Lucian's back rubbed against the rough wall, and he lost all his breath in an instant.
He struggled and grabbed onto Wade's arm until he was completely exhausted. After this fierce and almost predatory kiss, Wade bit Lucian's lip.
"you… "
Lucian hurriedly raised his hand and wiped the blood off his lips. He just raised his eyes and wanted to get angry, but the other party fiercely pulled open his collar.
"ah!"
Wade first bit his neck and Adam's apple, and then his collarbone.
He pushed too hard, leaving a purple tooth mark on his collarbone. After he finished, Wade held his face in his hands. Lucian was furious, shook his face and avoided him, complaining, "What are you crazy about..."
As he spoke, he pointed to his collarbone and said, "You've bitten all this skin, Master Wade."
"… "
"I'll go back and treat you." Wade said hoarsely.
Lucian frowned at him, and moved away from him when Vader approached again.
By the way, he pulled up his collar to cover the bruises on his neck.
They returned to the night market from the corner. When they arrived, the auction was about to start. Fortunately, the night market did not require any identification, as long as they handed over two gold pounds, they could enter the venue unimpeded.
There were many auctions of this kind at the night market, big and small, held in different places and at different times. The one they arrived at was the one mentioned in the letter received by the flower shop owner.
"The florist is there," Wade said.
Lucian looked in the direction he pointed, and not far away was the flower shop owner sitting in the crowd.
They found a seat behind the flower shop owner and sat down. The auction had already begun, and most of the items offered were contraband, ranging from drugs to spell materials and even specimens made from human viscera. Lucian had no interest in these things, and just kept rubbing the bruises on his neck and observing the people in the venue.
Finally, a lady sitting in the corner caught his attention.
The lady was wrapped in a black robe that concealed her identity. Her long hair was wrapped in a headscarf, with only a small wisp of curly red hair showing behind her ear. What caught Lucian's attention was not her face covered by the mask or her body that was covered tightly - but the familiar aura she had on her body.
—The smell of the same kind.
Lucian tapped the handle with his finger. While he was thinking with his chin in his hand, a lively whisper came from the crowd.
Lucian:
"A light grey succubus..."
"There is such high-quality stuff..."
Lucian looked towards the stage and saw a golden birdcage on the stage. A male succubus with long light gray hair was leaning against the cage.
The succubus' eyes were dark red, and her long hair, which had turned dark gray due to lack of care, was draped over her body. Perhaps because of the poor care, her expression was a bit sleepy. Even so, her charming appearance and posture were enough to excite the people in the audience.
What's more, the quality of the succubus is an extremely rare light gray.
The excited bidding sounded one after another, and finally, the succubus was bought by a mysterious buyer for 50,000 gold pounds. The one who handed over the chips was a dwarf servant wearing a cloak. Lucian was wondering who this generous buyer was when Wade grabbed his wrist.
Lucian:
He looked back at Wade, who asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Lucian looked at Wade's expression and held his hand tightly, feeling that Wade seemed to have misunderstood something.
Lucian thought for a moment and said, "I found that it is not even as expensive as the ring you bought for me."
Vader: …
Lucian said happily as if he had discovered a new world: "And I found that if I were auctioned, I might be worth 100,000 gold pounds."
Vader: …
Wade didn't let go, but Lucian clearly saw some contempt and speechlessness in his eyes. Lucian:
"Nothing," Wade said. He turned his head and cursed under his breath.
It sounds like the core idea is "I'm an idiot for thinking you would be scared."
Lucian didn't understand the core idea of Vader. He just said "???" for a moment and then turned his gaze back to the red-haired lady who had attracted his attention.
He saw the red-haired lady still sitting there. Although she still maintained an elegant posture in the eyes of others, Lucian could see that she was trying to hide her composure.
The auction finally ended. During the auction, there was also a cup that was said to be "used by the descendants of the fallen angel". When Lucian was auctioning this item, he glanced at Vader, who was annoyed by his gaze and said coldly: "It's a fake, I haven't used it."
