Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Chapter 49. The day the Duke Valfruga couple arrived at the castle, Zaril looked down at them outside the clinic window and laughed.

Too ridiculous that such a young and weak thing tries to catch himself.

The Duke seen from afar was small to the extent of pressing down with the hand and crushing on the floor as is.

The Duchess who seemed never held a sword even once was not even worth caring from the beginning.‘Don't know if can even find me. Can slowly eat up.’ Thought that.

“Lus, kill.”

At Felia's words Lucius kicked the air and jumped up.

The sharp sword accurately aimed at his own neck.

Thick killing intent to the extent the fingertips tingle.‘Die.’ Before the head making judgment instinct preceded.

Zaril without knowing wrapped demonic energy on the arm and deflected Lucius's sword.

At that moment, met eyes with Felia wearing a strange smile.

“Found, the culprit.”

Felia pointed at the black demonic energy rippling around Zaril.

“You... surely... not knowing I'm a demonic beast...”

When Zaril glared at the two people and asked, Felia answered triumphantly.

“Of course!”

“What?”

“There were two more candidates besides you. But seeing mystery stories always the likable doctor like you is the culprit. So tested. Whether revealing the identity if life is threatened, or not.”

“Ha...! With only such a thing...!”

“Thanks to that you directly revealed the identity like this? If you were a person our Lus would have stopped in the middle. Our Lus is a genius of the sword!”

At Felia's praise the cheeks of Lucius holding the sword flushed.

‘Stop in the middle? Ridiculous words.’ Zaril ground his teeth.

He who continued fighting living as a demonic beast knew.

That was really the killing intent of one trying to kill this side.

Zaril looked at Lucius's chilly red eyes.

That guy even if he was really human, even if died wouldn't have cared.‘Since it became like this unavoidable. Deviated from the plan but...!’ When Zaril used the ability, the shadow started moving.

The shadow of the chair cast on the floor repeatedly grew and shrank irregularly.

Not only the chair.

The curtain cast by the window, people, all shadows in the room started dancing.

And instantly soared and ate everyone in the room and quieted.* * *“Master! Wake up!”

Between the hazy mind someone shook and woke me.

Looking around it was some cave inside.

Unconsciously turning the head and trying to scream at the visible scene without knowing, a large hand covered my mouth.

“Shh. Making a loud noise for nothing isn't good, Master.”

Lifting the head, met eyes with Blackie changed into human appearance.

At the touch of the cold hand the mind calmed a bit.

“Calmed now?”

Nodding, Blackie removed the hand from my mouth.

“That... what on earth...”

The disappeared children.

Children were confined in iron cages divided into compartments like a chicken coop.

Clearly heard the disappeared number was twenty, but the number confined in the iron cages seemed at least a hundred.

The children drooped limbs like dolls and didn't move at all.

“...

Are they alive?”

“No dead humans yet. Won't endure long though.”

“Lus? Where is Lus?”

Perhaps Lus is also confined in that iron cage?

Urgently turning the head, Lus lying on the high altar was visible.

“Lus! Come to senses, Lus!”

Shook and woke Lus, but Lus only groaned and couldn't easily wake.

“How did it become?”

“Because touched demonic energy. Demonic energy itself is power that sucks life force. When stamina recovers will wake so no need to worry too much.”

“If so fortunate...”

I hugged the small body in the arms, and saw the demonic beasts revealing appearances.

“Squeak squeak.”

Rat swarms the size of the forearm shone eyes bright red and approached around us.

The large front teeth seemed able to grind even stones, and drooled from the mouth.

Zaril leading the rat swarm emitted black demonic energy and laughed.

“If quietly suffered would have ended without seeing a rough appearance.”

Goosebumps rose every time meeting eyes with the rats, but I tried hard and wore a relaxed smile.

“Will do with only rats? If that side is rats this side is a dragon!”

I put strength in the arm hugging Lus and shouted.

“Go, Blackie! Water cannon!”

A powerful water stream sprayed from Blackie.

The rat swarm legion charging toward us couldn't advance more at Blackie's water cannon and stopped feet.

Occasionally a few rats jumped out piercing the water stream, but useless.

“Blackie, freeze solid!”

The rats wet with water froze in that place as is.

Blackie handled the rats and asked.

“Master, how about not that technique name?”

“Easy to know and good.”

“...

Master from now on don't name anywhere.”

