Chapter 783 - Where Do You Live? (Merle's Arc)

Newest Chapter for Highest Tier (November 2021 )

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Merle and Archangel Uriel Story Arc

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To Merle's dismay,  Archangel Lucifer only charmed her with interesting discussions once both of them had stepped outside of the tavern but he didn't keep his promises.

He didn't tell her anything monumental—something that would change Merle and Uriel's connection for the better and bring them two different species without disastrous consequences—as he told her about inside the tavern, piquing her curiosity enough that she was willing to come with him and listen to what he had to say.

Unfortunately, Archangel Lucifer was more interested in letting her speak about herself as he pried her life and her motivations open but she wasn't going to spill it to this stranger.

And here she thought, Lucifer was here to inquire about Archangel Uriel? 

It was actually a ruse to get her attention and she fell for it.

From the first meeting, Merle was apprehensive of his behavior and she always found herself squinting at him in suspicion.

If she thought Archangel Uriel was unsure of his choices, Lucifer was an Archangel who can't keep his word.

He left the Garden of the Four Seasons in the heart of the Faerie Realm as if it didn't matter to him whether or not Prince Balthasar and his Militia would find it by chance.

These bastards had heard a rumor from the grapevine—probably the Faeries who had seen her enter the Forbidden Forest and came out alive--that she had acquired it there. 

Merle must be wary with everything that came out of that mouth.

Not everything will be true. 

Well, scratch that.

She would go whichever quiet place Archangel Lucifer decided on so that they could talk in private. She decided that this was her last day working in that tavern so she didn't have to care about the lone dirty rag in the cabinet.

But,  she still had conditions that he must strictly follow.

Merle wasn't ashamed to voice them out.

Her first condition was, Archangel Lucifer must not lead her to a brothel without her knowledge, drag her to a private room and force her to undress and have his wicked way with her just because he gifted her all the gold bars instead of the tavern owner like he originally planned.

She kept her face blank when Lucifer frowned in her direction, claiming that he didn't understand why she had drawn such a strange conclusion.

The heat had crept up to her neck and warmed her cheeks up as she was forced to elaborate the reason.

To her chagrin, she stubbed her toe on a rock's jagged edge but Lucifer caught her elbow and pulled her upright instead of eating dirt. 

With gritted teeth, Merle had explained the expectation of a 'male creature in the Material  Realm' to him—especially those who brought serving girls from the tavern outside after giving them something of value.

From that, the frown lines marring his forehead morphed into a scowl of disapproval.

Looking straight into her eyes, Lucifer expressed his blatant disinterest in fornication and material indulgence since he was an Archangel— a High ranking cherub in the Angel's Choir— who stood by his beliefs and principles.

He had other goals in mind and pleasures of the flesh weren't one of them. 

He also added that the Watchers/Gregori who indulged in breaking the rules for something that can perish—physical bodies in this Realm—are too weak.

According to him,  all of them deserved to be hunted by the rest of their Kind and have their offspring killed since it was the material manifestations of the sins they have committed against the Highest Creator.

Truth or lie, that reassurance made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Nevertheless,  Merle still made it clear to him that she wasn't a wench or a prostitute but she was delighted to receive the gold bars as long as she didn't have to give him something in exchange. Archangel Lucifer nodded his head in agreement and that made her smile at him with honest gratitude.

Now,  she and Archangel Uriel can benefit from this, sell it to a Monarch in an exorbitant amount and share the blessings with the rest of the villagers.

Archangel Lucifer had given them a blessing from the Heavens--

"In case you didn't know, I stole the gold bars."

What?!

"Why did you do it?" She snapped at him and she placed her hand underneath his chin as if to choke him.

Since he is my friend, you become my friend as well. I did it for you so that you would stop working in the tavern. It's too dangerous and I feel like you will be hunted next—Fairfolk or Archangels alike." He purred and it sent shivers down her spine.

Lucifer's charms would never work on her even if his voice felt like music to her ears. 

She made it crystal clear that Archangel Uriel was the one and only man of her life to which  Lucifer snorted… in disbelief of her audacity to declare love to an Archangel out loud?

The mockery that it will never come true? 

She had no idea about his implication behind that snort but that earned him a scathing glower from her golden cat-like eyes.

While they continued walking side by side in the narrow, maze-like alleys of Moon Square, the heart of the upper parts of Cave Town, with no definite destination in mind,  Merle still couldn't shake off the unspoken insult from that snort.

The swaying arm which constantly rubbed against her elbow flew and her hand clutched his wrist and push him against a dust and grime-covered wall. "You had no right to mock me." 

"Mermaid. you just announced to the whole world that Uriel, an Archangel, is your lover. What would the Highest God think?" Lucifer raised an eyebrow as his gaze continued to scan her face. " It was either He had already seen everything and what everyone was doing, He was busy about something else or he was waiting for a person to initiate that unstoppable chain of events that would set everything in motion.. Now, in exchange for the gold,  I want to have access to where you lived with Uriel."