“Maybe your biological relatives have used it before.” Lucian said.
Vader raised an eyebrow and said, "Fallen Angels have no offspring."
“Oh, you can consider helping Him to have more grandchildren to expand the family.” Lucian teased.
Wade turned away with a gloomy face and said nothing.
Lucian hit an ice wall, feeling a bit embarrassed. He recalled that in the original novel, Vader would kill any man or girl he saw, and had no intention of reproducing. He suddenly wondered if Vader was a bit frigid.
-Although later when he was trapped in the whirlpool, softened into a puddle of water, unable to even utter a sound to beg for mercy, he deeply regretted what he had done.
If he had known what would happen later, he would not have been so mean as to ask Wade to "reproduce and expand the family."
But that's all for later. After the auction ended, the people who bought the items went to hand them over, while the others either dispersed or met with people they had private connections with to go somewhere else to trade again. Lucian saw the flower shop owner and the red-haired lady passing by in the crowd, exchanging glances, and finally walking into the same room.
The room was a small trade fair. Obviously, in order to avoid exposing their acquaintance, the two men handed the items to the organizer of the trade fair and used him as the middleman to exchange. Wade sent a shadowy figure in to spy on them. Seeing that the transaction was about to end, Lucian asked, "What are they buying?"
"The woman bought the living stem of the Immortal. The man bought the brain stone of the Bat-winged Demon. It is a crystal, often used in demon sacrifices." Vader said, "It grows in the shallow layer of the cracks in the abyss. It is difficult to obtain unless you are a demon."
And the stem of immortality...
Lucian knew that when he was still in the high tower and when Vader went to the land of the undead, he drank the juice of immortality.
"… The juice of this plant has no benefits other than taste, but it has a special effect - that is, it can suppress the release of magic power, and is an essential ingredient for the potion that disguises succubi as humans." Wade said, "But unfortunately, after its stems are picked, it is almost impossible to keep them intact for more than a day. Perhaps that is why this 'woman' only asked to get its stems. The sap of the branches of the immortal tree can also be used in the potion as a substitute, but its effect will be worse."
The two parted ways after completing the transaction. Before Lucian followed the flower shop owner, he suddenly had an idea.
"what you up to?"
Oh no, Wade discovered his intention
"... I want to do something bad, is that okay?" Lucian said with a smile.
Wade stared at him for a while and said, "Hurry up."
Vader used tracking magic to catch up with the flower shop owner, and the two followed the lady. Vader stood in the corner and let Lucian catch up with the lady.
Seeing that the lady was about to pass by Lucian, Lucian whispered at that moment: "Dear Ms. Elena, your dyed red hair is showing."
"!!"
Lucian did not miss the lady's fear and astonishment in that short period of time. The lady turned around and saw Lucian, who was wearing a mask, lifting his mask a little to show her half of his face.
"you… !"
Lucian's appearance made her forget to quibble. She looked at Lucian in shock.
Lucian stretched out his white fingers, put them against his lips, and made a "hush" gesture.
"You have your secrets, and I have mine." He smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, Miss Elena. I hope we can both be the keepers of each other's secrets."
After saying that, he glanced meaningfully in the direction of Wade, patted her shoulder, and let the frightened and trembling woman go.
Seeing Lucian coming back from Elena, the black-haired young man’s face was obviously unhappy: “It seems that you are really interested in this woman.”
"This is the first time I've seen someone like me disguised as a human noble and even got the status of a socialite." Lucian said with a smile, "Don't you think it's interesting?"
Vader didn't laugh.
"Besides, it's fun to see her panic after seeing her disguise disappear, isn't it?" Lucian said happily, grabbing Wade's sleeve.
Although Lucian was wearing a mask, Vader could still imagine his eyes full of water. Vader paused for a moment, shrugged and said, "Whatever you want—you always like to do this."
Then he turned around and said, "Let's go."
Lucian followed behind him. He knew that in the crowd, the eyes of the succubus Elena, who was once famous in the upper class and disguised as a socialite of human nobles, were secretly staring at him.
