Adam and Amon

"Kings of Angels served the Lord."

Just as the silhouettes of eight figures, each with twelve pairs of wings on their backs, appeared, the ascetic Snowman's devout murmur rang out once more. "They loyally carried out the Lord's will and sang praises of the Lord's greatness."

"The Dark Angel was the first Angel created by the Lord, His left hand, His representative, and the Vice Sovereign of the Kingdom of Heaven..."

Snowman's first sentence left the three of them visibly astonished.

The Dark Angel, Sasrir?

He was actually the Vice Sovereign of the Kingdom of Heaven?

Before this, [The Sun] had told the three of them the name of this King of Angels. He had said that Sasrir had been tempted by someone, then begun plotting rebellion, ultimately causing the Catastrophe.

So Sasrir had actually been created by the Creator of the City of Silver, and in that world, he had possessed authority second only to the Lord's... Perhaps that was precisely why the betrayal he led had produced such grave consequences.

They just did not know what his final fate had been... Medici had been able to remain after death in the form of an evil spirit. With such immense authority, even if Sasrir had been killed, he should not have vanished completely...

"The Angel of Imagination was the Lord's eldest son. The Lord said, in the distant future, you shall become the savior of all living beings."

"The Angel of Time was the Lord's second son. The Lord said, you are the God of Deceit, the God of Pranks, and the light when the Apocalypse arrives."

As Snowman spoke devoutly, the titles and related descriptions of the eight Kings of Angels entered the ears of the three present one by one. This ascetic probably had never met those