"Wasn't that your fake sister?" Via pushed Nicholas away gently, "Rhea Greed von Tetartus."
Nicholas placed his hands behind his back and looked at the floor, "Daughter of Lord Reid, yes, she was my sister." His gaze went from the floor to Via's neck.
He got reminded of a certain memories which contained steamy moments between him and Rhea. Nicholas shook his head and massaged his forehead with his fingers.
Concerned about Nicholas, "Ni-ni does your head hurt?" He shook his head again and looked at Via with a smile.
"I'm fine," he looked through the walls and saw the event hall, "Lord Reid is looking for our presence. Let us go."
— INSIDE THE EVENT HALL
"Welcoming Lord Dion!" a butler announced.
The music and chatters stopped, all heads turned to the large wooden door which slowly opens. With the most dramatic entrance, Nicholas and Via entered the event hall with bright smiles.
Reid looked at Nicholas with a gaze that is similar to a proud father looking at his son. 'If only I had a son, similar to this boy." he thought to himself.
As Nicholas made his way through the crowd, he approached Reid, "Father."
Reid sighed, "Don't call me father anymore. Our contract has ended officially."
"You look disappointed, very disappointed," Nicholas chuckled.
"Sigh, if only I had a son, just one!" he exclaimed. His face had visible disappointment.
Nicholas leaned onto Reid's shoulder and whispered, "You should make one with the Lady." Although he whispered those words, his voice moderate in terms of loudness so the people near them heard it.
Both laughed loudly. Via who held Nicholas' arms was confused since she didn't hear them. Why she couldn't hear them even if she's a vampire? How can she listen to a boy's talk when she's was having a conversation with her fellow ladies.
Several hours later, Nicholas went to a balcony and seemingly waited for someone. He drank his glass of red wine while looking at the sinful souls from the Mortal Realm.
He saw Kassandra amidst being in the fourth level of hell. Nicholas saw her eyes which glowed with lust and deadly passion.
Suddenly, a powerful gust of cold breeze made Nicholas' hair and necktie flow backwards. "Code," a mysterious voice resounded in Nicholas' mind.
"Overseer of the Abyss, wielder of His longsword. Chosen warrior and disciple, Nicholas."
Nicholas knelt on his knee, his eyes closed. The gust of wind disappeared and a black mist surfaced from nowhere. A mirage of Abaddon appeared.
[Nicholas, I have something urgent to do in the Mortal Realm. My generals agreed @#&%! for you to become @#&%! my substitute.]
The mirage's connection began to lose stability and closed completely. Although he couldn't receive the whole mirage, Nicholas understood Abaddon's orders.
Via who happened to pass by, accidentally eavesdropped. She became curious of the urgent stuff that piqued the interest of the playful Devil.
— SEVERAL YEARS LATER
"My Lord, a mirage has been received from the Mortal Realm." A butler said in front of Nicholas.
"Is it from His Liege?" Nicholas investigated the device which contained the supposedly mirage, "Open it."
Given permission, the butler opened the mirage device with a purified black magic stone. Moments later the mirage device opened and an elegantly dressed Abaddon appeared.
[Nicholas, summon all the generals immediately.]
Nicholas frowned but since the butler showed another mirage device, his frown disappeared. He immediately summoned all the generals with his spiritual sense.
Several hours of waiting, all generals appeared in the meeting hall. "Why did you call us, will the sun rise from the opposite side or did that bratty bat left you and need our advice?" Kassandra complained.
"Sorry but it is His Liege's order." Nicholas opened the mirage device.
[Nicholas needs to be here, thus all of you will oversee the Underworld. My only condition is that if any chaos berserks, I will not spare you.]
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[A/N: My brain is very, very stressed. That damn typhoon.. my original publishing schedule was ruined. I couldn't even finish my homework and also couldn't complete binge-watching Anohana.]