Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
Lucion was about to hurry on the way back to the city, but halted in his tracks for a second.
The gaze of Russell, who kept looking at him with pleased eyes, was too bothersome.
“Why are You looking at me like that?”
[It’s nothing, so don’t worry.]
Russell shook his head.
If he praised Lucion that he became a person who knows what others think, he thought Lucion would just get angry.
[Won’t you be scolded by Carson if you keep going so slowly? You should quickly go and try out the ability Latta obtained.]
Lucion wasn’t the only one who received the blessing of the Divine Beast. Latta was the same.
In fact, it felt more like while giving a blessing to Latta, he couldn’t help but also bless him.
The blessing he received was affinity with Light, or in other words, the resistance he tried to raise, jumped from phase 1 to phase 3, as Russell informed him.
‘Thanks to the Divine Beast’s blessing, I also obtained a title and the position of honorary priest.’
Lucion looked at Latta who came out of the shadow at some point and wagged her tail.
— Ehem.
Latta spoke proudly.
— It’s Latta’s turn to step in!
In fact, he wondered if Latta didn’t have power related to shadows from the moment she could enter his shadow.
With the blessing of the Divine Beast, Latta’s power grew, and she got an ability related to shadows.
At the same time, Latta grew a bit, and he felt like his Darkness also grew.
“Not now, Latta.”
Lucion shook his head.
— Why? Latta can use the ‘Whoosh’ that Latta learned.
“No. It’s impossible to go such a distance yet.”
Latta pursed her lips as she spoke.
— Mmm. Latta is good, and they say that good kids listen well.
“Young Master.”
Hyum blinked, and spoke.
“What?”
“What is this ‘Whoosh’ Latta is talking about?”
“You will see later.”
[It will be so surprising you may faint.]
Russell said to Hyum, looking forward to it.
***
[Devia Jeven. Devia.]
The ghost pondered over something, and then saw the Darkness Lucion summoned and shivered.
[I remember! I remember, so please take that scary thing away.]
The ghost, who just became No. 9, said in fright.
“Bastard, if you tease your mouth wrongly, I’ll send you to heaven.”
Lucion’s voice was fierce.
[I-I’m in the hands of warlock-nim now. Who would dare to lie in front of You?]
“So where is that bitch?”
[Mon Chéri, I saw her going to the inn named Mon Chéri.]
“Are you certain?”
[Yes, yes. I’m certain. I like that place very much… I learned the faces.]
The ghost smirked as he spoke up, as if he never trembled in fear.
[Ehem.]
Russell suddenly coughed.
[You’re not an adult yet, so I don’t think it’s time to tell you about such establishments yet.]
“I’m not going there with impure goals.”
[What? I’m just saying that you’re still young. That’s the only thing I said.]
Russell’s voice got a bit louder.
— What is impure?
When Latta tilted her head and asked, Russell coughed even louder.
“Guide me.”
Luciond didn’t want to continue this conversation any longer and urged the ghost to hurry.
[Yes. I’ll guide You the fastest way.]
The ghost took the lead, and Lucion’s party followed behind him.
[You’ve become a bit accustomed to it now.]
Russell grinned as he said that.
“Do You mean the ghost domination?”
Lucion asked back.
[Right. Thanks to the Divine Beast’s blessing, the Darkness also seems to have increased. When the banquet ends, you will have to study more.]
“Yes. I’ll welcome it anytime. Learning is really fun.”
Lucion’s voice was full of excitement.
Although black magic was a magic rejected by numerous people, Lucion saw himself and his surroundings differently with each step of that magic.
[It’s here.]
The ghost stopped in front of a certain establishment.
Mon Chéri.
After Lucion checked the writing on the sign, he commanded the ghost.
“Go in first and find out where that bitch is.”
When the ghost entered, Lucion handed Hyum a mask.
“Wear it.”
“Why do I have to wear it?”
“I thought it would be strange if only I wore it.”
Two strings were connecting him and two other things in the establishment.
