Chapter 118: Healing

The little dispute finished in an instant when Raya Pazier said her piece about the current situation.

Either way, her helping out Oum was something that not even Oumu would have expected.

After all, Oumu did get on her nerves before, so...it got a little bit awkward now that Oumu was just standing around and nothing was happening.

Well, there was something happening. Oumu was able to feel the hot gazes coming from the dark fog surrounding Lucifer.

It was probably the demon incarnate and Nocturnal Phantom who were about to kill him earlier.

It seems that they were getting ready to do something and kill Oumu once they find even a single suspicious movement coming from him.

Anyway, the silence was really irksome even to Rouge, as it was even getting a little bit awkward for him.

However, it was only natural that they would have this kind of silence.

It's not like they were buddies or anything of the sort. Sure, Rouge and Oumu were buddies, but not right now.

They cannot possibly be chummy when Oumu can just decide later that he would still be an enemy and Lucis would order Rouge to kill Oumu.

Of course, Rouge would kill him without any hesitation, and that was why it was only natural that even Rouge would not initiate a conversation in this situation.

However, the fact that Oumu was not starting a conversation with him or Raya Pazier was what made the place so awkward.

Since Oumu was the one who requested to see Lucifer so that he would be able to gauge him if he's a demon worthy enough of Oumu's loyalty, he should be the one to be talking right now.

He should be asking what kind of demon Lucifer was, he should be asking how powerful Lucifer was, and all those kinds of questions.

After all, how could he possibly know if he does not ask? There is a limit to things that he could possibly find out with just visual information or anything of the sort.

Well, it's not like Rouge or Raya Pazier would be able to say something about those kinds of questions since they themselves didn't really know Lucifer that much.

However, even then, it was still the truth that Oumu should be saying something right now.

What's more, since Rouge knew what kind of attitude Oumu has when it comes to satisfying his curiosity, it became all the weirder for him.

And since it was like this and no one seems to be in the mind to break the ice, silence just passed as they waited for Lucifer to open his eyes.

Well, they would have to wait for a long amount of time before Lucifer would finally open his eyes.

Why? It was because Lucifer was trying to fix his body right now.

Although Lucifer was able to force open one of his powers, the Demon Eyes, with no real problems or anything of the sort, it still took a lot of toll on his body.

It could be said that the toll is really detrimental to his health that it wouldn't be weird if Lucifer would drop dead any time soon just because of his body.

And that was why Lucifer was fixing his body right now, in quite the literal way.

Well, he wasn't really fixing anything. To put it in better terms, it was his body that was fixing itself.

By turning every bodily activity and power that were turned on before except for Grimmy and Nocturnal Phantom, Lucifer has allowed his body to heal itself.

He was not using his instincts or senses in any sort of way, his body was just healing itself up because the toll of everything else is literally gone now.

And because Lucifer was a Hell God in the past, his body is quite special.

His body has the power to regenerate itself even if he's being killed all over again and again.

Of course, since his body has already deteriorated to the point that it was worse than a normal demon's body, it wasn't able to heal up.

Right now, his body only has the power to regenerate itself if there is no pressure on it.

However, Lucifer literally turned off everything that was going on in his body.

And by turning those off, there is no longer any pressure on it. There is no longer any toll on it.

And as expected, Lucifer's body has quickly started to regain back its strength.

However, Lucifer didn't really expect that he would be able to return to his peak just by doing something like this.

He already knew that he would only be able to regain some of his health back by doing something like this. In other words, this was only a temporary solution.

His body would need to have a complete recovery to return to its peak.

Incidentally, the only reason why Lucifer was only able to do something like this now is because of the Demon Eyes.

Even though Lucifer's body is the one doing all the work, in order to make sure that Lucifer's body would still be Lucifer's body, his soul was needed to be there to be the gatekeeper.

And since Demon Eyes was created with Lucifer's soul, Lucifer is now able to do something like this.

Of course, Lucifer isn't using the Demon Eyes now as that would be huge pressure on his body.

However, the fact that he has opened it means that some of his powers have come back even though it came at a cost of his body.

Therefore, this option became available to him only after forcing himself.

That was why...this would take a long amount of time to be done.

However, the demons who were waiting for Lucifer seem to be ready to wait for him as a lot of time has already passed, and they were still not budging.

Well, they knew that they wouldn't be able to go somewhere else anyway.

Even if Rouge and Oumu were to go back, they would have nothing to do there.

Besides, it's not like Oumu would be able to go back since he still has not confirmed his position.

And because he still has not confirmed his position, Rouge certainly cannot go back.

And now, a day has finally passed and someone finally spoke up.

And this was...as expected, Oumu.

He spoke, albeit he hesitated a little bit, "So...when is he going to wake up?"

"We've been here for a long amount of time now, but he isn't showing any signs of waking up at all."

Indeed, Lucifer has not shown any signs of waking up at all. Not even a twitch could be seen on his body.

However, the one who came with him here, Rouge, spoke, "Just wait, Oumu."

"You know that you won't be able to go anywhere even if we have to wait here for a year, you know?"

And what Rouge said was the truth. Even if Lucifer is like this for a whole year, Oumu would have to wait for a whole year.

Rouge might come back to the Warmester Denoble House to handle some things, but definitely not Oumu.

However, it seems that Raya Pazier had something to say in this situation as she also spoke following Rouge, "Well, just wait a little bit."

"Lucis said that he would be done soon enough as what he's doing is just something that wouldn't really take a lot of time."

Raya Pazier said those words, and as soon as she finished saying those words, Oumu immediately had a reaction.

"Wouldn't take a lot of time? What are you talking about? A day has already passed, and I can say that for sure that a day is a lot of time," Oumu said, but he didn't say it angrily or anything of the sort.

He knew what kind of position he was in, so showing any kind of hostility could mean that his head would be rolling on the ground at any moment.

Besides, even though a lot of time has already passed, Oumu could say for sure that the demon incarnate and Nocturnal Phantom has not once looked away from him.

That says a lot about how they were looking at him and were trying hard to find faults with him.

Anyway, what Oumu said made a lot of sense. A day is a lot of time, and even Raya Pazier knew that.

However, since Lucifer is an ancient demon who has already lived for a long time, as that's what Raya Pazier believes and is actually right, him saying 'wouldn't take a lot of time' might actually mean 'a lot of time' to those who only lived for two decades or so on.

And that is exactly what Raya Pazier thought about what is happening in this current situation.

But...it seems that they didn't have to worry about this anymore as...the dark fog around Lucifer suddenly coagulated into a single spot.

It was right in front of Lucifer, and it was Nocturnal Phantom in a kneeling position.

However, that was not all as even the demon incarnate appeared, and it seems that he was bowing his head.

Of course, the three demons could see this, and they were also able to hear Nocturnal Phantom's words as he spoke.

"Welcome back, My Lord."