Chapter 161: Western Fantasy 25: Those who talk tough are easily bitten
“If you didn’t want to move up the ladder yourself, I wouldn’t be making this deal with you.”
"I have many ways to control chess pieces. Which is the safest way to use puppetry to parasitize the Soul Devourer? You're so stupid that you can't even figure out if it's just pure exploitation."
The dark god caressed Lu Huai's cheek like a lover, and his huge black wings covered his body. However, this half-blood succubus, who was as fragile as a leaf in his territory, did not cooperate with his closeness and even pursed her lips stubbornly.
Lu Huai had been walking on the tightrope alone for too long, and the accumulated resentment that burned out was enough to destroy his sanity.
What's more, even if he kept retreating, Seno was still aggressive.
Lu Huai patiently explained for the last time:
"I've told you countless times that He didn't come to me to tell me anything. He simply wanted to understand the Vatican's deployment on various continents. That's all."
However, Seno felt that even his statements of facts were emotionally biased. The downward pressure of his strong body became more and more obvious, and his speculations became more and more excessive.
"Are you sure? Lance really didn't give you any drugs?"
Feeling Lu Huai's arm, which was almost tightly fitted against his, softening inch by inch, a smile appeared on his handsome and evil face.
"Is he pretending to be a gentleman, but in fact he's reluctant to part with you, his obedient subordinate, and has promised you some benefits?"
"No. Seno, please understand one thing. I have always been working hard to achieve my goal. Remember the contract between us! I also followed your instructions and went to find Hitt, but I just didn't succeed the first time."
"If you don't believe me, you can go find him."
The next second, he was jolted back by a huge impact force. Lu Huai felt like a powerless fish or shrimp thrown onto the shore by the waves, but he would never sit still and wait for death.
In response to Seno's words, which were spoken with gritted teeth and as if he wanted to eat him alive, Lu Huai fiercely pulled open his sleeves and revealed the dark red vine pattern.
"Besides, isn't this the spell you used to control my lifeblood? If you think of disobedience, there's only one outcome. You know I wouldn't betray you, yet you're so suspicious and act like this."
The ominous and eye-catching color was like blood, burning Seno's sight and cooling him down a bit, which in turn brought back his rationality.
On the contrary, Lu Huai did not show any sign of exhaustion, and even changed the address to a more respectful and distant version.
"You're the one who's been breaking the contract. I've tried my best to avoid everything you've deemed infeasible. I've done whatever you've said. Now that we've come this far, I've fulfilled your wish, haven't I?"
Lu Huai rarely showed such excitement: "This is all I can do. I am an inferior half-blood in your eyes. I can't fight back. How can I resist the might of the gods?"
He has been dissatisfied with the status quo for a long time, and has been forcing himself to accumulate and swallow all the hardships.
"Yes, it's true that you helped me, but you and I both know that we were just using each other.
So please don't blame or question me in a benefactor's tone."
Lu Huai saw that Senuo was silent, with only the corners of his mouth twitching. It was obvious that he had pent-up emotions and was waiting for him to say it all before venting them.
An indescribable fatigue came over him, and Lu Huai recalled everything he had faced since he was born.
Being abandoned, having all his relatives wiped out overnight, he fought hard to catch up, but in the end he was still at the mercy of others.
He straightened his clothes, which had been opened by the god's strong pull, and simply closed his eyes: "Kill me."
The shadow cast by the deep brow bone became more and more obvious. Sino was in disbelief: "What are you talking about?"
For a moment, Lu Huai seemed to see a red-eyed bull with steam coming out of its nose and full of anger.
However, he seemed to be unable to understand the current situation and said in a cold tone: "This may make you feel relieved, and we can stop wasting each other's time. I am dull and cannot take on such a big responsibility."
"Lu Huai, you are crazy. How dare you say such a thing?"
Even 0359 panicked in his consciousness: "Huaihuai, this guy's power is too incredible. If he really uses his true energy, our souls will be reduced to dust before we even trigger the company's protection lock..."
It had accompanied Lu Huai through so many worlds and had always known that its host's ability to understand characters was absolutely top-notch. However, after gaining more experience, it was easier for it to understand what this stubborn duck would encounter in the future.
