Katerea Leviathan straightened her clothes as best she could, regaining her composure.
Pain still throbbed through her body.
She ignored it.
She looked at the boy one last time.
That face again.
Her expression remained calm—perfectly noble.
Katerea:
"…You saved my life."
Anthony nodded, unsure how to respond.
Anthony:
"I just did what I could."
She inclined her head slightly.
A Leviathan bow.
Katerea:
"You have my thanks."
If he had known devil culture, he would have understood—
That was the bare minimum courtesy given to something beneath notice.
Anthony didn't know.
He simply said—
Anthony:
"Be careful in the forest."
For a moment, something flickered in her eyes.
Then vanished.
She unfolded her wings.
Katerea:
"I won't forget this."
A lie.
Or a promise.
She took to the air, disappearing above the canopy.
Anthony watched until she was gone.
Then he turned back toward the forest depths.
Unaware of the the strom that awaits him
The moment Katerea cleared the forest boundary, her expression changed.
The mask dropped.
Her eyes hardened.
Katerea (thinking):
A powerless being wearing Lord Lucifer's face…
Her pride burned.
Katerea (thinking):
An insult that breathes.
There was only one place this information belonged.
Lucifer's Castle
The castle of Lucifer towered above the Underworld—
a monument to supremacy.
Guards moved aside immediately as Katerea approached.
Her bloodline granted her passage without question.
She was ushered into the throne chamber.
Before the First Satan
Lucifer sat upon his throne, crimson eyes half-lidded.
Lilith stood beside him, arms crossed, expression happily.
Katerea knelt.
Katerea:
"My lord Lucifer. Lady Lilith."
Lucifer's gaze sharpened.
Lucifer:
"Well,katerea, you've grown a lot than the last time i see you. So what's the reason for you directly come to me?"
Katerea bowed her head.
Katerea:
"....."
She paused—just long enough.
Katerea:
"I found something… unusual in the cursed forest."
Lilith raised an eyebrow.
Lilith:
"Unusual how?"
Lilith comes near katerea and says
"You don't need to fear.just tell me."
Katerea lifted her head.
Katerea:
"There is a boy."
Lucifer's expression didn't change.
Lucifer:
"Get to the point."
Katerea inhaled slowly.
Katerea:
"He has no demonic power."
Lilith scoffed.
Katerea continued, carefully.
Katerea:
"He survives alone in the forest."
Lucifer's fingers stopped tapping the armrest.
Katerea:
"And… he looks exactly like you."
Silence filled Lucifer's throne room.
Not the calm kind.
The dangerous kind.
Katerea remained kneeling, head lowered, every instinct screaming that she had stepped on something ancient.
Lucifer did not speak.
His demonic pressure began to rise—slowly.
The floor cracked.
The air warped.
Lucifer's eyes burned crimson.
Lucifer:
"…Repeat that."
Katerea swallowed.
Katerea:
"There is a boy in the cursed forest. No demonic power. Surviving alone."
She hesitated—then delivered the final blow.
Katerea:
"He.... has your face."
The room exploded.
A wave of demonic power slammed outward, shattering pillars, forcing Katerea flat against the floor.
Lucifer stood.
Not in shock.
In fury.
Lucifer:
"That thing should be dead."
His voice was calm.
Too calm.
Lucifer:
"How is he alive? ."
The pressure intensified.
Lucifer:
"I allowed it to die unnamed,unacknowledged."
His fists clenched.
Lucifer:
"And it dares to breathe."
This was not anger over betrayal.
This was rage at defiance of reality.
Lilith stepped forward, her expression twisted—not with worry, but revulsion.
Lilith:
"So the mistake crawled back?"
She covered her mouth lightly, as if suppressing nausea.
Lilith:
"How persistent… for something so worthless."
Lucifer turned to Katerea.
Lucifer:
"Now you happen to know his existence, katerea. What should I do with you?"
Lilith:
"Wait ,dear. Let's think calmly."
Lilith pats katerea shoulder softly and says
"So you know that boy is our son,right?"
Katerea:(with fear)
"Y.....Yes, my lady"
Lilith:
"So,Does anyone knows about the truth you told us now?"
Katerea shook her head.
Katerea:
"No, my lady."
Lilith:
"That's good to hear, young lady."
Then Lilith's disgust deepened.
Lilith:
"Of course he didn't die ."
She laughed softly.
Lilith:
"he never knew his place.That Failure"
Lilith:(disgusted)
"My first son rizevim is strongest devil in the history, while my second son is the weakest devil in the history. How can we show ourselves if the world knows about this?"
