"Umm. .
. pardon me asking Lady Gabriel but weren't you vehemently against the creation of the 'Brave Saints' because it-" The researcher Angela began only to be interrupted by Gabriel.
"That was then and now is now! I'm prepared to allow you lot to scan and analyze Solomon's Ring as long as you guys can get things done quickly. " Gabriel crossed her arms and looked down at Angela.
"Mm. .
. yes I-I'm certain we can get it done by the end of the month.
. .
" The woman's speech was slow and respectful as if her words were practicing social distancing.
"Cebrail if they do anything strange-"
"I know, I'll call for help. "
"Good girl~" Gabriel pats her daughter's head before letting Angela take the child's hand leading her into the facility.
Cebrail had to admit looking at Angela she was no doubt a beauty not as beautiful as her mother, but enough to likely turn the heads of most men and perhaps some women as well.
She had long blonde hair which reached down to her waist, shiny blue eyes, and eight white wings marking her as a rather powerful angel. She wore a white lab coat as well, very typical of a scientist but it didn't seem to be made to contain a body like hers as all of her curves were easily seen as if she were wearing a skin tight suit rather than a pencil skirt.
"Err. .
. is something the matter princess?" Angela asked nervously, her eyes flickering from in front of her to Cebrail who was staring at her with an intense glare.
"Aren't you too erotic looking to be an Angel?" Cebrail scrutinized the researcher with only the slightest hint of annoyance in her tone.
"U-Uhh w-well-"
"Who are you trying to impress?" Cebrail poked the older woman's boob finding her finger sinking into the flesh easily.
"W-Wait princess-" Angela attempted to protest only to be interrupted once again.
"Uncle Raphael maybe?"
Angela visibly blushed at this, her entire face turning red with embarrassment. (H-How could she know that? I-Is it that obvious?!?)
"Your face. .
. you must be thinking 'How could she know? Is it really that obvious?' right?" Cebrail guessed her expression completely unreadable now that she had lost her glare.
"Are you psychic princess?!?" Angela exclaimed in shock.
"No you're just very obvious. .
. "
"B-But how could you guess Lord Raphael immediately?"
"Uncle Raphael is the head of the research division, aren't most women attracted to men with more power than them?" Cebrail questions with a cute and innocent tilt of her small head, her big yellow eyes piercing through Angela's heart like an arrow.
"P-Princess w-who taught you something like t-that?" Angela didn't know who told her that but she knew it was best to correct things like this in children while they were still young so they didn't turn out like Azazel.
"Don't be so serious, I was joking. "
(J-Joking? But she looked dead serious though! I really can't understand the princess at all. .
. ) Angela lamented in her head as the two finally reached the Brave Saints research lab.
It was surprisingly normal with a huge vat of black liquid with tubes and wires connecting to various instruments and smaller vats of holy water.
"Is that. .
. demonic power?" Cebrail asks curiously, walking up to the vat of black liquid.
Epis, who had been in her arms the entire time, suddenly crawled its way frantically to the top of her head to hide itself in her hair.
"Indeed it is! We err. .
. 'borrowed' a king piece from the Devils in order to run our experiments.
I'm happy to say that it's been going very well so far!"
". .
. " Cebrail stared at Angela flatly causing the woman to remember who exactly she was speaking to and begin to panic.
Sweat began pouring from her forehead as nervousness built up in her stomach, "P-Princess, please do not tell Lady Gabriel about this. .
. " She pleaded with Cebrail.
Gabriel was already vehemently against copying Devils with the creation of the Brave Saints if she knew that the research used demonic power as the base she might even destroy the whole facility!
"No need to worry, I understand what my mom is like. " Cebrail reassured Angela who let out a large sigh of relief.
"How does it work?"
"Ah, well a king piece is like a perpetual motion machine of demonic power, it's actually quite impressive and only possible for Devils given their magic is the manifestation of imagination. " Angela takes Cebrail to one of the computers connected to the king piece.
"We use the light power to keep it contained and analyze the properties as well as the spells used. "
Tapping on the computer a few times a diagram appeared of the king piece much to Cebrails interest, "As you can see we've gotten a lot of the spells down but a few of them are so powerful they had to be encrypted using a dense wall of weaker spells. "
"I see. .
. but how does that involve me?"
"Rather than untangling the web of spells used for encryption it's simply much easier to look at the clean and simple original. " Angela takes Cebrail's left hand in her own, holding them almost romantically by the fingertips.
She was looking at the ring on the child's finger, a golden ring with two lines of incantation on it one of the outside one on the inside. It was an impossible masterpiece which somehow weaved so many effects in just two simple lines.
Such a creation was only possible for the one the ring was named after.
The wise king Solomon.
"You mean the Evil Pieces are based on Solomon's Ring?"
"Is it so surprising? The Devils owe a lot to the wise king. "
Cebrail gave Angela a quizzical stare this time truly confused.
"Hehehe~ I guess Lady Gabriel wouldn't teach you anything about Devil history given her feelings about them. " Holding Cebrail's hand she takes the child to another machine, "You see Devils weren't always so human looking, in fact they weren't