Read the Death Spectrum :: The way to heaven

The next morning Lyle woke up with pains all over his body with the elderly ghost very close to his face.

- Hello Master Lyle. - whispered the old man.

- Aaaaah! What the hell is that? Is that any way to wake someone up?

- Sorry, master, but we were worried about you.

- By the way, what are you all doing here?

Lyle looked around and saw ghosts all over the room, some on his side of the bed and others lying on the wooden floor.

- Well... You have destroyed our home.

- I understand, let's find a place for you to stay.

As I tried to get up I felt a very strong pain near my chest, I took the top cover off and my chest was bandaged.

- Argh...

- Lie down sleeping beauty.

- Miss Azel! - exclaimed the ghosts.

- How long did I sleep, Azel?

- A day and a half. - replied Azel with a nonchalant tone, "By the way, I brought you something to eat.

- Thanks, Azel.

- And you better not move around too much, you broke one of your ribs when we fell off that building.

I ate to recover a little, but what Farsy had told me and those people who had invoked that demon would not leave my mind, even though the pain bothered me, my main focus was to understand why someone would invoke a demon in that place. Azel went down to the tavern and the elder went out to scare some people in town, when the elder returned it was late and I was lying looking at the roof.

- Elder, they all slept.

- They haven't slept lately waiting for you to wake up master.

- Sorry to cause trouble, I will find somewhere for you to stay.

- Don't worry master, everyone here cares about you.

- Could you please call Azel for me?

- I am already here and I brought someone to see you.

I thought it would be Farsy, but when the footsteps came to the door, I was amazed to see that it was Joan of Ark again.

- You are finished.

- Thanks to your work.

- Well, you killed the demon, so here is your reward.

Joan handed over a small white envelope, the red shield on that envelope was a spear with a wing. I had seen that coat of arms somewhere else but I didn't want to believe it was really from that place. Inside the envelope there were five gold coins.

- Ohoho, girl, this would buy two buildings like this! - exclaimed Azel.

- So you knew about the demon? - asked Lyle.

- Sure, I needed to at least test its strength.

- What's the point of this girl? - said Azel nervously.

Azel materialized his scythe and put it around Joana's neck, the atmosphere became tense and the old man hid behind me, scared. Azel is not the type to give room for possible threats.

- It would not be good to fight here with all these ghosts sleeping, Miss Death. - How about putting down your scythe?

- Put down your scythe, Azel," Lyle said.

- But Lyle...

- Just put it down, let's go down to the bar, they haven't had a good rest in a while.

Azel dematerialized his scythe, scratched his head, and put his face close to Joanne's ear.

- You got lucky girl. - whispered Azel.

- Yes, yes. - replied Joana with a sarcastic tone.

We went downstairs to the bar, but Farsy was not there. Farsy, despite being a succubus, always took a few days a week to spend with his son, and on these days the "Guild" was closed for the afternoon and evening. Azel, Joana and I sat at one of the wooden tables beside the stairs, Azel sat facing Joana on the other side of the table, staring at her for answers.

- So what did you mean by testing my strength?

- I was told to give you a message "Come to heaven, we need to talk".

- Who sent this message? - Lyle inquired.

- I can't say, but you've known each other for a long time.

- You know people from heaven? - Azel asked, surprised.

- Actually they're angels. - replied Lyle. - I knew that coat of arms was from there.

- Angels? - shouted Azel.

- Well, if that's the case, we're leaving. - said Lyle getting up.

- I'm going too! - exclaimed Joan.

- But Lyle your wound hasn't healed yet. - said Azel with a worried face.

- Don't worry, I'll be fine," Lyle replied with a smile.

The pain was taking my concentration away, and I was so immersed in the conversation that I hadn't noticed the ghosts behind me.

- We'll go too, Master Lyle.

- Aaaah! Cof cof... can't you guys warn me before you do that? - shouted Lyle.

