"What a nuisance" Castriel melihat tepat kearah Xavier " macam mana kau yakin, you can give me Cloudious heart?"

Xavier's double red and black irises look straight toward Castriel " start with you stop acting idiotic. Kau tak rasa if these two dies, the Raveryn will use your name again untuk desak ayah kau lose the demon grasped over this school and basically, well toward all races."

Muka Castriel berkerut " you the one who killed her"

Again, the awful grin appears "oh, I'm sure did." wajah lelaki itu melihat ke arah timbunan pasir yang beberapa saat lalu masih membentuk tubuh manusia " but tak ada siapa tahu aku dekat sini and to be honest, kau rasa who they will believe? Me, Xavier, the kind and devoted follower of Cloudious or you, the broken-hearted demon who creak havoc just because his girlfriend died?"

Anak mata hitam Castriel bersilau, less than a second, sebilang pedang tajam gelap panjang, full with ancient latin word curve on it disua tepat kearah leher Xavier

"Talk like that about her again, and I fucking kill you."

Hujung pedang itu menyentuh kulit Xavier, making it bleed a little. Lelaki itu, on the other hand, look fascinated at Castriel reaction

"I guess khabar angin tu betul, talks about Audrey and you gonna lose your shit. To see the great Castriel Echethier turn into the pathetic man in front me now, what a great honor I was bestowed today."

"Shut up" sisi tajam tepi pedang panjang itu bergerak menghiris bahagian kulit Xavier " you don't even know her personally, kau tak ada hak nak cakap pasal dia atau aku"

Perubahan muka lelaki di hadapan Castriel bertukar tegang, namun kembali stoic sesaat kemudian. If no one paid close intention, they will never realize the change.

"I..guess so.." Suara Xavier sedikit lemah. His eyes look like his in grief "tapi, tak ubah fakta that both of us nak vampire races lenyap so why bother wasting time figting among us"

Lelehan cecair berwarna hitam kini jatuh dari bekas luka akibat geselan sisi pedang tersebut

Sekali lagi wajah Castriel berkerut melihat bahagian leher Xavier

"Who are you actually " Castriel menarik tangan sebelum pedang panjang berwarna hitam itu menghilang " even your blood is...black."

Xavier chuckled "just like the demons huh" dia meletakkan jemari di leher sebelum kesan luka dan darah hitam yang mengalir lesap " aku dah cakap tadi, I'm not like those normal vampire"

"Someone like you..." anak mata hitam pekat Castriel bersilau " should go to Ribbelle High."

Tiada reaksi yang timbul di wajah kacak milik Xavier " oh that school yang terima people who were born from mixed races consummated? Sorry to disappoint you but my parent were both vamps."

"Jadi kenapa.." suara Castriel sedikit tinggi " if kedua parent kau were both vamps, how on dear hell you have the black irises and blood like us? It's doesn't make any sense."

Xavier gives a meaningful smile "have anything ever made sense in these three realms? After all, benda tu tak penting, massacre the entire vampire races are."

Xavier kemudian tunduk dan meletakkan tangannya di dahi Agnes. The side of his red irises glowing " you kill Ismeria because you found out she was cheating with Jacob, you ask Tania for help to create the killing spell. You never meet Castriel or Celeste here because you busy killing her."

Serentak, kelompak mata Agnes yang tertutup terbuka luas. Her blue ocean irises glowing in red light sebelum kembali tertutup.

"Mind control?" Castriel menanya selamba " why? To what extent you willing to help me? What did you lose to make you agree on helping me, a demon to eliminate your whole races?"

Xavier bangun berdiri. His eyes looking sorrowful on the floor " we not that different, you and me. We both want revenge." perlahan nada suara lelaki itu ditutur

Then the grief expression that appears early is now shown again, just to suppress back to his usual stoic complexion.

"What?" Castriel tidak mendengar jelas ayat yang diujarkan oleh Xavier "I might be the oh so great demon but that doesn't mean I can make up what you murmuring"

Xavier turns to look at Castriel and his businesslike smiles occurred "nothing. Aku rasa sekarang masa untuk kau take your sister to go somewhere, or kau nak tunggu sini, watching me clear up the mess you made and thank me afterward?"

