In the dead of night inside a restaurant that is supposed to be closed was weirdly still open. two figures sitting opposite each other in the restaurant, the first man by the right was wearing a brown shirt with black trousers, his blonde hair and yellow eyes greatly complementing each other, he looked no older than 25. the man on the other side was clad in full black, his coat,hat,trousers,shoes,even down to his socks were all black, his emotionless face and calm black eyes further enhancing his mysteriousness. After 5 minutes of what seemed to be a staring competition the blonde man finally spoke "let's get to the point shadow, I heard you do your job well so I want this one to be no different" he paused then looked shadow in the eye "I want you to kill my step brother" after he finished his last sentence a small smile appeared on shadows face then he spoke "Richard Brooke, one of the three sons of Dawson Brooke the minister of finance, born April,15,2025 graduated from university of technology with flying colors, of course after your father bribed all the officials to rig your results" he paused then took a sip of the tea on their table and continued " what do I get in return"
"even though I knew you would know all about me before this meeting it is still shocking to hear about your self from a man you have just met...i too have heard about you you know even if it is known by all, the man of a thousand faces,the best spy and assassin the world has ever seen,who ever sees his real face never lives to tell the tale,you can only see him for two reasons, one by offering him a task to handle or the second by being the target of a task" Richard said with a smile "hmm...I have truly been given many names, but how do you know that this is not my real face" he said with a sly smile before speaking again "so back to my question... what do I get in return for killing your step brother?" after hearing his question Richards smile disappeared then he adopted a serious expression "10,000,000 dollars is what I can offer you"
"okay I'm not in the mood for arguing on the price of your step brothers life, just so you know I deal only in cash" shadow said "I know that already and I have already brought your payment in full so after the job is done there would be no meeting between us again" Richard revealed then he carried the briefcase on the ground dropped it on the table before pushing it towards shadow. After grabbing the briefcase both men stood up, shook hands then left the restaurant. Richard got into his car then drove off with shadow looking at it before it disappeared from his line of sight "sigh, brothers paying money to get rid of each other, who knew siblings rivalry could get to this point" the relationship shown between the stepbrothers to the public is that of extreme closeness to the extent that few masses consider that they are gay and in a relationship but behind that curtain the both of them paid shadow for the others life. he shook his head and started walking. as he was about to take a left turn he looked down and found out he was fading away into tiny specs of light. he was not at all afraid, just mesmerized by the glowing little light his fading body was producing, before his face completely turned to light he muttered his last word "beautiful" for no one in particular.his body which has faded into light particles was been carried by the wind then disappearing into thin air
After disappearing into thin air the light particles appeared in a different place filled with only darkness as he was the only thing bringing light. the particles then fastened together then turned into a sphere that was glowing periodically "where am I" he said to no one in particular "I have killed so many people that I have lost count and they definitely don't just turn to dust" he wondered "this is definitely not how i thought I would die, although I didn't feel any pain it still does not sit well with me...I thought I am supposed to be in heaven or in hell. how long would I be here then" he said as he closed the chapter of lamentation
minutes turned to hours, hours turned to days, days turned to weeks and weeks turned to "I've definitely lost track of time". thirty years passed as shadow, still in the darkness had already given up hope of ever living there. miraculously a tear appeared near shadow as a hand reached forth and dragged him out
After been dragged out he looked around he saw two people staring at him they both had dark skin, black hair and brown eyes, they had identical features making it visible that they are obviously twins except that one had a single horn while the other had two horns. when they noticed me looking at them the one with two horns spoke to me "my lord you have woken up I would inform your father right away" he picked up a cellphone from one of the tables then went outside "I am sorry my lord for his behavior but he is just in a rush to share the good news. my name is zatan and my brothers name is matan" zatan said 'but I don't find anything wierd with his actions' I thought "where am I" I asked to which zatan responded with pride"you are on the demon continent in the demon King's castle"
"oh, so I transmigrated" I asked "no my lord you are originally from this world but your soul was locked away somewhere else or rather imprisoned until we where able to save you... well not without consequence" he said as he tried to avoid eye contact "what consequence" I asked with raised eyebrows or what felt like eyebrows to me
"I am sorry but I am not in the right position to say that" zatan responded just then the door opened. matan and a man that looks to be in his thirties with dark skin, black hair, red eyes and a pair of horns on his head wearing a black robe entered then zatan greeted the young man "good morning your highness" he said with a deep bow then the man just responded with a nod. he started walking towards me "good morning my blob of a son,blobby sonny,or maybe blobson" he said with a wide smile which made him look scary "are you sure you are my father, you look too young to be my father" I said "have you looked at your self in the mirror?" he asked with a smirk then he clapped his hands twice and a mirror appeared in front of me "WHAT THE F**K, HELL NO. THIS IS AN ABOMINATION" I screamed out loud "keep it down and be happy you can change forms" I was currently looking like a blob or slime (like rimuru) black in color "how do I change it?" I asked immediately "just will it" I was not told twice and tried to change my body almost immediately my body changed it felt like I was already used to such changes. my body was bulky and muscular like a bodybuilder dedicated to having the most perfect body ever. I had facial features that I can only describe as perfect. My hair was black with red and yellow making up five percent of it each. My iris was fully black, and my pupil had two concentric circles—an inner one with red color and an outer one with yellow color. I had dark-colored skin like that of an African, a pair of black horns on my head, a seventeen-inch black tail, and three pairs of wings on my back, each with a width of five feet. My aura was intimidating and powerful, featuring a vague image of a beast with two pairs of horns, claws, and deep purple eyes."Hahahaha, that is my son, a powerful being indeed," he said. "I know you would have a lot of questions, so let me fill you in, Lucifer." I was shaken to the core after he said my name because there was nobody who knew my name on Earth. "I told you I am your father, so it's only right that I know your name. Come, let's walk and talk." 'Transmigrators often get a system... but where is mine?' I thought.