"Hey. Have you heard. The guards said that they saw Lord Zekram taking four children to his home. Do you think he also swings that way?" Two guards, wearing the same uniform strolls around the Bael estate, whispering amongst themselves. When one of them had a good idea of a topic and shared it with his companion.
"Why are you asking me and keep your voice down! You don't want Lord Zekram to hear and have you gone with your head, do you?" The other guard, was quick with his reflexes and immediately covered his mouth, warning him with a slight scared tone.
"Oh right. My bad."
"You and your loud mouth. Let's go. We still have the west side to patrol." As the two guards slowly left, the shadow on the corner of the wall where they previously stood suddenly gained two small orbs of purple eyes.
'Infiltration successful!' Serafall praised herself with a smug grin on her face, though it was covered by a black mask.
'Now all that's left is the estate itself.' Serafall's purple bead eyes stared at the large mansion standing atop a mountain from a distance.
She had just entered through the gates but not Zekram's home yet.
Though with enough time and patience, she would be able to sneak in and swoop the children in one swift manner like a true ninja!
'Hehe!~ Nin! Nin!'
***
While Serafall was busy in her infiltration mission, Chamber's plan was also being executed.
Unlike Serafall who is using a physical disguise mixed with a few disguising spells to make her entry, Chamber was different.
He was casually strolling inside the Bael estate, as if he's not afraid of alarming the inhabitants.
What's unusual about his surroundings was the fact for every devil he passes by, no one reacts to his presence, as if he's turned himself completely invisible.
Of course, all of this is thanks to the one and only Mirror Dimension spell.
Although the Mirror Dimension was used mostly to bring a devastating fight inside in order to not affect the real world, few rarely used one of its secret functions.
Which is allowing everyone who enters inside to freely roam without being detected by anyone and with a simple portal, they would be able to enter anywhere and anytime.
Of course, the Mirror Dimension would be useless if there's no portal as breaking the Mirror Dimension would simply bring everyone back to where they first entered the dimension.
Mirror Dimension can only be used to visit any place and imprint its location in their minds so they could open a portal to the said location.
It's like Mirror Dimension and Portal spell was created solely for each other.
"It should be here." Chamber muttered to himself as he stared at the huge doors in front of him after successfully passing through several guards.
As for how he would enter, it's simple.
Since in the Mirror Dimension, he can't touch objects or anything, he could only resort to manipulating the dimension itself.
With a simple wave of his hand, the door folded like rubics cube, showing an opening for him to enter.
Stepping inside, Chamber's attention was quickly caught by the huge cage hanging from the ceiling.
"Tam." Chamber's face softened slightly after seeing how everyone was focused while only Tam was throwing curses upon curses towards Zekram, who seemed to be amused by Tam's meager attempt to mock the head of Bael clan.
"Knowing them. They're already making their plans to escape, taking advantage of Tam's nosy voice to brainstorm their plan to one another." Chamber chuckled as he slowly unfolded their plan in front of him.
Nevertheless, he's relieved that they're fine and Zekram hasn't touched them yet. The guy probably have more plans for the children, somewhere around blackmailing Chamber or something.
"This would be a good experience for them. I'll just go on a standby." After a moment, Chamber came to a decision, walking to the side and leaning against the wall.
Of course, he could've warned his students about his presence but like he said earlier, this would serve as a good experience to them.
If they can't overcome this, then they're not worthy of being his student.
***
[How is it? Any chance?] Belle couldn't help herself but ask Faust.
[I was this close! I think. Shh!] Faust annoyingly replied, making Belle whimper and pout.
Augustus, having developed a slight interest towards Belle, immediately tried to defend her.
[Faust! You don't have to be harsh to he-]
[Sshhhh!] Only for Faust to also make him turn quiet.
Both Belle and Augustus stared at each other's eyes, their eyes looks like as if having a silent conversation.
'Should we continue?' Belle's eyes asked Augustus's while the latter replied in the same manner.
'I don't think that's a good idea. Let's just buy him some time.'
As they both talked, Tam's voice started to get loud.
"Y-You're just a piece of evil poop! I've seen more scarier things than you! I heard your father abandoned you. Must be because your failure isn't part of his plan, he doesn't need a bunch of whiny children who has daddy issues!"
The moment Tam finished his last sentence, the surroundings grew quiet. Zekram's previous amused expression turned grim.
From the looks of it, Tam, after an entire hour of nonstop trash-talking, has finally hit a sore spot on Zekram.
