SACRIFICIAL WITCH // 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭

[CH 33] Dusty Situation

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬʸᴵᴺᴳ : "Dog Days Are Over"
ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ : ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▯▯

The angels grunt the moment they hit the floor. They're tied tightly together, backs—err wings—squished together, with a strong rope wrapped around their torso and arms. Their wrists are bounded as well.

"Now all we have to do is ship them back to the heavens above." Ayato's tone is teasing, popping his fan open to hide his smirk. It's amusing seeing Thoma and Kaveh tied together like hostages.

"Not yet." Alhaitham observes the area around the mansion with his turquoise orbs. "There seems to be one more lingering around." The demons tense up when another winged intruder appears. The one they sensed lingering around outside.

Jean walks over to them, her hands up to show that she meant no harm, and cautiously approached her fellow angels, who were tied up, look up at her, eyes begging for help. They're gagged and unable to speak.

"Take them and go." Sloth's tone is sharp and he turns on his heel to head back into the mansion. He has an air of irritation surrounding him.

After he finished containing Kaveh, he found that his little witch was long gone. She was right there one moment and then gone the next. His brow twitched in annoyance when he recalled seeing Childe's condition.

He wasn't happy that his witch decided to head back out. Did she not see how dangerous it was outside? It didn't help that there were angels wandering around.

~

The journey back home was a disaster.

It all started when a beautiful woman appeared. Her long blonde-silver toned hair fluttered in the wind, her red eyes gleamed as she observed the couple before her.

"I see the King has a new pet in tow. Perhaps that's why Hell has been so chaotic as of late. Have you perhaps been distracted?" She spared a glance at (Y/n), "Exploring the wonders of pleasure?"

(Y/n)'s jaw dropped and immediately pulled her hand from Zhongli's, "We're not—"

"What brings you here, Ningguang?" The Avatar of Pride cuts her off, ignoring the teasing of the demon before them, and seemingly unbothered with her accusation of him being too distracted to the point of neglecting his duties.

Ningguang shrugged her shoulders to adjust her rather ornate shawl, she's wearing a beautiful long yellow dress that fits her figure perfectly, a long slit in its skirt shows off her long leg with a tattoo decorating her thigh. (Y/n) notices that her dress is almost borderline gold. "Many have brought up that they are not satisfied with the recent turns of events. Even going as far as mentioning that perhaps it's best you step down and..." her eyes wandered around the area, as if interested in the wildlife, "retire. Relax, spend your millennias duty free."

(Y/n) frowned and looked at Zhongli, awaiting his response. His face was void of any emotion. She couldn't tell if he was seething, relieved, or perhaps even upset.

Pride held his hands behind his back, standing tall. "And who decides that?"

"It's a mere suggestion."

"I find it amusing that such a suggestion reaches my ears now. Indeed the issue regarding Celestia happened in my territory, however, it is being dealt with. I have many capable demons under me to handle it, demons who don't need me to be their chaperone. As for the gate," he lifted one hand to gesture to (Y/n), "it was handled by my own people. Mind you, the gate is not situated on any turf."

The female demon's lips quirked upwards, "You are still the King of Hell. Such issues should be handled by a big boy like you, yes?"

Metaphoric sparks of tension seemingly fly in the air as the two hold eye contact. (Y/n) awkwardly shuffled her weight onto her other foot as she watched them.