Chapter 85: The potential made her release "liquids"...
"I told you not to look her in the eyes." Sapphire appeared suddenly, as if she had always been watching.
"Y-Y-You\'ve gone completely mad! Have you lost your mind?!" Selene shouted, pointing a finger in her face. "How do you expect to train... that thing!" she said, now pointing at Vergil, who stood there completely confused.
"Hi?" Vergil responded, clearly having no idea what was happening.
Zuri, who had been silently observing the scene until now, laughed and crossed her arms, enjoying the unfolding drama. "Yes, I agree. He\'s a very strange thing," she said with a maliciously sarcastic tone, looking at Vergil as if analyzing some exotic specimen.
Selene, still out of control, shot a death glare at Zuri before quickly refocusing on Sapphire. "You\'ve really lost your mind!" she yelled, shaking her head in disbelief. "Vergil, he... he\'s... he\'s a ticking time bomb! How do you expect to train something when we don\'t even know what it can become?!"
Sapphire showed no emotion at Selene\'s words, maintaining her cold and calculated posture. "That\'s exactly why he\'s even more interesting," she said, smiling maliciously, her tone sharp and decisive. "The power he carries cannot be left unchecked. You\'ve seen what he\'s capable of... So much potential..." Sapphire continued, speaking as though Vergil were some rare animal.
Vergil stood there, feeling like a spectator in a conversation he should understand more about. His eyes shifted between Selene and Sapphire, trying to piece together the puzzle as they discussed him like he was an experiment.
Zuri, on the other hand, seemed thoroughly entertained by the spectacle. "This is getting interesting. So, Vergil is dangerous, huh?" she teased, a mischievous smile on her face. "Well, at least we won\'t be bored."
Selene, trying to control her breathing, spoke again, now a bit calmer but still full of frustration. "I understand that he... \'has potential.\' But that kind of potential... Sapphire, it could destroy everything. He doesn\'t even know what\'s really happening yet."
Finally, Vergil decided it was time to step in. "Can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" He looked from Selene to Sapphire, his patience running thin. "I\'m... dangerous? And I\'m going to explode? Fantastic, that\'s just great news," he quipped, crossing his arms.
Sapphire sighed, her eyes locked onto Vergil with a mix of severity and resignation. "You\'re not going to explode... but your power could consume you if you don\'t learn how to control it. And that control won\'t come from any ordinary training. That\'s why I\'m here. Selene may not understand, but I know what it takes to tame something like you."
Vergil raised an eyebrow, skepticism clear in his expression. "Something like me? This is getting more and more comforting." He let out a frustrated sigh. "Alright, if I\'m some sort of walking weapon, what exactly are you suggesting?"
"Your existence defies everything in this world, that\'s all I\'m going to say." Sapphire smirked, "Which is why you need to kill him now! What are you waiting for?!!!" Selene screamed at her, but Sapphire only laughed.
"And who\'s going to make me do that?" Sapphire challenged, and Selene\'s eyes quickly lowered.
Selene began listing names aloud, her mind racing with fury and confusion over what Sapphire was proposing. Her voice, which had initially been filled with rage, now seemed almost cold, calculated, as if she were trying to organize the internal chaos with some twisted logic.
"Beelzebub would die in one strike," she muttered with disdain. "Sataniel... well, he might last twenty seconds, maybe a bit longer if he\'s at his peak, but it\'s unlikely." Her voice continued, methodical, as if planning some surreal battle strategy. "Archon Paimon... two minutes, tops."
Sapphire, on the other hand, smiled as if she were watching an intriguing spectacle unfold. Each word from Selene seemed to only fuel her amusement, as if she were enjoying the calculated unraveling of her friend.
"Azazel..." Selene sighed, briefly glancing upward. "He\'s not one for fighting, is he? He\'d be more preoccupied with... parties. He\'d die with a single breath." She paused, her mind still spinning around the list of possible opponents. "Uriel... Ah, Uriel... Yes, he\'d fall quicker than we think." Selene continued, her voice now almost mechanical.
