It was snowing heavily, and wind chimes were ringing under the eaves.
Lucian curled up in a chair. He was seventeen years old, but he still didn't understand many words. The servants looked at him with pity while sweeping the floor.
He was really handsome. His long silver hair was fluffy and smooth even without being trimmed, and his green eyes, without the brightness of a wise man, looked like peach blossoms. Not to mention his delicate features and slender figure. Even when he was wrapped in a plain white robe that belonged to a sacrifice, he was still shockingly beautiful.
Except for the chilblains on the hands caused by neglect and abuse.
Sometimes Lucian’s IQ makes people feel that this is a flaw left intentionally by the Creator because he is jealous of the overly perfect existence.
Compared to this neglected room, the atmosphere outside the room was full of joy. The Hilbert family was asking their youngest son Leo to behave well after entering the palace.
The Hilbert family lives in the territory of the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord is a cruel tyrant, but he holds supreme power and the most powerful magic. He has set unique rules for this territory. Every ten years, each big family must hand over two children, one as a magical sacrifice, and the other who can become an apprentice or (rumored to become) the Dark Lord's concubine after passing the test.
Some families would spend money to buy immunity, while some families would see it as a path to advancement. After all, being the Dark Lord's apprentice is the highest honor.
For every family, choosing between these two children is a difficult task. But for the Hilbert family, the choice couldn't be simpler.
Because there are Lucian and Leo.
Not to mention that Lucian's biological mother was Baron Hilbert's ex-wife who died young.
The Hilbert family didn't even set up guards in the room, because the mentally retarded Lucian didn't know how to escape. After a long period of greeting and farewell, the Hilbert family finally ordered someone to bring Lucian out. When the stepmother, who was stroking her son, Leo's head, saw Lucian, a trace of gloating mixed with jealousy flashed in her eyes.
"Lucian." Baron Hilbert touched Lucian's head lovingly. "Now it's time for you to contribute to the family. At least, you are healthy."
He knew Lucian couldn't understand, so he was at peace with it.
Lucian really didn't understand what he was saying. He had no IQ and looked very well-behaved. Baron Hilbert rarely felt a little guilty towards this son he didn't like. He took off his shawl and covered Lucian with it.
Lucian's stepsister made a disapproving "tsk" sound at this waste of money.
They took a carriage to the Dark Lord's castle. The pitch-black castle towered into the sky. After getting off the carriage, Lucian was assigned to the other side where Leo was not. There was a clear distinction between the two teams. One team was full of energy, the elites and the best, with a vision of future life and arrogance, while the other team wore white robes of sacrifices and shivered in the cold wind.
The only thing in common was that they all lowered their heads, nervously waiting for the devil's inspection.
The Dark Lord will inspect the two teams from the balcony of the castle, eliminate those who are unqualified, and allow those who are qualified to enter the castle.
"Do you know what the Dark Lord really looks like? I heard he looks very scary." A freckled sacrifice whispered. He looked extremely scared, his teeth chattering. He turned around and tried to talk to Lucian, but found that Lucian was the only one in the terrified crowd who had a blank expression and didn't say a word.
"He's a fool," said another boy tartly, "He can't understand."
The freckled sacrifice turned away in disappointment. The other sacrifice smiled maliciously, "It seems that even if she is pretty, she is still a sacrifice like us."
Leo stood on his tiptoes. He kept looking carefully at the windowsill with the doors and windows closed, trying to let the demon king find him and become his apprentice. The two girls beside him were fixing their makeup, looking nervous.
"Are you ready?" someone whispered.
According to the custom of previous years, the devil would accept all the sacrifices (provided they were healthy) and select several apprentices. The total duration was no more than an hour. But this time, everyone's legs were sore, but the devil had not made a decision or made a sound.
Just when they were extremely anxious, the balcony door...
It’s open.
The balcony door was actually open
The crowd inevitably started to stir. After all, the balcony door had never been opened before. A few brave people quietly raised their heads to take a peek, but they only saw a pair of slender legs...
And at that instant, severe pain attacked their eyes.
Several people fell to the ground screaming, their eyes bleeding, and were dragged away by the guards nearby. Everyone suddenly became silent, and even the confident Leo lowered his head nervously.
They clearly couldn't see the man, but they could feel his gaze sweeping across their bodies like a sharp blade. The feeling of being skinned alive was enough to scare everyone.
I heard that person only selects 1-3 apprentices every year...
Finally, the man spoke.
"Hilbert," he said.
A cold voice came from the balcony. It was as elegant as the low timbre of a cello, but it also carried an inexplicable sense of oppression. The boys and girls standing next to Leo shed tears of disappointment at that moment. Only Leo raised his head excitedly: "Yes..."
