Goddess Edith

"God Adios, aren't you going to summon Lucifer back here? Shouldn't you have summoned him to calm the world again? You don't intend to return to the mess you made hundreds of years ago, do you?" softly a goddess who approached him.

More precisely, the goddess is still his cousin, Goddess Edith, who has always monitored Adios' performance in the kingdom.

A smile Adios gave Edith. He could only tell Edith that everything was still under his control and that his son would be responsible for the decisions he made.

"Did he do any harm to you? he didn't do anything to harm you or annoy you, right?" Adios whispered as if asking Edith, but of course he meant to be sarcastic in his own way.

Edith, with her meaningful smile, could only be silent, ending with a disapproving look at Adios.

"You'd better take care of other things, don't you need your family too? It looks like they deserve your attention much more than Lucifer."

A strong word Adios gave to Edith, who was happy to corner Adios at every opportunity.

'I hope you don't disappoint me, Lucifer.' Adios monologue is in mind while remembering his son.

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A telephone ringing suddenly entered Jill's cell phone.

At first, Jill didn't pay much attention to this. It's just that the name on the screen of her cellphone certainly caught her attention.

"Mommy?" Surprised Jill, who did not believe it.

"What is it?" Lucifer asked Jill when he saw Jill's face which was quite surprised by the rectangular screen.

Without answering Lucifer's question first, the girl immediately picked up the phone from her mother.

"Hello honey, how are you? Are you okay when you're alone there?" asked the mother of Jill.

"Of course, is there any information Mommy would like to share with me?" Jill asked trying to anticipate information or questions from the middle-aged woman on the other side of the phone.

A small chuckle could be heard on the other end of the phone.

If the mother seems very happy to disturb her, then it is not like her who actually looks nervous to hear the news from her mother.

'Don't tell me Mommy is going to—'

Jill didn't have time to finish her sentence.

She quickly heard that Mother would be dropping by the house tomorrow morning for three days, and of course, with Father.

"To-tomorrow? You're not kidding, are you, Mom?" Jill asked the mother to confirm.

The woman quickly said that she would take it this time.

In Jill's little heart, she was pleased that finally her mother and father met her lonely self. It's just that lately, she seems to have forgotten about it. She actually needs Lucifer's presence which she currently needs

If her parents come, it means that Lucifer can't accompany her like today, right? Then what if a demon or something approaches her? Will she be able to summon Lucifer as usual?

That's what's on Jill's mind now.

"Okay, Mom, see you tomorrow."

Lucifer could only pay close attention to the look on Jill's face, which seemed like many things were going through her head right now.

Lucifer could hear several heavy sighs from Jill's lips.

"Why are you like that all this time? Can't you tell me what really happened? I don't read your mind right now, so I don't know what you're thinking," said Lucifer at last after seeing Jill, who refused to tell him.

"Mommy and Daddy will be home tomorrow."

"That's good, isn't it? That means you won't be lonely in this house," said Lucifer, who was not at all sensitive to the essence of what was happening.

If it wasn't for Lucifer, who was in front of her, Jill would be lazy to answer Lucifer's questions that were not important according to her.

"If it was before meeting you, it might have been good, but now, I doubt it," Jill said too honestly.

Lucifer blinked his eyes a few times.

He needed time to digest the words one by one from what Jill had said to him.

Seeing Lucifer, who couldn't understand, the exasperated Jill ended up taking a deep breath and said the real crux of the matter in one breath.

"If my parents come, you can't come here as you wish like this, and on the one hand, I expect you by my side because I still feel safe if you are by my side."

A low chuckle Lucifer gave Jill. He didn't look intimidated at all by what Jill had just said.

"Don't worry. I'll stay by your side."

"B-but that's impossible, L," Jill whispered, feeling a little desperate because she thought Lucifer didn't understand what she just said.

Lucifer gave a faint smile before he gave the real reason.

"I will make a barrier here, and I make sure your parents won't see the barrier I made, so you don't have to worry about it. Besides, I can introduce you as your lover, right?"

Slowly Jill's gloomy face began to brighten. The girl was delighted with Lucifer's idea.

That means she happily meets Lucifer, right?

That's more or less what the girl was thinking. It seems that Jill really loves Lucifer with all her heart, so she doesn't want to be separated from Lucifer.

"Thank you, L," Jill said this time.

Lucifer nodded his head.

Unexpectedly Jill just hugged Lucifer, who was nearby. She thanked Lucifer, even though he was not as human as she was, but the young man could understand her completely.

"L, do you love me?" Jill asked Lucifer unexpectedly.

Lucifer, who does not understand love, of course, is silent. He didn't understand Jill's question at all.

Had he missed something he should have learned from Axel?

That's exactly what Lucifer was thinking.

Feeling there was no answer from Lucifer, the girl immediately loosened her arms and stared at Lucifer closely.

"You don't seem to understand," Jill whispered weakly for a moment, realizing that her question would not be understood by Lucifer.

Jill, who was a little disappointed by that, chose to walk the other way from Lucifer, slightly away from Lucifer's presence.

She felt she shouldn't have asked in the first place so she wouldn't be as disappointed as she is now.

"Jill, where are you going? Why did you leave me? Is there something wrong?"

As if ignoring, the girl gets further and further away from Lucifer.

'What's with her?'

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