It Didn't Work

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Archdemon of Sloth

Prince Sloth from the Seventh Circle of Hell

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"I shall bring the the Empress back as soon as possible." He promised as he returned the fruit of the Four Seasons for Archangel Ariel to hold.

Archangel Azrael didn't hitch the ends of the long, thin cloth at the back of her head, he just untied earlier from Lune, like what the birth attendant told him to do.

Instead, he covered one of her open-mouthed screams with the palm of his hand and slightly pushed her head back to the pillows.

Bending over her from the side of the bed, he brought his lips closer to the hand that shielded her mouth, looked her straight in the eye and murmured an angelic incantation.