Since the day Lucifer tasted the apple—
he stopped belonging to Heaven.
And strangely enough…
he began visiting Adam.
Often.
Wine helped.
So did curiosity.
Desire was a new sensation for an archangel.
Dangerous.
Addictive.
Human.
Lucifer sat across from Adam inside the crude stone hall humans now proudly called a castle.
"You changed me," Lucifer said quietly.
Adam poured another cup.
"No," he replied."You discovered yourself."
Outside, torches illuminated growing streets.
Eden was no longer paradise.
It was becoming civilization.
Seeds scattered carelessly over the years.
Apple trees spread across the hills.
Each one silent proof of corruption.
Each one irreversible.
Adam watched them grow with satisfaction.
Sin, once introduced—
multiplied naturally.
Ten years passed.
For immortals, time meant little.
For humanity—
it meant acceleration.
Cities rose.
Writing emerged.
Metal replaced stone.
And beneath Adam's command, two thousand humans worked endlessly.
Not from loyalty.
But purpose.
He had finally taught them desire.
Then Heaven broke.
A burning figure fell from the sky.
Adam looked up just as the first angel crashed beyond the city walls.
Moments later—
another fell.
Battle scars burned across divine wings.
Golden blood stained the earth.
Lucifer's rebellion had begun.
Adam arrived first.
The wounded angel struggled to rise.
"Lucifer… has betrayed Heaven…"
Adam crouched beside him calmly.
"I know."
He placed something beneath the angel's wing.
A wrapped cylinder.
Primitive.
Human-made.
The angel looked confused.
"What—"
Adam smiled.
"Human innovation."
He turned away.
"Fire."
The explosion shook the valley.
Divinity met gunpowder for the first time.
And lost.
Adam climbed the hill overlooking the battlefield.
More angels fell from the heavens above.
War had reached Eden.
He raised his arm.
"Cannons forward."
Humanity obeyed.
Thunder roared.
Fire climbed toward the sky.
For the first time in existence—
humans hunted angels.
Above them, Heaven burned.
Below them, civilization marched.
Adam watched silently.
Lucifer had started the rebellion.
Humanity would finish it.
Somewhere beyond the clouds—
God opened His eyes.
And finally understood.
Adam was no longer a mistake.
He was a threat.