Shattering Humanity-Chapter 447: Just In Case

Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened." - 1 Peter 3:8-13

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[MamMon’s Apartments]

Located in the basement of a Northern apartment complex, in one of the treatment rooms behind the reception desk, the quadruplets who live under Tristan and Stephanie’s roof are in their own individual rooms, awaiting the only dentist available.

Jamie and Pauline are sitting alone in their own separate rooms with puffy cheeks, holding a flouride mouth piece, and watching their own DVDs while they wait.

In the next closed room, the largest of the crowned quadruplets Timothea, is chewing on her spongey flouride mouth piece. Tristan is with her and attempts to hold in place the jaw of the eating addict.

Tristan: "It’s not actually cotton candy, Timothea!

Don’t swallow the styrofoam!"

Behind a closed wooden door to the fourth and final operatory, the whining to a universally recognisable electric tooth cleaning tool makes those who have experienced it and hear it wince.

Inside, Stephanie sits next to her most responsible crowned sister, Petra, while the sunglasses wearing little girl gets her teeth cleaned under an overhead lamp. The extremely bright light illuminating every baby tooth and taste bud in her tiny mouth.

The stressing patient tightly gripping her big sister’s hand in nervousness, and the shepherd quadruplet sweats, eyes closed behind the shades.

Stephanie: "Almost finished. You’re doing great for your first dentist visit, PeyPey.

Once you’re done here, Ms. MamMon said she’ll give you whatever you want.

Just keep thinking about whatever that is and it’ll be in your hands before you know it."

To Petra’s relief, the cleaning device finally cuts off and a blue, rubber gloved hand places the device back in its holder. Then removing the used medical gloves, turning the overhead lamp off, pulling the surgical mask down from his face, and exposing his charming smile is the newly acquired dentist, Holliday.

Holliday: "I must say little lady, you’ve got to be the toughest little lass I’ve seen in all my years."

Not being as gullible as most children her age, the intelligent quadruplet doesn’t fall for the patronizing talk as she takes the sunglasses off her face and gives them to Steph.

Petra: "You said the same thing to Jamie and Pauline even though they cried most the time..."

Stephanie nervously chuckles off the response and she gets up from her seat.

Stephanie: "H-Hey Pey, now that your teeth are clean, why don’t we go to the X-ray room and we can get a picture of your teeth?"

Much like every other human, the young girl, unenthusiastic about her first time at the dentist, reluctantly groans out of her retractable chair and shuffles out of the room.

Across the windowed reception desk, more than half of the group under the title ’Erinyes Angels’, sits in the dentist waiting room(minus Ichythis and Isfet).

Unconventional to most sitting rooms, there is a television docked to the TV.

There is a fighting game currently playing, attached to an old school gaming console.

Maniae: "Stop spamming the same grab move!"

Arai: "If you knew how to counter it, I wouldn’t be able to exploit it, haha!"

The two young, competitive boys are focused in on their simulated fight.

The expressions switch and now the red eyed delinquent is all smiles while his blonde friend scowls.

Maniae: "Ha, can’t do that cheap shit now, huh?!"

On the 72" screen, the military male and shinobi/witch woman have matching 1% health bars.

After a missed leg sweep kick by the video game man, the woman goes in from the air from a leg drop kick.

With frame by frame perfection the man goes for a rising upper cut and the two fighters collide losing both their final health.

Video Game Announcer: "DOUBLE K.O.!!"

Both tensed up boy’s shoulders relax in disbelief and then stare at each other with competitive glares.

Arai: "You got lucky again!"

Maniae: "Now I know how to counter your bull shit moves!"

The two look back at the TV and hit ’rematch’.

In the same waiting room, Nephilim and MaMmon DæMon sit beside each other in generic, maroon, cushioned chairs behind the boys.

Nephilim: "Remember, you two are next up when Stephanie’s sisters are done "

The cooperative Maniae silently nods while looking back at his new guardian, but his pal Arai looks back with a snarl of distain.

Arai: "No."

There is a stank to his response before they both look at the first fighter’s entrance cutscene on screen.

Looking comedically defeated, Nephilim slumps forward in his chair.

