Chapter 55: Lucia Vasa!

Chapter 55: Lucia Vasa!

Chapter 55

He turned around abruptly and, making use of his high speed, went directly towards a distant figure who was most likely following him—catching the latter off guard.

Seeing him in high speed, the person in the cloak was shocked and quickly tried to flee, only to be tackled to the ground by him.

Oliver got straight to the point; grabbing the throat of the cloaked person, he asked with cold eyes.

"Who are you?" His voice was sharp and low.

"Why were you following me?"

He tightened his grip as the figure tried to shake off his hand and escape.

He threatened, "If you move too much, I'll directly crush your neck and kill you. Answer my questions and I'll let you live. Who ordered you to follow me?"

The flailing figure stopped moving around when his words were heard.

Seeing this, Oliver lessened his grip. Naturally, he had no intention to kill; he had never killed an animal, let alone a human before.

It would be weird if he suddenly became a cold-blooded killer.

He just threatened the person to make them stop; in this world, such killings were common, so a smart person would know when to surrender.

He said, "Let's take off your hood; I would like to see your face."

He used his other hand and directly removed the hood covering the person's head.

Wavy and shiny crystal blue hair emerged from underneath the hood...

His eyes slowly widened behind his mask as he saw the face of the woman.

[Ding! Lucia Vasa. Does the host wish to bind with the individual?]

'Lucia Vasa! What is she doing here!?"

He was quite surprised seeing one of the major characters of the novel right in front of him.

He swiftly declined the system and looked back at her.

She had ink-blue colored eyes which were strained at the moment and glaring at him; she had a small button nose and glossy pink lips, her skin was fair and devoid of blemishes.

Her body trembled slightly, displaying how difficult it must have been for a heiress to bow down to someone and beg for something.

"Unfortunately, that cannot happen—"

"Please! I beg of you, please! I am willing to put anything on line in exchange for it." She cut him and pleaded.

"Then why did you even put it up on the auction in the first place if you had never intended to sell it?"

He paused and asked something first.

"That... It's a complex story."

She narrated the story of how she came from the mountains and how the thing and auction happened to now.

So basically, to summarize, her father had realized that she had stolen artifacts from the household and was enraged and regretful.

He could not just come to the Mystic Purge Clan suddenly now, and it would take him a considerable amount of time to even reach them.

So, he used his connections and delivered her a message through which she came to know that the stone she had thought was useless and ordinary was actually her family heirloom.

Initially, she was shocked, but she trusted her father and asked the auction staff to give the stone back; however, by then it was already too late.

She felt that no one would buy that stone considering its lacking look and uses; she had just picked it up at random from the treasure vault while leaving her house.

Even she felt that the stone would not sell, but when she heard from her father that it was actually their family inheritance, she was shocked.

The stone was definitely not ordinary and was directly tied to the secret of the past when her ancestors were great exorcists.

She regretted ever auctioning the stone; at the same time, she was quite in awe that Oliver was keen enough to see through the special stone.

"Why were you following me secretly like this then? Why didn't you directly approach me?" He could not help but be curious.

"That... it's because of your suspicious get-up. You are dressed like a kidnapper... so..."

She spoke in a somewhat straight tone, leaving Oliver speechless.

Come to think of it, he was indeed dressed suspicious.

A black summer cap, a mask covering full face...

He shook his head of such thoughts and looked at her oblivious face.

'Sigh, why is she so naive...? Had she told this to a villain character, then it would have remained a dream to even get the artifact back.'