Chapter 122 : Lucifer

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Surely there was no way that I went to a place that supposedly held the bastard. I would've noticed something was off if it had been when I started my career in Grigori.

Could it be the result of something happening before my insert? Doubtful. While the 'original'

Hoitsu was pretty unusual with his reclusive nature, the guy had never went out of Kuoh Town in his 'limited' life.

'Lucifer' stared annoyingly at me for a couple of seconds as he digested my nonchalance at his own irritation.

Then he sighed tiredly at me and turned his attention to… a metallic cube.

It had various decorative elements that made it stand out from a Rubik Cube and… I felt paling as I recognized it.

Ignoring my shocked expression, the man took it in his hands and… started to clean it with a piece of cloth.

I stared silently at the scene, my brain going blank at the fact that I was staring at the original Lucifer seemingly lost in polishing a Lament Configuration.

"I can't really offer you an explanation as of yet," The Devil admitted with a grimace.

"Think of it as a situation where the less you know, the higher the chances of you not getting killed by some paranoid Azazel will be."

...What?!

"What do you mean with Azazel killing me?"

"While Azzie strayed away from his previous diligent-driven attitude that he was known for back in Heaven,

I can say for sure that he would go ballistic at the first hint of one of his underlings currently harboring the very element that could spark the War again by mere presence,"

The white-haired man explained. "And by killing you, he would also end me. Which is bad for me… and bad for the world as a whole."

What- WHAT?

"Care to make sense… Sir?"

"Nope," He bluntly rebuked with an impassive note. "I don't think I will. Especially with how rude you've been towards me."

I frowned at that denial. "You can't be serious! You said that you were going to explain things-"

"And I will once you make the right questions," Lucifer interjected with a huff. "Come on, you can't just expect me to be a servant at your whim.

Just because you've died and been reborn in this world, it doesn't make you privileged in knowing everything, Tommy-Boy."

…

…

No. Maybe I heard him wrong-

"Tommaso, Tomas, Tommy, Tom and… I think Tom-Tom would be wrong to say, and I think I made my point clear enough,"

The silver-haired Devil continued without giving me any reprieve at the earthquakes caused by that revelation.

"It was your name before you got hit by that truck. You were trying to push your sister away from getting hit-"

"Stop-"

"And you managed to do so. She survived. In fact, I bet she still thinks about you- about how it was ultimately her negligence in keeping watch over her own surroundings that got you to die-"

"Enough-"

"Then your mother started to spiral in depression, your father unable to get her to leave your old room.

Maybe she hoped that her sonny would suddenly wound up safe and sound, to prove that he wasn't dead as she had been told by her distraught daughter-"

"ENOUGH!"

The entire building started to shake in tandem with my fury. This was escalating way too quickly and way too painfully for me to keep quiet about.

Lucifer or not, this bastard was crossing the line by a long mile.

I tried so hard to not think about them-

It's not a problem if you walk with me to the mall?

And I really-

Keep your eyes on the road.

REALLY-

WATCH OUT!

Didn't need to think about this very topic.

My brain was hurting again, but my anger worked well in suppressing whatever ache my mind was clenching against.

Instead of showing either annoyance or surprise at my outburst, the man merely stared at me with clear amusement.

It was like he had expected this instance, and he was endeared by how flawlessly this reaction had rushed out of me.

"Indeed. I think this is more than enough," The individual replied politely. "I suppose an apology is in order… but I think I will delay it for just a tiny question."

Glaring at him, I felt my body burst with energy as I was mere moments from rushing at him.

Gone was self-preservation, my annoyance had long broken the limitations imposed by logic.

"How do you think I'm aware of this?" He inquired with a placid tone. "How do you… think that such a powerful secret ended up in my lap?"

"You have read my mind and-"

"No no," He said while waving his index at me, reinforcing that I was wrong with that thought.

But it couldn't have been otherwise. This was the first time I was facing someone like him, this was the first time I met him.

Heck, I wouldn't even recognize the real Lucifer considering how inconsequential it was in Canon.

The plot was very limited when discussing about his presence and influence over the world after the creation of the Underworld and the initiation of the War between Hell and Heaven.

But the more I tried to get other answers out of that predicament, the more I felt the answer was plastered on his face. He was staring intensely at me, as if I was-

…

No. It wouldn't be that- but how- and why?!

"We haven't met before now."

He nodded. "That's correct."

"So there's no way that I was the one telling you this."

He tensed a little bit and… shook his head. "Not truly. Context is key and I really can't offer the why that 'encounter not encounter' happen."

I facepalmed at that. "How the fuck am I supposed to understand if you're skewering any chances I got by pleading the Fifth at all turns?"

"I'm not the interrogator," The Devil hummed mirthfully, yet he soon displayed some serious pondering. "but then again, I used to think a lot about how my life came to be like… this.

Perhaps I should've just told Big G that a garden would've been nicer instead of accepting the throne to Earth."

"What?!"

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