A Nexus Devil

The article continued to slander the boy named Jake Gremory and Americans in general, portraying the situation as a tragedy for the country. Sirzechs thought to himself that the article was highly sensationalized.

But what caught his attention was the mention of a certain Jake Gremory. He had never heard that name before.

"Who is Jake Gremory?" Serafall asked, voicing the same question that was on Sirzechs' mind.

"Who indeed," Ajuka replied, a playful tone in his voice. "I was wondering the same thing, so I sent one of my sneakier familiars into Hogwarts. And let me tell you,

the security wards there are laughable, especially considering it's known as the safest place in Britain—spoiler, it's not. Anyway, I sent my familiars to grab some hair samples from Jake Gremory so I could run a DNA test.

And congratulations, Sirzechs, he's your half-brother."

"What?!" Sirzechs and Serafall exclaimed simultaneously, taken aback by the revelation.

Sirzechs couldn't contain his excitement. "I can't believe I have a brother!" he exclaimed joyfully. "I wonder what he's like. How old is he? How come I've never met him before?" Sirzechs bombarded Ajuka with questions.

"He seems to be a decent kid. He's 16 years old, and it appears that most of the students at the magical school he's attending like him well enough, despite what that newspaper said about everyone hating him," Ajuka explained.

"But how could we have never heard of him before? Half-devils aren't exactly looked upon favorably in the Underworld. But being the son of a Duke and the half-brother of the newest Lucifer, everyone would have respected him anyway," Serafall added.

"How could he have gone unnoticed for 16 years? Was your dad ashamed of having a child out of wedlock and hid him from you, Sirzechs?" she questioned.

Sirzechs felt a surge of anger at the insinuation. "Gremorys never abandon their family! That's what sets us apart from other devil families. My father would never hide a brother from me.

He must have fathered a child during one of his encounters in the human world and never known about it. It's his fault for not checking up on the woman he was with," Sirzechs said, ending with a sigh.

"Both of those are solid theories," Ajuka said, "but neither is actually correct. The truth of the situation is rather peculiar."

"Peculiar how?" Serafall asked, her curiosity piqued.

Ajuka smirked mischievously and adjusted his glasses. "Well, let me tell you. The truth is that the residual ambient magic on Jake Gremory's hair doesn't quite match the current temporal stream. It's close, but not quite aligned.

This suggests that his quantum alignment is currently skewed with our timeline."

"Can you please speak in simpler terms for those of us who aren't as intellectually inclined?" Sirzechs requested, letting out a sigh. Sometimes he felt like Ajuka deliberately used technical jargon to confuse people.

Serafall nodded in agreement, finding the techno-speak equally annoying.

Ajuka huffed playfully. "Fine, you've ruined my fun. Here I am, solving problems you two didn't even know existed, and all I get is complaints. So, here it is in simple terms: Your brother, Sirzechs, is apparently a time traveler from the future."

"That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," Serafall said, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Are you sure?" Sirzechs asked, his mind grappling with the concept.

Serafall gave Sirzechs a pointed glare. She couldn't believe that Sirzechs was seriously considering the idea that his supposed half-brother was a time traveler from the future.

As one of the most powerful beings in the Underworld, she knew that time travel was generally regarded as nothing more than a fantastical concept.

At least, that's what she believed. The notion of it being real seemed utterly ludicrous.

Ajuka noticed the skepticism on Serafall's face and chuckled. "I understand your doubts. Time travel is indeed a controversial and often dismissed concept.

But in this case, the evidence suggests otherwise. The discrepancies in Jake Gremory's magic signature and temporal alignment point towards a temporal anomaly. Of course, we'll need to conduct further investigations to confirm this."

Serafall crossed her arms and let out a sigh. "Well, I suppose anything is possible, but it's hard to wrap my head around the idea of time travel.

If it's true, though, it would explain the secrecy surrounding Jake Gremory's existence and how he managed to stay hidden for so long."

Sirzechs pondered the possibility. The idea of having a half-brother who was a time traveler intrigued and bewildered him at the same time.

"If he's truly from the future, there must be a reason he traveled back in time and ended up in Hogwarts. We need to find him and learn more about his situation."

Ajuka nodded in agreement. "Indeed, and I have a plan for that." Ajuka turned and stared at Serafall.

Serafall stared right back at him. "No!" She said.

Sirzechs laughed. "He didn't even ask anything yet!"

"I know what he was going to ask me." She replied. "It's the same shit you two had me do during the war.

You want me to go and flirt with him and slyly find out information about why he time traveled." She explained.

Sirzechs and Ajuka glanced at each other.

Well I mean she said it not us…"

"Indubitably, and it worked fantastically during the war. Those horny old satanist devil's loved spilling all their deepest secrets to the lovely Sera-tan." Ajuka said.

Serafall just frowned at both of them. "You know what? Fine, I'll do it! But w hile I'm gone, you two will have to handle all the foreign affairs that I've been exclusively doing till now.

Maybe you'll finally understand a bit of my pain at dealing with complete and total morons all day long!" She huffed out.

I uploaded the first five chapters all at once. Future Chapters will be once a day/every other day. This story is also on Web Novel for those who prefer reading there.