"She died two months ago. You claim to be her friend, how come you don't know about this?" The woman looked at Anna with suspicion. At this moment, she finally saw that the "young man" in front of her was actually a girl.
Anna clutched the doorframe tightly, breathing heavily.
Two months ago... It was that time when Magnolia caught him and Epp went crazy, causing them all to be seriously injured. She had to ask Rotgar to save Natalie and Leon.
She vaguely remembered that she passed out after that, and when she woke up, she was already in the devil world. She asked Rotgar how Natalie and Leon were doing. How did he answer her
What he said was: When I took you away, the church people had already arrived.
He didn't directly say whether Natalie and Leon survived. Was it because he didn't know or he deliberately avoided mentioning it
Was Natalie already dead by then? Or did he die from his injuries later
… Is she really dead
Anna walked up to the woman in a few steps. She vaguely remembered that she seemed to be Natalie's brother's wife. She grabbed the woman's arm, stared at her with red eyes and said, "How did Natalie die?"
The woman shrank her neck in fear. Anna's expression at the moment was so scary that she didn't even dare to call the servant loudly, for fear that this dirty woman would be stimulated and hurt herself.
"She died while heroically fighting against the devil." She swallowed, "That's all I know. For more details, you have to ask the priest, he knows best!"
Anna didn't let go of her, she just looked at her directly and said, "Have you seen Natalie's body?"
The woman nodded with fear: "I attended Natalie's funeral, of course I saw it!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the girl disguised as a man in front of her bursting into tears. She was stunned, turned out to be really friends
After learning that she was really Natalie's friend, she was no longer afraid. She broke away from Anna's hand and said dissatisfiedly: "You don't even know that your friend is dead, do you deserve to be called a friend? Ah, no!"
She suddenly looked at Anna suspiciously: "Where does Natalie have any friends? Isn't her only friend the civilian mage who disappeared... Wait, could it be you?"
Anna ignored the other party, her mind was in turmoil, how could she accept that Natalie was dead
"What about...Mage Lyon?" Anna suddenly looked at the woman, wiped away her tears and gritted her teeth before asking again.
"Mage Lyon? Of course he is recuperating at his own home!" the woman said matter-of-factly.
Ana left the woman and quickly left here.
She had to ask Leon. She would only believe the answer she got from Leon.
Anna has not been to Lyon's home, but she knows where the Lyon family lives.
After leaving Baron Wright's Mansion, she ignored the gazes of the surrounding civilians and used the wind gathering technique to quickly reach Lyon's house.
Because she didn't know the structure of Leon's house, Anna didn't directly climb over the wall and break in. Instead, she asked the guard at the door to ask. But because she looked a little embarrassed at the moment, the guard just told her to go away and did not intend to go in to pass the message.
Anna formed a golden arrow with her backhand, placed it under the guard's neck, and said without any nonsense: "Take me to see Master Lyon."
The guard's life was restrained and he was so frightened that he had to lead Anna inside.
Anna swaggered and took the guards into the house. The servants who came and went looked at Anna in fear, and some people rushed to report it.
Of course, Anna didn't stop him. All she wanted was to see Leon as soon as possible.
Just after Anna held the guard hostage and walked inside for more than a minute, someone hurriedly walked out.
It was Lyon.
Anna scattered the golden arrows in her hand, and when Lyon frowned and looked over, she shouted: "Mage Lyon, I am Anna!"
Leon was hurried out after his servant came to report that someone had arrogantly taken hostages and broke into the house. Ever since he was injured by the devil, his mental strength has not been fully restored. Firstly, he was indeed seriously injured; secondly, ... What happened that time was a big blow to him, and he was a little slow in recovering his mental strength.
Hearing this familiar voice, Leon also recognized Anna's appearance from her dirty appearance at the moment. He couldn't help but feel happy. He took a few steps forward and asked with concern: "Anna, have you been there in the past two months?" where?"
He fainted while fighting the devil. He thought he would not wake up again, but unexpectedly he survived. However, Natalie died and Anna disappeared...
"I was taken to the devil world." Anna answered briefly, then stared at Leon and asked the question she was most concerned about at the moment, "Where is Natalie? Is she really... really dead?"
Leon couldn't bear to meet Anna's expectant eyes. He knew how close Anna and Natalie were.
