Gilles Derais

**Gilles Derais**, later known as the **Angel of Chastity**, was one of the survivors of the Second Period and an astrophysicist. After leaving his ruined world to its fate, the man continued charming women aboard the Climb One despite being married to another colleague. Joining Levia and Behemo Barisol in defying Luna Hazuki's plans, he was sealed away in the ruined Climb One with some of his colleagues. After escaping during the Levianta Catastrophe, he was later reincarnated as an angel.

## History

### Early Life

Born in the Second Period, Gilles became a prominent astrophysicist and later married the marine biologist Catherine Derais, having a son with her. As the Second Period began to collapse due to the rampant spread of HERS, Gilles and Catherine, along with 70 other scientists, boarded one of many spaceships intended to travel to and repopulate inhabitable worlds. On the ship, he flirted with all the women crew members, taking some of them on as lovers, including the psychiatrist Rahab Barisol. He also briefly attempted to earn the affection of Luna Hazuki, to no avail.

As they lost contact with the other spaceships, the crew of the Climb One realized that they were the last inhabitants of Earth left, deciding to create a new species of humans in the image of the earthlings. After finding a new planet to inhabit, they set about creating their new world. During this process, Seth Twiright, a HER who had secretly boarded the Climb One, instigated the deaths of 62 crew members and contaminated the new race of humans so they could possibly develop HERS; included in these deaths were all of Gilles' lovers, except for Rahab, which the latter was directly responsible for.

Most of the remaining crew, including Gilles, proposed that they reincarnate as gods to guide the humans, unaware that several of them were now infected with HERS. When their colleagues Held Yggdra and Luna disagreed, he joined the ensuing fight and was killed along with everyone else when it caused the Climb One to crash, leaving behind only his spirit data. Gilles and his colleagues remained trapped for centuries while the new race of humans began building their societies; eventually, the Magic Kingdom Levianta discovered the Climb One, establishing it as a holy relic called the "Sin" ark.

### Mantle of Chastity

During the Levianta Catastrophe, Gilles escaped the Sin ark along with the other earthlings. He was thus drawn to the Millennium Tree Forest, being forcefully reincarnated as a ram forest spirit and losing his memories. As time went on, he became dissatisfied with life in the forest and sought a way out. After Hänsel and Gretel killed their parents in EC 14, he gathered at the Moonlit house with Vlad, Marie, Lich, Rahab, and Salem. There, they reunited with Seth and were offered vessels to inhabit as Angels of Virtue. Gilles accepted the offer, and was thus reincarnated by the irregular twins' Re\_birthday. Becoming the "Angel of Chastity", he inhabited a foreign katana. Afterwards, the angels and their vessels of virtue were scattered across the world, armed with the knowledge of the moon goddess' rules.

### Venomania Incident

When the mage ENNA offered the katana to Sateriasis Venomania in December of EC 135, the Angel of Chastity recognized the man as a suitable host and telepathically spoke to him. After Sateriasis conceded and stabbed himself in the chest with the katana to forge a contract, the angel filled his blood with its magic, turning it purple. Christening himself as the new "Duke Venomania", the angel decreased his sex drive and passion levels while granting him access to his powers.

Shortly after, Sateriasis attempted to use the sword in a ritual to wipe out any witness' memories. While successfully performing the ceremony, the young man unintentionally suppressed his own memories and the angel was forced into a half-sleep as a result. In late January of EC 136, Sateriasis regained some of his memories while attempting to cleanse Lukana Octo and the angel awoke, answering the duke's call. As he asked the angel for aid, it induced an angelic transformation in him; armed with wings, Sateriasis pursued Lukana, successfully tracking her down and brainwashed her. He afterwards failed to invoke his power on Mikulia Greeonio due to it being cancelled out.

