The meeting ended in the afternoon, and there was still some time before the evening. After the rest of the people left, Wade turned his head and looked at Lucian who was sitting next to him.
As if he knew he was looking at him, Lucian shuddered and turned towards him.
—It was a posture like a frightened bird.
…Lucian, are you afraid of him
Something rolled around in his throat, but it didn't come out. Wade closed his eyes and gently stroked Lucian's long hair. Lucian rubbed his hand skillfully with her cheek.
This was all what he wanted.
But Vader felt anxious.
“…Spencer, prepare the carriage.”
"Weid is going to take you out." The system woke up Lucian who was dozing in the spiritual world and said.
Lucian finally woke up from his daze. He asked in confusion, "Why did he take me out?"
System: "... I don't know what you are going to do."
Wade's actions came out of nowhere, not only beyond Spencer's expectations, but also beyond the expectations of the assassin hiding in the dark.
The ascetic Arthur Gibran pursed his lips slightly.
He looked gloomily at Spencer who was preparing for his trip not far away. It was obvious that Spencer had not prepared for this sudden departure from the palace. This evening was supposed to be a time for representatives of various tribes to move freely, so it was harmless for Wade to leave at this time.
But this is a good opportunity for him... It is easier to take action outside the palace than inside it.
Arthur Gibran concealed his breath and planned to leave with the prepared carriage. At this moment, a woman holding an umbrella even on a sunny day came into his sight.
He couldn't help but be stunned.
The woman holding the umbrella had silver ornaments on her wrists. Her long black hair was tied behind her head, and she had silver eyes and slender legs. Aurora, the Saint of the Celestial Tribe, walked beside her, and the two were talking.
The men passing by couldn't help but glance at the angelic Aurora, but they remained silent as to the beautiful but terrifying woman beside her.
But Arthur Gibran couldn't help looking at her.
Lilith.
He thought.
The queen of the undead... Lilith.
At that moment, it was like a long-sealed page of a book was opened. And the reason why his loyalty was suspected, which made him angry, and he came here to swear his loyalty by assassination, was also this page.
Arthur stopped sniffing the dust between the pages. He used the art of concealment to leave. After the assassin disappeared, Lilith looked towards the corner where he had been hiding, as if she had sensed something.
Lilith frowned slightly. Aurora asked, "Your Highness Lilith, has anything happened?"
"Nothing." Lilith smiled.
She looked back at the girl in front of her and continued the previous topic with her: "As you said, the crystal ball used by the high priest of the Celestial Tribe for divination really sounds like it has supernatural powers..."
…
The carriage drove towards the royal city. Lucian didn't know where Vader was going to take him. He stayed in the spiritual world and let Vader take his body through the streets and alleys.
The carriage finally stopped at a sparsely populated neighborhood. This neighborhood had a good location, along the gurgling river, and the building in it was a large and beautifully decorated white mansion.
"Have you been here before?" Wade asked him.
Lucian did find this neighborhood familiar. He said to the system: "I remember this place used to be quite lively, as if it was owned by a noble..."
The system said: "It seems to be the Duke of Rhine."
Lucian: "...Oh, Duke of Rhine. He does look familiar."
System: "Then I let the body nod?"
He was thinking about the identity of the Duke of Rhine. His body, under the control of the system, looked at Wade hesitantly. Lucian's body opened his wine-red eyes blankly. Wade lifted his chin and asked him coaxingly: "Have you been here? Tell me... the truth."
Lucian's hosted body nodded.
At that moment, a piercing pain came from his jaw. Wade stared at Lucian, who suddenly frowned in pain, with a bit more intense hostility in his eyes.
"It's good that you've been here before." He said softly, "When you were the Holy Son, you didn't look that clean either."
As he said this, he grabbed Lucian by the throat and pressed him down on the carriage.
Wade's strength was too great, and Lucian felt that he would be strangled to death. He quickly returned to his body and began to cough due to lack of oxygen. At this time, the system screamed: "I remember, the property of the Duke of Rhine is..."
Lucian: …
System: "You opened a brothel with many succubus slaves."
Lucian: …
… This is a huge misunderstanding.
"What were you doing here when you were still a human? Fuck those succubi from behind? Or let them fuck you from behind?" Wade whispered.
Lucian was really about to be strangled to death. He struggled to kick Vader with his legs, but it only aroused Vader's deeper anger. When his throat was finally released, Lucian felt dizzy and gasped, "Listen to me... explain..."
Wade grabbed his head and looked at him coldly: "Speak."
Lucian said: "Bright took me..."
—I passed by this place, took a look and asked a question. Bright blushed, but didn't tell me what this place was for, and pulled me away.
Vader pushed him down on the seat before he could finish his words.
Lucian was really frightened this time. He said hastily: "No, there are people outside, I... um..."
His voice suddenly changed.