Belle, Augustus and even Faust who was disrupted from his focus state after hearing Tam, stared at him in shock.
'Can't you just buy us some time!? Why did you have to provoke him like that?!' They all shouted in their mind in unison, cursing Tam's name under their breaths.
Chamber, who was standing on the side, was heavily chuckling, covering his mouth as he tries to held back his tears from forming.
His other hand was raised with a thumbs-up towards Tam.
'Little Tam! Your master is so proud of you!' Chamber obviously knew that Tam got the last sentence from him.
"You little meatbag…." Zekram growled as he slowly stood from his throne like chair before marching towards the hanged-up cage.
"W-What are you going to do" Standing up, Tam nervously back away with a wry smile. Only for someone from his behind to push him forward.
Shocked, he turned around and saw it was his own little sister who actually pushed him!
Sister! Why are you doing this to your little brother! Tam screamed in his mind as he cried.
Falling back on the ground, Tam looked at the approaching Zekram with fear in his face.
"Can I just say I'm sorry?" Tam meekly said.
Unfortunately for him, Zekram isn't someone who forgives easily, not to mention, he doesn't even know what forgive means in the first place.
"I was thinking of sparing you first but after what you just said, I change my mind." Zekram said before raising his hand towards Tam, lifting him from the cage with ease.
With a flick of his finger, the door opened up and brought Tam outside the anti-magic cage before closing the door back to avoid the others from escaping.
"You're also a devil like me and yet you dare to mock me? Or maybe also yourself?" Tam suddenly found himself being pulled in quick speeds before finding himself being choked by Zekram.
"I'll grant you one last wish then, I don't want your master to know that I'm a merciless devil. So, any last words?" Hearing his words, Tam's face twitched several times before opening his mouth.
"F-F…"
Zekram, smirking at this scene, loosened the chokehold for a bit, allowing him speak freely without any obstacles.
"Fuck you!" Tam spat with a growled tone, allowing some of his saliva to land on Zekram's face.
Crack!
Inside the cage, Belle, Augustus and Faust stared at Tam in shock, their jaws dropped and eyes wide.
'Tam. You're a very brave boy!' They all mentally uttered to themselves in unison.
At the same time, Chamber was on the ground, his face on the floor and his hand raised with a thumbs-up.
'T-That's my student! My student! He learned after me! Me!' He yelled in his mind while tears of joy dripped from his eyes.
"Hmm? What was that?" Zekram, oblivious to the meaning of Tam's words, doesn't know what it means.
From the looks of it, only Tam and his fellow students can understand it.
Though a small part of Zekram was suspicious that whatever weird word that Tam said, it's definitely not good.
"Doesn't matter. Killing you would actually benefit me. Once your master sees your dead body, he'd lose his composure to confront me." With that being said, Zekram tightened his grip on Tam's neck, choking the life out of him.
Just as Chamber was about to conjure a portal to expose himself and save his student, an angry shout echoed across the hall.
"LET HIM GO!" Inside the cage, Faust's eyes glowed in red aura as the magic suppressant cage he's holding on suddenly exploded into pieces, freeing the children along with him.
Zekram's eyes widened in surprise upon the sight of the cage being exploded.
He's not shocked because the cage exploded, he's shocked because Faust was actually hiding such an ability from him.
"How did you do that?" Zekram asked with a grim expression, dropping Tam from his grip, letting the reincarnated devil have a breather.
His eyes wandered around Faust's body, his skin flowing with deep scarlet aura.
Anger can be seen on Faust's eyes as he grinned madly.
"I'll kill you, you heretic devil for touching my friend!" Crouching, Faust grabbed a piece of shrapnel from the exploded cage, letting his red aura to also flow across the shrapnel.
Without saying anything, Faust threw it towards Zekram with all of his strength.
Zekram, not underestimating the child with a weird ability, immediately jumped to dodge.
He looked down on the ground he was standing on and saw it explode after coming in contact with the shrapnel that Faust threw.
BOOM!
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[Some of you might noticed the sudden addition of a bit comedy. That's because I'm currently writing a new fanfic and it's a mash-up anime world but not just like any other worlds. This new fanfic contains some rare anime worlds that can rarely be seen in some fanfics.]
[I'm not sure when would I be able to release it but maybe once summer break starts. We'll see and oh before I forget. No worries, this fanfic will see its end, after all, I already had its ending planned out.]
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