This story begins when they were in the sanctuary.
Every year, the Sanctuary recruits the best students from seminaries across the country, and Lucian and Vader are naturally among them. Students are divided into two categories, holy sorcerers and holy warriors, based on their ability to chant spells or use weapons. The holy magic group responsible for chanting and making seals is born from the holy sorcerers, and the holy knights are born from the holy warriors.
Only the most outstanding paladins can become members of the Paladin Order. Although Vader is not popular due to his cold personality, he is still the best among the paladins in terms of ability, so he soon became the chief of the Paladin Order. The chief paladin is directly responsible to the Pope, and correspondingly, the chief of the Paladin Order also regards protecting the Son of God as his lifelong responsibility.
Compared to Vader, who is not allowed to be approached by strangers, Seabright, the second-ranked Paladin, who is inferior in ability, seems to be more in line with the definition of "Paladin" in romantic novels. He is sunny, handsome, upright and brave. After Vader was exposed to the aura of the Fallen God and expelled from the Sanctuary, he took over the duties of the Chief of the Paladin Order, and also took over the covenant between the Chief of the Paladin and the Son of God, and performed a ceremony with Lucian to swear loyalty and conclude a covenant.
Lucian: …
It turns out that the "old lover" that Wade was talking about was Bright
Lucian and Bright had a very good relationship. For this reason, before leaving the world, he sent him out of the royal city and ordered him to lead troops to clear out a small town occupied by the demons. The town was close to one of the main cities of the human race, where the bishop was kind and the city-state was strong.
Although the decisive battle in the royal city was bound to happen with or without Lucian (this is the course of history (original plot) that cannot be changed by the will of a single person), he at least saved the life of this knight who died fighting for the corrupt Church in the original book but learned before his death that he had been betrayed by the Church.
It seems that this person has indeed failed to live up to his kindness. He even returned to the royal city under the rule of Weide without permission... Lucian yawned.
but…
What does this have to do with him
He looked at his white fingertips and thought boredly.
He didn't owe Bright anything. On the contrary, he was kind enough to let him leave the royal city. As for Bright not cherishing this opportunity and coming back to seek death, that was his own business.
Bright, of course, could not see the scene through the small door. His blond hair was disheveled, and his body showed signs of torture, but his expression was unyielding.
Even when he was locked up in the interrogation room, he still spat at Wade coldly: "You are a thief who stole the country!"
Vader just looked at him with his golden-red eyes and smiled.
Those who are familiar with Vader will certainly find his demeanor today extremely strange, but Bright, who was in a rage, obviously did not realize this. When the two were still in the sanctuary, he had already been fed up with Vader's arrogant and merciless appearance - in his heart, Vader's character was not worthy of being the chief of the Paladins. After Vader returned to the royal city and stole the country with extremely cruel means, he was not even qualified to be an ordinary knight.
"Stealing a country?" Wade said slowly, "Tell me, how did I steal a country?"
He glanced at the annoying blond young man in the cell, and thought of the person in the small door, and his tone became more interesting: "Tell me again what you accused me of a few days ago, especially those things, um..."
"What I did."
"Your habits are getting weirder and weirder." The blond knight sneered, "But a shameless traitor and blasphemer like you really lacks shame. As the former leader of the Holy Knights, you secretly worship the Fallen Angel to gain power. You are cruel and kill indiscriminately, and after entering the sanctuary, you turn against the enemy and kill the monarch to take the throne, and even arrogantly call yourself emperor..."
"You suppressed the church, imprisoned all nobles who disobeyed you, and waged war against all rebellious city-states..."
Vader supported his head with one hand, listening to the blond knight enumerating his sins one by one. There was a gloomy smile on the corner of his lips, and after a long time, he finally heard the words he wanted to hear.
“… and Lucian!”
"Oh?" Wade closed his eyes and said, "What did I do to him? Tell me about it."
There was the sound of exciting handcuffs.
