Devil and Bartender

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**Devil and Bartender** is an event story.

## Synopsis

> *There are rumors of a devil hiding out in a bar somewhere in the city. An exorcist, determined to find this devil, journeys to this city under a new identity.*
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## Appearances

Gremory's Bar

* Gremory
* Morgana Mordred

Holy Curia

* Nicole Primer
* Claudia Nelson
* Father (*mentioned only*)

Poison Rats

* Poison Rat Leader
* Doorkeeper
* Bartender A
* Bartender B
* Professional toxicologist hired as "bartender", highly recommended by the boss (*mentioned only*)

Coffin Company

* Kim Hana

Other

* Sweeper

## Plot

### Act 1

Nicole Primer is sent on a mission by the Holy Curia's Exorcism Council to exorcise a devil rumored to frequent a bar called "Gremory's Bar", but she has trouble finding her destination as the business card she was given has no address. Eventually, she comes across what appears to be the bar and introduces herself to the doorkeeper as the newly-hired bartender. Inside, the other bartenders, who are wearing purple hazmat suits, tell Nicole that they've heard good things about her and her bartending expertise, which confuses Nicole as she doesn't recall ever meeting these people before. Regardless, Nicole presses on and creates a margarita to showcase her skills. The bartenders then bring out a rope-bound man and make him drink the concoction but find out that the beverage is an ordinary cocktail, not poison as they initially thought. Nicole is even more bewildered as to why she was expected to make poison, so the "bartenders" reveal that they are in fact a criminal organization known as the Poison Rats and try to subdue her. Nicole defeats them and releases the captured man, who shows her where Gremory's Bar actually is.

Upon entering Gremory's Bar, Nicole sees a girl but immediately tries to shoot her with her rifle, deducing that she must be the target devil because of the red horns on her head. A chase ensues until a drunk woman, annoyed by the commotion, magically puts the two of them to sleep. After Nicole wakes up, the woman introduces herself as Gremory, the owner of the establishment. Gremory interviews Nicole before turning her over to the horned girl, whose name is Morgana Mordred, from earlier for training. Morgana tries to scare Nicole by proclaiming to be a Demon Lord, but the exorcist is unintimidated and even nicknames the supposed devil "Momo". Nonetheless, Nicole remains on guard just in case.

During training, Momo demands Nicole to serve her strawberry milk in her favorite mug. Nicole decides to use this opportunity to see if Momo truly is a devil and spikes the drink with holy water. Momo drinks the milk and faints, seemingly confirming Nicole's suspicions, but is soon discovered to be having an allergic reaction and subsequently taken to the ER. Next, Nicole uses a ward made of blessed thread, but that only results in Momo tripping over it and falling down. While treating the poor devil, Gremory tells Nicole not to worry too much, saying that accidents happen all the time in her bar because it is an "unlucky place".

Throughout the following week, Nicole continues her work as a bartender as she constantly deals with Momo's childish antics and behavior. Because things have been so casual, Nicole gradually forgets about her original mission to exorcise the self-proclaimed Demon Lord. When she does remember, however, she begins to wonder if an exorcism is really needed at all since Momo is otherwise harmless and innocent. Later, after saving Momo from a couple of thugs, Nicole asks Gremory about how she and Momo met. Gremory explains she doesn't know the little devil came from as she suddenly entered the bar one day and demanded to be treated like a queen (to which Gremory obliged apparently without question). Nicole decides she still has to exorcise Momo lest she disgrace the Council.

Just as Nicole is about to close the bar, an important-looking customer who Momo recognizes as the most influential cocktail critic walks in and orders the bar's signature drink, the Rainbow Lullaby. Nicole, having only made the cocktail once, is put under pressure and mistakenly adds holy water instead of orange juice into the drink, but the customer is highly impressed by the cocktail. Word gets out about this new drink, now called the "Rainbow Nicole", and Gremory's Bar surges in popularity. Gremory congratulates Nicole and gifts her a perfume that a "special rare ingredient."

### Act 2

Nicole begins to doubt whether she is worthy being an exorcist again but decides she must proceed with her mission. When Momo approaches her for some juice, Nicole aims her gun at her but is interrupted by a suspicious customer demanding to see Gremory. Gremory appears and tells Nicole and Momo to leave so that she and customer can talk privately. The customer asks for business advice and reveals Gremory's true identity as Lamia, a prophet famous in the underworld for her advice on how to revive dying businesses and connections to the Dark Council. Gremory refuses, as she no is longer in that sort of shady business anymore, so the customer gives her a veiled threat before leaving.

The next day, Nicole sees members of the Poison Rats exit Gremory's Bar and gets worried that they might've hurt Gremory. She rushes in and is relieved to see that Gremory is unharmed but gets alarmed when the barkeeper casually tells her that the Poison Rats kidnapped Momo. Gremory tells her not to worry and says that Momo will be fine, but Nicole is unconvinced and sets out to rescue the devil despite her earlier conviction.

Nicole goes back to the pub where she first met the Poison Rats and takes down all the guards there. When she arrives at the top floor, however, she sees that the other guards as well as their boss (referred to as Gentle Boy), the customer from the day before, are already down and the ceiling collapsed. The Gentle Boy panickedly explains that the room suddenly broke down and their guns went off on their own after Momo began crying. Momo tearfully embraces Nicole and apologizes for her behavior, and Nicole promises to keep her safe from now on, abandoning her exorcism duty. Afterwards, Nicole briefly returns to the Holy Curia and requests for more time to carry out her mission.

Some time later, while Nicole and Momo go to a candy shop, the Gentle Boy sneaks and sets up explosives around Gremory's Bar in hopes of destroying the place. Gremory catches him before he can detonate them and throws him into the abyss, exposing herself as the actual devil that Nicole was supposed to go after. The bar is destroyed later on anyway after Gremory drunkenly mistakes the detonator for her phone. Gremory's Bar is relocated to Ground One.

In the epilogue, Kim Hana visits the new bar and gets drunk.

## Gallery

Gremory's BarInside of Gremory's BarNicole standing in front of Gremory's BarGremory reveals herself to be a devilMomo asking Nicole for forgivenessMomo asking Nicole for forgiveness (2)