Chapter 121: Get the Black Bead (3)

Chapter 121: Get the Black Bead (3)

Soon the young darkness in Hume’s eyes calmed down.

Buzz.

And the surroundings started to get noisy.

[Because of that bead, the darkness... is moving?]

Russell said and slid his eyes away.

Despite not knowing what kind of power the black bead contained, Russell felt burdened.

It felt like facing a huge mountain.

Take it.

Please, take it.

That’s it. That’s right.

Darkness rushed towards Lucion, muttering in an earnest voice.

But it was too early for Lucion to listen to the murmur of darkness.

Russell’s eyes narrowed.

[‘Why is the darkness clinging to him like that?’]

Bethel also questioned the scenery that she couldn’t understand.

[Russell. The darkness...]Finnd new chapters on nove/lbin(.)com

[No, it’s not common. Actually... it’s my first time seeing it, too.]

Russell knew what Bethel was going to ask, so he answered immediately.

“What are you talking about?”

Lucion looked at Russell and Bethel for a moment.

[You can’t hear the darkness?]

“I can only hear the song.”

While answering Russell’s question, Lucion smoothed his fingers.

―Ratta can hear it! They want Lucion to take it?

“Is it really okay if I take it?”

Lucion looked at Russell and swallowed his dry saliva.

Even if he didn’t know what the black bead was, didn’t he confirm already through Broson that it had the effect of strengthening the darkness?

He wanted it.

The desire to have it was seething.

[‘Should I allow this or not?’]

Russell pondered for a moment.

Didn’t the darkness want Broson to make sure that no warlocks could enter the Empire?

Hurry up. Quickly.

Please, you can hear us. Tell him. Tell that kid. He has to take it.

In the midst of this, the darkness even begged Lucion to take the bead.

Russell thought it wasn’t up to him to judge.

So Russell believed in the darkness’ desperation.

[Take it.]

“I understand.”

Lucion took the black bead with an excited look.

“...?”

There was no response.

Lucion, who expected a loud reaction at least, was very disappointed.

He tried to raise his voice, but the sounds around him suddenly faded away.

Lucion blinked, not knowing what had happened.

He saw himself bleeding from his nose.

It reminded him of Ratta’s words saying that the floor was like a mirror.

* * *

“...!”

Covering his face with his long hair, his hand abruptly stopped.

Dozens of trees in front of him were pulled out on their own and restored to their original state, and then the strange situation repeated again and again. As if not seeing the strange situation, he got up from his spot.

“This is it, isn’t it? Right?”

A small smile was visible through his hair.

“It’s no use trying to deceive me.”

There was nothing as far as he could see.

But in his eyes, he could see a great deal of darkness staring at him.

Hatred.

Anger.

Disgust.

Resentment.

There were a lot of negative emotions mixed in.

It didn’t just happen today or yesterday, so he didn’t care.

He just tilted his head as he stared at the darkness and saw nothing changed.

“...No. Am I mistaken? Did my auditory hallucination start again? I don’t know.”

The corners of his mouth went downhill again and he clenched his hair.

“Annoying. Annoying. Annoying.”

He pulled the darkness out of his hand.

When he lightly rubbed his fingers, the trees that had been pulled out and repeatedly returned to their original state finally found their place.

Give it back! Give it back!

No, get out of here! Go away!

“How long will you be like this? Accept me now.”

No. We don’t recognize you. Forever and ever.

“Yes, but it’s no use. I’m going to find you. And I’ll kill you. Then you’ll acknowledge me, right?”

He laughed loudly and soon bared his teeth.

I will kill you!

Die!

He stopped laughing at the sound of the darkness cursing.

Thud.

“See you next time.”

He opened a door and slowly entered it.

* * *

In the pitch darkness without a single light, Lucion held his breath and quietly slid his eyes.

‘Did I faint?’

Finally, remembering his reflection on the floor, Lucion licked his lips.

He was very worried about how Carson, no, Novio would react.

Lalala.

Someone was standing there, humming.

After turning around the darkness, Lucion also smiled.

