Chapter 56: Lucifer

Walking into the office, even as every fixture was on and glowing with their warm, orange lights, Hiyori felt everything but warmth. It was just as cold inside as it would be on the streets.

 

“Whatever you do, don’t look into his eyes for too long. It can suck your soul out.” warned Everlong as they arrived on the second floor, standing before the entrance to his office. 

 

“What is too long?” asked back Hiyori, gulping, but he already pressed on the doorknob, opening it.

 

As soon as he pushed it inwards, the sound of jazz music became clearer immediately. Looking in, everything was as it should be with the only exception to Everlong’s deks. Behind it a young man was sitting, holding a glass of wine in one hand, while he was conducting the music with the other. He wore a spotless and wrinkless white suit with a red tie almost as if it was a drop of sacred blood on him. His skin was perfect, without any blemish, porcelain white, his nails were clean, beautifully trimmed and almost shiny. When they entered, his white eyelashes and eyebrows trembled, gently opening his eyes, revealing a warm, blood-red colored pair of irises. They were like individual rubies, shining from within. Hiyori quickly averted her eyes, trying to find somewhere else to look, but it was very hard as with the man’s white, long and straight hair he was something really exotic and beautiful. Even if she did not want to admit, their guest was, in all of the human sense, perfect. Someone who would easily wrap any woman or men around his fingers. His face was almost like if it was sculpted, to be made perfect and if he would dress up in the opposite gender’s clothes, nobody would be able to tell the difference.

 

“My dear boy~” laughed, his voice youthful, warm, mild… and happy. He quickly stood up, taking a sip of the wine, turning his lips into a rosy color before placing the glass on the table. “It was so long ago since you called me!” opened his arms, ready for a hug, looking at Everlong as if they were family.

 

“I never called you, Lucy.” rolled his eyes Everlong, ignoring everything, starting to take off his coat.

 

“...” Hiyori just remained calm, fighting with the sudden questions and the involuntary smile that was trying to climb onto her face. 

 

“Come on, give me a hug~” chuckled Lucifer, ignoring Everlong’s words.

 

“No.” walked closer, leaving him hanging there, raising up the wine cup, swirling the liquid inside and smelling it. “Where did you get this blood from?” asked, before stretching his arm out, towards Hiyori. “Go to the bathroom, flush it and throw away the cup.” said to Hiyori, trying to send her away. He only intended to let Lucifer take a look at her, as it was him who chose the girl as his next partner. If Lucifer wanted to meet her, he would be helpless to prevent that. It was best if he was present for the initial meeting, but beyond that? He was not about to let the Prince of Pride influence her in any shape or form.

 

“Please, I’m just here to say hello~” giggled with an innocent voice, turning his red eyes towards Hiyori, who by now tried to only look at his legs and not at his face as she walked forward taking away the glass from Everlong. “How quaint little pervert, looking at me down there constantly~” joked Lucifer, watching her.

 

Hiyori already missed his words because as soon as she looked at the “wine”, she realized it was truly blood. The thickness of it, the strong, iron laced smell, it made her stomach turn and feel nauseous just by looking at it. She quickly turned away, walking back to the door, and out as fast as her legs could take her, without breaking into a run. The bathroom was only a few steps away, at the other end of the second floor’s hallway. Opening the door and stepping inside almost made her fall and slip. She couldn’t help but drop the glass in her hand, letting it shatter on the tiled floor while she grabbed onto the door, keeping her balance in a hurry. Hiyori didn’t even hear the glass shatter. All of her senses were already focusing on the horror that the bathroom entrailed. The floor was soaked in blood, the very thing she almost slipped on. Before her, above the sink, a naked, young girl, maybe 16 or 18 was hanged by her ankles, hoisted up on the ceiling like cattle. Her neck was cut wide open, her head almost severed, barely hanging on as all of the blood in her was let out into the sink, overflowing it, letting it bubble forward, spreading everywhere on the ground. Some small drops were still dripping from the surprisingly clean cut that severed her throat, windpipe and her spine leaving only a chunk of flesh to try and hang onto the full weight of her head. As the drops were landing in the filled sink, echoing like drums in Hiyori’s ears everything slowly came back to her. 

