"How Much She Must Be Suffering Right Now." The Noble Chuckles To Himself."Oh, How She'll Regret To Have

"How much she must be suffering right now." The noble chuckles to himself. "Oh, how she'll regret to have ever crossed paths with me. Perhaps I shall bring her in tomorrow and see her grovel at my feet for mercy." Surely enough, the orphan was brought into his quarters tomorrow and sits directly the other side of the table where the noble was sitting. "Well, how would you describe your few days in my custody?" The noble asked with a smirk as he took a large bite of his own dish. Although, opposed to his thoughts, when he said custody, another meaning came to mind... The little girl remained silent, staring dazedly at her "captor" and the food placed in front of her. It was nothing like the enormous plates of chicken rotisserie and roast beef in front of the noble, but it was far beyond anything she had been eating in her past life. "Oh, no words to speak? Very well. We'll see what you have to say after a month." He said with a malicious tone. Through the month, the "prisoner" was fed, educated, and even dressed finely. All in a way that the noble thought was horrendous by his standards. But for the girl, it was simply paradise. As the month came to an end, the girl was summoned to the noble's presence once more. The noble greeted her with pity, almost as if he came to regret the severity of the "punishment" he bestowed upon this lowly commoner. "Tell me, have you come to regret your actions? Will you beg for forgiveness? If you do, I may reconsider and free you from my clutches." The girl remained silent for a matter of seconds, before falling to his feet, only for her to start thanking him for all the good he has shown. The noble stares in utter horror, shock, and confusion.

As a noble your clothing was ruined by an orphan worker. As punishment you gave her the worst fate imaginable: chores around your mansion, plainest clothing, 3 meals a day, and schooling, which you abhorred.

I feel attacked.

Piplup, my beloved. <3

The arguement between the angel and the demon ensued for an hour. Eventually, the demon countered in the strongest manner they could muster.

"Listen well, angel. I'm a demon. An entity deemed evil by the very lord itself. Sent to the depths of hell. For what? To prove our point. That humanity was a mistake. That it was flawed. That it will never fix itself, and there will never be a time they'll not only think of their own soul benefit."

"That is why we make deals with humans. We are just proving what we meant. For millenia, we gave them the choice to give up their soul just for their sick desires and pleasures. Just to see them fall as their indulgence brings their very downfall."

"And when I gave them that paper. When I saw them sign the dotted line. When I took their soul and watch them see their very essence taken away from them, all I thought of was how this pathetic creature will live on now. How they'll entertain us watching them sink deeper into their own mistakes."

"But, somehow, over the thousands of years, this one human managed to go against everything we believed in. They used our very promise for the soul benefit of their kind. They didn't not turn a blind eye to any evil. They fought back for every right. They did everything in their power to fix this world your kind has left to rot in hopes of the worthy rising. They didn't wait. They came to us. They knew the cost, and they paid it."

"Now you tell us that because of their sacrifice to us, they must join the rest of the scum of their world. For what? Trying to make a change? Trying to make a world a better place, no matter how small? Because they didn't want to wait for some divine power to fix their power, a divine power who is not going to interfere with the world's affairs until an unknown time it shares with no one?"

"Can you truly send this person to our domain with a clear conscious?"

The angel stares back harshly and silently for a minute, before closing their eyes in frustration.

"...Fine, let them in."

A human that looked too young to be there appeared between the two, slightly bewildered and dazed.

"Congratulations." The angel remarked tastelessly.

"You earned your place in paradise. Follow me to earn your reward." They said while walking away.

The human stared in utter shock, unable to believe what they were hearing. They looked over to the demon, who smirked in response.

"Didn't you hear 'em? You're free. Go on. To paradise."

"I... I can't believe it... After... everything..."

"You've been advocated for by the very kind who wants you all to rot. Wear it with pride."

The human knelt to the demon.

"Thank you. For every second until the end of time, I will remember your actions. Every time I enjoy my existence, I will remember your kindness. And for every single word that escapes my lips, I will remember the one who granted me my voice."

The human then got up, and ran after the angel, waving for the demon as they got distance.

The demon only smiled, and waved back.

Perhaps there is hope, the demon would think to theirself.

“This person sold their soul to you fair and square,” said the incredulous angel to the demon. “Why are you petitioning for them to enter heaven?” “Because after everything they did with what I gave them, they deserve to.”

Blame it on a patriarchal system, but I can't help but adore the Father-Daughter dynamic so much.

The idea of a grizzled and emotionally distant man slowly but surely opening up to a little girl who is the utter symbol of innocence and him trying everything in his power to let her see the world as bright as she already sees in her own eyes thanks to him always melts my heart.