Chapter 3: The Darkened Soul

At Lily’s question, both Michael and Linda widened eyes, as well as the teacher and all the students. Lily watched them all with curiosity. She was eager to know the answer to her question, which had bothered her since her early childhood.

“Lily, you have no guardian angel because none of the angels has chosen you…” Michael spoke, feeling pity for her. “I am sorry”.

“But why?”

Tears gathered in Lily’s eyes – ‘sorry’?! That was all he could say? Her whole life was destroyed because she had no angel! In Golden City, she was regarded as an outsider, as some trash like those whose angels had left them. ‘Sorry’ wouldn’t fix that!

“Yeah, why is it that no angel has chosen her?” another student – a beautiful girl with long white hair and blue eyes – asked.

“Lily, your soul is not like any other one,” Michael said. “Your soul is the darkest one, as it belongs to a human who was thrown out of heaven long ago – a woman who was banished from the Garden of Eden even before the banishment of Adam and Eve”.

“But weren’t Adam and Eve the first humans?” the same white-haired girl got confused. “How come there existed a human before them?”

“Adam was the first human, yes, but not Eve. As you know, Eve was created from Adam’s rib. But the one who was created from the same earthly materials as Adam, had received her soul from the High Forces just like Adam, and, therefore, was absolutely equal to Adam, was his first woman – the first woman of the world – Lilith. However, as she was punished and banished from heaven even before Adam would commit his sin, she was not included in many historical books of humans, to be forever forgotten, as a punishment. The information about her is preserved in only one book – a forbidden black hardback book, which is kept in Angel Host Academy Library, and is forbidden for anyone to read save for the High Priests, the city mayor and his heir, and the three main archangels – me and my younger brothers Gabriel and Raphael”.

The students were shocked – there existed a woman before Eve?

“But how does that tie in with my not having a guardian angel?”

Lily was getting angrier. She tried her hardest not to let her tears fall, for she thought everyone would consider it a weakness.

“Lily, try to understand – before souls get completely purified, they are being reincarnated in generations. Lilith, as she was banished from heaven the first, had no right to reincarnate. So, after she passed away, she dwelt in the underworld. Only recently, sixteen years ago, the Lord of the Underworld, the High Forces and we – the seven archangels – consulted and came to an agreement that Lilith should have had her second chance as well, for she was a creation of the High Forces just like Adam, and Eve afterwards. So, I descended in the underworld and took her suffering soul out… It wasn’t suffering that much, to be sincere. Lilith was always a charmer, so the Lord of the Underworld was quite sympathetic towards her. Still, dwelling in the darkness, she felt sad, and suffered. So, as I’ve said, I took her out. But since she was the most damaged soul with the least lives undergone (she had lived only once in this world and that life wasn’t led that well) she had the least chances to lead this life in a right way. I decided, therefore, to have her close to me to supervise her as I could. That is why I chose you – a family member of my hostess, Linda, so that Lilith could always stay close to me and not beyond my vision. However, we archangels didn’t succeed in one thing: we already had our hosts, and when we asked free angels to take Lilith’s newly born soul – you – under their guard, they all refused. They were afraid of the dark aura of Lilith and her weak and dirtied soul, which had never undergone purifications before. That is why you are left with no guardian angel, unfortunately. I am truly sorry”.

The classmates of Lily, as well as the teacher, were dumbfounded – such a long and mysterious story behind her soul!

“So it was all you!” Lily leapt up from her chair, “You took that dirty soul out and made me forever doomed! It was you! How could you not convince at least one angel to look after me? How can you call yourself ‘master of all angels’ after that? Ugh, I hate you all!”

“Lily! Come to your senses!” Michael frowned, “Do not disrespect your soul, it is who you are! It is your responsibility to purify yourself”.

“No, it’s not my fault at all, it’s all you! You all doomed me from the beginning! You all – angels, archangels, humans, the High Forces – everyone made me suffer! I don’t even know why!” she sobbed, “What did I ever do to you? This is unfair!”

“Lily_” Linda tried to argue.

“No! Leave me alone! You all are monsters! Leave me alone! I will kill myself and end this pain!”

Lily rushed out of the classroom and even left her schoolbag behind.

“Lily!”

Michael got worried – she was serious about killing herself!

“We must get her!”

Linda rushed out of the class. Michael turned into a little light sphere and followed her.

The students and the teacher were left astonished by all these events. The only one who felt pity for Lily was that same white-haired maiden, her classmate. She watched the door Lily had run out from, with sorrow.