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I don't know what's wrong with Wade now, he likes to take him with him wherever he goes.
When Vader read, Lucian was placed on the sofa next to him. When Vader practiced swordplay, Lucian dozed off on the chair next to him. When Vader ate, Lucian was placed on the chair next to him. When Vader handed over matters to his loyal subordinates, Lucian lay in a cubicle not far away. If there was ever a time when Vader didn't take him with him, it was when Vader went to the bath.
The palace people were more and more curious about Lucian, but no one dared to look up and cast an inquiring gaze. After the incident with Duke Rhine, Lucian became a taboo that everyone in the palace knew but dared not talk about. From top to bottom, the palace was run like an iron barrel by Wade's confidants. Wade's confidant was Duke Hall of the Hall family. He was smart and capable. Since Wade rescued him from the demon army, his crazy loyalty to Wade was almost like faith.
He and Spencer, Wade's butler, a gentle and honest middle-aged man, are Wade's right-hand men in handling the affairs of the kingdom. In addition, there is Percy, a military strategist wearing gold-rimmed glasses and loyal to power. These three people check and balance each other, and all affairs/work are entirely theirs.
This was the information Lucian obtained after being carried by Wade for more than twenty days.
However, even in an iron-clad palace, there would be a few small mosquitoes entangled. During this half month, Lucian had a vague feeling that someone was trying to find out his identity.
Those people were naturally trying to find out about his identity because they were after his identity as "Wade's mysterious new favorite whose appearance is unknown."
Lucian let them pry, not only because he couldn't do anything now, but also because he wanted to let those people know that Wade's "new favorite" was actually the long-dead Saint Lucian. Just thinking about the look in those people's eyes when they heard the news, he even felt a bit of indifferent, vindictive pleasure.
—Anyway, after this news got out, the person whose reputation was most damaged and who was seen as the most perverted was Wade.
Although it was very unpleasant to hear that he had become a "forbidden delicacy", and it was also a great insult to his former reputation as a white lotus, and he was also somewhat unhappy about being reduced to some kind of erotic material, but... what else could he do? He couldn't do anything now.
Let's just imagine that Wade's reputation has been reduced to that of a pervert obsessed with beauty, and he has given up everything so that he can find some pleasure in it.
However, those people were really useless and were completely blocked from the palace people's silence. The rectification caused by the Rhine incident began to show results.
After that incident, Lucian happened to meet Calvin, the orc guard who was responsible for guarding him and was "seduced" by him. Despite the orcs' strong recovery ability, Calvin's injuries took a full half month to heal. He is now assigned to guard other places in the palace. When Lucian was pushed through the corridor in a wheelchair, he could feel Calvin behind him, looking at him with a more passionate but darker look.
But what use do you think I am to you? Lucian thought idly, you are of no use to me now.
In the past twenty days, in addition to the above information, Lucian has also gained some new insights.
The first was that, because he was carried by Wade every day, his fear of Wade gradually became numb. Since life was like this, lying down and being a salted fish became the only choice.
Second, Vader still had the desire to abuse and kill him from time to time, especially after Vader stared at him for a long time. Whenever Vader recalled Lucian's intention to kill him, Vader almost pinched his chin or body blue several times.
He once tried to arouse Wade's sympathy by showing weakness and pretending to be a pitiful fool, "Although I used to be a bad guy, now I'm just a fool who knows nothing and can only tremble in fear" - unfortunately, this was a complete failure.
Vader's killing intent towards him became stronger. Not only that, Vader also had some evil taste in feeding blood, and Lucian felt a pain in his tongue just thinking about it.
Lucian simply couldn't understand what was going on with Vader. He kept the body of his enemy by his side. If it was hatred, he took him with him everywhere every day. But if it was love... This couldn't be love. Lucian had never seen such "love" with strong desire for sadism, murderous intent and hatred.
Especially since he never got a good response when he pretended to be pitiful.
If he continued like this, he would be killed by Wade sooner or later before he found the blueprints - or, he would become a psychopath.
