Luz B. Noceda: The Next Belmont

Chapter 13: Escalation of Power

Ever since the incident with King trying to sell off Luz's family history as his own book series, and the Sudden Duke of Hell showing up, trying to destroy her, Luz has not been in the best of moods. In fact, she's had her nose in the ancient travel book for sometime now, looking at techniques that were possibly once used before, by her ancestor, the Shining Knight of the Brotherhood of Light. She has not been talking to King for at least three days know, making the guilty demon wonder if he completely screwed his relationship with her.

"Uh...Luz?" He said nervously, but she never looked her way. "W-W-Watcha' reading about?"

"You should know by now, you tried to sell it as your own merchandise."

As nice it was hearing Luz respond to her, he wished that she would stop making her feel bad. But then again, he knows he deserves it as he decides to try something else and rests on Luz's stomach. That did get her attention, as she looked down and saw the said demon, and gave out a sigh.

"I'm looking at ancient fighting techniques." Luz said, getting King's attention. "These were used by warriors of the Brother both Eda and my family was part of."

King replied "Really? Wow! I didn't even see this kind of stuff in the book when I was-"

He then stopped himself and looked back to see Luz glaring at him again.

"I'll shut up now."

And then, Eda came in, kicking the front door open, yelling out "Hey freeloaders! Guess what today is?"

"Human Treasure day?" Luz answered, blandly.

"Nope! It's Human Treas-Oh, wait. You're actually."

"How'd you guess that, Luz?" King asked.

"'Cuz she literally does this every Saturday." Luz replied, looking at the audience for a second and winked. Then, Eda tosses the Portal Door into the air. It unfolds and opens. Owlbert flies through, dragging a giant sack. The sack tears when he flips it onto the floor, revealing a pile of human garbage.

"Ah, Fresh Garbage." She said, jumping into the pile. King also heads towards the pile and starts rummaging through it, before pulling out a teddy bear.

"Aha! Another worthy addition to my army of terror!"

"I love cuddles and kisses!" Came from the Teddy Bear, which King found "Truly Horrifying!"

And it was then that Eda looked over to Luz, who closed her book and got up from the coach, soon heading for the door.

"Hey, kid. Your trash pile's getting cold. While mine's getting hot!" She then pulls our wired clothes hangers. "I have never seen such an extravagant earring."

Luz replied "Those are coat hangers, Eda, I can't stay. I gotta meet up with Amity so we continue our research on my family's history and involvement with this realm."

"...I understand." Eda replied in a rather mature tone. "Stay safe, Luz."

"You guys as well. Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone."

"Hoot. You're up for disappointment when you get back." Hooty said as Luz exited the house.

"Thanks for that, Hooty."

"Anytime. Hoot, hoot."

And with that, Luz was on her way, leaving the two morons by themselves.

"Eh, who needs her?" King said, proudly.

"You seemed like you needed her when I showed up." Eda replied, while she was now wearing two clothing hangars as earrings and looking in a mirror. "She still giving you the cold shoulder?"