That day, the forest was unusually silent.
Anthony froze.
Blood.
Fresh.
He followed the scent carefully until he saw her.
A woman lay against a shattered tree, wings blackened, feathers scattered across the ground.
A fallen angel.
Her breathing was different. Her body has some injuries —signs of a recent battle.
Anthony narrowed his eyes.
Anthony (thought):
Who is that?
He approached slowly, hands open, no weapons drawn.
Anthony:
"…Don't move."
Her eyes snapped open.
Gold—burning with hostility
Benemune Awakens
The instant she saw his face, her pupils shrank.
Shock.
Then rage.
Benemue:
"…Lucifer?"
She thought of attacking him
Benemune:
"You bastard!"
A surge of holy power exploded from her body as she hurled a blade of light toward him.
Anthony barely dodged, rolling across the forest floor.
The blade tore through a tree behind him.
He stood up, breathing heavily.
Anthony:
"why are you attacking me? I am trying to help you."
Benemune laughed bitterly.
Benemune:
"Help me? Don't make me laugh, Lucifer"
Anthony:
"Lucifer? Who's that?"
She raised her hand again—
And stopped.
Her expression changed.
Confusion replaced hatred
Something Is Wrong
She frowned.
Benemue:
"what are you talking?"
She focused, extending her senses.
Nothing.
No demonic power.
No fallen corruption.
No divine presence.
Just… emptiness.
Benemune:
"That's impossible."
Anthony didn't move.
Anthony:
"do you know me? "
She thought for sometime and realizes he's getting close to her
Anthony tore a strip of cloth from his sleeve and pressed it against her small wound.
Benemune:
"…Why?"
He paused.
Anthony:
"what do you mean why?."
She stared at him, studying his face more carefully now.
Not arrogance.
Not cruelty.
Just exhaustion.
Benemune:
"do you know who am i?."
Anthony gave a innocent smile.
Anthony:
"An injured lady."
Benemune slightly laughs
Benemune:
"What… are you?"
Anthony tightened the bandage.
Anthony:
"I don't know"
Benemune:
"What? You don't know who you are?"
Anthony:
"Yes,i don't know"
Benemune reliazed and introduced herself
Benemune:
" I am benemune,a fallen angel cadre, your enemy"
Anthony:
"Fallen angel, what is that?
Benemune: *shocked*
"What? You don't know what a fallen angel is?"
Anthony:
"I don't know"
Benemune:
"Do you know who your parents are or anything about you?"
Anthony looks at her with confusion
Benemune:
"What a innocent kid!"
Benemune(after observing him carefully):
"…You don't have any demonic power within you."
(Then Benemune realizes that lucifer abandoned him because he is born without demonic power and that's why he is here)
He didn't turn around.
Anthony: *says innocently*
"power? Is it a food, is it tasty?"
A pause.
Then—
Benemune:
"…Then how many years are you living in this forest?"
Anthony:
"i don't know the years, but the only thing i remember is that i am living in this forest. You're the first person i have seen in my life
Benemune swallowed.
For the first time since falling—
She felt very sad
Not of Lucifer.
But of the man who looked like him… yet wasn't.