Chapter 15: The Admission Test

The limousine arrived at the Angel Host Academy entrance. Robert Black and his family – his wife and two daughters – walked out of the car and entered the building. When Robert Black met the ministers and began talking with them, Lily slipped away and rushed into the admission room where young people had already gathered to test their and their angels’ skills and fight to get accepted in the academy. The children of or above fifteen years could be accepted in the academy, so Lily was happy about her age – she was fifteen, so she was suitable. Before, she wouldn’t get accepted because she had no angel, but during these last days, everything had changed, so now, she believed she would manage to get in since her angel was the most powerful. He was the twin brother of Archangel Michael, after all.

Samael has to be stronger than all of these guys… She thought. Linda’s already graduated, so Michael won’t be participating, and the other angels are no match for Samael.

Her heart was ready to jump out, so excited she was – there was only one step left for her to reach her life-long dream – enroll in the Angel Host Academy!

Soon, the preparations were made, and the admission test began.

“The admission test will be held in form of an Angel Battle!” The anchorman cried through his microphone. The people clapped with excitement.

“Hmm… Where did Lily go?” Mrs. Black looked around. She knew Linda had already accessed the tribune of the judges, but where was her younger daughter?

“She probably went to have a snack or something. She was not enthusiastic about this event from the beginning. You remember, don’t you?” Her husband shrugged.

“Yeah, you’re right…”

Mrs. Black sighed – it was so hard to raise Lily for all these years… She clearly seemed to have a darkened soul, and yet, it was their family’s destiny to raise her.

“The first participants are…” The anchorman continued.

The people bent forward, eager to hear the participants’ names.

“Evy White against Lily Black!” The anchorman announced. “We ask the participants to come out on the golden ring!”

The Black couple gasped – Lily had entered the admission test?!

“What was she thinking? She has no angel, she will be disqualified. She cannot fight!” Robert Black almost sprang from his seat.

“Oh, dear, has she completely lost her mind?!” Mrs. Black covered her mouth with her hands.

Lily and Evy walked out on the ring and stood before each other. Michael, who was standing on the tribune of the judges near his hostess Linda, whispered to his mistress without getting his eyes off Lily:

“Linda, Lily’s aura looks a lot darker than usual. I sense danger… She cannot possibly have an angel in that condition”.

Linda furrowed her brow once heard such words from her angel. She shouted through the microphone:

“I cancel this match! Lily Black has never had an angel. She cannot possibly compete!”

People gasped – the match would be cancelled? But it was so fun! And what did she mean, ‘she had never had an angel’? Was such a thing even possible?

“Excuse me, Miss Black?” The anchorman was stupefied as well – why would they cancel the match? Had Lily Black lost her angel or anything? Did she lie when she sent in the application?

“Lily Black has never had a guardian angel since she was born. She is my younger sister, so I know”.

The people widened their eyes – such an impure soul, never to have had an angel! She was even more dangerous than the Former Hosts!

“Lily Black, explain this!” The headmaster of the Angel Host Academy, Alex Green, who sat in the tribune of the judges next to Linda, demanded through his microphone.

Lily furrowed her brow and crossed her arms:

“I do have an angel. Start this match, and I will show you my powers”.

People got totally confused now – what was going on here? Linda said Lily had no angel, but this latter denied it? Who was telling the truth?

“Do not dare lie to us, young lady!” Alex Green puckered, “Everyone knows Miss Linda Black never lies. If she says you have no angel, then you have none!”

“Linda Black is simply misunderstood. When she last checked I indeed had no angel, but I awakened him now. So, shall we start or not?”

“Huh?” Linda widened her eyes – how come her sister had awakened an angel?! She turned to her guardian: “Michael, I thought you said Lily was the reincarnation of Lilith, and no angel had chosen her… What does this mean?”

“I… I don’t know, but I don’t like this news. Lily’s having such a dark aura and claiming she has an angel must surely be a very bad sign…”

“What should we do?” Linda was hesitant – she feared her little sister might cause danger in the hall.

“Let’s allow them to battle,” Michael suggested after some minutes of reflection, “Once Lily calls for her angel, we shall know who it is, and we will be able to take further measures more wisely”.

“That’s a good idea,” Linda nodded.

She gave a sign to Alex Green that she consented to let the battle start. Alex understood her gesture and cried through the microphone:

“Alright, let the battle begin!”

The opponents prepared. The people’s excitement rekindled.

“Let the strongest one win,” Evy smiled. She drew the cross in the air. “Loriel, I invoke you!”

Golden light shed around the ring. The red-haired female warrior angel, Loriel, appeared and spread her white wings.

“I am the strongest one. I shall win,” Lily smirked and drew the sign of a cross with her usual opposite moves.

“Ah, what is she doing?” The people started whispering amongst one another – was that any manner to draw the cross sign?

“Wh… What is she doing?!” Robert Black got frightened at the manner in which his daughter drew the cross sign – with her left hand, from the left to the right.

Michael puckered and clutched his spear:

“I don’t like the way she does it…”

“Something’s not right about her…” Linda whispered back to him.

“My guardian angel, I invoke you!”

Black smoke shed beside Lily. The people gasped – it was the black energy!

“What?” Linda and Michael were frozen in horror – why did the black energy emerge?! What did Lily do?

“Can’t be…” Robert Black trembled – such a gruesome sign!

But the worst was still forward – once the black smoke dissipated, a pale young man with long black hair and icy blue eyes spread his torn black wings and clutched his black, silver-headed dreadful scythe!

People screamed once saw the hideous apparition. Lily’s mother and father were terrified and Linda was frozen. Michael, on his part, mumbled in distress:

“Brother…”