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Friend, companion, comrade, acquaintance, addict, affection, ally, ally, unconditional, inseparable, loyal, supporter. So many ways you can call someone you trust and look forward to spending your time with him or them and I just stand here in a corner having to read about them in this huge library my parents have given me A consolation gift? Yes, I guess that's one way of looking at it, since I'm not allowed to have friends. My life is fully linked to staying here at home, locked up among kilos and kilos of knowledge with no one to share it with, to laugh with or to share my time... Are you really alone?
-Alone here in this huge library.... - Whispered a dark and curly-haired boy lying on a small armchair puff style with piles of books surrounding him as if they were a kind of librarian nest around him, alone among them, to tell the truth, the books were always the closest thing to a friend in his life, any topic of interest could be found in them, any doubt existed in them and of course when he did not know what to cook was there where he found what to do, the books were a safe place for him but... not his happy place.
The more he turned the pages the more he felt that emptiness inside him increasing. So much knowledge, and so many opportunities, and yet, none of it made him happy. Happiness? Have they ever let you be? Cassiel after carefully arranging all her books on her shelves and straightening her clothes left the library to the other confines of the mansion, with 30 rooms, 20 bathrooms, 5 living rooms, 2 laboratories and 2 private offices. Every day was the same for Cassiel, he traveled and counted every new thing inside his house and still nothing filled him, there were a hundred butlers and maids that were 100% willing to do anything he asked them to do, but he knew it wasn't kindness it was fear. Cassiel knew it, but that did not make it easier, nothing made it easier, he had all the luxuries that someone could dream of and yet he felt alone, with no one to share even though it was not all bad, he had them by his side.
The sound of the door opening was what always put a smile on Cassiel's face, he knew that his parents' jobs were not something easy, he was mature for his age and although that did not make his situation any easier it did give him the strength to try to face it.
"Daddy! " Cassiel exclaimed as he ran straight into his father's arms. Cassiel exclaimed as she ran straight into her father's arms, it was Nicola Tesla one of the famous Einherjar, he was a famous physicist who had made all kinds of achievements for the sake of humanity and it was something that Cassiel loved about him, "He was the son of the light" oh so she always heard him nicknamed, it was incredible, all humans united as a species gave him a beautiful nickname like that. And you don't have it? Light... unlike him, light was always related to positive, friendly and loving aspects but he had not been that lucky and he knew it well.... deep down.
"Is everything all right? ha ha! I know it took me a while to get here but look I brought your favorites" He exclaimed smilingly while carrying a bag of chicken wings, somewhat anticlimactic seeing as they live in one of the circles of hell but what's to say, he's always had a love for exotic human food, they both sit down to eat while waiting for one last member of their family to arrive. Still waiting for him? The seconds became minutes and that was how the father of the family arrived, it was Beelzebu, the one who ruled the circle of hell and Cassiel's father. In spite of what many think, he is a different person when he arrives to his home, a person so warm that for his son he is someone he respects a lot, someone who managed to come out of the darkness... Unlike him
"Daddy, you're back early today."
"I told you I would, there's not much to do here in hell and I want to try to fix it" beelze's words were as soft as a sea breeze and as quality as a campfire in hell, sometimes he had to stand his ground not to show his blush to whom? Cassiel ran into his arms, but beelze felt coldness, he said nothing and just hugged him too. These were the only happy moments Cassiel felt in his life, where for a few hours he didn't feel lonely anymore, games, movies or just talking, he really longed to have company even if it was small and just not feel the loneliness he delivered. Do you blame me? You just think you're lonely because of me. Don't make me laugh, you are alone because you deserve to be.
That was Satan, a demon that once lived inside his father and the one that only aims to destroy all the happiness of its bearer and as you guessed, the actual bearer was little Cassiel, he had no friends for that reason every time he tried to be happy Satan took it away from him and he learned it in the worst way. He was just a child, a child who had gotten lost running away from the rain without stopping at that time they did not live in hell but in a Serbian village of the Austrian Empire, he had gotten lost on his way home from school, there he would meet a little doggy who with cold and rain helped him to recover his smile and by taking him to a small park once the storm calmed down it would be the first time Cassiel would have been able to smile from the bottom of his heart and just like a bad movie he had woken up, that day for the little curly-haired boy was erased from his memory like a movie cut in small heavy but the only thing he will never forget was the wet sensation of the little dog's blood on his hands and the deafening scream of the people when they saw the grotesque scene.
