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4 years later
Felsehria is now 8 while Octavia is 6
Stolas officially adopted Felsehria a month after their talk.
The problem was she had no paper at all. There was no way to identify who she is and so he had to go through quite a lot of red tape and spent a month trying officially adopt her. First, he had to get her to be registered in a Goetian archive which uses a process that can verify if someone has Goetian blood running through them and then Stolas can atleast register her name and get some sort of identification he can use to legally put her down as his adopted daughter. It was a process which should take a less than a week but he kept getting delayed for some unknown reason until he marched down to the Archive themselves and get his daughter registered. He had a funny feeling that Stella was pulling some string behind his back but no matter now, he was finally able to get the adoption certificate he was waiting for and ofcourse he framed it and hang it up on his walls.
He had taught the owlet a lot of things and he was able to get her to read by 7 and his Via also made close progress as well.
The owlet seems to love reading. Ever since he successfully taught her to read, he caught her sneaking a stack of books from the library into her room. Not that he minded, of course, she reminded him of his younger more innocent self.
Stella was more of a pain in the ass than usual. At least she mostly ignores Fel and goes straight for Stolas instead but the fiery swan has looked at his adopted daughter with disgust.
And so that brings us to today, 4 years after Fel was adopted.
With Stella having another one of her fits early in the morning and putting Stolas's mood in the dumpster. He wondered what could he and his daughters do today.
And It was then he got an idea to take them to LooLoo Land, not Lulu world, Oh no sir.
While LooLoo Land is much worst in terms of quality, it does have much fewer people and they can enjoy themselves instead of going to the sinners-packed Lulu world on a Sunday.
And so it was during breakfast he decided to tell the girls.
"Girls we're heading to LooLoo Land today!"
...
...
"What's LooLoo Land? I thought there was only Lulu-".
"Nope my dear, we are going to greed ring for LooLoo land, a much more relaxed and less crowded than Lulu World!".
"Ah..." Felsehria was not a fan of attractions, not because of bad experiences or anything but because she just rather spend her time reading at home. What changed her mind however was when she looked at her sister who was practically bouncing in her seat.
"I wanna go!" Octavia excitedly called out which caused her father to chuckle adoringly.
So it was settled.
After a few hours of driving, they arrived at the park. Stolas was wearing a casual outfit, a simple white tee and shorts and Via was in her favourite pink sundress while Felsehria had oddly developed a taste for suits, as she was wearing a white dress shirt, black waistcoat, black slacks and complete with a pink tie. Stolas still had no idea where she got the style from but he would also be lying if he didn't find the way both of his daughters dress funny, as they were opposite of each other and yet they are still very adorable.
"Dad...you sure a leash isn't a good idea? I felt like Via could run off any moment now," Fel remarks as she can see her sister eyeing the attraction with awe and bounced on her little feet.
"Oh hush now Fel, have some respect for your younger sister, I'm sure she won't just run off randomly!"
"As dad said, sis, respect me!" Octavia interjects which caused both Stolas and Fel to laugh.
"Yes your highness" Fel said with an eye roll.
They made their way into the park which was mostly occupied by imp so the trio stuck out like a sore thumb.
They played some rigged game together like one where you have to shoot down a target with a ball. After two straight shots and the target not going down. Stolas decided to enchant one of the balls. He fired again, and it might've worked a bit too well as the ball completely demolished the target upon contact and they won a prize much to Octavia excitement.
"Dad...teach me how to do that one day" Fel quietly nudge Stolas knowing full well what he did, which he only gave an innocent smile in return.
After a while of walking, Octavia's eyes lit up again
"Balloon!" She excitedly called out as she spotted a balloon stand at the entrance of the park's main attraction.
When Stolas turn to see where his daughter was pointing however...He sees someone else he hasn't seen in 14 Years.
Him.
More specifically the guy who was manning the balloon stand. Even with heavy makeup Stolas can still tell who he is as they made their way to the stand.
Octavia ran up to him and asked for a balloon.
The guy just gave her a weird look since he isn't used to seeing some Goetian kid running around this park.
"Blitzo?" A voice call out to him and he looked at where the said voice was coming from.
"How do you know my-" He went silent immediately as soon as he turn to look at the source of the voice. It was someone from his past who he hadn't seen in a long time.
