Helluva Boss: ''Helluva Human Kid''

Ch.15 - Octavia and Balin

Octavia paced back and forth in the kitchen as Stolas and the I.M.P gang gathered to the kitchen table, waiting for her to tell some bad news.

"Alright, first thing's first." she began. "Blitzy... I-I-I mean! Blitzø, I know you guys have the Asmodean crystal now. Correct?"

"Oh! Well, uh, yes we do, Via." Blitzø stuttered, showing her the crystal. "Just to be real, your dad only gave that to me when we started fucking up with each other."

"Blitzø...!" Loona reminded him in annoyance as Moxxie covered the boy's ears, before she held up a jar with a sticky-note superglued to it in one of her hands. "Pay up."

"When did you have the time to get a swear jar, Loonie?!" argued Blitzø in shock.

"DO NOT call me that!" she then angrily said. "NOW!"

Before long, with a grumble, Blitzø put a penny into Loona's personal swear jar for I.M.P. Normally, in Loona's case, she'd swear until there was a couple of grand in a jar like that, but even that could change with a human child who'd manage to steal her heart like Balin.

"Now, with that set in mind," Via continued. "I overheard my mother talking with Uncle Andrealphus, and it was something about you, dad. I'm not so certain what it was, but it certainly wasn't anything good."

Stolas secretly growled to himself in owl noises, knowing how much he hated his arrogant brother-in-law more than his wife.

Via then pulled up several pictures on her phone and showed them to him.

"Turns out the divorce must've set off something in her more than I don't think anything in your... 'post-marriage' has lead up to before." she said.

"Before? What did she say to you? What did she do?" Stolas asked her.

"Nothing." replied Via. "She was busy trying to groom me with her side on Goetia royalty. Like, how to rule with an iron fist."

"Oh, that's your mother, alright." Blitzø interrupted. "Always the brute, never the brightest when it comes to family ties."

"Exactly. So that's why I need you to look at these." Via insisted Blitzø to look at the pictures on her phone.

These photos were of Stella's attempted murders on her... ex-husband from the past crossed out, and many new ones planned out. They also included strategies on taking charge of the possessions and affairs once passed down to her.

"Judging by these, she must be planning on using the divorce to her advantage somehow. To get her hands onto everything this family has, like the crystal, and perhaps the Grimoire too."

"The Grimoire?" Millie's ears perked up. "Your Highness, sweetie, your daddy had it confiscated from our company when we got the crystal. It could be anywhere else with the family."

"Actually, no." Stolas said. "The Grimoire's still staged in this household at the moment. Somewhere."

"Then where is this somewhere?" continued Via.

"Nowhere important, it's just... what's this intention your mother has in mind for the crystal and the book?" Stolas asked his daughter. "She never cared enough about any of those being on her mind."

"I know, especially since you dad and I had that, uh... meeting we had, when we were building I.M.P." added Blitzø. "She didn't even see the birthday cake I landed o..."

Loona then squeezed Blitzø's arm by her tail in a little anger. "BLITZØ! Will you shut up?! Royalty is talkin'!" she growled through her teeth.

"Oh, no, that's perfectly fine, Ms. Loona." replied Stolas kindly. "All words are welcome. ...As long as they're not about sex. Not anymore. In these two kids' sakes, especially."