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I don’t know how or why this happened. I finally finished all my midterms and all that was on my mind was taking a nap and then playing some games with my little sister, Saima. I made it to my dorm room and immediately crashed onto my bed, without even taking my shoes or glasses off. I woke up to an unfamiliar voice, saying “Welcome, Parvana, to the Devildom.”
I pried my eyes open, and I am immediately greeted by a smiling red-haired, tan-skinned man clad in red in front of me.
“Eh… What…” was the most intelligent thing I could say at the moment.
“Oh, my apologies. It’s only natural that you’d feel a bit disoriented, as you’ve just arrived.”
I rubbed my eyes under my glasses and glanced around. I found myself in some sort of council room with several men looking down at me. Now that my brain has caught up with me, I came to realize that I never told the red-haired man my name. How did he know? I immediately asked him what was going on, how he knew my name, and why I was here. He told me to calm down a bit before he caught me up to speed. His name was Diavolo, the ruler of all demons and the future King of the Devildom. He told me I was in the assembly hall of the Royal Academy of Diavolo. At this point, a second man, or rather, demon, took over to explain. His name was Lucifer.
Lucifer? As in, the Demon of Pride? This image wasn’t quite what I had in mind when I heard that name. I didn’t really have the time to ponder this as he explained that I was here as an exchange student from the human world. Apparently, this year-long exchange program is supposed to strengthen the ties between the Celestial Realm, the Human World, and the Devildom. Two candidates from the Celestial Realm and the Human World were chosen to participate in this program, and I was the second human candidate.
That’s odd. I never signed up for this. I told them as much, but my name was put in the list of candidates. So, I was basically kidnapped with extra steps? I suppressed the urge to vomit. Literally how did my name get onto this list? And why was I chosen? It was at this point that Lucifer handed me a DDD and told me to call his brother, Mammon. Lucifer told me that he was supposed to take care of me during my stay here in the Devildom. I told Mammon this, and he didn’t seem so happy about it. ReAL rELiAbLE gUY. I remember thinking at the time: I’m totally going to die, aren’t I? And I haven’t even turned eighteen yet.
Before I could sort out my thoughts, the rest of the men here introduced themselves: Asmodeus, the Avatar of Lust; Satan, the Avatar of Wrath; and Beelzebub, the Avatar of Gluttony. Asmodeus offered to demonstrate his power on me, but I passed. Not long after I got acquainted with the five men, a sixth, white-haired, tan-skinned man came through the door. That must be Mammon. He only made eye contact with me and threatened to rob me. Lucifer thankfully intervened. Hospitality 10/10.
Before I was escorted to the House of Lamentation, I asked if the DDD can make calls to human world numbers. I wanted to call either my parents or my sister to let them know where I am and that I was safe. I was ecstatic to know that it could, so I called Ammu’s number. I told her what happened and naturally she was LIVID.
“WHY ARE YOU IN THIS PLACE? WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? AND WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR THIS?” She yelled.
“I didn’t sign up for this, though. I don’t know how I even got here,” I said.
I did not know what else to tell her. I heard Abbu and Saima in the background, also equally as concerned.
“What did she say? The Devildom?? PARVANA, WHY ARE YOU THERE??”
“What the actual HECK? DID APU JUST GET KIDNAPPED??”
As I could not assure my family that I would be okay (I don’t even know if I would be), Lucifer stepped in. I don’t think they were all that sure though.
After that Mammon escorted me to the House of Lamentation, all the while bitching. I didn’t really catch all of it, as I was still processing what was going on. Once I set foot into the house, I was greeted by a purple haired man shouting at Mammon to pay him back. Despite me not wanting any part of their little squabble, Mammon used me as a distraction and just dipped. I feel less and less safe here, and it hasn’t even been an hour. But then again, I was basically flung into hell(?) without warning, so what was I expecting.
The purple-haired man, Leviathan, dragged me to his room. Or was this a section in an aquarium? The farthest wall had a fish tank full of colourful fish that almost took up its entire space. I noticed there were a lot of posters of anime I had never seen before plastered over his walls. There were also figurines of characters I was unfamiliar with adorning his shelves. How does a person have this much free time? I looked around at his shelves and noticed a set of thick books lining them. Turns out it was his favourite book series, and he ranted to me about it.
After that long winded rant, I asked to know why I was there to begin with. It turns out he wants me to forge a pact with Mammon to make him pay the money he owes. “I missed the part where that’s my problem” is what I told him. But he told me that by having a pact with Mammon basically means he’s pretty much at my mercy. I mean, if it means I can make him do his job properly, then this looks like a win in my books, so in light of that, I agreed to help. It turns out that Leviathan has a plan to lure his brother into making a pact. I might just be able to actually sleep tonight.