The grass and trees rustled. Lucian, wearing a gray robe, walked among the trees.
He changed into a simple change of clothes in an open space - from the storage ring he carried with him. The deep red, gorgeous robe and the exquisite jewelry decoration were carefully put back into the ring.
The system was already in shock when he suddenly jumped out of the teleportation beam, and now seeing his actions, it was speechless. It didn't know whether it should scold Lucian or comfort him, and finally said: "... You are so careful to put it away."
"You have to put it away carefully. Look, there are hundreds of crystals embroidered on this robe. If you break any of them, you can make money." Lucian said, "When you run out of money one day, just tear off one and sell it."
system:
There was no trace of sadness in Lucian's voice, but rather a very indifferent emotion. It watched Lucian change into clothes suitable for movement and tie up his hair. Then, Lucian drew a square magic circle on the palm of his hand to calculate the route and headed in a certain direction.
The moment he jumped out of the light column, the space was distorted, and Lucian was randomly placed in a new place. The place where he finally landed was a forest, and through the magic circle, it was inferred that its location was approximately at the border of the human territory.
Close to the eastern border of the goblins in the sea and the beasts in the grassland.
As for the Demon Realm, there would be at least several months of travel between the two.
"Are you planning to go back to Demon Realm now?" The system was nagging in Lucian's ear. "Excuse me, you just escaped from the wedding with Wade. His hatred towards you is 100%. If you want to get his forgiveness, I think..."
"Who told you I'm going back to the Demon Realm?"
system:
"Wait, you're not going back to Demon Realm? Then what are you doing?"
“… I don’t know.” Lucian shrugged. “Anyway, it’ll be nearly a year and a half before we can teleport back to… the next time, right? During this time, we’ll just stay here.”
"... Yeah." The system heard Lucian's soft voice, "Stay... here for now."
system:…
"What are you going to do here?"
"… Can't you just treat me as staying here for a trip?"
Lucian did not answer the system's question about his intention. He just turned his head and continued to observe the road in front of him, moving in the direction of the distance.
"... maybe when it's clear, I'll know. If he can... do it."
That was the last soft voice the system heard from Lucian.
Lucian used his fingers to push aside the trees that blocked his view. Outside the trees, in the forest, was a towering mountain surrounded by mist...
"There is a wizard tower here." Lucian said.
He squinted his eyes for a while and said, "An extremely powerful gray-robed wizard. Let's change direction."
As he said this, he turned in another direction. Now that he had a special identity, Lucian would not get into any conflict that might expose his whereabouts unless it was necessary.
He continued, and the system continued to talk to Lucian in this lonely jungle: "I think you'd better be careful. If you are caught by Wade this time, he will crush you to ashes. Alas, I really don't understand why you want to stay in such a dangerous place... Lucian?"
It saw Lucian's flushed face and increasingly abnormal breathing. Lucian's pace became slower and slower, and he frowned slightly, as if he was sensing some strange fluctuations. The system was startled and asked quickly: "What's wrong with you? Are you injured?"
Lucian did not answer it. He tried his best to speed up, leaned against a hidden tree, and covered his abdomen with his hands. He was breathing heavily, as if he was in great pain.
“… It’s so swollen.” He murmured.
At this moment, the system caught a glimpse of a gray figure in the jungle. The figure was gray, so the system shouted at that moment: "Lucian! Be careful! Someone is coming..."
The shadow moved step by step towards Lucian who was sitting under the tree.
"Succubus?... No, it's actually a half-succubus?" The man's voice was very gentle and cold, but when he said the three words "half-succubus", there was a sense of fluctuation, "The white-haired half-succubus, and it looks like she is in the honey stage..."
When the man came to Lucian, the system finally saw his face clearly: the man was a handsome gray-robed wizard. The wizard had messy black hair and wore glasses, but his expression was full of the worldly weariness, autism, and indifference that only geniuses have. He looked gray all over, as if he didn't care about the mundane affairs on his body. He squatted down, without any lust for beauty in his eyes, but observed Lucian attentively, as if observing a plant or a new species: "It is indeed a half-succubus, male, white hair quality, mature, honey-making state... Hmm!"
A dagger was pressed against his throat with lightning speed.
The gray-robed wizard tried to fight back, but Lucian cast spells faster than him. His glasses fell off, and the wizard fell to the ground. Although blood was flowing down his neck, the wizard still opened his eyes slightly and said, "You can actually use light-type improved spells?"
"I think you'd better worry about your own life." Lucian sat on him and said with a curled lip.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm the gray-robed wizard Michelle." The gray-robed wizard's eyes were still calm. "I live in the wizard tower next door. I'm a wizard expelled from the human world. Of course, I don't need their recognition. The only thing I care about and focus on is my own research. For me, anything other than research is meaningless."
