♱ •⋅ 1750 B.C. ⋅• ♱I didn't expect it to be so easy to be with Asmodeus, but when he sat down in front of me and tea was served, it all seemed too ordinary.Not something creepy like being in casual conversation with one of the scariest and most powerful demons in all of Hell and the novel universe I've read, but like being with a friend from a long, long time.Was that part of the result of being in Asra's body? A part of her responding to the presence of her best friend?Well...whatever it was, it was helpful, since in the end I didn't feel pressured as he slumped in his chair like a careless teenager."This prince life is so tiring" he grumbled as he stuffed his own mouth with buttery cookies.Those cookies that the maid always left on the dresser and that somehow the body seemed to hate (even though I considered them partially tasty).Unlike me, Asmodeus devoured them like a gluttonous child."Tiring?" I Asked with a raised eyebrow. It was very brazen of him to say something like

♱ •⋅ 1750 B.C. ⋅• ♱The third territory was synonymous with different. Although the sky was still the same and the people still walked the streets with the black sun making the day darker - everything was different.There weren't as many smiles on their faces and even for a world that had been ravaged by demons, that place was too dark."What happened here?" I muttered "I heard that..."Asmodeus held my shoulder."That it was beautiful here?"I nodded.Even when Elaine went to the third territory, it was different. The place was alive with all Lucifer's affection.The third territory was the refuge of many mortals who still cherished what was once an ordinary life. It was a beautiful place.Undeniably beautiful."How?" I questioned and the blond demon next to me shrugged."Maybe it's because Lucifer doesn't wake up yet" he said and his words took me by surprise."How? Lucifer hasn't... woken up?" my lips didn't even seem to want to move. Asmodeus was lying, right? He had to be lying.

♱ •⋅ 1750 B.C. ⋅• ♱ •⋅ Calisto ⋅• ♱Loren moved around inside the carriage, looking much more excited than usual."We really are out here!" he said with a huge smile and I couldn't help but laugh.My sweet son was really surprised. It wasn't really something to be surprised about, after all... Loren had never left that place. He had never set foot outside the walls that protected the capital.He was not even allowed to go out in the small village."Yes...we are" I spoke again extending one of my hands to support him. To make sure he didn't fall off the bench straight to the ground "but try to sit up, son...you might end up hurt."Like a good child, he just ignored me and continued to kneel on the bench with both hands on the carriage glass.I knew it was crazy and a part of me seriously wondered what sanity I had left.Had I really done all that to make sure Asra was okay? Or was the truth that I was jealous?I huffed.It couldn't be that. It was Asmodeus, even if he was the prince of

♱ •⋅ 1750 B.C. ⋅• ♱Callisto was difficult to deal with, but he wasn't like Asra or Elaine used to describe him, he was just like a child who wasn't sure what he wanted or didn't want.He was probably a lot more childish than Loren and if that was true it wouldn't surprise me one bit."What should I do, then?" I questioned with a raised eyebrow "stay in my room and do nothing?"He opened his mouth, but then closed it.He knew I was right.If it were up to him, that would be all I could do."Not that... I..." he sighed and leaned back against the wall, "I just don't want you to get hurt.That pissed me off."I'm not made of porcelain, Callisto" I growled and without noticing my eyes became bright, expanding my powers. For a moment it looked as if he was surprised."Sorry" I heard him murmur softly "if you really want to do something to help Lucifer..."I denied with my head."I don't want to help, I want to give back. I vaguely remember waking up while you were injured" I had to admit

♱ •⋅ 1750 B.C. ⋅• ♱When I realized I was walking towards the lounge to have dinner with Calisto, even if that conversation had not been exactly what I wanted, it had still been good and there was no reason to lock myself in my room and eat alone.It would be childish and in a way, it would also be stupid."Are you sure about that?" I heard Asmodeus say as I passed in front of his room in the hallway leading me to dinner, so he smiles."Of what?" I couldn’t help but question and the demon raised one of his eyebrows as if trying to understand if I was dumb or naive."Are you sure you want to be around him? You can always find a good excuse and you know... stay away?"It was a valid option, I realized, but I didn’t really want that, so I just briefly denied it while turning my back on it."I want to be treated like an adult woman, Asmodeus," I said simply as I stared him over the shoulder "I won’t get that if I lock myself in my room because I don’t like what I’m told or what they think