"WHO ARE YOU, REALLY IS ?!! ... I don't care what plans you monsters have, but I do warn you one thing. If you dare to touch my wife and children, I WILL NOT STAY SILENCE !! "
"Hi hi ...!"
"Interesting! ~"
"He's quite brave too, isn't that right Halphas!"
"Hmm, yes Malphas, he is brave enough for a human!"
"Hhhhh ... hhhhh ..., let me take the woman ... let me taste it !!!"
"Stop it , Asmodeus !! It's disgusting ... ~ "
"Uhm ...."
"...."
"Guuk !! Guuuk !! "
Leraje who was standing beside Kerberos looked sarcastically at seeing Kerberos barking indistinctly.
Then one of the frail figures with a beard and a wide witch hat, Barbatos, began to step forward. Stepping slowly while his eyes surfed at the expression and state of the Dekker family's exhausted body.
Then, when he came to a few steps away from the wary family, Barbatos immediately turned around and clapped his hands. The hairless tail behind his back began to lift along with a smile painted on his face.
"I have a brilliant idea! ...."
"Hmm ...,"
"Ha ha, this will be fun, right?"
"I'm interested ...."
Immediately Barbatos turned around to face the Dekker family. Angel was immediately blocking in front of his wife and child. But Barbatos ignored it, and instead brought the face that was decorated with a big smile right in front of Angel's face.
"Let's play-acting!"
"What do you mean?"
Barbatos jumped back a few steps, then he was cross-legged on a rock while resting his chin on his lap.
"First we need an audience! ... Malphas, Halphas ... can you ...? "
Without having to finish his words, the two demon-headed bird was immediately moving laterally left and right of the Dekker family. Then, as he stretched out his hand, at once Edward was drawn to the palm of Barbatos, who immediately caught him with his arm in his lap.
"Edward !!" x2
Srkk !!
Responding to Edward's parents who were about to grab Edward back while the child was floating, Halphas and Malphas immediately stopped them in the same way Barbatos did to Edward.
They both became stunned to float in the air at the lock of the two bird-headed demons.
"FATHER!! MOTHER!!!"
"Siiiiish ... !! Shut up, don't be noisy ... the show will start soon! "
"Don't worry, Edward. Father and Mother are fine ...."
"Yes Edward, we're fine. You don't have to worry ..."
They had to put up a fake smile to calm the heart of their son, who was starting to feel scared and worried about the situation.
"WE!! QUICKLY RELEASE US !! ... E r gh !! Urghh !! "
But no matter how hard Angel and Frederica rebelled, their bodies remained locked in the air without being able to move an inch, except for their heads and faces. Then Barbatos started telling stories. ...
"Long ago, there were two people who loved each other. The two of them are always dancing all the time, ... "
"Hooo ... !!"
"Wow, what an interesting story"
Not at once, Malphas and Halphas immediately acted out all the narratives delivered by Barbatos, using the bodies of Edward's father and mother which they controlled remotely.
"No!! Stop, stop, ... "
"Akh ..., don't do this, please !!"
"AKHH !!!" x2
"... !!!"
Blood immediately poured out of the hands and feet of the husband and wife. But even though they broke the bones and twisted the bodies of the two of them, Malphas and Halphas still didn't stop. So did the other demons, who were even laughing at the screams of pain from Angel and Frederica.
In contrast to Edward, whose eyes began to tremble in chaos trying to understand the situation in front of him. Then Barbatos immediately continued his narrative...
"But it's not over yet, ... as soon as their love blossomed, rain and storms of trouble immediately hit their love, even though they persisted."
"Tch !! ~"
"Huuu !!!"
"Boring...."
Not letting the audience get bored, Barbatos immediately continued his narrative...
"Then, comes the biggest problem for their love, namely ... boredom ..."
"Haaaa? What kind of bad story is that, Barbatos !! Can't you tell a better story for us ?? "
"Hey, shut up, Asmodeus. Don't you know how much boredom can destroy love? "
Asmodeus who was about to be angry became silent, and he returned to his seat and put his ears and eyes again, although the feeling of dissatisfaction was still can be seen on the faces of his three faces.
"Okay, I'll continue the story ...,
And boredom comes, without storms, without rain. Just a regular peaceful day as say, but the feeling of boredom is getting stronger in their hearts day by day ...
Which is the two of them already understand each other very well, and a secret has disappeared in their love.
As the day goes on, the longer the boredom gets, the stronger they feel, and it makes them start to feel it.
A feeling that does not have any taste at all, the feeling that can't be shaped into anything, and it's called ... a bland, the point where they have completely lost their feeling for love ... "
"Eh, is that so… father? ... mother?"
The demons started to smile at each other. When Edward started to stand up and approached the figure of his parents who were floating in the air.
"Th ... ugh !! Augh !! "
"Father??"
Blood spilled from Angel's lips, but he insisted on continuing his words.
"... no Edward, we always love each other"
"Ugh !! Ugh !! That's right, Edward, ... thanks to you, our love has deepened between each other "
Although the blood dripping from their mouths, they still struggle to proclaim their love for the child. Tears did seem to start flowing from Edward's eyes, even though his face was still not aware of them.
"THEN !! ... they promised ... "
Barbatos' loud voice, immediately startled Edward. But Barbatos ignored him and continued his narrative once again ...
"With two red daggers, they vowed ... to keep their love, to perpetuate their feelings"
Instantly two daggers appeared in Barbatos 'hand, and at that instant, he walked past Edward and gripped the two daggers in Edward's parents' hands to thrust one another.
"Father? ... Mother? .... "
"Son, ... close your eyes and face backward"
His father smiled reassuringly for Edward. He immediately turned around and closed his eyes as his father ordered.
"Eh, what is this? What is this? You can't close your eyes, little boy! "
"Please sir ..., please let him be ..."
Even though it was the mother's last wish, Barbatos ignored her and continued to approach Edward. Then Barbatos began to stretch out his hand and...
"STOP THE DEVIL !!! KEEP YOUR HANDS FROM THAT CHILD !!! "
Suddenly at a distance not far from them, Bastion and Vannesia ran over with several weapons.
"Eh ... the two mice came back!"
"Let me handle them, you guys enjoy the show."
Furcas, the old demon man with a full armor of a shield and a sword of fire, immediately sped off to confront the Pieterzcoon brothers.
However, Vannesia's agility, which had been honed when she underwent ninja-based military training in Iwagakure, made her able to trick Furcas and get past him with ease.
Not wasting any time, Vannesia immediately precipitated with her ninjas' movement and take Edward from Barbatos' touch.
But in the narrow moments where she managed to snatch Edward from Barbatos' touch, she also came to realize something ... that Edward's parents had lost their lives due to blood loss.
Vannesia immediately returned to her brother's side while carrying Edward who was still closing his eyes.
"...?! ... Damn, how dare you interfere with my show, HUUUUH !! ... I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you !!!! "
Crash !!
While Barbatos' anger was still burning, suddenly the red waves behind them were split in two by something.
And not long after, just as the wave was about to close again, a hand with white dragon scales immediately stopped the wave from closing.