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Another fic from the void.

Obey Me palace drama AU that was named the Seven Kingdoms AU

OC x Canon

1.5k words.

A/N: * is a bit of a joke towards Chinese history where servants of the Emperor would refer to themselves as this slave. I had the feeling I needed to say this before someone tries to call me racist.

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Today was a very important day for Gaia and the Devildom. The newest tribute had arrived to the Devildom. Demons of all kinds had wished to get a glance at her face. The tribute herself, however, had wished to return home. Not be another concubine to some demon, living her life behind a cage, a tool to use and throw away when no longer useful.

She was a sacrifice.

Talks about unification and peace between the three realms were a thing long before she was born. It wasn’t until Prince Diavolo of the Devildom had begun his plans that there was any genuine progress. Since then, they have sent many human women to the Devildom as servants or concubines. Sacrifices in exchange of accessing the Devildom’s wealth. Nikki was the latest victim of this, a young woman, just turned twenty years old. She wasn’t a princess, a noble or even grossly rich. She didn’t possess powerful magic, nor did she have much talent anywhere else except music. She considered herself to be pretty; having dark skin, curly black hair and green eyes that looked like it glowed. She was chosen because of her father. Nikki’s relationship with her father was nothing short of dysfunctional. They had rarely seen eye to eye on most things, clashing with ideals and moralities.

Perhaps, she thought, this was a punishment. That if they sent her to marry some random foreigner, she would see her father’s side of things and as a bonus, he would have access to the enormous amount of money sent as compensation.

The eternal night of the Devildom was weirdly calming to her, the evening breeze cool on her skin. As they escorted her to the throne room, Nikki could feel herself shiver, the dread creeping up her bones. The throne room was unusual, at least by her human standards. Seven thrones sat at the bottom, a singular throne above them. Engraved on each throne was an animal and a sigil, the throne above fancier and more decorated than the rest. The rest of the room had the animals and sigils decorated in banners or engraved in the walls. The throne room, despite the black paint on the walls, was golden. It created an imposing aura, even with no one sitting, no one watching.

“You are here early, the Emperor would be with you in a moment.” A man with green hair, dressed in butler’s clothes approached Nikki, having her subconsciously step back. He seemed to note her anxiety, standing a distance from her, greeting her with a bow.

“What’s your name?”

“Barbatos, I am Emperor Diavolo’s most trusted servant.” He bowed to her again, stepping into the room behind the thrones.

Nikki’s first reaction to Diavolo was surprise mixed with dread. Instead of sitting on the throne, he walked to her, apologizing for being late, offering his hand for a handshake. The cheery and friendly aura around him only made him more regal in appearance, his red, black and gold clothing matching the colour scheme of the throne room.

“Welcome to the Devildom, I hope that you have had a pleasant trip here?”

“I have, thank you.” Nikki chose her word carefully. One wrong move and she would be dead.

“You’ve met my loyal butler, Barbatos, but I’ve yet to introduce myself,” he laughed, as if he was desperately trying to lighten the atmosphere. “I’m Emperor Diavolo, I rule over the Devildom in its entirety, you’ll understand what I mean by that later.”

“I am Nicole Duke, your royal majesty.” Nikki didn’t know what to do. Should she bow, should she say anything else, should she address herself as this slave*?

One would wonder if Diavolo noticed her hesitance or not, motioning for Barbatos to give her some pastries while asking her some questions. It was mostly straightforward, a rundown of things she should know during her stay and confirmation on other things. Why was the Emperor doing these things himself? Wasn’t there a servant or someone who could do something like this? She wouldn’t voice these things, rolling with the tide. Eventually, six other men entered the room one by one, each sitting on one of the lower thrones until the one on the furthest right was empty. The golden bull, engraved in the throne, kept her attention until she remembered where she was and what she was doing.

“They sent me here to be a bride for one of the Kings, when, um, who do I marry?” Nikki asked as the man in black and sliver who sat in the middle frowned.

