My Servant System

"They are here? In the Labyrinthian, in this city... right now? And we somehow haven’t come across them till now? Did they just arrive?"

A flurry of questions escaped my lips, each one more pointed than the last as I stared at Cali intently, trying to pry out as much from her as I could since she was the one who had brought this information to us.

"They’ve been here is what it feels like. They were comfortable moving around and didn’t seem at all surprised by the Trials they were looking at; if anything they were searching for one that fit them better, so we haven’t been alone for a fair amount of time..."

"I know this city is gigantic, but still... all this time and we never once crossed paths with them? Didn’t find any of the Trials they completed or any marks that they left behind on a certain Trial? Nothing at all? That’s..."

Cali hummed and drifted around lazily, her earlier concern melting away a little as she instead just accepted what had happened and was planning to leave everything to us; I could tell since she becoming far too relaxed and looking primarily at Lady Fenyras, Lilith and Mom.

Those three alone could have handled the Arch Fiend and freed us up to handle the damnable Elves, but with Cali here we were even more in the advantage, albeit an unknown one since we had no idea how strong this Arch Fiend was or if they had given Jillian the same kind of power up that I had received.

"It is extremely likely that they both have received some special ’attention’ from their new companion, and considering how thick the haze of Lust energy was around them I would even be willing to wager that they have gotten more out of her than you have out of me...

After all, direct transference of energy allows for a stronger bond, larger sets of improvements and a far more efficient process that makes everything quicker for them. So there is that, just in case you were wondering."

I just ignored the pointed look she gave me and instead focused on Jahi and the others, exchanging looks with them first before asking the most obvious question now that we had taken a moment to process this information.

"Should... should we even bother confronting them? Is it worth the risk for something that isn’t actually that important? Especially since they don’t know we’re here either? We could just leave and they would be none the wiser..."

Leone looked like she was partially wanting to agree with me, Anput seemed unfazed and was instead moving her gaze between Jahi and I, while the Demoness was just frowning as she stared straight into my eyes.

She kept quiet for a few seconds, allowing Leone to take a deep breath before she said "It would be the most logical decision to leave them be and return to the Empire, but... at the same time, it is a risk. It is a risk either way but if we don’t confront them now we will never know if they are coming for us or not. I’ve known Jillian the longest and yet that has meant little, but I do know she was... determined."