…
Lucian didn't dare to make a sound during the whole process. Fortunately, Wade didn't do the last step. When he was released, Lucian's lips were slightly swollen and his body was a little messy. Wade carried him out of the carriage and walked to the quiet mansion with the slightly excited and trembling Lucian.
"Do you want to go in and take a look?" Wade brushed Lucian's lips with his fingers.
Lucian looked at him tremblingly. Wade leaned his forehead against his and laughed softly, "I sealed this..."
"... and some brothels in the royal city that sell succubi."
He did not explain his words, but said: "Go in and take a look. Your mother was sold from here."
Then he said to himself, "I want to go in and take a look, too."
The mansion had been cleaned after being sealed, and the inside could be considered clean. Lucian lay in Wade's arms, pinching the corner of Wade's clothes and looking at the scene inside the mansion.
The first floor of the mansion is the reception, the second floor is where the "real business" is done, and the third floor is more "high-end" than the second floor. The auction hall is also on the second floor. Low-level succubi are usually locked up in the rooms in the basement, while high-level succubi have their own rooms on the second and third floors.
When passing by the second floor, the layout, utensils and even the paintings on the wall in the greenhouse were enough to make people blush and their hearts beat fast. The more "high-end" things on the third floor were even more obscene and lewd, making people's scalps numb. Lucian's heartbeat was unconsciously accelerated because of the nature of the succubus, but he noticed that Wade remained expressionless when he saw these things.
Finally, he took Lucian to the auction room on the second floor.
"Your mother was bought here by Dalton's brother, Phil." Wade said calmly, "She was very expensive, costing him thirty thousand pounds. This was a very ridiculous expense for the Cecil family. What's even more ridiculous is that Phil actually fell in love with her."
"They had a period of love, but unfortunately, Phil did not intend to marry her. In the eyes of many humans, a succubus is just a 'thing', an 'object'. Phil still needed to marry a noble girl as his wife. So, with the help of Dalton, your mother had a relationship with the Pope and became pregnant with the Pope's child. Phil knew nothing about this and took good care of your pregnant mother. After you were born, Phil was very happy and took you in as his 'adopted son'. He soon died of a serious illness, and Phil's health was not very good. Before he died, your mother told him the news and returned to the Demon Realm. After returning to the Demon Realm and having your younger brother, Noah, she learned one thing."
"Phil has always known that he is infertile. He has been weak since he was a child," said Wade. "After that, your mother died of illness soon after. This is the life of a succubus slave who was trafficked to the human world."
"… "
"Your parents loved you. They loved each other, too." Wade said suddenly.
Lucian didn't understand what kind of story Wade wanted to tell him. He just looked at Wade. Wade lowered his eyes and suddenly smiled: "Do you know how I used to think of you, and how those people will think of you?"
"These people treat you as a thing. I treat you as a person, Lucian." Wade pinched Lucian's chin hard and pressed Lucian into the chair. "You ruined everything."
At that moment, Lucian seemed to hear the sound of something falling, but he remained silent.
"I won't forgive you. I will never forgive you. I will abolish the trafficking of succubus slaves, but I will never forgive you." Vader said with red eyes, "I don't understand you. Is it because you know that you are half-succubus that you feel inferior since childhood and struggle so viciously... You must have your own recognized status? Is it because you know that you are half-succubus that you don't believe it and want to retaliate against me... If you want to be a slave, then do your best. I don't forgive you."
He took a deep breath for a while, and said, "I added your mother's name next to Phil Cessel's name. She is his wife. A slave cannot be a wife, but a person can. And you are the only son of Helen Cessel and Phil Cessel. Phil knows that you are not his offspring, but he recognizes you as his child. Lucian..."
"... I don't understand why you hate me so much, because we are both descendants, but I am the more upright one? Maybe I should understand something, but I still don't understand too much."
Lucian was silent. Vader laughed at himself again.
"Look, I used this word, uprightly." Wade said slowly, "I thought you should be angry when I used this word. You clearly valued your bloodline so much in the past... It seems that I still don't understand."
"No forgiveness either."
After saying all this, he walked downstairs, and Lucian followed behind him. Suddenly, Lucian said to the system: "Tell me, if I were Lucian... what would I do?"
"What?" The system was confused. "What do you mean you are Lucian? Aren't you Lucian?"
“…If I were just Lucian.” Lucian said slowly.
Maybe he would be very touched, he thought.
But everything that Vader did was just because he was Lucian. Vader thought that what he was doing was... to untie Lucian's knot.
But he is not. Lucian's pain is not his pain.
He has always known that this world is just a game. And is his frame-up of Wade due to his background or anger
Lucian lowered his eyes and subconsciously touched his earlobe with his fingers. Then he said, "My earring seems to have fallen... in the auction hall."
Vader paused.
"Wait a moment." Lucian said.
He turned around and walked towards the auction room. Wade stood there and did not follow him.
After entering the auction hall, Lucian found the earring. When he picked it up, a thin blade was pressed against his throat.