Amidst the woods, and the sky the two looked like a red and a golden light moving like shooting stars. It wasn’t long before they stopped or rather Vinasaka stopped them inside a dark hall. With a click of his finger, the entire hall lit up with red lights all over. It was a huge hall with two other demons waiting near the throne probably for the master. However the entire hall was freezing cold for some reason. He noticed Sansara shrugging out of cold often as he was looking around and instantly put his left palm forward and created a blue flame and blew it towards Sansara. Sansara noticed it but did not understand what was going on in the head of the demon beside him. However he just thanked him with a smile.

“The ..the angels back there? Won’t you untie them?” Sansara looked at him not entirely sure whether he was brought as a guest or a captive.

Vinasaka, lazily walking towards the throne, said, “Oh that! They are long freed.” He patted his waist and the whip laid there rolled, tied with his belt. He didn’t realise when the whip had rolled itself back to its owner. What ease and skill!

“And the black cat?” he asked again.

“You worry too much. Relax! Mi-...my lord. Lyca is quite smart. He can handle that much of a situation.”

“Just call me Sansara,” he walked faster to catch up with the other, “By the way, Lyca, the name is nice. He is beautiful. I hope I can see him again.”

“You will soon,” Vinasaka said as he walked past the throne towards a wall and casted a spell. A door appeared out of nowhere and Vinasaka pushed it open. The other way wasn’t visible so Sansara was a little worried about whether he should follow him but soon after Vinasaka entered, he extended a hand for him. Was he taking him to the seven gates of hell? Was he going to be fried?

Without thinking ‘much’, he took the hand which was unbelievably gentle but firm. As he stepped in, he couldn’t believe there was the prettiest garden he had seen in his life. There was no end that he could find. Vast and vast patches of land only covered with thin mat of fresh grass, flowers all prettier than the other, plants and trees of different varieties, butterflies and rabbits playing all around. His eyes lit up with sparkles.

“This is sooo pretty. This is the prettiest place I have ever been!” Sansara exclaimed

Visiting the two most beautiful places on the same day right after he woke up, it was almost like a dream; first the angels’ abode and now the demon’s garden.

There were two women at a corner chatting and smiling. Seeing that Sansara said, “Oh, I thought this garden is yours?”

“It is, it is. You aren’t wrong.”

He didn’t question anything else regarding that but suddenly he remembered something more important, “Vinasaka?”

“Hm?” he looked at him, his eyes soft as they met Sansara’s. The former didn’t really expect this sudden eye contact so he paused for a while before he continued, “Umm, why did you bring me here?”

“Ahh, I can do with everybody misunderstanding me but not you.” Vinasaka said in a very matter of fact way. Seeing Sansara’s confused look, he continued, “This is the garden of spirits...”

Vinasaka was waiting for him to catch on but he was absolutely clueless. “Okay let me explain it this way. Since I am a demon overlord, I don’t really need to feed on souls to keep myself alive.”

Sansara’s eyes grew bigger, “You mean?...These are the souls of the people who did a deal with the demon?”

“Aaaa...precisely.”

“You didn’t eat them up?”

“Nope.”

“Not a single one?”

“Nope....actually the evil souls are devoured by my attendants here. They need to keep going after all.”

“Evil souls?”

“Yup, the kind of people who would summon me to take innocent lives and the ones who, after dying, would stir up trouble.”

Sansara was looking at Vinasaka with the most impressed looks when he felt a nudge from behind. He almost jumped to Vinasaka who held him really tight but as soon as he realised the situation, he hid himself behind Vinasaka instead.

Vinasaka only laughed softly at the turn of events, “It’s okay Sansara. It’s Lyca. See he is back.” Vinasaka kneeled on one leg and started petting the animal.

“WHAAATTTTT!!”

Vinasaka chuckled again.

“Are you telling me that huge white wolf is Lyca. The same Lyca as in the black cat I was holding ea