Until then, he decided he would enjoy the vacation and explore more places. He'd pick up one or two random magical items to keep Mittelt and Azazel from getting too suspicious, but he'd save his other potentially big treasure ideas for later. Such as abandoned dragon hoards.
As the fireworks display was ending, a complex magic circle suddenly formed not too far from where the ATV was floating in the air. A person rose from the center of the magic circle and was clearly looking in the direction of the ATV.
Junichiro studied the person as best he could, but they wore loose robes with a hood so deep it hid all of the person's features, other than the long blonde hair that came out of the hood and hung down their chest.
"Attention unknown human and fallen angel, you are within Grauzauberer territory. Failure to announce your presence and intent within Grauzauberer territory is a punishable offense." The unidentified mage lifted their hand causing another magic circle to appear.
As soon as the spell was cast it was clear to both Junichiro and Mittelt that it was meant to conceal the area around the mage and themselves from being observed, "You will reveal yourselves and follow me. Lord Mephisto would have words with you."
Throughout the entire monologue, Junichiro couldn't tell if the individual was a man or woman. The hair hanging out of the hood might indicate woman, but the voice was so flat and neutral and the clothes to loose and plain that he just couldn't tell at all.
By the time the mage finished speaking, Mittelt looked a little panicked, "Do what the mage said Juni. Mephisto is not someone we want to upset. While he doesn't give a crap about politics, he is still very powerful. As long as we're honest about just being tourists it should be fine."
Junichiro nodded and reset the seats back into their base bucket seat form, "Weren't you supposed to tell me when we entered someone's territory?"
Mittelt shrugged, "I forgot Mephisto was in this area. Grauzauberer moves around Britain and Europe on a pretty regular basis to keep their main base hidden from the other powers.
They usually strike deals with the locals to do some favors in exchange for being allowed in other ruler's territory. Mephisto is generally pretty hands off and just does his own thing while running his group. As long as we don't do anything to piss him off, we'll be fine."
Junichiro studied Mittelt for a moment before nodding and lowering the invisibility around the ATV. The mage, finally seeing their target, nodded, "You will follow me and remain visible to me. I will maintain the spell hiding us from the mundanes."
Junichiro just nodded in reply. The mage turned and began flying at a decent speed, Junichiro's vehicle easily kept pace. It was actually an extremely short trip as they only flew from Big Ben to the Tower of London.
If the Grauzauberer's base was so close, it was hardly any wonder they'd been detected. Though Junichiro was still curious as to exactly how that had happened. His ATV was tricked out with even more concealment magic than his own body was. Then again, Mehpisto was supposed to be one hell of a powerful Devil so maybe the man just brute forced past all of that?
As they approached the Tower of London, the mage leading them landed on the ground in a parking lot nearby, "Park your vehicle here."
Once the ATV was parked, Junichiro enabled all the security systems on it. The only items of any real value he was leaving were the ATV itself, and Ruler in the trunk. Avalon and all of his other items were with him and stored safely away. The mage ignored what Junichiro did and led them toward the Tower without another word.
As they got close, they were led off to the side and through a magically concealed door that led to a nondescript hallway. The hallway went rather far, further than the tower was wide, and in a straight line with no doors along it. It took nearly twenty minutes of silently walking before they arrived at a simple looking door. The mage turned and addressed them, "Mephisto is awaiting you inside."
Their job done, the mage summoned a magic circle beneath their feet and sank into it vanishing to who knew where. Junichiro turned to Mittelt, "So, who goes in first?"
The flat look he got in return was all he needed to know. It made sense, honestly, if Mephisto just blasted them the moment they stepped inside, Junichiro would be able to tank it while Mittelt would be dead instantly. Though, if they were wanted dead, they would likely be dead. Or at least attacked by that point. So, with only a little trepidation, Junichiro opened the door.
The room they entered looked like a nice living room. There was a couch, some chairs, a nice low table in the center, and a roaring fireplace to finish the vibe. Sitting in one of the chairs, the one that happened to face the door, was a unique looking man. The first thing just about anyone would notice about him would be his heterochromatic hair, a mixture of red and blue. After that would be his heterochromatic eyes, the left being blue while the right was red. Otherwise a person could be forgiven for believing he was just a rather good looking middle-aged man with an air of mystery about him.
As the pair walked in, the mismatched eyes of Mephisto quickly examined them. His eyes briefly looked over Mittelt before instantly dismissing her, almost as if she were irrelevant.
His focus on Junichiro was rather intense, for a few moments, before he broke into a congenial smile, "Welcome. I am Mephisto Pheles, current chairman of Grauzauberer and you two are currently trespassers in my territory."
Mittelt gave Mephisto a small smile and a light bow of her head in respect, "I am Mittelt of the Grigori and my companion is Junichiro. We were unaware that your organization had moved into London and apologize for not sending a notice before our arrival. We're just traveling to various places on our vacation."