Sure enough, Lu Huai did not respond immediately for the first time, and the small system could see the reason.
It stared with wide eyes, watching Seno grab Lu Huai's face and bite his lips angrily, while it itself froze in place like a wooden mouse.
"You wish. Even if I kill you, I will keep your body by my side and do that to you every day. Even after you die, I won't be able to stop."
"You... um..."
Now that Seno has laid everything out, his desire for him can be said to be much more real and terrifying than Biles's, which seems to be a momentary impulse.
He picked up the wine, pried open Lu Huai's mouth and poured it in, even though the liquid did not enter his mouth, but flowed down his Adam's apple without stopping.
"I invited you to drink it before, but you never tried it. Now, let's taste it together."
Then he personally snatched the nectar away, making Lu Huai blush and angry.
Behind the black and red gauze curtain, Lu Huai was in a daze, with his head tilted back to endure his demands, until he could no longer bear it and pushed Seno's chest hard, with veins bulging on his white forearms.
While feeling that clarity was fading away, I could still see my own embarrassment and decadence through the floor-length mirror at the side.
Lu Huai seemed to have come to a demonic world he had never been to before, and saw the bizarre and imaginary flowers blooming on both sides of the river.
Because of the tears, the shadow in the pupil was no longer so clear, even though it was so close to him, and he was greedy for the warmth and wrapped his arms around the slender neck of the dark god.
His throat was dry and smoking: "Let me go, if you still want me to do what you say."
And Seno seemed to have calmed down. The expression on that familiar face was as if two irreconcilable gods had returned to the same body. He actually said, "I'm sorry."
Seno held his face like a treasure, even though this face, which had usually been docile, was now reluctant to face him.
"I will give you whatever you want. If you wish, you can become my Queen. After I regain my godhood, I will carve out a part for you."
Lu Huai turned his face away, and the tears that were about to fall turned into streams and slid down.
"I want nothing. Just freedom."
The Dark God was silent for a while, then said, "Okay."
As the moon set, golden light shone through the window lattice. Lu Huai, sunken in the soft quilt on the bed, opened his eyes as his biological clock ticked.
The demons were born with a rhythm of day and night that was reversed from that of ordinary holy spirits, but Lu Huai had overcome his nature in this regard and had adjusted well.
However, this time he didn't get up as quickly as usual.
Instead, he stared blankly at his outstretched ten fingers. They were slender, beautiful, and smooth as scallions, without any irregular jagged pink marks left by canine teeth.
Lu Huai folded his hands on his lower abdomen and was stunned for a while before he lifted the quilt covering his body and put on the newly washed sacrificial robe.
It was Sean's turn today. As usual, she stood at the door waiting to serve His Majesty the Holy Son.
It was just that this time Lu Huai woke up late, which was unusual for him. He seemed to be in a bad mood and there was no smile on his face.
The vague worry in my heart was not put at ease until Lu Huai and Amodia started chatting and laughing, and the corners of their mouths showed the charming curve again.
"Unhappy?" Amodia asked casually as he slowly cut the steak on the silver plate.
Lu Huai was like a puppet whose mechanism had been triggered. He shook his head subconsciously: "No, I just might still be a little grumpy after waking up."
Lu Huai had been practicing tons of Tai Chi with Byers, using the virtual snake.
Fortunately, he was different from Seno, who possessed overwhelming power and acted as he pleased. His aggressiveness that day seemed to be just an appearance. The Knight Commander never did anything extraordinary towards him again, but treated him like a loyal subordinate, following his instructions.
Even sitting next to Lu Huai was a "gift" from the Son of God. Apart from being closer than before, he didn't get to eat a single bite of meat.
But Lu Huai always knew that he was a time bomb that could explode at any time. If he felt a particularly burning gaze, perhaps he would know who did it without having to trace the source.
Fortunately, Hitt's attitude softened somewhat.
But the truth will eventually come out, and Amodia's kung fu is much better than that of the knight.
If he put in enough effort, Byers would be left far behind.
The recording stone that had been placed in the dark was functioning faithfully, and because of the concealment magic circle, it was not discovered by Lu Huai and Byers behind it.
So he found something wrong - Hitt seemed to be talking to himself, but judging from his appearance and tone, it didn't seem like he was talking to the air, but as if there was a person standing right in front of him.
