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The archangel smiled slightly, and a weak laugh escaped him. Even so, his eyes were filled with deep sorrow. "My siblings wanted nothing to do with a weakling who couldn't even fly." He raised one of his black wings, stretching it with effort so she could see. It looked nice, with a lustrous black color. But there was not a shred of the power that Archangel boasted. "These useless wings of mine are deformed, I can't even use them to draw power comparable to a blessed prayer. The only ones who didn't laugh at me were humans.... and my brother. They were always kind to me, no matter what."
He turned his head up and looked at the sky, blankly staring. It was as if he looked for something to pray to. But in the end, no one would answer.
"And yet I killed so many of them, and even tried to slay my own brother. As long as I thought I could come closer to ending the holy war, I didn't care who was in the way. In the end, I was just making excuses for myself. It's like I said, that creature was right. I am an unsightly hypocrite." His fingers began to scratch into his arm as he talked, scratching and tearing off his skin, as if he was disgusted with the filth inside his body. If he could just bleed it all out, he would be satisfied.
"You're a good person. You should leave before you vanish along with this place. Don't worry about me."
Asmael
In the real world, the angel was gone. So was Aruna. There was naught but silence.
Floating in the sky was a gigantic cocoon, wrapped by countless white wings as bright as the stars. A massive egg, where the heart of the angel lied. No, it couldn't be considered an angel anymore. Whatever was in there, whatever that monstruous thing was, only one thing was clear.
It was not daytime. And yet, the sky was clear.
The giant opened its eyes, hundreds upon hundreds of crimson orbs littered the holy feathers. But among them, seven great jewels slowly awoken from their slumber.
"Brotheeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...." A low voice shook the earth beneath, like an earthquake trying to aimlessly communicate.
Within the embrace of the wings of light, a powerful demonic presence was attempting to be born.
