Messenger

Chapter I. The devil and Messenger

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Every soul will be going to afterlife when they separate from their bodies. When the time is come, the messenger of the death will come to collect their soul so they can rest in peace. It's all walk in circle, the end of a life and the born of new one, just like a sun sets and sun rise. But sometimes, people die before the time is come, makes them wandering in this world without able to coming back to its own body.

Sometimes they aren't aware they already dead. Some of them frustrated and try to find a friend to accompany them. The rest only stay and wait for the come for the messenger to come.

But there's a rare case where a death report come to the messengers. When the list of a name appear on their notes about someone who schedule to death soon but without any explanation. In this case, there must be a mistake or something will be happen to the person itself, so one of a messenger will be sent to investigation the case, and prevent it's to happen because usually it's not the time yet.

That's the reason why this beautiful brunette comes to the world as a messenger. To Investigated a case about a person that listed will be death in a week. The person is in death list but there's a blank description in this person details. Actually, there are only three explanations in this rare case. It's either will be killed by the wandering ghost, they ended their own life, or will be taken by the hell resident. The devil itself.

There are some people who'll fall into hell and it's the deal between the afterlife and hell. The soul that had unforgivable mistake or always do bad things in all his lives will be sent to hell for devil's slaves, but the soul who only lost can go to make their new life after they are born again. But for sometimes the devils likes to bring the innocent people with them. It's either because they need new resident or they like the human itself. But it's not fair and the hell breaks the deal between them to do so, so the messenger is sent to prevent this. The messengers have power to fight of the devil and keep the human alive. But as why they still hold onto the deal even after several devils to break it because if they put of the deal, it'll be a huge war between them that can disturb the living human peace. Besides, devils can't take a saint human with them except if the saint is willing. It's part of the deal that the hell can't break.

"Now, now, where I must found her?" a small smile playing on the messenger lips as she stand on the top of highest tower in the city.

A messenger isn't a human, they already pass that stage and devote themselves as a messenger. People who choose this path is a people with strong will that vow to get this job right and won't mix any feelings in their job. They won't be born in the living world again until their death. A case where a messenger death is rare. They cannot kill themselves no matter how they want to quit and be reborn. It'll make their soul burn and gone forever. They cannot have relation with a hell resident, as they are their enemy. Having any connection will make them hesitate when they must fight them off. And they will not age. Mostly their death is caused by the hell resident, and if it is, is sure will be slow and plain torture.

Sometimes they feels it's not fair about how much the hell resident can disturb the messengers job and lives, but they are as powerful and the messengers can't do anything besides their job. The only reason that acceptable to kill a hell resident is if the devils try to take a living human to hell.

"This girl is too sweet. I'm sure the reason that devil want to take her is because her angelic feature that can exceeding the erotic woman demon. Well, she's a saint. So I'm sure she can defend herself when I'm searching for her." The messenger is so sure that the devil is behind in this case, because lately there's a rumor in her place that some devil interested in a human.

The blue eyed messenger put on her hood up and starts to jump from the building to the other lower roof. Her long coat didn't bother her so much because it's her routine for the past two hundred years. She likes the development of the era and she is quiet stylist for two hundred and seventeen years old because she likes to follow the mode every time she sent to work.

As she landed on the street, she starts to walk slowly and look around. Her high heeled black boots make a small clap clap every step she takes.

She goes to a small alley and takes of her cloak and throws it away. She can buy another later, besides it is pretty old already. Now she only wear a sleeveless black dress with turtle neck that ended in the middle of her upper legs, she looks like a normal teenager in this era.

The fact that she is invisible from the normal human view makes her need to find a hidden place to make herself visible. She doesn't want to freak a poor little human out. So after she make sure she is fully visible, she walks out from the dark alley and start walking for her search again.

It's already night so it's not as many human as the day time. It'll be harder to find the girl she search if the girl as smart as she thinks. She must be at her house because that's one of things that prevent any devil to take her forcefully.

Only an invited one can get into the house, so basically if you never give permission to any of that creature, you'll be safe in your sanctuary. But if you invite the devil once, in disguise or not, that certain devil can go in and out as their please. So it's kind of hard to be safe if you don't have good instinct, because sometimes the devil can disguise themselves so they get permission into the house. Not that mere human believe at the existence of the devil, but sometimes people can feels danger and choose not to let anybody in. It's actually work for the dark creature not to disturb your peace. And the protection is only happens if you are in your own house or if you are invited to someone's houses too. So recklessly hiding in stranger house might dangerous.

The messenger prays for the girl so that she has a good instinct to stay home at night and not allow people to pass her door. She knows the devil won't wasting time to hunt since they aren't popular with their patience.

She stop at her track when her feeling told so. She glanced at the window of the two-story small house and see the lamp inside still on. There's a small gesture behind the glass window and it's opened slowly.

There's a pair of widen amber eyes looking straight in her sapphire eyes. The owner of the long yellow hair relaxed her face and shows a soft smile.

"Hi there….I'm waiting for you."

That's enough to make the messenger sure that the one she's going to protect isn't a merely stupid human. And that the girl know what's going on.