Following this trajectory, he discovered that the knights who were checking seemed to have found some clues, and then handed them over to the Knight Commander he trusted.
There was no need to say more at this point. Amodia frowned and continued to sit upright in his seat.
After a while, he went out calmly as usual.
Jon has been troubled by one thing recently. He found that the superior who was previously suspected to be a fan of him and Lu Huai seemed to be getting particularly close to Lu Huai recently.
So close that he almost took his place.
This feeling of frustration not only came from the fact that whenever he had time to look for his friends, he always found his superiors surrounding him, but also from Jon's vague feeling that Byers seemed to deliberately play dumb and continue to assign him tasks when he usually let people go tacitly.
Even under such manipulation, Jon's experience became more and more abundant, and his path to promotion was particularly smooth. But he had no time to celebrate these things.
His early worries came true.
Lu Huai had blossomed much more, like a pure and beautiful flower swaying in the morning light, covered in dew. Even the members of the Church of Light, who practiced abstinence, couldn't help but gaze at it, admiring its brilliant face that shone with the sun and the moon.
Not to mention ordinary people who have not been baptized by doctrine.
——Every time he goes on tour, as long as his friends show up, there will be a commotion, followed by passionate confessions.
In the end, Lu Huai had no choice but to cover his face with a special veil, exposing only a pair of clear black eyes to the public's view, and self-blame was written in his more restrained expression.
That brat Xu Rui is nothing to be afraid of. Every time he comes to visit, he will be sent away by the people in the temple.
As fellow knights, they are well aware of each other's tasks.
He kept talking about investigating the case, but he didn't have any solid evidence. Instead, he just fluttered in front of Lu Huai like a colorful butterfly.
Jon had already established good relationships with the divine servants on duty, so every time he slipped in smoothly and wanted to give Lu Huai a surprise, he would run into some uninvited guest.
Biles was chatting and laughing with Lu Huai, and there was even a kind of closeness between their behavior that made him feel uncomfortable. When he saw him coming, he first showed a meaningful smile.
Only then did Jon see the man's true face.
The Knight Commander, whom he regarded as a role model, actively adjusted his image, which he usually didn't pay much attention to. Not only did he shave off the stubble that he pursued for a "manly" look, but he also trimmed his overly thick eyebrows, making his facial features more vivid and handsome.
While it brightened the eyes of many people who already admired him, it also made Jon wonder whether Biles was really doing his job seriously?
"Lu, are you and the commander busy with work?"
"I heard you're investigating something. Is there anything I can help with?"
Jon is not a coward, and he will never let anything go if he has any doubts.
"this…"
Unexpectedly, Lu Huai, who had always been in tune with him, looked at Biles for help.
Jon's eyes darkened and he decided to ask in private.
At this time, Amodia actually walked into the study room slowly, waved his sleeves, and the crowd of people following closely behind him obediently left the room.
"Lu, I have something I need to discuss with Byers alone."
"Maybe I'll have to trouble you and Jon to step aside for a while."
"Okay." Lu Huai nodded and turned around silently.
"yes."
Jon saluted and followed him.
Lu Huai didn't really want to leave, but wanted to stay outside the door for some reason.
His eyes passed over Jon countless times, as if he wanted to say something but stopped, as if he wanted him to leave.
The blond elf, for the first time ever, turned into a piece of wood and insisted on squatting down beside him.
After Lu Huai knew about it, he probably would ask too, so he gritted his teeth, took out the invisibility cloak, and covered Jon as well.
The two of them tiptoed inside and stopped at a corner with a good view before Amodia's anti-peeping magic seal was successfully cast.
"Biles, who sneaked into the forbidden area? Did you really not find any clues?" After Amodia was ready, he went straight to the point to his old subordinates.
"Your Majesty, no suspicious individuals have infiltrated the Vatican recently. Furthermore, the forbidden magic circle requires an insider to unlock it. Therefore, we suspect this person is a spy within the Vatican.
But the spy was very cunning. We searched all the numbered prisons but found no physical evidence."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, I understand."
Amodia took out a stone engraved with runes from the cloth bag and gently placed it in front of him: "I have something good that I want to share with you."
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