Sign a contract with the devil

memory return

In the evening, Raphael must go back to the hotel.At this time, the sky was dark blue, a few stars lit up in the sky, and a crescent moon hung quietly above their heads. Everything was so peaceful and beautiful.Michael walked with Raphael towards the hotel. There were no street lights on the street, but the moonlight shone on the road.

Halfway through, a silver-gray car honked its horn and stopped next to Michael. A gray-haired head came out of the car window, and Old John's face covered with nasolabial folds appeared in front of his eyes.Sitting next to him was a woman who looked about 40 years old, with light makeup on her face, her mouth with dark red lipstick curled up, and her eyes were smiling.

"Get in the car." Old John said simply and forcefully.

Michael didn't want to bother him, but Old John insisted on taking them to the hotel, so Michael had to get into his car with Raphael.Michael and Raphael sat in the back seat, listening to Old John talking about recent events in the community.

"The post office here bullies foreigners. All the letters sent are put in the community workshop. They don't give you door-to-door delivery. You can only go to the community workshop to get them. The letters are as high as a hill. You have to go through them one by one. It took me half a day to find my letter. I went to the post office to complain, and a month passed, but there was no response at all." Old John said.

Most of the people living here are from other countries, and the postman is a local, and they don't care about outsiders.

"It's not right for them to do that," Michael said.

When the car arrived at the entrance of the hotel, Michael got out of the car and thanked Old John, and stood at the door to watch Old John reverse the car and drive away.After the car passed the corner and the rear of the car disappeared, Michael and Raphael entered the hotel.

They opened a big bed room, went in and saw that the sheets were neatly spread on the bed, there was an LCD TV in the room, and the remote control panel was placed on the cabinet facing the bed.There is also air conditioning in the corner and a reasonably clean toilet.There are two layers of curtains, one thick and one thin.Open the curtains, outside is the whole city outlined by lights, the room is on the eighth floor, just overlooking the whole city.

As night fell, there was the whistling sound of a tsunami from the bay, and there were still lights moving slowly on the sea surface, all of which were lights on fishing boats, pointing out the direction for those returning from fishing in the dark.In the hotel room, Rafael and Michael sat by the window, looking at the dark sea from a distance, they could hear the neighing of seagulls, and the howling of the sea wind like strings.The reflection of the moon is printed on the sea, as if there are two bright moons between the sky and the earth, one in the sky to illuminate the way for the birds, and the other on the water to add a bit of hazy flavor to the passing fishing boats.

Raphael said that he was a little sleepy, and Michael thoughtfully left him the room, and returned home alone.

Gabriel was already at home. He was holding the small red velvet box from Raphael in his hand, and asked, "So there's no such thing here. Did you put it here? Is it yours?"

"My friend gave it to me." Michael replied.

Beryl stood up suddenly and took the box. After he opened it, there was a light ball inside. The light of the light ball was very bright, brighter than the light in the living room.Michael felt a tenderness for the orb of light, as if it were a separate part of him, a part of his flesh and blood.Michael involuntarily reached out to take the ball of light, the ball of light became brighter and brighter in his hand, and slowly turned into a beam of light and disappeared in Michael's hand.Many familiar images appeared in front of Michael's eyes. He watched them like watching a movie, and the images entered his mind again, and Michael fell asleep.

Gabriel caught him and moved him to the bed.

"There is an angel's seal on this box," Beryl said.He had sensed this force just now, so he asked Gabriel to pick up the box,

"It seems that he was the one who took away Michael's memory last time," Gabriel said.

At this moment, Raphael was standing at the highest point of the community. He seemed like a holy sculpture, with a compassionate smile on his face, a pair of big eyes flickering in a friendly way, a high and straight nose bridge, and pale pink lips tightly closed , The eyebrows are raised straight into the temples.He was blowing the night wind, looking at the moon in the sky, with a slightly sad expression on his face.

"Metatron..." he murmured, as if calling for his lover.

In his deep sleep, Michael heard a voice calling himself.It was a gentle and friendly voice, calling to himself: "My dear child, do you really want to give up your identity as an angel for the sake of human beings?"

"My father, there is nothing wrong with human beings. It is I who opened the box of the forbidden place and released their desires. For thousands of years, people struggled with their desires and were gradually seduced by their inner desires, all because I opened the taboo box. You taught us to take responsibility for what we do, and I have to take responsibility for this."

"My child, this is all predestined, not your fault. I told you to go to the forbidden area, and I knew you would open the box. I didn't punish you, because this is what I expected."