Even knowing himself is convenient!* * *The moment touching demonic energy, Lucius felt something inside himself breaking.

That seemed like unlocking the key of the cage confining himself, and also seemed like opening something that shouldn't be opened.

Lucius dreamed.

He was trash abandoned in a hut deep in the forest.

Couldn't move even one finger, and there wasn't even a person looking for him.

Occasionally if a lost beast approached ate that, and prolonged life.‘Hungry.’ How much time passed.

A life form seen for the first time came to the forest he was in.

They rummaged the hut here and there and looked for something.

“Wrong. Already left.”

Then, someone lowered the body toward him.

“There's a living person here.”

A woman of small build.

The hair was a sweet color as if melting if touched, and the clean blue pupils never seen even once on the dirt floor were impressive.

Then the blonde man said sharply.

“Demonic beast's remnant. Will die even if left but if concerned kill.”‘Dislike. That dislike.’ Trash abandoned on the roadside but dislike dying.

When Lucius waved his arm, she said.

“But rather than a demonic beast seems a person. If demonic beast's remnant not a complete demonic beast, right? Then shall I take and raise?”

“What? Are you crazy?”

The voices of the man and woman fighting were heard.

In the end, whether the woman won she hugged Lucius.

“From now I'll protect you. Right, to call need a name...”

The woman who pondered for a long time smiled brightly and said.

“Let's do Lucius. Meaning light in ancient language. No law that all born from demonic beasts are darkness. Shortened Lus, how is it?”

The man of white hair looked at the woman and said.

“A decent name for a master who named mine like this too.”

Then the woman laughed and hugged Lucius.

“This child is my family from now on.”

She carefully took care of Lucius.

Gave delicious rice, gave warm sleeping place, made snowmen together, or went to see fun plays.

Lucius who was a newborn appearance when first meeting her became seven a week later and a fifteen-year-old boy two weeks later.

A month later exceeded her height and became a full adult.

It was happy time.

And in an instant the world collapsed.

A beast with black fur and red eyes lowly cried inside the cage.

He asked Lucius in a pleasant tone.

“An interesting story, isn't it?”

“How did the next become?”

Lucius asked back coldly.

That was clearly the story of Felia and himself.

If ended happily as is there would have been no matter of meeting older sister again like this.

“Don't be impatient. Since the restriction was released, the memories you lost will slowly return from now on.”

The beast grinned and looked at Lucius.

“With the memories the power, ability, everything you forgot will return. When that time comes can also take me out from here.”

Indeed as the beast said there was a lock on the cage.

“Don't know why I have to release you who looks ominous at a glance.”

Even at Lucius's firm refusal the beast clung in a friendly tone.

“Don't push away that much. I am soon you. Now rejecting, but eventually you will find me on your own feet.”

“...”

“Ah ah, looking forward to that time.”* * *Too many rats.

It felt like scooping seawater.

No matter how much killing new rat swarms appeared squeaking.

“Blackie! Don't have something like wide-range technique? Something that can sweep this surroundings clean!”

“If there was such a thing I would have used long ago!”

Blackie froze one rat charging at him, and threw a water bomb again.

Blackie's ability also wasn't something that could be used infinitely.

Felt gradually tiring from continued ability use.

“Master, how much do you think can endure?”

“Have to endure until knocking down that bastard! All that guy is controlling so if only eliminating that guy seems will do!”

When Blackie froze Zaril, the rats charged at Blackie taking that brief gap.

Then Zaril broke the ice in the meantime and avoided far.

With Blackie the limit was just restraining the rats and Zaril.‘Move directly?’ Held a short sword in the hand and pondered for a moment but seemed hard.

The moment I move, the rats will charge at me.

While pondering, someone grabbed my arm.

Lowering the head met eyes with Lus.

“Lus! Came to senses?”

Lus blinked his red eyes and looked at me.

Somehow this kid's atmosphere seems a bit strange.

But now wasn't a situation that could ponder deeply.

Lus who quickly grasped the situation looked at me and asked.

“Older sister continuously protected me?”

“Yeah.”

Lus's gaze this time headed toward Zaril and the rat swarm.

“There are many things I want to do with older sister... but for now have to handle that guy.”

Just in time piercing the weakened Blackie, one rat charged toward me.

Lus's sword moved quickly.

The rat whose body was cut in half in the air fell to the floor thud.

“I said. Whatever trying to harm older sister I'll erase it.”