Chapter 12 : A Demon's Friend

When Sol's friend arrives, I'm relieved to find it's not the same one from yesterday.

Conjuring a portal to Hell is a lot more involved than I thought it would be, taking me almost three trips to the covenant store down the street in order to get the right ingredients in order to do so.

I swear, the girls there must've suspected I was doing something demonic, because as I was leaving for the second time, one of them gave me an eternal blessing stone. Which are usually only given out to people if their life was really going to shit.

I palm it in my hands now as I stare at the demon in front of me, the portal behind him glowing softly as it dims out of existence.

"Soleus," the demon nods in greeting. "I'm surprised you're here. What are you doing in the human world?"

Sol slaps a hand on his friend's shoulder, grinning at him. "It's a looong story."

"I have time."

Sol shakes him slightly. "I don't. But perhaps if I'm feeling jolly, I'll share it with