Half the Fallen Angels
Episode 37: Raziel Comes, Ends In One Breath

An angel appeared from a height. He was a male figure shrouded in a dark blue aura.

Her clothes were long white and dark blue in every line of her clothes. Her hair was rather long on the middle side, with a mixture of white blue, as well as the color of her wings behind her wide back.

The pupils of his eyes were also dark blue but glowing, his eyebrows, eyelashes also had the same color as his hair.

His right hand held a very long lightning whip. That is why his arrival was accompanied by a thunderstorm from above and from below around, making the originally white cumulus clouds become gray cloudy which causes lightning and lightning.

And because of that too, his arrival made all the demons around him run to and fro away from him.

At the same time, Sharon who was holding Isla's head back then slacked off, a moment later Isla wide opened her eyes and regained her consciousness.

At once Isla got up, then quickly he seized Sharon's hand which was used to hold Isla before.

"HAA!!", Sharon, who had been caught off guard by the arrival of an angel, had to be surprised by the sudden rise of Isla before her.

"AGHHH!!!", Sharon braked strongly as Isla clasped Sharon's left wrist firmly by Isla's left hand. A moment later, Isla's right palm violently slammed into Sharon's chest.

"PHUM!!---KRASH!!!", Sharon disappeared from Isla's presence and knew that she was some distance ahead of Isla. Sharon moved, but not with her left wrist.

"AAKHHHHHHHH!!!", Sharon groaned very loudly.

Sharon then looked towards Isla, with a stretched face holding back the pain, her breathing unstable.

Seen in his sight the look of Isla's sinister face, his wide eyes glared sharply at her.

At that moment he saw, Isla with both hands, crashing Sharon's wrists that had been separated, until Sharon's arm was reduced to dust and then not restless.

"DUAR!!-DUAR!--", a sudden thunderstorm appeared many times leaving Isla and Sharon's attention distracted.

Sharon who was in pain was forced to flee, and Isla who at that time had not yet understood the situation, was also about to run, but she was kneeling again, he still did not completely recover from his previous condition.

Now the four of them remained, Isla sitting on her knees, Devan falling unconscious, Eris hovering over her broomstick, and a flying angel hovering above.

"I thought you were breaking God's rules, Raziel" said Eris.

"Ooh-, it turns out, you know my name."

"Don't underestimate me. I memorized the names of all those millions of angels. There's not a single angel I don't know."

The angel, called Raziel, looked at Eris with narrowed eyes, and then her forehead shriveled. A moment later, he closed his eyes for a moment and said,

"Ooh, so it looks like."

Raziel descended toward Devan, who was lying on the clouds, saying,

"Your request, God answered, old friend."

("Application?, old friend?", Eris bathin.)

Eris also immediately approached Devan, and he bravely confronted Raziel who also wanted to approach Devan.

"Wait a minute, he is not a creature worthy of your help."

"It is none of your business, judging whether or not creatures deserve help. Stay away!."

"You don't have the qualifications to rule me, lower angel!."

Raziel ignored him, he continued straight down, until he knew he had passed Eris without turning. He was completely unaffected by Eris's provocation.

Eris turned herself to the side, then glanced at Raziel who had passed her. He stared at the lightning whip that Raziel was holding as he bathed,

("No matter how powerful the weapons you carry, you will not always be able to use them as you please.")

"You should not try, it is not a weapon or force that causes you to lose to me" Raziel said as if he could read Eris's mind.

("Tch!, if I had just taken Devan away first..").

Eris took a deep breath for a moment, then threw it away. Then, Eris' lips suddenly flashed a smile, then she said,

"You may defeat me, but you will never kill me. Then why don't I try to do something? As long as I'm alive, I can try again and again."

Suddenly, Eris shot back down, passing Raziel who had previously turned her back.

Until Eris has passed Raziel's side, they face each other. Eris had seen Raziel's gaze for a moment, before she finally turned towards the lesion of her broomstick.

As for Raziel, his gaze focused on Devan. Not a single glance at Eris.

Eris darted flying, quickly he took Devan, then darted flying away from Raziel. Eris flew away, holding Devan's jacket headgear.

While Raziel, he stopped, silent in his place. He made no move to pursue Eris. Instead he seemed to take a deep breath while raising his right hand, positioning his lightning whip upwards.

("I will not let my tumble loose, even if the arcane is blocked, I rarely get half as human as him.")

