Kamael stared for a long time at the blue bird vanishing into the sky. His long hair was blown about by the wind. It was only after Lewis became a dot and disappeared that he turned his gaze and walked slowly towards the garden. The border guards gave him an unprecedented ten-day leave. It seemed to be an act of consideration for him, who would have been shocked by his sister’s disappearance, but in actual fact, they were concerned about him running away.
“………….”
A smirk flowed to his lips. Not only did Michael imprisoned him, he even deployed his troops around the castle to prevent a second invasion of the devil. The position of Kamael was a commander, the most powerful rank within the elite angel corps. The current situation of deploying an army to monitor him was not even funny.
Crunch. Crunch.
His bare feet crumpled the dried grass beneath. When Annette, who loved to walk barefoot, came to mind, the fever he had been struggling within his chest rose again.
“Kamael. Shall we dance outside?”
“Are you going to get rain all over your body?”
“If you don’t like it, shall I go out alone?”
“I can’t stop you, you really.”
“In the end, it’s no use making such a face while listening to me.”
At this very spot, he took Annette’s hand and wrapped one arm around her waist, dancing indefinitely. Music was not needed. The sound of the wind shaking the trees, the rain falling on the blades of grass, and the humming of Annette as she looked at him with her rain-soaked face was enough.
“Will other people go crazy when they see us?”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s just the two of us here anyway.”
He couldn’t take his eyes off Annette, shaking her round shoulders and smiling brightly with a wet face. Unlike him, who grew up at an alarming rate, Annette always seemed to be there. Whenever Annette was envious of his strong body and holy power, he felt sorry for her, but on the other hand, he also felt pleased.
Kamael wanted to maintain their world forever. He didn’t want her gaze to be directed elsewhere. It was not a big sin to secretly wish that the respect and affection in Annette’s eyes would remain only for himself forever.
“Even if someone sees us, it will seem that you are playing along with your sister who is lacking somewhere.”
“Don’t talk like that about yourself, Annette. You are smart enough.”
“My beloved brother. How can you be so sweet and generous?”
Kamael stopped under the apple tree. He couldn’t move any more. Just thinking of Annette smiling quietly and touching his shoulder made hot blood rush out of his heart, wildly spreading throughout his body. The instinct to destroy anything he could get his hands on was bubbling inside.
He drew a long breath and exhaled to calm his agitated mind. There was nothing good about being heated when there were many eyes watching him. He closed his eyes slowly.
“Because you are beautiful, Annette.”
“What the hell are you saying while looking at a face with the same features as you? Do you feel like you’re looking in a mirror?”
Annette, who was smiling, knew nothing. When Kamael looked at her face, he had never thought of himself. He was not an arrogant angel who indulged in his own beauty. He wasn’t even like those stupid nymphs who fell in love with their own reflections in the lake. He just…
“Haa…”
There was a heavy sigh from Kamael’s lips that had been increasing its depth for a long time. He leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes.
Amidst the long black hair, a pale face like a corpse and a red tongue from inside the red lips came to mind, harassing Annette and swallowing her delicate lips.
Damn it.
Kamael’s strong body trembled helplessly at the image that became more vivid the more he tried to forget it. It was painful, like piercing a nail into his head and pounding it with a hammer. He clenched his fists.
You will be punished for your sins.
The sound of someone humming was not God’s. It was a cry from the depths of his heart. His white teeth bit his lips hard. A hazy glow shone as more confusion grew in his blue eyes.
“……….”
His golden eyelashes slowly lifted upwards. He looked down as he felt something climbing up his legs. A pale pink snake was seen getting lost and curling up around him. Kamael’s graceful hand slowly lifted the stray young life from his thigh. Kamael stared blankly as the young stray snake fluttered its tongue and begged for help.
No.
‘I have not sinned.’
He was never overly greedy. To spend eternity with Annette in the peaceful heaven as always. It was his simple wish to live just the two of them, protecting Annette, who was happy, in their own castle.
But why did this happen? Why didn’t Annette resist? The more he thought about her being in the arms of the devil with a flushed face, the more angry he got. Annette couldn’t hear his voice calling her name that burst from his broken throat.
‘How could you. To me.’
Kamael’s blue eyes lit up with a cold light. He suddenly looked at his left hand. In his clenched grip, he saw a dead young snake with its tongue sticking out.
Tuk.
After throwing the snake’s corpse onto the ground, he moved his hand, scrawling a pattern, and white flowers covered the place. The body of the dead snake was not even visible. Kamael turned around with an expressionless face. It will take half a day for Lewis with his message to arrive in the Demon Realm.
‘Come back to me by then, Annette.’
It was Kamael himself who wanted to postpone Annette’s appearance as an adult more than anyone else. Even if Gabriel, the angel of authority, did not necessarily say it, he also knew best that she was strong enough to receive her rank.
For a long time, Annette had been developing her holy power without even realising it herself. Everywhere she passed, flowers bloomed profusely, and buds sprouted from the dead trees she touched with her hands. The spiky stones rolled on their own, smoothing the way for her feet, and the river gently changed its flow.
“Haa… aa… aahhh…!”
“Come here, Kamael. Hug me.”
The three beautiful pairs of wings that spread out on his back were not just a gift. The path to becoming a messenger of God seemed to be harsh only for him. At that moment, it was the transparent eyes wet with tears that held him.
“It’s okay. It’s alright, Kamael. You can be hurt. You can cry out loud. You don’t have to endure the pain.”
With each apparition, a terrible pain of ripping flesh followed. Annette’s soft voice as she hugged him and patted his sweat-soaked body resonated in his head.
“I wish I could get sick instead of you.”
“Hu… haa…”
“If I had known in advance how painful it would be to be born as an angel, it would have been better if you and I were just powerless humans.”
The reason he had no choice but to love her wasn’t just because the pain that seemed to kill him subsided at her touch. It was because of Annette’s eyes that frowned as she shed tears.
“I don’t want you to be treated like this. I just don’t want you to get sick, Kamael.”
She was the only one who made him laugh even in the midst of his suffering.
“Annette.”
Kamael quietly called out her name. Annette, who had always been by his side when he was in distress, disappeared. How could that be?
‘How could you fall into the arms of a devil and leave me without looking back? Annette.’
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‘Don’t drive me crazy.’
Whispering the angel’s language, Kamael stared intently at the cloudless blue sky. He looked at the clear blue colour containing not a single speck, and it made him nauseous for no reason. Even at this point in time when Annette was taken to the Demon Realm, the Heavenly Realm was peaceful as if nothing had happened.
After biting his lips for a moment, Kamael turned around and slowly walked towards the castle. As Kamael’s figure disappeared, the white flowers that had bloomed by his hand faded to a crisp, black colour.
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Translator Tassie here! I hope you enjoyed the first part of chapter 3! This one gave more background on Kamael’s feelings towards Annette (not all of them though~!) And that last sentence, I wonder what it means hmm…. ?