This isn't some secret exchange, he thought.
It's not a bad taste either.
A succubus who can disguise herself as a human is very capable. He remembered that he had seen Elena running away in front of Houston Manor because of their arrival. She must be a smart person who knows how to exchange and protect herself.
She would come to him.
—Lucian never gave up the idea of escaping from Vader.
…
The carriage drove out of the city, and the flower shop owner was going out of the city. Lucian originally thought that he would go to the deep mountains and forests or something like that - obviously, those places were more like places for devil sacrifices.
Until he arrived...
“Circus?” Lucian muttered.
Completely contrary to his idea, the place the flower shop owner arrived at was a noisy and bustling circus outside the city. In late autumn, it gets dark early in the royal city. It is only nine o'clock in the evening when he comes out of the night market. The circus performance is still going on, with gongs and drums blaring and colorful flags flying. The citizens are noisily reveling in it.
The atmosphere is completely different from the previous night markets.
The two had no choice but to get off the carriage and walk to the outside. The entire place where the circus was located was very lively inside and outside. There were vendors selling food, performing on the spot, or selling some handicraft accessories along the way. In such an atmosphere, the two of them seemed out of place.
Lucian pulled off his hood. A little girl accidentally dropped a stuffed rabbit at Wade's feet. She ran over and looked up at Wade: "Big..."
When she saw Wade's terrifying appearance (the cold aura around him), the words "big brother" got stuck in her throat. The little girl opened her mouth, choked with fear, and almost burst into tears.
Vader: …
“Puff.”
He heard Lucian laugh. The succubus, with her white hair tied up behind her head and her horns covered with a hat, picked up the rabbit. He carefully dusted it off, squatted down, handed the rabbit to the little girl, comforted her in a gentle voice, and rubbed her pink little face.
The little girl stopped crying immediately. Even after her mother ran over and took the child away, she turned around and said goodbye to Lucian with a red face. When she met Wade's eyes, the little girl shrank and burst into tears again.
Vader: …
Lucian saw that Wade's face was cold and a little stiff, and he was overjoyed. Wade said coldly: "You are good at coaxing children."
"Because I'm prettier than you." Lucian said.
Vader: …
Wade started walking, and Lucian followed him. After they walked a few steps, Wade said, "My tracking spell has been lifted."
"What?" Lucian was stunned.
"Someone discovered us, or..."
Wade was frowning, and at this moment, the float coming from the opposite side also arrived here. The cheering crowd was like a sudden tsunami, and in an instant Wade only had time to grab Lucian's wrist, and the two were twisted and washed away in the crowd.
When the tide finally stopped, Wade immediately turned around and said, "Road..."
! !
Wade stared at his hand. He didn't know when the thing in his hand came out of Lucian's hand...
It turned into the arm of a life-size doll without a face.
…
After the crowd passed, Lucian struggled to look around, only to find that Wade had disappeared.
"Wei..."
Lucian was about to speak when he saw a baron walking by with his son who wanted to watch the fun. Many of the nobles were familiar with his voice.
He rubbed his ankle and planned to walk around to find Wade, who was nowhere to be found. Just as he stood up and was about to walk towards...
A bouquet of roses appeared before his eyes.
The bouquet of roses was wine red, but in the dim light it looked as red as blood. Lucian slowly raised his head and saw a clown in a white suit.
The clown, with his face covered in exaggerated grease paint, grinned at him when he saw him.
When the dizziness came, Lucian did not resist. He pretended to be unconscious, closed his eyes, and listened to the sound of himself being taken away.
…
Lucian woke up in a dim basement.
He had shackles on his wrists, which were indeed difficult to deal with, but he could easily remove them with a little brainpower. Lucian opened his eyes a little, and after confirming that there were no enemies, he opened his eyes again.
He heard a soft sobbing sound not far away. The sound came from a girl in a cage nearby, but it sounded quite familiar. In addition, there seemed to be the faint breathing sounds of several people, also here.
"Elizabeth?"
Lucian said softly.