Michael slept until noon the next day. When he got up, he was very hungry. He searched in the refrigerator for a long time, but couldn't find any food. He had to go to a nearby supermarket to buy something.Gabriel had gone out early in the morning to watch his ship by the sea.Belial has been following Gabriel, and they went out together.

Michael remembered a lot of things. He was the deputy prince of the kingdom of heaven, the archangel Michael, and Gabriel's good friend.He came to the human world to save mankind and lived as a human.One thousand and 520 years ago, he went to the forbidden place where God's desire was sealed in order to find the sword of light that could defeat the evil dragon Satan. He accidentally released God's desire, and God's desire infected human beings at that time. Holy water was given to the Holy See to distribute it to believers, but many believers still degenerated into disciples of heresies.God has nothing to do with this plague-like infection. Although God is omnipotent and omniscient, God’s desire is also a part of God.God had no choice but to use the devil to take the souls of the infected people to hell and seal them in the sea of ​​​​fire in the hell world.But the human soul has become impure since then, and King Solomon also made a deal with the devil.

Rafael didn't stay long, and left on the first plane.Michael called, but there was already an empty number on the other side.He was like a mysterious messenger, who only appeared once, and disappeared after sending something to Michael.Gabriel sold the house to a Swede, gave the car to the used car market, and they moved to the boat.

On the first day on board, Gabriel caught a half-meter-long fish. They ate grilled fish at night. They raised a fire in an iron bucket on the deck, cut the fish into four pieces, and skewered them with wires on the fire. bake.

There were two other people on board, sailors hired by Gabriel, one named Judas and the other named Sophie.Judas has a calm personality and often sits silently on the deck watching birds. He likes animals and collects animal bones.Sophie is lively and cheerful, often jokes with Michael and Gabriel, he can play the guitar, and when he has nothing to do to stare at the stars at night, he takes out the guitar.When Sophie played the guitar, Gabriel would sing along. Gabriel sang very nicely, with a loud and brisk voice, while Michael hummed along with the beat. The dance is coming.

When they sailed to the Indian Ocean and passed Mauritius, the scenery on this island country occupied by volcanoes attracted them.They went ashore, put the boat on a pier by the sea, and asked someone to watch the boat for them.The coast is surrounded by coral reefs, and besides the island of Mauritius, there are many small islands.It was ruled by the Dutch, the French and the British. A long time ago, the island was deserted. A Portuguese discovered it, and then the Dutch also came, and named the island "Mauritius" after their prince. When the French occupied it, they changed the name to "Ile-de-France". After the British defeated the French, they changed the name back.

There was a movie theater on the island, and "A Beautiful Mind" was showing at that time. After sailing on the sea for several months, it seemed as if they hadn't seen a movie for a long time. A group of people eagerly bought movie tickets and entered the theater full of expectations.The movie is a good movie, but the quality of the movie theaters is a disappointment.After watching the movie, I went to the local grocery market again.

Gabriel took a fancy to a tapestry made of gold thread and wanted to buy it and hang it on the ship.He gesticulated with the local old man to negotiate the price, neither of them understood what the other was talking about.Belial couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and paid the money.They used sterling pounds, and the old man only had Mauritian rupees in his hand. Beryl didn't let him change the money, and Gabriel talked for a long time about the price, which seemed to be a waste of time.Michael bought a bracelet, with a fishbone hanging on the hemp rope. The fishbone was polished smooth and looked special.

Resting in the hotel on the island at night, the people in the hotel told them that there was a bonfire party by the sea, and they ran to the beach again.From a distance, I saw a plume of black smoke rising into the sky, and a fire made of branches was lit on the beach of the bay. A group of people surrounded the fire, and the fire light shone on their faces, making their faces flushed red.There was a lot of food and drinks on the beach, and a group of young people drank too much and started singing.Although he couldn't understand what they were singing, Michael was still very moved by their singing.One person took off his blue short-sleeved shirt while singing, and sang shirtless.

Looking at Michael's quiet and beautiful face under the firelight, Gabriel felt extremely satisfied.He bought a boat and sailed to various places with his beloved one to discover the new world.Such a romantic thought made Gabriel's heart beat faster, his face began to heat up, and sweat began to form on his forehead.Gabriel picked up the cold beer on the ground, took a sip, the heat dissipated, and his face was still red.

The moonlight poured down on the beach, turning the sand into gold. People indulged themselves by the fire, and the sound of joy spread far away.Gabriel hummed softly, and Michael danced with the crowd, all with happy smiles on their faces.