Wade's army was unstoppable, and within a few days, they had reached the capital. But he was in no hurry to continue the attack, but instead ordered his soldiers to surround the entire passageway in the capital, waiting for Campbell to counterattack or surrender.
"Witt is giving Campbell a way out." Angel, the Lord of the City of Rage, commented, "He really has the demeanor of a great general!"
"Those who used to be humans are always so troublesome and hypocritical." This is the evaluation of Noah, the lord of the City of Laziness.
Heloise of the City of Lust just smiled and ordered her ministers to prepare a gift for Wade's ascension to the throne of the Demon King.
“By the way, please prepare a small gift for my brother as well,” she said.
Regardless of how others or the allies evaluated it, Vader's victory was a fact that came not long after. After setting up camp, Vader sent a surrender order to Campbell.
"I'll give him ten days," Wade said leisurely, "to humbly abdicate and hand over his crown. Or, I'll go in and take his head off myself."
These ten days were extremely difficult for Campbell, but not for Wade. After respectfully receiving Wade's order, the guard lowered his head and retreated from the tent.
—I dare not even look at the looming human figure behind the gauze curtain in the tent.
He heard that the beauty was the future queen of the future demon king, and was also a taboo that no one in the entire military camp dared to touch.
After everyone left, Wade opened the curtain and entered the tent. After seeing Lucian sleeping on a large piece of fur, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips, but he tried to purse his lips to maintain the demeanor of the "future demon king" because he was too happy.
The white-haired succubus was still asleep. Perhaps because of the excessive physical exertion yesterday, Lucian fell asleep when Wade carried him back to the tent from the horse. Wade took off his coat and sank into the fur. He suppressed his urge to crush him and buried his chin in Lucian's neck.
Every time he saw Lucian, he would have the urge to crush him into his own flesh and blood, out of violence or a strong desire to possess him. In the past, this feeling was only calmed down when he possessed him, like a beast finally digging its claws into the throat of its prey.
But now it's different. He...
Lucian is his fiancé.
This exciting and pleasant, yet slightly shy feeling made it impossible for him to concentrate during the entire campaign. He couldn't wait to attack the Demon King's castle and complete this marriage, but he couldn't help but want to prolong this exciting time. He could only let Lucian stay by his side every day and let him watch him fight.
Lucian was his.
He never left Lucian's sight.
They will walk through the hall, bound together by an invisible contract. Lucian will always be his lover. The more famous he becomes, the more widely known Lucian will be... The only pity is that Lucian cannot get pregnant, and the two of them cannot continue to exist like a married couple recognized by the secular world. But this is also possible. He cannot tolerate a piece of other unknown flesh and blood staying in Lucian's body, causing his body to deform and suffer. He cannot tolerate Lucian's emotional fluctuations due to the need for the survival of that piece of flesh and blood than to him, and he cannot tolerate this piece of flesh and blood having a closer connection with Lucian than he does with him.
Some male animals regard the pregnancy of female animals as their own marking behavior, leaving a child in the other's belly is like leaving a long-lasting, possession mark. Wade closed his eyes and lay on Lucian's neck, thinking that he did not need this kind of mark.
He would use another way to always leave his scent in Lucian's body.
He continued to smell his rich scent. In the past, Lucian always had a light body fragrance, but these days, as the two of them spent more time together, it became more intense, just like nectar from a blooming flower that was about to drip.
Lucian woke up at this time.
He nudged Wade with his elbow and said, "Now is the time..."
"afternoon."
"How long have I slept for?" Lucian asked in a daze.
"Yeah. You're so tired."
Lucian then recalled everything that happened yesterday when he and Wade said they wanted to go out for some fresh air and relax, and they went out on horseback together...
Lucian blushed. He was about to stand up when Wade pulled his chin back and gave him a kiss. Lucian realized what Wade meant and said, "Wait, I..."
Wade whispered in his ear: "The horse is clean."
"I... I'm not..." Lucian's face turned pale and blue. Seeing that Wade was checking if his breath was still in his body, Lucian couldn't help but muttered angrily: "... Wade, you have no shame."
"You provoked me first." Wade said confidently.
Lucian: …
"Kiss me after a while." Lucian finally gave up and closed his eyes, humming, "I think it's dirty."
Well, ever since he agreed to Vader's proposal, this rather extravagant life has become his daily routine. The only difference is that Vader is much gentler than before, and likes to kiss him more and more - no matter where he is or when.
