Chapter 14: Mikael & Jeanne
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(Mikael's POV)
Since I agreed to help Jeanne on rescuing Yoe, I ended up being dragged to the netherworld. A netherworld is a place where the Death Gods and Demons stay when they are off duties. If you are going to ask me, I don't really like this place, it's so dark and the demons here are so insensitive.
I noticed Jeanne how promptly she's walking right now, it's like she's being hunted by someone. I sighed; Jeanne is a friend of ours. I remember when I died for the first time, my soul was not qualified to enter heaven's gate.
Flashback
"Next." The people who died in the human world was getting check-up by an Angel of heaven. It was my turn when the Angel blocked my way to pass the gate. "Wait, Mikael? Right?" He asked. I nodded with mend, "Your case is suicide. I'm sorry but you can't cross this gate until you don't regret what you've done to your life. You will be thrown to the depth of the abyss to atone your sin." My eyes were widened when I learned that the darkness is already eating me.
I wasn't able to state my reasons why I did that to myself.
I spent many days in the abyss. I can't really tell how and when I am able to atone that sin. It was so lonely in that place; it was like I'm plummeting in that dusk endlessly. I lost my hope to see the light again, that's why I decided to close my eyes for eternity.
"Knock knock---Hello~...Hey Yoe, why isn't he opening his eyes?" I suddenly heard a female voice out of nowhere.
"Maybe he's still sleeping?" and a deep manly voice.
Why am I hearing a sound? Is there someone who got thrown in abyss too?
"Let me punch him!" The girl suddenly shouted and because of that, I opened my eyes widely. "Wh-what?!" I saw a girl and a man who's standing beside me as they are pinning their sight directly to me.
"See, he's awake all this time." The Girl who has a blonde short hair while having an ocean blue pupil complained, she's short if I were to describe her. The other one, who has a tall height, white complexion while having long copper braided hair fixed his eyeglasses as he stares at me.
"Hey, will you stop slacking off? Why are you still laying there? We have a job to do!" What is she saying? What is this job she's talking about?
"I said stand upppp!!" And the girl suddenly pulled my right-hand effetely.
I found myself a job. I don't understand but I guess I should be glad that I'm now free from the darkness.
I tailed them; I don't have any idea what I am supposed to do anyway. They are walking down the street while happily talking to each other, "This is..." I stopped walking when I saw a familiar place.
Then someone collided against me, "Hey! Why are standing there! This is a busy street you know!" The person angrily said.
"How can they able to see me...?" I looked at my hands as I covered my face using those hands. I shouted and scream, "AHHHHH!! HOW?! HOW AM I ALIVE AGAIN!? AHHHHH!!" I stepped backward panicking; I don't know how to control my emotions. I'm not happy to be alive, I want to die once more! I don't want to live again! I want to go back to the abyss!
"I need to die, I need to die... I need to...---" But I was surprised when someone patted my head gently, "Calm down. Mikael, just calm down." It was the guy before when I faced him, he is holding a simple smile at me.
End of flashback.
"Mikael, what are you doing? Why are you being a slowpoke?" I got startled when I saw Jeanne is already in front of me as she was pouting and grasped my wrist gently. "We need to hurry!" She said while having a higher tone, "Jeanne. What will happen if Yoe gets evicted?" When I asked that, she stopped. She made a glare at me, "He won't going to be evicted!" She demanded.
"Geez, I know. I'm just asking what will happen to him if he gets evicted." I made clearance to her, "His soul. He's going to spend his entire days in the abyss without forgiveness." I can hear Jeanne's voice that sounds sorrowful.
"I see." We are death gods, if we mess up in our Job, they will throw us in abyss just like trash, but we complete our job without messing up, we will have a chance to get reincarnated again but I don't like either the two of that.
If I could stay a death god forever, then I would gladly be.
Few more minutes of walking, we reached the "Hall of Eviction." where the superiors of netherworld gather here to discuss things about human life and death, the death gods that didn't fulfill their missions, and other abnormalities that occur to the human world.
"Are you sure you are going to enter that hall?"
"Hell yeah!" She really has that fighting spirit on her.
She didn't even hesitate; she slammed the door wide open. Everyone inside that hall got alarmed. Jeanne's entered that hall bravely, well...I entered too. I saw Yoe in the center of the hall being chained both of his hands. So, we're just in time huh?
"What in the world are you doing here, Jeanne D'ark?!" The old man asked he is one of the superior here. I saw him once back then, that man is a friend of Jeanne if I'm not mistaken.
"Old man! What are doing?! Why did you agreed to put Yoe in that spot huh?" Jeanne asked as she raises her voice to him. "What is this preposterous thing you're doing?" the lady with a rough way of talking tightfisted.
"I'm going to take Yoe back to us."
"What?!" Well, she didn't say that to me. I thought she's only going to talk to everyone here.
"Just because you are an angel, do you think we will obey you?!" the other person enraged from her chair.
"Oh no, that's why we're going to get him by force...! Mikael!" What the heck, she didn't also mention this one!
Oh well, I never said I won't do my job here.
Using my illusion, I summoned Angels as the pointed their weapon on the superiors, Jeanne jumped higher to the ground and took out her weapon.
Her main weapon is cannon although she also uses a sword named 'Charles the hammer'
When she landed at the center of the trial court, Jeanne released Yoe from the chain that is bound to him.
"Jeanne… Why are you—"
"There's no way I will let you go to the abyss!"
While the two of them are having their precious moments, there's a person who tried to attack them.
These idiots!
So I had to teleport to do an action by deflecting the attack using my scythe. "What the hell? Stop standing there and let's get going!"
"Mikael! Ohh, such a good boy~" I don't know if that's praise or an insult.
As I control my illusions, the Angels made by me commenced attacks to buy us some time.
"I'll pay you a burger later!" Who cares about your burger, all I can do is to sneer to Jeanne's face.
We dashed to the exit's trail While warding the aggressive strikes on us.
"Hurry up!" The door is closing if we get locked here. It'll be over for us!
We kept running When Jeanne and Yoe got out. I smiled in serene, "Nice—" But my serenity changed quickly when I felt something sunk into my back. I stopped running. My whole body is freezing, feeling rooted to the spot.
Yoe and Jeanne's eyes bugged out, "Mi…Mikael!?" Jeanne let out a raucous, she tried to come back to get me but I shook my head as Yoe pulled her back to halt her.
I let out a fake brave smile until the door shut closed bluntly.
I stumbled to the ground, my illusions disappeared completely. I looked up when I heard approaching footsteps, "Haha! I caught a little puppy here~" It was a boy who did this to me?
"This is ridiculous! How can you let them escape?!" The superiors started to argue at one another.
The boy pulled my hair with a grim as he whispered something to my left ear, "Do you know what have you done? Because of your insolence, your soul will get exile to the burning hell. You won't able to escape until you draw your last voice…kekeke~"
"Hey, someone locks him up!" Finally, someone ordered to lock me up to some dark cell underneath the Eviction hall. I wasn't able to fight or even struggles because I'm still getting penetrated by the thing that stabbed me back there.
How can they even do this to a death god like me?
"Jeanne was smiling happily when she finally able to save Yoe…" I smiled weakly to myself, "But why…why do I have to mess up and ended here?" my weak smile totally changed into grieves that's nearly like whining.
"I don't want to be alone again..."
This is the first time in eternity that I felt this thing with me, I felt betrayed. I don't blame Jeanne for leaving me like this, in fact, I'm happy for them.
I was thinking in blue when Latrice's face flashed to my eyes.
"I wanted to protect her… But I guess, I can't do that anymore."