The only sound within the dining hall was the clinking of silverware and Beel's chewing. Satan started poking Lucifer with his knife just to be annoying like usual but they seemed closer with a growth Belphegor had missed. Asmo leaned over and stole Lucifer's hand the moment it was available to do Lucifer's nails before Lucifer had go do things and Leviathan made a suggestion they be legend of Zelda themed since Lucifer wore gloves anyway. normally Lucifer would say something about table manners but he kept eating nor would Asmodeus and Leviathan have ever attempted to do such things at the dinner table, at least not before. Belphegor grit his teeth, why did everyone seem to move on without him? Why is everyone fine with Lucifer but not him? Why doesn't he get to grow and be forgiven? Belphegor clicked his tongue and glared at Lucifer, but Mammon was the one to glare back. Belphegor shivered, unsused to the angry glare of the usually chill second eldest. Belphegor considered going to sleep to avoid this but Mammon's gaze was too unsettling.

All eyes fell on Belphegor the moment he opened his mouth "What are you looking at Mammon?"

"what about you, Belphe? If you're gonna glare at least say somethin'."

"Why do you only act strange around me and not Lucifer, none of this would have happened if he didn't lock me in the attic."

"Yeah, that was pretty shitty, more that he didn't tell us than the actual locking you up part."

Belphegor stood, slamming his hands on the table with more energy than he'd shown than when he laughed over Mc's corose "You're siding with him? I was doing what was right!"

Mammon looked at Belphegor and felt rather hysteric "Right? RIGHT?! Belphegor you were going to kill us, if ya had even a slight understanding of Politics we wouldn't be in this mess."

Belphegor looked offended at the accusation he was killing his brothers and that he didn't understand politics in comparison to Mammon "Huh?"

Mammon's wings unfurled behind him as his horns made an appearance "Don't "huh" me Belphegor, I'm supposed to be the stupid one but yer behavior makes a good argument against that. did ya forget how the House of Lords treated us when we first got here? They would take advantage of the fact you have committed treason a second time to kill the rest of us, do you understand? We weren't gonna to be able to run away a second time Belphegor, we barely got out the first time."

"But Lucife-"

Mammon scoffed "Lucifer is a fucking idiot with a lack of communication skills, that's fine we all have shit we need to fix but we can't fix that if we are dead, do you understand me? We got damn lucky with Mc, we were damn lucky it was only Lilith in the war, and we are damn lucky yer stunts haven't killed us all. actually, not all, Lucifer. Lucifer would pull some fucky bullshit to pardon the rest of us while he dies but there's no chance he'd be able to get ya pardoned too, do you hear me? And even if the rest of us did get pardoned we'd have to move again anyway since Lucifer is the one thing standing 'tween us and the House of Lords."

"But-"

Mammon started to approach his little brother, no one intervened as Magic wasn't permeating the air proving Mammon's self-restraint "No buts Belphegor, ya don't got a good reason. None of us were put in danger by the exchange program, none of us were going to be executed like before until you decided to act over nothing, it was you who put us in danger again. Yes Lucifer is at fault for not telling us you were up there, but at least he was actually trying to keep us alive, it is unfortunate he wasn't able to extend that too Mc thanks to you."

"Mc forgave me."

Mammon laughed, Mammon laughed at the sheer stupidity of Belphegor "Belphe, I'm supposed to be the stupid one here, ya never apologised, even Lucifer said sorry and is tryin' to do better. Mc only "forgave" ya because they didn't want to disrupt anything further or, I don't know, not die again? Does murder ring a bell to you Belphegor?"

Belphegor looked down in shame "Yes brother."

"Don't call me that," the others flinched and Mammon backed off Belphegor "just don't, not until you've learned to act like a brother and I apologise for not being a role model for that. Lucifer would apologise too but he's only capable of doing that once a month."

Lucifer huffed in response but made no objection, although he probably would apologise later to show he could. Belphegor was too scared of his big brother standing over him to get the humour, not that Mammon intended for the joke to be for Belphegor when it was just to comfort the others a little while the witness a rare lecture from Mammon.

