This time, Wade really tortured Lucian to death. Not only did he occupy Lucian's body, he also invaded Lucian's heart.
And he did just that.
He made Lucian realize all the time that what he was manipulating here and couldn't resist was not just Lucian's body, but also No. 5's soul. The fast-traveler who used to be high and mighty, arrogant on the outside and cold on the inside, has now become his vessel, a canary that makes charming sounds just because of him.
His soul used to be so arrogant, but now it can only fall in the sea of joy with him. Lucian couldn't stand what Wade said. He tried his best to suppress his voice, but he heard Wade say in his ear: "When you were high up in the sky looking down at me, did you ever think that I would do this to you, Lucian?"
"… "
"Hmm? Did you ever think you would like this kind of feeling, this kind of comfort? Number Five, tell me, have you ever thought you would make love with the target of your hatred? Here, in this place, like two wild beasts, and you, like a cat in spring..."
"Very interesting, so this is the toy you have been playing on me since the beginning. Everything about 'Lucian' is fake. The inferiority complex due to the identity of a half-succubus, the hatred of this world, the hatred caused by jealousy, are all fake. The real you is No. 5. You just went back to complete the task..."
Lucian's body trembled, he bit his own knuckles and closed his eyes.
"You like it so much, you like me to make you happy so much?" Wade continued, "Is this what you like now? The once high and mighty Fast Traveler No. 5?"
"When you were just doing the job and playing with me, did you ever think you would become like this?"
Lucian saw his current face in the water mirror created by Vader. No one could connect a person with such an expression with the arrogant and indifferent No. 5.
He finally couldn't hold back and uttered his first cry.
"Face the reality, No. 5. This is you. This is what you look like now. You didn't expect yourself to be like this, did you? Did you expect to be messed with by the NPC you captured?"
Lucian finally opened his mouth and began to breathe.
In the end, Lucian grabbed the clothes on Vader's arm, his nails dug deep into Vader's arm, and tilted his neck back in almost pain. He had completely reached his limit, especially because of what Vader said.
He really wasn't Number Five anymore. How could someone making such noises be Number Five
How could someone with such an expression because of Vader be Number Five
But he never uttered a sound to beg for mercy.
Even though his lips had been bitten by him.
At the last moment, he heard Vader's voice before he fell into coma.
The first half of the sentence is.
"Number Five, or Lucian... I really hate you."
"I hate that you changed my life."
Lucian fainted and did not hear the rest of the sentence.
"... I hate you for changing my life, just to make it a ridiculous task... How much..."
It's because of you, Lucian.
…
Lucian was brought back by Wade to the city-state where the auction was located.
Vader soon reunited with his subordinates in the orc tribe's tribal city. The subordinates who were responsible for gathering information and looking for him said that the people who caused the riot and even released the poisonous gas in the auction house that day were indeed people from the Church.
They found out that Vader was looking for the holy relic and decided to use the holy relic of the beastman as bait to attract Vader to capture or assassinate him. Bright was also one of the people responsible for this task. After Vader and Lucian mysteriously disappeared from the auction house, they turned to look for them in the mountains.
No wonder Lucian and Bright met in that dog-themed town. Bright had originally set up a trap to wait for Wade to come.
However, the plan went wrong. A third group of people broke into the venue. They pretended to rob the sacred object of the beastmen, but actually smashed the gem in front of Wade, forcing Wade to take the blood drop immediately. The leader of the group seemed to be the pink-haired woman. The organization they belonged to and their purpose were still unknown.
"It's just that someone has seen them in the hotel. From their conversation, it seems like they are from an organization called Rose Hermit."
Rose Hermit.
A powerful name that I have never heard of.
The woman with the red head had a strange smile on her face when she smashed the gemstone, as if she had been planning and waiting for this day. But after Wade turned into a white tiger and took Lucian away, he did not encounter the pursuers brought by the woman.
This made the woman's plan seem very suspicious.
So the information about searching for the "Rose Hermit" was issued. The death of Paladin Bright and three elite soldiers shocked the entire Dusk City, but that was a story for later.
And now, Vader has settled in the Orcs for a few days. After integrating the Orcs' divine blood, his physiological functions have been greatly strengthened in these days.
It's like there's always a fire burning.
Upon learning of his arrival, the overlord of the orc city-state received him warmly and humbly, and asked him to forgive his previous poor hospitality due to his ignorance.
And Wade prepared the most magnificent tent.
He wanted to give Vader something that would please him, including gold, stone and silver ornaments, flower jewelry, horn products, and delicacies that were the specialties of the Orcs. But Vader's reaction was always mediocre. This emperor who could conquer the entire continent just stayed in his tent day and night.
