” without telling Raphael “ that’s mean a lot of things …
I agree with you, I too noticed this sentence, this means Raphael has his importance in Heaven and that he’s close to Michael. I actually read some books about angels a few month ago and some of them wrote Michael and Raphael are kinda close and often work together. In Makai Ouji, they seems to be close, maybe they are getting along quite well (enough for Michael to tell Raphael what’s he doing, where’s he going… I don’t think Raphael is above Michael, as Michael is the Prince of Archangels, God’s Right Hand, but Raphael, as Michael’s coworker and as Archangel of Healing, has his importance), but unlike Michael, Raphael doesn’t seems to be a jerk. On the contrary, he seems to be a cute, cheerful and peaceful angel. That only time we saw him, he was all like "Stoooop fighting! It made our Father sad, make love not war!! Love is everywhere, hallelujah!!” and I really like Archangel Raphael, and I really want him to not be a jerk in Makai Ouji. In my headcanon, he get along well with Michael, but also with Uriel, and all his angelic brother because I see Raphael as a cheerful and peaceful angel and it sadden him to see Michael’s and Uriel’s state. It might be possible Michael wasn’t always a jerk, maybe he changed after Lucifer’s fall?
Anyway, I just want to see more of the angels, and please, please, PLEASE, not see ALL angels are jerk. I want some to be nice, possibly on Uriel’s side and not wanting to hurt William, just like Sitri, Camio and Dantalion. I want to see more of Raphael, and more angels on Uriel’s side (well, Raguel seems to like Uriel but… well, we saw what’s happening with Raguel in pillar 56. Poor thing.), I just want Uriel to have some angel friends, is that too much to ask?