It was the same as saying that Sean was inside.
“Will I have to keep using it in the future?”
Hyum hesitated and asked.
“No. Only this time.”
“That’s good. I hate covering my face with something the most.”
Hyum smiled and accepted the mask.
— Ehem. Now is Latta’s turn to step out. Is that right?
Latta stepped out of the shadow, and looked at Lucion, blinking.
“Latta.”
— Yeah.
“Use that ability and then enter my shadow right away. Got it?”
— Kay! Don’t worry. Latta is super fast.
Latta tapped her front paws as if she was going to run right then.
Lucion thought for a moment about Latta’s bright smile.
‘I can’t tell Latta to keep staying in my shadow every time like this.’
He didn’t want to restrict Latta’s freedom, but the number of people who knew that the black fox was his was increasing.
How many nobles were raising a black fox?
‘If Latta wears a hat too…’
— What? Do you have something to say to Latta?
Latta’s eyes were full of anticipation.
“Isn’t it suffocating to only stay in my shadow?”
— Latta likes walking on her own feet the most. However, if Lucion wants, Latta will keep staying inside.
Lucion felt strange for no reason because of Latta’s faint smile.
‘When deciding Latta’s appearance, I should have chosen a cat.’
Because black cats were common.
Lucion turned his eyes and looked at Russell.
“You don’t perhaps have an item, right?”
[Why would I?]
Russell responded, dumbfounded.
Because animals instinctively kept their distance from warlocks, he never even touched a cat in his life.
— Ah!
Latta realized what Lucion was talking about.
Promptly, she let out an ‘Ehem’ and showed off.
— Look, look at Latta.
Latta put in strength, and her fur puffed up.
— Tada. Latta can freely move her fur!
Latta, who puffed her fur to the maximum, looked like a fat fox.
Lucion burst out into sincere laughter.
[There won’t be any problems thanks to this.]
Russell stroked Latta’s fur.
It was sturdy like a shield.
At that moment, Latta perked up her ears.
— No. 9 called and said he found Devia.
“Tell him to wait there.”
Lucion rubbed his fingers with the thumb.
The ability Latta that put her paws on was Shadow Movement, in other words, it was the ability to move between shadows.
When Lucion returned from the banquet to the villa and was about to rest, he noticed Latta jumping between shadows on the bed like a salmon.
“Latta.”
Lucion tested Latta’s ability a few times.
Latta moved to the location her gaze reached, but she lost direction and couldn’t move to the locations beyond what she could see.
— Kay! Latta knows where No. 9 is.
So the way Lucion chose was to use Darkness.
Latta turned around and Lucion sent Darkness, marking a location, and Latta managed to move to the precise location, impressing him enough to be dumbfounded.
But another problem occurred.
While worrying about several problems like having to send Darkness first being cumbersome, and how long he could maintain the Darkness, Lucion looked at Russell.
As he knew there was a being that could move and keep Darkness inside for a long time.
That’s right, the ghosts.
“Hyum.”
“Yes. I clearly remember Young Master’s orders.”
— Let’s go!
Latta raised her front paw high and excitedly hit the shadow.
Slurp!
Like opening a mouth, the shadow enveloped Lucion, Hyum and Latta, and in an instant, they were dragged inside the shadow.
***
“….”
Devia and Sean reacted calmly to the sudden appearance of Lucion and Hyum.
‘Did they know we were coming?’
Lucion was flustered by their lukewarm reaction.
“We have something to say to you…”
The instant Sean spoke, Hyum’s fist suddenly flew at Sean’s face.
Lucion ordered Hyum to hit Sean and bring him to the ground first, according to the ‘the one who hits first wins’ strategy.
As Sean was a knight, he was a target that was impossible to capture with a fair strategy.
Peuk!
Worthy of a knight, Sean responded to Hyum’s attack and blocked her with his hand, but the opponent was Hyum.
He would be lacking even with a sword, so hitting Hyum with his bare hands was like blocking iron with a bare body.