 

It took multiple seconds for Hiyori to blink, regain some resemblance of herself, pushing down the scream that was pounding at her throat, wanting to escape… pushed forward by everything that was in her stomach. She couldn’t take deep breaths as the smell of fresh, warm blood was even more disgusting, knowing if she did so, she would vomit immediately. She held it down, closed her eyes as she held her tears back, turning around, walking backwards, towards the office. She was finding her support by the walls, holding onto it, leaving bloody footsteps behind, all the way to Everlongs office. She felt her shoe being soaked with blood, feeling as if it was making her toes wet, hearing the squelching sound with every step she took. When she opened the door and Everlong saw how white she was, barely standing, the footprints behind her, her eyes wet with tears, his expression quickly changed, snapping back at the smiling Lucifer who clearly enjoyed the little show before him. 

 

“There is… a murdered girl… in the bathroom…” murmured Hiyori, having long pauses between her words, forcing back her emotions and hurlings, powerlessly shuffling to the couch’s back, holding onto it, trying to stay standing.

 

“Hmm, she has a pretty strong mind!” chuckled Lucifer, licking his lips with a proud grin “I know how to choose them, don’t I?” blinked, looking towards Everlong. As he did, Lucifer’s eyes met with the barrel of Everlong’s revolver, held in his stretched out hand, almost pressing it between his eyes. “Come on now my dear boy, do you think this could kill me?”

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“It would hurt.” replied with a very cold voice, blue flames dancing in his eyes. 

 

“Ahaha, I doubt it~” laughed, leaning forward, letting the cold end of the barrel touch his perfect skin. “I was bored waiting for you, my dear boy! I needed some snacks.” continued, looking deep into Everlong’s eyes “It was so long since you used my gift, I had to celebrate the return of my favorite child~” 

 

“I did not return.” replied, his finger squeezing on the trigger ever so hardly. 

 

“Maybe not yet. But soon.” whispered Lucifer “I know you, my dearest love child! You are just in your rebellious phase, like all little teenagers are~” smiled with an uncomfortably parent-like smile.

 

“If you have nothing else to say, I’ll now send you back to hell!” raised his voice Everlong, ever so slightly. 

 

“Don’t worry, I’ll go myself!” held onto the barrel of the gun, slowly lowering it “I just came to take a look at… her. Now I have my expectations raised even higher~” walked past by Everlong, watching Hiyori who trembled, turning towards him, seeing as Lucifer was gently raising his hand to stroke her head. 

 

Before he could touch her, Everlong pulled the trigger, with a loud bang and with a loud flash accompanying the act of his index finger instantly. Yet the impact never came. What Hiyori saw was Lucifer’s hand, moving slowly yet leaving afterimages behind, grabbing the bullet in the air before it could even land, without looking at it. She could see what the revolver spewed out for the first time as it was held by him. It was not something physical but pure, golden energy in the shape of a bullet. She could swear she was hearing singing coming from it, as if a faraway church’s chorus was giving their all into a performance somewhere in the distance. 

 

“Okay, okay…” chuckled Lucifer, pulling back his hand, squashing the bullet between two fingers, without effort and without explosions, as if it was a dried leaf and nothing else. “I got the message~” smiled, nodding at Hiyori “We are going to be good friends one day, little one~ I will let you call me Papa~” said, walking before the door, opening it. Now, on the other side was not the second floor hallway but instead a long, marble, white staircase, leading down into the unnatural darkness. From there wailings could be heard and the crashing of waves and distant thunders. “Levy wants some answers so I am going to clean up your little mess, my boy!” turned around, one leg already on the other side. “As a good father to you, I’ll wipe your ass clean, once again! Take it as my gift to my new daughter.” 

 

“She is not yours.” retorted Everlong immediately, standing in a way, Hiyori was behind him.

 

“Maybe not yet.” answered Lucifer with a calm and unbothered smile as he closed the door behind him, leaving the two there, in complete silence. 

 

Hiyori realized how sick , tired and afraid she was, right after the door was closed, only standing because she was grabbing onto the couch’s back with her two hands. The most frightening thing was that when she looked at Everlong’s back, it was also shaking. From fear? For anger? She could not tell… but the fact that he was trembling was enough to realize the weight of the situation they were in.

 

“Sit down…” whispered Everlong in the end, turning at her, gently hugging Hiyori, rubbing her back. “I’ll take care of the rest.” told to as he rubbed her back, going for the turned off phone in his drawer, and dialling Minister Otsuka.

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