I had a week before I needed to deal with the Olympians and I had few other things to handle first.
To start, it had been a couple of days and I needed to visit Azazel and check on his healing progress. With my drastically improved MP reserves, I was able to heal him a lot more in one session than I could before.
"That's the stuff. I feel relief already," Azazel said while surrounded by my healing energy. "You might not know this, but dying a slow withering death is surprisingly painful!" He said with a chuckle.
"You're healing up quite well, Azazel." I said while looking over his torso. The deadened black skin that almost littered his entire chest had receded almost completely. That was a big relief. I used around 5000 MP to heal him this time and I figured I would only need one more session after this for him to be fully restored.
Azazel slipped his shirt back on and smiled proudly at me. "You're a lifesaver, littlest sister. Literally in my case!" He said with another laugh.
"You're welcome!"
"I heard you've been up to some pretty crazy things back on Earth, Marvel." Azazel said. "Something about you and Gabriel taking down Belial permanently?"
"Yes, I was in trouble there for a second. I was chasing down a lead I had on an evil wizard, only to end up coming face-to-face with that bright red asshole." I explained.
"Was he strong?" Azazel asked me? "I never got to see him in action. Before or after he fell."
I pondered for a moment and recalled some of the details of the Battle I had against Belial. "He definitely had a lot of power, and he was pretty decent at controlling Hellfire. Besides that, the most annoying ability that he had was that he could make himself gigantic. I was still landing some pretty good shots on him. I just didn't have the Light Energy reserves at the time to keep up with him." I said.
"Is that why you learned Senjutsu? Even now, I can slightly feel the energy in this room. Passively flowing into you." He asked.
He could sense that? Senjutsu wasn't really something Fallen Angels messed with. I should have also been much harder to detect because I'm not absorbing any emotions from the environment. Just pure Mana as my MP was refilling itself passively. I could refill the 5000 MP I used in under 20 minutes automatically now.
"It's not that I went out of my way to learn Senjutsu. It kind of just ended up happening that way." I said casually. "It's a side benefit of a new ability I gained. Maybe I'll show you in the future, maybe I won't…"
He could tell that I was being cryptic on purpose. just to mess with him. "Fine then, keep your secrets. It's still amazing that you and Gabriel managed to take that guy down at the end of the day, though."
I put my hands on my hips and grinned cheekily. "I know, I'm pretty amazing. So amazing in fact, that I've recently done something that will absolutely shock you and make you eternal jealous of me! Something far more amazing than taking out some boring king Of one of the hells." I boasted proudly.
Azazel raised an eyebrow. I could see he was intrigued. "Hoh? Those are some bold words, sis. Too bold in fact…" He smirked. "You might have given me some surprises, but there's no way you've done anything that great yet!" He said smugly.
"Are you sure about that?" I asked teasingly
"Very sure." He replied while nodding to himself with his eyes closed.
"You underestimate my power." I said smuggling while crossing my arms over my chest.
His eyes opened and he smirked at me playfully. "And now you're quoting Star Wars just a stall. All right, tell me what you did," He said.
[Tell him! It'll be funny. I want to see his reaction.]
Alright then. I decided to tell him. There's no way he was going to be ready to hear this…
"I slept with Lady Death!" I declared proudly while placing my hands on my hips.
"What…?" Azazel stared at me blankly for a moment. It took a while for my words to register in his mind. That's pretty crazy considering his mind can operate many times faster than the average human's.
In the end, the information was too much for him to process. His eyes rolled backwards and he fainted… He fell backwards and hit the floor with a solid thunk.
[Ooof. I think you broke him.]
I looked down at my unconscious older brother and shrugged to myself. "Told you it would shock you…"
I held up my hand above Azazel and a purple portal manifested directly above his head, facing towards him. A small waterfall of ocean water poured out of the hole and slammed directly into Azazel's face!
I was cackling at the sight below me!
"GLurrrrblllughhh!" Azazel waved his arms frantically in panic as he startled awake! A couple fish ended up flowing out next and smacking him in the face!
[That sure woke him up.]
His floor was partially flooded and there were even a few fish flopping around the place. I closed the portal to cut off the flow of water. The whole time I couldn't stop laughing.
"Hehehehehe!"
