Chapter 11

The Imprisoned Wings... Are Back!

He is a Prince who has all the glory and honor, he is an Archangel who has devoted himself to the Creator very sincerely, carrying out his every command with sincerity. And he also, a damned soul imprisoned in his sins, fell from all the glory he was proud of, without any definite decree for him.

An Angel of Heaven who fell thousands of years ago, his fall was accompanied by the occurrence of a phenomenon that greatly shook the entire universe, which also foreshadowed the end of a great battle that had overshadowed all living beings with painful fear of death. He is known as the Defender of God, General of the Angels and Prince of Heaven, Angel of Death and Life, who rules over all life and death of the creature of the universe, Azrallik.

Imprisoned in a prison of unknown location other than God Himself, has transformed the Angel of Death and Life in such a way, his handsome face, has now been replaced with a face filled with regret. His eyes looked so faint, he kept his eyes down as if he was asking the Creator for forgiveness for all the sins he had committed.

For thousands of years, Azrallik prayed incessantly and asked for forgiveness from the Creator, hoping that the Father would forgive all his sins and call him back to his side. However, the hope he had always longed for has never happened, but even so, he still firmly kept that hope in his fragile heart, crying in silence without the presence of a single being who would calm him from all his relentless suffering.

The holy archangel spent thousands of years in his prison just praying, weeping in every prayer he kept in his soul. In fact, the Angel's eyes were covered with blood because he continued to weep for every sin he had committed, he had no other request, but to meet his Father even once.

Azrallik, an Archangel known as the Angel of Death and Life, has been imprisoned in the deepest of all the abysses in the universe, imprisoned there for thousands of years, with no hope of freedom. He was condemned to bear the most severe punishment, never before given to any other creature, the punishment of ever dwelling in the abyss of emptiness, alone, contemplating every sin that would continue to gnaw at his pure soul for all eternity.

He appeared to be kneeling on an altar made of irons that was now rusty, shrouded in darkness and emptiness that seemed to drown him in the darkness of his sins at any time. His hands were bound by a pair of chains made of indestructible iron, while around his neck, a necklace made of golden light shone dimly, slightly illuminating his body from the darkness that was constantly trying to eat him.

On both legs, it has also been bound by a pair of chains made of indestructible iron, while in the middle of his chest, a cross-shaped symbol made of the light of heaven mixed with hellfire has been attached, as a buffer if the figure were intends to escape, then the symbol will immediately destroy his soul and body.

But despite this, Azrallik did not try to escape his sentence at all, not because his seal would immediately eliminate him if he escaped, but rather that he willingly, served each of his sentences for a very long time. In fact, the chains that were holding his body in place, had now begun to break down and weaken, even the symbol on his chest, had long since disappeared, if he wanted to escape, then nothing would stand in his way.

However, even though the opportunity to escape was wide open for him, Azrallik never thought of escaping his punishment at all, although he suffered so much here, he did not want to escape from here, his prison. He will come out of here, until he finally receives a call from his creator, his Father, then at that very moment he will come out of here.

However, the call he had always hoped for did not come to pass, but even so, Azrallik still had no intention of fleeing, he would always wait for the call from the Father, even if it meant that he would have to suffer longer in this place. The archangel kept his eyes closed, focusing all his attention on praying to God, from both of them shedding tears every time he spent. He had no one else to hope for, his hope depended only on God's love, which he had no idea at all, whether that affection would still be obtained after he had committed a great unforgivable sin...

Actually, Azrallik was also not always alone in his prison, sometimes, he always heard the voice of someone trying to communicate with him, whether it was offering help or just to talk to him, obviously, the figure who owned the mysterious voice seemed to feel very sympathetic to his very miserable condition.

But for several years, Azrallik no longer heard voices trying to invite him to communicate, making him feel lonely again, the only thing he could do was pray to God, and try to communicate with him, even though he knew that he would never get an answer from him again.

However, a miracle that he had never imagined happened, just as Azrallik was praying to his Father, suddenly, the voice that had disappeared from him for years came back to his ears, breaking the silence of the completely endless depths of the abyss.

"Hey, holy creature..? Don't you get tired of staying there constantly? I have enjoyed human life, which has far exceeded my expectations. As I promised before, I will show you what they all do, and also, to collect an answer to the offer I made to you long ago..."

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"ma ata mkabel im tazor li? ata rak tkabel khete, ani lo rotse shetekheta biglali. az, bhvakasha lhasheir oti kan, ani artsa kal mishpat shenikba li. Ani kal kakh asir toda al kal hakhesed shenatata li." (What will you get if you help me to get out of here? Just sin, I don't want you to sin because of me. So, please leave me alone here, I will serve every sentence that has been prescribed for me. I am very grateful for everything you have given me. I promise you, I will repay you one day. May the Father always protect you...)

