General Cukuw had a lot of experiences in the week that elapsed since returning from the Cinder Forest and resuming his military duty in the Demon capital.
From possible cheater and suicide instigator to nearly-corpse and finally, an unaware double agent reinvigorated in his work ethic by the fake nuptial promise received by Rubra.
What he didn't know was that the young Phoenix was already slowly being converted to the dark side by Eric.
Initially, it was naivety, and Eve's teachings were justified by that.
Unfortunately when the new-found awareness started mixing with the tempting exposure to Eric's thoughts and behavior on a daily, if not hourly basis.
The pure flame was turning darker in real-time, like a chemistry experiment with sodium ethanol and a sodium vapor lamp.
Her mind corrupted during the day and her body at night the perdition she was experiencing was more pleasurable than expected.