"Yes, she was... sorry then." Leon said in a low voice.
At this moment, Anna felt as if all her strength had been drained, and she could no longer control the tears she had endured.
Natalie died two months ago, and she didn't even know... Natalie's sister-in-law was right, how could she deserve to be Natalie's friend? She didn't even make it to Natalie's funeral...
Leon quickly reached out and grabbed Ana's arm. She was swaying, as if she was about to fall. After he supported her, she slowly looked up, her eyes soaked in tears full of pain and self-blame.
"It's not your fault." Leon said solemnly.
Anna only felt that her throat was swollen and uncomfortable. Leon knew nothing and of course he would say it was not her fault.
But can she convince herself that she was not responsible in any way for Natalie's death
At this time, Anna felt Leon's hand holding her arm suddenly tighten, and there were screams all around, and the servants ran away. She knew without looking that Rotgar was chasing after her.
She had gone through all kinds of troubles since escaping from Rotgar, just to avoid being caught by him, but his arrival at this time did not arouse much fear in her. Instead, surging anger occupied her brain.
After Rotgar came out of the teleportation formation, he was pestered by Balan all the way to the outside of Black Cloud City. After another mutual defeat, he used one sentence to dispel Balan's determination to continue to obstruct him.
After Balan left, he didn't have to worry about anything else. He went straight to Natalie's house first. After asking from a woman that Anna had been here and where Leon was, he rushed over immediately, just in time to see Leon holding his hand. The dazzling scene of holding Anna's arm.
He retracted his flesh wings in mid-air, landed lightly on the ground, and walked towards the two people step by step.
He saw Anna's head hanging down, with tears on her cheeks, and the irritability in his heart became more intense.
Rotgar stopped in front of the two of them. Leon was cautious and did not take action immediately. Rotgar's attention at the moment was only on Anna.
"Anna." He called her, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Leon frowned. The devil's aura in front of him was so powerful, but his tone when he called Anna seemed to be very familiar.
Anna broke away from Leon's hand by withdrawing her hand to wipe her tears. She looked up at Rotgar and asked him, "Did you know this earlier?"
Anna's questions were confused, but Rotgar knew what she was talking about.
"Natalie was already dead when I rescued you." Rotgar did not hide it.
Anna's red eyes looked directly at Rotgar, and she moved her lips, but said nothing.
In order to win the bet between him and Balan, Rotgar had to make her voluntarily agree to marry him, and her condition at that time was that he must save Natalie and Leon.
So, how could he tell her that Natalie was dead? Then he will lose.
And she was kept hidden by him for two months using word games, thinking that while she continued to struggle to survive in the demon world, at least Natalie in the human world was safe.
The fact is that Natalie has died long ago, but she is still alive and well.
What an irony, Natalie obviously did nothing wrong, but she was the one who died.
Anna lowered her head and wiped away the uncontrollable tears. She raised her chin and looked at Rotgar: "Do you want to kill me or take me back?"
Rotgar frowned: "How could I kill you?"
"Okay, then I'll go back with you, and please don't hurt innocent people." Anna took a step closer to Rotgar, lowering her head as if she was helpless.
"Anna!" Leon called her in a deep voice.
Ana looked back at him and smiled with difficulty: "Sorry for causing trouble to you."
Apart from this, she didn't know what else to say.
Not wanting Rotgar to stay any longer and causing trouble, Anna took the initiative to take a step forward and hugged him, burying her face in his hard chest and whispering: "Let's go."
According to Rotgar's past temper, he would have to make a fuss before leaving, but at this moment, he just hugged Anna tightly, spread his flesh wings and flew into the air in an instant.
At this time, a thick white light like thunder on the ground struck Rotgar. He suddenly turned around and swallowed the attack with his back and wings. Anna was not harmed at all, but he himself was shocked. A streak of blood overflowed.
He and Balan had been fighting hard these past two days, and he was seriously injured at this time.
"Devil, do you think you can come and go freely easily?" A cardinal with silver hair on his head stood on a balcony, with a compassionate expression but sharp eyes.
Anna looked over, and she couldn't help but think that Black Cloud City had indeed gained a five-star priest after the demon incident... If Natalie hadn't died, she and Natalie might really be able to stay under the protection of this priest. to escape the persecution of Lotgar.
