Lucien and Lust look at each other thoughtfully, leaving Daisy, Donna, and Wrath confused.
“You can’t deny that she looks more and more suspicious.” Lust speaks out loud.
“I can’t believe this; otherwise, everything I have lived through so far has been a lie.” He responds.
Lust shakes her head. “You may be wrong about that. We have to believe that she had a good reason.”
“What reason would justify all that?” He asks.
She smiles at him and opens her arms. “This…”
Before Lucien can ask, Lust explains. “When your dad said your mom was dead, you just focused on getting strong to avenge her. If you knew she was captive, you would try to rescue her, and that would certainly end badly for everyone.”
She continues. “But then he told you that she was alive, and because of that, you agreed to make a contract with me; that is, all your father did was to motivate you in the right way.”
“Are you defending his actions?” Donna asks in an angry tone.
“No…” Lucien responds while he cannot deny that Lust’s thought may be right. “That was never his plans…”
Lust nods. “Your father is just a human dark mage with mediocre talent from a medium world. All he has is due to him having access to good resources and help, but he was never able to plan such things or even contact the Seven Great Demons alone.”
“Maybe that isn’t about him or her,” Lucien speaks while even he doesn’t believe those words.
“It is possible that there is someone else behind all this, but she is still the most likely. Think, you have Aylin’s Naginata in your soul along with the biggest Purple World upgrade I have ever seen. You also have blood inheritances from Dragons, Demons, and Humans.” Lust explains.
“Also…” Lust makes a thoughtful expression. “It takes great power to make many people forget her name and face. I’m pretty sure she was behind that mysterious voice that told us only to go back to your homeworld ten years later, knowing that you would want to come back much sooner.”
“Wait, wait!!” Donna speaks as she gets more and more confused. “What are you talking about?”
Lucien sighs. “Lust has suspected that my mother lied to me since we found out strange things about me. And now, Daisy’s story makes it look like the same mysterious female demon who spoke to Pride about the Bloody Rose and started it all is the woman who sent Daisy here and that she is actually my mother.”
While Daisy is still trying to accept the fact that Lucien has Aylin’s Naginata, the greatest Dragon Queen of all times, Wrath is already too confused to think properly.
“That is impossible!” Donna speaks. “How could your mother manipulate so many people and even the Sins while she was in our world with our father?”
“If I’m right, she is very powerful, maybe so powerful that she has even transcended the Cosmic Realm and is actually a Primordial.” Lust comments.
Wrath materializes her body and makes an incredulous expression. “This is really crazy. If a primordial demon existed, we would know.”
Lucien looks at Donna. “Do you remember her? Do you remember her name or face?”
Donna quickly nods. “Yes, I saw her a few times. She was… she… n…”
She is very confused by not remembering anything about Lucien’s mother other than the fact that she has seen her a few times. It’s bizarre to know that she knows someone but doesn’t remember anything about that person.
Lucien looks at Daisy. “Do you remember anything about that mysterious woman?”
Daisy stops thinking about how everything about Lucien is so surprising and focuses on remembering that mysterious woman who helped her. “I would never forget her… she was… she…”
“How is this possible?” Daisy looks at Lucien with a shocked expression as she can remember everything that woman did to her, but she doesn’t remember her face, name, or even voice.
“We have to ask Pride if she remembers what the mysterious woman who spoke to her was like.” Lust comments.
“Wait!” Daisy makes a thoughtful expression. “I still have the magic recording stone that the spy for the second prince gave me. It has a picture of that woman.”
“Let me see it.” Lust asks.
But Daisy makes a sorry expression. “My storage treasure is not very big… That magic recording stone is in my house along with my other things.”
“Okay, we will see that soon…” Lucien comments as he makes an upset expression. “Anyway, I can’t go on ignoring that she must be manipulating us… I still can’t help but worry about her safety, yet she seems to be in control of everything…”
Lust is sad to feel that Lucien is upset and sad too. She hugs him. “I didn’t want us to start speculating random things about her, but it can’t all be a coincidence.”
He smiles at her and strokes her face. “I know you just want good things to me. You were always honest with me… I should also know that something was wrong… I knew it, but… I didn’t want to start hating the person I love that much.”
She kisses his lips. “As I said, she may have had good reasons. Think about it, because you wanted to rescue her, you accepted me. After that, you accepted Sophia’s feelings and then met other people who became your beloved wives. Now, you are creating a big family with them and are also improving your relationship with your sisters.”
“…” Lucien’s feelings are still confused, but he cannot deny that he does not regret having met his wives and especially having started to take care of his sisters’ needs.