This time, Wade was a little more obedient. So Lucian still had the energy to go out for a drive alone at night. He put on a cloak, sat on a chair and looked at the moonlight, and said to the system with some worry: "I am really worried about my health. I always feel a little uncomfortable recently, and I feel that I have a strange smell..."
The system said, "I'm really worried about Wade's health. Seriously, are you really planning to marry him? Let me remind you first, there are less than a year left before the channel opens. In the original book, he sacrificed his blood to the outer world and broke through the void ten years later. And the next time the channel opens will be sixty years later..."
Lucian rolled his eyes at the system and said impatiently, "How many times have you asked me this? Am I that unreliable time traveler?"
The system is worried.
"... Didn't I tell you that I'm actually quite happy recently?" Lucian said lazily, like a satisfied cat, "Just be happy now, as for the future, I have my own arrangements. I was originally like this... pretty good. But it's not bad to agree to the proposal now."
"What are your plans?"
"It's been decided long ago." Lucian suddenly said, "On the contrary, you should just do your job and don't cause any trouble for me."
… The system knew that Lucian would not reveal his purpose. So it said distressedly: “Forget it, whatever you want. It doesn’t matter if you have a relationship…”
"Do you think I'm in love with Vader?"
"... Otherwise, you and him are like this day and night, it can't just be because it's so cool, right?" The system complained, "To be honest, I originally thought it wouldn't be like this. Because you, the host, are actually proud, petty, vindictive, and perfectionist. There is no 100% hatred, perfect escape, or successful departure in this world. I thought you would be very resentful. After all, you always said before that perfectionists cannot tolerate any failure or escape relying on the system..."
Lucian didn't say anything. The system only saw him playing with his fingers, and suddenly raised his fingers as if to touch his earlobe.
However, he quickly let it go.
"elder brother."
Noah's coquettish voice sounded in front of Lucian. The delicate boy was originally listless, but finally showed a happy expression after seeing Lucian. He complained: "I haven't seen you in the camp these few days. I heard that your brother went horseback riding yesterday? Why didn't you ask me to join you..."
Burton followed Noah. When he saw Lucian, he smiled and nodded to her, as gentle and silent as before.
"Long time no see." he said.
Lucian also smiled and nodded at him.
He was about to say something when he felt a commotion in the barracks, as if some news had been leaked.
"Why are you all gathered here?" Susanna's sharp voice came from behind them. "Someone has come from the royal city. He is Campbell's own minister - his illegitimate brother. He said Campbell is willing to surrender and personally deliver the crown. But this requires all of us city lords here to witness it."
"All the city lords though? God knows what they are up to. They are not going to catch us all in one fell swoop, are they?" Susanna shrugged.
"He's got the wrong idea." Noah said softly, "We're not that kind of people to bully. Let's go first."
Noah turned around, and Susannah's eyes swept over Lucian. After seeing the marks on his neck, Susannah couldn't help but get angry again. She snorted and said, "Congratulations, former Holy Son. Your fiancé will soon become the Demon King."
After she said this, she realized that except for Lucian, the expressions of the other two people present were not very good.
"… Humph." Noah muttered, "He got it for free."
The servants' urging voices came from not far away. Susanna and Noah left in a hurry. Lucian wanted to enjoy his quiet moment, but found that Burton was still beside him.
"Why don't you leave?" Lucian asked.
Burton lowered his eyes and smiled at him gently, "I've found some clues about the medicinal herbs I wanted to help you find before."
"Really?" Lucian said happily, "Thank you for your hard work. Burton, you are really my best friend."
Burton watched Lucian sitting on the chair, looking up at him and smiling. At that moment he realized...
This was also the look he had when he first saw Number Five, who was sitting on the sofa, calling him teacher all the time and acting like a good boy to him.
Just like now, Lucian said many words of gratitude to him. But he, who relied on collecting gratitude points to complete the task, felt that Lucian was far from being as grateful as he said.
"I will give you the herbs in about a few days."
He spoke gently, brushing aside Lucian's drooping hair with his fingers.
He hoped that Lucian would use the herbs for the places where they were originally intended.
Burton also left. Lucian stopped smiling after everyone left. He leaned back in his chair and said softly, "Everything is going so smoothly..."
At this moment, a slight sound suddenly came from beside him.
Lucian was about to get up from the chair, but at this moment, a cold blade was pressed against his throat.
"Be careful, little succubus." He heard the man's deep voice in his ears, "You don't want to die here before you see your Witt, right?"