Rey/Plot

#### Living on the Streets

Rey was born in an illegal imp baby-making factory. His mother concealed her pregnancy from the handlers, fearing that they would kill her baby if they found out who the father was. She went into labor a month early with the aid of the other female imps. Trusting in Rey’s instinctual will to live, the women wrapped Rey up in a blanket and pushed him out of the window.

Being an imp living on the streets caused Rey to be subjected to vicious, unrelenting abuse which gave the scars he had all throughout his life. This abuse ranged from the drunken, lowly men stumbling by in the area to the malicious fellow street urchins. Rey's main food source was a rundown pub where he was treated to leftover stale bread. It was one particularly cold day when Rey was jumped by five hoodlums who began severing all his fingers on his life hand. He only managed not to bleed out from his wounds being crudely cauterized by each of the assailants' cigarettes. However, that didn't stop him from dying from sepsis cold and alone in an alleyway. Vincent Fowler came across his corpse and revived him using his **Puppeteer Mage-craft** then quickly disappeared when the child woke up.

#### Adopted Life

Rey was soon adopted by the benevolent archdemon Casimir Bellerose. There at the Bellerose residence, he meets his new adoptive older sister Rouge Bellerose and becomes instantly enamored by her pure yet unyielding personality. The pair became inseparable with them even sharing beds.

Two years later on the night of September 14th, Rey's whole adoptive family is killed by Vincent and his followers. Vincent was about to flee from the scene but stops as he sees a young traumatized Rey standing before him. Recognizing the boy as the one he revived in the alley, Vincent swiftly tucks him into his cloak and exists the now burning Bellerose mansion along with his brethren.

#### Viscera Purgers

Rey was taught by Vincent to concentrate all his anger and bloodlust into the fingertips of his left hand which soon birthed his **Breacher Palm**. After a ruthless training session with Vincent, Rey would go inside where he would be greeted by Neo playing diligently on his piano.

## Plot

### Underworld Arc

#### Introduction

For 15 years he believed that Rouge perished in the fire along with the rest of his family. Overjoyed would have been an understatement to describe how Rey was feeling when he finally saw her again. He sprinted towards her, forgetting all the terrible lies that Vincent spewed about his adoptive family. As he was running, Rey’s hood was knocked off, exposing his identity to them. The imp cries about how much he missed her but Rouge is shocked that he joined the group that ruined both of their lives. Rey pulls away, noting how cold her body feels. This prompted Rouge to break the news that she did, in fact, die in that mansion but was given a second chance at living by the graces of Hades. Rey’s face drops for a moment but chuckles softly and calls her a kidder, asking if she really was dead how is he able to hold her like this. Rouge tells him once again but with a little more force that the body he is seeing before him is nothing more than a tangible illusion and that she only came back to retrieve someone.

Rey returns to the Viscera Purgers's castle still shaken up. He is met by Neo playing his piano which seemed to brighten his mood up a little. Neo sees that the imp was upset and asked him what the matter was but Rey tells him that it's nothing. After some prying, Rey finally cracks and informs Neo of Rouge’s return. Neo beams at the news, telling him that that’s great that his sister is alive which causes Rey to become hysterical. The imp questions him if all that bloodshed was for naught before quieting down and demon how Rouge was a complete shell of her former self. Neo comforts Rey until the imp had fallen asleep in his arms and carries him to his room where he is tucked into bed by his master.

#### Rouge's Abduction

After witnessing Rouge being raped by Neo, Rey confronts his sister the next morning and accuses her of seducing his master. The imp calms down when he begins to believe the Rouge standing before him is actually an imposter sent by the gods to test his willpower. He then proceeds to stroke Rouge's cheek as she cries, telling her how special she is to his master and that she should do everything she can to continue making him happy. Rey gets up and tells her that Neo has summoned both of them for tea. As he was walking off, Rey turns back to Rouge and directs her attention to a dress resting on the bedside and exits the room.

#### Rey vs Axel

Rey decides to take out his anger on Kazuki and the others and leaves the castle. Rey stalks the Overworld characters from afar until he is accosted by Axel who had left the group to use the bathroom. Axel brings up Rouge's disappearance but Rey tells him that the demoness was happy where she is and proves it by showing her on the crystal ball. The image of Rouge being molested by Neo disgusts Axel and he transforms into his were-form. Rey shoots Axel in the hip with his evolved **Silver Breacher Palm** which throws the werewolf back. Axel panics when the wound isn't healing and Rey fires another shot but Xiomara shields her brother from the blast. This caused her to be shot in the heart which went through her body, striking Axel in the left shoulder. Before he could finish the job, Rey is summoned back to the Viscera Purgers's castle, specifically Neo's room where he is punished for acting on his own accord. Taking off his glove, Neo slugs the imp hard in the mouth, causing Rouge get out of her stupor. She tackle the demon from the bed, knocking him to the ground. As she struggles to keep him pinned to the ground, Rouge yells at Rey to run away but he doesn't move and Neo pulls her off with all his strength. The demoness is knocked out when she hits the bedpost and Neo gets up to look at her unconscious body before shouting at Rey to do what Rouge said and get out. Rey didn’t need to be told twice by his master and runs out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him..

#### Death

Rey is killed by Neo after the demon Neo brings him to a love hotel on the pretext that it was going to be a date. However, Neo had other plans and used this opportunity to kill Rey. Holding his arm out to the side, Neo summons his **Ephemeral Platinum Saber** as Rey becomes completely limp. He praises the imp for giving up so easily and tells him to let his pathetic life be taken by his saber's light.

Rey's death is hinted to be a violent one when Neo later gives Kazuki Rey's bloodied crown brooch.