"Belphe, get yer shit together before ya do something stupid again, I don't wanna have to hold Mc's body a second time."

Mammon took a deep breath and started walking away. He knew his limits well enough to understand he'd only get more upset the more he stayed. None of the others really looked at Belphegor except Lucifer who seemed rather sad at Belphegor's state. Mammon stopped by the door and hit the wall next to it lightly so he'd have Belphegor's attention back.

"Apologise to Mc when they get back Belphe, for real this time. G'nite Belphegor."

You don’t know what to say anymore. You feel so angry and so full of grief. It weighs heavy in your chest and makes your limbs feel like lead.

Stupid, prideful, angel, you thought you would win! You thought you could persuade—

"We’re going to follow you wherever you go, dearest big brother." Mammon says, and eternal sunlight filters through the glass-stained windows. Watching. Waiting. There's a glint in his hands, you notice. Keys to the tower where Lilith is imprisoned.

The clocks ticks again, and this time you see yourself.

Whatever words were on the tip of your tongue die down. The Underground Labyrinth. Beel and Luke, and the defiance in your stance as Lucifer charged. A flash of white, then the present stares down at you.

The demon in front of you furrows his eyebrows in self-admonishment. You read aloud the sins. "Sacrilege, heresy, attempt to assault and murder. Sadism and pride. So many more, first-born Seraphim."

"Do not judge me by mankind's laws alone." He counters, a strange gleam in his eyes as he stares you down. "You are guilty too."

Inglorious bastard. Inglorious bastard. Inglorious bastard—

"What of ?" You swallow, see the way his countenance turns smug.

"Lust, greed, gluttony, sloth,envy, pride and—oh—"

Fingers tighten around his collar, peacock feathers rustling as your jaw clenches.

"—and wrath. Mhm." His pleased hum lingers in your mind.

Lucifer's smirk is infuriating.

"You're no better than us," he croons, leaning forward as creases form on his clothes. "Marked by the seven of us, having indulged in our sin and taken everything that we had to offer."

Your chest heaves with each breath.

Lucifer takes it as a sign to add fuel to the fire.

"And your ambition, how could I not mention it?" He's purring now, even as your heartbeat resounds in your ears. (What kind of a judge would you be if you gave into provocation? Not a very good one.)

"You've made pacts with me and my brothers and used them for your own gain, you've become the strongest sorcerer known to mankind now. Knowledge of the past and present resides with you, what is future but one more?"

You want to punch him in the face. You want to wipe that sneer off his face. You want to you want to—

"You used to be so helpless at the start. Now look at you, master of seven and a tempt—"

Your hands find his throat. Grabbing, squeezing, until the beat of his heart is felt in the skin of your palms. You squeeze, watch as his eyes widen and he stumbles. Your feet follow, the pressure increasing along with the violence he has incited inside you.

"Hypocrite!" You seethe, squeezing even as a vein pops along the column of his neck, take sadistic pleasure in the demon's agony as he gasps for breath that will not come.

It won't kill him.

But at least it will grant you satisfaction.

"Driving us to sin too," he gasps in between, eyes glassy as you grit your teeth. Your fingernails drive into the soft skin, crescent moons already forming. His eyes stare into yours, lips parting to show his smile even as you want to throttle him.

You're supposed to be a judge.

You're supposed to be an attendant.

You're supposed to be righteous.

The pressure relents from his throat, and Lucifer delves into coughing and gasping even as a smug grin is plastered on his face. He grabs his throat, soothing the skin there as he looks at you again.

"Bastard." You seethe, grabbing him again by his hair to pull him closer. "Insufferable, prideful bastard."

You smash your lips against his, teeth rendering a nasty bite to his lips as your tongue delves in between to lick at his mouth, hair tangled in between your fingers as Lucifer groans.

Opens his mouth to let you in, laughs even as you attempt to devour him.

Lucifer knows of several different gender change potions and spells and does offer his services in this treatment. He understands if Mc wants to go the standard route with surgeries and shots or the non medical option.

