Chapter 454 - Hall

"But you do believe in love, do you not?" Evie stressed on that one point.

"Well, of course. I've seen others who would do anything and everything for it. Some even ended up trading their lives and everything they have just for it. Though I honestly think it is kind of a foolishness for anyone to do that, I do understand that someone like me who never had really went through such degrees of passion, really don't have the right to judge."

Evie could not help but smile at Kione's words. "At least, I'm glad you are trying to understand. Don't worry, one day I'm sure you will experience this foolishness as you have called it." Evie smiled knowingly and serenely at Kione. She thought to herself that one day, this man would eventually come to know the pains and joys of what true love would bring to his life.

"Oh, dear gods in heaven, spare me. I'm really not looking forward to that day at all. I will never be satisfied with just one woman and that is why I'm still unmarried until now and I never have the intention of planning to do so." Kione rejected Evie's statement vehemently as his head shook from side to side, full of vigorous denials.

"You, asshole…" Evie shot out and smiled at him, shaking her head and Kione just smirked, looking unapologetic. "You should know that sometimes you don't even have a choice. But well, back to our topic, I just need you to cooperate. I know you fully understand what I am trying to get at and I know you already saw the logic in it, even without me explaining in detail."

"Yeah," Kione sighed again, "you believe that love conquers all in the end. And you are convincing me to believe the same and cooperate with your plan." 

"Gideon called you a smart-ass and now I can see why." Evie looked at Kione and chuckled lightly.

"A smart-ass is better than a foolish-ass I believe." Kione sniffed as he tried to brush off his embarrassment.

"So? We are set now, right?"

Kione ran his fingers through his hair again. "Fine," he gave in, "it's not like you'll actually let me get away if I still refuse. I can somehow tell that you're intending to involve and tell Queen Beatrice about your plan once she wakes up and I already know what will happen once you do that."

"Indeed, what a smart-ass you are." Evie smirked and Kione smirked back. "Well then, let's start with the details. I know you're definitely the best with this so feel free to throw out your ideas."

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After waking up from a nap, Vera felt that her body had become a lot better now. Whatever medicine they had used on her wounds was just amazing. Even the cracks on her lips had dried and seemed to be healing very fast now. Could it be some magical medicine? But she kept hearing over and over that magic does not work on her. So what magic is this?

Vera let her feet land on the floor after dangling them over the bed for a while. Her feet were wrapped with bandages so she could not feel if the floor was cold or not. She tried pressing down on it and when she felt no stinging pressure on the soles of her feet, she tried to stand without holding onto something to lessen the pressure. 

Somehow, she did not feel anything too uncomfortable, so she continued walking. She grabbed at a robe that was placed neatly on the chair beside her bed and threw it over herself to cover up her white and delicate sleeping gown. As soon as she wore it, Vera inhaled the scent left on it and she realized that the black robe belonged to no one else but Gideon. His familiar masculine scent that she had recognised and filed away in her mind lingered on the garment and Vera's lips curved up for a while before the smile abruptly faded. 

She then headed to the door and pushed it open. There was no one outside her room. Vera did not know where she wanted to go, but she just wanted to see more of this place. Her view from the window was limited and she wanted to get to know more about this wonderful and mysterious dark paradise. And besides, no one had said anything to her about her not being allowed to leave her room, right? 

Wandering around aimlessly while being fascinated at the interior of the beautiful dark castle, Vera did not realize that she had already reached as far as the restricted left wing of the castle. 

She did not know that the left wing of the castle was the location of a hall of pleasure Lord Kione had established since he first arrived in this city. Kione had complained about the hollowness of the castle and how boring it was. So, he proposed to Gideon to put up a fun spot – even if it were just a single one – and Gideon, being so unbothered about anything else other than whatever he was planning in his head, had just agreed to Kione's request. And thus, the hall of pleasure was created in the far corner of the left wing, inside the castle. 

The dark faes were extremely sexual creatures. They love sex, and to them it was more than a necessity and pleasure just as how blood was to the vampires. It was common for them to seek sexual pleasure when they just want to forget about their worries, just like how humans indulge themselves in the consumption of alcohol when they were riddled with troubles. That was why houses of pleasure were very common in the entire land and entering one was not considered a shameful act at all. Though it was very rare for castles to have their own halls of pleasure, it was not frowned upon. Of course, there were only two known castles with their very own personal hall of pleasure within them and both were established by the shameless Lord Kione himself. He had his own hall of pleasure back in his castle in Goshen. 

Standing before a large double door before her, Vera curiously stared at it. This door seemed to be the dead end and she wondered if this door would bring her to the outside. The castle was larger and more intricate than she had initially thought. 

Stretching out her hands, Vera held onto the door handles and pushed it. She did not think it would budge with her meagre strength. But to her surprise, it opened voluntarily for her. 

Her heartbeat strangely picked up its pace, not knowing why it had done so. But she stepped inside anyway, clutching tightly onto Gideon's robe as if it could help shield her from whatever dangers she would face. 

When the door banged closed behind her, she jumped in fright. Something dark seemed to be dissolved and the dark, quiet and empty hall a while ago suddenly turned into a completely different place. And Vera just stood there unmoving with her blue eyes wide in utter disbelief. 

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