Chapter 84 - 84: The Dance (End) (1/2)
”Here you go”, Lambert handed Aura a glass of punch after they finished their dance.
Aura thanked him and took a sip of the punch. Looking out at the group of kids dancing she enjoyed the music and the drinks. Lambert was reclining back in his seat looking like a tired old man he smiled as he watched Tosca and Issei talk with other kids, almost throwing a table at Issei when he saw the boy introduce him to his two best friends, who were all too happy to trie and get to know her.
In the end, he let it go while chanting a calming mantra to himself, 'You will get him later...You will get him later...You will get him later...You will get him later...'
”Good evening”, a voice drew the focused Lamberts attention somewhere else, standing next to him was a well dressed young man with long crimson red hair, he had a polite smile on his face as he gave Lambert a small bow.
”Forgive me for interrupting your evening, my name is...”, the red-haired man was suddenly interrupted by Lambert, ”Sirzects Lucifer, current Devil king, right?”.
Sirzects closed his mouth and smiled at Lambert even though he was frowning on the inside, ”As expected of one of the four Lords of Samsara, Lambert”
”That is Sir Lambert to you Devil!”, Aura snapped, having her mood fouled by the interruption and by a creature of darkness no less, which irritated her without halt, the only reason she didn't duke it out right here, right now was because of Lambert....and probably the people in the surroundings.
”Aura, behave! I apologize Mr, Sirzects, she can be quite temperamental sometimes”, Lambert said. Sirzects was taken aback when Aura verbally ȧssaulted him, but he quickly recovered. ”No, It is I that should apologize, I have ruined the fair lady's mood and for that, I am deeply sorry”, Sizects bowed towards Aura to which she simply turned her head with a 'Humph!'.
'What the heck, at least show some courtesy!', Sirzects yelled in his mind but in reality, he just smiled and turned his attention back to Lambert.
”Well, I'm sure you didn't just come here to greet me now did you?”, Lambert said crossing his arms as he stared at the Devil King.
”Ah, no. I was wondering what you were doing here Sir, Lambert, this is devil territory after all.”
”Oh, well currently I am enjoying a rather fun event, but if you mean in the long run...I live here”
”I see, then I have no further questions for you, if you would, I would like to invite Sir, Lambert to tea some times.”
”It would be an honor”, Lambert said.
”You can smile again he's gone”, Lambert joked.
Aura of course didn't find it funny, ”I don't understand how you can tolerate them, Master, everytime I see a Devil I want nothing more than to exterminate it, even Cleria, I had to do my best not to outright attack her, every moment I was in her presence I felt uncomfortable like an ant that ket crawling over my body, do not misunderstand Master, I do not dislike Cleria, in fact, I think she is a wonderful person but even so I just couldn't help feeling so”, Aura said sadly.
Lambert sighed, ”It's to be expected, as a light elemental you are naturally averse to anything that contains darkness, this is even stronger than the aversion angels have of Devils since the two were born with fleshly bodies and the energies are only within them. You on the other hand are made out of pure light energy, be it your power, your body, or even your soul. Light's natural opposite is of course darkness, although devils do not use dark energy in its purest form even that small amount of darkness that they have is enough to make you have a prejudice against them.”
Aura just nodded with her head bowed low, ”I think I will be heading home now, Master”, Aura said as she stood up. Having Sirzects come so close to them had really put her in a bad mood, she could still handle Cleria and the other little devils around them, but Sirzects was different, he was powerful even to her standards and she had to put a lot more effort in controlling herself against instinctually attacking him.