Lucifer will take Mc to doctor's appointments if he goes the medical route. Asks the doctor four hundred and twenty questions so Mc won't have to. He also holds Mc's hands the whole time.

religious guilt? Mc should look at who he is talking to. No matter, Lucifer is still there to guide him through all the internalised shame, the wishing, and the fear.

Lucifer's only lament is that he was going to surprise Mc with new heels but now he can't see them on Mc. Men can still wear heels of course, but Mc may not want to. It's fine, Lucifer can get matching ties instead.

Mammon is the easiest to come out to. Mc had to ask Mammon how to come out to the others.

Mammon is a dumbass and will ask Mc which way, but it is fair because is Mc disclosing that he previously had a dick for informed sex reasons or do they want to have a dick and need corrected pronouns? It's not like Mammon was there when Mc was born.

Mammon offers up his closet but he just wants Mc in his clothes and this is the best opportunity. He is also stealing all of Mc's old dresses and shoes if Asmo doesn't get to them first.

Mammon has at least three timers if Mc gets a binder. It's too hard to keep track of time in the Devildom for him to not have timers for Mc.

Mammon gave Lucifer a panic attack because he stole Lucifer's credit card to help pay for Mc's surgery if he chose that. Lucifer just saw a hospital bill and thought someone was dying.

I mentioned in genres M!Mc that Mammon cross dresses on sates so the check automatically goes to Mc, but now he is doing it with Mc's old clothes.

Mammon will fuck up pronouns at first but he also corrects himself midway and it's fun to witness him being supportive but also confused.

Leviathan isn't scary to come out too, except when he says "you are underrepresented in media" after realising he could only name 4 characters to compare Mc to in order to give him a potential comfort character that was canonically trans off the top of his head. He looked so serious and disappointed.

Leviathan probably says something about it being a magical boy transformation but Mc gets shots instead of a dance sequence.

Leviathan has decided that cosplay is gender affirming care, which isn't technically wrong but wigs can get itchy and the costumes can get hot.

Takes Mc's old bows. Mc doesn't need them so Levi doesn't mind taking them off his hands, they can be used for various magical girl cosplays.

it isn't important to Leviathan unless testosterone improves Mc's gaming skills or Mc cosplays a man he simps for.

Leviathan is actually super good at makeup since he loves accurate cosplay so he teaches Mc to change his entire face to the desired outcome.

Mc can't take Leviathan to the hospital, he keeps glaring at the doctors. Mc doesn't even know why Leviathan is glaring, he just looks angry. It's probably the fluorescent lighting but Levi's scaring people.

Satan's first question is literally asking Mc to explain everything, in detail, like Mc has the answers when he is still figuring shit out himself.

Satan is more on track of Mc's testosterone than Mc is. He will tell Mc if too much is being taken since too much is harmful or too little.

Satan has a cork-board which he usually uses to solve murder mysteries as he is reading them. Said cork-board is now being use to organise notes on what defines masculinity and being a man since he doesn't actually know he was just born.

Satan has hundreds of facts about medical changes and how it works in the Devildom. He also has thirty spells ready for Mc within the hour so Mc can be comfortable as soon as possible.

Satan, screaming in frustration over how to define masculinity "this is gay!" And Mc be like "that's the point."

If Mc has any dresses that are cat themed then Satan is taking them. Mammon was even kind enough to leave some of the cat stuff for him.

Mc isn't sure to laugh when coming out to Asmo because Asmo already knew, Asmo knows everything, and he's just happy Mc finally figured it out even if he's mad it took so long.

The way Asmo is running to Mc's closet to steal his old clothes is insane. Unfortunately Mammon may have got there first but it's fine, he still nabbed one of the dresses he regularly borrowed before.

Asmo takes Mc shopping since most of Asmo's closet is feminine. While being in touch with femininity is good, this is about masculinity and Asmo only has a few that look good on Mc.

Asmo is throwing Mc a gender re-reveal party.

Asmo gets Mc a potion from Solomon for the quick and easy way but he sits through hospital visits so long as he's allowed to insult how ugly the lighting is.

Asmo would absolutely bedazzle Mc's binder and the bottle for his hrt. Just because Mc is gonna get into that weird space between now and the desired result doesn't mean he can't be fabulous during the transition process.

