”What will happen to that old man?” Aileen couldn’t help but ask this question after Orpheus disappeared with the old man.
”You don’t wish to know.” It was Lilith who said this. Together with Amber and Katherina, they cleaned the Vermillion’s gang, finally conquering the third strongest gang. Emma and another vice leader swore allegiance to the Ouroboros and willingly accepted to be placed under oath.
Finally, the gang’s war ended with the Ouroboros swallowing the Vermillion gang.
Lilith and Amber went back to the academy after making some preparations. They immediately went to sleep without waiting for their master as he told them not to wait for him.
Amber had a hard time sleeping because of the thirst; she wanted to drink blood so badly that her iris remained red. It was only after Lilith helped her by feeding her with blood she stored away that the little vampire girl could finally go back to sleep.
•••••
After taking care of the old man Orpheus decided to visit someone he had deliberately avoided since the day she arrived. Because it was the weekend, there was no class, and most students left the academy for a quick visit outside.
Orpheus stepped across space and appeared above a quiet mansion in the noble district. After scanning the mansion, he could find what he was searching for.
•••••
In the main bedroom.
Walking out of her large bath, her body still wet, Nemesis just stood still and let her servant wipe the water covering her body.
Her perfect and alluring body was only hidden from sight after one of her servants covered it with a short bathrobe that barely covered her butt.
Walking forward in the bathroom, she sat on a comfy reclining chair in front of a large mirror and let her servant pamper her as they combed her hair, did her nails, and massaged her feet.
Suddenly, she seemed to have felt something the corners of her lips couldn’t help but tilt upward.
”You are dismissed.” She said, sending the servant away.
A few minutes after the servant left, Nemesis stood up, and with a smile that showed how much happy she was, she looked at the entrance of the room.
”I thought you would never come to see me, and I was preparing to meet you soon.”
”My bad, Nemesis, I was taking care of something. Besides, I decided to wait to see if you have really changed. You know how you behave in the past. It was quite a headache always to run away from you.” Orpheus said before sitting on the large bed in the bedroom.
Nemesis, still dressed in the short bathrobe, followed him and sat beside him. She could feel his scent after so many years; this calmed her down, erasing her worries. Putting her head on his shoulders, she had expected him to ask her to behave, but nothing like that happened; on the contrary, he let her use his shoulder, which made her happy.
”You know I have a lot of time to reflect on. Maybe what I felt, in the beginning, was gratitude, but now I’m sure that I love you. I want to be with you. It doesn’t matter if I’m not the one you loved the most. It doesn’t matter how long; I will still wait. I have decided only to love you in this lifetime, so I will never love another man.”
Hearing those words made Orpheus’ heart ache; his heart might be incomplete, but he still felt emotions, and for a girl to declare her feeling for you after so many years, not many could do that. As someone who held the same feeling toward the same girl for more than four thousand years, he knew how painful it was for the one you love not to reciprocate it; well, in his situation, it was because she lost her memories, not that it mattered, he would conquer her again even without her memories.
Orpheus had no right to stop Nemesis from loving him. He thought what she felt toward him was just gratitude because he happened to save them that time; he hoped she would come to know it did not love, but somehow, along the line, she fell in love with him.
He was no fool, nor a greenhorn; he could see in her eyes that what she felt toward him was love, not some gratitude.
Orpheus heaved a long sigh. He came tonight to confirm something and stop running away; real men don’t run away in front of women pursuing them. A man should act and stay decisive.
”Yeah! I can see now, and you don’t have to worry. I’m here.” It was all he said but Nemesis; those words were enough, for now; she didn’t expect him to finally decide to accept her, at least not so soon. This made the former demon’s princess feel like everything she had done, everything went through, was worth it.
”How many it had been since then?” Orpheus wondered.
”It’s impolite to ask for a woman’s age even unintentionally.” Nemesis teased.
Orpheus rolled his eyes, wondering why women are always sensitive about age?
Shaking his head, he recalled how he first met them.
★Flashback
It happened after he fought against the one responsible for the tragedy, which robbed him of the woman he loved more than anything. It was their first fight right after Orpheus used the reincarnation spell on his dead lover; he was gravely injured, forcing him to escape. He hides inside a forest to heal while thinking about what to do next when he feels people’s presence.
Hastily shifting to the void, thus masking, he could still see what was happening outside.
Shortly, two peoples wearing cloaks show up not too far from his position; no, that is not correct, they are three, but the third person was on the back of the tallest between the first two, two women and one man. Suddenly, the man looked in Orpheus’s direction, but after some time, he didn’t detect anything; he waited for a while before choosing to continue forward.
‘Interesting, what a good instinct he has; I thought nobody could detect me. I’m sure that I completely erased my presence from this world, but he still feels that something was amiss; truly a Good instinct, he is really powerful this man, but he seems seriously injured, the woman on his back is already dead, she died not too long ago, her soul was still present, lingering around the two seemed as she was guardian them, the small woman seems injured as well.’ Orpheus who surprised to encounter strong people right away; the man was interesting; he could use them.
‘Oh! Why not help them, like that I can use this chance to know the general situation on the continent and get some pieces of information as well.’
While Orpheus was thinking about how to use this situation, the people chasing after the three caught up. It happened because the man waited for a few minutes when he was checking on his position.
”Dad, What are we going to do? We are surrounded,” asked the small woman.
Her voice was tempting like a natural-born seductress.
The man answered in self depressing voice: ”Sorry, sweetie; daddy is useless; I can’t even protect my most loved wife, betrayed by my own sons; I was forced to flee, now I’m about to lose you too. Sigh! I’m tired.”
The man was blaming himself. Orpheus frowned when he heard the man’s words.
”Don’t worry, Dad, I love you the most; I will never betray you, Don’t be sad; Mom won’t like it if she was still here,” the small woman comforted his dad.
‘Interesting, what a sad story, but I’m moved by it. I will help them.’ Orpheus decided to use this opportunity to his advantage.
”Lucifer! Obediently surrender. Don’t act foolishly, as you must have noticed it already; you’re surrounded; think about Nemesis. You’re no longer the ruthless and mighty Lucifer; you’re just a pathetic runaway.” Said the commander of the men encircling the three. They are all-powerful men. Their level was between levels 5 to 3.
‘Oh! So the man’s name is Lucifer, and the girl is named Nemesis. What I good names, only a powerful man has the right to be named like that.’ Orpheus mumbled while continuing to watch.
”Fuck! Off. What a nerve. It is not because I’m not the Ruler anymore that you have the right to talk to me like that. A lowly dog dares to bark in front of me. Even your masters wouldn’t dare to talk to me like that. Know your place.” Lucifer furiously replied.
”Ah! If you don’t know what is good for you, I can only kill you then. Kill him but do not touch his daughter; she is necessary for the next plan, they said.” The commander of the squad pursuing the three ordered.
Even facing so many strong men, Nemesis’s eyes resolute, it was something Orpheus appreciated still he decided to watch for a while before acting.