Sign a contract with the devil

Barr

The night at No. [-] Paradise Road was peaceful and quiet.A clear round of bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the moonlight fills the yard; the ancient locust tree in the yard casts a long shadow, burying the windows in this shadow.

Michael was sleeping peacefully on the bed, his face was flushed, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was intoxicated in a beautiful dream.He saw the verdant tree, its trunk soaring into the sky, its huge canopy covered with continuous shade, and its branches and leaves scattered with the sun's dappled brilliance; the green lawn under his feet was as soft as a green carpet; Like a "snake water" meandering into the jungle; a group of swans swam over, raised their long necks, and made a soft cry. The sound spread far and far against the water surface, echoing between the valley and the woods... …

At this time, in the west bedroom, Gabriel had already woken up.

He got up gently, without disturbing the sleeping Belial, and went to the study downstairs.On the ground covered with blankets, he faced the direction of the church, kowtowed with his forehead and the tip of his nose on the ground, then knelt for a long time, made the sign of the cross on his chest, and said in his mouth: "Lord, with snow water , Wash my sins with ice water... just as you separated the East from the West!"

There was a sound of opening the door of the study, and it was Belial who came in.Gabriel was thinking about something, when he stood up in a jerk, he looked up at Belial, and asked softly, "Why did you come to see me?"

"Go for a walk outside," Beryl said, walking ahead.

Thin clouds float in the night sky, and the hazy moon looms behind the clouds.The faint moonlight shines on the dark red painted door of the church. The main church is quiet, and the moonlight shines into the church hall through the thin curtains.With this faint moonlight, Gabriel could clearly see the calm and serene expression on the face of the crucified Jesus facing the door.

"God came to me." Beryl sat on the bench with his back to Gabriel.

"What did he ask you for?" Gabriel asked in a low voice. He had a vague premonition that God wanted Beryl for the contract between him and Beryl, but he wasn't quite sure.

"It's for the contract between us. God wants me to cancel the contract. He wants to take you back to heaven, and you can be your archangel again. Gabriel, do you want to go back? He made a promise to me. There are many benefits, if it is Mammon, I may already be tempted. But I am not Mammon, I want to know what is in your heart." Beryl said.

"Belil, I want to go back." Gabriel said, "I want to go back to heaven, in order to fulfill my promise to Michael, I can't stay. I'm going to be my Archangel, But I will not forget you, Belial. I will miss you in heaven, and I will pray for you. My heart has been given to others, and everything else you want, I can give you."

"You go, go now," Beryl's eyes burst into tears of anger and sadness, "Your god is watching us here, you go with him right now, and never appear in my presence again." In front of you."

A line of gray light appeared on the ceiling. Gabriel looked up, and the light became bigger and bigger, turning into a brilliant light spot. Two palm-sized angels appeared in the light spot, one with a trumpet in his hand, and the other with a harp.Jesus on the cross moved. He stepped down from the cross and walked towards Gabriel.The angel sang: "God is great! There is no god but God the Father; Gabriel, the messenger of the Lord. Come and meet!" The singing seemed to come from far away, like between the valley and the jungle The echoing long echoes are mixed with the gurgling stream and the gentle breeze...

"Gabriel, my child, come back to my arms," ​​said a gentle voice.

"Please... let's talk for a while," Gabriel pleaded. "Maybe there will be no chance in the future, my father, please give me a little more time."

"Gabriel, you don't need to say such words, you can go quickly," Beryl's heart sank, but he tried his best to control the tears, not letting them flow out, "Gabriel, let's not say goodbye, I don't want to hear your voice right now. You can be your Archangel again, and I'm happy for you. If you have anything else to say to me, finish it quickly."

"Belil, we can only be friends, maybe the best friend in the world. You are as important as Michael in my heart. Please forgive me, I can't let anyone else go in my heart."

"I've never considered you a friend," Beryl said. "From now on, let's act as if we never knew each other."

"My child, it's time." The gentle voice sounded again.

Two little angels flew in front of Gabriel, one took Gabriel's left hand, the other took Gabriel's right hand, and dragged him to the center of the light. Jesus also flew up and entered the light with them. Door.Gabriel came to a strange world, the sky was white, and the ground was white, but he could see nothing, hear nothing, he just felt that he was floating upwards, he didn't know where he came from, and he was going to float to the sky again. Where to go, keep floating upwards, upwards, as if his whole body has disappeared, leaving only his soul, exposed between the sky and the earth, floating upwards...

