“What you lack, my dear. Is courage” the devil began as he make himself tea.
“What?”
“Do you want oolong or green tea? I know you love tea Abigail...Yes, you lack courage. Didn't your mother always tell to be brave?” as he sips his tea.
“Oolong. How do you know about me and my mom..?”
“Why I'm the Devil! Of course, I know everything. Even things that Father doesn't know. I know what you desire most. How to make you powerful than any other man! Just sign here..” giving me a scroll.
“It's the deed of gift, Abigail”
Yet the agreement between them clearly contemplates something more than a gratuitous transfer.
“Faustus” He called out. A light beamed again as another person came. A rather attracting, buffy man.
“..At your presence, My Lord..”
“Tell this young fellow the conditions of the deal”
“Yes, My Lord”
Faustus is a servant of Lucifer who have been working for him for a thousand years. He has been the right hand of Lucifer after he was ordered to kill his precious family.
After all, All the demons were once humans— angels.
Faustus turned to Abigail with the scroll in her hand and said,
“Then, Abigail, you received the scroll, A deed of gift of body and of soul: But yet conditionally that thou perform all covenant-articles between the both.”
Lucifer added, “Faustus, we come to thee,Bringing with us lasting damnation to wait upon thy soul; the time has come”
There are in fact numerous conditions to Abigail's surrender of her soul to Lucifer.
“I don't get what any of you are saying” Abigail responded.
“In summary, Abigail is..to be The Lord's servant, and at his command for a period of four and twenty years, after which time Lucifer will be given full power to fetch or carry the said Abigail, body and soul, flesh, blood, or goods, into their habitation wheresoever”
Abigail seemed to be confuse for even after twenty years she is not certain whether she'll live.
“I can't live that long”
“biete deine Seele an, und deine Seele werde ich bekommen”
Lucifer started talking in German.
“...What..?”
“You ought to be quiet, young one. If you sign the contract, the deed is done. The Lord shall have your soul and you will be his servant. Are you certain of your decision?” Faustus asked genuinely. Faustus has dark aura surrounding him and as he gets closer, she shivers down her spine as she started sweating. However, the devil himself doesn't have that kind of aura when he first arrived. Rather a joyful aura.
Abigail silently signed the contract as after she did, Lucifer spoke,
“Damit gehörst du mir”
The scroll abruptly disappeared and in a blink of an eye, it was at the hands of Lucifer. Wind suddenly rushed through the room and everything was scattering and flying around. Abigail was having a hard time to stay still yet Faustus and Lucifer didn't even move an inch.
The scroll slowly vanished and the wind was gone, things scattered around the room.
“Was the deal done?”
“Indeed, it is” Faustus replied,
“I shall now go back My Lord. I have things to tend to. Specifically, work you left behind”
He cleared his throat, “Good work, Faustus”
“I'm honored to be of help. I shall see you next time, Ms. Abigail. Best of luck” he grinned.
“Luck?”
And he suddenly disappeared.
“Wait, what did he mean 'good luck'? Do I need to prepare for some challenges or something?”
“You mustn't let whatever he says get to your head. Faustus is the Evil Mind in the Demon Realm” he explained.
“Demons are generally grouped in orders of four, six, or seven in the first ranks, of which there may be several. The lowest rank are those without power, weak, little and can't go to the Human World. However the highest rank, which is a group of four, who possess great powers are Faustus (Evil Mind), The twins, Behemoth and Leviathan (Chaos Monsters), Amara (Death), and Azalel (Possession).” he continued.
Abigail listened carefully as it piqued her interest about the Demon Realm.
“The first hierarchy are the seven deadly sins. Astaroth (Pride), Beelzebub (Envy), Satan (Wrath), Abadon (Sloth), Mammon (Greed), Belphegor (Gluttony), Asmodeus (Lust)” as he sat down in front of her with tea on his hand. he slowly sips it and began talking once again.
“The second hierarchy includes Powers, Dominions, and Virtues. While the third hierarchy includes Principalities, Archangels, and Angels”
“And of course, last but not the least. The one Prince of Rebellion, of Angels, and darkness. Me, Lucifer Morningstar. A pleasure to meet you”
he reached out his hand, Abigail and him shook hands as he immediately withdraw it.
The demons are beautifully disguised as a human, you won't even know if someone's a demon or not. They live among us. And slowly devour us. Piece by piece.
“..And so..you own my soul now, right?” Abigail asked.
She doesn't care whatever the Devils wishes for in return of her wish. For even her life, she doesn't care.
“That is correct. But until your wish come true, you shall be my servant. However, I will help you in anything. And after that, I will take your soul to the Demon Realm. The consequences will be confidential”
Abigail nodded, “That's okay. Is it cool there?”
The devil seemed to be shocked as to why she's not afraid of what he has been saying for a while now. Not a flinch nor feeling of fear. ‘What a weird one’ he thought.
“Indeed. You get to see endless sufferings of people who dared opposed me, saying they don't deserve to be in Hell. Well, they are. So they suffer for eternity”
“Is my Mom there?” she questioned.
A pause.
“...How I wish she was” Lucifer finally spoke. “Well then, shall we get going to go meet new friends? How many friends do you desire?” he finally finished his tea and walked towards the door which Abigail followed.
“I don't really want many friends. Three will be enough”
“Quite cautious, aren't we. Three is what you want so three, we shall get”
As they both went outside the house to explore the unknown. The beginning of a devil and a mortal, on their way to their journey together. Wondering what lies ahead them.