"STOLAS? What the fuck are you doing here in LooLoo Land?" He shouted unexpectedly.
"Shhh! Language Blitzo I'm here with my kid for crying out loud!"
"Dad, you know him?" Fel tuck on Stolas's short trying to get his attension.
"You...have a kid?" Blitzo asks as his eye darted between the kids and Stolas.
"Two...The one that is asking you for a balloon right now is Octavia, She's 6 and behind me is Felsehria who's 8"
"Huh, I thought you told me you hate going into that arranged marriage" Blitzo raise his left eyebrow while crossing his arm.
"Why I did Blitzo, I wouldn't have tried for another kid with her after Octavia...But Fel is adopted actually".
Both of Blitzo's eye widened abit at the revelation "I...thought you rich f- frick don't like adopting and by the way the 'o' is silent now"
"She's...a special case, but no matter! I still love my daughters equally. What about you...Blitz? I haven't seen you in years! How have you been?"
Blitzø didn't answer for a solid minute and instead just looked at his watch.
"What are you doing? Stolas asked
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Anddddd Time
"Right, I'm on break, you three wanna go sit down and talk somewhere?"
"Why yes! Of course!"
Blitz handed Octavia one of the balloons and she smiled as the four of them walked to a nearby table that was presented for guest to rest and eat their food.
"So? How have you been?" Stolas started the conversation again.
"Eh...I'm working at a Lulu world reject and had to work with a robot replica of my former best friend, Not exactly running my own circus, as I planned" Blitzø replied as he kicked his feet up on the table.
Stolas felt pity for him. The imp who had so much aspiration and determination as him to end up in a shitty job like this.
"What about your...personal life?".
"Oh, I uh...I have a daughter now" Blitzø scratched his neck and looking to the side as he could feel Stolas's eyes widen when he said that.
"You have a daughter!? Who could this lucky lady be to have you as a partner?".
"No, it's not like that I...I adopted a hellhound".
"Oh! Now that's peculiar I never heard of an imp adopting a hellhound as a daughter before".
"I never heard a Goetian adopting another Goetian either"
"Touché Blitzø" Stolas pouted.
"Dad...you know him?" Fel interjects again.
"Oh yes! We met as a kid when I went to a circus on my birthday, father decided to...buy him afterwards".
"I would have come back too if you didn't warn me about how pissed your dad was".
"Blitzø you stole a small treasury worth of goods"
"We did".
"You told me it was a pirate game! And besides, How did you end up here anyway? The amount of stuff you stole could set you up for a lifetime".
"The old man just took it and left us..." Blitzø replied somberly. Not only did he not been able to see Stolas again because of that. His father just left the circus with the money and they were forced to shut down soon after.
"I'm...sorry to hear that, is there any way I can do to help?"
"What? No, I don't want your charity! I can do just fine on my own! I'll start a business one day!" Blitzø proudly claimed, which caused Stolas to giggle
Even after all these years...glad to know that same aspiration wasn't lost yet.
"Well I better get going, my break is over so I'll catch you three around then assuming you're not going home yet".
"We're staying for a while yes there's still so much to do!".
Blitzø snickered before walking off but not before they exchanged their cell number.
Stolas was positively glowing afterwards, he had just been reunited with his childhood friend!
Fel was looking at him funny while Via was licking the ice cream that Fel bought her when their dad was talking.
Stolas noticed his daughter look and glanced at her.
"What?".
Felsehria just smiled and shooked her head
"Nuffin! You wanna see the main show? I think it's starting soon, Via seems eager to see it for some reason".
"Oh yes, that would be a good idea!" The trio got up and made their way back to the Main tent. They greeted Blitzø again as they walked through the entrance to the tent.
Due to their status, they were able to get a front-row seat amongst the wave of children that were inside,. Everybody was excited to see the show it seems, even Octavia couldn't contain her excitement as she cried tears of joy!.
Stolas was scribbling something on a piece of paper when the robotic band was playing while Fel just sit back in her seat. She felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned to see her father handing her an envelope.
"Dad what is this..." She looks at it, confused.
"Just sneak it onto Blitzø when we leave will you dear?".
"Wa-Why?".
"Trust me, dear".
