novus au

Ch 3

Reficul sat at living coffee table papers scattered everywhere he had quickly adapted to book learning and quickly absorbed information, it had been less than a week and he already had blown through six grades of math, since, reading, grammar, and art. Each second learning was a second he felt happy, he was working towards his goal, he could not let a single moment go to waste, he was going to impress Rin, his savior, his god. He was going to become another one of Rin's angels. He was going to become Rin's second hand. He was going to impress Rin. He had to.

If he couldn't do that then what was he? What could he do? What else did he have to offer? He sped through his papers making sure to read each, every word so he could take in all the knowledge he could. He felt safe and happy although he was alone. Or at least he thought he was alone. Rin stood just out of sight from the door, and he watched Reficul as he worked.

He was a very good student; smart, clever, brave, and bold. But that was part of the problem. How much could Rin let him learn... if he were to find out that once upon a time, he was Lucifer, then only to learn what all Lucifer did. It might break the poor kid.

History could easily repeat itself if that were to occur. Rin approached Yukio who was in his lab along with Shiemi. The two of them have been researching curse to the deadliest poisons, of course when a human died in this world they are reborn in nine months with their old memories, but dying to poison is still painful.

"Reficul has been doing very well in his studies I was wondering if you would be interested in tutoring him,"

"Of course it has been a while since we have had an assistant," Yukio replies happily. Rin smiles and nods softly.

"He seems very dedicated to his work. I wonder what his ambitions are," Sheimi adds softly. "If he truly is, well, you know who shouldn't we be worried?"

"It is very unlike for "him" to not revile himself if he does still has the old memories, he seemed to be confused and lost when he first saw me, he acts nothing like "him," and even still I would be able to take him out regardless. I heavily doubt he has any memories of the past world, why would be pouring himself into his studies if he still knew what power "he" held or maybe even still holds," Rin replies softly.

"I can see where you are coming from, but I still think it would be smart if we were careful with him, who knows what could happen," Yukio replies with a nod.

"I can promise nothing good would come from that. I have witnessed what damage the demon kings are capable of. There are unbelievable sources of destruction, I have a feeling the others will be reincarnated soon. We must keep an eye open for the, we can't let a single one fall through the cracks. The rebled forces would have a dangerous and manipulatable weapon on their hands if they were to capture one of the kings... that is if they still have their powers," Rin growls softly recalling the years of destruction and fear he lived so vividly during the war.

It was a disaster period in time, all hell broke lost and the human population nearly went extinct... Killing Satan was supposed to end it all. But instead.

Rin shook his head softly pushing the thought down. He needed to keep theses reincarnation close, if they were anything like Reficul then they would be a great bundle of helpers for Rin. Reficul was different form Lucifer went he shared some key similarities, for one thing, his appearance, secondly, his passion and ability to work towards his goal without a break.

He had grown more demonic in appearance ever since his tail grew back in. Reficul took extra care fo his body, especially his hair and tail, he seemed to focus on those the most. Oddly enough he wore his hair more like Rin once did, long bangs and fluffy untamed hair, but Lucifer always made sure his hair was silky along with his tail...

Nowadays Rin wore his hair slicked back against his head with two braids folded at the base of his horn hiding the transition between his skull and horns. Along with that, his eyes were now a darker blue and the had the surprising addition of two snow-white feathered wings. The wings had slowly grown in as Rin began to rebuild society, for the first century they went unnoticed, but slowly they grew bigger and bigger.

Most days Rin keeps them hidden in robes, he only uses them for transport and battel they are strong enough to hold his weight but continued pressure on them will break them, an experience that is equally painful as it is harmful to Rin. A broken wing can be extremely difficult to reset for it to heal properly.

It is safer just to keep it hidden instead of risking an accidental break, after all, Rin was still rather clumsy for his age. Certain things that would never change in time...

A soft knock on the door altered the trio to Shiro who was standing in the doorway.

"The brat is hungry and wants food what should I feed it?" Shiro growls pouting at the fact it was his turn to look over Reficul, didn't entirely like babysitting.

"What do you think Shiro?" Rin asks sarcastically.

"I was thinking the scraps from my sandwich but that seems too little for him,"

"Shiro!" Yukio scolded angrily.

"WHAT?!" Shiro shrieked in response

"HE IS NOT A DOG! Just make him a sandwich as well. Honestly, you are better than this!" Yukio sighed.

"Fine," Shiro growled walking out of the lab in a fuss.

"I don't even know why I need tv when I have you to entertain me," Rin chuckled walking out of the lab as well.

"Do I feed it my scraps?," Yukio mocked with a sigh, as Sheimi giggles softly and pats his head.

Rin strode down the hall gazing out the window as he passed them, all of humanity was immortal in a form if a human was a killed they would be reborn in months later, but all of their old memories would be erased until they turned 18. Giving them a new chance at life each and every time.

Most grew to be better people and grew to be productive memories of society, of course, every human was going to die eventually but they would be back... the only way to escape the cycle was to become an angel, they were the only humans who had immortally. Rin stood and wondered...

What would come about if the demon kings found out... and who would they become?