Angel In Devil's Clothing

LuLu World

Chapter 32

[February 15th 1946]

Charles has always been curious about where his pa had gone.

Of course, he didn't expect his pa to just suddenly show up on his birthday... every year.... but a boy can hope can he?

He sighs as he continues on licking the ice cream his ma had brought for him. The blonde five year old watches as parents play and have fun with their kids in the amusement park his ma had opened just in time for his birthday.

Charles just feels thankful that his ma had let him come to the park since he was able to hide his halo, though, he wouldn't have been allowed out otherwise.

He was starting to get really depressed just staying inside of the goetia manor. Even though he has Octavia, mister paimy and mister butler for company. Most of the time, he just can't help but want to come out of the manor to at least see that there were other demons out here than just the familiar faces he sees everyday.

His eyes curiously roam around the demons passing by him when he heard a cheerful screech near him. His gaze fixates on a hellborn with his father carrying him on his shoulders.

Charles' pa used to do that with him. Sometimes he wants to know where his pa had actually gone. He can't possibly still be at his workplace for over a decade now, which is what his ma tells him everytime he asks where his pa is.

Eventually,  he just got tired of asking the same questions to his ma every year... So he decided to just stop asking about his pa altogether.

He's not surprised really, he could always tell when his ma tries to either lie to him or reassure him by the way his ma suddenly looks nervous and starts stuttering sometimes. So when his ma kept on lying to him about his pa's whereabouts, it wasn't hard for him to guess that his pa and ma might've also seperated just like Octavia's parents did.

Charles figured that his ma probably didn't want him to feel bad or want him to blame himself for their separation. So his ma just opted on lying to him in hopes that he'd just accept it and move on.

Except it only made him aware of his ma's fidgeting when he tries to lie to him.

He wasn't dumb, mister Paimy and mister butler always praise him for how smart he is and that he learns things quickly to the point that he knows almost everything Octavia was taught on too. He quickly learned that he needs to be... observant about the things around him. Because of that, he was able to feel mister Paimy's magic on certain objects in the manor, which made him realize that the demon was observing through that object whenever he feels that presence around.

Even with all the protective wards around the manor, it seems that mister Paimy still doesn't feel secure even in his own manor.

It doesn't hurt to be constantly vigilant Charles guesses...

"Hey, hey kid."

Speaking of vigilant, the blonde boy looks up at the sinner in front of him. The sinner looks pretty.... gross, like he just went for a casual dip from the poluted river in the greed ring and decided that the rancid sewer odor smells and looks  fantastic on him.

He eyes the sinner up skeptically, already guessing why this demon decided to come to him for some reason.

With that thought in mind he ignores the demon and opted to finish his ice cream.

"Tch, spoilt brat. Hey! Look at me when i'm talkin' to ya!" Charles internally rolls his eyes at the demon's quickly rising temper.

Seriously, out of all the rings in hell why did his ma and aunt lilith decided to put the amusement park in the pride ring? Except for the fact that his ma and aunt lilith rule the pride ring that is.