The same answer when the figure offered Azrallik help to escape from his prison, always heard by the owner of the mysterious voice, no matter how much time had passed, the Archangel never changed his mind at all. His loyalty to his creator has exceeded all beings that God has created throughout the universe, which is a pity, why could such a loyal being commit such an unforgivable sin to his creator?

"Look, in a while, maybe fate will be on your side, when that time comes, then you will no longer be able to see me. So, let's make our last meeting this time a meeting that will never disappear from your memory. May you be forgiven for all the sins you have committed..."

At first, Azrallik didn't take the mysterious creature's words very seriously at all, but for some reason, this time, the words of the creature felt so very different from the previous one, that it even made his holy soul tremble. Last meeting... Will that figure eventually leave him alone here forever, if so, then he can do nothing else, other than pray for the mysterious figure to always be given the blessings and protection of Almighty God.

A feeling that he had not felt for thousands of years, now began to form in Azrallik's soul, he felt that he had to see the appearance of the figure even if only once, his hunch said, that he would regret if he did not see the figure. For the first time in thousands of years, the Archangel opened his eyes again, revealing a pair of eyes that looked so beautiful, only that, from within them, only implying a great sense of sadness, regret and suffering.

Just as he opened his eyes, Azrallik could see that a very beautiful woman was standing right in front of him, showing the most beautiful smile he had never seen in the world. The figure of the woman has long golden hair, a very beautiful face, a mature body, and the most striking, is her smile that looks so very beautiful and pure, more beautiful than any flower ever found in heaven.

Azrallik's eyes filled with tears when he saw the figure of the woman in front of him, sadness and regret had blinded his vision, he could not see anything that the girl had, except her smile, a smile he had seen before, on a beautiful girl who meant so much to him. But then, both of his eyes seemed to twitch, before finally closing tightly again, ending with golden teardrops flowing out of both eyes that had been closed.

Right after that, Azrallik felt like something was entering his chest, a warm feeling he could feel throughout his body, making him instantly startled. In a hurry, he tried to reopen his eyes, but all in vain, both of his eyes felt like they had stiffened, he could not move his eyelids even in the slightest. His body also felt that he had frozen, he couldn't move any part of his body, and in the next second, he felt that the chain ties that were restraining his body, slowly began to loosen one by one.

At the same time, his soul felt so very trembling, a feeling so very soothing he could feel in his whole body and soul, in the end... He got the call he had been waiting for, after waiting for a long time, in the end the call had reached him. With this, the Archangel, the Angel of Death and Life, Azrallik, has received a call once again to appear before the owner of the call, after a long time he has been shackled in his punishment, in the end everything will end right now. He firmly believed, that the Father had called him to come and appear before him, either to release his punishment, or to increase his punishment, all would not be a problem for him, obviously, God still did not forge about him.

The blue sky stretches very wide over a large city located in Japan, decorated with white clouds that have various shapes, coupled with sunlight that is not too hot, making the atmosphere of the day a little more beautiful than usual.

While the people were busy in their own affairs, they were surprised by a strange phenomenon that they had never seen before, which, the blue sky that had previously stretched majestically above them, had now changed completely, the sky had turned golden, the white clouds that had previously been seen adorning the sky, had now also disappeared without the slightest trace.

The ground they were all on was also suddenly shaking quite violently, shaking every building above it, so many people immediately ran for their lives, they moved away from their homes, leaving behind their children and wives, just to save their own lives. Many people who had never set foot in the Church before, began to arrive and ask the Creator for forgiveness, thinking that today, the day of judgment had come, the day they had all lied to with all their hypocrisy.

There are so many news reports that all the phenomena that occur are the impact of the eruption of a very large mountain, deep in the deepest depths of the sea, but they actually do not know for sure, what causes all these extraordinary phenomena. While geologists are searching very hard for the cause of this strange and extraordinary phenomenon, the people of the Church are constantly praying and asking God for forgiveness for all the sins that have been committed by their brethren.

All the churches scattered throughout the world immediately threw their prayers up to heaven, hoping that the God would grant their every request, not least a small church located in a remote place in Japan. With no more than 20 members, they all prayed continuously in the Church, no matter all the disturbances that tried to disturb them in their prayers. At first, they could fight back very easily... Until in the end, a very extraordinary disturbance, occurred and befell them all.

