"I guess you can come back with us whenever we leave. If Azazel lets you." I told him. "We can speak more about this later."
Vali grinned. "I'll get his permission! What would my Juggernaut Drive do against an alien battleship!?" He wondered out loud.
Mephisto Pheles snapped out of his outer monologue and seemed to remember we were all still here outside his tower. He pointed to Heather. "You there, girl! You said you came from a magic school? Are you interested in trading some spell knowledge with me? I know quite a bit about Human Magic. What types of magic do you know?" He asked her.
"I know wand magic and Eldritch magic. I can't teach anyone who's not a human Eldritch magic though. It's a rule for all sorcerers." Heather said.
Mephisto looked disappointed before I cut in and explained to him the reason.
There was no point in teaching non-humans sorcery. The Ancient One bent the rules to let me attempt to learn sorcery but she obviously knew it was a fruitless endeavor. What I later learned was that I was never going to be a master in it. Eldritch magic was incredibly compatible with humans, but for some reason it rejected other beings when they tried to use it. That's part of the reason why my Sling Ring used so much magic and always struggled to work right. I'm glad I fed that thing to my Orb of Anywhere.
And speaking of Sling Rings, I reached into my inventory and pulled out a spare that I had acquired from Kamar Taj.
[You stole it…]
I handed it to Heather to keep herself safe. "If you want to stay here for a few hours and trade some magical knowledge that's fine. Vali can stay here too. It might be easier for Asia and I to sneak into the Vatican with just the two of us anyway." I told her.
Mephisto's eyes widened at my statement. "Planning to sneak into the Vatican with a girl that looks suspiciously the same as the church's Holy Maiden!? How devious!" He said dramatically. "I can only imagine what kind of mischief you're going to be getting up to!" He said while spinning around dramatically. He was a very theatrical demon.
"We're not going to be getting up to any mischief!" Asia said with a cute pout. "We're just going to talk to…me?"
I didn't say anything because I knew things always go crazy despite my Luck stat.
[They usually go crazy in your favor though!]
"So alternate world's have alternate versions of us? How fascinating! I wonder what your world's version of me is like!?" He asked.
"He's an insane Demonic God that rules over a Hell World with billions of souls enslaved to his will." I stated.
Mephisto blanched. "I–Is that so…? That's really something I guess…"
"He sounds strong! I'm going to fight him!" Vali exclaimed with a gleam in his eyes.
"Nuh uh! Mom is going to kill him first! He already picked a fight with her!" Heather declared.
…
With all of that taken care of, Asia and I portaled to Rome while Heather decided to stay with Mephisto–with Vali as her unofficial guard. Not that I wasn't worried about anything happening with this Mephisto. Vali had apparently been around the extra demon many times. The only thing the guy cared about was learning about magic according to him.
I had made us some clothing with Creation of All Things and Asia and I we're dressed as typical tourists to blend into the crowds touring the place.
"Have you been to the Vatican before, Layla?" Asia asked me as we casually walked past two armed priests holding machine guns. They were carefully eyeing everyone who entered. Keeping out any evil creatures like me.
[They have failed their jobs…]
Unfortunately for them, I was getting pretty good at my Light Manipulation and could hide my corrupted energy signature fairly easily. At least from human eyes. An archangel would probably still be able to spot me in disguise.
"I've never been here. The Angels had no problem having me in Heaven even after I fell, but the humans didn't want a Fallen in church territory." I told Asia.
"That's sad. Youre so much nicer than the priests and nuns who took care of me." Asia said solemnly. "It's this way…" We turned a corner and started walking down a much more narrow and deserted backstreet.
I was following her on where to go and we were hoping the layout of this place was similar. I couldn't spread out my senses to search for this world's Holy Maiden or the exorcists would detect me.
We turned a few more corners and went deeper and deeper into church territory. Other than those two initial guards, we didn't see anyone else. I wasn't surprised at how lax the security was around here actually. The Vatican in my past life was more secure than this and the supernatural wasn't even a real thing there…as far as I knew at least.
Asia gasped as we finally reached our destination.
"Is that it?" I asked her.
Asia nodded. "T-that's the same place that I was forced to stay in my whole life. The priests would bring people for me to heal them every day."
"Let's go see if your twin sister lives here then." I told her and approached the small worn down church. I had heard the description from her before, but the building they had her staying in really was hardly anything more than a shack. The rundown church in Kuoh was almost better…and that building had holes in it!