Lucian had no way of knowing what was happening in the outside world.
After the incident at the holy pond, Lucian was locked back in the room by Wade in a very rough manner. He forcibly cast a spell with magic power on him, but that was not the end.
After the initial drawing is completed, the spell needs to be infused with mana every day to be strengthened and improved.
The process of injecting mana was also quite ambiguous. Wade needed to place his palm on the flower-like pattern, from the flower on the lower back, all the way to the flower branch on the tailbone. In order to complete the injection, he forced Lucian to lie on the bed, unable to move.
Therefore, this inevitably caused some accidents - for example, during the process of injecting mana, the succubus pattern located on Lucian's lower abdomen was also compressed and injected with some of the scattered mana. There is simply no more tormenting thing than this.
"You deserve this." Vader once said to Lucian when he was struggling. "This is the price you pay for not obeying my orders and running around."
After that, Lucian stopped talking.
He seemed to accept the punishment obediently. Even when it was the most painful, he just bit his own palm and said nothing.
Today is finally the last day to complete the engraving. Wade was walking on the way to Lucian's room. On the way, he heard the whispers of the light elves.
“…Those rumors turned out to be true.”
"I never thought that Lord Beavis looked so gentle, but he was such a person in private."
"Using power for personal gain."
"Also, the monitoring system that deliberately distorts human nature and conducts experiments on those being observed..."
"Poor Clyde."
"Clyde is a dark elf!"
"But how do you explain Beavis's confession? If he hadn't really made a mistake and committed an unforgivable crime, why would the elders convict him?"
"He is a liar who has stolen his reputation. Even the sacred tree has seen through his filthy heart. The sacred tree revealed that it would choose new elves to serve as priests for the elves—not just the light elves."
"What? Can the sacred tree also bless the dark elves? Aren't the dark elves a race abandoned by the sacred tree?"
"That was all a conspiracy created by past priests who were greedy for power!"
"I still don't believe it. How could Lord Beavis..."
"The sacred tree has recognized this result. Even the Council of Elders and the Elf King are investigating him. If Beavis has nothing to hide, why would he take the initiative to confess?"
"It turns out that we misunderstood Clyde..."
Evan was walking beside Vader as a servant. After hearing those rumors, he frowned slightly, and finally, he sneered sarcastically: "A lot of things have happened in the elves recently. The light elves are in turmoil, and the dark elves are sitting still - perhaps, they are happy to see it happen."
Wade then stopped at the end of the corridor and said slowly, "Oh?"
"There's just one thing I don't quite understand, Your Majesty." Evan whispered, "This is a rumor spread by the dark elves, right? It was Clyde, right? He wanted to use this to ruin Beavis's reputation. The dark elves are really despicable."
Then, he said doubtfully, "But I am very puzzled as to why Beavis has no intention of fighting back until now. A week ago, I thought he was going to fight back. But so far, not only has he no intention of fighting back, he even took the initiative to plead guilty and admitted his dereliction of duty at the meeting of the elders yesterday. And the revelation of the sacred tree... Logically speaking, a man like him should not be without a backup plan. After all, he is a priest of the light elves..."
"Clyde didn't start those rumors, Evan," Wade said calmly.
"It wasn't Clyde who released it? Then who else could have such a powerful ability to make Beavis plead guilty? Speaking of this, we may have underestimated Clyde. He actually has the ability to make the sacred tree make the revelation he wants - but perhaps, this is just luck."
Evan couldn't help but feel a little bit of sneer in his heart. Thinking of Beavis's indulgence of Clyde, he couldn't help but feel strangely displeased: "If it wasn't Clyde, it couldn't have been released by Beavis himself, right?"
After saying this, he suddenly realized something and widened his eyes slightly.
"This is indeed the path chosen by Beavis," said Wade. "He believes that this will appease Clyde's anger - as long as he is tried. From another perspective, a hypocritical, vicious, and power-abusing priest was justly tried, which incidentally brought peace that appeased the enemy's anger and did not harm the light elves who were once deceived. This is better than a gentle and upright priest who is respected by everyone and almost represents the role model of the entire light elf race, being taken prisoner and sent to the enemy's territory to be tortured so that his people would no longer fall into war."
—No elf is willing to bear the guilt of having his spine broken and betraying his gods in order to find peace.
"On the contrary, they will become more united in their hatred of the enemy, and firmly believe that what they are doing is justice. With a deeper sense of faith, they will wait for the arrival of the new priest who symbolizes 'justice'."
"Why?" Evan somehow asked this question.
"Because priests can be replaced, the sacred tree has been the belief of the elves for thousands of years." Wade said, "Although they don't know, the revelation given by the sacred tree yesterday was also the result of Beavis, as a priest, communicating with the sacred tree with a sacrificial heart."
"… "
After a long while, Evan said, "So for the elves, who brings this 'justice', the tree that is always right, or the priest who is a sinner?"
Wade sneered and said, "Do you think God cares about justice?"