“Since everyone is here, I can now delve more into what you are going to be doing here and have them introduce themselves.” Emperor Diavolo said, turning his attention to the man in the center. “You can handle the rest right, Lucifer?”

“Where’s the last one?” Nikki interrupted , pointing to the empty throne. “Are they busy?”

A silence. The man in the center stood up and spoke. “Welcome to the Devildom Nicole, I am King Lucifer, I rule over the northeastern region and I’m the eldest of the seven of us, unfortunately we have sent my youngest brother as an envoy to the human realm and he couldn’t attend.”

Nikki didn’t buy it but nodded. If that was the case, what was with the silence beforehand? One by one, the others introduced themselves. Mammon was the second eldest and the ruler of the Western regions. He was loud with his disinterest of this whole thing, Nikki wished she could join him. Leviathan and Satan were the third and fourth, respectively. Levi, distracted and disinterested himself, was the ruler of the archipelago off the western coast. Satan was polite, kinder than the two before, but behind his words and smile, he watched her coldly with his blue-green eyes. He was the ruler of the northern region, even going as far to invite Nikki to the Shangri strip.

“The Shangri strip?”

Satan nodded. “It’s a piece of land that borders on the northwestern kingdom, it has a lot of resources along with natural beauty, it’s one of my favorite places in my Kingdom.”

“You mean my kingdom Satan.” Lucifer spoke, Nikki wondered if his frown was permanent at this point.

“There are some disputes over it, but it shouldn’t affect your stay here.” Satan didn’t seem bothered, his smile brighter than ever but his eyes were colder than before. Nikki could feel the goosebumps appear on her skin when he looked at her.

“Unless a full-blown war happens over it, then it affects everyone.” Mammon said, Diavolo interrupting before anything else could happen.

Asmodeus, the fifth and the ruler of the southernmost regions was also friendly but unlike Satan, there was little behind it. He even praised Nikki’s looks, being the most interested of the bunch. The other brothers didn’t waste any time in ruining that image. Telling her he probably just wants to have sex with her. Asmodeus didn’t deny them, being more upset that they pointed it out.

Beelzebub, the sixth who ruled over the southwest region, didn’t have much to say outside of his name and region. He reminded Nikki that it had been hours since she last ate with his mention of lunch. Once he ended, Emperor Diavolo turned his attention back to Nikki.

“Those are the six kings that rule of the Devildom along with me,” the Emperor spoke, “Over the course of the next year, you will attend bridal lessons and at the end of the year you will choose one of them to be your husband.”

It surprised Nikki to hear that she had a choice in the matter. She was expecting to get married right away to one of them without the chance to get to know them first.

“You had a question for me, your royal majesty?”

“There’s no need to be so formal, call me Diavolo and yes.” Diavolo’s dark golden eyes looked directly into Nikki’s. “Be honest, you don’t want to be here, do you?”

“No, I don’t, I want to go home.”

Diavolo nodded. “We figured, which is why at the end of the year, if you chose, you can return home as an ambassador to the Devildom.”

She could go home. Nikki could feel the tears of relief well in her eyes. She could go back home to her twin sister, return to a semi-ordinary life.

“What’s the catch?”

Even with being forced to become an ambassador, Nikki felt it was too good to be true.

“Nothing, we don’t want to force you into doing something you don’t want to do,” Asmodeus spoke, “That thing is bad for the skin.”

“You cannot leave the Devildom nor the capital without an escort during the year, but that’s just to make sure you don’t run away and break the contract.” Satan agreed with Asmodeus' first statement.

Nikki noted what they said. She didn’t have much questions. Most of them surrounding the absence of the missing seventh, asking only those about what she would do during the year and one important question.

“Why was I chosen? I’m no one special.”

Diavolo’s words stuck with her. Even after the year had past.

“That’s exactly why it makes you unique, in a place like this and I think we need someone like you around here.”

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