Book 2: Seven Demon's Hearts

Episode 19: Blue Eyes

Episode 19: B l u e  E y e s

V opened his eyes, feeling the heat burning through his skin again. But this time, he faced the dark shadow ahead of him, staring back with heterochromatic eyes.

"Are you getting used to this yet?" Jimin sighed with a small chuckle.

"This isn't real." V denied it. "And I know who you are now."

Jimin looked up at his, lifting an amused brow. "Oh really? Who might I be now, brother?"

"Father." V's trembling lips curled up into a spiteful smile. "I know that's you."

Jimin's eyes bore into V as silence took over them in the cell. Their audible breathing and the faint squawking of the hell birds were all that they could here until Jimin's laugh crackled in the air. He double over, hooting like a hyena before his breathing stabilized.

"What's so funny?" V's lips turned into a bitter scowl. "Afraid I've finally discovered you? Afraid you'll stay here all alone now that I've figured it out? You've been fucking with my head this whole time, weren't you?"

"Well, I have to congratulate you. A bit slow on that one though, son." Just like that, Jimin's face melted away and underneath was Satan's unbearable face. V could only look at him for three seconds straight before he had to look away. It was as if his eyeballs were going to catch on fire staring at him for any longer.

"What do you want from me? How are you even reaching out? I thought Mother locked you away."

"Ah, your mother." Satan sighed. "To think that I've done it all for that single dream she had. And yet, I end up here, locked inside the deepest cage of hell? How heartbreaking. I'm sure you'd know of heartbreak."

"She sacrificed herself for you again!" V angrily growled at him. "And yet you still act like you're the victim?"

"Am I not?" Satan looked at V's face with sincerity. "How has the world known me until now? The evil ruler of hell who destroys and corrupts all souls! Yeah, I fucking am, aren't I? But how does the truth par against? Do people know why I've done all of this? Did my own father even acknowledge my existence when I wanted him to accept me the most? Tell me, son, am I truly the victim if all I wanted was an ideal world to live in with your mother?"

V scoffed and shook his head. "The world never revolved around you two. Even Mother had given up such a hopeless dream. So why couldn't you? Unless you enjoyed all the pain you inflicted on us."

"Its love, you stupid fool!" Satan lashed out at V. "Why? Do you think I'm not capable of such a dumb emotion? All I have ever wanted was to get back at everyone who dared to blame me for their wrongdoings. After I've fallen from Xapham, do you know what happened to me? I was left on Savannah, my wings were taken away from me and everything I knew was gone. Meeting your mother was the best thing that ever happened to me, and yet it was the worst mistake I've ever done. I regret it more than losing my grace. Because of her purity, I was able to see how disgusting this world truly was. If only you knew what she had gone through, how much crap she had to endure."

"I couldn't understand it, why we were still being targetted even though I no longer had anything to do with Xapham. It's like they were bored and simply wanted to torment me. They wanted a worse fate for us, worse than the one I already had. They cursed her, V. They cursed your own mother. She was more than an angel than any of the ones upstairs. A simple and true human. She was the first witch who only wanted to use her powers to take away other people's pain. And yet, despite all of that, they've cursed her to eternity and disgraced her name just because she loved me--a fallen angel. Do you understand how horrible this world is? How much pain it causes, and all for what? So tell me, my son, who's more twisted now?"