Lust continues. “If you were with your mother before, you would just love her. All you would do was keep rotating around her, so you would not become that strong and would not let other people enter your heart.”
Lust’s words make more and more sense, but Lucien is unsure of anything about his mother. “Speculating will not help us at all. We have to continue with our plans to get stronger and come back… if she is really not in danger, then we will continue with our other plans.”
“Mm.” Lust tries to look positive, but, in fact, she is very scared of Lucien’s mother as she doesn’t know what her goals are and how powerful she is.
Lucien tries to stop thinking about his mother because it is driving them crazy. He looks at Daisy. “I’m sorry about that… I… I’m really so sorry.”
Daisy smiles at him. “You don’t have to apologize as you didn’t do me any harm. On the contrary, you’re helping me so much. Also, the second prince would never leave me alone, so that woman really helped me by sending me here… to meet you.”
“Ahem… what about the Fallen Angel?” Lust asks Daisy.
“Probably another peon of my mother, sent over here to keep an eye on me.” Lucien sighs as he leans his head against the tree and closes his eyes.
Donna rests her head on his shoulder. “Don’t be so dramatic. I also know what it’s like to have a complicated mother.”
Lucien laughs and kisses Donna’s forehead. “Yes… our life really sucks… but as long as we keep together, we can fix it and be happy.”
“Ahem…” Daisy makes a sound to get attention. “Well, about Fallen Angel… I don’t know much about her past or why she chose this world. I thought she just wanted a place to die in peace.”
She makes a sad expression. “You know, becoming a Fallen Angel is not only being condemned to rot to death slowly, but it is also a humiliating punishment. The Gods want everyone to torment and humiliate the Fallen Angels until they die, so most of them try to flee to the most distant places to die alone.”
“When she realized that I was using her resources to keep me alive too, she said that she didn’t want to try anything anymore and just wait for death. So she asked me not to look for her anymore…” Daisy makes a sorry expression.
“I respected her wish and went back to the eastern continent while she stayed on this continent. For many years I was concerned about her, but my situation also seemed to get worse, and I had to take care of my husband and Rose…”
Daisy sighs. “But then Rose grew up and started to ask me to explore the world alone. She wanted to become stronger on her own and well… just stay away from her boring and overprotective parents for a while.”
“However, I didn’t know the current situation on this continent. Rose was already strong, but she hadn’t reached the Mortal Realm yet, so I couldn’t let her wander through this world without protection. I came here to ask her to protect Rose, and she agreed to help me because of our friendship.”
Daisy looks at Lucien with a thoughtful expression. “Rose told me how you saved her, so I guess my friend didn’t protect her after all.”
Lust shakes her head. “I’m not sure about that. I felt the Fallen Angel’s presence after we arrived in this world. I believe she also felt our presence and came to see if we would be a danger to Rose. Also, she must have been there when Rose needed help and just did nothing because Lucien acted first.”
“The fact that she cares so much about staying hidden only makes her more suspicious. Maybe my mom told her to interfere with our journey unless it was vital.” Lucien comments.
“Now that makes sense…” Lust comments.
Then Lucien looks at Daisy. “What else do you know about that Fallen Angel? Do you know her name?”
Daisy shakes her head while making a sorry expression. “She was always very mysterious, and she didn’t even tell me her name. But it is obvious that she is a very talented tracker because she could feel my presence on this continent even though we were hundreds of miles away.”
She continues. “She always found me, and I felt that she was coming from the westernmost part of the continent, but I’m not sure. No matter which direction I came from, she always found me an hour after I passed the beach.”
Lust makes a curious expression. “She must have really incredible abilities because she seems to have been following us for a long time, and my sisters nor I can feel her easily. I think the times we felt her and found her feather was because her health was getting much worse.”
Daisy makes a worried expression. “I believe that the situation is really bad…”
“Let’s ask her that,” Lucien comments as he gets up.
“Huh?” Donna is confused as well as Wrath and Daisy.
Lucien walks a few meters away from the big apple tree, looks up at the sky, and speaks in a loud, clear tone. “Hey you, rotten angel, will you continue to hide after hearing everything we said?”
“…” The only sounds they hear is the sound of the wind shaking the leaves of the apple trees and the fox-people working in the city.
“I don’t know if she was really listening.” Daisy comments.
“Tsk…” Wrath makes a mocking sound. “Do you really think that all women will obey you just because you are charming?”
“…” Donna doesn’t say anything while feeling like Lust; that is, they instinctively believe in Lucien even when the situation does not seem to be favorable for him.
Lucien continues to look up at the sky; then his lips slightly curve when he hears the sound of wings flapping more than two miles above him.
“She is coming.” He comments.
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