Before Lucian could react, he spoke a long string of words at a very fast speed, immersed in his own world, and in a very self-centered way. After the rapid-fire words, he said: "I am currently conducting a study, and the content of that study is..."
"you… "
"Excuse me, sir, please listen to me finish my research principles." Mitchell interrupted him and continued speaking.
Lucian: …
Mitchell finished his speech at a very fast pace without any expression on his face, explaining how unprecedented his research was. Finally, he said, "I can see that you are not only half a succubus, but also have extremely strong magical powers. In my research, the research materials I need include succubus-related physiological characteristics and extremely powerful succubus blood drops. For this purpose, I found a lot of succubus, but none of them were satisfactory to me, so..."
"so?"
"So I hope you can assist me in the experiment. This experiment only needs to study your blood, and only needs to provide your blood. It will not cause any damage to your body. Of course, I will first make a blood oath with you not to harm you - if you are not confident enough. You can cast and lead this blood oath. You know, I can't do anything that might trip you up in this situation." Mitchell finished his speech in great detail, not even giving Lucian a chance to interrupt, "Do you think it's okay?"
"… "
At that moment, the dizziness and swelling surged into Lucian's body again. He gritted his teeth and shook his wrist, but the tip of the knife accidentally pierced into Mitchell's skin. Mitchell's blood gushed out, but he still didn't care about the pain at all. Lucian restrained himself and whispered: "Damn... Is he sick..."
Mitchell watched his reaction quietly, and suddenly said in a subtle voice: "You don't seem to understand your physical condition? I mean, you look like you don't know what you are going through?"
"What did you say?" Lucian said.
"... I'm more knowledgeable here. As you know, Gray Robe Mages always study a lot of things." Mitchell said, "You look like you're in the... honey stage. This is the source of your discomfort."
Lucian: ?
"What is the honey season?" Lucian asked.
Mitchell showed a slightly subtle expression. Under his messy hair and slightly hazy eyes due to the loss of glasses, he looked more like surprise and contempt for Lucian than shyness. "That is a physiological reaction unique to succubus. I really didn't expect that I need to popularize his own physiological reaction to a succubus. Perhaps you know that the hair color of a succubus will change, become lighter or darker depending on the amount and frequency of energy you ingest. That is a symbol of energy accumulation. Of course, when there is enough energy, it accumulates for a long time, and is not consumed by activities, the succubus will have another reaction, which is the so-called 'honey period'."
"I don't understand. Just say I can understand what you are saying." Lucian said.
"..." Mitchell sighed deeply, like a disappointed nerd, "Then I'll use a more common word to describe it. The word that is closest to its situation in human language is..."
"Fake pregnancy."
Lucian's hands trembled, and then he heard Michelle say, "Please calm down. The knife in your hand is against my artery."
Lucian: …
"…Tell me more," he said dryly.
"..." Mitchell said slowly despite his life being threatened, "You don't have to be too nervous or too worried. This is just a symptom of false pregnancy, not pregnancy. During the honey period, the excess energy in the succubus' body will turn into honey/liquid and accumulate in the body, and it will also emit fragrance, have other characteristics that are beneficial to reproduction, and show some false pregnancy symptoms. According to some records, when the honey period lasts too long and the honey/liquid accumulates too much, for male succubi, they will even condense into something similar to crystal eggs. This thing will be digested with long-term hunger, or it will be squeezed out... discharged under the body's efforts. However, this situation is extremely rare. With your current condition, you don't have to worry about such extreme situations."
Lucian: …
After a long time, he cut Mitchell's finger with a knife, forced him to swear a blood oath, and finally said lazily: "I am very interested in your wizard tower. Take me to have a look."
Mitchell was not afraid of this blood oath that could endanger his life, but because Lucian agreed, his autistic face showed relief. He nodded and said, "That's what I was thinking. With your help, maybe I can collect all the experimental data within the next year and publish a paper at the Mage Conference."
As he spoke, he fumbled on the ground and picked up his glasses. Lucian saw the blue-black color of fatigue under his eyes.
That is a school color.
The gray-robed wizard politely led Lucian forward. When they passed a very high hillside, the wind blew away the leaves. At the moment when all the big trees were blown away, Lucian saw the city in the distance hidden under the branches.
It was a quiet and warm city-state. Lucian quietly looked at the city in the sun. Finally, he heard the voice of the gray-robed wizard: "This is a city built by the human race on the border. It can be said to be quiet and peaceful. There are people of various races living here. However, due to some boring rumors, they are afraid of me and will not come to disturb me."
"… "
"Don't get me wrong, I don't care which city-state you came from. Everyone has their own secrets." The gray-robed wizard pushed his glasses and said.
Lucian took one last look at the city, then turned and left with the gray-robed wizard.
He suddenly felt that it would be nice to live here quietly, waiting... or...
Maybe that's not bad.
After that, it was three months.