Just a five-star mage, Rotegar would not take him seriously at all, and would even fight with him.
But now, he was not in the mood to fight.
Therefore, he just glanced at the cardinal, then carried Anna and flew out of the city without even saying a harsh word, and was beaten a few more times for this.
Anna fell into a coma when she was taken to the Demon Realm by Lotgar last time, and she didn't know how she got there. But this time she finally saw clearly that after Lotgar flew outside the city, he waved one hand in the air, that she A somewhat familiar complex teleportation array appeared, and a familiar suction force came. Rotgar took her into the teleportation array.
As soon as her eyes darkened, Anna knew that she was back in the demon world, and this was the underground level of the castle.
Anna broke free from Rotgar's arm, got off the ground, and walked forward.
But her arm was grabbed by Rotgar. He held her in his arms with one hand and touched her body with the other.
Anna suddenly remembered that day in Balan's castle, when she was set up by Catherine. After "escaping" and being disappointed to be caught, Balan directly attacked Catherine in the underground level.
Do all demons have this problem
She tilted her head and asked indifferently: "Are you in such a hurry?"
Lotgar paused and didn't answer her, but he didn't stop either. After a while, he found some gold coins and mixed element ores from her body. After taking them away, he let her go.
Anna didn't feel embarrassed or wanted to apologize for her misunderstanding. It would be a matter of time either now or sooner.
She didn't say a word and continued walking upstairs.
Lotgar followed her.
Anna walked all the way to the study, then stepped in, walked to the place where she saw before escaping, picked up a book and read.
Rotgar stood at the door of the study, watching Anna flipping through the book quickly. As in the past, she only focused on books that could improve her strength, such as spells, and ignored all other books.
He didn't know how long it took, but he suddenly saw Anna's straight body seemed to be bent by a heavy object, and tears fell on the pages of the book. His whole body trembled, and he rushed over to hug her.
Anna's suppressed cries suddenly broke out, and she shouted to him: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Even if it was for the bet, after Balan thought he lost, you could tell me after you got the abyss tree seed!"
The so-called "promise to marry him" was just a verbal agreement for the sake of a bet. After Rotgar won, he had countless opportunities to tell her that Natalie was dead, but he didn't.
She knew he had to have a good reason for himself not to do that, but she would never accept it.
Rotgar did not reply, perhaps because of the bet, or perhaps because he remembered that Anna had said this to him about Natalie one day in the past: She is my best friend in the world. What happened to her would drive me crazy.
He had never thought about letting Anna go back to the human world, so wouldn't it be fine as long as she never knew Natalie was dead
"Do you know that she will not survive?" Rotgar said.
Of course Anna knows this, because she is an atheist, and she even knows very well that death is death, and Natalie will not become a star or anything else to accompany her.
However, she didn't know until two months after Natalie died... If she hadn't finally escaped from the demon world and arrived at Black Cloud City with Balan's "help", she might never have known that Natalie was dead. Isn't it ironic that her best friend in the world died and she didn't know it
Anna's excitement slowly subsided, the tears on her face dried up, and she only said slowly: "Yes, Natalie will not survive."
She wanted to push Lotgar away, but when she couldn't push him away, she said, "Let me go."
Rotgar didn't listen to Anna. He carried her upstairs to his room and carried her into the bathroom.
He put her down, looked at her with disgust and said, "Wash yourself clean."
Anna had originally smeared a lot of dirt on her face in order to disguise herself as a woman and a man, but now her face was washed away by tears, and the lines on her face were funny and pitiful.
After speaking, Rotgar withdrew. After a while, he brought her pajamas. Seeing that she was still standing, he said, "Do you want me to wash it for you?"
Ana glanced at him and opened her arms towards him: "Come on."
Rotgar sneered, exited the bathroom and slammed the door.
Anna stood there for several minutes before slowly going to take a shower.
The devil is really good at playing, and he wants her to clean herself up and serve it to the dinner table.
She washed very carefully, not leaving a single corner of her body untouched.
She once thought that they would break up, but now she doesn't want to die no matter what.
She wants to avenge Natalie, and this is the only thing she can do for Natalie... No, rather, this is the only thing she can do for herself. Otherwise, she cannot fill her guilt.
