What happened to Isaac?

"Where are we going?" Xavier asked.

"Take the elevator," said the angel.

"What about after the elevator?"

"Judge you."

"...I'm basically asking, where's the trial? What's going to happen? Is there, uh, like, something I should prepare? A lawyer?"

"I don't know what a 'lawyer' is," the angel snorted impatiently, "but my name is Bikulisita."

"?" Xavier was a little confused.

"Bi-Kuri-Sita." The Archangel repeated.

Xavier was dazed for a while, and suddenly, he was so blessed that he said, "Okay, Bicurisita. I want to ask, what is the trial about? Frankly speaking, I am very scared."

The capable angel simply closed his ears to hear Xavier call his name. His face was slumped with a look of lovelessness, but suddenly the corners of his mouth raised, his whole body was filled with joy.

"It's been a long time since I've been called by my name! Friend!" Bicurisita said. "Don't be afraid, it's useless to be afraid anyway."

Xavier: "..."

Bikulixita patted Xavier on the shoulder hard, and said: "I am asking the right question. Let's take the elevator to the Heavenly Tribunal later, and you stand on the dock and listen to them read a passage every time the court opens. You have to read the nonsense, and then just wait to be interrogated. If you are not bad luck, if you don't decide the death penalty in court, I will introduce you to my friend Gast when I get the chance. He is a cherub, and he is small Yes, you should see it on the trial seat later, if this guy didn't oversleep."

With that said, they soon came outside the high walls of the Heavenly Trial Office.

On the stone tablet next to the gate is engraved a sentence that is quite apocalyptic: You and I have got what we have, and you and I have what we deserve.

Xavier was first arranged to sit in the waiting room for a while. He thought it would take a long time to wait in accordance with the efficiency of heaven. However, this time being judged can be said to be the fastest speed Xavier has experienced. If he was not careful, he was driven away Standing on the dock, surrounded by a square wooden fence, weak, pitiful, and helpless.

A wise angel stood up, held a book and read:

"We must admit that love has become a word that many people fear. As a progressive generation of angels, we know that love is not some kind of noble sentiment preached by lower creatures, but a biological algorithm for the purpose of reproduction. Although it can produce substances such as dopamine and oxytocin, it is not irreplaceable, because there are many other ways to obtain these, so love is a meaningless and completely avoidable behavior. It does not have any benefits, but a Selfish, unhealthy, and unreasonable relationships are extremely short-lived, but they can easily lead to uncontrollable consequences. Therefore, every angel should pursue rationality, strictly discipline themselves, and avoid getting infected with this bad habit.”

Xavier was in the dock with a humble face, and he was very serious when he listened to the above words, nodding from time to time in agreement.

The presiding cherub liked this attitude, so he slowed down his tone and asked, "Archangel Langdon Xavier, do you plead guilty?"

In fact, Xavier, who was not listening to his nonsense, almost nodded again—he froze for a moment, waved his hands and said, "Wait, wait a minute!"

"You," the presiding judge sat down and tapped the hammer, "don't be ungrateful."

How can you praise me!Xavier thought in his heart, but still said modestly: "Dear Judge, I have something to say."

The presiding judge frowned and snorted: "Are you going to explain to us the greatness of the love between you and the devil, or justify the rationality of love? Many angels have done this before."

"How did they end up?"

"It's all right," said the presiding judge, "but he's dead."

"..."

"If you fall in love, you will be burned to death. I thought this was emphasized in the pre-job training."

Xavier was silent for a moment and said: "No, I don't want to describe the situation of my life with the demon. On the contrary, I want to explain to myself-I have never loved the demon. The so-called developing a love relationship is even more nonsense. "

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and a wise angel in the jury stand stood up and sat down.

Xavier went on to say:

"Defenders of reason and their advocates have often demonized love as a dangerous, ignorant, conspiracy of foreign powers, an act that belongs exclusively to demons. But, gentlemen, I have a question to answer: What is love? ?”

"By asking such a simple question, are you stalling for time or playing us?"

"No, I'm trying to show that no one can prove that I ever said 'I love you' to the succubus Isaac, or made any gestures of love. I bought him clothes because I had to wear them on Earth Clothes, I fed him because there was no food I couldn't afford, and I had no intention of abusing him.

