How are you feeling, Lucifer?
Terrible. Your face is the last thing I want to see after I wake up.
You haven't changed at all.
That look.
You're always like this.
Since your name is famous throughout Heaven,
I'll simply have to offer you the best hospitality possible.
Sounds fun.
The best hospitality?
That wasn't nearly good enough.
Seven Mortal Sins
The former leader of the Seven Lively Virtues has been reduced to this, huh?
Leader?
Oh, I guess I was...
Being roasted alive is perfect for a fallen angel who's turned against God.
If you have any last words, I'll be glad to hear them.
Maria...
What does a single human matter?
Or are you worried about something else?
Get to the point.
Let me have a little fun here.
Your angel blood was hidden inside of her.
What were you planning to do with that?
Don't tell me you hid it there so you could return to Heaven?
At any rate...
Maria!
She merely sleeps.
Though, provided I don't wake her, she'll continue to sleep for eternity.
Belial, you...
But don't worry. I'll make good use of your angel blood...
In order to return to Heaven.
Right. And?
Do you want everyone to laugh at the Demon Lord from Hell?
You don't remember me?
The angel, Satanael.
Satanael? Who's that?
Yes... Of course not.
You're always like that.
A giant mass of pride, who thinks only about herself.
It was the same back then...
Wh-What did you say?
You're being sent down.
Why?
Why me?
You spread a rumor about nonexistent miracles to the humans, right?
What are you saying?
More people were able to worship God because of what I did.
You don't even understand.
I just did my duty as an angel—
That's enough.
Please wait!
Michael, you understand, right?
I did this for God!
This is wrong!
No, you were wrong.
Fall to Hell!
I am always correct.
Lucifer!
Someday... Someday...
I will take my revenge against you!
That humiliation...
I haven't forgotten it for a moment.
Is that right?
I tend to forget things that I don't care about.
It seems that burning you isn't enough.
Then I shall display you in that pathetic state for eternity here in Hell.
Cry and beg for forgiveness!
Not that it'll do you any good!
You think I'm gonna cry?
Oh, yeah, I think I remember something now.
There was this pathetic girl who kept sucking up to God.
Telling humans tales of miracles that weren't exactly true...
A loser who tried to gather followers.
It's an angel's mission to gather followers for God.
I was more successful than the Seven Lively Virtues.
I should have been made the leader.
That's why you...
All of you envied me, didn't you?
I was the most loyal to God and guided the most humans.
You debased them.
What are you saying?
The humans you "guided" started to rely only on miracles,
and depended on God to do everything for them.
And in the end, when they realized their hopes were unfounded,
they fell to the Deadly Sins.
You don't get it?
That "mission" you took upon yourself
diminished humanity, and in the end, merely wounded God.
You weren't much of an angel. You were acting more like a demon lord.
Hell was the perfect place for you.
Do you get it now?
Shut up!
Do you know how I felt every day down here in Hell?
I had to leave behind my pride as an angel,
and bow my head to the detested demon lords.
And all of that is about to pay off.
An impossible miracle is about to occur.
A miracle, huh?
You make some sort of deal?
That's none of your business.
Oh, I got it now.
You've sold this place out.
The appointed time will soon be upon us.
Hell and Earth won't matter.
A new age of God will begin.
And in that new world, I will be reborn as the angel Satanael!
I don't need to be the leader of the Deadly Sins anymore.
Don't need to be the leader?
Looks like you said it.
You don't need to be, huh?
What are you laughing at?
Looks like I've just won.
You haven't noticed yet?
You didn't have a place in Heaven, and now you've lost your place in Hell.
Those girls were forced to accept torture
specifically because you were the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Each Sin has a significant amount of power,
so if you think about it, they're not going
to lose to you just because you've got a bit more magic.
They lost to you because of the power the word "leader" contained.
And you just relinquished that title.
You can hear it, can't you?
The commandments that bound the Sins are coming undone.
You can, right?
Their footsteps are coming closer.
Took you long enough.
G-Girls...
You traitor!
So you were a fallen angel!
We were completely tricked.
You liar.
Betraying Hell is going to cost you dearly.
It's over!
Give up!
Over?
You all sure are a silly bunch.
What?
Even if I'm not the leader, you cannot beat me.
I've absorbed all of Lucifer's magic!
That's so good.
It's so big,
and so hot.
