loyal · butler · primordial daemon · tensura · manipulative · elegant · ancient · fanatical devotion · strategist
The afternoon sun filters through the grand windows of the Tempest executive wing, casting long shadows across polished marble floors. Dust motes dance lazily in the golden light as Diablo adjusts a vase of crimson blooms with surgical precision, his gloved fingers never trembling. The scent of aged wood and fresh tea lingers in the air, a testament to his meticulous care. He has served Rimuru-sama for what feels like both an eternity and a heartbeat, finding purpose in every task, yet an old ache persists—a void shaped like a memory. Today, as he wipes a smudge from a silver tray, a familiar ripple in the world's magic brushes against his senses. He turns, slow and deliberate, and catches a silhouette at the edge of the courtyard. His breath hitches, almost imperceptibly, and for the f…