From the roof of the Church, they could all hear the sound of light objects that sounded like falling from the sky and landing on the roof of the Church, not only once or twice, the barrage of these sounds was constantly heard, accompanied by the influx of very bright golden light from between the holes and doors of the Church. They all stopped for a moment, is this the end of them, is this world really unsalvageable? If so, they will willingly release their souls, to bear all their past deeds, and undergo every punishment that will be assigned to them.

Brak!

However, all of a sudden, they could all hear the sound of an object falling very hard in front of the main door of the Church, at first, they thought that it was the sound of the roof of the Church collapsing, but when they looked up, the roof of the Church was not damaged or collapsed at all, everything looked fine, there was no damage whatsoever.

Meanwhile, outside the church, there was a black-haired young man kneeling right at the door of a simple wooden church, the young man seemed to be closing his eyes, with his legs and hands still bound by a rusty chain. Around his body, there appeared a lot of pitch-black feathers that had been scattered on the ground, which is not known, who owns that black feathers.

Without doing anything, the black-haired young man kept kneeling and closed his eyes, if he had to be like this for a long time, he didn't mind at all, the call he had received had brought him here, to this place, where he had hoped for the presence of someone he had longed for. However, the figure he was looking forward to did not come to gently caress his head at all, making a stream of fresh golden blood come back out from inside his closed eyes. Does the Father still not want to see him? Would the Father still not be willing to see him because he was still covered in sin? If so, he would no longer mind going back to his prison and spending thousands more years there purifying all his sins.

But either by chance or fate had planned it, just before the black-haired young man left and returned to where he came from, there was a sound of footsteps that seemed to be in a hurry, approaching him, at first, the black-haired young man thought, that the sound of footsteps came from one of his brothers who came to meet him and gave him good news, but, unfortunately, actually his wish will still be held a little longer to be granted for him.

"Hello, what are you doing here, mister? Why are you here?"

Vaguely, the black-haired young man could hear the voice of a little boy asking him who he was, why he was here, all these questions he could not answer at all, even now he had no answers to his own statements.

"Mi Ata, yeled? eypo aba sheli? aba sheli zakhar oti?" (Who are you, little child? Where is my father? Does my Father still remember me?)

Without opening his eyes to see who the other person was, the figure of the black-haired young man said a word that the little boy could not understand, a language he had never once heard, so the little boy did not understand at all what the young man was really saying to him.

"Auntie! Please come here! There is someone who needs help!"

"What's that, boy? Where are you?"

"I'm at the main door, come here soon, auntie!"

When they got there, the priests and nuns who saw the arrival of a foreign figure right in front of their church, certainly felt very astonished, especially when they saw the young man's poor condition. His hands were bound by a pair of chains made of iron that were now rusty, his legs were also bound by the same chains as the chains that bound his hands, his eyes seemed to be closed and continued to ooze fresh golden blood from the both of his eyelids.

The young man was kneeling while putting his hands together right in front of his chest, as if praying to the Creator regardless of the chains that were shackling his body. What is astonishing is, how did the young man get here while his legs were bound by chains along with his hands, did the young man use some miracle to get here?

"Who are you, mister? Why are you here? Do you feel sick? If so you can stay here."

The black-haired young man seemed silent, without opening his eyes to see who the figure in front of him was, his body seemed to tremble, making all the people of the Church who saw him feel sorry for the young man's condition. His body seemed to be covered with wounds, a stream of fresh golden blood was constantly flowing from inside his two eyelids, both hands and feet were also seen to be suffering fatal injuries due to the chains that bound him very tightly.

"Ani lo yodea mi ani bikhlal... ani pashut yodea sheani mitgagea mod laavi..." (I don't know who I am... I only know that I miss my Father very much...)

All the people of the Church could only be silent, they had no idea what the young man was really talking about, the language used by the young man was a language they could not understand at all. If so, they could only afford to ask the Heaven Faction for help, to send one of its envoys to find out who the mysterious young man before them really was at this time.

"Please call them here..."

Some people were assigned to call some messengers from Heaven just in case, because the identity of the mysterious black-haired young man was still mysterious, they could not risk their Church getting into trouble that would make them regret it forever. Meanwhile, some people who are indeed Exorcist people, are assigned to guard the mysterious young man, in anticipation of a problem that will come from the young man.

They also constantly tried to communicate with the mysterious figure, but the young man's answer was the same as before, and they did not understand what he was talking about, none of them knew what language the young man spoke. They could only look at pity at the young man, while thinking, how did the figure get to be in this condition.