He knew that Vader had a strong desire to possess and destroy him, but besides that, what else did Vader want from him
Lucian didn't understand.
The high frequency of interaction with Wade made his life more and more dangerous, and it also made it more and more difficult to find a way to escape. As the full moon night approached, Lucian suddenly recalled a very scary thing.
That was mentioned in the original book, that Vader would lose control on the night of the full moon due to the blood of the fallen angel.
Lucian: … This is really the end.
He had no choice but to speed up his attempts to control Vader's emotions.
The first time they tried, Wade came back furious after executing a prisoner. Lucian pretended to be scared and shivered in a corner, but Wade pulled him out and forced him to look at him.
Failure to evoke sympathy.
The second time they tried, Wade was reading a book while Lucian was curled up on the sofa and taking a nap - he had studied his sleeping posture, and now he looked the most beautiful and pitiful.
Vader's finger remained at his throat for a long time, with no other reaction.
Failure to arouse compassion.
The third test was the test of beauty. Under a ginkgo tree, Lucian reproduced the gentle smile and scene when he was disguised as the Son of the White Lotus...
…and then nearly got killed by Vader.
Evoke... I don't know what, fail.
Lucian was about to get angry.
He had never failed so many times before.
As the full moon night drew closer, Wade's mood became more and more unstable, and his bloodshot eyes seemed to be surging with restless and irritable magma. All the palace people dared not approach him, but Lucian did not have the power to do so.
Vader stared at him more and more.
Beauty, memories, weakness, fear... all proved to be useless. What else could he think of to stabilize Wade's emotions
Lucian didn't have much experience like this.
He himself was almost giving up.
Until one night, he woke up from his dream and felt the pressure from Wade again. Wade's fingers stopped above his neck, his eyes were dark, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In the night sky, the moon was faintly blood red under the clouds.
Vader's eyes were also bloodshot.
Lucian was caught off guard and met his eyes. After realizing that his eyes were not disguised because he had just woken up and could easily expose the fact that he was back, Lucian knew that he only had a very short time to react.
For some reason, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if he had thought of something.
Therefore, under the gaze of those scarlet eyes, what he did was...
He rubbed his face against Vader's palm and licked his fingers unconsciously.
—as if Vader were about to feed him.
Well-behaved, approachable and docile.
He felt the stiffness of Vader's fingers, the sudden relief of the pressure, and his final departure.
Lucian never thought the effect would be so good.
For the day after that, his life was unusually peaceful.
Lucian finally discovered a way to tame Vader's emotions.
—Ved seemed to like his obedient and trusting attitude.
Lu Xiyan slept until dawn.
Finally, he heard the sound of Wade getting dressed and leaving the room. Before leaving, Wade ordered people to lock the doors and windows leading to the outside world. The moment the door closed, Lucian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned over.
The emperor's bedroom was large, with luxurious but low-key decoration. Lucian walked in the room, tapping his fingers lightly on the paintings and lamps - of course not for appreciation.
But it was to find the secret passage that was said to be located in the emperor's bedroom.
It is said that these secret passages were dug when the castle was built, and the craftsmen who knew about it were killed after the castle was built. Only the king of each generation (now the emperor) knows the opening location and destination of these secret passages.
However, Lucian did not hold out much hope for finding these secret passages, not to mention that even if there were secret passages, he could not confirm the direction they led to. It was just better than nothing.
He explored the lamps and paintings but could not find any traces. Before he could continue his search, he heard the door open.
Lucian quickly lay back on the sofa and pretended to be in a daze. Then, he saw the maids come in, all with their heads down, and put him back on the wheelchair.
Lucian: …
Where are they taking him
The maids were silent, so Lucian was pushed by them in one direction. Along the way, the guards Lucian saw became more and more majestic. They looked straight ahead and ignored Lucian's arrival.
Finally, Lucian saw the room he had arrived at.
That was the study where Wade handled government affairs.
Lucian:
The study room is divided into an outer room for receiving guests and an inner room for handling government affairs and reading documents. The maid placed Lucian on a sofa in the inner room and covered him with a duvet, then...