After washing, Anna carefully dried her long brown hair.
She had been afraid that Lotgar would kill her because he didn't want to have her weakness... but he didn't, he chose another path.
Before she did it, she would have been at least a little happy.
Rotgar liked her, and unlike the evil boss who was worried that the woman he liked would become a weakness and wanted to kill her, it was probably not because he couldn't have a talk with him.
But not now, she is not in the mood for love.
Rotgar stood in front of the window and looked outside. The sky in the demon world was as gray as ever. He didn't know why he missed the sky in the human world.
Hearing the movement behind him, he knew it was Anna coming out. When he turned around and saw her, his pupils shrank.
Anna was wearing nothing like a baby, except for her long brown-red hair that was still moist and spread over her shoulders like seaweed.
Rotgar once thought that Anna's beauty was as gentle and harmless as a gentle drizzle, but the woman in front of him was more alluring than a succubus.
He watched Anna slowly walking towards him.
Anna approached Rotgar step by step, and finally stopped halfway in front of him, looking up at him.
She saw the undisguised desire in his eyes, which was so strong that her skin felt like it was being pricked by needles.
She knew that if she was captured this time, Rotgar might have figured out his feelings for her, right? How could someone like him be patient anymore? Under the huge disparity in strength, her resistance or cleverness were of no use.
You can't escape it anyway, so why not do yourself some good.
Anna stood on tiptoes, hugged Rotgar's neck, kissed him gently on the lips, and whispered: "Teach me, train me, make me as strong as you... I can let you get the most. satisfy."
Rotgar stiffened, and then he suddenly picked up Anna, kissed her heavily as he walked to the bed, and fell on the bed with her.
The kiss was very long, and Anna soon felt something strange. She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Rotgar.
He put his hand on her back, and a stream of magic energy lingered behind her.
Having had the experience of watching before, she suddenly realized what he was doing and struggled hard, but he held her tightly and kissed her deeply.
After a long time, Rotgar finally let go of Anna. She pushed him away and sat up. She bent her hands behind her back and naturally didn't touch anything.
"What are you doing!" Anna looked at Rotgar in disbelief with red eyes.
Rotgar's eyes fell on Anna unscrupulously, he slowly sat up and said coldly: "With human lifespan, you will never be as powerful as me. You will need more time."
"So you signed a soul contract with me?" Anna looked at Rotgar as if she were looking at a madman, "Didn't you say that the soul contract can only be signed once? This is the only chance you have, so you used it like this ?”
Anna could already guess that Rotgar liked her, at least to the extent that he was willing to have an intimate relationship with what he called a despicable human being, but wasn't it more than that
She wants to gain power, and he wants to gain her. We all get what we need, and we don’t owe each other anything, right
"Yes." Faced with Anna's successive questions, Rotgar's answer seemed very perfunctory.
In order for Balan to stop blocking him from finding Anna, what he said at that time was that he would sign a soul contract with Anna. Balaam knew very well what his words meant. After confirming with him many times, he finally left dejectedly.
Since he said it, he will definitely do it. And... maybe he was a little hesitant before doing it, but now that the contract is completed, he feels more relaxed.
Anna looked at Rotgar as if she was choked.
In fact, the soul contract couldn't mean anything... After all, she remembered that he said that the soul contract was to share the devil's lifespan with others, and he did not say that the "other" must be a lover. It's just that this signing ceremony does give people the illusion that they wouldn't sign if they weren't their lover. After all, a devil can only sign once in his life.
She really couldn't understand how Rotgar could do this. What the hell reason did he say? Even if she couldn't be as powerful as him after his training, it was because she had limits as a human. What did it have to do with him? Sharing his life with her in vain can't be because he wants to play with her for a longer time, right
... But she actually knew very well that there was only one reason that could perfectly explain his actions.
In the past, Anna would not have let go of such an opportunity. She might have forced Rotgar to tell her true feelings, or she might have forced him to run away, but today she would not say anything unnecessary.
She just said: "If someone uses me against you..."
Catherine used the soul contract to deal with Balaam. Balaam was lucky that time because Rotgar was there, but Rotgar may not have such good luck.
Rotgar smiled proudly: "Then let them do it."
Ana looked at him and suddenly lowered her eyes, covering her red eyes again.
Why is it so uncomfortable