Chapter 119 119: Scheme

The door was kicked open, and the General barged inside the room.

"She isn't here!" he exclaimed, finding the bed empty. Lilith wasn't where she was supposed to be.

"Where did she go!" The man glared at Yovana, who was still sitting on the chair, resting one leg above the other. The man was sure that Lilith had escaped! This was certainly a scheme!

"Hmm? Who is where?" A calm voice came from under the bed as Lilith rolled out from under it.

"You are here? What were you doing under the bed?" The man frowned, stepping closer.

"I had dropped something. I was getting it back. Is it a problem?" Lilith answered as she stood up, patting her clothes.

Lancaster was also there by now. He noticed Lilith was present there. And no formation circle was in sight. However, he also noticed that the bed wasn't where it was supposed to be. It was a little to the left, covering the place where Lilith had carved the formation Circle.

'She covered the circle with the bed. Good. It seems he hasn't noticed the movement of the bed.'

Even though the General hadn't noticed the movement of the bed, he was still suspicious of Lilith. He didn't buy her story about looking for something under the bed.

He stepped closer to the bed, grabbing the bed by the handle. Instead of bending to look under the bed, he raised the entire bed. For him, the bed was very light. It didn't take much effort for him to pick up the bed.

The middle-aged man was taken aback as he picked up the bed. "There is... Nothing."

He couldn't see anything under the bed. There was not even a Single marking of a spell there.

'So she cleared the spell. That must be why she was under the bed.' Lancaster was pleased that things turned out well. There was nothing to worry about here.

He folded his arms, standing with the support of the wall. "Is there something you're looking for? You seemed really eager to come here."

"Shut up!" The man snapped in return. "Don't talk to me unless I'm talking to you!"

Lancaster shrugged casually. "I'll go check on Atlas to see if he's fine."

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"Well, I'm sure you won't like it if I take that as a threat. You're a guest here for now, so you better stay like a guest." Razil's hands remained behind his back throughout the conversation as if he was an aloof expert.

For now, even Atlas stopped acting hyper, seemingly starting to get somewhat calm. Since Razil had already sent people to Lilith, there was no need to pretend. He hoped he managed to get Lilith enough time with this distraction.

"Maybe you were right after all. I shouldn't get so angry with Lilith. She has been with me for so long, but even she is allowed to make some mistakes."

Razil smirked but didn't say anything. "You know Castiel. You're different from what I read about you. You were portrayed as an invincible Warlock who never took the help of tricks for his advantage, even if it could make things easier for him. But the tales were certainly tall."

"Come, let's see how Lilith is doing." He started walking toward Lilith's room. Since his General hadn't come running to him, that meant Lilith was still in her room for now.

The two walked back to Lilith's room, finding her resting on the bed. Along the way, Lancaster also met up with Atlas, gesturing to him that everything was fine.

"Is everything fine?" Razil glanced at his men.

"Everything is fine."

​ Razil closed in on Lilith, observing her carefully. He placed his hand on Lilith's forehead, only to have his hand slapped away by her.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm doing nothing. Just fascinated about you. All your wounds are gone as if they were never there. Funny, isn't it? It makes one wonder."

Razil wasn't a fool to not notice the difference between the clone who had wounds on her body and Lilith, who appeared to be perfectly fine. The only thing he didn't know was that the old Lilith was a clone.

"It seems you used your spell to heal yourself." That was the only theory he could come up with.

Lilith also didn't correct him, leaving him with that misconception.

"Anyhow, since you're better, I guess we are done with your treatment here. You should be able to get going now."

The only reason he allowed Lilith and Atlas to enter his castle was for her treatment since she got hurt here, but now that she was healed, there was no reason for her to stay here.

Moreover, Zhang had already apologized to them, even if it was with ulterior motives, and Atlas had accepted that apology. So there was really no reason for Atlas to stay here anymore.

"Is there any objection?" he turned around, asking Atlas.

"No objection." Atlas genuinely had no excuse left. He couldn't just ask them to let him stay here to roam the city since there was no way it was going to be allowed. Moreover, he could see an advantage to leaving this place.

Now that he had been invited to the city once, he could enter this place once again without needing to be invited.

Lilith also begrudgingly accepted. Under this much security, they couldn't do anything at all. If that left and returned alone, then they could at least have the element of surprise.

She could see a glimpse of the key around the neck of Razil, but it was actually impossible to get it. Just his attire itself was something that made it impossible to get to the key.

According to her, there was only one time where she could get the key without letting him find out, and that was when he was sleeping. And he definitely wasn't going to sleep as long as they were here.

No one went against Atlas' decision in his team, including Lancaster and Yovana. Lancaster wanted to come to this city to see what his home used to be like, but Razil had made it clear that there was no place for him inside this city. He also had a feeling that if he stayed here, he was going to be killed.

Despite being the King of this Kingdom, Razil personally escorted Atlas and his friends out of the city.

Razil stood at the entrance of his kingdom, watching Atlas leave.

He yelled, making sure Atlas heard it. "Castiel, Next time you want to come to the city, be sure not to sneak inside. Because next time, we won't be as nice as we were this time."

"Don't worry. Next time we arrive, I'll make sure you know." Atlas waved his hand without glancing back.