"Eh ?!"
"Yeah you heard me right, in hell you were assigned to the torture department, that's where the souls belonging to the devil come when they die, here they are tortured and then sent to the big furnace that is the world above us"
Kaki literally stunned by what he had just heard, stopped with his mouth open
'It's hard to believe but at least it explains the instruments of torture and the screams that came from the houses'
He thought.
"I am the governor of this department, so I am responsible for distributing the missions to be accomplished here or elsewhere to the different demons"
Added the old man
'They have a hierarchy here? Missions ? Different types of demons?'
Kaki asked
"New recruits like you are distributed to families where they will stay for eternity. They will spend their time doing the best job of all time 'torture' and accomplishing missions"
continued the old man
"I've never taken a kid in before because I'm overwhelmed most of the time to take care of a kid.
But the reason I agreed to take you is that I'm much more overwhelmed than before and I need an assistant, namely you."
He added
'And I who thought it was for a good cause, he really is a demon!'
Kaki thought
"They call me 'General' but my name is 'Mumtilu', you can call me by my first name when we are in the house but outside, in the presence of other people you must call me 'General' It's clear ?"
Said the old man with an authoritative tone
"Y-Yes sir, I mean yes Mumtilu!"
Retorted Kaki
"Good! I've talked enough like that"
Said Mumtilu while adjusting his chair
"I think you have questions so go ahead and I'll listen to you"
Added Mumtilu
Kaki remained silent for a moment, with his hand on his chin as if to show that he was thinking about what he was going to say.
'Good ! Let's see, he talked about recruits, departments, different types of demons, missions to accomplish here or elsewhere...'
Thought Kaki
"You talked about recruits, didn't you?"
Said Kaki
"Yes indeed, why?"
Replied Mumtilu
"How is recruitment done? How are recruits selected?"
Kaki questioned
"Well...there are three types of recruits in general..."
Replied Mumtilu while adjusting his glasses
"The made in hell, the divine traitors and the prodigal sons.
The made in hell are demons who were created by Lucifer in hell, this is the case for almost everyone here, 90% to be precise.
Divine traitors are angels who got fed up with God and decided to join the ranks of Lucifer, they are stronger because of their skills that God gave them at their creation, they represent 5% of our community.
And finally the prodigal sons are humans who at one point in their lives sold their soul to Lucifer and decided to come and live in hell so Lucifer brought them here and transformed them into demons and they are called 'prodigal sons' because at the beginning humans were demons who saw grace in the eyes of God so if he returns to hell in this way, their power is increased tenfold, they represent the remaining 4.99% of our community.
Mumtilu explained.
"I said 4.99% because there is a type of prodigy son, called the virgins of Lucifer, these are humans who lived a healthy life but who were victims of the world so they ended up commit suicide, and normally, suicide = hell but it happens that the Lucifer who rules at that time falls in love with this human and therefore sends this human to hell as a demon to make him/her her virgin.
This has only happened once with Queen Lucifer, this man was called Jonh Part, he was abandoned at birth by his parents, so he grew up in an orphanage where he was mistreated, and from this orphanage, he was adopted by a family who mistreated him all his life, and at one point, since he was tired of having the world against him, he threw himself from the top of a bridge and the rest you already know."
He added
"Upon his arrival here, Lucifer named him Lazarus, and from their union was born their daughter, Princess Lucifer who is now around your age and who will succeed the Queen Mother on the throne, but hey, there's no use to tell you all that because to be Lucifer's virgin you must have suffered all your life, end up committing suicide and above all, be a 'virgin'..."
"Which is probably not your case hehe"
he said with a perverse smile
"You're an made in hell, there's no doubt about it."
He added, removing his glasses and turning his gaze towards Kaki
'Suffer, commit suicide, be virgin'
These words went around Kaki's head as he tried to connect the explanation Mumtilu gave him to his life
"Other questions ?"
Said Mumtilu noticing that the young man was lost in his thoughts
"Oh! Yes! Um...it's about the departments you talked about before and also the types of demons"
Kaki retorted suddenly
"These are questions that have quite long answers so we'll talk about them over dinner, but if you have a short question, you can ask it now"
Said Mumtilu looking at his watch
"Um...I don't know how to say this...um...was there a sandstorm here just before I arrived?"
Said Kaki a little embarrassed by his own question
"Um...no absolutely not! It's not the season!"
Said Mumtilu visibly surprised
"But why do you all have red skin then?"
Kaki exclaimed
Mumtilu turned his chair towards Kaki with a facial expression that showed he had just realized that the being in front of him is more stupid and ignorant than he thought and that he is probably blind.
After a few moments of silence observing Kaki, Mumtilu closed his eyes, sighed and opened them again.
"Look behind you, do you see the thing that looks like ice but it's some glass?"
He said, pointing at something behind Kaki.
"Um...yes"
Replied Kaki turning around
"It's called a mirror, it's an object that reflects what passes or stops in front of it, walk and stop in front of the mirror"
Said Mumtilu getting up and walking towards the dining table
"I have red skin! I have horns! I'm just like you!!!"
Kaki shouted!
"Congratulations !"
Mumtilu said as he sat down.