A moment later, Eris glanced back for a moment, and saw Raziel who was completely motionless from her place. That's why, slowly his smile back expanded.

However, Eris's pleasure only lasted for a moment.

"Dhuk!!", just as Eris crashed into Isla who was suddenly in front of her. Isla appeared in a sharp position, making their heads clash violently.

As they both fell in the air, both the faces of Eris and Isla, their eyes seemed to shut for a moment, as their eels shrivel, their teeth growling, enduring the pain of the impact. Devan is out of Eris's grasp.

At the same time, Isla's right hand reached Eris's shoulder, and Isla said,

"Don't run!. Face the punishment from the sky watchdog!"

Eris was immediately in front of Raziel,

"H.!", UH...!",

"DUAR!!!", the instant of the night was bright.

"AAAAAAAAAAA-!!!!!"

Eris was not surprised, Raziel's whip rushed into the earth, and made himself shrill so strong that the shrill was getting smaller and inaudible eaten distance.

At that moment, Raziel confidently struck his whip, as if he knew, that Eris would come alone before him.

Soon enough, the lightning whip in Raziel's hand was slowly extinguished, then disappeared from his hand. The lightning storm also slowly disappeared, as well as the gray cumulus cloud, slowly returned white as usual.

While Isla, fell down with Devan who is now nearby. He held his banged head, trying to endure the pain and dizziness he felt.

Isla slowly got up, and stood up though not upright.

"Devan.", call Isla, as she slowly approaches Devan.

A moment later, Isla felt Raziel moving closer to them. Isla stopped stepping, and slowly took small steps backwards.

Raziel then arrived. He squatted down to touch Devan's back. Devan slowly floated, when Raziel stood up again, Devan also floated up.

Raziel then looked at Isla for a moment, but Isla did not look at her, she just slightly ducked looking down.

After that, Raziel flew upwards, while his right hand touched Devan's back, thus making Devan fly on his side somewhat lower.

While Isla, following him from below, kept her distance from getting too close, her gaze slightly ducked down.

Raziel deliberately flew not too fast, so that the figure of the genie who had not fully recovered could follow him.

Until some time later, they also arrived at the last cumulus cloud, opposite which appeared cumulonimbus cloud whose white plains are so vast.

Raziel took Devan across, to the cumulonimbus cloud area, then slowly laid Devan on the edge of the cloud.

While Isla, he did not cross, only landed on the last cumulus cloud, and looked at them from the end of the footing.

Raziel then turned around to leave. But for a moment he took to see Isla who was across the street, Isla turned her eyes back down.

"Ahead there is Arcana, the city where the fairies live. Just walk straight, and there's no need to complicate yourself."

Raziel then flew up, left them, until he was not seen again.

After that, Isla immediately looked at Devan.

"Devan.....

Devan.....

Devan....."

Isla calls him up to three times, but Devan is still unconscious. He stopped calling and stood there waiting for Devan to wake up.

***

A moment ago, at the previous point of the first sky, the,

His feeling was shrouded in worry, seeing cumulus clouds that suddenly turned cloudy, as well as a sudden thunderstorm coming. Moreover, before he had felt Luna's Magic Aura.

Some time later, the lightning storm instantly disappeared, the clouds returned as white as ever. But the Fairy Godmother did not stop, she continued to fly uphill.

Until he reached a cumulus cloud, there he found a small pouch lying on the foot of the cloud.

The Fairy Godmother picked it up, then came out a colorful aura that spread in the air.

"It turns out that my heart was right, this is Luna's magic" the Fairy Godmother said as she cast her gaze around seeing the aura slowly spreading out in all directions.

"But..., why is it here?"

A moment later, he recalled the human child he had met before,

(.....Devan then slightly smiled at him and slightly bowed his body for a moment.

"Sorry to bother you, fairy godmother. I just want to get through this gray cloud. Permission to walk past in front of the fairy godmother."

Seeing Devan's behavior, the Fairy Godmother looked at him in the shade......

"Hm.mm.", muttered the fairy godmother in a repulsive tone while shaking her head.

"This place belongs to God, I also ride. Forgive me son of man, for blocking your way."

Devan just smiled at the fairy godmother, then he continued walking further along with his flying horse, and Eris beside him.).

"Could it....."

The fairy godmother did not continue her sentence. He only looked far away, on the path of the cumulus cloud that rose upward.

***

A while later,

Devan realized, he tried to get up to sit, and throw a glance around him.

