"Lucifer, he's... he is a prisoner here," spoke Lilith.
"What?" Confused by this statement, Celestia could only stand in shock and disbelief as she stared at the queen of Hell.
And as Celestia continued to stare at Lilith, she began walking towards the now unconscious Lucifer and picking him up.
She looked at the unconscious king with pity and disappointment.
She had hoped her husband would be able to break free from his shackles and find their son himself, but alas, fate had different plans.
Walking away, Lilith carried her husband out of the meeting room, leaving everyone behind.
Though stunned by this, Celestia was able to compose herself and continue on with the meeting.
"Well, that... was enlightening, to say the least." Sitting back down on her chair, she continued on with the meeting.
"Hey, Celestia!" Beelzebub raised her hand in order to catch Celestia's attention.
"Yes, Lady Beelzebub?" Celestia spoke.
"I'm not too sure what I'm saying is right, but... shouldn't there be, like... an angel here as well?" Bee asked.
"You are.... correct, though I'm not quite sure why they're running late, but I'm sure they'll be here soon." Celestia replied.
"Ha! Those posh feather heads are probably too busy jerking off each other and forgot they had a meeting." Mammon said.
Asmodeus then slowly looked at Mammon in disgust, as even the embodiment of lust found what he said revolting.
"Mammon... do you ever shut up?" Asmodeus said.
"Ha! No." Mammon replied before grabbing a new bucket of chicken.
And as the sin of greed began to indulge in his... meal, Leviathan, who was currently sitting next to him, would look a bit to her side and be disgusted by the display, causing her to move her chair slightly farther away from him.
"Would you all be quiet! Celestia is still holding a meeting here!" Satan roared out, causing the very room to shake from his voice alone.
And as the room shook violently, this would inevitably cause the chicken wings Mammon was eating to fall to the ground.
"Hey! I was eating...." Mammon simply trailed off as his anger quickly disappeared when he locked eyes with the sin of wrath.
"What?" Satan spoke, his anger palpable and barely being held back.
"A— nothing, please continue with the meeting." Mammon said, finally sitting up properly.
Celestia, giggling softly at what just happened, continued her meeting.
"Thank you for getting everyone to quiet down, Lord Satan." Celestia said before giving a grateful nod towards him.
In turn, Satan did the same.
"Continuing the meeting, I would like to humbly ask each of you for assistance." Celestia said.
The sins then began to look at her, curious about what she would say next — after all, a favor from the rulers of Hell is no small thing.
"I shall not lie, the changelings have been finding it quite difficult to locate our missing prince. Not only that, their numbers are also currently being spread out too thin; we can't monitor Hell and Earth at the same time." Celestia explained.
"That is why I would like to humbly request your help in finding the prince." Celestia spoke.
As she said this, the sins began to talk amongst themselves before finally replying to Celestia.
"We would love to help, darling. Tell us whatever you might need and we will get it for you... right, Mammon?" Asmodeus said, looking at the sin of greed.
"Huh? Yeah, whatever." Mammon said, sulking, as he knew he wouldn't be getting paid for this.
"Yeah! Just tell us whatever you need and we'll make it happen!" Beelzebub said excitedly.
"Snoring." Belphegor continued to snore and slumber, unaware of what was happening.
"Thank you, everyone. If you have any more questions, please ask me now." Celestia said.
No one spoke up... except for one.
"I have one." Princess Hornet spoke up, catching everyone's attention.
"Yes, Princess Hornet, what would you like to ask?" Celestia spoke.
"Not really ask... more like request."
"If it's within my power, please ask away."
"Send me to the human realm."
"That seems dangerous, Your Highness. I'm not saying I couldn't do so, but... are you sure?" Celestia asked, worried for the well-being of the princess.
"I'm sure, and besides, they don't really need me much here, and if they did, Shakra here could easily fill in."
"Thank you for the praise, Hornet Wielding Needle." Shakra said and gave Hornet a gracious bow.
"If you're sure, then I have no reason to stop you, though I must warn you — a powerful force may be at play here, seeing as both the prince and the dark knight Sparda have been unable to return." Celestia said.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Hornet replied.
"If that is all, then this meeting is hereby over." Celestia announced.
And as she spoke those words, the rulers of Hell all began to stand in unison before giving a respectful bow towards Celestia (yes, even Mammon) before opening a portal to their respective domains and leaving.
As for Hornet and Shakra, they simply walked out normally, leaving Celestia alone.
Well, relatively alone — as right beside her, the still sleeping Belphegor continued to be blissfully unaware of anything that was happening.
Celestia, noticing the sleeping sheep, slowly moved closer towards her before summoning a large, comfy pillow to support her neck.
Once she had finished doing so, she continued to sit on her chair, awaiting the angel representative to arrive.
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30 minutes had gone by and the angels had not yet arrived.
And as the ever patient Celestia continued waiting for the angels to finally arrive, her patience would be finally rewarded.
Hearing the sound of wings flapping towards her, Celestia began to dust herself off — as while she had waited for the angels to arrive, she had begun to create different clothing for Belphegor as she slept.
As the sound drew closer, the doors then opened, revealing two very tired and sweaty angels.
"Wow! That was so much fun! Let's go again, Sera!" Emily said as she removed a broken jaw from her hair.
"Absolutely... not." Sera said before grabbing her dress and removing the dried up blood.
Standing up, Celestia greeted the newly arrived angels.
"It is an honor to have you here, High Seraphim, though I must ask... what happened?" Celestia said, gesturing towards them.
"Well, we were on our way here, but Emily wanted to sightsee around the pride ring. I of course refused, but she continued to nag and I eventually broke." Sera said, wiping the gunk off her face.
"Oh, come on, Sera — you know you had fun too!" Emily said cheerfully, helping her sister clean up.
"Yes... at first, and then we began getting sidetracked and got caught between a turf war, which you tried joining!" Sera said, more annoyed than mad.
"I thought that was a culture thing!" Emily said truthfully.
"Well, in any case, I would like to apologize, Lady Celestia." Sera said.
"It's fine, High Seraphim — you're here now and that's all that matters. now then, why don't I catch you up on what you missed." Celestia said.