I almost came just now.
It was so thick! It felt like it was just going to start flowing out of me, Lucifer.
It's about time we settle our debts.
Prepare yourself, Belial!
Come. I'll take you all on at once.
Pheromone Wind!
Accept your punishment!
Punish them, Dáinsleif!
Th-This power!
How wonderful!
This is the power I've always desired!
You can never be too prepared.
Maria's blood...
That's right.
I had Dáinsleif suck it all up.
You really thought about that.
Angel blood can only harm a demon lord,
but all of that changes when you use a human.
I can get my power back again.
I've thought of an even better and crueler way to destroy you.
Huh?
L-Lucifer?
Good morning.
It's time to end your nightmare.
Huh?
You're going to use this silver stake to pierce Lucifer's heart.
I-I can't do that!
Yes, you can.
Take back your heart with your own two hands.
It's your final chance to return to the Earth.
Consider this my compassion.
Hey! You're not done yet?
You can't break the ice in Cocytus.
Rushing won't get you anywhere.
But I have a really bad feeling about this!
Something's happening to Onee-sama!
I have a bad feeling, too.
Right?
We need to hurry!
Okay, then help me out.
My guitar...
I'll use my magic to create vibrations that break the ice...
Maybe.
And who's going to play it?
He will.
Behemoth?
Now stab Lucifer.
Let go of Maria!
You've got no magic left, and you're injured all over.
What can you do?
Maria!
The both of you can only accept the situation.
Now, Maria, do it.
No...
I don't want to.
No!
You will do it, Maria.
Do it, Maria!
Stab me with that silver stake!
What are you saying?
I can't do that.
Just do it!
I guess you had a little bit of angel left in you.
You're going to give up your own body to save a human.
But...
If you die, I'll...
You're going to disobey me?
I don't want to do that.
Don't say that.
Please!
I really do feel bad for what I did to you, Maria.
I got you caught up in all of this.
You can end everything here and free yourself.
I can't do this, Lucifer.
Just hurry up already!
I'm telling you to stab me, so do it!
Well done.
I stabbed Lucifer.
No...
Lucifer!
Lucifer-chan!
How terrible.
What a swift and utterly pathetic end!
Wh-What's going on?!
L-Lucifer?
It can't be.
Sucks to be you.
You planned to swap hearts all along?
That can't be!
Maybe, maybe not.
But it was one hell of an act, huh?
Well, when you're dealing with someone as dishonest, low, and dirty as you,
a girl's got to go the extra mile.
Maria, you sure had me worried.
I-I...
Lucifer, you...
I gave you my heart, so treat it well until you die.
You're...
You're really terrible.
I thought you really did die.
But I'm so happy.
Damn you, Lucifer!
In the end, you're no match for me.
How dare you...
But that's fine.
We're going to settle everything here.
My name is Satanael.
Created by God, the glorious first angel!
You charged me with a baseless sin and forced me into hell,
and I will not forgive you for that!
That's what you're so worked up about?
Just how long are you going to complain about something that happened so long ago?
That's why you're such a loser!
Shut up!
I'll tell you something interesting.
God was the one who sent you down to Hell.
I guess you wouldn't know, since you weren't part of the Seven Lively Virtues.
Only God can cast someone down.
You and I both were just God's playthings.
That's not true!
And even after everything that's happened, you're still sucking up to God.
Do you have no pride?
Don't you think you'd rather give God a nice right hook?
You damned apostate!
That's fine by me.
If you're going to bend over backwards for everything God says,
I'd rather be destroyed instead!
Then you shall be destroyed!
Your attacks will no longer work on me.
What a cheap piece of junk, as always. That Whateversleif of yours, I mean.
Damn you...
Not just once, but twice!
This is the end.
The match is over.
She lost again.
But it's different from last time.
We can welcome Lucifer-san as our new leader.
Onee-sama! You did it!
That's why you're Levi's Onee-sama!
Belial-sama...
It seems that I've lost.
Yes.
I've won.
How about we have the loser endure hellish torments for eternity?
I think we'll cast her out to Earth.
I'm going to do what you'll hate the most,
because I'm such a generous person.
Damn you!
Wh-What's going on?
It seems that the battle isn't over yet.
What's this?
The appointed time.
What was that?
It's...
...an angel!
Michael!
Ask, and It Shall Be Given to You
Illustration: Hidari