- Excuse us, master.

- Well, as I thought that would be the answer of the specter, let's get out of town. - said Joana, getting up.

Azel helped me walk the way there, although all the ghosts were excited to travel, Azel looked worried and thoughtful until her face changed when we got there because what we saw was...

- WOW the sky has some really big toys! - exclaimed Azel.

- With these dragons our trip to the Tower of Babel will be shorter, tomorrow morning we will be there," said Joana.

- Hey, Lyle, on the way back I want you to buy me one of these.

- Don't ask me

Everyone climbed on those huge dragons, Lyle, Azel and Joana went on one and the ghosts on another, the dragons were really fast but their scales emanated a light magic that protected us from the force of the wind and we only felt a light breeze, few things were as beautiful as that blue sky and its sea of clouds with the brightness of the sun in the background. And so went hours of flying listening to the ghosts frolicking in the dragon next door until nightfall.

Lyle had already fallen asleep from boredom, and Azel decided to make his first move.

- Hey, hey blondie. - whispered Azel.

- My name is not blondie, you... - replied Joana in a high tone.

- Okay, okay, keep it down, Joana.

- What do you want? - replied Joana crossing her arms in a frown.

- What's this about Lyle knowing heaven.

- A while ago he lived with us.

- But then why did he come to purgatory?

- I'm not sure, but some say he came to purgatory after arguing with the virtue of prudence.

Azel looked confused at Lyle who was sleeping behind her.

- Well, well, this quiet guy had a fight with someone.

- He wasn't always like this, he used to smile more. Anyway, I'm going to sleep good night.

- Hey hey don't sleep, aaah that's no good, I wanted to know more. - whispered Azel indignantly - it seems there's no way, I'll just watch the scenery while sleep doesn't come.

Azel walked around the dragon's back to its head and sat on the top of its head, watching the landscape. A few hours later Azel was already falling into naps, but every time she almost fell asleep she came to her senses, until one moment she lost her battle to sleep off the dragon.

- Careful. - Lyle holds Azel in his arms. - We're too high for you to fall asleep on a dragon's head.

Azel was startled slightly, but soon calmed down and looked into Lyle's eyes.

- The view here is much prettier. - said Azel.

- Really, the stars are beautiful.

- Lyle.

- Yes?

- Why are you so cold to me sometimes? - Azel looked him straight in the eye. - Do you still blame yourself for that day?

Lyle was silent for a few seconds and then bowed his head, let out a slight sigh, and answered Azel with a smile.

- Sorry . I'll try hard not to give that impression anymore. - replied Lyle, returning the look. - You're tired, take my overcoat to protect yourself from the cold.

- Okay, but what about you?

- I'm going to watch the stars some more. - Azel... in the sky...

- Did you say something Lyle?

- Not much, good night.

- Good night.

Lyle continued to look up at that sky.

I thought I had seen something beautiful that afternoon, but when it got dark and looked up at the sky I saw something really beautiful, the dark sky with countless stars looked like a sea of little fireflies but what really caught my attention was that when I lay down on my back there was a huge moon whiter than ever above me, that moon gave me the same feeling as when I was near Azel.

A few minutes later Lyle was already asleep, he woke up with the sunlight hitting his face along with the leaves falling from the trees. Lyle opened his eyes slowly due to sleep, but saw the old man very close to his face.

- Hello, Master Lyle.

- Hmmm, I slept too well to be scared, old man. - said Lyle stretching. - There's nothing better than stretching.

- I need new techniques. - replied the elder sadly.

- So you really were scaring me on purpose?

- Look, Lyle, we're here! - cried Joana.

- You got lucky, old man.

- Hehe, you look better, master. - replied the old man, smiling.

- My wound is almost healed. - said Lyle, touching his chest. - Being a specter has its advantages.

- Come on, I'm curious to see what heaven looks like! - exclaimed Azel.

