The Demon And The Angel | Brypu Cult AU

Chapter 22

Inpu's POV

Despite Bryan thinking I didn't know what he was reading the other day, I knew exactly what it was.

Was my plan involving Bryan technically led by a fake love, yes and no, I did actually grow to love him, but it was lead by lies and deceit.

My father and I did get along great, it is true we didn't completely agree on how to lead things, but we both knew we wanted one thing after we were hit when we were down, we wanted our power back.

We planned everything so it seemed like random chance, but we had everything planned out from the moment Bryan was born.

Only reason it even took this long was because we had to have the cult find an angel who would blankly agree to give up a child, so when Bryan was born and given to the cult, we just had years left.

Now that he knew, I told my father right away, we couldn't risk him finding a way out, so we made a backup plan.

I was able to get a few power samples from Bryan without his knowledge by using his magic residue, so by mixing it with my magic before putting it in a test tube, I'd be able to make children with them who have a chance of having the purity we need.

On top of that, we also had a lab under my office where I could easily hide the test tubed, plus it had a portal connected to my father's office so he could sneak over when he had to without alerting Bryan much more than he already was.

The most I was doing was trying to understand the genetics that matched Bryan and I, but I wasn't really understanding the ones related to our magic, so I was a bit stumped.

My father came in while I was trying to do my research, but he made it clear he needed something.

"Let me guess, you need another power boost?"

"No actually, I need one of his dull feathers, I want to try something"

"They're in the box like normal, may I ask why you need them?"

"I have a small theory I want to test, if you put a bit of the magic residue in the dull feathers, maybe they'll become pure"

"If we don't have to wait for his wings to normally be pure, than go ahead, sooner its done the sooner we get our power back"

"Speaking of which, if worst comes to worst, how positive are we that the littles will be good fits"

"My research isn't giving me much, I can't tell which genes relate to magic, and on top of that, each of them have little to no matches, so for all I know, none of them could be pure"

"Who would've thought purity would've been the hardest part"

"Hey, don't blame me, I failed to realize he'd actually realize he could request pain killers and make his way to the library only to grab the one book with information on this topic"

"Why do we have that book anyways?"

"I made it a long time ago, I figured it would be good to have when the time came, I forgot I made it until I found it sitting on the library desk"

"Next time, use the bookshelves in the office to hide books like this, with your little husband finding out, it could've cost us our only chance"

"I realize that now, dad, I didn't realize he'd try to learn about demons without talking to me"

"And I doubt he'd want to ask that now"

"He's been more distant, he's likely processing if he's ok with it, worst case he's likely questioning everything"

"Do you actually love him? I know we've been preparing this plan for the past 500 years, but you did spend a lot of time with him, you know better than anyone that your mother and I argued for years and only got along when you were born"

"I do, but love won't stop me from this plan, I've worked too hard on it, the last thing I need is to be too blind to not have my plan work"

"Then rebuild that trust, I know you won't throw him to the side once you're done, so that trust will be your best bet"

"But what if the process of using his magic kills him? Why get attached only to loose him?"

"Because in the event he does survive, he could be really hesitant to be with you and try to get away, at that point it would be worthless holding onto him, but I know you too well"

"It also doesn't help that he thinks we hate each other, the second he sees us working together any trust he has is gone, and if I explain what needs to happen, there's a high chance he refuses"

"Then I've got nothing, those are your only options, all I say is don't take forever to try and regain trust, you can try to avoid attachment, but it'll be hard, just don't let him go easily"

"Don't worry, he can try all he wants, but unless he somehow manages to get rid of my mark and find the test tubes, we'll succeed one way or another"

"Alright, then I only have one small suggestion, move three of them, they may all be random, but if he somehow manages to find this room, if he notices what they are and finds out how to sneak away, you don't want him taking all of them"

"Sounds good, I'll get it done shortly, let me just finish my documentation"

My father just nodded before grabbing a few feathers and using a bit of magic residue to try and purify them, but as we expected, it didn't work.

From everything we read, it could take months or even years for Bryan's wings to be normally purified, so this was a huge let down.

My hope with the kids mostly came from the fact that if they are born while an angel is married by demon ritual or if the angel purified themself, the kids would be born pure, so with Bryan being married, theoretically, my kids should be pure when they are born.

As much as I wanted to continue to research what else I could do, dinner came, so I had to deal with the awkward silence that was Bryan not wanting me to know what I already knew and me not pushing him to speak.