"Gabriel, Gabriel..." Beryl called softly, sobbing, and collapsed on the bench.

In the early morning, the bells of the church bell tower still rang, but Gabriel did not still serve wheat porridge, bread, milk and eggs to the table.Belial also disappeared early in the morning. He was often with Gabriel, and Michael thought he and Gabriel had gone out.Now, there are only Michael and Lucifer at the table.

"Lucifer, are you going to hell?" Michael asked softly, with a smile on his face.

"Yes, you are going with me too." Lucifer held a boiled egg in his hand and was patiently peeling the shell, "Baal is waiting to see me in hell, I think everything is coming to an end. "

"It's over?" Michael murmured, as if he was still in a dream.

"All the demons have returned to the 72 demon pillars. Your mission in the mortal world has been completed, Michael. God will no longer send down punishment, and mankind is saved." Lucifer said, "Now you can think about it, What are you going to do next?"

Is it all over?No, it's not over yet, the tree of life is still dying.Michael remained silent, he had already done what he could do, and left the rest to others.He believed in God's own arrangements, and God told him that everything is fate, and no one can get rid of it.He trusted God wholeheartedly, and now he could only pray silently, for the world, for the tree of life, and for himself.

When Belial returned home, Michael and Lucifer were preparing to leave.

"Belil? Why did you come back alone? Where's Gabriel?"

"He went back, back to the kingdom of heaven. God picked him up last night, and he didn't have time to say goodbye to you." Beryl tried his best to smile, "I want to go back to hell, Lord Lucifer."

"Let's go, let's go back together." Lucifer said.

Michael let out a silent sigh, both joyful and saddened by Gabriel's departure.The joy is that his good friend Gabriel has finally returned to be his archangel, but the sadness is that he may not see Gabriel again in the future. "There is always a parting," Michael said, "it's better not to say goodbye, so as not to add to the sorrow."

Belial fought back his grief, and Gabriel just went away, taking his whole heart and all his emotions with him.How should I spend this dark night in the future?The spirit was grinding his chest unbearably, crying out to return to Gabriel.All he wanted was to go back to hell, away from this place, this was his home with Gabriel, and it held all the memories that made his heart choke when he thought about it.Lucifer pressed him lightly and said, "Are you all right? Belial."

"What's the matter?" Beryl tried his best to smile.

"You are crying." Lucifer said softly.

Beryl wiped away the tears on his face and smiled, "I'm fine, Your Majesty. I probably missed Mammon and the others, and I haven't seen them for a long time. What's this called? By the way, it's 'closer to the nostalgia and more timid'." '."

When they walked to the bus stop, Lucifer took out a black grape-like gemstone and dropped it into the toll box that appeared at an unknown time.Soon, a black bus appeared in front of them.The three got into the car, and the car swayed from side to side, and after about an hour, the car stopped in front of a river.

When they got on the boat, Michael sat beside Lucifer, and Beryl sat in the stern.

Belial looked down at the dark river surface, his shadow was cast on the river surface, but it gradually changed into the appearance of Gabriel, and Gabriel in the water was smiling at him and waving to him.Belial stretched out his hand and stirred the water surface, causing ripples on the water surface, Gabriel's face disappeared, and when the water surface calmed down, only Belial's shadow was left on it.

"Guest, be careful not to be fooled by Ye Mei." The boatman said while rowing.

The boat docked, and when they got off the boat, they saw a carriage pulled by a griffin parked on the shore.Mammon got off the carriage, saluted Lucifer first, and then said to Beryl, "Long time no see, Beryl."

"What are you doing here?" Lucifer asked.

"I was waiting for you, Lord Lucifer," Mammon said, "Baal searched hell and couldn't find you, so he came to me. Now he's at my house, he's a destructive man, he's broken I lost two vases and a desk lamp. Go see him quickly and let him get out of my house."

"Let's go, I just want to see him too." Lucifer said.

They got into the carriage, and the carriage flew in the direction of Dokonas, the city that never sleeps.From a distance, you can see houses built at the foot of the mountain, and the whole city is illuminated by the light of gemstones as if it were daytime.