"Did you do it?" Bright threw himself on the railing, his eyes full of anger. "Overnight, everyone said he was a half-succubus, a traitor to the human race, and that he was the one who assassinated the Pope... but no one saw his body! The last person to see him was you. After that, he disappeared. The fact that he was a 'half-succubus' only came from a so-called suicide letter from the Pope. And the person who exposed your identity as a blasphemer was Lucian, and the person who ordered you to be expelled from the Vatican was the Pope... How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"
"One of them died, and the other is missing. The two people who once weighed on you are gone, and the human race is leaderless. You just happened to appear as a savior at this time. You were the leader of the Holy Knights, and no one is more familiar with the various secret passages in the sanctuary than you... Even the secret passages from outside the city to inside the city. You are also a blasphemer. Who knows what kind of magic you got from the Fallen Angel?... Even if it is a secret method to control people to make them insane and do certain things you want."
Bright's knuckles cracked as he gripped the iron bars tightly, his expression agitated: "Did you do this, Wade? How come all the good things happen to you? They all say you killed Lucian, but where is his body? Where did you put him..."
"In what capacity are you speaking to me?" Wade interrupted him calmly.
"I am a knight of Lucian. He is the Son of God whom I swore to protect." The blond knight said firmly and angrily, "I made a covenant with him before the God of Light. And you are just a blasphemer who was expelled from the Church!"
"Interesting. His guardian knight? It sounds like a unique relationship."
Wade stared at his palm in boredom. Bright was completely enraged by his indifferent attitude and questioned him again. He asked Wade where he had hidden Lucian, what he had done to Lucian to make the pure and innocent Son of God so abnormal, and...
If Lucian is still alive, he must hand Lucian over to him!
Finally, he heard a loud laugh.
The loud laughter came from Vader. Amid Bright's anger, Vader slowly took off his leather gloves and placed them on the table.
Then he clapped his hands. The crisp applause echoed throughout the interrogation room, and the small door on the other side was opened at this moment.
The guard came out holding someone.
Bright, extremely angry, was stunned.
The man in the guard's arms was wrapped in a dark red cloak - the cloak was embroidered with intricate lion patterns in silver thread. He had seen Vader wearing this cloak before.
The man's stature was not petite, but rather slender. Therefore, he could see a thin and white calf exposed outside the cloak, and below it was a slender ankle with a silver anklet... Somehow, such a scene made his throat tighten.
"Put him here," said Wade.
The guard passed the man to Wade's side. Bright heard Wade chuckle and adjust his sitting position so that the man sat on his thighs. He placed the man's calves on the armrest of the sofa and supported his back with one hand so that he could curl up in his arms in a relatively comfortable position.
A few strands of long silver-white hair leaked out from the hood. The white color was very unique, and even in the dark cave, it seemed as if there was a silver light lingering on it. At that moment, Bright suddenly remembered something from his youth at an inopportune moment -
The war between humans and demons led to the circulation of a large number of slaves. Among them, the most popular among human nobles were the succubus slaves with beautiful appearance and "good" physique. Bright had no interest in this, as he thought the demons were dirty and rejected the decadent lifestyle of the human nobles.
But there are some "social events" that the nobles have to attend. When he attended a banquet hosted by a Grand Duke who was known for his decadent private life, at the end of the banquet, he saw a shackled succubus slave.
The succubus was extremely beautiful, but had long light silver-gray hair—the silver-gray was so light that it was almost silver-white. The nobles around him smiled knowingly after seeing the succubus. They raised their glasses to their master, praising the quality of the slave and the master's hard work. The Grand Duke also raised his glass and smiled at them, and invited those who were interested to stay after the banquet and "enjoy" this top-quality stuff with him.
Bright was bewildered by their enthusiasm, but he had no intention of staying to "learn more". On the way back, his friend told him that it was indeed a top-quality succubus picked from thousands of people. The hair color of a succubus is a testament to its quality, and their hair color is also related to the energy they absorb. The hair color of a succubus will become lighter as the energy absorbed increases over time, but only succubi with extremely high "quality" can have their hair color reach silver-white.
Thinking of the way the succubus obtained energy... Bright just felt dirty at that time.
For him, who had sworn to believe in God and to protect the Church all his life, such things were extremely dirty.