Fel was confused but pocketed the envelope while her dad went back to enjoy the show.
As they wrapped up and start pouring out of the tent, Stolas had a little chat with Blitzø again and it was that opportunity the little pink owlet snuck the envelope into the imp's pocket.
Strangely Via wanted to go home for the day. Stolas thought she might just be tired from all the excitement and Fel didn't object to the idea.
So the trio made their way back to the car. Bernard was waiting and opened the door for them before driving them back home with Via tightly holding onto the little plushie Stolas won for her.
Meanwhile back at LooLoo Land
Blitz was reaching for his phone when his finger bumped into a piece of paper in his Pocket. Pulling it out seems to be a wax-sealed envelope bearing one of the Ars Goetia sigils on it. Without even knowing who that sigil is for, Blitzø knows there's only one person that was behind this.
Unsealing it he found a wad of cash with a note inside it.
I had Fel sneak this onto you, you look like you could use it Blitzy, I know you wanted no charity and all but at least let me give you something. You could use this to buy your daughter something nice perhaps? I would love to meet her one day, we have each other's number now too!
Great...That fucking birdbrain...How did he even get a fucking wax-sealed envelope in the middle of an amusement park anyway? And why did he just use his daughter to give out charity for him?
Blitzø groaned.
Guess he will buy his daughter something nice atleast.
He now also have just a bit more money saved up to start that business of his.
Via was sleeping in the car when they were driving back. It was a fun day out, while Fel didn't like the park it was still fun to play those stupidly rigged games, and Stolas was not only happy that he got to enjoy the day with his daughters but also meeting his first ever and only friend again, Blitzo. He's still not sure why the o is silent now though.
But after their little conversation, it was still clear this was the same imp he knew all those years ago. The same enthusiasm and energy, and an even more crude attitude now which seems to be toned down because of the presence of his kids. He just hopes they don't pick up his language at least.
They finally pulled onto the Palace ground and stepped outside of the car. Stolas was carrying the still-sleeping Via in his arms.
Stella was thankfully nowhere in sight as he made his way to Via's bedroom and set her down.
Fel was waiting for him outside when he came out.
"So? You had fun today Fel?" He inquires.
"It was...alright, but I still wanna know how you do that ball thing!" She excitedly asks.
"That...is a bit too dangerous my little owlet but I can still teach you other magic if you'd like?".
Fel just grumped "Fineeeee but it better be just as cool!".
Stolas smiled and take her to the study. He gestured for her to take a seat.
"So! First thing before we can perform magic, you'll need to learn about its fundamentals first and we can go about how to do them safely, Got it darling?".
She nodded.
"Firstly...There are two types of 'magic'. Angelic and Demonic, and to perform magic or a miracle in the angelic case, one must possess the energy that is required to perform them, obviously, by being born from a demonic parent or an angelic one as they will transfer the energy over to their offspring. Which is why we as Goetian have powerful magic users while imp or hellhound doesn't, since we are a descendent from a line of powerful and ancient demon here in hell. You will not be born with your full power obviously, since you will need to cultivate and use it to expand your own power until it reaches its full potential, and starting early should help you with that, so you can do even cooler magic down the line" He finished with a chuckle.
Felsehria however was having a moment of epiphany. She remembered her mother teaching her angelic miracle, how she told her to hide her wing and halo and never told anyone about it before she got here. She never questioned it and never bothered to show them either, not because she didn't trust them, it because she didn't have a reason to. They have been treating her like one of their own and she never had that in heaven.
She was so young back then when he first got her to the "Goetian Archive" to get verified.
It had only occurred to her now that when Stolas is speaking of her as a member of the Goetian family. She thought he meant that as they were a family, Her and Via and Him.
But it seems that the Ars Goetia is a whole line of demonic lineage. The Royal family, One that she is a part of.
That is why they treated her nicely and like one of their own.
Because she IS one of their own.
Her father was a Goetian demon... that's why she never got to see him.
"Fel? You there?"
Stolas breaks Felsehria out of her internal monologue.
"Y-Yeah dad I'm fine! What were you going to show me?".
"Well, I was going to show you some basic spells! We'll try performing them using the Grimoire first before we move on to something you can do without using a tome".
"The Grimoire?" She asked.