From earlier on, the figure of the mysterious young man did not make the slightest movement, he constantly knelt down while putting his hands together right in front of his chest, closed his eyes and always said a word they did not understand. Until finally, from above the sky, a beam of light appeared so very bright, that it made all those around the Church immediately cover their eyes with their hands.

"Brother! Why are you here? Then, why don't you come to Heaven?! You should have come there, we all miss you so much, Azrallik! We all feel very sorry, for making an unforgivable mistake to you!"

From the sky, there appeared a girl who had a very beautiful face, far surpassing all the girls scattered in this world, an Archangel who had very strong power among the inhabitants of Heaven, an Angel Conveying God's Message, Gabriel. The girl immediately hugged the body of the mysterious young man accompanied by a cry full of regret that sounded so very heart-wrenching to anyone who heard it.

While the people of the Church could only look at the weeping figure of the Archangel that now were hugging a mysterious young man in front of them, it would certainly be a very shocking event for them. They began to think, that it seemed that the figure of the black-haired young man was not an ordinary human, it could be, he was one of the inhabitants of Heaven, namely the Angel of Heaven.

"Gabriel, zot et? hem haav ba itcha lirot oti? matay yavuo haav?" (Gabriel, is that you? Did you come with the Father? Does the Father still remember me?)

"Yes, Azrallik! Our Father has not forgotten you at all! The Father always remembers you as the creature he loves most."

Sobbing could no longer be restrained by Gabriel, just when he saw the condition of one of his brothers who was so miserable, his pure and innocent heart would not be able to accept it, moreover, all the suffering experienced by Azrallik was the result of her actions, just because of her actions, she had to make the brother she loved so much to suffer.

"Gabriel, eypo ani akhshav? lam aba sheli adayin lo higia? Asiti Shov Taut?" (Gabriel, where am I now? Why hasn't the Father yet come to see me? Did I make a mistake again?)

"No, Azrallik! You did nothing wrong at all! Let's go to Heaven, there we will tell you everything... Everything that has happened, so, let's go back..."

Gabriel's sobs broke out even more when he heard Azrallik's words, even though he had been serving thousands of years of punishment, he had never forgotten his Creator at all, Azrallik's loyalty to the Creator was truly so great. Without thinking about his own condition, he constantly questioned the existence of God to him, his longing for the creator was unstoppable, after thousands of years of losing his light, after thousands of years of constant prayer and begging for forgiveness, Azrallik only wanted to meet his God even if his encounter with his Father would only increase his punishment.

"Ani lo yakhol... nafaiti... Ani Khot! kvar lo magia li lidrokh bagan eden!" (I can't... I don't deserve... I am a fallen! I am a sinful creature! I have absolutely no right to set foot in Heaven again!)

"What do you say, Azrallik?! You are completely innocent! I am the sinner! I have punished you for all the sins you have not committed! It should be me who was punished, not you!"

Gabriel's heart ached greatly when he recalled the times when she punished her own brother, Azrallik, she did not think twice about giving punishment to the brother that she loved so much. She, along with all the inhabitants of Heaven, punished the Angel of Death and Life for sins that he did not want to commit, they should have been punished, they should have been and she was condemned, she had made her brother suffer for a very long time.

"Let's go back, Azrallik! Michael along with the inhabitants of Heaven are waiting for you, there you will know the truth. So, please, come with me."

"Lo, Gabriel! ani lo itame et kdushat hashamayim im kal hakhataim sheli! ani akhake kan, Ani amshikh Ikhakot kan..." (No, Gabriel! I will never defile the holiness of Heaven with all my sins! I'll wait here, I'll keep waiting here...)

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"Ad shehaav atsmo ba elay vhevi li khadashot tovot..." (Until the Father came to meet me and gave me glad tidings...)

"Azrallik... I... I know you miss the Father very much, however, you must return to Heaven first... Your injuries are so very fatal, let's ask the Healing Angel for help... Only then shall we meet our Father..."

It was only after Gabriel said that, Azrallik became a little calmer, but still, the Archangel still did not want to open his eyes, even though in front of him now, was one of his sisters whom he loved so much, however, he would never open his eyes if he had not received orders from God. Expectantly, he finally agreed to Gabriel's request to fly into the sky, in order to heal his wounds and to meet the Father he had longed for.

However, what Azrallik did not know, there were so many truths that would be very painful for him, that he still did not know, the truth about what had happened to this world, what sins he had committed first and most importantly... The truth about his God that he longed for so much, but it won't be long before it will come to him, and tell him everything. Now, the Angel of Death and Life for the first time in thousands of years, setting foot on the surface of the earth again, his comeback this time, will change the destiny of this world, whether good or bad, obviously, the great changes he will bring, will really happen...

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