Half the Fallen Angels
Episode 19: Meet Zivan

Sachiel floated under the black clouds, among the thundering thunderbolts, and struck.

Daritadi Sachiel just watched from above, seeing how the three men ran and tried to dodge the lightning.

Once he saw one of the men suddenly stop running and the other two immediately enter the body of the man who stopped it, suddenly the man who stopped jumped dodging a lightning strike.

The man ran faster than before, overshadowed by the other two men. He dodged the lightning even before it struck, as if he knew when and where it would strike.

That made Sachiel curious. He flew swiftly following the direction the man ran. Until one day, the man suddenly ran zig-zagging, avoiding the lightning without the slightest impact due to the impact of the strike.

Sachiel's lips slightly opened, he reacted a little at the man's movements.

"DUM!!!....BUSH", the man jumped up and hit the rock pillar in front of him. The two men who were with him first came out from his shadow.

Sachiel landed, and clenched his large, wide white wings, and the wings slowly sank into his back.

Sachiel stood near the three men, but none of them noticed. Sachiel was just watching and hearing their conversation hoping he knew what they were coming here for.

"I took my word this afternoon. The story that the three teenagers said was not a essay" said one of the men.

"After going through this I came to believe the story they told me", another man added.

"I've told you, usually urban stories from the community are not entirely wrong, it also means not entirely true" explained the other man.

Sachiel continued to hear their conversation. But because he thought he only heard something less useful, he interrupted....

"What are you doing here?"

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"What are you doing here?".", asked a woman in a soft voice, at that moment, the lightning hit slowly subsided.

Devan, Morgan, and Julian then turned their heads toward the sound.

A woman stood beside the three of them. Her hair was long white with bangs covering her forehead. Her fond eyes were adorned with the white fineness of her eyelashes and eyebrows.

His clothes are also white. Wide-sleeved long-sleeved shirts and long skirts. He wears a head covering that is attached to his shirt like a jacket. In the cover of his head was a bright green eyeball.

"We're here to meet someone" Devan replied.

Morgan and Julian nodded in favor of Devan's words.

The woman was just focusing on looking at Devan. He did not turn to look at the others.

Suddenly the woman was already close in front of Devan. The three of them were unaware of the woman's steps.

The woman stretched out her hands before Devan's face, her eyes looking at Devan's eyes.

"Lucky kamuu... God gave you a chance. Destiny brings your soul to this good human being" said the gentle woman with a smile.

"Trust the potential goodness that is in you, because God also believes in the potential goodness.", added the woman, after which her hand dropped, and her smile was over.

The existence of the woman gave an aura of calmness.His bringing made Devan and the others to be disinclined, then to believe it.

The woman started walking past in front of the three of them. Then it stopped. His head looked up and both hands stretched straight up. A moment later, both of his hands opened wide.

The black clouds moved towards the left and right sides, as if splitting. Then the night sky was clear at that time, forming a straight path that was safe from lightning attacks.

Devan and the others were amazed to see the phenomenon.

After that, the woman lowered her hand back and turned her head towards Devan and the others. He nodded his eyes, gesturing for them to follow him. The woman began to lead the way.

"Where are you going to take us?", asked Devan.

"Meet Samael.", the woman's brief.

"Sorry, the person we're meeting with is Zivan."

Devan who was behind saw the woman just nodded.

"Devan, just follow" said Julian.

Devan looks at Julian and obeys him.

They walked between two black clouds. Unlike before, the cloud was now so calm, with no booming sound.

They walked along the path of the sky that was not covered with clouds. Along the way, the woman, Devan, and the others kept silent. Devan tried to ask the woman something, but she seemed too reluctant to start the conversation and then undo her intentions.

Time is getting night. The sky is no longer visible. No more cloud lightning that sometimes gives a moment of light. They do not walk in the dark. That was because the white aura emanating from the woman gave off a ray, which grew brighter, as the night grew.

