fallen Angel

The morning sun was a little harsh on Arthur's tired eyes.He stared at the attendance statistic on the desk. The numbers seemed to turn into fluttering butterflies, flying away from the scope of his comprehension. In the end, only pupils flashing emerald green light approached him, and his eyes were softer and hotter than he imagined. lip touch.

He unconsciously pressed his lips lightly with his fingertips, and he could never forget the heat left by Lucifer, accompanied by a strong sense of dizziness, engraved on the bottom of his heart like a brand.

This demon first used despicable means to destroy his chastity, and now even his heart should be completely disturbed?

"Father Arthur, are you okay?" Lilith was the one who cared about him, and at the same time handed out a small jar that looked like ointment. "Do you want to put on some lip balm? I see that you have been touching your lips, are they a little chapped...Huh? No, and it looks more rosy. Did something good happen?"

Lilith giggled pointingly, Arthur was so ashamed that his ears turned red, he quickly found an excuse to go to the dormitory to investigate the situation of the students, and hurried away from the Academic Affairs Office.

In fact, this is not an excuse. Recently, the absence of students has become more and more serious, and most of them are boarding students in single rooms. They suddenly did not come to the classroom without asking for leave.

He had been attacked in the dormitory before, although he was rescued by Lucifer, and the comatose dormitory supervisor woke up under the treatment of Raphael, forgetting that horrible experience, but he was worried that there were still demons or monsters that violated Lucifer’s orders , coveting the souls of students.

However, it is quite dangerous to go to a dangerous situation by yourself to investigate. Even though Lucifer once said that he would protect him, he slapped him not long after. How can he be ashamed to ask him to accompany him now?

Just when Arthur was hesitating, he caught a glimpse of a solitary little white figure wandering alone in the corridor in front of the classroom, "Brother Huai, why do I meet you everywhere?"

Arthur wanted to approach Brother Huai, but the little white cat kept a certain distance from him by stomping on its catwalk, and turned its head to spy on his actions frequently.He'd seen the same expression on a kitten before, meaning it wanted to lead him somewhere.

"Where are you taking me? Aren't you waiting for Sammy to finish class?"

Arthur was about to follow, but someone called him from behind, it was Curtis, "It's really rare, I haven't seen you in our class for a long time."

Not paying attention to Curtis's sour tone, Arthur just smiled and replied "Just passing by", then looked into the classroom, "Huh? Isn't Sammy here?"

Curtis' face suddenly darkened, and he said solemnly: "He hasn't come to class for several days. At first I thought he went home suddenly like Dean, but another student in our class didn't come yesterday, He’s the smallest kid in the choir who climbed on Teacher Mephisto’s back and made a fuss a few days ago.”

To this day, Arthur still remembers the smiling scene, and the ominous premonition creeps into his heart, "Even he didn't come to class?"

"Yeah! I think it's very strange. Their family members also said that they didn't go back. I asked the teachers of other classes and found that several students were missing, and most of them were..."

"What is it?"

Under Arthur's questioning, Curtis, who was hesitant to speak, thought for a long time before saying, "Most of them are choir students. Otherwise, they are the children who participated in the fencing competition that day, especially Mr. Zeng and Mephisto. Those who fought against each other didn’t come to class afterwards.”

"How come..." Arthur said to himself in a daze.The choir, the fencing competition...the scenes of those children playing with Lucifer are still vivid in my memory, but now students from different classes and grades are disappearing at the same time, and what they have in common all points to the same person...

"It's not necessarily related to Mr. Mephisto!" Curtis suddenly denied this possibility, scratching his head in embarrassment, "It's just that he is very familiar with those students, maybe he knows something, or has learned from them What news did you hear?"

"I... I'll ask him..."

Arthur couldn't remember what Curtis said later, when he came to his senses, he had already walked to the office of the substitute teacher "Mephisto".

Uneasy emotions spread in his chest, and he was too tangled up to sort out his thoughts.

Even though Curtis told him not to, he couldn't figure out why the missing kids all happened to play with Lucifer.

