The Eyes Of Death

Chapter 30: Their Move

"M-Michael?"

He smiled at me. "Well, I am thankful you already know me", he said to me before he sat on my sofa and sips on his coffee.

I look at him confusedly. What does the leader of the archangels doing in my house?

"Hmmm, trying to paid you a visit, I think?", Michael answered at the question I just thought. They really didn't know anything about human privacy.

He chuckled at me. "You already knew you are just not an ordinary human."

I rolled my eyes at him. "I know. I know. What is it that you really want? You told me about something like being part of you? What does it mean?", I asked him.

He smiled at me and put down his mug. Wait, I know that mug. That was mine! "Do you still asked that? I am here because of what Lucifer offered you", he answered at my question.

"How long have you been here in my house? Why does it look like it is not mine but yours. Feeling home, huh?", I said and pointed at my mug. It was my favorite mug. I still haven't used that for collection but then he used it just for his coffee?

He stared at the mug I was pointing at. "The mug was made for coffee, right?", he sarcastically said.

I don't know why but Lucifer is way better than him or Gushion. If he just doesn't reside with hell, I might be on his squad now.

"Thankfully you also thought that. But hey, I am better than Lucifer."

I didn't answered him and gave him the book Gushion just gave me a moment before.

"Take that back to my 'father'", I told him emphasizing the word 'father'.

He sighed and took the book. "Do you really didn't like him? Just a little bit?", he asked.

I shook my head. "I was before when I just knew he was Azrael's friend but when I sense something was off and then he told he was my father, that's when I start to hate him."

He shrugged his shoulders. "Your first meeting was a hell itself."

"By the way, think of what I told you", he said before he leaves.

I sighed. As if I want to side to him. I just knew that I was part of the angels who voted and fight for the war to just end but end up dying. Yeah, what a stupid heroic death.

As far as I know, Michael was known to be more ruthless than Lucifer. And that maybe the reason I was off whenever he was around. I just don't like his leader vibe.

Azrael's leadership was different though. Azrael is a bit bossy, we all knew about that but he came up with a plan whenever there's a case. Or he himself will just solve the case. I want to side to him because he wants to end this never ending war. Yes, it was risky but atleast I just died again as what happened to me last time before I recreated.

Meanwhile, Lucifer is like a playboy and chic archangel. He doesn't showed off his magic too much except for the things he wanted to do. And also, I can talk to him like he was just my friend, not one of my enemies.

And lastly, Michael. He is bossy but it is just one of the reasons why he is the leader. But then, I remembered that there were really something between Lucifer and him even before Lucifer became an archangel. They always had this competition and Lucifer always won. He is a really insecure person and that is why I hate him. But he is a good man, but not his ideas.

After some thoughts, I casually felt asleep.

I suddenly woke up in a different place. It was so dark and there are fire everywhere but why does it seem so cold? That's new.

I tried to search the place when suddenly I heard a familiar voice. "Hey lady."

I laughed at Lucifer when I saw his face. "Why are you so... red?", I asked him. "Are you blushing?"

He glared at me. "It was just too hot near the hell fire. My favorite pen was eaten by that fire", he answered me.

He went to the hell fire for just a pen?

"It wasn't 'just a pen'. It was so hard to find something like that. That cost me for hundred of billions, you know?", he defended.

Hundred of billions for just a pen? It was obvious someone scammed or tricked him or maybe he just want to buy something from his money.

"How many times should I tell you it wasn't 'just' a pen?", he irritatedly said to me. "It was special."

"Okay, whatever. Did you get it? I mean from the hell fire?", I asked him.

Tears started to run on his eyes. Oh my gosh, did I just said something wrong? Oh wait, he didn't get that hundred of billions worth of pen.

"I-I didn't", he said tearfully.

The hell for this king of hell. He was crying for jus-a special pen?

"You have many golds and riches in here, just buy it again", I told him and pointed at the golds and diamonds scattered all over the place.

I am thinking of maybe I should pick up some before I go back home.

He shook his head at me. "That was the only one of its kind. I bought it in a bid and I really want that so I raised the price of a hundred of billions so that no one could take it away from me", he answered and wipe his tears away.

That pen might be something meaningful for him. It maybe a gift for someone he lost or not?

I look at him and observed if he read my mind but it seems he was still focused on his pen.

He then stopped crying. "I forgot the reason why I took you here." Thank God, he brought it up now.

I faked my smile. "Yeah, you disturbed my beauty sleep."

He chuckled. "I am sorry, just follow me", he said and started to walk. I then followed him. Where does he taking me? I don't know why but even if he is the king of hell and was demanded as the most evil person, I still trust him.

"Well, thank you for the compliment. We are going to my house here. I want to say something to you and I can't say it in here. There were too many ears on the walls", he said.

I lift my eyebrows. "You have a house here?", I asked. "In hell?"

"Yeah, what's the matter? It was just I trapped myself here in my early days here and made a house for myself in the center of it. I don't want to go outside at that time. As you know, it was so disturbing", he started.

"Disturbing? Why?", I asked.

"There was a war everywhere and there were always deaths everyday and I kinda hate it. Do they think hell was like a hotel? If only I could push them into the hell fire", he explained irritatedly.

We then entered a castle like place. It was like a castle, right in the center of the river of styx.

I couldn't utter any word. The outer design was so beautiful. It looks like a palace that I only saw on movies.

"Well, it was based on those movies you are thinking. Should we come inside now?", he said and entered his own house.

I then followed him.

If the outside was beautiful, the inside is way more beautiful. It was like a mixture of classics and modern which complimented the entire house completely.

The paintings on the wall was also expensive. But then some paintings caught my attention.

"I-Is that Van Gough and Da Vinci's paintings?", I asked Lucifer when I noticed some familiar paintings hanging on each walls.

"Yeah, it is. And it is the original", he said confidently.

"I bought the original ones then I made an exact replicas of it so they won't noticed that the original is missing", he added.

That was a clever tactic. "If you are rich, can you lend me some money?", I asked him but he just smirked.

"If I lend you, you will join me?", he asked me which I didn't answered.

"I know you won't change your mind", he said and sat on his stool bar.

I also sat beside him and get some drinks. His house already have anything. It was like a mall inside but still a house.

"By the way, I am here to remind you that a red moon was coming", he said seriously at me.

I drank my tequila. "Red moon? Like a moon but in red?", I asked sarcastically.

He rolled his eyes at me. "Yeah, that was it. Anyways, red moon have some connections to Azrael", he started.

I then listened to him seriously. I don't know why but I felt like this gonna be bad.

"So what is the connection?"

He look at me as if he was thinking if he should say it to me.

"What is it?", I asked him.

He sighed in defeat. "It was because of his ability and also the other one which his friend gave to him before he died."

"And then?"

"The ability was conducting the hell fire through the earth. His friend, a demon, Xetyl gave it to him so he can find Sibylla but then because of that, Xetyl died."

Oh. Pood Xetyl. Demons were not really that bad. A demon even gave his own ability to his friend just to help him find his love ones even though he knew it could kill him.

"The thing is, Azrael's ability and Xetyl's didn't matched up. Everytime there is a red moon, Azrael will seem to be different for that whole day", he explained.

"D-Different? In a good way?", I asked.

Lucifer shook his head. It was b-bad?

"Azrael may be different in a way that no one should come near him", he warned me.

"Because he is in a killing spree at that time."