A while later, they slowly walked out from the location of the black cloud. The night sky slowly widened not covered in clouds, until they were completely out of the location, not a single black cloud covering the clear sky that night.

Then they walked up to one of the rock cliffs in the valley. The road is uphill, the path is twisted, sometimes they also walk on flat plains.

Finally they arrived at a fairly large flat plain. On the edges of the plains stood the blue torch lights. But they still haven't stopped. The woman continued to lead the way and turned towards the steep rocks.

In the middle of the steep rocks, there is a rather wide staircase leading up. They walked up to it, then rode it.

There were no handles on the side of the stairs, only blue torch lights that lit up along the stairs, quite bright, but less bright when compared to the white aura rays of the woman.

The woman walked a little distance in front of Devan and the others. Slowly he got further away, but he seemed to take a slow step.

Devan, Morgan, and Julian arrive at the end of the stairs. Devan looked around and saw a familiar atmosphere.

A flat plain was spread with blue grass green specks enveloping it. In the middle there is a small pond in the middle of which stands a small tree whose leaves are dark blue shining with a pattern of green spots.

There are also trees of the same color and pattern that stand on some points of the flat plain. In that place, the night was bright with a beautiful blue light, with several fireflies flying through the air.

"This place looks like a lake under the land of clouds" said Devan. Morgan and Julian didn't listen.

However, at the same time they realized, the woman who led them was no longer with them.

The three of them stepped forward, and saw a man standing on a rock, looking up at the sky. They also headed towards him.

“Finally you guys arrived also.”, said the man, he turned towards Devan and others who had just stopped nearby.

The man was dressed in an all-black hanfu with his hair pigtailed mid-back.

Suddenly Julian and Morgan bowed to their knees before him.

“For a long time no see, chairman.”, Julian said.

Seeing that, Devan also bent his knees in front of the man who was standing on the stone.

The man gaped at Devan's attitude towards him, he fell silent for a moment. Then he came down from the rock and stood on the ground parallel to them.

“You no longer need to kneel like that, I am no longer your leader. More than you, why kneel before me?.”, said the man to Devan with a friendly smile.

“I think you are an important person, seeing those who behave so to you.”, Devan replied.

“Heuuh, Then, they should also be so to you.”, respond to the man.

Morgan and Julian were perplexed by the man's response. While Devan doesn't really catch the man's point.

“The bottom line is, you don't have to be formal with me. Just call me Zivan.”, asserted the man named Zivan.

“Alright, chairman, I mean Zivan.”, said Morgan.

The three of them started to stand up as usual.

“Zivan, you definitely don't know us. I'm Julian, next to me is Morgan. We are both subordinates of Aslan Era.”

“Oh Aslan, well Then, you're behind?.”

“My name is Devan Aria.”

“Aria?.”, asked Zivan confused.

“It was my last name.”

Zivan's lips smiled faintly at Devan's reply.

“Oh I understand. You are a half fallen angel.”

“Yes. That was also what Aslan told me.”

“I too, just like Aslan, and like you, half an angel fell. And my name is Zivan Zora. Just call me Zivan.”, Zivan said with a friendly face.

“Good. Zivan.”

“So, what are the needs of the three of you coming here?.”

“The two of us were given a mission by Aslan, to accompany Devan to meet you, Zivan.”, Julian said.

“Aslan asked me to see you soon. He said that it was you who helped him until he was able to regain control of the magus. It seems Aslan advised me to ask for your help so that I can also master my power.”, Devan said.

(“Already expected.”, said Zivan in heart.)

“Good. Morgan, Julian, can you leave us both?. There is a small house where I live, you can wait there.”, said Zivan, as his face facing the direction where the small house is located.

Morgan and Julian agree and comply with Zivan's request. They went to the place where Zivan was pointing.

(Now how do I judge?. Until now I have not seen the lies and signs of hostility from him. But..”, Zivan thought inwardly, for a moment the look on his face became serious, however, Devan was not looking at him.)

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