•Black Sheep• || The Devil is a Part Timer || Urushihara / Lucifer

༺Chapter 20༻

"A first? Whaddya mean?" Maou asks.

"Well...The past couple of days I have been having these random spurts of intense migraines. This is the first time I have bled though,"

"The past couple of days? Ya mean ever since the whole kidnapping incident?" Hara questions her.

"Huh, now that I think about it, they started the morning after that,"

Everyone in the room starts giving each other worrying looks.

"Uh, guys? What are you looking at each other like that for? You're freaking me out."

"Damn it. That bastard really screwed you up..." The purple haired boy beside her mumbles, shaking his head.

"What do you mean?"

"After that night, when Ms. Sasaki and Emilia took you home, Urushihara voiced his concern about what Sariel did to you," Ashiya answers. The girl turns her attention to her love.

"He messed with your genes. Your Angel blood is probs now fighting your Demon blood harder than it ever has. Basically, there is a war goin' on inside you now."

".........."

"So, what does that mean for Ms. Aiko? Is she gonna be okay?" Chiho frets.

"We don't know. None of us have enough knowledge on this kind of thing," Maou answers her.

"You gotta do it..."

Said woman's head whips to the side. Instantly knowing what Hara meant.

"No."

"Aiko-"

"No, Lucifer!"

"We don't know what'll happen if ya stay like this! You could die!"

"I won't do it!"

"Um, excuse me guys, can we be let in on this info here?" The Devil King intervenes.

The two share narrowing looks before Aiko lets out a long sigh.

"Before my mother died, she left me a small bottle and note. Apparently, she left me an insurance of sorts, in case the Angels found me..."

"She's got Angel's Grace."

Suzuno's eyes widen as the other three just look more confused than anything.

"How does that help her in this situation?" Ashiya inquires.

"If she consumes it. She will have the essence of a celestial being. In other words, her demon blood will most likely be purged from her body, and she will fully become an Angel." Suzuno responds, "How did your Mother even come across something as powerful as that? Not even members of the Church are able to handle it. Much less a Demon."

"I do not know either. But she got it somehow..."

"How my sister obtained such an incredibly rare find is irrelevant. The more important matter at hand is Aiko's well-being. Enlighten us would you? Why is it you are so against this?"

"...I don't want to do it, because I don't want to become the same as those who tried to harm me. Nor do I want to erase my demon heritage. I feel like I would be giving up on my mother, and my race."

"Well to be fair, your mom did say she wanted you to drink it if somethin' like this happened," Hara states matter-of-factly.

"That doesn't mean I should! Or that I even want to..."

"Aiks, look, if it's the difference between life or death, maybe you should do it," Maou adds to the conversation.

"We don't know if it is though. I may be fine soon!"