Everyone got off the dragon and walked through the forest, Lyle was amazed that a place like that existed in purgatory, monkeys jumped on the branches of the trees and squirrels passed between Azel and Joana's legs, and in the background you could hear the singing of birds mixed with the light wind that blew the leaves off the trees. After a few minutes of walking they came upon an unusual place.

- A tower? - asked Lyle.

- Yes, let's go inside. - replied Joan.

Upon entering, the only thing I saw was a huge empty space with only a few windows in the walls where the sunrays entered and a magic circle in the center.

- Where is heaven, Joan? - asked Azel.

- Calm down Miss Azel, everyone stay in the center of the circle with me.

- Hey Lyle, is the sky nice? - asked Azel with an excited look on his face.

- More than you know.

- Here we go! - exclaimed Joana.

SHHHHHHHHHH... ZUM

An enormous white light came out of the circle transforming the tower into a golden spear that rose into the sky.

- We're flying! - shouted Azel.

- Quiet! we are in the astral line. - said Joana with a worried face.

- You're so annoying, Jeanne... but what is the astral line?

- This is where souls stay asleep while they don't have a body to go to in the human world. - - It would be terrible if they woke up.

- I'm sorry.

- No problem, we finally arrived.

Everything was as I remembered it, a huge green field with a light breeze that moved the grass on the ground, a little further away on the horizon was paradise, the village where the angels lived but nothing brought me more nostalgia than that beautiful giant castle. Its gold ornaments on the outside that contrasted with the white made it even more beautiful, at the top of the castle, the throne room was still flying the flag with a cross and a sword crossing each other.

- This place hasn't changed a bit. - said Lyle with a smile.

- Come on, Lyle, some little girls missed you.

Arriving at the castle, Lyle and the others were faced with a huge gate with diamond buckles in the shape of wings and the drawing of two archangels with books in their hands, one on each door.

- What now, Jane? - said Lyle.

- Don't worry," said Lyle. - Hey, I'm back! Open the gate! - cried Joan.

- Wouldn't it be easier just to knock? - asked Azel.

Two guards who were inside heard Joana and slowly opened the gate, but as they opened the gates Lyle and the others came across a peculiar person who was passing by.

- Lyle?

- Gabriel?

- Joana?

- Gabriel?

- Lyle?

- Yes, me.

- Well well, but this is wonderful, when did you come back? How long have you been here?

Gabriel ran out screaming to the four corners, and before you knew it there were three children in the center of the room.

- You are back! - said the three children in chorus with tears in their eyes.

- No wonder he's the old man's messenger. - said Lyle, scratching his head. - Looks like you've grown up.

- Lyle, we thought you were never coming back.

- Don't be dramatic, I never said I wasn't coming back. - said Lyle, bending down to the children's height.

- But there's one of us who's waited a long time for you. - Come on over here to the front.

- O-oh, it's been a long time.

- Don't say that, Hope; for you virtues it can't have been that long.

- Don't call me that.

- Okay okay Lilia.

- Could you take us to our rooms? - I haven't had a good rest since yesterday. - said Joan

- Yes we can. This way.

There were two corridors, one on the left and another on the right, facing the entrance gate there were two stairs, one on the right and another on the left that led to the same corridor that was much longer than the others, Lyle, Joana, Azel and the virtues followed the left corridor where their rooms were. After a few minutes of walking, they came to a room with a number one sign on the door.

- There, your room is still the same, nobody has touched it since you left, brother Lyle.

- Thank you Lilia, but pay attention, be careful with Azel, she will be a lot of trouble. - replied Lyle

- Hey, Lyle, don't send kids to take care of me.

- Okay, fine. - said Lyle in a sarcastic tone. - Well, until later, come see me, little ones.

- We will. - replied the three of them in chorus.

Then Azel and Joanna and the virtues continued down the hall.

- How long since I've been here? - Beyond that door is a little of my past. - whispered Lyle.