Enraged as he had failed to acquire a pawn, Asmodeus tantrum in his dungeon, trying to break free again, but unable to muster enough strength to tear through the God-Kenzime metal which kept him at bay inside the dungeon,
So after a long time of making all suffer in the dungeon with his freezing floods, he finally started trying to regain strength which was a slow process.
***1 month later***
DK who went by the name of Ezekiel helped repair the branch house along with some servants, Levi, and Mary who came there a lot more than usual.
But that wasn't because she wanted to repair the branch house, deep underground and in a cell was her son who was encased in darkness which was literally living darkness that cocooned itself around him,
She didn't understand at first but this was what Ezekiel ment by he was going to be a butterfly for a bit. That darkness was a manifestation of demonic power and it was nurturing him in a special hibernation.
But other than that, she came there every day and in her free time to learn from Ezekiel about the unknowns of Demoncy, and how to deal with Hiro once he awakened, and even if he was still going to live as and be human after waking up.
She wasn't prepared for this and after a talk about what happened... What happened before he died, Ezekiel gained access to the weapon that killed him, the place his body rested for a long while, and even the cage.
Which he had discovered the curse of the Deathlock from the weapon, or more like his blood which was on the weapon.
He explained what he had interpreted and as he grasped the concept and even lore of the Deathlock, he couldn't comprehend how Hiro fell so effortless to its power, but he couldn't really examine Hiro, so he had no clue.
In the end, he bestowed a piece of advice.
And that was to pretend everything was normal, she shouldn't act weird or overly sensitive, and just anything that could make him think that anything had affected anything. Seeing as he won't remember much, especially after what Asmodeus had done to revive him, so there going to be gaps in his death and even life, it was too complex even for him.
But he advised her this, and it was something she took to heart as maybe fighting with her son and acting as she had was not a good choice,
It's easy to destroy and break off, but to heal, now that's the hardest because it takes time, and time's what everyone needs, even for monsters like them.
So she was going to try it, and this 9-10 month adventure was something which she was going to learn from.
But there was another thing she had considered and that was when trust was brought up, he told her to be cautious, and all that he thought her she also considered him because, that oh I'm normal crap was a bunch of shit and she was always prepared to kill Ezekiel when the time came.
After all, she knew he was a Demon too, and she couldn't forget how he could have possibly have been the demon lord from the past.
***2 weeks later***
Levi almost discovered the secrets of the underground basement as he heard alot of noises at night, but luckily Ezekiel who pretended to be a weak Natsu clankin stopped him and informed Mary.
They both went down there later that morning and they had discovered Hiro had woken up from that cocoon.
But as he was awake, they saw he had a long thin spiked tail, and as he was naked his 2 marks had increased and taken shape, showing little cracks of black on the red and he retained his demonic state with those fangs and claws.
He wildly tried attacking them and he even growled at them as the lust for blood and death was all he was after,
Right now he was Farrell, but luckily he was behind reinforced lv.2 iron bars and his strength was of a normal athletic human.
But his claws were quite problematic...
***3 weeks later***
3 weeks later and a few social experiments, nope nothing, It was like sitting on a cactus, it was just painful to watch... and to feed.
Ezekiel completely gave up on trying to feed him because he bit his hand and it hurt, very very much.
***2 weeks later***
Today was October 17th, year 13.
Today was also the very same day in which he killed himself and today was also the same day in which he was supposed to be revived in the abyss.
[Half-Incubus: 1%]
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Walking in the large underground system which was technically a basement, Ezekiel and Mary came down here to feed Hiro a raw slab of animal flesh since he had been refusing to eat cooked food and or plants.
With bull on today's menu, they walked down a narrow path but Ezekiel felt a bit sick.
"Can I go back up? I don't feel so good, I think I might be sick" Ezekiel.
Looking at him in disbelief, she knew he just didn't like it when he came to feed Hiro seeing as he's mauled him more than once.
"I'll feed him, just walk with me"
"But... I think my stomach hurts"
"I have common medicine in a locker room upstairs, after we're done I'll give you something for it"
"Ugh... Fine"
He was more tamed than it had seemed and he got along with Levi and even Mari in these 2+ months,
So she acknowledged him as one of her own clansmen in her branch, but either way, she was still in charge and the elder of this branch, so even if he was the only other member besides her daughter, so she couldn't let him be a slacker, well maybe just a bit but not so much when she was around as it was all business.
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Getting to the room which was like a giant jail full of holding cells, she walked over to the farthest cell and as they got there, they saw Hiro sleeping on the ground as he was covered in soot and dirt and had torn his clothes up again.
*Clang of metal!*
Hitting the mettle to make a rattle,
"Hiro wakes up, it's time to eat"
She said with a moderately stern voice, but even tho she acted strongly, she was still rattled every time she came down here,
Because seeing him like a wild animal was devastating, especially after finally getting him back.
"5 more minutes" they both heard his voice.
Hearing his voice for the first time in 2 and a half months, Mary grabbed onto the iron bars, and as loud as she could she yelled.
"HIRO WAKE THE HELL UP!" just to be sure she wasn't hearing anything.
And to her surprise, as she looked down at him, he pressed up against the ground and as he shook his head, he looked over to her with his brown eyes and said,
"I'm awake!" he rumbled followed by,
"Owwy my head hurts? How much did I drink last night?"
"OMG he's awake"
As she put her hands to her mouth,
"Fall down deep and sleep within the Rosebery"
Ezekiel pointed his hand out at Hiro and a black cloud shot at him, hitting him and exploding, and making him fall unconscious.
Seeing this she grabbed Ezekiel by the collar and as she was infuriated, and about to slam him into a cage herself, he looked into her eyes and said,
"He mustn't find out the abnormality, we'll break it to him slowly or immediately if that's what you wish, but we must make it seem like everything's normal when he first awakens not to shatter his mind!!!"
He yelled at her and she shoved him back, gritting her teeth and clenching her fist.
"I know! but-"
"There are no buts! He is to wake up in bed tomorrow morning and when he does, the story you made up will be set in action, and why he doesn't remember can be set easily, so just stick with the plan like promised! I will not have a promise you made to me be broken or everything we worked for will be thrown into the trash!"
Getting what he said, she punched the metal bar and looked at him as she was resisting what she wanted to do, and that was to just punch him one good time.
"Get the keys, we probably don't have long, I'll call Levi to tell a maid to prepare a room"
Bobbing his head, he turned around and left for the key to the cage.
But there was also something Ezekiel left out this entire time of being here with them, he had never explained the Celestial marking and this was because...
Not even he understood how they were able to be a part of him, it was the greatest mystery he wanted to solve, and now that Hiro is awake he can finally try and unravel that mystery.