"Your highness, it's as you predicted." Said a creature of Hell.
"Oho, so Merlin's plan is nothing ought to distress me?" The seated Haruto asked the Devil with his chin placed on his hand, followed by a dark stare.
"I have watched them closely. Lord Azazel, Lord Red Flame Master, allow me to use my Projection Technique." He asked the two lords of Hell as he bowed down.
"Oho, that one magical skill which allows you to act like a school projector?" Asked Haruto with a twisted chuckle.
"Yes, my lord." Humbly replied the inferior Devil while bowed down.
"Sure thing, let me see my beloved brother's present life." He said with a dark grin extending from ear to ear.
The God of Hell created the Devil of Recollection to honor and serve the brother of Akito with obedience. So he is primarily used for spying on Akito. He is the one who has been in the darkness collecting as much data as achievable.
"You're better at spy missions than that shitbag of a Shadow Devil." So exclaimed Haruto with little to no expression.
"Your majesty, your flattery is marvelous." He said with an indecent but content smile.
"Projection Recollection." The Devil uttered as his head split open and images began to format onto the thin air. He seemed focused, and suddenly, pictures moved back and forth. The Devil appeared to be searching for specific events and memories. They paused when he decided when to start, and he remained still and allowed his memories to flow. It was almost like watching TV.
Watching the memories of the Devil, Haruto seemed unbothered and yet eager. "Oho, Satoshi-san, the elder brother?" He said as he crouched forward. His attention seemed hooked on the encounters between the two brothers. "I shall cut him in half in front of you, Akito." He said as he gruesomely expressed a nasty and mysterious smile.
Laughing from all the ideas he had of gruesomely killing Satoshi, he turned his head over to Azazel, and with a wave of his hand, the fallen angel disappeared, and in a mere blink of an eye, appeared once again with a cloak in his hand. "Thanks, uncle Azazel," Haruto said with a dark smirk.
Puzzled, Azazel questioned Haruto of their plan, which seemed to be steering off into an unknown direction.
"Young Master, won't you say that the plan is unfolding too early in this lifetime?" He asked the young master as he glanced at him and again looked away.
"Yes, it is, but for the better or worse, it's all the same anyway," Haruto replied with no interest.
"So, what do you want to do?" Asked Azazel as he looked over to his supposed nephew.
"Everything is starting to fall in place, even though it's three years earlier than the other lifetimes." So described Haruto as he got up from his seat. "Now, we will begin pummeling them with tougher and tougher adversaries." So he said as he put on his clock.
The dark fabric extended down to his ankles. Along the back ran down a phrase written in kanji. "Kibō no shinboru." translated into "Symbol of Hope."
"I need him to build up as much physical energy as he could. Even though it's only mere mana that exists within him now, it's ought to feed me more." He said as he looked over to the Devil. "More importantly, I cannot wait until I extinguish that hateful essence within him." He exclaimed with a grin.
"I've seen enough. Follow me." He announced to the two as he walked away behind his seat.
"Where are we heading to?" Asked Azazel when he walked behind Haruto.
Wanting to pay a visit to the underworld, he summoned the portal that led to the domain of Hell and slowly stepped his foot into it. "We're going to pay a little visit to uncle Lucy." He said with a twisted smile as he waved for the Inferior Devil to follow along inside.
"At your service, my lord." Shouted the Devil, and suddenly all the projected images suspended in the air started to retract into his open skull, and his head began to shut close. His skull fragments conjoined and formed his head again, with two tiny horns coming out of his forehead.
Walking out of the cave from the rear, he came across a beautiful view of the land of humans. With the snow surrounding the beautiful area, the ambiance of peace roaming the land, the Devil smiled and jumped into the open portal. "Earth, the memories of it, I will cherish them." So he said to himself as he appeared into a dark and hazed world, full of hatred and animosity. He feared what was to unfold.
...
Meanwhile, Akito was sound asleep in his room when he heard a voice speak to him softly.
"Akito~" A beautiful voice sang his name in harmony.
But unfortunately, no one was near his room, empty as it could be. So Akito slept harmlessly while almost a smile formed on his face.
...
On the other hand, Satoshi was sleepless. He lied in bed with his thoughts running rugged. "Merlin seems to know a lot about my brother." He said as he drew his hands back and placed his head on them. "I can't read her at all; she seems caring, but it could be all an act. " He said as he blew air out of his mouth. "I hope I can see what Akito sees in her." He said as he rolled over and closed his eyes.