The darkness that Troy, the divine beast of light, had previously blessed him with increased his power by about 1.5 times.

The black bead gave him more than that.

Maybe it had increased to the point of being close to twice its previous size, so Lucion’s heart was overflowing with emotion.

‘...Crazy.’

It was natural that Ratta grew.

‘Hume did it.’

More importantly, that one black bead was not the end of it.

[How are you feeling? Do you feel anything strange?]

Russell asked after seeing the fact that Lucion was fine.

He could have missed something.

“Yes. I feel fine. Rather, it feels as comfortable as wearing my own clothes.”

This was true.

Lucion couldn’t forget the chills and delight he felt when he took the black bead.

[Lucion. I don’t know how that bead went into your body. I don’t even know why it was in my warehouse. But back then, the darkness begged you to take it.]

“...The darkness did?”

―Right, Ratta heard it too.

[I heard it too.]

Bethel nodded as well.

[There is no way that darkness will harm a person blessed with darkness, but there is no power in the world without a price. So...]

“Even if Teacher didn’t allow it, I would have still taken it. Why would I hesitate when I could get stronger?”

Lucion felt it clearly through the wound in his stomach.

If you don’t want to die, you have to build up your strength.

[Lucion. It’s good to be strong. But you shouldn’t make the worst choice.]

“Of course. I want to be happy. A fallen man cannot be happy. So, I will never make the worst choice just as Teacher said.”

Lucion smiled.

―It’s Hume! Hume!

Ratta pricked up her ears and ran to the door right away.

―Hume! Lucion is awake!

At Ratta scratching the door, the door opened cautiously, and Hume, who entered the room, approached Lucion with a very nervous look and kneeled down.

“It’s my fault, Young Master.”

“What do you mean it’s your fault?”

Lucion blinked and looked at Hume.

Then he gave a side glance to the towel and a basin of hot water that Hume had brought.

“I put you in danger.”

“Did you spill something to Brother? That’s fine. I can talk to him again.”

Lucion was not worried.

Since Russell and Bethel were also there, he thought he could sort things out even if Hume had said something wrong.

“It’s not about that. The black bead. I didn’t know it would put you in danger.”

“Hume.”

“...Yes, Young Master.”

“Raise your head.”

Hume raised his bowed head. He still had a look of fear and guilt in his eyes.

“Thank you.”

Lucion’s smile grew bigger.

“Because I got something good thanks to you.”

Lucion slowly informed Hume, who still had an incomprehensible look.

“The black bead. It made me strong.”

“Didn’t I do something wrong?”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t I put you in danger?”

“Yes.”

Only then, Hume was relieved.

He smiled with great joy as if he had saved a person.

“Thank you, Young Master.”

“I’m the one who should thank you, Hume.”

Lucion smirked.

“Tell Father that I’m awake. I have something to share.”

“I understand.”

Hume walked up to the door, stopped holding the doorknob, and called out to Lucion in a timid voice.

“...Young Master.”

“Yes.”

“Perhaps, you could say it’s all nonsense. These words... Would it be all right if I tell you about it?”

At Hume’s cautious question, Lucion smiled with a sly expression.

“Tell me anything, I’ll listen.”

“After you get the black bead.”

“Yes.”

“I had another dream.”

Hume pointed his finger down.

“The finger I saw back then pointed down, and told me the word ‘south’.”

“...South?”

What is it about this time?

Lucion closed his lips tightly and raised an eyebrow.

* * *

As soon as he heard Hume’s words, Novio hurriedly ran.

“How are you feeling?”

When he saw Lucion with a pale complexion, Novio felt his heart sink again.

“I am fine. Father knows it too.”

Lucion offered a seat.

When Novio sat down, Lucion went straight to the main point without hesitation.

“Father, I don’t know what Hume has told you. But...”

“Lucion.”

“Yes.”

“If it’s about that, don’t worry. I won’t stop you from going south.”

[What?]

The sound came erratically from Russell.

He couldn’t believe it at all.

Is this really Novio?