Lucifer said that he liked those children, but unfortunately the children's souls were not enough to eat, so he would not take action against them... Arthur remembered his helpless expression, saying that he had nothing to do with the children, and it should be impossible to abduct the children's souls...

"What a rare visitor!" As if feeling that he would come, the door of the office opened inward, and Lucifer stood at the door with a smile, still dazzling and charming.

"Do you want to go out?"

"I just want to go to the greenhouse, do you want to come together?"

"No, I don't think it's appropriate to go alone with you."

"Don't you want to get the rosary back?"

"I'm here today because I have something else I want to ask you about."

"Oh? I thought you didn't think one slap was enough, and you wanted to give me another kick!" Lucifer showed a mischievous and teasing smile, pointing to his cheek.

Arthur was silent and didn't answer, but Lucifer who invited him in was obviously in a good mood, even to the point of chattering, and continued to say something like "I can't see your wrist is so slender, it hurts to hit someone".

As a result, Arthur became even more uneasy, not knowing how to speak.

The keen Lucifer also noticed that something was wrong with him, and asked in a slow tone, "You came to find me, did something happen?"

"Sammy is missing."

Hearing this, Lucifer slightly raised his eyebrows, and a shadow was cast over his originally happy face.

Unable to guess the reason for his change of face, Arthur could only bite the bullet and continue, "Not only Sammy, several students in the dormitory didn't come to class, and they couldn't be contacted."

"I have publicly warned that no demons or monsters are allowed to enter this school. They don't have the courage to openly disobey my orders." Lucifer folded his hands on his chest and said in a deep voice.

"However, most of the missing ones are choir students, and the children who played with you that day..."

"What are you implying?" Lucifer's face suddenly turned severe, as cold as a wave under the ice, ready to break through the surface calm and erupt at any time, "Do you suspect that I abducted the souls of those children?"

"I just wanted to ask if you knew something, after all they used to be very close to you..."

"Stop talking nice words, you've already decided that I'm the culprit!" The brown pupils suddenly narrowed, flashing a cold green light.

"No...I..." I didn't expect his reaction to be so angry, Arthur thought, maybe the matter really has nothing to do with Lucifer, but it may also be angered by the revelation of his deeds. "If these things have nothing to do with you, you just need to tell me otherwise, I just want to clarify the truth."

"So what if it is, so what if it's not, even if I give you the answer, will you believe it?" The devil snorted coldly.

Arthur was stunned for a moment, he never thought about what kind of answer he wanted to get.As long as Lucifer says he didn't do it, will he believe it all?If it was really him, what should I do?

Seeing that he was silent, Lucifer sneered, "That's right, because I'm a devil! So even if I said that I'm not interested in children's souls, and that the only thing I want is you, you're still the first to suspect I……"

"It's not like this! I just..." I just want to hear you tell me that these incidents have nothing to do with you... It wasn't until the real thoughts surfaced in Arthur's mind that Arthur realized that he had always hoped that Lucifer would deny it, and hoped that he could be trusted he.

But how could he trust the devil?All the teachings he has received so far have told him not to listen to the words of the devil!

"Since you don't believe me, what's the point of asking me to tell you the answer myself? Lying and cheating are the nature of demons, and you should not trust me." Lucifer's cold tone contained a hint of self-deprecating, "It's not easy to deal with demons. The only way is to make a contract... Or, I just take this opportunity to make a contract with you, anyway, no matter how hard I try to please you, you have never wavered."

No, I did waver once.But now, Arthur couldn't speak at all.

"How about it! If you promise to serve me by my side for the rest of your life, obey me, and let me command you, I will return those children to you."

"You really know their whereabouts!" Hearing this, Arthur got excited and stepped forward to grab Lucifer's coat front.It turned out that he was still deliberately concealing it and did not confess to him. No matter who did it, it has nothing to do with Lucifer!

The self who was guilty of doubting him just now was simply stupid.

"Where are they? Where did you hide them? Why did you do that?"

"If you want to know, make a contract with me!" Resuming the cold tone when the two first met, Lucifer snorted coldly, as if he had grasped all the advantages, and looked at him from top to bottom. "At least for untrustworthy demons like us, it still has a coercive effect."

"I said, I will never make a contract with you!"