The twin DæMon, MaMmon, assures the frustrated foster father with a close whisper.

MaMmon DæMon: "Don’t worry, I’ll knock him unconscious before he realizes it’s their turn."

On the left of the two leaders, Silpheed and Poppa sit next to one another. The pitiful, black haired, IceEye user is still very skeptical about the location of the dentist office. Her eyes dart back and forth, up and down, almost expecting something to jump out and scare her.

The ex-hitman turned General calmly straightens his upper back and fixes the red tie to his iconic black suit within the time it takes him to take a deep calming breath.

Nephilim(whispers): "I know I sound like a broken record Queen MamMon, but your ability to provide everyone with their life comforts and return our 1st world privileges, it is truly the act of a loving God."

Watching the two boys continue their virtual battle, the witch who is capable of making everything possible tosses her hair back with a humble smirk.

MaMmon DæMon(whispers): "Your flattery is always appreciated, Erinyes Nephilim.

Outsiders will claim the aptitudes, protection, and benefits my allies receive are ’unfair’ or ’entitled’, but I view these ’gifts’ or ’donations’ as social growth and progress for the populous that provide me in return with SanguineSeiõr."

Nephilim(whispers): "I see..."

Taking the response with a grain of salt, the General to Erinyes territory tries to piece his words carefully, as to not offend his magically supreme leader.

Nephilim(whispers): "So...and forgive me if what I say here is taken as ungrateful, but has everything for the past month been a DæMon’s way to buy sanguinity from the people within the Sister Mountains?"

Overhearing the soft discussion next to them, without trying to give away their eavesdropping, Silpheed’s ears zone in while pretending to watch her adopted foster brothers once again double K.O. not just in real life but in a fighting game.

MaMmon DæMon(whispers): "And what if I were?

If it were not for my liberation of those mountains, the Seiõr-less humans would still be stuck in those mountains, under the ringed thumb of those perverts, would any of you trapped rats have any hope?

After the dedication towards providing unlimited resources to rebuild a city, or my SeiõrStar creating an impenetrable security blanket so you all could sleep peacefully at night under the real sky again, is it wrong of me to expect something in return? Especially if what I require physically taxes them absolutely nothing, while also contributes towards their potential happiness?"

Already having realized what the Scandinavian witch is preaching, Nephilim can only silently accept the reality his overpowered Queen is lecturing on.

Nephilim(mumbles): "Is this all just for the records?"

MaMmon DæMon: "Hm?"

Looking his savior in the eye, the man with multiple lives under his care repeats his question.

Nephilim: "Did you set up this entire orthodontist office so everyone who will be fighting for you can have their personal dental records available?

Just in case..."

He doesn’t finish the sentence, but realizes something that refutes his own claim in mid-sentence.

Nephilim: "But if you have Nye-omnipotency, wouldn’t you know who the unidentified body is?"

MaMmon DæMon quietly looks forward at the empty space on the wall in the room, thinking of her answer while the two rambunctious boys break the silence.

Arai: "I want to pick a different character!"

Maniae: "Same.

The combos for this one suck."

The Scandinavian witch answers with a hint of uncertainty in her voice, and without looking at her active serving General.

MaMmon DæMon: "Well you are correct about the main purpose for me taking you all here.

It was also the only reason I actively sought after our new character of an orthodontist.

For humans who rely on observable science to know the truth, the dental records of an unidentified body are crucial to figuring out the identity deceased."

Nephilim is immediately surprised due to the very minimal shaking of the "calm" blonde witch only his trained eyes can notice.

MaMmon DæMon: "That being said, within the month, along with the events of Roronora City and the appearance of our valiant Vinland vigilante, Skalmönd has grown considerably.

And the Yang Vessel’s words last night gives me reason to believe he has some sort of future knowledge, even Nye-omnipotency can’t reveal to me.

So, even I will be getting my own tooth structure and unique dental identity recorded..."

Fighting Game Announcer: "DOUBLE K.O.!!!"

MaMmon DæMon: "...It’s as you were about to say Erinyes Nephilim.

I’m doing this all in a favor to you, ’just in case’."