Chapter 63 - Netherworld...

"Yes, I will definitely attend your daughter's marriage ceremony. After all she used to be my friend as well." Lucas said normally and Mr. Hamsel just said thank you to him unable to control his happiness anymore. 

"Now you all can leave now and Ella, you just stay here with me ok? And bring that man here." He said again looking at Estella and she just got agreed to him happily. 

Obeying his order every court members started to leave the hall except Estella. Both of them waited for that person there and after sometime finally the person entered along with two guards. 

The person was having the long beard which was reaching till his chest portion. He has too many things surrounded around his neck making him a bit dengerous. His both eyes are burning like the fire and his whole body was covered in ashes. He also was wearing clothes which were completely made up of different types of animal skins. His long hairs are cascading down his backside and his both ears are pointed upwards. No doubt he was looking like some one who is involved in doing black magic or may be some type of fortune teller. Definitely he was not a human but an animal who can easily able to shift into the human form and Lucas has already come to sense this thing about him. 

"Who are you? You doesn't seem to belong from our clan or human world. Tell me!" It was the first question Lucas asked him the moment he entered into the hall. His tone was cold, straight and intimidating making the guards who are standing behind the person shivere in fear. If anyone would have present there they would have also felt the same. 

But the man with long beard didn't even flinched a bit but replied arrogantly looking over around the whole hall and finally when he spotted Estella and the other two guards are still there his brows furrowed in confusion and then stated directly without having even an ounce of fear in his voice, "What these people are still doing here? Didn't I said that I wanted to talk with you alone! Please make them all leave from here." 

"You can tell me and don't worry, they all are my trusted members and your words are safe with them. Now introduce yourself first." Lucas again said him in his demanding voice. 

"No I will never tell you as long as they are here. It's supposed to be only between you and me. No third parties are allowed. You can also trust me your highness, I means no harm to you." He said and finally Lucas contemplated in his mind for sometime. 

Finally he glanced towards Estella who was holding a gloomy expression on her face. It was obvious that she didn't liked this person who is accusing her indirectly as a third party person. No one had ever insulted her like this even in her life and the one who did were no longer alive in this earth for now. 

"Ella can you please..." Lucas was going to say her to wait for him outside but suddenly Estella cut him off showing him that she understood very well what he is going to say next to her. 

"Yeah Lucas, don't worry. I'm waiting outside for your permission." Estella said softly so that she can able to gain Lucas's trust on her and stood up from her place to went outside of the hall room. 

"Guards make sure to take care of her every needs, you understood?" Lucas commanded those guards and they also nodded their heads understandingly. Then he once again looked at Estella and flashed her a warm smile silently saying her thank you because she understood the situation so well and Estella also returned her smile back to him and then with that both the guards followed Estella out of the hall leaving behind Lucas and that unknown person alone there. 

"Now tell me who are you?" Lucas again came back to his usual cold state and asked him demandingly. 

"Your highness, I'm Maxton Malfoy, the number one dark magic performer of the netherworld." Maxton said and for the first time for a while Lucas just gasped in shock. 

Of course Lucas had heard about netherworld which is also known as land of dead. But he doesn't comes to understand that why someone from that land would want to meet him so suddenly. But suddenly Lucas thought that this man must be a fraud saying himself that he is coming from the netherworld. 

"And why do I believe your words? If you know me then you must have known about my character that I don't like to tolerate liers. So tell me who you are in reality before I snap your head from your body right here and now!" Lucas slightly growled angrily. 

But still Maxton didn't flinched from his spot even a bit because he was kinda expected this reply from him. "I can prove you your highness." 

Saying this Maxton suddenly started to lift up his sleeve of his right hand and showed his wrist to Lucas and he once again gasped in shock. There is the exact same symbol was printed on his wrist which was printed on the family portrait which was in his villa in the human world and he understands very well that why Maxton is having this symbol on his wrist. Of course he belongs to the netherworld and every netherworld creatures are having this symbol drawn on their any part of their body from the birth. And in Maxton's case it was drawn on his wrist. 

Also the portrait who had drawn that for Lucas's family also belongs to the netherworld and that's why as a symbol of his signature he leave the mark just below the corner of the portrait. No doubt the people of Netherworld are very much talented on their own work and they can only be access and hired by the Royals and choosen people of every lands.

But still Lucas was not ready to believe on him because he was not sure whether that symbol was drawn on him naturally or artificially. If it's drawn naturally then he is saying the truth and if drawn artificially then he is saying the lie. So the only way to test, whether the symbol is natural or not is to put that near the fire. And if that symbol started to glow and reflects it's reflection all over the room then it's natural otherwise it's artificial. So he again ordered him, "Now show me testing yourself. The candles are situated all over the hall. Hmm... C'mon!" 

Maxton has left no other choice then to prove himself to Lucas. Sighing helplessly he started to approach towards one of the nearby candles and stretched out his wrist and placed near the candle. The moment the symbol started to catch the heat of the fire and that started to glow automatically. And likewise the reflection of that symbol just fell all over the room and then only Lucas comes to believe that he is indeed coming from the netherworld. 

"Fine! Now tell me what brought you here so suddenly and that to be to meet with me only?" He asked in his authorative voice and Maxton just came back to his previous place and said, "Your highness, I came here only to warn you about something." 

"And what is this, that you wanted to warn me about?" Lucas asked this time amusingly while raising his one brow playfully. 

"You just need to stay away from that girl in the human world because..." 

"Be careful what you are saying Maxton because I won't even hesitate for a moment before trapping you inside your own magic! How dare you even say something like that about her and that to be standing in front of me?" This time Lucas roared angrily and his bloody red eyes even turned more red in colour because of the anger that is rising within him right now. 

"I'm only stating the truth your highness. It will be good for both of you in the future if you just stay away from eachothers from now on. Because from my perspective I know that your relationship with her will bring a very big disaster not only to your clan but also to ours and that's why I came here to warn you in advance." Maxton said without showing any type of emotions on his face.

"Thanks for warning me. Now anything else you want to say?" Lucas asked him getting pissed over the fact that everyone is saying him to stay away from Rose. On the otherside Maxton can clearly able to sense the irritation behind Lucas's voice and then said, "No your highness. But one thing you should know very well that if because of your relationship with her, anything happens in our world then you will be the only one sole responsible for that and that time don't tell us that we didn't warned you before. Now I should take my leave. If by any chance you want to contact me in the future then you know very well how to do that." Saying this he went out of the hall leaving Lucas alone in his thoughts...

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To Be Continued...