Lucian was walking in the town. He was carrying a basket of flowers and walking on the quiet and peaceful streets of the town, but his face was a little pale. In the small shop beside him, the owner of a bakery poked his head out and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Lucian. The weather is very good today. Did you just come back from outside the city? Or did you come back from your student's home?"
"Good afternoon, Master Bob."
"Would you like some toast? Fresh from the oven?"
"I don't think so."
Lucian declined the bakery owner's invitation and carried the basket of flowers into his residence.
His residence had a nice garden. Lucian first took today's mail from the mailbox at the door. He pushed open the fence and used the key to enter the small room inside. He placed the basket of flowers on the table in the living room, where there was a black piano. There were fruits and a bottle of fresh milk on the table.
This is where Lucian lives. The cottage has three floors, the living room and kitchen on the first floor, the bedroom and study on the second floor, and the attic where sundries are stored on the third floor. The residence is on a street full of wisteria flowers, shady and secluded, with other town neighbors living on both sides.
Three months ago, after Lucian met the Gray Robe Master Mitchell, he chose this small town as his place of residence. He moved into this border town without Wade as a reclusive pianist. There were residents of all races in the town, and they welcomed him. Some parents also sent their children to learn music from him. In addition, he occasionally went to the Gray Robe Master's Master Tower in the north of the town to study some techniques with him.
In the first month after moving here, Lucian suffered from a fever due to lack of energy. He lay on the bed, biting his pillow, trying his best to control himself from making any strange noises due to the discomfort in his body. The high fever and false pregnancy brought by the honey period oppressed his body. Lucian closed his eyes, knowing that what Wade left for him had indeed taken shape in his body.
The data said that the crystal nucleus condensed by the succubus during the honey formation period is no larger than an egg. It is transparent and has a slight silver luster, looking like a beautiful crystal. They may force it out (such as using external forces, or pressing and rubbing the magic pattern by themselves), or they may let it stay in their bodies, waiting for it to be completely consumed and melted, and then absorbed by the body as energy. But no matter which process, it is extremely difficult. Whether it is process one or process two, this overload of feeling that seems like happiness and pain will even make the succubus scream and want to die.
The crystal core condensed in Lucian's body was very small. He closed his eyes, waiting for it to be completely consumed by his hunger. All his senses became sensitive during the honey formation period. The only thing he thought of and felt ashamed of during this process was that he wanted Wade to be by his side at this moment.
He wanted him.
During that painful night, he dreamed of Vader for the first time, but when he woke up, he was alone. Finally, he leaned on himself, sobbing and calling out Vader's name in his delirium.
At that moment he thought he was ridiculous.
After the crystal core was consumed, Lucian's hair quickly turned gray, and the dazzlingly white long hair finally disappeared. He used coercion and inducement to get back some potions from Michelle to suppress the succubus bloodline (hunger). With these potions, he could get enough energy even without the succubus method.
Michelle had no objection to this contribution. He simply pushed his glasses and said, "This is a better deal for us. They can prevent you from being involved in complicated emotional disputes like other succubi, which would delay my research."
Mitchell only came out that day because someone broke into his barrier. Most of the time, he stayed in his magic tower, shutting himself up in his own room, eating things that even pigs wouldn't eat, cooked in a crucible. When Lucian brought a pizza to his house for the first time, he was amazed. After finishing the pizza, he told Lucian seriously: "My teacher once told me that scholars who study magic cannot focus on the desire for food."
Lucian: "Hmm? So?"
Mitchell: "I can't go buy it, so please buy some pizza for me every time you come to my house. Thank you, I will pay you."
In addition, many residents in the town also think that Lucian is a handsome, polite young man who has little sense of existence because of his reclusive lifestyle.
This is Lucian’s life now.
Lucian opened the newspaper in the living room. The newspaper contained some boring news about the town, including that Bob's family invented a new type of bread, and Anne and her friends held a small concert in the square... Lucian turned the pages one by one, he didn't say anything, and the system didn't say anything either.
After Lucian took the initiative to return to the Western Fantasy World, the system has been very worried about Lucian's mental state. From the moment Lucian jumped from the light column, it determined that Lucian had some mental problems. For example, now, it is also looking at Lucian's face, trying to figure out what he wants to do.
But the newspaper seemed to be full of boring trivialities, and Lucian's expression did not change. Finally, he put the newspaper down.
Most of the time, newspapers are full of boring content. There was only one exception. In the last page of the newspaper, the current Vader was mentioned - the Dark Lord and the Blood Emperor. It is said that Vader returned to the human race and carried out a very cruel purge of the traitors. Unexpectedly, the identity of "Vette" has also been active in the demon world. The brutal style of the human emperor gave him the reputation of the Blood Emperor, and "Vette" was the terrifying Dark Lord. The newspaper briefly described that the two had a meeting and promised to form an alliance. At least in the short term, the disaster will not happen.