Evan was speechless for a moment. At that moment, he remembered the smile of the blond elf in front of the flowers in the reception room that day. He stopped talking, and Wade had already walked into the bedroom where Lucian was placed.
Evan stood guard in the corridor between the bedrooms. He looked at the green leaves and vines of the Elf King's Court and the clear stream. In the distance, he saw young elves jumping and playing happily in the gardens.
When Evan was young, he had heard about the beauty of the fairy kingdom and the lightness of elves, beautiful creatures with long lives. Those fairy tales said that elves were the freest and happiest creatures on earth.
He stared at the cheerful figures of the jumping young elves until his eyes became sore. At that moment, he suddenly thought that Beavis might be one of the few unhappy and unfree elves in the world.
…
Lucian was still in bed when Vader entered the room.
The white-haired succubus curled up on the bed, staring blankly without blinking. The succubus was only wrapped in a quilt, and her entire naked back was exposed. Wade knew that when his temperature rose, the wine-red branches would appear, and the ends would disappear under the quilt.
He sat down next to him and asked Lucian to get into position.
"This is the last time," he said.
One final time, inject mana into the spell, and the damage-deflecting spell is complete.
His bloodline with Lucian had never blended. But after the spell was completed, every time Lucian was injured, they would become brothers connected by blood, or even closer than that. All fatal injuries suffered by Lucian would be transferred to him, and Lucian's wounds would be borne by him, and they truly achieved the fusion of flesh and blood.
As a price, Lucian will have no way out. He can only endure his torture and stay by his side for the rest of his life.
Be his prisoner and his prey.
This was all because Lucian had chosen him. Ever since he appeared in the holy pool and spoke those words under the tree, he had to bear this irreversible price.
Despite this, he would only tell Lucian that he could use this spell to know his location at any time, and in addition, he could also control Lucian's body at certain times.
The rune was finally completed. Lucian was more obedient than Vader had expected today, and he did not struggle at all. After the last bit of mana was withdrawn from Lucian's body, Vader heard Lucian suddenly say: "Hmm..."
Vader said nothing.
He turned Lucian over and looked at his sweaty face. Lucian looked at him with a dazed look in his eyes. At that moment, Vader smiled.
"From today on, let's live a good life." He whispered, "Lucian."
At this point, there is still a mess between the two of them. What's the point in settling anything
Therefore, as long as Lucian had no way to retreat and remained by his side, Wade could temporarily suppress his anxiety.
Lucian still stared at him blankly. He looked dazed, as if he was still immersed in the process of being injected with energy.
Wade laughed softly. Lucian looked confused today. He touched Lucian's lips with his hand and whispered, "I sent someone to find Burton."
"… "
"I know he took you away from the wedding, but it's good that you didn't let me see him in the town." Wade said, "He disappeared very cleanly, but I can always find him. Are you afraid of blood, Lucian? Since you are not afraid of me, you shouldn't be afraid of his blood."
He wanted to say something else, but he felt something was a little strange. No matter what he said, Lucian kept his eyes down and leaned in his arms, as if letting him go crazy beside him.
This strange feeling came again-the last time in the castle, Vader had experienced it for a while. Vader reached out to twist his chin.
Lucian raised his head obediently and smiled at him weakly.
Wade stared at him coldly, and suddenly, he reached out and grabbed Lucian's neck hard!
“You are not Lucian.” He whispered in Lucian’s ear in a terrifying tone, “Who are you?”
Lucian was originally lazing around in the spiritual world, letting the system hang up for him. Every time Wade deepened the curse on him, the feeling was too strong, so this time Lucian simply hung up and didn't serve him.
"Do you think his curse will have any strange effects?" Lucian chatted with the system while being lazy, "For example, it can control the ○○ in my body..."
System: "Help, this is too much! But is it really okay for you to just hang up like this?"
"He pissed me off." Lucian said lazily, "I worked so hard to save him, but he still gave me a cold shoulder. I don't want to serve him anymore. Let him do whatever he wants. Even if he's making love with my body now, I don't want to go back. I almost had a psychological trauma from the pain I felt in the pool last time."
System: “Oh…”
"You said, Wade is really troublesome." Lucian said, "Why can't his tricks be eliminated? The day before yesterday I heard that he asked someone to investigate where Burton was. Maybe he wanted to kill Burton in front of me."
System: “Ah, this.”
"But he won't be able to find Burton, since No. 4 has already returned to the control center." Lucian said, "Even if he lets me ride the wooden horse, I can't tell him where Burton went."
System: "... I don't really want to hear your dirty and violent stories."
"Just kidding, it hasn't happened yet." Lucian said, "When do you think Vader will trust me again? I feel like I've done everything I can. He's almost reached the limit of my tolerance."
System: "... After all, it was you who provoked him."
Lucian: “Tsk.”
Ten minutes passed as Lucian played with his fingers.
The system suddenly said: "Lucian, I have some unfortunate news for you..."
Lucian didn't even raise his eyelids: "He is sleeping. My body?"
"No." The system said dryly, "He is strangling your body to death and is asking where you have been."
Lucian: …