Being under house arrest at the white mansion was no longer an issue to Riz who was actually enjoying her quiet and peaceful time away from her work as a leader. Perhaps her workload has been pushed to Hikkun since her absence there. Her lackey probably misses her since Hikkun can be tough on them. From time to time, Evan will visit her and bring a snack to accompany her after he has done his work. He still treat her like a child but it didn't bother her at all and it was actually nice to be pampered like this. She has been treated like the queen she deserves. The new maid named Shuna always keeps her entertained with her clumsy way and scared of facing her when talking toward her, she finds it fun to tease the girl and act like she was mad even if it was slightly wasn't even her fault. Yet after done tease the girl, she would gift the poor girl a kiss on her cheek as an apologies and Shunna would blush by her sudden action. Still after done many thing, she find it still have some lack and indeed need some of adventure and the daily spark in her life. She decided to sneak toward the white garden near the west were Luska old room were, there a path beneath the bush and it need to be kneel down and crawling to fin the path that was hidden between those bush.
Those path lead to a pebble path stair case which has an arch made like a temple entrance with vine strangle there. In front of it you must stand and bow down three time to indicate respect and a path will open or else you will keep coming back to the entrance. It one of the mystery of this place which until now no one know. After done that a few distance of walk, there you will be in a grassland field which was really wide open and there stood the only tree, there were a single old tree. Toward there a swing can be seen and there is a hole which fill with many memorial item that once Luska owns were put there. It actually Luska secret hide out as she was young. Riz found it and Luska give her the permission to use this place as her before she was no longer here. It was a place with lot of memories to Riz.
Riz stood there and decide to sit on the swing at first after playing on it for a few time. She stand back on her feet and look at the tree that stood proudly as it was shedding her from the sunlight. The wind that feel pleasant can be feel on her face gently touch her. " It nice to be back" she said with her soft voice and look at the scenery that was breath taking.
'THIS PLACE…'
"Hmmm…? Ah… it fill with mana right… Luska told me that this is the central of the illusia." She said it with a smirk. "Now you can come out from inside since this place is lot stable than other place. We need to talk properly" she said while looking at the figure that suddenly came out of nowhere standing in front of her.
A young woman resemble like the death lover of the dragon. Lusia smile and he smile. "I no longer have my own body so I have to use an imaginary vessel that I know and this is the only face I remember after this past year." He said as he dancing around cutely, he even pose a heart shape. This dragon even he was already a thousand perhaps even long than that can still know how to do this kind of thing. He seem to notice that she was in her own world and remember about something , he smirk and he decide to do it. " Perhaps you want me to change into this" he changed into Luska the sight of the dear face make her sad and she close her eye. " Stop it… just change into me." He find that it seem Luska was indeed important to her and respects her by changing to Riz face. That make the both of them stand facing each other. Now there were two people with similar faces, by a look to them it might cause confusion to other.
Riz look at him and seem to see that her face was perfectly been copied by Lusia. She decide to ignore the feeling of weirdness since she feel like she was talking with her own self. " What did you teach her Lusia? And what do you mean by resurrecting the death before" she said it while holding his collarbone. He grip her hand and then push her down to the ground that make a loud thud from falling, he smile and suddenly laugh "I'm teaching her the art of resurrecting death because like I said… her vision in life is indeed unique. She amused me." He said it without any doubt and just look at her indifferent. "But if you know how to do it why don't you use it on your death lover." Her eye didn't blink a sec when talking to Lusia and the more they talk, the more it became intense.
Meanwhile back at the Riz territory, a certain person that named Hikkun were sorting some document and was just finish from report to the other territory leader of Riz absence on her seat. He was tired with all the tight schedule and many internal conflict about the case. He took a breath and sight loudly that cause the people who guarding the room flick ' YIKSSS… HIKKUN MAD!' that what their heart speaking right now when hearing his long mumble and depressing face. Then he stop a sec; and look at one of them, the intense stare make the person flinch and was bath with sweat. "YOU!!!" he point at him and that cause the person scream "EIKKKK!!!! Y-YYYEEESSS SIR!!!!" he answer it even thought he can feel there a blazing heat from where Hikkun were seat. "BRING ME THE NEXT DOCUMENT!!! FAST!" he who has been summoned and direct by him ran fast out from the room and went to get the document that he needed.
"RIGHT AWAY SIR!!!! I GET IT!"
'Poor guys' the heart of other that see the scene said toward the person, that what happen when Hikkun were in charge and he was intense. His work is really neat and efficient but he do it with iron claw, that make people scare of him. He was actually feel uneasy after the incident and that the real reason why he was in this mood. He then feel like the other were stare at him.
"ALL OF YOU GET BACK TO WORK OR….. ELSE!" he emitted a death aura.
'PLEASE COME BACK LADY RIZ!'
Lusia face and her face was almost touched as they keep talking and suddenly what was now was inch closer than ever from both of them face from touched. Lusia decide to touch her face and careless it like it was made of porcelain " It hard to said, the heart of human was different to understand when it came to their mind when thinking." He smell as well lick her face and smiled, he purred "Similar to you… I can sense that you want to learn it a well didn't you Riz?" he smirk as his eye were stare back at her. The eye reflected her own face since he use her as the vessel to be able to communicate.
"Now let me show you what you truly desire the most Riz…."
He kiss her, the rough kiss that almost sexual can feel from the tongue. Riz eye dilated by it and the sudden kiss make her heart beating fast since she was not prepare by the sudden action. It make her breath hot, why did this happen. If she remember she was talking with him. He bit her tongue, then separated from her but a thick slimy saliva was mix with blood was dripping from both of there mouth. " I did tell you that I will lend you my power and I need to do this so bare with me. This is another step other than we became one." Riz who was in a dazzle , can't think straight as her mind already became muddle by the intoxicating kiss that she received. He smirk at her look that seem enjoyed by it, he grab her face and closer it to his. Riz eye were unable to shake off from seeing her face. Her face that been used by him look some heartless person who seem enjoy this kind of situation.
She gasped for air since her mouth was full of blood. He drag his finger and wipe off the blood from her mouth and bring it toward his mouth and lick it back.
"Why…." she tries to regain her consciousness and try to stand back to fight back him. She just wants to ask how he knows Luska and the real reason she was there. She never wants any power or anything that desires because she doesn't need any of that, yet... The only reason she accept Lusia and brought him together with her was that he won't tell her if she doesn't accept it, that was his condition. She felt that her reality and illusion were mixed since she see the black figure standing surrounding them. 'GIVE WHAT YOU TRULY WANT... EMBRACE IT' she was devoured by it, she need to focus... she tried to grab him and push back but her hand was held back and wasn't able to move, she got weaker and weak.
He rip her cloth and toss it, now she was half naked with her bra can be seen. he use his hand to touch her stomach and he chanted some ancient language. Riz felt it hard to breathe when he began to chant those words. Why she can't fight it back, she didn't sign up to be in this pain. He saw a tear fall down her cheek. He decides to stop chanting and lick those tears. She whimpers in pain.
"This is needed Riz, since you need to make a contract with me… I will teach you something that Luska didn't learn and when time come you understand it; why I did it." He then touch with his tip nose to her and closed his eye. "Before this, we were not in the contract at all… I only use your body to get out from the temple and lend you some of my power. But I feel like I want to make a full contract with you since you help me Riz" you make me remember something that important. She who was trapped under his body just whimper and she look lovely in his eye. This ancient dragon heart of his never imagine that he would find something that make him want to be alive.
Now let's tangle into the embassy of darkness as I gifted you my power till your heart fill with what you really need.