Sapphire interrupted, still laughing softly. "Do you really believe any of them would be an obstacle? You\'re either underestimating the situation or overestimating their strength. They aren\'t the real problem here, Selene."
"You don\'t understand, Sapphire!" Selene yelled, cutting off her own train of thought. "This power... his existence goes against the very nature of this world! He... he\'s an anomaly. Something that shouldn\'t even exist. And you want to train that?" She pointed at Vergil again, as if he were the source of all the surrounding chaos.
Vergil once again stood at the center of the conflict, feeling like a pawn in a much larger game he couldn\'t begin to comprehend. "Uh, hi?" he repeated, a little more confused this time. "Can someone please explain what I am? And why I\'m so terrible that... these guys... angels and demons, whatever... would die because of me?"
Zuri, watching everything with her typical sarcastic gaze, simply scoffed. "Well, congratulations, Vergil. You\'ve managed to piss off both heaven and hell without even trying."
Selene turned to Sapphire, her face still flushed with fury, but her eyes betraying a mix of fear and hopelessness. "Sapphire, do you even know what you\'re doing? Do you have any idea what he could become? He\'s not just dangerous... he could destroy the balance of everything we know!"
Sapphire merely shook her head, still smiling. "That\'s exactly why he needs control, Selene. And who better to teach him than me? Stop being so dramatic. HAHAHAHA" She laughed loudly, as if this was the first time she was revealing her plans to anyone, but Vergil... didn\'t seem too thrilled...
"No!" Selene shouted, her tone rising in intensity. "You don\'t understand! He can\'t be controlled. No one can. That kind of power... that kind of existence... bows to nothing!"
Sapphire crossed her arms, maintaining her mischievous smile, but her expression grew more serious as she mocked Selene with sharp precision. "So, if he\'s really uncontrollable, what\'s your big plan? Kill him? Before this \'walking disaster\' brings about the end of the world? Or maybe you\'ll try it yourself?" She chuckled softly, her eyes glinting with malice.
Selene lowered her gaze, her confidence shattered by Sapphire\'s words. Her hands trembled slightly as her mind raced, struggling to form a coherent response. "I... I don\'t know..." she muttered, her voice barely audible, unable to make such an extreme decision.
The silence that followed was thick, almost suffocating. Sapphire, however, broke that tension with a short, scornful laugh. "That\'s it. No one\'s going to do anything because what scares you, Selene, isn\'t him... it\'s the unknown." She paused dramatically, her voice now dripping with provocation. "But me? I\'m not afraid. I see an opportunity." She leaned forward slightly, her smile even sharper now.
"So shut your mouth and do what I say. Who knows, in a year or two, you might still be able to use that old pussy of yours to please a decent man. Because, for God\'s sake, I can smell your... well, let\'s be polite and say your \'sinful fluids\' are overflowing." Sapphire laughed openly, crossing her arms and looking Selene up and down. "That\'s why I told you not to look into his eyes," she added, turning to Vergil with a look of fake concern, as if she were protecting him from the situation.
Selene turned crimson instantly, rage and shame colliding inside her. "S-Sapphire! You... you\'re insufferable!" She tried to respond, but her words came out stuttered, unable to mask her evident embarrassment. She pressed her lips together, feeling her skin burn with humiliation.
Sapphire, unfazed, shrugged, still amused by the situation. "Oh, Selene, darling, there\'s no point in trying to hide it. Your body\'s reaction says it all. I know someone who\'s more than just excited when I see one. And don\'t pretend you\'re not. Vergil\'s potential doesn\'t just stir your mind, does it?"
Vergil, completely oblivious to the tension in the room, raised an eyebrow. "Uh... what exactly is happening here?" he asked, confused, as Zuri tried to stifle a laugh.
Selene, attempting to regain her composure, crossed her arms over her chest and turned her face to the side, avoiding both Sapphire and Vergil\'s gaze. "This has nothing to do with... with that!" she insisted, though the blush on her face and the way her breath came in short gasps betrayed her words.
Sapphire just laughed again, satisfied with her provocation. "Sure, sure. Keep telling yourself that. Maybe one day you\'ll actually believe it. Now, let\'s get going, Vergil. Off to Abaddon."