Stolas's hand glowed blue with demonic energy and a book was summoned to his side.
"This is my Grimoire, It's a tome that contained the things you'd need for casting a spell like incantation and sigils. And I must warn you that some of those are rather powerful as well so don't play with it alright dear?".
"Dad I'm not 4" Fel grumped.
"You're 8, I got this when I was 10, Granted still too young but you are even younger than I was so we should still be careful with it".
It was then that the little owlet take notice of the Grimoire.
It looked awfully familiar.
"Well, Well let's see what I can do..." Stolas said as he flipped through the pages.
"Oh yes! This one should do" Stolas said as he looked around for something before grabbing a cup of water nearby and setting it on his desk and getting away from it.
He pressed his fingers on the page for a moment before turning his head up and looking at the cup with his hand held out.
Both the book and his hand then glowed along with the cup which begins to float.
"Whoa!" The little owlet exclaimed in excitement
The cup now floats toward Stolas and gently comes to a stop in front of his face where he gives it a sip before sending it back to where it was.
"Pretty cool hmm?" He asked.
"Yes! Way cooler than exploding ball!".
"You want to try it? Just simple levitation first is all, it'll take a while to fine-tune your control do something like I did".
"Yes!".
Stolas giggled before kneeling to one knee, He put the book in front of her.
She never saw such language before yet she can understand it...
Stolas seems to know this too.
"It is a demonic text, after all, those who possess enough energy inside them will be able to read the text without ever needing to learn or hear of it in the first place". He explained.
"Now focus on this text here, remember it, and you have to think it out loud and focus on it, then focus on whatever object you planned to lift and concentrate on it. Then you can use your hand to guide it where it needs to go"
She nodded as she looked at the text.
The owlet then lifted her head and look at the book on one of the shelves and raised her hand. It glowed with demonic energy and slowly...the book levitated off the shelf as she nudged her finger toward her, commanding the book to come closer, Unfortunately, her hand twitched and the book was sent hurling toward her dad and hitting him square in the face causing him to fell over backwards.
"Sorry! My hand twitched".
Stolas was getting back up and he rubbed his face before he smiled at the owlet.
"It's ok you were doing good! You would've gotten it as well too if your hand didn't twitch. wanna try again?".
She nodded and tries again. This time sending the book back to its place on the shelf, it slowly floated up from beside Stolas and safely made it back onto the shelf.
"Congratulations Fel, You have learned your first spell, and also probably the best one for normal daily use, If you can memorise the incantation then you wouldn't need to use the tome".
First demonic spell... Fel thought to herself, She was curious about what her angelic side can do as well.
"Dad? Is there any book that teaches you about angelic powers? I'm curious to see what they are like".
Stolas's happy expression turned flat and then cold faster than she ever saw him do.
"I mean...there are some books about it just not here I'm afraid, they're at the Goetian Private Library but why would you want to learn such things my little owlet?".
"I...I'm just curious that's all!" She excused
"You shouldn't be darling...those...angels...they are monsters! Have you seen what happens every year on the cleanse dear? They are monsters!" He finished. His voice sounded cold and unforgiving and it scares her a little.
"I..." Fel stuttered tears welling up in her eyes.
Stolas flinched immediately He couldn't believe he had just talked to her like that. She doesn't see what it is like on extermination day, because they had the luxury of protection from them and only Stolas knows the extent of the damage the cleanse has caused. While She doesn't and he shouldn't have pinned his hatred for angels on her.
He wrapped the little owlet in his arm and picked her up.
"I'm sorry Fel I didn't mean to talk to you like that, listen' we can go to the library if you want to get those books alright? Would you like that?".
She sniffled into his arms... "Y-Yeah...".
He picked her up and called over Bernard.
"We're heading to the Goetian Private Libary"
"At once sir".
They made their way to the front door where Bernard had the car waiting as the two arrived.
They got into the car and drove off as Stolas finally let go of Fel and let her sit beside him. They sit in the car in silence as they approached the Libary grounds.
It was a massive building. Containing every single piece of literacy that one could possibly imagine. Atleast one that is deemed to be educational, while another portion of it acted as a vault for multiple of the Goetian family's demonic artefact that was either too powerful, valuable, or unknown to be used while the rest is assigned to various members of Ars Goetia.
