"ha...."
Heaving a sigh of relief Envy watched in silence as the final giant crumbled into a sea of dust the was later blow away by a mysterious wind.
Supporting his body with the silver sword now stabbed to the ground, he fell on his right knee as droplets of blood drip out his nose and onto the ground.
His vision was dyed red and he knew at the speed they where going he might not make it.
"Pamela!"
Visualing his wife to ignite a hint of resolve he wiped the blood of his nose and turn to Ciel who approached him with stiff steps.
Choosing to remain silent,she removed his hand of her sword and gently wrapped his right hand around her neck to give him support as she raised him up.
"Thank you."
As the began to walk further down the empty streets he remarked causing Ciel to shake her hand.
"I owe you this much." She responded her tone a bit shacked.
As they silently strolled the streets, Envy sighed and began,"Mephisto is currently weakned, years of being constrainted has dialed down his abilities making him a bit rusty, also my displayed earlier might frightened him abit so his hold on his domain has grown weaker."
"How do?"
"Devils are prideful creatures and shattering that pride greatly reduced their concept. By displayed even at death door I'm superior to his creation, I'm undoubtedly trashing his pride hence his hold on his domain."
"So you fight earlier wasn't because you wanted to show off?"
"It had a part in but my main motive was to display my superiority."
Nodding in silence Ciel lead him through the street till they sudden came across a roundabout with a humiond golden statue idly standing in the middle.
"Imitating Marionette eh?"
Feeling something was off,the duo stopped in their track and began examining it.
The statue, golden in texture displayed a lone man.
His gaze profound and sharp as he seemed to stare passed them.
The statue,its posture stiff seem to display a story, something only Envy could understand.
"Let's move on!"
"What about..."
"It wouldn't attack." He cutted her off.
Ciel was still hesitant but she decided not to agrue as she supported Envy with her shoulder.
"Left, right or straight." She questioned confused at which was to take.
"If doesn't matter, they all lead to the same place."
"Straight then."
With that she supported Envy across the roundabout and the two three towards the road ahead.
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The city they thread through was a mystery. It seemed to be enveloped with so much thick mist that one couldn't quite make was out what was ahead but one thing that stranded out the most was the frequent golden statues they came across.
One was a man who soldemly walked ahead, another was of the same man coming across a child.
The man seemed to find joy in the child's existence as the next statue displayed him walking ones more this time a smile on his face as he gently held the child's hand.
"He adored children..." Envy suddenly remarked as the walked passed another statue, this time of the man now smaller in stature playing with multiple children.
His ones profound and meaningful gaze displayed a sense of naivety whiles the smile he now had radianted with purity.
".....so much that give him up his legacy to bring them joy."
"Mephisto?" She asked.
"Yes he was dubbed the name Claus in respect to Santa Claus, a figure quite popular with kids centuries ago."
"You seem quite knowledgeable about something from that long ago."
"Well..." Envy chucked under her suspecting gaze and sighed,"...as I devil I'm quite old and even with my anemiac memories I occasionally remember some facts from my early life, Christmas and so many other holidays I occasionally remember celebrating them with someone before wrath happened."
"A lover by chance."
"Nah..." He shock his head in denial.
"You know what let's leave my past for later now Mephisto story is was matters."
The past was something he definitely didn't Envy especially his.
Ciel noticing this nod and contuined supporting him as he contuined Mephisto tale.
"Mephisto with his adoration for kids traveled the world brings joy to their life's and smiles to their face but, eight years ago something happened causing him to...."
"Kidnapped very kid in Avalon leading to the assocation dispatching you and sloth to stop it." Ciel interjected.
Mephisto crime was knowledge to every hunter bearing him an infamous name as the child hunter.
Whiles not as strong as the seven locked in the abyss, he was still a threat especially now that they where in his domain.
"Why did he change."
Ciel couldn't help but question Envy who seem to know a lot but was intentional hiding some information.
Envy placing his hand in his chin sighed and close this eyes.
"There are time where an individual has to learn the truth directly from the source. I was merely a bystander in his story, I didn't witness what he didn't and I can't accurately say the reason for his change is justified so ask him..."
His consciousness began to sink as he threw Ciel a finally smile before his body began to crumble onto the ground.
"Master..."
Swiftly making an attempt to catch him, her arms slipped through him like water before his body sink into the ground and disappeared.
Ciel left startled had her knees crumbled onto the road as she silently stared at the spot Envy had disappeared and before she could even mourn for his disappearances, she caught sight of multiple humaniod silhouette creeping towards her from her sides.
They numbered hundreds each having an aura of a noble class devil, a single rank below her current strength.
Even if her confidence had been boosted by her sudden surge in strength she knew kneeling and mourning for someone still alive will just make her a sitting duck.
So with her golden eyes shifting into a crimson color, she grabbed the sword she had discarded when she had tried catching Envy and glance around her.
A singular thought in her mind.
To survive.