Right hand. Prince of Darkness. Dmitry Nazarov
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Название: Right hand. Prince of Darkness
Автор: Dmitry Nazarov
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– It’s calming.
– And don’t calm down too much, – I advised vindictively. – Maybe I’m lying? I’m a demon! What if I came to earth for this, to seduce you and forever deprive you of paradise?
– I doubt. I don’t think a… demon like you would come for such a small thing.
One point for you. Wouldn’t have arrived. Our meeting with you is a 100% accident.
– What an accident?
Again a puncture. Such words should not have been used.
– Absolute. Full.
– Okay. And still. What brought you to earth? There is some purpose.
– Of course. Let’s put it this way: I came to earth with a mission.
– And… what kind of mission is this? – Eitan asked with undisguised apprehension.
– But I won’t reveal this.
He paused, half gathering courage, half grabbing an elusive thought by the tail, then asked:
– Are you going to destroy the earth?
– Minus five points. To destroy the earth, it is not necessary to go down to it.
– To go down? he seized on the word. – I thought hell was below.
– Up, down… – I waved. – Outside of your reality, these concepts completely lose their meaning. But the fact remains that in order to destroy the world, the brothers must come to an agreement.
I did not specify, but Eitan, of course, understood without explanation that the brothers are the Prince of Darkness and the Prince of Light.
– Can they? Come to an agreement?
– Well, they have a complicated relationship… In principle, they can. But the land will not be destroyed.
– It’s calming.
– You will calm down after death, – I snapped, once again laying down comfortably and looking up.
During our conversation, the clouds managed to move, and the picture of the starry sky changed.
– Why are you so mean? Eitan complained and immediately slapped his forehead, realizing that the answer was obvious.
– Ha-ha-ha! I deliberately laughed. – I’m supposed to. And with what pleasure I drink the blood of the righteous! Mmmm… yummy!
– I do not believe.
– And rightly so. Blood tastes bad. Too salty.
It seemed that the conversation managed to be diverted away from slippery moments, but my companion turned out to be a tough nut to crack.
Have you come to bring destruction? – he asked in the forehead, leaning forward.
I glanced at him with disapproval.
– Naturally. What did you think? Without destruction, you know, there will be no place for new life. And then, you people love to look for the guilty. First, do something that even the most painstaking work cannot fix. And then you wonder: “Like a global flood? For what?” Yes, for nothing! Global warming should not have been arranged.
– What kind of warming?
– Forget. This is what I got into. The bottom line is that sometimes you can’t do without destruction, and you won’t be able to shift all the blame on the Prince of Darkness. So what are you going to do now, righteous with tasteless blood? Will you run home in the morning? The bride isn’t as scary as a demon, is she? Or do we still stop at the option with an aspen stake?
Something subtly similar to regret scratched the soul. The wind blew soothingly across his face and palms.
– I am not my own enemy, – Eitan reasonably objected.
Covered his eyes. And pretended to fall asleep.
All clear. Run away. Maybe tonight, maybe later. Yes, and no wonder. Any mortal will be frightened when they realize who they are facing. It’s like a ladybug making friends with an elephant that comes and doesn’t notice. And for a long time he will be surprised: where did the new friend go? Creeping away slowly, then spreading your wings and flying away is the most reasonable act in such a situation. And for the most part, I shouldn’t care.
But regret continued to scratch from somewhere inside. And it was wrong.
Chapter 6
Eitan did not escape during the night. However, he spent her without sleep, it was clear from the reddened eyes, which he began to rub every now and then, when he thought that I was looking the other way. The disappearance of a satellite is a matter of time. Most likely, he was simply afraid that I would consider such an act a betrayal, I would catch up with him and punish him somehow. Ridiculous thought, really: do I really have nothing better to do than run after… ladybugs? At first I even wanted to tell him directly about it, but changed my mind. Conducting conversations with ladybugs was also outside the scope of my official duties.
Another town, which we soon reached, Ir, differed from the others in especially narrow streets. Often, with arms stretched out to the sides, one could easily touch both walls. Driving here was problematic, so the chariot had to be left on the outskirts, since the distances were ridiculous – we reached the center in just half an hour. We passed, bowing our heads and turning up our collars, under clotheslines stretched between the windows (it was always dripping from poorly wrung out clothes), admired the abandoned church, lopsided from time to time, and went down the stairs to one of the taverns.
The local chef lacked stars from the sky, but the food was quite tolerable. Customers willingly cleaned their plates, soaking slices of freshly baked bread in the sauce from the roast. Even Eitan cheered up a little, though he continued to furtively cast ambiguous glances at me. It was annoying, even depressing. I would have run away as soon as possible. However, soon I was not up to it.
The air suddenly seemed to thicken around me. Sounds and sights barely reached my attention, as if breaking through stone walls. In fact, I barely reacted to the world around me, suddenly completely focusing on inner sensations. Internal, but imposed from the outside. And I could not understand what kind of force was grabbing me and pulling me, when I myself did not know where. At first I thought that it makes sense to figure out, to check where such СКАЧАТЬ