But the pure white hair he saw today was so beautiful... so beautiful that it reminded him of the pure and flawless feathers of angels in the murals. The hair was faintly glowing with silver light, as if the moon god was praying for it.
It even made him feel ashamed and blasphemous for remembering that past event.
But the next moment, he heard Vader's voice.
"Look carefully, this is your pure and flawless Son."
Wade reached out and took off the dark red hood, and his long silver hair cascaded down like a waterfall. At the same time, his delicate jaw, straight nose, rosy lips, and that...
The dark red magic pattern on the forehead blooms like a flower, which is unique to succubus.
Wade pulled the man's chin and tilted his head so that Bright could see his face clearly.
At that moment Bright was struck by lightning.
"you… "
"He is indeed dead, but after his death, I kept his body alive. Unfortunately, something went wrong along the way, and I accidentally awakened his bloodline, so he was transformed into a succubus. Unfortunately, the transformation was not complete, otherwise you can still see the small horns on his head and the tail behind him." Bright seemed to see Wade's hand rubbing a certain place under the table carelessly, "Why, you see him now? This is 'your' 'holy son', but now, he is in my hands, and he is mine..."
“The spoils of war.”
Bright felt extreme pain, but he could not take his eyes off Lucian's body... Lucian's body that had been transformed into a succubus.
He looked much thinner than before, and his skin was even paler and more radiant, but his eyes were dull. His white hair and red eyes made his temperament even more weird, yet also softer, and the magic pattern on his forehead was even more beautiful.
The succubus is so filthy, but his son...
But let him...
And that long silver hair.
Bright wanted to ask Wade what he had done to him, but at that moment, he felt that he could not breathe, and he could not restrain his eyes from lingering on the other's body. Although Lucian was wrapped tightly in a cloak, only the calf was exposed.
That calf that seemed like it could be held in one hand...
At that moment, Bright, who always hated demons, thought of a word.
Vivid and colorful.
"Your look makes me unhappy." He heard Wade say slowly, "But okay, I'll let you take a good look at me and my trophy..."
"you!!"
Vader smiled contemptuously at Bright's roar and reached his hand under the cloak.
Go up along the calf.
Lucian, who had been pretending to be dead since he was brought here: ! !
He frowned hard, feeling very uncomfortable.
What kind of evil taste does Vader have
He leaned against Vader's arms, and could clearly feel the increasing coldness and oppression from Vader. It was Vader who had him carried out and placed in his arms, and it was also Vader who went crazy and described Lucian as his "trophy" in a protesting manner.
Logically speaking, seeing Bright's distorted expression, Wade should be happy now. But he didn't expect...
Vader somehow seemed to be in a worse and worse mood, and at the peak of his rage, he put his hand... into his cloak.
Lucian didn't care what Wade planned to do to Bright, but it was Wade's fault for suddenly dragging him into this.
Lucian was only wearing a robe under his cape. At that moment, he almost couldn't hold back his "out-of-body" personality and wanted to break free from Vader. Seeing that Vader's hand was almost inside his robe, Lucian bit his lip and began to think about the philosophical question of "life or death".
He really couldn't control himself and struggled slightly - but fortunately, the other person's more violent reaction overshadowed his mistake at the moment.
"Vade! Stop, let him go!" Bright's roar echoed throughout the interrogation room, "I'm going to kill you—"
Vader snorted.
He stopped moving, and Lucian finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he could go back to watching the show. But the next moment, he immediately showed a "lifeless and dazed" expression again.
Because Vader looked at him.
"Lucian." He scratched his face with his fingers, and unlike the sarcasm he used when talking to Bright, he spoke softly, like a whisper between lovers. "I brought you to see your 'old lover'. He traveled thousands of miles from the safe place you prepared for him to come back to find you. He finally assassinated me, but when he saw you... he acted so unhappy."
Lucian: …
… I think you did this on purpose. He thought, and awkwardly wanted Vader's hand to move away from him quickly.
"What about you?" Vader's nose tip moved closer to him, "Are you happy to meet your 'old lover' in my arms?"