The closer they got to the City of Pride, the colder the temperature became. Apart from hurrying on their way, they almost stayed in the carriage. When they arrived at a forest, they stopped the carriage, roasted a fire and ate.
Lucian didn't need to eat. He had already gained enough energy from Wade in the previous period. Even if Wade didn't touch him after getting on the carriage, it was enough to sustain his energy needs for a long time. James hated eating dry food. He was eager to try to catch a magic rabbit. After getting Wade's permission, he picked up his weapon and went into the woods.
Burton and Eden were warming themselves by the fire on the other side. He was ordered by Noah to protect Lucian. Before leaving, Noah grabbed his collar and became more excited when he saw him bending down to look at him: "I warn you, protect Lucian well."
What is more surprising is that Wade actually allowed Burton to join his team. Perhaps it was related to the benefits he gained in the City of Pride, or because Burton was indeed a good person with good fighting ability, or perhaps he also wanted to show everyone that he had completely possessed Lucian.
“The queen is so magnanimous.” The system sighed in Lucian’s mind.
"Shut up. If you dare to say anything again, Lei will throw you into shielding mode." Lucian warned it.
He huddled in the carriage listlessly. It was too cold, and Lucian didn't want to get out of the carriage. The carriage was covered with soft blankets and cushions, so he huddled in the silver-gray fur, with his long hair scattered all over his body.
“Actually, I was a little afraid that he would do something to me in the car.” Lucian said to the system.
The system said sympathetically: "Ved has more energy."
Lucian: "Because I was afraid the blanket would get dirty and I wouldn't have a replacement."
System: "... I thought you were afraid that Burton and the others would hear you messing around in the car."
Lucian froze visibly, then he said, "What's there to be afraid of? I have a nice voice."
System: "Don't be so stubborn, I detect that you are showing some shyness..."
"Shut up." Lucian said gloomily.
System: “Boo.”
"What are you going to do?" The system reminded him worriedly, "It looks like your situation is terrible now. You have to find a way to stimulate him to leave the world, but Wade is watching you so closely now that he even wants to take care of your bathing. If you want to escape from him and do something else later, it might be a bit..."
Lucian: “Yeah.”
System: "Otherwise... if you think you will be very comfortable after doing this for three days, with food, clothes, and a healthy life, then it is not impossible..."
"What are you thinking about?"
Lucian supported his chin with one hand, and when he noticed someone was about to return to the carriage, he suddenly curled his lips and smiled at the system.
"I don't want to chat with you anymore." He said, "Bye."
He put the system into silent mode again, and Lucian closed his eyes.
The pale, slender hand lifted the door curtain. The black-haired, blue-haired girl still had the coldness from going out to investigate. He saw the white-haired beauty curled up and sleeping under the silver-gray fur in the carriage that was more spacious due to the blessing of space magic.
He hugged himself as if he was very uncomfortable, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as if he was having an uneasy nightmare even in his sleep. Qing sat beside him, looking at his waist and neck that were exposed because the fur was not enough to cover it. There was almost no intact area on it.
The black-haired girl looked at him quietly.
He looked at the magic-sealed anklet on Lucian's ankle and gently lifted it up with his palm. But at that moment, he clearly felt Lucian flinch, subconsciously trying to escape from him, and his whole body was trembling slightly.
The wine-red eyes filled with fear met his at that moment, and Lucian woke up.
"… "
He saw Lucian open his mouth, and then Lucian took a breath as if very carefully, and whispered to him: "You... are back?"
"… Um."
At that moment, Wade couldn't tell what he felt. Lucian looked like a kitten who had been abused, but he didn't dare to run away. He could only tremble in his hands. But Lucian quickly covered it up, as if it was all an illusion. He said, "Should I... continue on my way?"
Vader nodded.
He sat next to Lucian, whose soft and warm body lay beside him. When he wanted to touch Lucian's cheek, he clearly felt the skin under his hand tighten, as if it was afraid.
Vader's hand also stopped.
"Let's keep going."
He did not touch Lucian any further, but just said this to the people outside the car.
The carriage was still moving. After he came, Lucian sat up as if he didn't dare to sleep anymore—sitting up was a bit strenuous for him and would pull on his injured parts. Wade reached out to help him up, but he gently pushed him back as if he was extremely surprised.
There was a crisp "pop" sound.
Then Vader heard a sound he had never thought he would hear in his life.
“No, no… I, I didn’t mean it. I…” Lucian seemed to be almost out of breath from fear at that moment. He said quickly and softly, “I didn’t, I just…”
The fur he used to cover his body slipped a little, and Lucian hurriedly pulled it up, his movements were so fast and awkward, but Vid could still see the marks he had left on him.
At that moment, Vader felt like he couldn't breathe.
But it’s not because of those traces.
Lucian carefully found a position that could cover his entire body and sat next to Wade. He seemed a little scared, but he knew he had to lean on Wade to please him... so his movements were awkward and stiff, and he tried to stay alert as the carriage moved forward.