Asmo will cry if Mc tries to dress like a 12 year old boy specifically. Please Mc, let Asmo handle the clothes, put the basketball shorts away.

Beel doesn't seem to mind at all, he doesn't really understand the big deal but it's important to Mc so it's important to him.

Beel offer up a few of his old jerseys but they kinda smell so Mc will have to wait for him to thoroughly clean them.

Beel will explain sports terms to Mc since that's useful to know usually. He also tells Mc to go ask Mammon about superheroes, that's an easy conversation topic with other guys since not everyone is Satan with a backlog of 300 books to yap about until people get tired.

Beel will go to doctor's appointments with mc but doesn't understand what they are saying since he couldn't hear the teacher over his chewing in health class and it was the one time Satan was sick and couldn't help Beel with notes.

Beel will make sure every time that Mc isn't wearing his binder during workouts. If it can't be worn for extended periods it probably shouldn't be worn for strenuous activities.

Belphegor probably says "That's nice" and goes back to sleep. Literally no effect on him at all. Bro is the not caremaxxing.

Belphe gets pissed when Mc can stab himself (with needles for shots), but Belphe can't stab people? Fucking bullshit.

Belphegor questions why Mc would want to go through all the medical stuff, sure top scars are cool but magic is faster. Doesn't get it at all but it's also not his problem.

"Damn, does this make us gay?" - Belphegor five seconds after Mc came out and falls asleep before there's an answer.

Sits with Mc at the doctor but is in no way, shape, or form paying attention.

Solomon will offer Mc a gender change potion the second he comes out. Mc will notice that if he takes the potion it does have the desired effect but also gives him cat ears and a maid dress is peeking out of Solomon's closet. It is unclear if the ears were an accident and if the dress is for Solomon or Mc but Solomon would enjoy it if Mc wants to try it on. It's the manliest outfit ever Mc, Sol doesn't know what you mean.

Solomon may have also said "that's kinda gay bro" when Mc came out. Lowkey gender affirming but Mc is gonna want to hit him.

Very supportive if Mc takes the medical route, but Solomon still thinks his potions are better.

After surgery Solomon will stand over Mc's hospital bed, menacingly. He's just standing there, he won't sit and when he does he is manspreading in Mc's direction.

Solomon wants Mc's old dresses to wear them for funsies, but he knows he's much too late with how fast Mammon and Asmo are. Luckily he still got his hands on a nice pair of heels.

Diavolo would like Mc to elaborate in detail about their experience so far. He wants updates on the transgender experience of Humans since Demons just use magic to do whatever.

He wants to go to the hospital with Mc! He's actually never been in an actual hospital since the palace has its own physicians and Barbatos.

Diavolo suffers as Mc looks so hot post transition, and so much more happy. First it was a guy and a girl now he wants two men, two of them, he needs to be in between them.

Diavolo always seems to witness people transforming into someone happier such as Lucifer and now Mc. He's still waiting on his turn.

Barbatos is unfazed, he just tells Mc to not take any potions Solomon offers if he wants to take the magic route. Barbatos is perfectly efficient at spells, he can do it.

Barbatos will take Mc to appointments and stares down those doctors because he could do their jobs better however Mc would probably prefer a human doctor.

Barbatos has custom binders for Mc within the hour and very strict instructions. He will text Mc every time the binder needs to be removed.

The worst part about coming out to Simeon is the Dad jokes. "Trans-gender? I didn't know transit was a gender". Solomon is jealous he didn't think of some of those.

Simeon doesn't know what humans are doing or why they say god condemns it, Simeon is there to comfort Mc but if Mc starts bawling he's getting Lucifer, someone who's actually played these games before.

Simeon has a few questions about binders and hormones.

80% chance a character in one of Simeon's next books is trans. Maybe Henry from tsl was always a trans icon and Simeon just didn't know how to write it without Mc's input, who knows.

Luke overheard Mc coming out to Simeon but didn't hear right and has questions about what trains have to do with gender.

Luke is very confused but supportive.