It was there that Cassiel would understand that he could never be happy or meet anyone... and not only he understood it, his father Tesla, also understood it so with a knot in his stomach he just got up and went to his laboratory.
The next night while Cassiel was staring at the ceiling as usual he did not notice when Tesla entered his room, his face looked dirty and greasy as if he had been working on something, but Cassiel did not care, it was more than usual with him.
"Hello... How's everything?" asked the brown-haired man.
"Not much..."
"I thought so, can I sit down?"
He didn't answer and just made room for her on his bed.
"How have you been feeling?"
"Fine... Why wouldn't I be?"
"You don't have to lie to me, I'm your father and I may not be the most apt in sentimental matters, heck I barely understand them, but... I don't need my 13 PhD's to be a good father."
"Please... there are some things that even science can't fix."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Was that a challenge? Son you should know by now, there's nothing science can't accomplish, even repairing a broken heart like yours."
"Puff! Who said I'm like this?"
"I told you, I'm your father."
"Those you say now but when it happens that way again" while hugging her legs
"So what is this? "I mention quietly as I pull out a small metal box placing it in Cassiel's hands .
"Son, I know that the life we have is not the one you would like to have, but you should not lose faith and that monster inside you will not be able to change it, because you are not darkness you are also light and well you know who tells you, but if you decide to trust try to open it "Tesla smiled as he left Cassiel's room, the latter just stood watching the small box this was decorated with paper as if it were a gift "But it's not even my birthday? "he thought, he began to open it and saw a second box which had a small board that asked for a password and a crank next to it that no matter how hard he tried he could not open, he tried to put any kind of password but no matter what it only sounded like failures and failures, but remembering the words of his father "You are also light" so he just put his name showing that it was the right one which only made him smile a little ... and when he started to move the crank he managed to open it showing a small egg and a note written by his other father.
I have made many mistakes in my life and I have hurt many more, but you are not one, I know I have hurt you by giving you the sins of my past, but don't feel hate because I know that one day you will be able to smile and laugh all together as a family, but for now have a token of our love for you.
Sincerely: beelzebu
Cassiel didn't know when, but tears had started to come out of her eyes as she carefully took the little egg in her hands.
With his hands he took the egg and looked at it while he analyzed it, he even tapped it, "Are you sure? you know whatever I protect or take care of I end up destroying it".
remembering that satan would not even let him have a moment of happiness with anyone, he thought. But just when one of his tears fell on the shell it would start to move little by little until it finally broke showing with clumsiness a little chameleon who was having trouble getting out of the shell, which was adorable, so with the help of a pencil he tried to help him, Cassiel wanted to hug him, but he was afraid of what could happen to him.
"It's okay, you don't have to be afraid" A voice was heard behind him showing that it was his two parents. "We have studied everything related to satan since you were born and he can't hurt him" mentioned beelzebu. The little chameleon looked at him as if he was scanning him and before he tried to say anything, the little chameleon threw his tongue to his forehead which provoked a small smile on his face, but against all odds... nothing happened.
"Eureka, my experiment was a success! - Tesla shouted at the top of his lungs, even though Cass did not understand anything." This confirms my theory, satan only comes out when the one who cheers you up is a living being.
Better known as "Camp" but you can call him as you like, he is an android that I created based on Beelzebu's research and with the help of my valkyrie. It was not easy but he is not a robot either, he is a living being that feeds, eats, grows, sleeps and goes to the bathroom, but inside his being there are nano machines that run through his blood and guts which makes him a living being, but with "blood" that makes him in essence a machine, which in other words for satan this is nothing more than a stone, being only a camouflage mechanism for him, that's why I chose him to be a chameleon. Am I great? Am I amazing? I'm amazing! ha,ha,ha!
Cassiel just started to laugh as the little chameleon started to climb up his arm while trying not to hurt him, he could only smile a little at the chameleon and didn't know whether to cry with happiness - At last I can have a pet " the chameleon had changed its color to Yellow " Eh ...because now you are yellow
"It's happiness..." Beelzebu smiled at him as he sat next to him followed by Tesla on the other side. "I know you can hate me.... after all I passed this poison to you, but. I swear I'm going to save you."
You doubt it? You fucked up a little kid's life, you're worse than me. Ha ha ha ha! You're a fucking creep. You're a fucking creep of a father!
"You don't have to... You already saved me by not abandoning me. You could have left me, abandoned me and saved yourself these problems, but here you are, they tried so hard to make me happy and for that... for that, I love them "Cassiel whispered as she hugged him and followed by her parents finally their family had grown a little more.