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3:47 am, may 1st, 18XX

"You really are getting so bothersome, and so smug, I hate this side of you... you reek of wine... You should go wash your face and go to sleep."
"Now say that again but without smiling."
"Ah, see, I told you... Such an arrogant attitude, have you forgotten the times you have come to cry on my chest?"
"I'm the one who will make you cry tonight."
"Mngh..."
"Your hands are so warm. What's wrong with you today... Aren't you supposed to be the devil?"
"I don't know... I feel so small, so vulnerable between your arms. Please, protect me."
"You shouldn't be the one asking for that... Ah, you are already crying."
"I know... I'm sorry... But for only this time, embrace me and make me feel powerless. I didn't know how much I yearned this feeling."
"This isn't the Mephisto I know."
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't ask for forgiveness. Cry as much as you want, I won't go anywhere."
"Do you promise?"
"Servants don't ask their masters to make promises."
"Yes, my bad."
"So I will make you promise some things for me instead."
"That would make me very happy... You know what I want, do you?"
"Of course I do."
"..."
"Promise me that you will be by my side no matter what, that you will watch me grow and conquest.
"I promise."
"Promise me that you will serve me in earth and hell alike."
"Faust... I promise."
"And promise me that you'll advise me as my counselor, and comfort me as my concubine."
"Ah... Faust, I don't think we should..."
"I'm sorry I can't call you my wife. At least not legally.
"Oh, damn you, shut up, just shut up..."
"Do you promise?

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