The man's figure disappeared on the balcony, and then there was the sound of the castle door being opened.
That man actually walked out of the castle!
The boys and girls swallowed nervously. They listened to the footsteps of the man walking towards the crowd. Leo clenched his fists and was the most excited one, but in the end...
The man's footsteps passed the best in front and went into the crowd of sacrifices!
The footsteps stopped in front of a sacrifice. The man seemed to reach out and lift the sacrifice's long hair, saying, "You don't look afraid of me."
Several of the sacrifices nearby almost screamed and fainted, but the sacrifice in the center still stared blankly at the person who came.
He was beautiful enough even at this time. The visitor laughed deeply, and then he said: "It seems that Leo Hilbert needs to change places with you - come with me."
The sacrifice tilted his head, still not seeming to understand what was happening. But the devil picked him up and brought the sacrifice, who was nervously grasping his collar, back to the castle amid the suppressed exclamations of the crowd.
The snow continued to fall, Leo Hilbert's legs went weak and he knelt down in the snow in despair.
…
Rumors quickly spread across the continent. The Dark Lord did not select a potential apprentice this time, but instead chose a person from the sacrifices and took him away, and had that person's brother replace him and make him the new sacrifice!
What a ridiculous thing this is!
However, after the portrait of the sacrifice spread, those families felt that the situation was excusable. The Hilbert family was plunged into an unprecedented cloud of terror, and they desperately wanted to rescue their second son, who had placed great hopes on them.
But all this was unknown to those in the castle.
…
Lucian was carried by the man all the way into the castle. Logically, he should be terrified, because those people outside, the winners of other families who usually looked down on him, were also so scared when they saw this man.
But he was not afraid, or rather, his IQ could not support his fear. He turned his head and looked at the surrounding scenery curiously, shaking his calves in the arms of the demon king.
Finally, he was brought into the room by the man and placed on the soft bed.
The man sat down beside him, holding Lucian's shoulders to prevent him from getting up. Lucian looked at him in confusion.
The Dark Lord had jet-black hair and blood-red eyes. The color of his eyes was unknown, but they were sinister and terrifying, and were called the color of blood and fire by the world. Lucian shrank back, and wanted to reach out and touch his eyes to see if the gem-like color was real.
But the pair of gems just looked at him intently.
He looked at every inch of his body, as if to confirm that he had finally returned. Finally, he buried his face in Lucian's body and whispered, "I missed you so much."
Lucian started to struggle again because the Dark Lord pressed on his stomach. The Dark Lord patted the back of his neck to make him quiet down. After the Dark Lord got up, Lucian sat there quietly again.
The devil brought in some hot milk from outside. When he came in, he saw Lucian had fallen asleep on the bed. There were chilblains on his fingers, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot before he arrived in this world yesterday.
Lucian was a human being, and it was a rare lifetime for him to grow up. He had no IQ, was a complete retard, and didn't know how to protect himself.
Fortunately he came.
He then wrapped them in the quilt to warm his fingers. Lucian then opened his eyes dazedly and said, "Ah..."
"I'm hungry." said the devil.
The mentally handicapped beauty nodded.
The demon king then fed him milk. Lucian drank carefully, and squinted his eyes comfortably when his stomach was warmed. His hair rubbed against his hand, making it look furry. The demon king stroked his hair and said, "It's okay. I will always support you in this life."
Of course, Lucian didn't understand what he was saying. After drinking the milk, he looked up at him, seeming a little cautious. Wade smiled and shook his head, wiping the corner of his mouth with his fingers.
Then Lucian took a bite.
System: “…Puff.”
Wade retracted his finger and wiped the blood with a handkerchief. Seeing Lucian staring at him, Wade said, "It doesn't hurt, go to sleep."
"Oh..." Lucian said.
Lucian then happily climbed back into bed.
Wade opened the window and looked at the snowy scene outside. A butler came to find him and asked cautiously, "Lord Cecil, you brought Hilbert's eldest son home. Do you want him to be an apprentice?"
"So what?"
The housekeeper said cautiously: "But his IQ..."
"Then be my concubine," Wade said simply.
He ignored the butler's expression as if he had been struck by lightning and returned to the room. Thinking of Lucian's frostbite, his anger rose again.
However, after he opened the door and saw Lucian playing with his pillow, his mood became much calmer.
He patted Lucian's back and said, "Is it fun?"
Lucian nodded.
"Then keep playing," he said.
The system watched the interaction between the two and said to Wade with emotion: "This is the first night of your reunion... Should I start avoiding you now?"
"It's illegal to be a retard." Wade said coldly to the system.
system:…
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