I'm the Eve of Gluttony and Wrath

Cleaning Up

Everyone was in Aria's office moving the broken furniture out as Willow ordered new things. Aria was neat the window picking up pictures which, thankfully, weren't broken. De smiled as she held three pictures of her parents in her arms. She stood up and set them in a box that had pictures of her when she was younger along with a few of her brother.

"You sure do have a lot of books, Aria." Mahiru said picking up a few bullet ridden books.

"Heh heh. Yeah I'm a big book worm. I read everyday when if I'm not busy. Most of them are poems or mystery." She responded as Gorem took two of the boxes and sat them in her room.

"Well I'm sorry to say that some of your books are ruined right now." Lawless said holding up one that was literally burnt.

"Oh it's fine. I have a back up library with another copy of each book." She said as she swept up some glass.

The whole room went quiet except for Willow talking outside and Aria sweeping. She soon noticed the quietness and turned to see all the boys staring at her with wide eyes. She looked between the two with a confused face.

"What?" She asked still sweeping.

"You have a whole other library?!" Old Child asked floating towards her face.

"Of course. I'm typically really clumsy so I keep extra copies of my books just in case." She explained as everyone sighed.

"You care more about books than your own life." Licht said shaking his head.

"Of course I do. I would honestly give my life to protect my books." Aria said seriously.

"Well let's hope that doesn't happen." Lily said smiling.

Everyone nodded in agreement as Gorem began to write down the names of the books. He checked each once again to make sure that he didn't miss one.

"Ok. All your furniture replacements are ordered and should be here by tomorrow. Along with whenever my broth gets done handing the list of your books to the librarian at the library." Willow said walking into the room.

"Just got it taken care of. The books should be here by lunchtime tomorrow. The same time the furniture should also be here." Gorem said crossing his arms.

"That's good. Looks like the place is almost done. Just need a new window." Aria said sighing.

"Don't worry! I got it covered dear!" Maku said smiling as he walked in with a few window repairmen.

"Thank you Maku!" Aria said hugging the male.

"No problem. It's my duty." He said winking.

The others were confused as Willow ushered them out as the repairmen began to work. Gorem and Aria were ahead of the group as they talked about different things. Misono looked at Aria then back to Willow.

"What did Maku mean it was his duty to serve her?" He asked as everyone waited to hear the answer.

"Maku is Gorem's subclass. All of the servants here are one of our subclasses actually. They were caught in the accident a few years ago. They were dear to Aria so we saved them for her. So Maku is only repaying his eternal debt for Aria." Willow explained as everyone nodded.

"How Old was Aria when that accident happened? And was it the same one Demu was talking about?" Kuro asked this time.

"She was only 3 when the accident happened. And no it isn't. That accident is something far worse." Willow said frowning deeply.

"Is it the same accident that killed her parents?" Tetsu asked suddenly.

Willow sighed and stopped so that Aria, Gorem and Maku we're far enough away. She turned towards all the boys and looked deeply at their eyes. The boys slightly stiffened, except for Licht and Lily, as Willow began to whisper.

"Yes. The first accident is when they died along with the servants. The only reason why we couldn't bring them back as sub classes was because they asked us not to. Aria doesn't remember that part though so I ask you to kindly not bring that up at all." She said as the boys nodded.

"Good. Now come on. Let's see what Aria wants to do next." She said continuing to walk as they followed behind her.

Once they made it to the living room, Gorem raised an eyebrow at Willow as she only shrugged her shoulders as a 'I'll tell you later' symbol. They all sat around as Aria looked through old books on spells she had around her.

"So what exactly is that?" Old Child asked.

"These are spell books or witches books. They help me with my powers."she explained.

"Witch books? As in evil women who cackle and fly on a mafia broom?" Lawless asked tilting his head to the side.

Aria giggled and shook her head. "No. Like white magic witches. They help protect people from evil forces. My mom used to be a white witch so that's where I got my powers form."

"That makes sense." Mahiru said understanding.

Kuro slept in a corner curled up as a ball as the others sat around looking through random books she had lying around. Aria was flipping rapidly through her book trying to find a certain page.

"Found it!" She yelled jumping up causing everyone to flinch.

"You found what?" Willow asked standing up and walking behind her eve.

"The spell that my mother taught me! It's a spell that only good things and good people and enter into a place. It's special and I can use it to protect my manor." She said smiling.

"Are you sure it will work?" Gorem asked looking through the words, not that he could understand them.

"Definitely. It protected my mother before when she was pregnant with me. I'm sure this will work." She said smiling with a determination fling in her eye.

"Well, let's get to work making this thing work." Mahiru said standing up and smiling at Aria.

She nodded and held the book close to her chest. This was a way to stop Tsubaki in his track. This should help give them an upper hand. Right?