Chapter 8: The Unexpected Guest

The young man was standing in her bathroom, looking down at her with a slight, serene smile on his face. He was unusually tall, up to two metres. He had long raven-black hair dropping on his chest, and his eyes were cold, crystal-blue as freezing ice. He wore a black sleeveless shirt and blue trousers, his feet left bare. His arms were strong and muscled, as well as deeply scarred in many places. Golden rings with big black gems beautified his ring-fingers, and golden celestial bracelets adorned his arms. But Lily, seeing this strange man appeared out of nowhere straight in her bathroom in time of her still being in the hot tub, screamed out loud, leant against the edge of the tub, and covered her chest, her cheeks reddened from embarrassment:

“Help me! A thief! Get out or I’ll call the police!”

Hearing such exclaims, the young man opened his mouth and let out a deep, ominous laugh:

“I don’t really understand – you called me here on your own and now you’re sending me away?”

“I never called anyone, especially some filthy boys! I was just having a bath!”

Lily flushed up from anger and almost sprung out of the hot water, with her chest uncovered. The young man widened eyes:

“Whoops, now that’s quite a size…”

Lily raised an eyebrow, but then, seeing the direction of his gaze, looked down at her big chest and gasped in embarrassment. She screamed and hid back into the water:

“How you dare! Turn around!”

“I’m not some worthless thief to you. You called me in this private bath of yours in all of a sudden as if I didn’t have more serious work to do, and now you’re calling me names? I am not a toy. I’m an unearthly warrior”.

“Unearthly warrior?”

“Ugh, you, humans, are such low-level creatures…” the young man muttered under his breath, “I’m an angel. This might be an easier word for you to understand”.

“Hey, don’t call us humans stupid! Wait, you say… you’re an angel?! Really? No… I don’t believe you”.

“Huh? You want to say I’m a liar?!”

“No angels have black hair,” Lily stuck out her tongue.

“Ugh, such an annoying little brat!” the man snarled, and, in all of a sudden, unfolded black torn wings. “Here, a proof! Are you happy now?”

Lily put a hand to her mouth in shock – these were the same pitch-black torn wings she saw on the black apparition before!

“You… you…”

“This is what happens when I have mercy on these ants…”

“So that means, you really are an angel?! Hurrah! I knew it!” Lily jumped and clapped her hands, “I knew it! I knew it!”

The young man rolled eyes with annoyance and hid his wings.

“So, why on earth did you call me in your private bathroom, anyway?”

“Um…” Lily blushed, “You know, I didn’t really think you’d appear. I thought I had no angel and could call upon none. I was just trying to, well, prove myself wrong…”

“Eh? You’re saying you called upon me on pure accident?!”

“Well, yes…” Lily shrugged – why was he so angry? In general, angels didn’t mind being called upon by accident, as long as they were sure their hosts were alright. “Why are you angry with me? You were the one who never appeared before and never even shed a glimpse of light aura on me, making me think I had no angel and was doomed for life!”

“It was never my job to babysit a human soul, in the first place!”

“Huh? What kind of an angel are you then?”

“A unique kind. That’s not your business”.

“Well, fine! I don’t need the likes of you anyway! Ugh, I preferred my life without an angel, you’re too grumpy!”

Lily rolled her eyes and got out of the hot tub. She walked up to her towel she had hung on the wall.

“Well, I don’t need a depressed girl like you either!” the young man retorted. Then, however, he heaved a sigh and glanced back at her. A particular thing attracted his attention on her back: “Whoops, quite a bounty…”

Lily couldn’t understand what he meant, but once she turned around and noticed his eyes staring at her bottom, she reddened up and screamed. She quickly covered her body with her towel, and gnashed her teeth:

“Now that’s it… I’ve had it!”

She put on her flip-flops, walked up to the robust man, and slapped him in the face:

“Take this, you perv!”

“Ouch! Painful…” the man rubbed his cheek. He let out a demonic laugh: “You never change…”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Nothing… You don’t remember your past life, so you won’t understand. I really hoped one of the angels would patronize you, though…”

“Huh? Oh, you mean… you knew Lilith? My first incarnation?”

“I didn’t just know her…”

“Oh…” Lily couldn’t quite grasp the meaning of these words, but she only shrugged and put a hand on his shoulder: “Anyway, thanks for saving me back there… I never got to thank you properly”.

The young man chuckled:

“You’re welcome”.

“Anyway, what’s your name? I’ve never asked you”.

“I have many,” he shrugged. “Angels call me Samael. That is my birth name, the angelic one. But, um, you humans very often call me Lucifer…”

Shudders ran down Lily’s spine:

“You… You mean, the devil?!”