24 Pathetic Men

"…Lady Croix, I've planned to sent Daisy away from the capital. I no longer have any contact with her, and I swear you won't see her again. Duchy Ariaster can protect you and your family from the Crown Prince's cunning schemes. Roxus, I beg you, hold my hand one more time," said Ariaster in a soft voice.

"Nonsense! You disappointed Lady Croix once, and now you want to do it again?! If you are done with that commoner woman, you should kill her and show her head in front of Lady Croix!" Leonid's exploding anger made Roxus retreat once again.

The two men choked. When Ariaster's words seemed to be on Roxus' side, Ariaster said it all as someone who had an affair and as someone who exposed the Crown Prince's ugliness to get her attention again. To a hurting woman like Roxus, his words were only like rubbing salt over a wound.

On the other hand, the Crown Prince's words showed his arrogance and pride in violence, as if he was a tyrant who regarded human life as just an insect. And the thought of Ariaster's words that exposed that man's desire to hurt the Croixes who opposed him would frighten any woman.

"Roxe..." a man appeared from behind Roxus, surprised to see the two men in front of the woman. He is Lucifer.

Lucifer's voice quickly made Roxus turn her head. Meanwhile, Lucifer, seeing Roxus' tearful face, furrowed his brows deeply.

"What happened—" Roxus ran towards him, the sound of her gasping tears filling the air. The woman sank her face into Lucifer's chest and stuck her hand around the man's waist, which was twice as big as her own.

The two men of the highest nobility of Bertia felt a sharp pain in their chest. That woman obviously wouldn't turn her face towards them again in the future. Just the thought of it made them feel like ending their life.

The man who caught the woman in his arms also made them gasp. Lucifer, who still looked confused, stared with warring eyes at the two men in front of him. He hugged Roxus's body in his protective embrace. The sky that had just been bright suddenly became cloudy. Black clouds swirled violently above the palace sky, the wind blew erratically, and the sound of thunder howling seemed to threaten all the creatures above the ground.

"To my surprise, these Highest Lords of the land were so insolent," Lucifer's golden eyes glowed with an aura of coldness and anger. His body began to envelop in a red Aura that looked like magma bubbles.

On the other hand, Ariaster and Leonid stopped breathing. Their legs were shaking and felt limp, like reeds in the wind. Their eyes fixed on the figure of Lucifer, who looked like one from the legends. Swordmaster!

Not only were they surprised that such a rare strong figure stood before them, but they also began to feel that they would not come out of this situation alive. How do the men felt seeing the woman they love cry over the shoulder of someone they can't possibly match? And clearly, Lucifer's anger was absolute.

Some distance away, a young man watched without the intention of interrupting. Not. It wasn't that he just wanted to see the situation unfold, but he almost felt the same feelings Ariaster and Leonid felt. The young man is Prince Samael. He was standing in the distance, but all the hair on his neck stood up. His shoulders were trembling. In his entire life, he had never felt this intense pressure.

When he observed it again, the man's figure who vented his anger was similar to his father, the Dragon Emperor. Samael shook his head. Right now, it felt like that man was even more terrifying than his father.

Orcen Rotund is a 500-year-old Dragon. It is not only his strength that makes him respected but also his dignity and character. Even so, he was not an Ancient Dragon.

Lucius was probably a Swordmaster like himself, but what he showed today made Samael think that the man could even behead an Ancient Dragon and a Calamity Dragon in seclusion and only mentioned in legends.

Roxus tightened her embrace. The woman shook her head gently in Lucifer's embrace. Slowly, the sky returned to its blue colour. Like a lie, the sound of thunder rumbling also disappeared. Strong winds no longer blow. The leaves no longer swirled between them. But Lucifer was no longer silent either.

He released Roxus's hug so softly and grabbed both of her hands. The man linked Roxus's hands to his neck. He also bent a little and lifted Roxus's body which looked tiny in his embrace. The man ignored the two men of high status before him and turned away, carrying Roxus in his arms.

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"Pathetic," Lucifer almost shouted. "Such pathetic men!" he grumbled irritably. The servants and Knights of the Croix County who witnessed Lucifer's rage vent looked at him curiously. Currently, that man didn't even carry his sword. All this time, he had been kicking the training dummy with a low kick.

Lucifer felt that the men were pathetic. Ariaster and Leonid. They danced on Roxus' palms. He was angry not only because he thought the two of them were too easily tricked by Roxus but also because he was in the same place, on top of Roxus' palm.

He was also dancing on Roxus's palm.

As soon as he saw Roxus's crying face, as soon as he felt how weak that woman was in his arms, he was so angry. His blood was boiling like magma under the transparent floor of his hellish palace. He was mad that she had to use a method like this to destroy two men as pitiful as them.

He always wondered, why didn't Roxus just kill them? Why didn't Roxus kidnap them to a dimension she created and torture them forever there? Why did Roxus force him to take part in this annoying charade? Why did he have to see her weak and cry again? This is not the woman he knows. The woman he knows should never look weak.

With a terrifying growl, Lucifer kicked the wooden doll in front of him hard until it broke at the bottom.

He understood why Roxus took that path. He understood why Roxus had to act like a kitten. Roxus must be careful and protect her family from any possible harm. He wanted to take Roxus and her family to hell, his territory. He will make them live eternally in security. He will build a heaven in hell for Roxu—

Okay. He crossed the line. His respect for Roxus exceeded his pride and arrogance. Roxus is a woman who can do whatever she wants. Roxus could make the world bow before her if she wanted to, and she did. Without Lucifer's help, if she wanted to.

But of course, Lucifer's presence by Roxus' side allowed her to go faster and further. Because of that respect, he was willing to do everything Roxus's way. He is indebted. By being involved with her, he can become a human. But that's not the only reason.

The Gods seemed to be watching Roxus' life, and he could feel it. Roxus is an existence that is too special after she tied the contract with Lucifer, the Demon Lord, the enemy of all Gods.

But the things that happened to Roxus felt strange. In her previous future, he felt like some god was trying to make Roxus's life miserable for no apparent reason. Not. The Gods deliberately sacrificed Roxus's life to make someone else's life perfect.

Daisy.

Come to think of it, since they returned to the past, things were too smooth. Lucifer thought that just because he lost his Demon Lord status, time couldn't be turned back that easily. He was a Demon Lord, so he knew that the universal contract wasn't that easy to break. Time is one of the most difficult universal contracts to play at will.

His status as a Demon Lord wouldn't be enough, so Lucifer assumed that the God who did all this also paid a heavy price. Is that why now Roxus's life is running as it should be because there is no god's interference anymore?

Holding back his disgust, Lucifer stared coldly at the sky. It's time for him to go.