The two entered through the main entrance, getting checked by security and confirming Stolas access to the library.
They walked through the endless hall of shelves lined with hundreds of thousands of books, with an open area in the middle with another avian demon manning the circular desk.
This place was like Fel's dream come true.
"Hello, what can I help you w- Oh good afternoon your highness!" The avian look surprised.
"Good afternoon Hubert I was hoping to get my daughter the libaray access card so she can come and go as she wish without me and also for borrowing the books".
"Right this way!" The avian got up from his desk and guided the two to a nearby room where Fel got her picture taken and printed into a library card. Except this was not a normal library card. It was made only to be given to those closest to the Goetian family since they can access without such card due to their status. The card will also be tied to the member who permits them. In this case, Stolas, so if the cardholder, steal or destroy something, they will also be held accountable for such actions. And that's why it was only given to the Goetian family's most trusted "associates".
A shorter while later Hubert came back and handed the owlet a Black metallic card that was embossed with gold and had the Libary seal in the middle of it. On the back was a picture of Fel, along with the following text.
Princess Felsehria of Ars Goetia as Issued by Prince Stolas of Ars Goetia
Huh? Princess? why is-
"I thought...Princess only refers to the decedent of Royal Bloodline?" She asks her adoptive father.
Stolas look at her for a moment before chuckling "Darling you read too much of those human royalty history books. It works differently here in hell but you still aren't in line for the throne ofcourse dear, rest assured".
"Whew...That's a relief, can we go get the book now, dad?".
"Why yes of course!"
They walked into the magic section of the library and Fel picked out the demonic study on angelic powers. There are surpringly more numerous than both She and Stolas would think a hell library would have.
"Fel...you could probably teach a class of angels when your done reading this all..." Stolas spoke out. The stack of books he's holding is almost taller than his head at this point.
Felsehria luckily stopped and two goes to the desk and properly get the documentation for borrowing such a large amount of books for a while. Not like anyone else ever read it anyway. The last borrowed date of some of these books dates back 9 years ago. Strangely enough, there was no name as to who was the last person that borrowed them.
After they were done, some imp staff members helped them carry the book to their car.
And off home, they went.
Felsehria could barely contain her excitement but she remember to listen to her mother's words to never let them know that she was an angel.
And as if Her father's reaction earlier was any indication. He will definitely not take kindly to such news...
But Felsehria also remembered what the prince said about magic and miracle earlier when they were practising.
You'll need to cultivate it and use it to expand your power.
She gonna be practising demonic magic with her father and soon enough her sister.
What's to hurt about practising angelic miracle on her own?
She still missed her mother after all...this will be something that can keep her memory of her mother. She wanted to make her proud, for where ever she is.
They got to the palace and Catherine came out to help carry the books to Fel's room. Octavia also had just woken up and ran over to Stolas as they walked through the front door.
"Daddy where have you been!?" She asked angrily pinching the prince's cheek as he hold her up.
"Ow- I was just out getting some book with your sister my little Starfire".
Octavia grumped
"Tell you what Via, I'll come over and tell you plenty of stories tonight after dinner! You love those stories don't you?".
The little owlet face lights up, she smiles brightly and hugged her dad's neck.
"There's my little Starfire! Now to dinner, we go! I'm sure Lemmy has prepared something good for us!"
Fel laughed as she followed her goofy father and sister to the kitchen.
After dinner, Stolas headed over to Octavia's room to spend time with her and tell her stories, leaving Felsehria alone with her new stack of books.
She made sure to lock her door as soon as she go into her room.
And for once in 4 years, she re-summoned her wings and halo.
The last time she saw it was just a little fledgling wing but now it had grown to be quite big. She tried to fly but failed to get off the ground, either she have to learn how to fly properly or her wings just isn't powerful enough yet.
Sighing, She turned to the first of many books about angelic power and immediately it was cleared to her that while this is a demonic study on angelic power. The example of angelic text that was shown is definitely genuine ones since it was a string of nonsensical symbol but she understands them much like a demonic text.
And so...The Goetian Angel read through the night.
While in the next room over. Stolas had passed out in Octavia's bed holding a storybook he had been telling her while the little owlet's head was resting on her father's shoulder.