Chapter 02.
“If you do not hunt either an angel or a human, your power will keep on falling.”
Barbatos calmly compromised with me. He made me look up using a rough finger on my jaw.
“Haven’t you forgotten him yet? That human from before.”
I scowled and shot a kick to the bastard’s stomach for that question. I looked at Barbatos as he cried out like a crushed frog.
“Don’t jerk my chin.”
“Kuuh~. It came, your hit of love.”
“Hurry up and leave.”
Barbatos sighed, answering yes, yes~, while Lilim clung to his arm.
“Lord Barabatooos~”
Barbatos patted Lilim while saying there, there, with a lewd look on his face. He normally seem like a handsome young man with dauntless features, but he’s actually a rotten guy.
“I’ll pound into Lilim until he can’t stand anymore. Is it fine for you, Vala?”
“Do what you want.”
“Your Master is really cold, huh,“ Barbaros whispered to Lilim in a coaxing voice. Lilim is an incubus. He will become weak if he won’t have constant sex with someone. For him, sex is the same as food. There is no need to ask for my permission.
“Well then…”
Barbatos lifted Lilith and left the terrace. He sent a wink at me while flapping his black wings above the courtyard filled with blooming flowers varying in color.
“What did that guy even come for?”
No way, did he just come to take Lilim with him?
When I confirmed that Barbatos and Lilim’s presences have completely disappeared, I got up from the wicker chair.
In the courtyard spread before my eyes, various flowers are in full bloom. Clear water flows to the center, creating a small spring. A pair of butterflies flutter about and a songbird sings in a clear voice. It was tranquil scenery that can hardly be thought as Hell.
It’s not like I particularly planned to make this field of alpine flowers. I left it alone and before I knew it, it became like this. The territory I control is in Hell, where demons are rampant.
Both Barbatos and I are demon Dukes commanding 36 corps of demons. This huge castle and this garden are undoubtedly my territory… Those whom I, the master, did not invite cannot even take a step inside.
I wandered to the fountain and looked into the water’s surface. My appearance reflected in the clear water was evidently an angel’s appearance.
I possess golden hair flowing until the back of my knees and pale green pupils. Just how many times had I received persecution from other demons because of this appearance? I incurred the enmity of demons merely because of my angelic appearance. I built up my strength, eliminated the demons who spoke ill of me and obtained my current position.
In the world of demons, everything is decided by strength.
In order to get stronger, I hunted human souls and made angels fall from Heavens. But that’s a story of the past. I am just a mere shut-in demon now.
Sighing, I stood up. It was then I noticed an unusual phenomenon.
I felt something crack. There is an intruder. On top of that, it’s someone I did not invite. I stood up and fluttered my black wings. The wings appear on my back when I think of wanting to fly.
While flying over the sky, I followed the source of the presence. From around the huge castle, there are only lush hills and fields. I’m saying this myself but, this territory is vast. Even I, the lord of this place, cannot fully grasp it.
“It’s probably because I’ve been secluding myself lately.”
While complaining, I alighted the field where a cluster of thistles are growing naturally. It was a place located just north from my castle.
An angel with chestnut-colored hair and white cheeks dyed with gore was lying there, collapsed. His chest covered with white cloth is stained with fresh blood. Pierced by a sword from the front with a single stroke, was it something like that?
I looked up the sky and sighed.
Maybe a war with angels happened somewhere again. Which reminds me, Barbatos was armed, too.
“They really don’t get tired of it.”
But for a corpse to break and penetrate my barrier, my powers are probably weakening more and more.
Judging from his appearance, he’s Angel class.
I squatted down and lifted the corpse of the angel. I cannot afford to leave a foul appearance in this place for a long time. The thistles will also be bothered.
However, I noticed something when I lifted him into my arms. The angel’s body is warm, followed by the sound of his heartbeat.
“…he’s alive.”
Aaah~ what a pain.
I looked up at the sky, sighing once again.
I carried the angel and entered the castle.
Footnotes.
1. “I hunted human souls and made angels fall from Heavens.”
– Making angels fall from Heavens here means tainting them, through rape or seduction. This will be explained more in the future.
2. “Judging from his appearance, he’s Angel class.”
We’re using Christian angel hierarchy here.
There are twelve ranks divided into three spheres.
—-First Sphere (1. Seraphim[<–this is important], 2. Cherubim, 3. Thrones)
—-Third Sphere (1. Principalities or Rulers, 2. Archangels, 3. Angels [Personal Guardian Angels are chosen from Angels<—this is important])
Valafar referred to the angel as 級三隊第三位(エンジェルズ).
Since it has a furigana エンジェルズ, it should be read as Angels and 級三隊第三位(Third Sphere, Third Rank) would be its definition.