(POV-Angel Rafael)
--I can't believe it.
'Even I didn't reveal that prophecy, someone will. And in that future, mankind will cease to exist and all angels in heaven will fight in two sides in a dead drawn double knocked out game.'
If that was truly the case, heaven will crumble and will bring mayhem. Takeru-sama said that if he didn't do it, the 'Prophet of the End', last prophet of my Father will do it. Father had given the knowledge to that prophet. When they consulted Him, he said that the time has come. I hope I could answer all my confusion. I might even unable to answer those with the help of my authority. As I walk into the terrace, I felt the wind blowing on my cheeks. I never thought that it was this pleasant.
-Father, what should I do? If you're in my place, what will you do?
I sense someone approaching my location as I gaze upon the stars. It is Shin-sama.
"You can't sleep?"(Shin)
"Rather than we can't, we don't need to."(Rafael)
He smiles at me and stargaze with me.
"Before my father died, I remember everything he says to me. 'Some will pass, some will come.' and 'What you thought was lost, is always there.'. I never understood those words. Not until now at least."(Shin)
As we look up to the stars and earnestly listen to him, I think of my Father who was gone.
"Someday we will part with our loved ones, find new ones, and make our own family. There will be the day that you will feel sad then moved on to find happiness. You thought everything you have was lost but part of it remains. Did you really lost everything of your Father? His words, his teachings, his face, your memories of Him and his creations. Did those things lost too? Wasn't it engraved to your heart and soul? If you don't recognize that part of him, you're a failure as his son. What is his expression before he died?"(Shin)
"His expression was smiling… As if… he can leave everything peacefully…"(Rafael)
I was dumbstruck to my own words…
"Wasn't it an insult if you're thinking about your Father who resolved Himself resolutely with that kind of expression? Can you at least put a brave smile while saying, 'You can leave the rest to me, to us, so you can leave without worries.', giving Him a farewell? Can you at least become a bit more reliable son to your Father, Rafael?"(Shin)
I laughed, scratching the back of my head.
"Geez, I feel a kid besides you. Is your age really seventeen?"(Rafael)
But he's right. I'll become a bit more reliable. Enough to make my Father proud of me. He nodded with satisfaction.
"Your eyes are full of life now. With a resolute will. It'll be bad if you're gloomy. You'll destroy the team's mood. We have lots of work to do."(Shin)
Really, what an interesting race, human is. So this is what Father saw in them. Their infinite potential.
--Because they're born without anything that they're trying to reach what they couldn't. Because they are born imperfect that they strive to be better. Because they are both fools who keeps on dreaming and wise that keeps on hoping.
I look at his silhouette that keeps walking away.
"Hahaha… So that was the meaning of those words. As expected. So this is what it means by not just memorizing the content of the book. To think even I, angel of wisdom, have much to learn. Alas! Ahh… Mankind have figure of speech on this right? Wizened the wiseman's mind, if I'm correct."(Rafael)