BECOMING DIVINE
"No, I will not choose again", I replied to the voice.
After a while, the same question was put to me again.
And I replied with the same words, "I will not have my loved ones die for me."
For forty times the same question was put to me, and I answered with the same answer.
Finally, a last question was put to me, "Will you accept the fate of the Revelations if it is the only way to save your loved ones? Will you become the Dark Angel of Revelations?"
"I would accept it if it came to that", I replied.
Then the questions stopped and the last of my flashbacks were gone.
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[Before the Test of Forty Days]
"Will he accept his fate, Asmodeus? He is a rare independent type", the Mother of Serpents asked the other.
"Of all my incarnations, including the one who betrayed me, there was none who cherished freedom and independence more than him. Despite the temptation of possessing all my godly powers, he still plots to thwart them", Asmodeus replied to the mother.
