After dealing with the frozen scenery, Kisuke went towards Serafall who was still pouting, "Now now, Sera-chan. You don't have to be that angry."

"I'm not angry... It's just that I'm disappointed that I wasn't there when So-tan became honest with herself! I already knew that it'd come to this, but I just didn't expect it'd be this soon," replied Serafall as she sighed.

She then faced Kisuke with a serious expression, "However, that doesn't mean I don't have any expectations for her partner! For starters, he should be at least stronger than Sirzechs-chan!"

Kisuke smiled wryly and scratched his cheek as he recalled the day he went to the Underworld and felt the immense Demonic Power and destructive properties of Sirzechs Power of Destruction before he faced Hades, "Such a high requirement, aren't you afraid that your sister will be forever single?"

Although he had a few ways to deal with it, only those who are nigh indestructible would be able to face it head-on.

Serafall glared at him and asked, "Are you saying you can't do it?" Serafall already heard from Azazel and Sirzechs of what he had done to Hades, and could safely assume that he's at least at the Satan level.

Kisuke chuckled at that and replied, "I'll work hard on it~." He then sat down beside her and said, "Although Sona-chan is indeed important, that isn't the only reason you're here right?"

Serafall pouted yet again, "And I'm supposed to have worked for foreign affairs of the Underworld... How can you read me so easily?"

"You always drop your guard around me and your expression slackens," answered Kisuke as if it's a matter of fact.

Serafall was startled at his words and did a quick self-evaluation. Realizing that she indeed has been putting her guard down around him too much, she questioned why this was, but she couldn't find the answer. However, there's an even more pressing matter so she set this aside for now, "Whatever. There's someone who wanted to meet you that came into contact with me in secret. No one else even knew about this aside from me."

Kisuke furrowed his brows and tried to think of people who wanted to meet him in secret. It was then narrowed to one person, but Kisuke still asked Serafall for confirmation, "Who is it?"

"I don't know why someone from the faction that wanted to capture you the most would want to contact you in secret... It's Athena," answered Serafall.

"So it's really her..." murmured Kisuke.

It was Serafall's turn to furrow her brows, "What's your relationship with her?"

"Well, I just ran into her and got a hold of her weakness." Kisuke answered vaguely.

Of course, that didn't clear up Serafall's suspicions. But she also didn't delve deeper into it as she can tell that Kisuke didn't want to say more about it, "So are you going to meet her? Since the news of your reappearance has emerged, I'm sure she's already waiting."

"Similarly, Olympus will try to get hold of any information about you and will surely pressure the Alliance to help out. Naturally, they'll only do some basic stuff and won't be pursuing you, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Please help me schedule a meeting with her. As for the location, I'll be preparing it."

Serafall then stood up and said, "Understood. This might also clear up some mysteries on what's going on with the weird atmosphere on Olympus."

When Serafall was about to leave however, Kisuke suddenly stopped her, "Sera-chan, please wait. I still have something I want to talk about. It's regarding Lord Sitri, your father."

"Father? What's wrong with him?"

"It seems that no one else has noticed, but there's something wrong with him."

"W-what?... What do you mean?" Serafall became nervous at Kisuke's words.

"Ah, I'm sorry about my wording, but please don't worry. I just noticed that your father is a bit 'unhealthy' and would want to check on him for a bit. Though not much, I'm a bit of a doctor."

Almost ignoring his words, Serafall suddenly grabbed Kisuke's hands and said, "Let's go to the main house now!"

'Looks like I gave her an unnecessary worry,' Kisuke thought as he stood up from Serafall's pull. He then faced Ophis and said while patting her head, "I won't be long so wait for me. It'll be dangerous for everyone from the Sitri Clan if someone else were to know you went there."

Ophis nodded at him and replied, "I shall wait."

Kisuke smiled and faced Serafall, "Let's go."

Serafall then teleported with Kisuke without any further words.

As soon as they reappeared, Kisuke immediately analyzed his surroundings and noticed two people inside a room which looked like a study. And those people were those who he just met earlier, Dylan Sitri and Cordelia Sitri.

Dylan and Cordelia were just discussing what they'd just watched and were shocked at their sudden appearance. However, instead of questioning them, Dylan immediately blew his top off after he saw Serafall holding Kisuke's hand, "You bastard! I haven't even approved of your relationship with Sona and yet here you are making a move on my first daughter! Do you still want to live, brat!?"

"Ah?" Serafall was startled at her angry father when she recalled that she was still holding Kisuke's hand and how it looked in front of her parents. Immediately taking back her hand, Serafall chuckled embarrassedly, "Ah, dad, you got it wrong. I'm just urging him to come with me!"

Cordelia also tried to calm Dylan but Serafall's action didn't miss her, 'Since when did this child act embarrassed?'

After a few minutes of consoling from both his daughter and wife, Dylan was able to finally calm down and faced Kisuke after he sat down on his seat behind the desk, "And? What brought you here?"

Finally remembering what they came here for, Serafall suddenly slammed Dylan's desk, "Right! Dad! Are you hiding something from us!? Like some health problems!?"

Cordelia's eyes widened, looked towards Dylan who was now making a difficult face, "Dylan... You..."

Kisuke didn't say anything and just waited for them to sort this out themselves.

While crumpling his face Dylan sighed, "...How did you know? Did the doctors of our institution disclose it to you?"

At these questions, Serafall became even more shocked, "So you do have some health problems... What is it? Why didn't you tell us anything?"

Dylan put both of his elbows on his desk and sighed again, "I didn't want to make all of you worry and I thought someone would be able to come up with a solution before I succumb to it."

Something then flashed inside Cordelia's head and recalled the recent research focus of their institution, "Do you mean that 'sleep disease'?"

"Sleep disease?" Serafall muttered as she recalled the details surrounding it. The 'sleep disease' is the same disease that put Sairaorg's mother into a coma and it's a very rare disease among the Devils that takes away one's consciousness until the body dies. As of now, no cure has been formulated and the cause of this disease is still unknown.

Dylan nodded at his wife's words, "Yes. A few years ago, symptoms of it started manifesting, and just two years ago that we were able to confirm that I'm indeed on the road towards that. That's why I asked our researchers to focus on its study before I lose consciousness. I'm sorry for keeping this from all of you."

Dylan then shook his head and looked towards Serafall, "Though I must say that I'm very disappointed with our researchers. I didn't think that someone in the team would disclose it to you. Mind telling me who did it?"

Still shocked at her father's revelation, Serafall stuttered, "N-no, dad... It wasn't one of them... It's Ki-tan who told me that something is wrong with your health..."

It was Dylan's turn to be surprised and faced Kisuke, "You?"

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Editors:

28th00: I can't remember if we dealt with Misla's condition yet in this story, but Kisuke is about to no-sell it. Soul diseases, I guess it only affects devils because they're more of a Spiritual Being than a Physical Being. Kisuke literally specialises in this specific field. The Soul Health field that is. Just look at Benihime! Phis-chama waits patiently at home, she's a good dragon.

Goyya: They haven't dealt with Misla's condition yet, but it'll be indirect help from Kisuke through the Sitri meds. And for those who might be wondering why Sona's father have this condition, this isn't just for plot convenience but Sona's father fell into coma and she has to return from the frontlines to inherit his position in canon.

Staz Irvine