A few weeks later, Xania finally wakes up, finding herself in bed with the last thing she remembers being that she used too much mana to escape the void, leaving behind an even bigger crater.

As she sits up, she notices the two weapons, her scythe and Anise's staff beside her, both having lost all their mana due to her absorbing it while fainted with Anise lying beside her, somewhat mana deprived.

Hey Anise, wake up.

H-huh? My lord?! You're awake?

Yea, why so surprised?

You fainted for weeks my lord.

Weeks? That's quite a while… Anyways, what happened?

Well, to sum it up, the crater left behind by your attack is completely poisonous with the kingdom Lucival very concerned about the sudden dark mana left there but not daring or strong enough to enter to try to check it out, second, out weapons become slightly more like the abyss along with my clothes and yours I presume.

My clothes didn't change, they were made while I was in the abyss, they have been like that this whole time.

My lord, why didn't you just create a weapon to try escaping last time?

I didn't know how to and I didn't know materials could contain mana like I do now along with the magic circles.

Oh, that's right, my bad. Anyways my lord, are you feeling better yet?

Yea.

Oh my lord, I forgot to ask, but what are you going to name your weapon?

I got an idea.

Tell me.

Wait, first, give me my weapons and let me try something.

Sure?

Xania takes her weapon back from Anise and fills it up with mana along with Anise's.

My lord, you just work up, you shouldn't be doing this!

It's okay, all my mana is back anyways.

All right I guess…

Xania takes her weapon and swings it, using around 10 percent of her mana as a creak forms In the air, leading to the mountain she destroyed before.

My lord… isn't this basically teleportation magic but even faster than yours?

Indeed, I assume all your weapons can do this too if you hit hard enough or use enough mana.

Then my lord, only you can do this…

Makes sense, let me just try one last thing.

What else could you try?

Xania visualises a picture from a book Anise showed her before as she swings her scythe again, using more mana as another crack appears, surprising Anise as she looks through to see the underworld.

My lord, how did you do this?!

I remembered you showed me a book on how it looked.

My lord, that was a book made by humans which is inaccurate and it was a children's book!

Well, is that ruined place the underworld?

I guess so.

If I put somebody in charge there, who should I put?

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Graunter, he looks the scariest and can control the remaining demons there best.

Sure.

Anise teleports outside the castle with Anise as she uses half her entire mana to make a big crack into the underworld and quickly materialises a wall around it to secure it safely.

Anise, go get Graunter here.

Sure.

Anise teleports away to teleport back a couple minutes later after informing Graunter of the information with him not asking too many questions due to a lack of curiosity and need to know.

Graunter.

Yes, demon lord?

I need you to go to the underworld and gather all the demons and bring them here, can you do that?

Yes, demon lord.

Alright go.

Anise Walks away as Graunter prepares to enter the crack with Ansie stopping him and passing some stuff to him, confusing Xania but she decides not to ask about it.

As Graunter enters the crack completely and goes far enough to disappear from sight, Xania notices Anise with a guilty expression and gets a suspicion as she asks her.

Anise.

Yes?

What did you pass to him?

Oh my lord, uh… it was nothing, just some propaganda material to join you and for them to know what you look like.

Pictures of me then?

If I said yes, what would you do?

Depends on what pictures they were.

What if they were you while sleeping?

Then you better join the holy kingdom and start praying.

Haha… . Anise prepares her teleportation behind her back as Xania uses her mana to overload it, causing all the mana to disperse, canceling her spell.

M-my lord, forgiveness Is a virtue right?

That's the humans saying, not mine.

Xania walks closer, using her tail to wrap around Anise, picking her up with her not struggling out despite being able to do so due to Xania not wrapping too tightly.

My lord, come on, forgive me, I even saved you after we got out of the abyss to know?! I even helped you!

Xania uses her tail to pull Anise closer before using magic on Anise's forehead as she closes her eyes and braces for whatever might happen as she feels nothing and opens her eyes confused.

My lord, what did you do?

You'll find out eventually.

Xania lets Anise out as Anise sighs in relief.

Thank god she is so kind, and that she didn't use my seduction magic to make me confess I gave hundreds of copies of every picture I have of her.

…

M-my lord? I didn't mean to say that I swear!

I know Ansie, I was experimenting with magic and left enough mana in you to make you speak your mind out completely.

Damn you! Anise covers her mouth immediately after realising what she said.

Wow Anise, that's how you think of me huh?

No my lord! Of course not!

Anise, you can't lie with this spell on you, so tell the truth, I swear I won't punish you after.

And you better keep that promise or I'll kill you! Anise says out loud due to the spell, not caring to cover her mouth as she gets more annoyed.

Anise, how about I give you the job of managing the underworld temporarily with Graunter?

No, I'm not goddamn doing it! Of course my lord, whatever you want. Anise says while acting like she's completely normal and not thinking the exact opposite.

Anise, your actions and words don't match right now.

Whose fault do you think that is! My lord, I have to say what I want after what I'm thinking because of you.

Anyways, let's go sightseeing, we have to help Graunter too.

No way I'm going to the underworld just to “Sightseeing” with you, what a waste of time. Sightseeing? Where? She says, pretending not to know but clearly failing miserably.

So, let's go.

I'm going to start protesting! Fine…

Ok, let's go.

Xania enters the portal with Anise behind her, still cussing and refusing with Ansie herself with the expression of giving up contradictory to her words.

As Xania enters, she looks around and sees evidence of a fight happening her, albeit from very long ago so it couldn't have been Graunter with everything in the distance mostly ruined due to fighting and the temperature a lot hotter, but low enough for weaker demons to survive but perfect for Xania, making her very comfortable as she stretches.

Crazy. Strong.

Ok, rude but let's just go.

As Xania keeps walking around, observing the old battlefields, she sees a plant, surprising her as she approaches it before Anise stops her.

My lord, that's poisonous enough to kill even me.

You're as strong as a past demon lord, you've said it before.

Just stop being annoying and listen! Yes my lord, but it's still strong enough to kill me so it may be able to hurt you too.

What a pain, and I'm not annoying.

My lord, blame the spell you put on me.

Xania continues to look around, as she sees a small hill and teleports herself and Anise onto it as she looks around, realizing that the underworld looks nicer than when she was down on the group level.

My lord, the underworld used to look somewhat mesmerising but it's ruined long ago already.

What a shame honestly.

I agree, my lord. Anise says, with the spell not activating showing that Anise is completely sincere and honest about this.

My lord, what do you suppose we do now?

Just watch, I'll try something.

Xania starts materialising matter to fill in the spots destroyed by fighting as far as. Ansie can see. As Xania finishes, she looks back at the view, seeing a completely different sight despite making only small changes albeit many as she looks over at Anise who is also looking out into the distance, as Xania also watches, noticing the ground glowing a little, making it prettier.

Anise, why is it glowing?

The underworld is very hot, some metals are constantly reacting with the heat, causing it to glow all the time, albeit only slightly.

Ha… what a nice place.

My lord, does this mean you are exploring the underworld?

Not at all, I still have quite a couple things I want to see.

Oh I see. Anise says, getting surprised as she isn't being forced to speak her mind out anymore.

Yea yea, I fixed you.

Thank you my lord!!!

Yea yea, welcome.

Xania and Anise keep taking in the view for a bit longer, sitting side by side quietly.