"I still don't trust you" Castriel put a hostile attitude " tambah-tambah with someone as abnormal as you."

"Aku tak perlu kepercayaan kau, nor did I need anything else from you" selamba Xavier membalas" I just need your strength to ruin the vamps."

Suasana sunyi beberapa seketika sebelum Castriel memegang lengan Celeste "I still don't trust you but if it meant I can get Cloudious heart, be it." Dia melirik ke arah pasir yang beberapa minit lalu masih dipanggil Ismeria " you should throw her ashes into Nsyrix river, that the only way to make sure she never revive, so she won't be able to open her mouth about today incident."

"Aku tahu" Xavier's face turns annoying " you really should go, I just realize how irritating and demanding you are, the kind I would never want to get along with."

Castriel nods in agreement " same here, for the first moment I saw you, I have guts we will never gonna get along well" lirikan mata lelaki itu kembali bersinar " I wait for your news, then."

Hembusan angin kuat bergerak melintasi ruang tamu rumah agam tersebut sebelum kelibat Castriel dan Celeste menghilang tanpa sebarang jejak.

Like they were never there from the start.

Xavier hanya melihat kaku kearah ruang kosong di hadapan. Pergelangan tangannya dicengkam erat.

"How would we ever get along" sayu ayat itu keluar dari mulut Xavier "when the only bridge that connects us is no longer here."
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-Lyntium District, Purgatory-

"My King! King Adriel! I didn't do it. " wajah wanita muda berambut perang, with black irises and well-defined body scream " saya tak tahu macam mana saya boleh ada di situ. I don't know what actually happens, my King! I swear!"

Seluruh tubuhnya kini dipaku ke tanah, dengan aliran darah yang keluar tanpa henti dari seluruh badan,membuat pakaian yang dipakai bertukar hitam.

Her pale face now turns paler " my king.." Dia merayu lemah " please, believe me, my body just moves there on it's own."

Adriel Echethier mengetik jari sebelum sebuah kerusi besi berduri muncul. Lelaki itu duduk tanpa mempedulikan raungan wanita di hadapannya, with his leg crossing.

"Shut." Dia menghayun tangan sebelum mulut wanita itu yang masih menjerit tertutup dengan kesan jahitan "up."

There really no blood left in the woman's face looking at how pale she is, even for a demon standard.

"You breach the heaven gate" suara dingin milik Castriel berbunyi mencecah kesunyian kawasan itu " if we follow the protocol, you already dead by now. But I'm too kind to bring you here and you still have guts to scream in my face?"

Kawasan berkabus yang hanya diisi oleh pokok yang bercabang tajam dan lopok air hitam yang berasap panas kini kedengaran bunyi jeritan kesakitan tidak jauh dari tempat mereka berada.

Adriel melirik mata " it's been a while since I visit this place and I have to hear that? "

He put his hand under the chin
"Just shut up."

Suara jeritan kesakitan terhenti, diganti dengan bunyi seolah pemilik suara itu tercekik sesuatu before the voice vanishes.

Leaving the deserted place fall into silence once again.

"That better" Adriel merenung wanita yang kini pucat sepenuhnya "oh, I forget about you. Pxitisyous"

Sebaik sahaja dia melaung nama itu, wanita yang dipaku ke tanah mengelupur kuat, cuba meminta simpati buat kali terakhir walaupun mulutnya dijahit ketat.

Even she knows it's useless toward someone like the man in front of her, he will not live up to his title as king of hell if he let her go easily.

Which demons or anyone in the three realms didn't know King Adriel Echethier, first on the hell throne, the most cunning and ruthless of them all.

A dark light appears next to Adriel, sebelum tubuh sepasang makhluk, yang berciri seperti seorang wanita, with multiple hand that has long nails dan kepala yang bertanduk empat.

Pxitisyous, the keeper of purgatory

"My king.." The creature's voice sounds eerie " what can I help you with."