But no one could see that he looked drowsy.
The carriage was moving quietly. Lucian couldn't help but yawn again—a yawn that he tried hard to hide until Wade grabbed his arm.
His fingers were very strong.
"!" Lucian stared at him in a daze, and said in a panic, "I... I feel a little uncomfortable... No, I will..."
"Go to sleep if you want." He heard Wade's hoarse voice.
"I… "
Wade spread out his uncomfortably bent legs and even let them rest on his legs. At that moment, Lucian grabbed anything behind him that could stabilize his body and stared at him with wide eyes.
"… I won't do anything to you." Vader whispered, "Don't be afraid."
The words "Don't be afraid" sound terrible to anyone, and are completely OOC.
“What…?” Lucian said in a low voice.
He stared at Vader, carefully lowering himself to his feet, still looking at him.
"… Yeah." Wade said, "Go to sleep."
Lucian lay down with a little relief, but his wine-red eyes kept staring at Wade until he could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep.
Wade looked at him quietly until he closed his eyes. Lucian said in a daze just before he fell asleep: "You promised not to touch me..."
Still the same guy as before, Wade thought.
He remained silent until he heard Lucian's even breathing.
The carriage was still moving. Wade sat next to Lucian. Even though Lucian was asleep, his expression was not relaxed. He kept frowning and pursing his lips, as if he was having a nightmare.
Wade reached out to touch his back to comfort him, but before he could do so, he saw Lucian trembling as if he had had a nightmare.
“…” He seemed to be talking incoherently in his sleep.
Finally, after a quick cry, he heard Lucian trembling and saying in his dream: "Please... Please..."
"Please let me go... Lord Vader..."
My fingertips froze at that moment.
“I’m in so much pain… so scared…”
"Please let me go..."
"I am a bad person, I did bad things... Please... Be gentle... It hurts..."
The carriage traveled all night and all day, and until the sun rose and set, Wade did not say another word.
Lucian woke up and found himself curled up on Wade's body because of the cold. He rubbed his eyes, still a bit confused after waking up. When he realized that Wade was looking at him, he was startled and wanted to crawl away from him.
Then Wade grabbed him by the waist.
Lucian lay on his back in Wade's arms, staring at him blankly with his wine-red eyes, and said cautiously: "You are now..."
"Want to/do it?"
Vader tightened his grip on his waist.
"… No." He heard Wade say in a low voice, "Don't worry."
Lucian: …
He looked at Vader, as if he didn't understand what he wanted to do. He said, "You want me to... do it on my own initiative? Or do something marginal..."
"No."
"… "
"If you want to sleep, just sleep well." Wade said, "Don't be afraid of me when you wake up."
Lucian blinked, seemingly confused. Wade covered his eyes with his hands and said, "Close them."
Lucian closed it obediently. Then he heard the sound of Wade leaving the carriage.
After Wade left, Lucian changed his weak attitude and immediately pulled the system out of the shielding mode.
system:…
Lucian: "I thought it would be difficult because I had never played such a role before. I didn't expect to succeed on my first try."
The system was speechless at Lucian's series of superb acting skills. Lucian continued: "Why did he cover my eyes just now? It's weird."
"Maybe he doesn't want to see your eyes." The system said, "Or maybe he doesn't want you to see his expression."
"… "
After a long time, Lucian hugged himself and said softly, "I can't understand it."
System: "... Never mind. You don't have a heart anyway."
Lucian said nothing. He put the system into shielding mode again.
System: … This person gets angry when I say something bad to him.
But the system didn't know that after it was thrown into the shielding mode, the white-haired beauty sat inside the car, hugging her knees, and was a little dazed for a moment.
He felt a little cold, but he didn't know why. He had clearly achieved his goal, but after Wade left, he felt a little empty.
An inexplicable emptiness.
He looked quietly at the place where Wade once sat, and after a long time, he actually crawled over carefully.
He didn't know what he wanted to do, so he just curled up in the seat where Wade had sat.
Did Vader just sit there and watch over him all night? he wondered.
There is Vader's message and Vader's temperature on the seat. In addition, there is also a piece of Vader's clothes.
Lucian stared at it for a while, and by the time he reacted, he had already grabbed it in his hand unconsciously.
He grabbed the clothes that belonged to Vader, lowered his head and buried himself in it. He hugged himself and smelled his breath.
Then…
"Looks like she's in heat again." Lucian muttered softly.
He felt his cheeks flushed and a little hot. He didn't understand what he wanted to do, was it because of lack of energy or some psychological reason
There was only one thing he could be sure of.
—He had never really wanted to make love to Vader. As if that would make him feel better.
“… I must be crazy,” he thought.
He tossed the shirt aside, pondering an idea and waiting for Vader to return.
But before Wade came back, the carriage suddenly stopped in an emergency.
Just at that moment, a scream was heard outside the car.
An extremely piercing scream.