"Ni-ni~!" Her voice was heard as the servants opened the large wooden doors. A figure is seen before the opened doors of the throne room.
Her smile contained happiness and another emotion. Eyes as red as crimson rubies; lips as red as roses. Ebony black hair that seem to flow like a river on her back to waist.
Beaten Snow White in terms of skin tone, as her skin is paler and whiter than her's. Via Tepis, beloved daughter of Vlad Tepis; The King of Vampires.
"Ni-ni, why are you covered in blood?" her gaze went to Abaddon, "Did you hurt him?"
Her eyes glowed red. An eerie, killing intent leaked and surrounded her voluptuous body. Abaddon seemed to like to her bold attitude but he hated how she barges into his palace, mainly to find Nicholas.
"My Lady, you have become more unruly as you mature. Aren't those melons of yours heavy?" He shrugged.
Via blushed and veins began to appear on her forehead, "You big pervert, I will kill you!"
"Woah! My tongue slipped, how foolish of me~" Abaddon continues to dig his grave.
In the perspective of servants, Abaddon had dug his grave but no one can bury him in those millions of graves he dug since he is the Devil; the King of the Underworld.
"Via, how are you?" Nicholas broke the tension.
A whole 360 degree turn, Via answered with a gentle tone. "I am wonderful!"
"How unfortunate— ahem, good to hear!"
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CLAP; Heads turned to Abaddon, "My Lady, please wait outside. I have something important to discuss with Nicholas."
Via looked at him with a weird gaze and sighed. She quietly approached the doorway and sneaked a peek at her Ni-ni, "Go the usual place, please?"
Nicholas didn't look back but shook his head. Satisfied with his answer, Via left the throne room leaving Abaddon and Nicholas, alone with their servants.
CREAK, sounds of doors closing. "Let me get straight to the topic. I have three missions for you and those three are major for your breakthrough."
Nicholas remained silent, Abaddon is satisfied with his manners. "First, become the son of a noble demon. Excluding the generals and your connections."
Nicholas raised his hand, "Permission to speak." Abaddon allowed him to continue.
"How much time do I have to complete it?"
"Based on our calculation, you have three years for a successful completion."
— 4th Level of the Underworld
"That's what he said, " Nicholas ended his narration. He looked at a man's face with plead.
The man rubbed his chin while losing in his thoughts. He is having a difficult time to decide whether to accept or refuse. Most greedy nobles will definitely accept this offer but for sophisticated nobles, this offer has another meaning.
「To involve or not.」
As he decided, he gave Nicholas conditions. "First and foremost, please refrain your admirer from entering my territory."
"Via won't dare to, Lord Vlad has given her some duties to complete before daybreak." Nicholas said with utmost confidence.
"Second, if there is some sort of argument, I won't involve myself unless adults get involved."
"No worries, I despise problems that lead to obstacles."
"Third, I will not tolerate if you dare to touch my daughters!"
It took awhile for Nicholas to reply, "I swear on my name that I won't dare to touch My Lord's daughters!"
Reid, the Lord of Greed, looked at Nicholas with a suspicious look since he paused before replying. Nicholas scratched his forehead as he smiled anxiously.
"You took too much time," Reid still had doubts but he accepts the offer, "Never mind. My Lord, I'm going to adopt you."
Receiving the good news, Nicholas had a bright smile that seemed to emit a blinding light. Some might say that such light is not befitting for a demon but this charms the ladies, thus no one dares to say anything of it.
Blame time again for two years has passed in a blink of the eye.
CLINK, CLINK. Sounds of wine glasses being tapped at each other.
"Reid, you are quite lucky to find a son like Dion. He is accompanied by success and fortune!"
"Haha! You flatter us too much," Reid smiled while drinking his wine.
...warning
"Brother~" a woman's voice is heard outside the doors of a room.
CREAK, sound of a door opening.
Nicholas looked at Rhea with an empty smile, "Learn to knock, Rhea."
Rhea looked at her brother's body from head to toe. She gasped as she looked at the big boy in between his thighs, "Your dragon always surprises me in terms of size," Rhea blushed, "and use."
Rhea approached Nicholas who stood still and looked at the windows. She sat on the ground as her hands caressed Nicholas' longsword.
Rhea opened her mouth and her tongue was near his rod until, "Lady Rhea, Lord Reid."
A maid knocked on the door. Rhea is furious, anyone can assume her anger is heat, that is enough to boil a pot of water in a nanosecond.
"Give me a few minutes," Nicholas said with a flat tone.
"Understood," the maid left with no hesitation. She probably felt the strong killing intent that leaks from Rhea's body.
Feeling that the maid's presence has gotten farther, Nicholas snapped his fingers and in an instance, he had an outfit on.
Seeing Nicholas with clothes on, Rhea stood up and was about to leave the room before he kissed her. Their tongues intertwined and skillfully played. As their lips separates, a bridge of saliva was created.
"I can marry you when you're not my brother anymore, correct?" Rhea asked while being embraced by Nicholas.
"Unfortunately, I can't get married." Nicholas replied with his bittersweet smile.
"Then from day one to now, was it all a dream?" Nicholas released Rhea from his embrace.
He placed his hand on her cheek and leaned his forehead to her's, "We may not be able to tie the knot but we can be together."
"How sure are you that we can be together?" she whispered as her tears flow down from her eyes to her chin.
"I'm afraid that I can't find any answer to your question," Nicholas stopped caressing her face and approached the door.
Rhea looked at the floor and squinted her eyes. Teardrops fell to the ground, adding polka-dots on the red carpet. Her sobs and sniffs started as she felt unexplainable sadness.
Nicholas closed the door and walked to hallway from hallway. Before he passed another hallway, he met Via. She greeted him with a tight hug, "I missed you, Ni-ni."
Nicholas looked forward towards an expensive, historic painting on a wall. He took his time to reply, "I missed you too."
Coincidentally, Rhea saw the two. She bit her lip and emotions began to overwhelm her. Few minutes later, she walk passed through them. Nicholas saw her but he didn't say anything nor moved an inch.
"Wasn't that your fake sister?"