"Where am I?"

"You have been in the land of the fairies" said Isla who was on the other side.

"Isla..?"

"You are finally awake."

Devan then stood up from his place.

"Isla, why are you still there?"

"I can't be there. The land of the fairies is off limits to me."

Devan was silent for a moment, thinking about the meaning of Isla's words.

" Ba.good."

("Even though I don't really understand the point.")

"What happened?, why did I get here?"

Isla also told him everything she knew from the time Devan was gripped by Eris, until she got here.

Devan held her at once to feel her neck.

Isla also tells Devan a message from the Angel Raziel before he leaves here.

"So that's it."

"I can only bring you here, and soon dawn will come."

"Haa?, how long have I been unconscious?, why would it be morning."

"Let's see, the point is that you've been unconscious for a long time."

"sorry. It seems you have been waiting for me to wake up."

Isla, he just shook his head with a flat expression, as if he said 'no need to apologize' with his body language.

From the eastern horizon, a glowing white line slowly appeared, at the same time, Isla grew faint and slowly disappeared from Devan's vision.

Isla was also staring at Devan, from a distance. Already from when he realized, something changed a little from the appearance of Devan.

It was her hair, there were a few strands of her hair, turning bright white, on one part of her bangs on the right. Only, Isla did not know, since when Devan's dark hair was pitch black, turned into bright white in that part.

"Thank you for driving me here, Isla."

Isla did not respond to Devan's words. A moment later, he completely disappeared from Devan's sight.

("With this, the contract ends between us, Zivan.")

***

Some time has passed, now it has entered in the morning the place where Devan walked alone in the midst of the vast clouds. Because it was still so early in the morning, there was still a little dew around it to make the air when it felt cold.

Suddenly.....

("I...Why can't you move??")

"PHUM!!!"

"SICK TOFU!!, fucking Raziel!!".

Eris suddenly came, darting flying from behind and smashing into Devan.

It looks like a long sloping scourge in the middle of his body, from his left shoulder to his right abdomen.

The clothes affected by the lash burned to reveal his burned skin and black blood.

His back and his back head also appeared to be very badly injured as a result of his speed to the earth.

"I finally found you Devan!", said Eris as her right hand held the wound. There were black blood vomit marks around his lips.

At that moment, Eris also sat on Devan who was lying motionless. His left hand held Devan's stiffened face.

"I'll tell Devan.

AAAAAGGHHHH!!!", suddenly Eris' entire body was burned by fire.

"Because you have made me like this, I will record this as a debt that you will pay."

Eris then brought her face closer to Devan, then said,

"Making you a mash?, it still feels too light for you. That is why, therefore, I will make you my puppet, that you may be tormented by me forever, hiyahaha!"

A moment later, the fire that burned Eris slowly opened its true form.

His skin turned pink, as well as his hair becoming long decomposed. His eyebrows, his eyeballs, were all pink, even his pupils were heart-shaped pink.

On top of his head were four horns that were also pink, two crooked protecting his forehead to look like a crown, while two stood upright at the top of his head.

His body was slender, his face was round, his ears were long taper, even those eyes were currently staring at Devan with a seductive gaze, making Devan's current heart beat extremely fast. That's why, Devan suddenly recalled, Isla said to him last midnight,

(.." (..."Hey man, I tell you firmly, there is no one among us who is equal to him, which means, neither myself nor you are capable of defeating him, even if you use your full strength as you did when you dueled Zivan" Isla said without taking a flat look at Eris.

"You.... Are you not wrong with your judgment?"

"Haaa.", murmured Isla assented.

"His question before us now is no ordinary devil, he is ASMODEUS, one of the seven great generals of the devil who REIGNS THE SIN OF LUST, transforming the sacred meaning of love, into a bestial lust. Eris, just camouflage.."..

"Look at me, Devan. I was burned by the fire of Love, for entering this forbidden land. I did all this so I could meet you.

Even though I burned to death here today. Doesn't mean it's the end of our meeting.

The future between the two, if I don't meet you, then you'll meet me. Sure.for sure.we'll see you again, Devan. Hiyahaha--."

Just then, Asmodeus burned before Devan as it entered the land of the fairies. Slowly his body scorched, then eroded it bit by bit into a burning gray that flew through the air.

Asmodeus died, burned to the ground, leaving no trace of ash on the land of the fairies. And just then, Devan came back, got control of himself and his heart came back.

***