Helluva Boss X Reader

Overlord Intro Part 2: The Moon, XVIII

In Tarot, "The Moon" upright may represent deception and illusion. Both the tame and wild; the subconscious aspects of our minds. Who are you really hiding from?

The first of your problems had been dealt with. You referred back to your plan, and the issues you had yet to solve. The plan was to wait for an assassination to be successful, and receive the go-ahead from Blitzø. You would track the sinner by means of sniffing the name, through a Hellhound's assistance if that was required. You would then portal to them, and talk to these fresh victims of I.M.P. that had become sinners, convincing them to hand over their souls to you.

You reminded yourself of the following issues:

1. You weren't really a Hellhound, so you might not have the tracking ability required to find sinners. It's possible you would need another Hellhound's help. Loona wouldn't want to, given her feelings on the topic. Maybe she had some Hellhound friends that would?

2. This would be taking advantage of Blitzø's business. Luckily, you had talked to him, and he had given you the permission to contact his victims.

3. You might have to venture far out into Pride in order to find these sinners. Potentially venturing into Overlord territory was also extremely dangerous. You would need to get faster and stronger, to reach sinners in time, as well as defend yourself.

4. You still needed to figure out a deal. One that was convincing, didn't cost you too much, and could be easily repeated.

Issue number two had been taken care of. Issue one (sniffing a name) was now testable, but you decided to wait until issue four (actually making the deal) had been planned accordingly. You had already promised Blitzø that you would ensure that the deal would prevent the sinner from harming I.M.P., and that they would be silent about the deal. You had what you wanted from the sinner, but still not the incentive. Issue four could also be handled whenever you had time to think, so you decided that issue three (getting faster and stronger) was the next one you should take care of.

I.M.P. was a business of assassinations, so knowing how to defend and weaponize oneself was crucial to the job. Using guns wasn't really an option, as Blitzø hadn't given you permission to access the armory, and they would draw too much attention if you did end up needing to use them. Your biggest problem was that you weren't one of the assassin employees, so you had never learned either skill of defending or attacking, at least when it came to using your new Hellish body. Your own body...

While you had become less hateful of your form, due to your conversations with Loona about your mutual experiences being treated as Hellhounds, as well as your goal pertaining to extending greater freedoms to the species of Hellborn, you were still uncomfortable with it. You remembered on your first day you had flexed new muscle, and it had strained your Deathday clothes. (You also remembered that walking with your horribly misshapen legs had taken some getting used to) You were still remarkably strong compared to your previous life, but your muscles had atrophied because you hadn't regularly been using them. You were just a receptionist, after all.

You needed to train. Not only to regain the muscle that you had lost, but to learn how to become comfortable with your own body, attacking, defending, and ending the stigma that you had attached to your wolf-like form.

You looked up from your desk, which you had been sitting in since the start of the work day. No calls had come in yet. That had given you time to think of all of this. You let your eyes wander, and they settled on Loona, who was laying across the waiting room couch. She was waiting for a mission, fittingly enough. As you looked at her, you realized that the best person to train you would end up being her. She was the assassin most like you physically. She didn't use guns, most of the time utilizing her teeth and claws. She was used to her own strength, unlike you, who was never able to escape her teasing headlocks.