Sean, who blocked Hyum’s attack, screamed.
“… Heak!”
While Sean hesitated because of the dizzying pain, Hyum fed his face with another fist using her other free hand and succeeded.
Peuk!
Sean’s head turned.
But Sean endured the pain and grabbed the sword at his waist.
‘You endured that…?’
Lucion was shocked.
Hyum’s fist had the power to break the floor.
Swish!
The moment Sean pulled out his sword, he tried to swing it, but because of the impact beforehand, he failed to control the range and only the innocent sofa at the side split in half.
At the same time, Sean’s posture crumpled, and Hyum’s fist burrowed deep into that bastard’s abdomen.
Peuk!
“Aa… ack!”
Sean’s body trembled, and he helplessly collapsed.
When Hyum raised her fist, probably thinking he was pretending to faint, Russell blocked her.
[He fainted. Leave him. If you hit him one more time…]
“Stop! Please, stop it! This person didn’t do anything wrong!”
Devia ran to the collapsed Sean and covered him with her whole body.
‘What? Why is she suddenly like that?’
At Devia’s unexpected actions, Lucion pretended to stop Hyum and looked at Devia.
[From the looks of it, she seems to have mistaken you for some other bastard? I guess your outfits are similar.]
Russell pointed at Lucion’s clothes with his finger.
By coincidence, his attire was archetypal villain clothing.
“I’m merely a daughter of a viscount. How can I approach the son of the border protector? From the beginning, if not for this person, all of the things up until now would have been impossible.”
Devia spit out the words in a desperate plea.
But Lucion didn’t say anything.
Devia put strength in her hands wrapped around Sean and spoke weakly.
“I’m going to stop it now. I called You here today to tell You this. Please don’t think of using this person or me any longer. The debt… do as You wish with it.”
‘You’re in debt?’
Lucion did not miss Devia’s words.
He learned a few facts from the conversation right now.
Someone had blackmailed Devia, and Devia and Sean seem to have pretty deep relationship.
‘The enemy wasn’t aiming at Devia. It was Sean from the beginning.’
Naturally, it would be easier for Cronia’s knight Sean to approach him than Devia.
‘I guess they were investigating Cronia for quite some time without anyone knowing?’
[If she mistook you for another bastard and thinks it’s natural for you to come in like his, then the only option is a warlock… and a pretty powerful warlock at that.]
‘A warlock…’
Putting the facts he couldn’t guess aside, Lucion calmly asked Devia.
“So?”
It didn’t matter whether Devia cut off the connection with that bastard or not.
Since she had mistaken him for that bastard, he planned to get more information out of her with this opportunity.
Devia flinched at the calm words, but her gaze when looking at Lucion was as fierce as before.
‘Even though the voice is different, she doesn’t suspect anything?’
Lucion instantly felt suspicious.
“So? Tell that to Your owner. Tell him that I won’t do it anymore, so he can do as he pleases. Tell him that!”
‘Ah… It seems the real bastard who used Devia didn’t come here.’
The moment his doubts were resolved, Lucion asked again.
“So?”
At the same time, he pointed with his finger at Sean as if commanding Hyum.
[Hyum. Go over there.]
Hyum, who clenched his fists a moment ago, unclenched them and walked over.
“What the hell more do You want!? Sean, who devoted his life to Cronia, betrayed it and brought information about Lucion Cronia! That’s all I could do!”
Devia spoke, choking on tears.
“It’s Your responsibility, not mine, that You couldn’t catch Lucion. I… have no interest in what You’re trying to do. Just, please, just let us go.”
“Keep babbling.”
Lucion sat down on a chair and urged Devia.
She was chattering so well by herself, so why should he block her mouth?
Even if she didn’t have a choice, the fact was that Devia sold the information about him to some other bastard, so he didn’t have an ounce of sympathy for her.
From Lucion’s standpoint, they were both bastards.
*~*~*
Translator’s note: … So, violence is pure and good?
Editor’s note: It is when the main character uses it.
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