Adriel chuckles " bring her to the Laynes Mountain and confine her in the lava for ten thousand years, if she still alive by then, do whatever you want with her"

Mata makhluk yang sepenuhnya hitam kini melihat kearah wanita yang dipaku ke tanah " eat..her..?"

"Oh?" Adriel look fascinated "sure, saving your time to wait ten thousand years for that."

Tubuh wanita di hadapan Adriel mengeluppur kuat sekali lagi, cuba untuk melepaskan diri namun sia-sia.

Makhluk itu bergerak kearah wanita tersebut sebelum bunyi tulang patah yang ditarik secara paksa kedengaran

"Eat somewhere else." The amused look in Adriel changes into disgust.

"Yes..my..king" bunyi tulang dipatah dan dimakan kini terhenti. Sekilas, kelibat makhluk dan wanita di hadapannya menghilang.

"What a waste of time." Tutur Adriel sambil kembali menyiku tangan.

"Are you that bored?"

Mata Adriel yang hampir tertutup kini terbuka with not even a slice of surprised reaction.

A young guy that looks in his twenties, with long white hair eyes, all-white clothes, having warm kind facial features and a smiling lips, a different image from Adriel now walk deliberately standing next to the chair, his white eyes look softly at the black blood pool, place where the woman was earlier " you really that bored to breach the heaven gate and push the blame to your subordinate?"

Adriel chuckled again " as always, it's only you that get me."

"How would I not" the young guy now shift his gaze to Adriel " since I been with you the longest."

"Why did the purgatory so fortunate today to have the visit of the god itself." Adriel also looks at the young guy "are you that bored too?"

The young guy didn't answer Adriel's question "human called me by many names, I lost count to list all of them but I wonder why my closest friend won't call me by my own name since you the only one I bestow the permission to."

"Huh." Adriel made a low laugh " cut the crap Ezekiel, kenapa kau datang sini?"

Ezekiel smiles " I told them in heaven to forget today's accident since it's been such a long time since something like this happen. But aku tak galakkan kau ulang benda ni lagi dalam masa terdekat Adriel, even i'm the god itself, it will be hard to rectify if the angel decides to take a stand against hell. You surely don't want the holy war a hundred thousand years ago repeating, did you. We lost enough from both sides."

"How boring." ujar Adriel lalu bangun dari kerusi " then if kau nak terus rolling over this place, be my guest. I'm gettin off first."

Sebuah bulatan hitam muncul, di baliknya terdapat gambaran api membara yang terbakar tanpa henti berserta jeritan dan tanggisan suara manusia yang sedang dalam kesakitan. Bunyi libasan tali besi yang menyentuh kulit dan bunyi tulang patah yang lebih menyeramkan dari saat wanita tadi dimakan oleh Pxitisyous turut kedengaran.

If anyone sees this view, they might faint, but to him, this is his utopia. Hell, the place he calls home.

"Wait." Suara Ezekiel berbunyi sekali lagi "sebab kenapa kau breach the heaven today." Ezekiel mengangkat tangan sebelum cahaya putih muncul dan kelibat botol kecil yang terisi air putih bersinar kelihatan " you need this right?"

The divine water that only produced in heaven, minuman yang diminum oleh golongan malaikat untuk memastikan their sacred power still in balance.

Badan Adriel yang kini menghadap lubang hitam dan membelakangi Ezekiel terhenti. Wajah lelaki itu beralih sedikit.

Melihat tekaannya betul, Ezekiel membuka mulutnya semula " did.. that person transformation failed?"

Adriel kini mengalihkan tubuh sepenuhnya. Jemarinya digerak sebelum botol kecil yang berada di dalam telapak tangan Ezekiel bertukar berada di dalam gengamannya.

Ezekiel tidak bertindak melihat kelakuan mengejut Adriel. His eyes look directly at him " berhenti jadi degil and want to do all this alone Adriel. You need me. You need my help, if kau..wanna made that person transformation successful."

Adriel laughs wickedly, his eyes now move to Ezekiel, with one irises now change into white.

Even his have different irises, one black and another white, or the way he laughed so cruelly it gives a chill to anyone who listens to it, he's still looking as ethereal as ever.

"You infuriating, you know that."

His deep and icy voice echoed.

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