Azazel sat up and started coughing out mouthfuls of sea water. "Ugh…what the hell happened, Layla!?" He said while looking around. "Why is my whole lab flooded all of a sudden? And why does it smell like fish in here?" He glanced to the side and noticed a few sea bass gasping for air on the wet ground. "Oh…That explains the smell."
"You passed out after I told you I slept with Lady Death." I said bluntly again.
Azazel paused for a moment as he contemplated my words for the second time. He didn't pass out this time. "What the fuck!? How!? When!? Why!? And most importantly!!!...Was she any good and is she up for a potential threesome!?"
"As if!" I picked up one of the fish on the ground and threw it at his face!
"Hahaha!" Azazel cackled even as he got smacked in the face again. "You were right, Layla! Truly I had underestimated you. Truly you are a woman of culture! I'm so proud as your big brother!"
There was a knock on the Lab door before it immediately opened.
[For the supposed most secure place in the Grigori, it's amazing how many people can just walk in.]
Penemue walked in wearing her typical secretary attire. She gave the solving wet Azazel a casual glance before shrugging dismissively and turning to me.
"Layla, here you are. I'm glad that you remembered. I was worrying that you might have forgotten about today" Penemue said with a sigh of relief. She walked forward and gave me a quick hugged. I hugged her back in mild confusion.
'Forgotten what…?'
[Forgotten what?]
"Of course I didn't forget, Penemue." I lied.
She sighed in relief before looking at me up and down. "You're going to have to get changed into more appropriate attire. You can't go meeting the board dressed like that. I'll let you get changed." Penemue said before she walked out of Azazel's lab. As she walked by him, Azazel slapped her hard on her ass. I expected her to turn around and smack him, but she just blushed and kept walking.
I gawked at him for that. "So you two are getting serious then?"
"About as serious as our kind can get. It's not for lack of trying, but I'm honestly surprised she doesn't have a little bun in her oven yet. We've been trying quite a bit. But you know…Supernatural fertility and all."
I nodded. It wasn't as hard for us to have kids as it was for devils, but it was still hard. It was much easier if one of the parents was a human. That's how Akeno was born so quickly.
As for Azazel and Penemue, close meant that they might even be getting married. That was a big deal. Marriage for Fallen didn't end in divorce. It was a true life partnership. Death does us part and all that. They'd still have other partners, of course, but they'd always stick together in the end.
That was why I was still hesitant to marry Hela. I liked her…a lot. I think I might even love her. I wasn't ready for a huge commitment like forever quite yet…
"Good for you two." I said before changing the subject. "So…board meeting?" I asked my brother in confusion.
He was grinning at me. "You have no idea what she's even talking about do you?" He asked with a snicker.
"Not a freaking clue!" I exclaimed. "And what's wrong with what I'm wearing?" I gestured to myself. I was wearing a pair of blue skinny jeans that made my ass look fantastic along with a black T-Shirt that said "Sinfully Sexy."
Azazel gave me a deadpan stare. "You're attending the annual shareholders meeting for Fallcorp. Formerly that human company, Oscorp, that you took over. Penemue has been waiting for you so you could take her back to Earth Marvel. It's been a while since I've seen her so enthusiastic about something." Azazel explained.
Penemue might be a twelve winged Angel now, but she was a businesswoman at heart and always would be. Being able to openly run our company without having to hide was a completely new experience. No one in the supernatural had done this before obviously. We'd either have to pretend to be human or have humans working for us while we ran things secretly.
"So don't upset your sister and get ready to go. You can't go dressed like…that." He waved his hand and a fashionable women's business suit was conjured on a nearby table.
"Thanks," I said as I picked up the small pile of clothes.
[Oh yeah! That was today, wasn't it? How could you have forgotten something so important? For shame, Host! For shame!]
'You're so full of shit, System. You didn't remember either.'
[I did not.]
Using the System I was able to immediately swap the clothes I was wearing with the business suit.
Azazel gave me a pout of disappointment. "Tch, you changed so fast I couldn't even see anything…"
I laughed. "I'm not like Akeno who intentionally slows down her outfit changes to look cool and intentionally flash people at the same time."
"Speaking of Akeno, how's she doing? Baraqiel has been up my but about finding out I'd she's doing alright. Has she fallen into your clutches and ended up in your harem?" He inquired.
"Of course not! I'm a decent Fallen Angel unlike all you perves." I said.
Azazel walked me over to the door. "If you say so…" He said in a tone that implied he didn't believe me.
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