After his initial shock, Zhang Tao quickly regained his composure and used a sip of tea to conceal his lapse.
"Demons and angels," Zhang Tao said, doing his utmost to remain calm. "They are both tools."
"What?" Severus asked.
"Whether demons or angels, they were all created to carry out certain tasks," Zhang Tao explained. "Raphael is responsible for healing and serves as guardian of the Tree of Life. Michael is the chief warrior and counts the numbers at The Last Judgment. Solomon's seventy-two demons also possess abilities related to their respective duties. Before the French Revolution, Solomon was considered an excellent demon summoner."
"You believe that?" Severus asked.
"I believe every demon has its own special ability. If we are to deal with them, we must know their names. Satan means 'adversary' in Hebrew. At first, these hostile created beings had no names, yet they were still created by Jehovah. The doctrine of America's LaVeyan Satanism opposes the spiritual control of traditional religions..."
"Are you speaking for those people?" Severus said incredulously.
"When the Edict of Nantes was revoked, it was not only Protestants who went to England, but also some Satanists. These people believed Satan was Lucifer, a proud rebel. Lucifer was the son of the morning star." Zhang Tao continued from where he had left off. "What I mean is that those who take part in blasphemous rites opposed to sacred rituals are filled with wrath. They have committed the original sin of wrath. Samael, who represents wrath in the Bible, was originally an angel, a serpent-shaped angel with twelve wings. When Noah's life was nearing its end, his master sent him to take Noah's soul away. Later, when Moses's life was nearing its end, he failed to bring Moses's soul back, because Moses had seen God.