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ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 𝟸𝟾𝟽

𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘚 | ɪɴᴛᴇʀ-ɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - 23

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As Lucifer sat on the stairs beside Winged, he watched Winged flipping through an old, dusty book.

Lucifer: "What book is that?"

Winged: "Oh, this? I picked it up in England."

Lucifer raised an eyebrow.

Lucifer: "England?"

Winged smirked, trying to seem casual.

Winged: "Yeah, well, I was there on a task... One of the Peakwest administrators handed it to me."

Lucifer narrowed his eyes, catching the lie.

Winged: "Alright, alright! I stole it, okay?"

Lucifer: "What's in the book?"

Winged grinned but didn’t answer, only flipped through the pages.

In one swift motion, Lucifer snatched the book from Winged’s hands.

Winged: "Hey! I was reading that!"

Lucifer: "I’ll read too."

He skimmed through the pages, eventually stopping at something that caught his attention.

Lucifer: "The Ranking System?"

Winged leaned over, peering at the page.

Winged: "What?"

Lucifer read aloud,

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜, 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙴𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖."

"𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖, 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕: ‘𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑.’"

"𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 ‘𝚂𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚁𝚒𝚗𝚐,’ 𝚠𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚓𝚊𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑."

"𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚢-𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛—𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑, 𝙸𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝙹𝚞𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍 ‘𝚆𝚘𝚖𝚋 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢.’”

Winged’s eyes widened.

Winged: "Whoa! That’s fascinating... and yet kind of boring."

Lucifer smirked.