The Adrift Oath

Chapter XXII: Beyond Good & Evil

When Fae opened her eyes, she could see again, she could see leaves and the sky above her yet this vision wasn't hers, she couldn't turn her eyes as if her soul itself was in a body that wasn't hers

And that wasn't far from the truth, as those purple eyes were the devil's, but Fae could see what they could see that day

It seemed that it was laying down on a tree branch, doing nothing befitting of a devil, at least for now

Although suddenly, chatter disrupted the devil's little nap, letting out a grunt and closing its eyes again for the hope that the irritating human speech would soon die out, it didn't, and if it didn't, then the devil itself would make it die

And so it went there, approaching gently she could see a group of children with one of those same kids on the ground, it didn't take too long until it realized they were harassing him

The devil hummed to itself, it wondered what that child must have done to be so hated by his peers, although it was none of its business, they didn't seem to be getting any quieter any time soon

And for children to make a devil change its resting place, that would hurt its pride much too deeply

"Leave" Its mere demonic voice was enough to bring all the children's laughter to a stop, all widening their eyes as they looked at each other

"D-did you hear that?" One asked the other

"NOW!" Though other child didn't need to confirm what the first one asked as the devil did that itself, bringing all the children to scream and run away as it itself was right between the bullied, and the bullies that were running away, though they couldn't see it as it wanted to keep being invisible

It sighed and looked over its shoulder, seeing the alienated child slowly get up to his feet, his hair was of a brown color and so were his eyes, his clothes were ragged and dirty

This child was easy prey for the devil, he didn't seem to be very liked by people of his age and if he disappeared, nobody would bat an eye

And even though the devil loved to toy with humans and the like, he would break too easily, something that it didn't quite like, fragility

So, it took its leave, walking away from the child

"W-wait, lady!" The child called for the devil that widened its eyes, slowly turning around to see the child run towards it

"What...?" Shock and awe was written on the detailless face of the demonic feminine silhouette while the child stopped right in front of the devil

"Thank you for saving me!" He told while the other raised its hand in dismissal

"Wait no shut up!" The devil replied angrily

"How the hell can you see me?!" It inquired loudly, with furrowed eyebrows and its thin black line that is used as a mouth frowned stuck

"W-what do you mean?" The child looked up at it with raised eyebrows that were as confused as the expression he had on his face

The devil let out a quite frustrated sigh, getting on one knee before grabbing the child by his chin as it looked into his eyes

"What is it?" He asked the devil who was both irritated on how this weak child could both see her and was so little afraid of her

"You seem to be gifted by your fake gods, child of man" It moved its hand away from his chin before it got up back on its feet

"Oh... thank you!" He spoke with a sincere tone while the devil in front of him crossed its arms, it was quite annoyed

"Maybe I should pluck out your eyes with my fingers and inspect them closely, hm?" It wasn't as much of a threat as it was an attempt at keeping the devil's pride intact, it was quite frustrated by how little fear the child harbored at her