"Even if the lives of those children may be endangered, don't you care? You have to know that not only humans who voluntarily have sex with demons and trade, but also souls captured by demons will be trapped in hell unless they get the guys above Amnesty, otherwise it is impossible to get to heaven, do you want them to suffer in hell?"

Arthur was stunned by Lucifer's aggressive remarks. He was unwilling to accept the devil's proposal, but he could not sit back and watch the children suffer.Now, his thoughts are so entangled that he can't make up his mind.

"I said that they are fine only temporarily. If it is one day later, I can't guarantee it. When you make up your mind to make a contract with me, come to me again!"

Lucifer raised his chin proudly, pulled his hand away with a disdainful attitude, said "please come back", then turned his back and ignored him.

Arthur bit his lower lip. He knew very well that he had no leverage to negotiate with the devil. Even he had intercourse with the devil involuntarily, and he might also lose the qualification to enter the kingdom of heaven.

He wants to do his best to protect the students, but selling his soul to the devil is definitely not the way he should choose, but he has nothing to do——

No, there is always a way, don't lose hope.If even he gave up, what would the children do?

Arthur took a deep breath to regain his composure, and walked towards the door silently, but a voice of "wait a moment" came from behind him.

"Bring back what's there."

Following the direction pointed by Lucifer, Arthur saw a dark green velvet bag embroidered with delicate golden dragon patterns on the classic wooden cabinet near the door. The incarnation of Xifa is a huge dragon...

"This is..." He opened the bag, and suddenly found that it contained the rosary beads he had left in the greenhouse.

"I've already decided to pay you back, but I keep telling you that you went to the greenhouse, do you feel like I've been played by me again?" Lucifer apologized in a cold tone, and said, "This is how the devil behaves."

Arthur felt a pang of heartache when he heard this.He knew it wasn't so, and if the devil really wanted to play tricks on him, there was no need to give him the rosary back.

Thinking back carefully, although Lucifer often played tricks on him with sweet words, and deliberately said obscene language to bully him during the relationship, he never concealed what he had done, maybe sometimes he would be stubborn, but in the end he would admit it frankly.

At this time, he found another small box in the velvet bag, and when he opened it, he saw a beautifully crafted badge lying quietly in it, on which a dragon with strong wings was carved vividly, surrounded by fiery red lightning, The proud attitude is admirable.

Just staring at this badge, one can feel strong energy sweeping over, evil and holy, contradictory and harmonious, as if there is an endless stream of golden stream coming from the badge and flowing through the whole body.

"Don't worry, it's a free gift. As long as you carry it on your body, other demons will not dare to approach you." Seeing him clutching the small box with the badge in a daze, Lucifer, who mistakenly thought he was hesitating, remained indifferent. , "But if you are worried that you will be demanded by the despicable devil king in the future, just throw it away!"

"I..." Unspeakable emotions stuck in his throat, Arthur clenched the badge in his hand, unable to speak for a long time.

This is a gift from the devil and also from the fallen angels. It is a gift given to him by Lucifer in order to fulfill his promise to protect him.

He knew that as a priest himself, he shouldn't accept this gift, but he couldn't bear to let it go.

Why is there such a tangled mood?Why can't he resolutely draw a clear line with the devil?

The devil invaded his life forcibly and trampled on his self-esteem with brutal means, so why couldn't he hate him?Why does my heart beat endlessly for every touch by him?Why look at the clumsy side of the devil, but still find him unexpectedly cute?Why just a light kiss made him sleepless for several nights?

Why did he want to believe what the devil said no matter what?Even "I love you" that has no real meaning, I want to believe...

Too many difficult questions that seem to point to the same answer.

Fear suddenly came to my heart.He was so scared, afraid that the truth was what he thought.

He can no longer see Lucifer as a demon that should be hated, and he can't let go of that warmth, even if he can't imagine what kind of emotion it is.

In fact, I believe in you, even...

However, even if words came to his lips, he didn't have the courage to say them.So, in the end, he chose to turn around and run away from Lucifer.

He cannot and is not allowed to face this emotion, otherwise, what awaits him is only the abyss like purgatory.