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“You can’t kill me… just like I can’t kill you. All we can do is hate each other and fight as we have done for millennia.”

“Hmm… you’re saying the same shit my parents said,” I ponder and he goes still.

“You still have parents?” His mouth pops open, genuinely surprised, and I side eye him.

“Yes,” I answer and his head falls.

“I… see… I really have been forsaken,” he mutters and I want to say more, but in that moment, Venom walks in and his brow raises when he sees me.

“Oh! Did you get through the gate all on your own?” he asks and I turn to him, nodding.

“It’s just walking…”

“Just walking? No onejustwalks through a broken portal and through a veil split between worlds,” he smiles and I narrow my eyes. I can sense it… that prickly feeling in my body. Without my consent, my eyes do that thing they did when I was at the hotel where I can see past someone’s body…

I grimace and I see that Venom has a dark red and black aura. I can tell he’s got power… but it’s when I turn my head to the blind bastard that I have to squint and close my eyes because it’s blinding. The only time I’ve seen a light so blindingly bright was my wife’s friend who came to the door, but even her light wasn’tthisbright… this is pure and I’m fucking repulsed by it.

“You’ll blind yourself if you stare into me like that… you really should learn more about your anatomy, or you’re going to kill, even though you don’t intend to,” he mutters, walking past me.

“Anyway, I’m going to work.” He shoves out, blindfold still on, and Venom shakes his head.

“Michael is always so grumpy...”

“Fuck all that. What the hell is going on? What is this place really… what are you and him?”

“It’s really surprising to see a demon king not know his origins… I’ve only ever met your alters and they were… hm… well let’s just say they weren’t as pleasant as you.”

“My alters…?”

“Yes… you, me, and other beings… we all occasionally reincarnate into different worlds when major events are set to take place. While I wasn’t reincarnated into this world, I frequent here because compared to my drab earth, this one is much more... robust with life. I’m sure that’s why you and the other sins chose to reincarnate here…”

I’ve always considered myself to be a genius… maybe not as smart as Pierce or Saint, but definitely top three of the bunch, but the shit he’s saying is going right over my head, though I guess it would, but it’s no more difficult to understand than turning into a fucking demon…

“Okay, so I’m the Demon King of Lust, right…?”

“Indeed you are, Lord Legend.”

“So again… who the fuck are you and that that shiny, blind bastard?”

“I am Venom, the Serpent who wraps around the world… in Christianity I am also known as the Serpent who enticed Eve,” he smirks, licking his lips. “To nibble upon the apple,” he states and I narrow my eyes at him, hating him already.

“Soyou’rethe mother fucker that has my Little Baby going through periods! Don’t you fucking know I can’t get pussy when she’s bleeding because she’s cramping! You should drop dead here and now,” I spit out, disgusted, and his eyes go wide, blinking before he throws his head back laughing.

“Wow… you trulyaredifferent from your past reincarnations. They would never care about a woman’s menstruation.”

“Let me correct you. I don’t give a fuck about a woman’s nothing. I saidmywife… those other bitches can cramp to death for all I give a fuck,” I shrug and he raises a brow.

“A sole woman for lust… interesting…”

He’s right… it is rather interesting that Jessica fills me up in ways other women never could, no matter how much I fucked them.

“Anyway, what about that blind bastard…?”

“That… well… he’s Michel the Archangel… he’s struggling a bit because he’s here to look for his brother Uriel, who caused a fuss not long ago.” I go still at his words.

“Wait… archangel?”

“Yes…”