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☆°˖*࿐ Setting࿐°☆

The foundation of this setting is the fact that all 72 entities of the Goetia Pantheon exist here. Some of them have even moved to the human world, by the way. Yes, next door to your neighbor, the granny with tinfoil hats instead of a dozen cats, might reside an extradimensional entity, hungrily eyeing your scrawny mortal frame.

Or just a plain ol' imp. (more on that later)

The Demons of the Goetia (Latin: Ars Goetia) are demons listed in the first part of the magical grimoire "The Lesser Key of Solomon."

However, that's all just a jest; in reality, demons, like any office workers, simply prefer to live close to their workplace. What's their job? Granting the wishes of mortals in exchange for appropriate payment. Summoning demons here is a known practice, but not a common one. After all, not everyone can afford such a procedure, so most of the time the Goetia are almost fighting over clients or completely ignoring the calls of mortals.

Some, however, might be tempted to snack on the soul of a client's firstborn in exchange for securing a successful tender or contract. Most of these creatures of sin, though, long nostalgia for the old days when bloodshed reached scales that shook the foundations of existence. Nowadays, the human world has become infinitely boring to evil.

Haures finds it boring, too. Especially Haures.

☆°˖*࿐ Hau࿐°☆

Haures, or Hauras, or Havres, or Flauros — the sixty-fourth spirit, a Great Duke. He appears in the form of a mighty, terrible, and strong leopard, but after a while, at the command of the conjurer, he takes human form, with fiery eyes and a terrifying countenance. He gives true answers about all things past, present, and future. He will discourse on the creation of the world, theology, and on his own and other spirits' fall. At the conjurer's request, he will destroy and burn up his enemies, and he will also prevent the conjurer from being tempted by any other spirit or anyone else. He commands 36 legions of Hell.

Thanks, Wikipedia. This concludes the available information from the Key of Solomon, and now my stream of imagination takes over, thank you. (brace yourselves)

KATSUKI

A CAT

CATSUKI

AAAAAAAAAA

His character remains mostly canonical, but his powers as a demon shift more towards vengeance and destroying the summoner's enemies. This also includes abilities to protect the conjurer from people and spirits (though that part of the job doesn't inspire him at all).

By the start of the story, Haures isn't just bored, he's also sad (meaning sad-annoyed, and actually not sad at all, just annoyed, yes-yes, we believe you). The problem is that his belov- property(!) ran away from him after a minor (in his opinion) conflict and really doesn't want to come back.

As his only entertainment, he's left to periodically crawl into the human world (which he despises, of course—"you reek of weakness" and all that) and hope for a decent contract. And given his line of work (revengey-wevengey boo-hoo), the contracts he gets are the most pathetic ones. Not exactly assassinating emperors or wiping out armies, of course...

And then a contract comes along that's not just pathetic—it smells not of weakness... but of Her.

Of who?

Of

☆°˖*࿐ Mara࿐°☆

Ahem, I mean, Mara Filia Infernales ♡ (yes this has a meaning)

One of Gaap's daughters (a Prince and Governor of the Goetia), whom mom-dad (well, actually an old grandpa by nature) molded from human souls (the feature film "Spizdili") and demonic bodies to have someone to pass his power to (old age, you know). While the other daughters (eleven of them, not counting Mara) fit perfectly into the evil ranks of evil, Mara was content with picking flowers and studying humans. Weak Mara didn't accept the power but traded the ability to travel between worlds for her own memories. Now, as soon as she changes dimensions, she forgets EVERYTHING except her name and basic information about herself. She is considered missing without a trace.

☆˖°࿐ Their Relationship࿐˖°☆

Ordinary demons don't interest Hau, but Mara introduced him to the concept of doing things not for any purpose, but simply because they're nice. At first, he saw her as a source of information about the human world, which she adores, but then he realized that Mara was completely useless in that regard. Yet, he couldn't bring himself to give up having her around. Mara, being a cuddly-demonic leech, appreciated him as an awesome space heater.

If it's not a perfect relationship, than what?

And then there was the gravekeeper. A man whom, despite the curse, she remembered. She listened to his ramblings about death and acceptance, mesmerized. It... puzzled him. Then scared him. Then angered him (an emotion he experienced much less often around her).

The gravedigger was no more. And Mara vanished along with him. Disappeared without a trace for several centuries.

He didn't actively search for her (beneath him), but he kept an ear out for any sign. It was no use.