Sateriasis continued to use his powers throughout the following months to enchant and abduct women from all across Asmodean, building up his cult. After the duke remembered that his fiancee Gumina Glassred had rejected him for his brother Cherubim Venomania, the distraught Sateriasis invoked the angel's power and the amused Angel of Chastity allowed him to undergo another angelic transformation. They then watched him knock out everyone in the Glassred Mansion before using his Chastity magic to brainwash Gumina's bodyguard, Carol Shields. The duke then used her to capture and brainwash Gumina, wiping all her memories of Cherubim.

As the year progressed, Sateriasis continued using the angel's power to enthrall more and more women, though this began to weaken in several women over time. Later that year, the duke was stabbed by Karchess Crim using Grim the End; as the duke called out to the angel, the Angel of Chastity explained how Sateriasis had been defeated by another vessel of virtue and would die, although the angel would only return to its vessel. Bidding him farewell, the angel left Sateriasis to his fate. Its vessel was later dubbed the "Venom Sword" by ENNA as a tribute to the duke.

### Story of Evil

In EC 325, the mage ABELLONE utilized the Angel's powers to transform the face of Carlos Marlon. Centuries later, Zenon Octo used the angel's power to wield the sword with ease for mugging people. In EC 473, the mage ESSENCE defeated Zenon while he was crossing the Elphegort-Asmodean border and took the sword. At the Misty Mountains in EC 477, after Gast Venom told Yvette Jacobi that General Shalgham had learned he was a descendant of one of Duke Sateriasis Venomania's followers, the Angel of Chastity possessed him.

Clearing his judgment as it rooted itself in his mind, the angel convinced Gast to kill General Shalgham to prevent him from destroying the altar that allowed him to see his dead sister "Sarah", thus causing the both of them pain. Gast then took the Venom Sword from Yvette and waited for the general the following night. After ESSENCE defeated the young man, she took back the katana and the Angel of Chastity left its host.

In EC 482, King Arth Lucifen d'Autriche used the angel's power from its vessel to seduce Queen Prim Marlon, entering an affair with the monarch. Later on, in EC 500, ESSENCE had the Angel of Chastity possess Princess Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche after Keel Freezis allowed her to examine the Venom Sword. With her feelings for Kyle diminished, Riliane instead began to develop feelings for Keel's servant Eater Sabella and began to consider leaving her responsibility as a ruler behind and living a simple life with him. A few weeks after deciding on this plan, Riliane had her prime minister Alexiel send a formal letter of rejection to King Kyle Marlon.

After Eater was killed in Kyle's ensuing war to exterminate all green-haired men, Riliane joined the Marlon Resistance and aided the revolutionaries in overthrowing the tyrannical king. During Riliane's meeting with the imprisoned and disguised Mora Viwirtz at the end of the revolution, the angel recognized her resemblance to Eve Moonlit. Later that year, ESSENCE exorcised the Angel of Chastity from Riliane and placed it inside one of the Four Mirrors of Lucifenia, while the Venom Sword was sealed by IR.

Five years later, Arth summoned the angel from the hand mirror in the Levin Church to possess Riliane again, before being killed by his son Arkadi. Noticing that Arkadi drew power from the Angel of Diligence to undergo an angelic transformation, the angel telepathically spoke to Riliane during her battle with the frenzied assassin, urging her to make a contract to save herself. As Riliane refused, the angel begrudgingly ended their conversation. The mirror was then sealed by IR and Lich shortly before ESSENCE took the vessel and removed the seals, with the angel returning to the katana.

### Père Noël

Sometime during the late EC 590s, Velda Coates gave the Venom Sword to Yuzette Ora after recruiting her into Père Noël, with the fortune teller forging a contract with the angel. Over the following decade, Yuzette used the angel's power to change the faces of criminals for money. After she fled from her shop in Rollam in December of EC 608, she changed her face and identity to "Isabel Ismael" and became a "faith healer" for a religious sect in Rolled. There, Isabel continued to use the angel's power to purify men for her own profit.