Later, the lord suddenly had an idea and selected several of the most beautiful orcs in the tribe, including men and women, foxes and rabbits, which can be said to be a complete range of races.
When he led the group into the tent, he saw Wade reading a book at the desk. Wade stopped at a certain page in the book, and when he saw those people coming, he understood his intention. After seeing Wade's face, the lord shouted in his heart that something was wrong, and he retreated hesitantly without figuring out what was going on.
Before he left the tent, he accidentally looked back and saw Wade grabbing the man hiding under the desk by the silver-white hair and pulling him out from the hole in the desk.
“… You did a great job this time.”
He heard Wade praising that person, and immediately understood something... After leaving the big tent, a voice that made people blush and their hearts beat fast came from inside. The voice was loud and intense, which made people sigh that Wade had no sympathy for women.
The man's voice seemed to be forced out when he was desperate. Later, the sheets and even the bed curtains in Wade's tent were changed several times. The marks on the surface seemed to be left by spasmodic fingers that had twisted it to pieces.
It’s hard to imagine what the owner of that finger was feeling at that time.
But one thing is clear, this time Wade never let that person go.
Later, the lord had a chance to see the slave imprisoned in the big tent. The slave was wearing gold ornaments all over his body, and the most attractive ornaments looked extremely luxurious on him. The beautiful slave seemed unable to stand up at all, and just lay on the mat on the other side and fell asleep. The black-haired emperor saw him looking over and covered his whole body with a curtain.
He told the lord that he would leave for home tomorrow. The lord agreed without hesitation, not knowing that he had narrowly avoided a disaster that would kill people.
After the lord left, Wade opened the curtain again. Inside the curtain, Lucian was sleeping tiredly, his face was rosy, but his body was covered with bruises.
He reached out to touch his eyelashes, which were trembling slightly in his dream, but stopped.
Only when they were in bed, Lucian's... or No. 5's reaction was the most real.
Vader thought.
Neither the body nor the words can deceive people.
He can capture every little movement of Lucian, the little gaps between every two expressions of Lucian, and all the feelings of Lucian...
But what he could never predict was when Lucian would leave.
Lucian had trampled on him and toyed with him so wantonly, treating his emotions as measurable indicators and everything as a strategy that was clearly visible and could be quantified.
When he was at a loss because of Lucian's death, Lucian cheered when his hatred value increased from 99 to 100.
When he asked Lucian to prepare the ring for proposal, Lucian was still waiting for his hatred value to return to 100 so that he could have the opportunity to return.
In this case, he...
Wade withdrew his finger that wanted to touch.
He kept Lucian prisoner by his side. Even if Lucian wanted to leave, he would never let him leave.
He would no longer be easily seen through by Lucian, would no longer give Lucian the opportunity to play with him, and would no longer let Lucian be so presumptuous.
He kept his hatred and forced out the truest Lucian self. He…
Vader's fingers trembled slightly.
He would never let Lucian know...
He loves him.
No turning back, no repentance. Even after knowing all the betrayals and deceptions, even after knowing all the lies for more than a decade...
It is still the same.
He would never let him know that he loved him.
If we can't love each other, and torture each other until we grow old... it's also good until Lucian leaves.
He would never give Lucian the chance to forget him.
Even if Lucian died, he could only be killed by him personally in bed.
And he must have seen the uncontrollable, charming expression that Lucian showed because of him at the moment before her death.
…
Lucian was brought back to the capital by Wade again.
He remained silent all the time, and never said a word when he was under the bed. Wade looked at his pale face, and only became more anxious.
"Number Five, don't you want to face the facts? Now you are imprisoned by me." He said to Lucian, "You are no longer the high and mighty fast traveler who could leave at any time."
Wade wanted to see Lucian's face more lively. Such liveliness was most naturally revealed when the two of them were in bed.
But he didn't just want to have sex with Lucian.
What he had always wanted to possess was definitely not Lucian who only stayed in bed.
"...Weid." He finally heard Lucian's hoarse voice.
The voice did not contain the fear and disgust that Wade had imagined, but rather confusion. He looked at Lucian sitting on the bed, tilting his head slightly to look at him. His silver-white hair hung down in a winding manner, covering all the bruises on his body.
Lucian's expression was actually dazed, puzzled and bewildered.
Wade waited for his next question.
But Lucian just continued to look at him quietly. After a long while, he whispered.
"Vade..."
"Whatever you want to do, go ahead."