Brane walked towards the large pool of water, a calm and solemn expression on his face. Around the pool, three women, all dressed in white cloaks stood, each with a tray in hand. On their trays, pen like objects were arranged in order of increasing size. Brane managed to meet the gaze of one of them but she looked away quickly, guilt etched on her face.
" Step into the pool, Brane Dorus", the first woman commanded.
He did so obediently. The water was at his knees but he knelt in it leaving it around his waist. The women also stepped into the pool, but first, they left their trays on the ground . The first woman held Brane's shoulders and gently pushed him backwards, submerging him. She waded through the pool and grabbed one of the pen like objects (called a mirale). It's tip glowed with a golden hue and she walked over to Brane with it. She was about to press it on his back when the doors to the room swung open.
" Don't you dare touch my father!"
A furious Izalea walked in, her blue eyes glowing.
" Izalea, what are you doing here?" the woman asked, a look of sadness and worry written on her face.
" Polymnia please don't. I don't want to do anything rash. Let my father go now!" Izalea ordered.
" What you are doing is rash. Step back before you are punished!" Another of the women said.
" Shut up Aunt Calliope! You will let your own brother be deruned for something he didn't do? That's shameless!" Izalea sneered.
" Izalea I...." Calliope tried to speak but something made her choke on her words.
" And as for you Erato, I have nothing to say to you. You never liked our family in the first place so hurray, you get to hurt my father " she taunted at the last woman.
" I'm getting tired of you, Izalea. Guards!"
" Try calling them in the next two hours, when they are conscious." Izalea said and began to control the water in the pool. She created a wave which pushed out all three women out of the pool. Brane turned to face his daughter, still kneeling in the water.
" Izalea, I have no regrets. What is supposed to happen should happen."Brane said quietly.
Tears welled up in her eyes as her father talked. Before she could respond, the women came back, wet and irritated.
Erato screamed an order.
" Jules, do it now!"
Suddenly, a man fell gracefully from the ceiling and held her arms. She tried to release herself but he tripped her and locked her arms behind her. He pressed two fingers on her neck and growled.
" No funny business or I will pool up all the Arcaneum in your body to your brain till it explodes."
"How dare you touch my daughter.' Brane said quietly and suddenly his face became expressionless. He got up slowly and turned to Jules .
" Brane, get back down now!" Polymnia ordered.
" Why? Because a senile bitch said so? I don't think so."Brane sneered.
" How dare you!" Polymnia's eyes widened with shock. No one had ever spoken to her that way before.
Infuriated, she released her Arcaneum, ready to attack. Brane chuckled at her attempt and released his aura, which was so strong that the three had to immediately jump out of the pool to avoid collapsing. Ignoring them, he walked over to Jules who still had Izalea pinned to the ground .
" Come any closer and she dies!" Jules said in a shaky voice. He knew that as a member of the Seven Arcane Sorcerers, Brane was a force to be reckoned with.
Brane laughed at Jules' futile attempt to threaten him.
" Leave my daughter alone." Brane ordered.
Jules didn't comply.
" You leave me no choice then." he sighed.
Before Jules could respond, his head was a mess of blood and brains. Izalea stood up and cleaned herself with the water from the pool.
" Izalea I need to go now. You know I can't stay okay. Be safe but before I go you need to do this."
He walked over to her and whispered something in her ear. With that he disappeared into thin air. Izalea turned to the three women and boldly said:
" Go fuck yourselves."
With a sadistic laugh, she waltzed out of the room.
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" Oh my goodness Izalea! That was awesome!" Thalia giggled as Izalea told them everything.
" I know. The look on Polymnia's face was priceless." Izalea smirked.
" Who were they?" Dante asked, clearly confused.
" The're the Silver Sisters. Nine masters of the arts. Each of them is named after a maiden of the Nine Muses. They are kinda a big deal in the Soliel Order that's why they were the ones about to de-rune my father. " Izalea explained.
" For someone who's father is now a wanted man of the Order, you sure are happy." Maru pointed out.
" You don't know what I do."she replied mysteriously.
" Well, what do you know?"Dante inquired.
" Don't ask."
" I for one, don't wanna know."Pearl shook her head.
Suddenly, a blaring noise started. Immediately, all paladins except Dante became alarmed. They stood up from their seats in the mini lounge they were gossiping in and started hurrying out.
A/N : The palace of the Delta Paladins is modified to suit their personal taste so it was designed in a modern sense for this generation of Paladins.
Dante, who didn't know what was going on, just followed them to a room that looked like a literal control room from Sci Fi movies.
" Where the hell are we?" he asked William.
" We're in the control room, where else? Didn't you read the manual?" William replied as he placed his hands on a big circular disc in the center of the room. It lit up immediately and a holographic map of the city was displayed.
" Woah! I didn't think the Soliel Order had tech like this." he exclaimed when he saw the map .
" With our knowledge of the existence of the Arcaneum, we've been able to create technology you mundanes would dream of." William replied but didn't take his eyes of the map.
" We've got a stray vampire attacking the city in broad daylight?" William sounded surprised.
" You sure?" Izalea asked doubtfully.
William didn't respond but zoomed in to a glowing dot.
"It is a vampire", Izalea gasped.
" Then why's it fucking moving in broad daylight?" Maru asked no one in particular.
" Let's just zoom in and see what it looks like."Thalia reasoned.
William did so and they managed to get a clear visual of the vampire. Dante's eyes widened with shock when he saw it.
"Luke?!"