Once Isabel was fatally stabbed by the spirit Adam while he possessed Frederica Coates on February 11, EC 611, the angel relinquished its possession. Many years later, the angel's vessel was successfully located by Anan Okuto. After he died, his descendants began guarding the sword, with it eventually being passed to the current head, Nyoze Okuto. Following Nyoze's conviction in court, the sword was collected by Judge Garrick Lucif and stored within his home. In EC 978, the Angel was called out to by the awakened Clockworker's Doll but remained silent; not long after, he was absorbed into MA's soul, only to be released after she was killed in EC 999.

### World's End

Following the world's end, the angel regained their full memories as Gilles. Afterward, the angels were approached by Sickle, who had herself become the moon goddess of the world. The angels were tasked with helping Mora Viwirtz meet one of their previous contractors, with Gilles being assigned to Sateriasis Venomania.

With Mora deviating from Sickle's plans, Gilles instead gathered with the other Angels of Virtue at the destruction site of Elphegort, eventually meeting Kyle Marlon. Being offended by his teasing, Gilles was later calmed by Rahab.

## Skills and Abilities

Due in part to his charisma and well-kept appearance, Gilles was skilled in the art of romance and was able to gain the affection of many women at once, although his skills had their limits. He was also quite intelligent as an astrophysicist, knowledgeable about the laws of the universe and the various mechanics behind the Third Period as well as the advanced technology his kind created.

Possessing immense magical power, Gilles was capable of changing shape, transforming his body into both his original and angelic forms. While in the latter form, he was capable of flying at great speeds and had the strength to take another person along with ease. Regardless, the "Angel of Chastity" could still teleport himself in a cloud of smoke to another location.

As an Angel of Virtue, the Angel of Chastity was able to possess those who wielded its vessel; while possessing a host, he suppressed their desires and passions, influencing their behavior. If a contract was formed, he would also grant them access to his powers, including the ability to undergo a physical transformation; this gave the host increased speed and speed, as well as claws, horns, and batlike wings to fly. Although having less strength than those transformed by other Angels, the host's claws would still be strong enough to cut through steel with ease. The Angel also had the ability to change the faces of other individuals, which involved slashing the target's face with its vessel.

Aside from these powers, the Angel of Chastity's host could also brainwash members of the opposite sex to lose all emotional and sexual desire regardless of their sexual orientation. The host could also manipulate the memories of other people and cause them to forget past experiences, but also risked wiping their own memories in the process. The Angel's host was required to take the life force of others via kissing in order to maintain the Angel's power.

Although inhabiting the body of his host while possessing them, the Angel of Chastity's true essence remained in the Venom Sword. Because of this, the Angel's power could be inhibited by a sealing spell; similarly, the angel was forced to abide by the "rules" put in place by Sickle until the end of the Third Period. While in an angelic vessel, the Angel could communicate telepathically with his host, speaking in a voice described as androgynous and eerie by some and comforting by others.

## Character Connections

Catherine Derais: Gilles' wife. Although loving her enough to marry her, Gilles continued to take on many lovers, including some of his own colleagues. Centuries after their deaths, he acknowledged that he had been a bad husband, though not apologizing for what he had done.

Sateriasis Venomania: One of the angel's contractors. The Angel of Chastity believed Sateriasis to be a good candidate for contracting and found amusement in his activities during this time, though remarking on the man's impatience and seemingly disinterested by the duke's death.

Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche: One of the angel's hosts. The Angel of Chastity found Riliane to be a more boring host, although nonetheless seeing fit to reach out to her in her time of need. After his offer of aid was rejected, the Angel expressed no further interest in the princess.

Rahab Barisol: One of Gilles' lovers. Impressed by her beauty and very familiar with her as one of his past romances, he was quick to suspect her of murdering the moon goddess, as she was responsible for murdering his other lovers on the Climb One. Despite this, he appeared to trust her and got along well with her otherwise.

Luna Hazuki: A fellow earthling and crew member aboard the Climb One. Although originally fine with working with Luna as colleagues, Gilles became resentful of her philosophy to let the humans work things out on their own. He later caused chaos in the Third Period because of this.