However, both the system and Lucian knew that Vader and "Vette" were originally the same person. It was not strange for the male protagonist to unify the demon world and the human world. The small town was far away from the border and was not in conflict with the world. It only regarded such boring national events as a little anecdote. However, after reading the newspaper, Lucian put his finger on the cruel and horrible things that Vader had done in the report.
"It was he who did it," he said.
The horror of Vader now is even more terrifying than in the original work. Just hearing about the system makes me shudder. But after that day, Lucian developed the habit of buying newspapers every day.
Take it back and look.
He just lived quietly in the town. I didn't go to find him, but bought newspapers, just like waiting for something. There was still one year until he could leave this world again. The system didn't know if Lucian was waiting for the arrival of one year later.
Lucian cleaned the room calmly for a while. The next day was the red moon again, and even under the suppression of the potion, he still had some trouble. His long hair had now turned dark black and was tied behind his head with a ribbon, forming a large and smooth mass.
While he was watering the flowers, he heard a voice outside the door. It was the sunny human youth Dylan. Dylan had soft brown hair and amber eyes. He wore a new hat and called to Lucian at the window: "Mr. Lucian, are you back from teaching harp at Amanda's home?"
Amanda is the daughter of a wealthy clothing store owner in the town. She is 11 years old, lovely, and her family has a harp that was purchased at a high price. Her mother has been committed to training her to become the most popular lady in the town. So Lucian would go to her house every week to help with harp lessons.
"She gave me a basket of flowers. I put it on the table." Lucian smiled.
"Oh..." Dylan scratched his head, as if thinking about what to say to Lucian next. "Okay, the flowers must be beautiful. By the way, are you still looking for new newspapers? I remembered that I have a friend who went out of town to do business in Haicheng. I wrote to him the other day and asked him to send some over here."
Lucian just casually mentioned this matter to the overly enthusiastic young neighbor, but he didn't expect that he would put it on his mind. So he said, "Thank you very much, but you don't need it in the future. I will pay for it."
"Are you worried about the overall situation?" Dylan was proud of his ability to use the somewhat complicated phrase "overall situation". "Don't worry, the war is all in the west, and the place where the demons and humans are closest is also in the west. We are the farthest from the capital, and the sirens and orcs have always been very strong, so the war will not reach us."
"Yeah." Lucian said.
Dylan leaned out the window to chat with Lucian. He talked about the newly built dance hall in the town, and also about how Anne seemed to have a new boyfriend recently. Later, he said enthusiastically: "By the way, have you heard? On the other side of the river, in the manor on the other side of the mountain, which is quite far away from our town, the heir finally came. He is a viscount named Oliver. Betty is very excited and has been wanting to find out if the viscount is a young man. You know, Betty has always wanted to marry a rich man, and there is nothing wrong with that..."
"Yeah." Lucian smiled and agreed with him.
"By the way, Mrs. Dora asked me to ask you, how are the muffins?"
Mrs. Dora is also a resident of this town. She is a good cook, a warm-hearted lady, and loves matchmaking. A few days ago, she baked some muffins and asked Dylan to bring some to Lucian.
“It tastes great… I’m so sorry, I’ve been so busy lately that I forgot to return the gift.” Lucian said.
He looked a little embarrassed. Dylan immediately said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Dora doesn't care about this. It's just that Miss Emma's family is holding a dance in town the next day. She is Mrs. Dora's niece, so Mrs. Dora invited us to join. You know, Miss Emma's family holds a dance every month. They invited you the first two times, and they said they must invite you this time."
It would be a bit rude to refuse at this time. Lucian learned from Dylan that Miss Emma's dance was in seven days, so he promised: "I will go."
"Okay! Let's go together. I'll come find you before the dance starts."
Dylan finished speaking and walked away in a hurry. Lucian looked at Dylan's back, who couldn't help humming a song and even dancing a little bit, and knew that this young man liked him very much.
Of course, it wasn’t just an ordinary “like”. After all, in the eyes of others, although Lucian used magic to hide her identity as a succubus, she was also an elegant, gentle, and beautiful pianist.
The kind that is very likable.
The blood moon will come out tomorrow night. Its effect will also start from tomorrow and end the day after tomorrow, just in time for the dance. Lucian put the newspaper in the storage box, made a bowl of mushroom soup at dinner time, and poured a glass of red wine. He didn't need to eat much, but the warm feeling of food could also bring him a little warmth.
Finally, he prepared the necessary water and other things, returned to the bedroom on the second floor and locked the door.
He didn't plan to go out for the next three or four days.
The influence of the moon tide brought by the blood moon began to show its influence from this night. He was wearing the softest silk pajamas, but he still felt uncomfortable being rubbed. Lucian bit his tiger's mouth, venting all the pain on the bloody teeth marks.
As the reddish moonlight illuminated the room, Lucian finally twitched and silently called out a name in his heart.
He reached down, imagining Vader was hugging him.
The town was always so peaceful and tranquil at night. Late at night, other residents had also fallen asleep. In the silence, the wind blew into the living room on the first floor of Lucian's cabin.
The reddish moonlight reflected on the sofa, as if someone had already discovered him.