Luz B. Noceda: The Next Belmont

Chapter 20: Bloodlines

Despite his boasts, our last confrontation had proven to me that the demon could be hurt. I would need to be patient and bide my time in order to take the opportunity that I knew would eventually come. I could wait a lifetime for that moment but I didn't care anymore. I was past that now. Time was my friend and an eternity of blood, my destiny. I would make this monster pay. He will know fear; he will taste the bitterness of defeat and look into the eyes of the dragon, as his life force spills onto the ground before him. Look upon me demon, for I am darker and more terrible than thee. I am that dragon and you are my prey.

Luz, silently listened as King spoke of the Isle's Earliest History. How its inhabitants used magic freely from the start until a mysterious witch showed up and declared dynamic leadership over the all under the stars of the Demon Realm, creating his corrupted system, subjugating all of the Isles, restraining them indefinitely and punishing those who dared to rebel.

"Emperor Belos has since retreated into his castle. There are whispers that say he's planning something big." As she heard this story, Luz looked like she was preparing herself for war, as she put a special garment that made her look like one of her ancestors. A blue militaristic side button jacket with leather belts strapped across her chest, and another belt secured around her waist, long white trousers with brown foreleg length leather boots, and with long brown leather gloves, Luz was almost the spiting image...of Richter Belmont. Securing her weapons, silver daggers at her chest belts, flasks of holy water and Victor blade at her right side, her newly equipped Morning Star whip at her left, her father's original whip behind her as a backup. She then turned to the cape Eda had made for her, reading the tag that said "To a young Belmont from her proud friend -EDA", and this causes her to clench the woven fabric tightly in her fist.

"I wonder if catching Eda was part of his big plan." King says. "What do you think, Luz?"

Seeing his human friend put the new cape over her shoulders, King feels unnerved by the way Luz is as she responds "Whatever he has planned, Eda will have outlived her usefulness to him. That is why I must save her."

"Luz...are you sure about this?" King asked. "You were barely able to handle Lilith, and Belos is the most powerful witch alive. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't more than worried about your chances of survival with this."

"King, please try to understand. Eda is in this situation because of me. Because of the choices I made. I have to make up for it."

"Well then, I'm going too." the little demon replied.

"King..." Luz sighed.

"Me and Eda don't always see eye-to-eye, but I do consider her family. I want her back as much as you do." And with that, King tried to move forward ahead of Luz.

"I know you do..." Luz replied, right before she grabbed King by the tails and pulled him back. The little demon was caught by surprise when Luz threw something at his face. It turned out to be sleeping powder as the little demon was out like a light. "...But this is my fight. And I won't let anyone else pay for it." And so, Luz puts the sleeping King down and moves out of the house.

Eda was physically and emotionally broken. She pushed herself to the limit by using the Morning Star, knowing full well of the consequences from its after effects, she believed that Luz had perished for nothing and now her is she, on her knees and chained to a platform in the Emperor's Throne room. Lilith came over and kneeled before her, having a look of pity on her face. The younger sister was trying to recollect the last few hours of what has occurred, and the only thing that came to mind was that Desu had tricked her. And now that she has finally accomplished at capturing Eda, she feels torn by how it came to be this way.

"...I didn't want it like this, Edalyn..." She said to her sister, who had her head down, refusing to look at her. "But you have to understand, I did what I thought was right, and I did it for your own good."