Lucifer looked away, staring into the void beyond the throne room.
Lucifer:
"A Lucifer without power…"
His voice dropped.
Lucifer:
"…is a stain that cannot be tolerated."
Lilith nodded.
Lilith:
"I threw it away because it was wrong."
She smiled coldly.
Lilith:
"And now it proves me right by surviving where it shouldn't."
To her, Anthony's survival was not strength.
It was insolence.
Lucifer turned back to Katerea.
Lucifer:
"Why did you come to me with this?"
Katerea lowered her head.
Katerea:
"Because such a contradiction threatens the pride of Satan blood."
Lucifer's lips curved—just slightly.
Approval.
Lucifer:
"You don't have any ulterior motives behind this, don't you?"
Katerea:
"No,my lord. I deeply respect you Lord Lucifer,King of Devils, so i immediately came here to tell you about that. I don't have any bad intentions behind this,my Lord"
Lucifer:
"You're right. What is he doing there in the forest?"
Katerea:
"He's just barely surviving there with no proper food and necessity,my lord. And yet...."
Lucifer:
"Yet...?"
Katerea:(angry face)
"He said he wants to become strong without demonic power and prove it to everyone. He wants to become Super Devil."
Lucifer slightly angered
Lucifer:
" Super Devil?Him? That's the one i can't unhear. "
Lilith:
"Super Devil huh. That's a nice title. We should give that title to rizevim,my dear"
Lucifer:
"That title ,i will give it to my son rizevim "
Lilith's eyes gleamed.
Lilith:
"Now This time… no forests. No chances."
She looked at Lucifer.
Lilith:
"I want to see his end."
Lucifer smiles devilish
Lucifer:
"He wants to prove everyone he's strong huh. I'll show what's his place in this world. I'll make his will disappear slowly and his death will be beyond what anyone fear"
Lucifer:
"Prepare a retrieval."
He paused.
Lucifer:
"Katerea go back to him and say some soft words and bring him back to me. I'll kill him.No one knows about this."
Katerea:
"Yes,my lord."
She turns back and
Lilith:
"Wait,katerea"
Katerea turns back to Lilith
"Yes,lady lilith"
, however—
Smiled.
Not in satisfaction.
In inspiration.
She turned to Katerea, eyes sharp and calculating.
Lilith:
"Killing him immediately would be too simple."
Katerea stiffened.
Lucifer glanced at Lilith.
Lucifer:
"Speak,my wife"
Lilith stepped down from the dias, her heels echoing softly.
Lilith:
"He survived abandonment. Exile. The forest."
Her lips curled.
Lilith:
"That means his heart is still intact."
Katerea's eyes narrowed slightly.
Katerea:(realizes)
"…And you wish to destroy it."
Lilith smiled wider.
Lilith stopped in front of Katerea.
Lilith:
"I want you to return to him."
Katerea looked up, surprised.
Lilith:
"Earn his trust."
She leaned down slightly.
Lilith:
"Make him need you."
Katerea's pride bristled.
Katerea:
"My lady, he is beneath—"
Lilith's gaze snapped sharp
Lilith:
"he will love you,you won't fall for him. It's a plan ,ok?."
Katerea nodded
Silence.
Then—
Lilith:
"He has lived his entire life alone."
She straightened.
Lilith:
"Affection will be foreign to him."
Lucifer watched silently.
Lilith continued, voice smooth.
Lilith:
"Make him believe he finally belongs
Lilith turned away, pacing slowly.
Lilith:
"When he can no longer imagine life without you…"
She stopped.
Lilith:
"Bring him to me."
Katerea hesitated.
Katerea:
"And then?"
Lilith turned back.
Her eyes were empty.
Lilith:
"I will tell him the truth."
Lucifer's gaze sharpened.
Lilith smiled.
Lilith:
"That he was unwanted from the moment he was born."
Katerea's fingers clenched.
Lilith:
"That even his mother chose to throw him away."
She tilted her head.
Lilith:
"then we will continue with your plan,dear."
Lucifer finally spoke.
Lucifer:
"When his heart breaks… I'll show him hell"
Lilith nodded.
Lilith:
"A broken soul does not resist."
Katerea smiles
Katerea:
"…As you command."
Lucifer:
"But it'll take too much time for that... let's do one thing, I'll cast a barrier around the house where 1 day outside equals 6 month insider the barrier,ok?"
Katerea:
"That's brilliant idea, my lord. I'll go and accomplish that"
Katerea goes back to retrieve Anthony