask you a few questions uncle."
"Oh? My ever prideful niece asking for help from me? What a grand occasion indeed. I wonder if I'll see a Nephilim or a Chalkydri soon as well?"
"I came to ask you about the Brave Saint system." Cebrail ignored his words and continued with her previous words.
"Alright, fire away."
"Vampires. Can they be changed into Angels using the Brave Saints System?"
"Oh? Are you planning on turning your new Vampire friend into one of your subordinates?"
"Indeed."
"Why?"
"What do you mean?"
"Do you have no criteria at all for who gets to join you and who doesn't?" Raphael asked curiously as he searched through documents on her computer in an attempt to find an answer to her question. "Azril picks people that are compatible with Light Power. Puriel picks people she thinks are strong. And Gadreel picks people based on their sincerity."
"You're saying that I need some kind of theme in who I pick?"
"Most people don't do it on purpose but Angels in particular fall into behavioral patterns such as that due to their rigid principles. Predictable is what we Angels tend to be, even we Seraph fall into it at times."
"Well… if I had to give my subordinates some kind of theme, then it would simply be 'people who have nowhere else to go' or something like that."
"I see." Raphael clicked on a particular file on Vampires and began reading but still spoke rather clearly. "And what about Solomon's Ring?"
Cebrail frowned at that question. She disliked relying on anything to do with Solomon. The guy was a real… piece of work… and obviously she didn't like him or this little game of his at all.
"I'd rather not. The way Solomon's Ring works is pretty messed up when you think about it. I'm not the kind of person that would rule based on power and power alone."
"Right~ Right~ well you can reincarnate Vampires who were once Human that is certain however for Pure Bloods there's no precedent at all. Maybe it'll kill her, maybe it won't, who knows."
"I see…" Cebrail looked away, she wouldn't use it then since she wouldn't just thrust such a dangerous fifty fifty on someone. It wasn't as though the Vampire needed to be an Angel anyways to be one of her subordinates.
"My next question. Do you have anyone that could train my subordinates?"
"Why don't you ask your mother?"
"I already have. She keeps putting it off."
"Well… you know Gabriel, if it's work it's probably gonna end up with Adriel doing most of it."
"Mmm… but this was a request from me… usually she'd be as quick as possible about it."
"That is correct. Though it's obvious as to why. You're a lot like your father you know? The man was passionless before he met Gabriel, however after they tried killing each other a few times and got married he changed quite a bit." Raphael turned his chair around and stared out the large windows behind him leading to the outside. A large expanse of clouds and nothingness.
"It isn't as though he became a bad person. It's just that the path he's chosen goes against God's will and looks to the past rather than the future. If you need someone to teach you and your friends there's really only one person both capable and trustworthy enough."
A small ding sounds and Cebrail takes out her phone finding a message from Raphael. It was a map to someplace, a church.
"Your aunt Marilyn is the person you're looking for."
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