"In fact, I have never seen love on this earth. All I have seen is mutual suspicion, jealousy, disputes, boredom, and endless make-shift. I sneered at the word love. Although now I go home, Seeing succubus Isaac feels lighthearted but only because we live together, I see my cat feel the same way - is this love? By the way, if it wasn't for the punishment 200 years ago that required me to treat him Responsible, I will never have anything to do with him."

"You want to use this to argue that you don't have a love relationship with the devil? It's a pity, the angel Xavier, there is evidence that you and the succubus Isaac have done something even more out of bounds!" said the presiding judge, "And, you even They have imprinted their souls on each other, and looking at the Milky Way and the galaxies outside the galaxy, there are almost no such vows of eternal love! What else do you have to argue about?"

Xavier: "Huh?"

Judge: "What's your question?"

"What pledge of eternal love?"

"...I hope you don't really think that you can escape punishment by pretending to be mentally retarded, Angel Xavier. The soul imprint will never change, it can only dissipate with the annihilation of the soul. You feel each other all the time, even if you separate in the future. . Few would dare to make such a commitment.”

Xavier was shocked: "This is not written in the book!"

"This was taught in the use of magic class." On the trial seat, an old cherub got up and looked at Xavier with pity. "I emphasized before the lecture: 'The next words are very important', but you , Langdon Xavier from Earth, you are the only one in the class who fell asleep."

For a while, Xavier began to think about life, and the presiding judge stepped off the stage and went back to the trial seat to discuss with several cherubs. Xavier looked over there nervously, and some angels waved their hands impatiently, but some A cherub who looked very young frowned and shook his head in disapproval, wondering what exactly they disagreed with.About half an hour later, the presiding judge returned to the stage, struck the hammer, and announced:

"Since you have nothing to say, Archangel Langdon Xavier, you are sentenced to death for daring to enter into an illicit love relationship with our sworn enemy, the Devil of Hell—"

"Wait!" Xavier yelled.

"What's the problem with you?"

"The court, always fair and just," said Xavier, "will judge me strictly according to the rules, is it so?"

"Yes, we never wrong anyone."

"But proving love is a difficult thing, especially when it is not shown—and every second of my past life is open to verification of that. Honorable Judge, I have read through the papers, regarding The explanation of this point of love, it says: "The relationship is too close, the plot is serious..." However, the plot is serious, I don't know what it means. Since I have to live with the devil, why can't I do something superfluous ? Or, is there anything absolutely superfluous? Could it be that the adult has made such rules, such as no handshakes or kisses, otherwise it will be treated as developing love with the devil without authorization?"

The angels in the judgment seat looked at each other. Obviously, there was no document stating that shaking hands, kissing, or even interacting with demons was not allowed; but there was no document saying that it was allowed to do so.The boundaries of this provision are fuzzy, and everything depends on the concepts of the cherubs on the bench, the degree of familiarity with the person being judged, and the mood of the day.

"This...of course cannot be concluded hastily, it needs specific analysis of specific circumstances." The presiding judge said.

"I beg you to give me a chance to 'analyze specific circumstances'," Xavier said. "My lord judge, I hope to get a fair ruling from the court."

"...I don't want to dampen your expectations, Archangel Xavier. Of course you can raise an objection, or refuse to accept the ruling afterwards, but this means that you will have to stay in the protection room forever. Is this what you expected?"

Speaking of the dark protection room, Xavier couldn't help but frowned, but soon, he said calmly: "According to Article 250 of the Heavenly Staff Code, angels should perform their duties, and it is immoral not to work for a long time .If you are forced to be immoral, I also feel very sorry. However, since there are loopholes in the rules, why can't you ask that adult what to do?"

"Okay!" said the young cherub on the trial seat suddenly, "I like this kid."

"Gast!" cried the presiding judge.

"Oh, I'm sorry." The wise angel sat down again.

So the presiding judge turned to Xavier: "That lord has a lot of things to do every day. How can there be a need to ask him for such a trivial matter? Of course he may agree with your point of view, but if he is angered by you, you will die even more ugly. Let us It is only necessary and must be resolved in private, Minister Quan."

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*You and I got what we got, and you and I got what we deserved (Astafiev)