Chapter 95: Hidden Desire
"Nice to meet you, my name is Lucien Blackheart. I have heard from my master that you are Master Elize’s master." As a disciple of Elize, I had to show a polite attitude when dealing with Elize’s master. Even though I was Elize’s lover, I had to regard the woman in front of me as my master’s master.
Since the beginning, my status as Elize’s disciple would never disappear in the eyes of all living beings. Even Rossweisse knew the identity of the human in front of her as the only disciple among her disciple’s disciples. Instead of asking about my relationship with her disciple, Rossweisse decided to give a calm reply to my previous introduction.
"So you are Lucien? I am Rossweisse, Elize’s master. Thank you for accepting Elize as your master all this time. I am very happy that my stupid disciple can act like a normal living being."
Because Rossweisse was someone who had guided Elize when she was little, she knew every characteristic of Elize in both the past and present. From Rossweisse’s point of view, the attitude shown by the current Elize was much calmer than when she had first met her.
There was no reason for Rossweisse not to feel proud of the change in attitude her disciple had shown after taking a disciple like Lucien. Even though the disciple was a man, Rossweisse did not mind it at all, even if Lucien would become Elize’s man.
"Master... please don’t ask too many questions about things that are not related to your business. Also, Mrs. Lilith, I apologize for ignoring you for a while. Please sit together with your daughters."
"No need. I have to leave right now. My purpose in coming to this place was only to bring Miss Rossweisse to your side. Therefore, I have to leave right now. See you later."
Staring—
Lilith’s gaze unconsciously shifted to where I was currently standing. Before Lilith could completely disappear from Elize’s territory, she cast a gentle gaze at me, who had now returned to where Athena was standing.
Luckily, both Athena and the women in the room were completely unaware of the gaze that Lilith had previously given me. But as Lilith’s son-in-law, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy in my heart when I remembered the gentle gaze Lilith had given me.
’That feeling earlier was very strange. I felt as if I had attracted the attention of an ancient monster. Hopefully, what I’m worried about won’t happen...’
One of Athena’s hands unconsciously gripped one of my wrists very tightly. A slightly annoyed expression appeared on Athena’s face. Even so, Athena didn’t know at all whether the feeling she was experiencing right now was jealousy or not.
Athena’s instincts regarding the attitude shown by her lover moments earlier gave her a bad feeling in her heart. As a woman, Athena realized that the expression shown by her lover was no different from that of a man thinking about other women besides herself and Elize.
This was the first time her lover had thought about a woman other than herself and Elize. But remembering the physical constitution her lover possessed, which made him have to take another woman as his own, Athena managed to regain the composure she had previously lost.
"Hena... that hurts. Did I make you angry?"
"Cien, do you have someone you like? I just want to know."
Without realizing it, a coughing sound came out of my mouth. All the women in the room were fully aware of the panicked attitude I was showing at this time. But still, I was very confused by the question Athena had asked me earlier.
"That’s impossible. You and Lize both know that I don’t have a woman who can attract my attention at the moment. So don’t think too much about it. I was just thinking about something earlier. It was just something meaningless."
That meaningless thing was about Athena’s mother and the three sisters. There was no way I would tell Athena what I thought about Lilith. If I revealed what had previously happened to Athena, I was afraid she would become suspicious of her mother’s attitude in trying to take her man away from her.
But I still thought the gentle gaze given by Lilith earlier was a form of motherly love. However, my status within the Lucifer family was now completely official as Lilith’s son-in-law.
Thinking negatively about the attitude Lilith had previously shown towards me was not polite at all. With the extraordinary power that Lilith possessed, she could kill me anytime and anywhere she wanted.
"Something meaningless... Alright. I believe what you said. Even if you like a woman out there, Lize and I will happily accept your decision. But on one condition: we will evaluate that woman and see whether she is worthy of becoming part of our household or not."
"I understand. I understand. I will leave everything to you. Because no matter what, you are mine~" Ignoring the serious attitude shown by Athena, I immediately took her into my arms without hesitation. For now, Athena and I had begun hugging each other like a married couple.
There was nothing to doubt even if I hugged her in front of more than five women. My relationship with Athena was not a secret at all. Therefore, none of the women dared to open their mouths regarding the attitude I showed in hugging Athena in the guest room.
’Damn... I’m so jealous. Brother-in-law and Sister Athena are such a romantic couple.’ Continuous frowns appeared on Heilde’s face. Likewise, Ariel couldn’t look away from the events unfolding before her. However, both Heilde and Ariel kept their feelings for their brother-in-law hidden.
’If I could take more initiative to stay by my brother-in-law’s side, I might be able to become one of my brother-in-law’s women...’ A sigh involuntarily escaped Ariel’s mouth. Ariel shouldn’t think anything improper about becoming one of her brother-in-law’s women. But a small part of Ariel considered Lucien to be the only perfect man in the entire world.
Even Heilde considered Lucien to be the only man worthy of becoming her husband. From the first time Heilde and Lucien met, she had felt a strange feeling she had never experienced in her entire life. Every man Heilde had met in the past had been male dragons who only cared about their own lives.
Moreover, Heilde and Shelia were two women who had graduated from the main academy of the Flame Empire. Every member of the Lucifer family was required to attend the main academy of the Dragon Realm. Therefore, Heilde, Shelia, and Ariel were three sisters who had been granted special privileges to enter the main academy of the Flame Empire.
Only Athena, among Lilith’s daughters, was not granted special rights to enter the main academy of the Flame Kingdom. As the eldest daughter of Lilith and Lucius, Athena bore a great responsibility in inheriting everything from Lucius and Lilith.
For now, Lucien was Athena’s partner, and the two of them would rise together as the rulers of the Kingdom of Dragonia. The present era and the era when Athena was first born were two different times. However, when Athena was first born into the world, the conflict between the Dragonia Kingdom and the Flame Empire was much worse than it was now.
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