Luminarie looked outside after her short talk with System and saw something that broke her heart. Her father was nailed to the wall of a house, and her mother was under his body with a slash on her throat from which blood was flowing. When she looked at this scene, she started to cry even though she wasn't the first owner of the body. She felt the emotions of the person before her and had memories of the love that those two gave her. She looked at who was over their bodies and almost laughed at the irony. There stood the future Queen of Lucifer , Grayfia Lucifuge, with her white hair, but now in normal dress and armor.
„ So it was you who killed them with your own hands," said Luminarie with a frown on her face. „ I will make you pay for this in the future, Annihilation Queen," she promised, her hands balled into fists.
Two weeks later
While Luminarie was inside the library, reading everything that came into her hands, the Civil War ended in the same way she remembered from the story. When the troops of the Gremory Clan came into her territory and saw that the castle was enclosed inside a barrier that came from within, they reported it to Sirzechs . When he arrived, Luminarie turned it off and went outside.
„ My Lord Sirzechs, Lord Luminarie of the Valefor Clan greets you in this land , " she said, bowing as she had been taught. Sirzechs looked at her and then at the city behind her.
„ What happened here?" he asked, but he had a feeling that he would not like the answer.
„ The Old Maou faction, with the Lucifuge Clan troops as their vanguard, came here. My father and mother told me to go into the library and activate the family's barrier while they went to fight Lady Grayfia Lucifuge. They died right before my eyes , " Luminarie said, spite in her voice. Sirzechs looked at her with a complicated expression, as he had already taken Grayfia as his Queen and made arrangements for the wedding.
„Eh, this will be troublesome , " he said to himself, walking toward the city with a poker face. But if you looked into his eyes , you could see there was a bit of nervousness.
„ What would you like to do now, Lady Luminarie?" he asked.
„ I would like to continue as my father asked me to before he went onto the battlefield-to be the Lord of my Clan. The Lord," she said again.
„ Hmm, I understand, but you alone will have it hard," he said. " Why not take someone as a regent for now?" Of course, he had someone in mind because he couldn't let this become a blood feud between her Clan and Gremory, as Grayfia would be his wife.
" Thank you for your thoughts, my Lord, but I can manage. My parents hired teachers for me when I was five to succeed them as Head of the House, so I know what I need to do," Luminarie responded politely, but you could see steel in her eyes. " My Lord, I heard about something that Lord Ajuka created that can reincarnate humans as devils to help us repopulate?"
„Ahh yes. Evil Pieces. Did you become a High-Class Devil?"
„Yes, my Lord, just yesterday."
„Then yes, you will get them if you want, but only in three days because they will become public knowledge by that time," Sirzechs said and walked by her side into the city. As he looked around , he saw bodies from the Valefor subject but couldn't see anyone else. „What happened to the bodies of the enemies?"
„They were taken by Lucifuge troops , " Luminarie answered. „My parents are there, my Lord Satan."
„I don't have this title yet, Lady Luminarie," he said with half a smile.
„Well, there shouldn't be any problems with getting it right, my Lord?"
„Maybe, but let's wait for the day it becomes a reality." He said and stopped when he saw something on their way. There lay two bodies, a woman and a man-one against the wall, the other beside, lying on the path. When he saw them, his face suddenly showed a bit of emotion. „You were there when this happened?"
„Yes, my Lord. I saw with my own eyes when that bitch slit the throat of my mom and just a few seconds later nailed my father to the wall with a smile on her face," Luminarie said with anger in her voice. „If I ever get my hands on her and I am stronger than her , I will remind her of this day and make her regret every second for years." When she said that, Sirzechs saw the bloody tears in her eyes and her trembling hands as she looked at her parents ' bodies.
„Take Lord and Lady Valefor off the street ; we will give them a proper burial later with the heroes of the Underworld , " he said with a heavy heart, feeling a headache coming on because of the feud between Luminarie and Grayfia. When he thought about it, he muttered, „Just my luck - one devoted to love for me and the other devoted to revenge against the one who loves me. Ehh, this will be a real pain in the ass."
„Sir, I would like to go into seclusion after getting my Evil Pieces to study in the library of my Clan. I have my eyes on one woman to become my Queen and lead my territory in my stead because that person was a ruler before, so she will know what to do , " Luminarie said. But under her breath, she added, „Well, at least I hope it will be someone who can rule the land and not ruin it, so I can come back with someone good from the first world I visit."
„ Okay, I will grant your wish, Lady Valefor. I just hope that learning will be fruitful in the library," said Sirzechs with a sigh of relief when he heard it because it would at least cool the hatred in the heart of the young lady. At least that was what he thought would happen, but he was really wrong here. But we will know this later.
„So I will go into the castle and prepare for the ceremony, which will be held at a later date, my Lord," Luminarie said and went toward the castle.
„Ehh, it will be a real pain later, but well, it will fall on the future me, so why should I let this occupy my mind ? Let's go, everyone, and inform the refugees that the Valefor Lady is well and they can go back to their homes to rebuild , " he said to his subjects and teleported to the Gremory Clan. When he appeared, he met a white-haired woman in maid clothes. „Grayfia."
„My Lord, welcome home."
„Yeah, I am back, but I was somewhere today that will cause trouble for everyone," he said, and Grayfia looked into his eyes with fire in hers.
„Should I take care of the problem?"
„Well, if you want to completely eradicate the Valefor House, you will need to be more powerful to break their defenses on the castle," he said with a little smirk.
„Valefor? But from what I know, their line was killed in the attack my family made," she said with a confused voice. „But they are your subjects, so there shouldn't be any problems, right? So why are you saying..."
„ Because the young Lady Luminarie Valefor, daughter of Miralis Valefor and Lisa Valefor nee Phoenix, is alive and was watching the slaughter of her House and people from their library in the castle where no one could reach her. Now do you see my point? She knows who killed her parents and wants revenge with such passion that it will really be a miracle if she ever lets it go," Sirzechs said with a sigh. Grayfia looked at him with shame on her face.
„I am sorry for the problems that I caused, my Lord," said Grayfia.
„Well, we will deal with it when it comes . Now, let's go to eat dinner and plan the wedding," he said with a small smile . He took her hand and started to walk toward the castle.