QT: The Secondary Character Counterattacks (Obey Me! characters x Reader)

Arc 3. The Cursed Witch Conquers the Wild Prince (Diavolo x Reader) Chapter 3

"Have you--" he started, and you raised your face, revealing those doe eyes. He cleared his throat and continued, "Have ya ever heard of Adam and Eve?"

You shook your head.

"At the beginning, there was nothing, only darkness. So a powerful god decided to create everything out of boredom. His last creations were the first humans, Adam and Eve, or so the story goes. He only had one rule for them: 'Do not eat the fruit that falls from the Tree of Knowledge,'" he said as he stared at the pomegranate. "Guess what they did when the old geezer turned his back?"

You guessed, "They ate it...?"

"Yup," he threw the fruit up and down, but your eyes were more focused on his biceps more than anything.

"He gave them everything, yet they broke his one rule. Humans screw up all the time, but the geezer loves them all the same."

You blinked.

"What?" He barked.

"W-well, it's just that ... you're talking as if this all actually happened."

His eyes widened, then he gritted his teeth. "Yeah. But I mean, it's a little stupid. Loving those rulebreakers regardless of what they do."

"Love can't be reasoned with."

"That's not the only thing that frustrates me," he said, staring at the fruit in his hand. "Why did they have to take a bite? They already had everything."

"Because sometimes, you can't help but yearn for the forbidden things," you whispered.

Gabriel was about to retort but stopped. Your eyes bore into his as you bit into the pomegranate. You licked the red stain that covered your lips. Your neck bobbed softly as you swallowed.

"You ... " For the first time in his life, the angel Gabriel found himself entranced by a human.

Someone called out to him and Gabriel only just realized that his hand was reaching out to you. He pulled back his arm just as Michael arrived with "backup."

When you saw who was approaching, your first instinct was to hide behind Gabriel.

Michael raised his hands with a nervous smile. "Ah, looks like you remember me. But it seems like you were getting along well with my brother."

"That's b-because he didn't try to take my--"

"No, no, no! Like I said, I wasn't... I'm not a bad person, all right?"

There was a giggle behind him, followed by a feminine voice, "This is quite the scene. I don't recall the last time you've been rendered speechless, Brother Michael."

A young lady in blue appeared from behind Michael. She was a head shorter than him and Gabriel but from the way she held herself, you knew she wasn't someone to be underestimated.

"Pleasure to meet you." She smiled and you swore lilies bloomed around her. She glided towards you and held out two delicate hands. "My name is Lilith."

You stared at her hands for a moment. Your gut told you not to touch even a single hair on this woman.

[Host, please rest assured. Your loyal system won't let anything happen to you!]

"..."

Lilith amped up her smile. "I promise, no one here is out to hurt you. Please, we're only here to make friends."

You barely touched one finger when a surge of warmth travelled from your wrists up to your chest and stomach. A sense of ease spread throughout your body, tempting you to let go ... and just ... melt into nothing...

[Ding. Sensing third-party interference. Commencing emergency procedures...]

[Host-System aural synchronization complete. Anti-psychic field raised to 50%]

As if a bucket of ice-cold water was thrown your way, you woke up. That mind-numbing warmth was still present, but it was not as effective as it was earlier.

Lilith's smile turned eerie with excitement, like a kid who found a new toy to cut open. But the smile disappeared when Gabriel raised his hand and smacked his sister across the head.

"What--" she yelled, holding her skull softly. "Michael! Gabriel hit me again!"

"It's because ya keep grinning like a creep!"

"Was not!"

"Was to."

"Was not!"

"Was to."

Michael rubbed the lines between his brows.

"Um..." You mumbled.

Lilith broke away from Gabriel and then pulled you into a tight embrace. The system didn't sense any further interference and removed the anti-psychic field.

"You are one of a kind human, ya know?" She exclaimed. "And I'm not saying this in the pathetic 'you're definitely meant for great things' way that mothers use to comfort their talentless children who are doomed for mediocrity. I mean it literally. You are the first human I have ever met to have Father's mana!"

"Lilith!"

"Dammit, you brat!"

The two brothers reprimanded in unison.

She shrugged. "Puh-lease. This girl managed to deflect my powers. Someone like this, the first in a million years, should be treasured and properly blossomed into the perfect flower!"

"There ya go again with yer weirdass metaphors and weirdass obsession with deflowering!" Gabriel pointed.

"Hah? Ya mind speaking properly? I couldn't understand you, brute-whose-only-talent-is-baking-and-cutting-things-up."

"What didcha say?"

"Ya heard me, Brute."

"Nerdy freak!"

[Host...]

"I don't get it either, but this mission may actually be more complicated than I thought."

Michael sighed, but then narrowed his eyes. He swung his arm and a wave of gold light flew across the empty foot of the hill.

"Stand behind me," ordered Michael.

You glanced up at him, his soft Labrador eyes were as fierce as Gabriel's now. One brother is a puppy wearing a wolf's clothes, while the other is a puppy with a bite. You snickered to yourself and thought, Not bad.

Lilith flicked her wrist and a golden bow formed between her fingers. Gabriel summoned his large spear and stood guard.

"What's going on?"

"Demons," Lilith answered. Then she pulled on the bowstring, two arrows of light shot from her fingers and into the empty air.

Or so it seemed.

"Urk!" Two lizard men lost their camouflage and collapsed on the ground.

Gabriel swung his spear and something screamed as a geyser of hot blood sprayed the grass. A half-man, half-bear fell to the ground, holding its bleeding stump.

Now, you didn't think you were a queasy person. You've seen your fair share of incidents where humans have lost limbs and half their faces... in video games, that is.

You reminded yourself this was fictional, but the blood, the screaming, the sweat... everything was too much.

Your stomach stirred and you blacked out.