[WARNING: Please feel free to skip this chapter and also the next chapter that I will upload later on since they will be quite dark. I highly recommend leaving right away if you are not good with torture! Please note that this will not be the only time that I will write something dark!]
Cold.
That was the first thought that appeared in Lucas's mind as he woke up.
He felt cold.
All he saw was darkness.
He felt that his eyes were open yet he could see nothing.
He heard the sound of water slowly dripping, echoing in the room he presumed he was in.
He felt weak.
He couldn't use any spells or skills.
He couldn't move, he felt like he was sitting on a chair, yet his arms were bound on what must be a table in front of him as his feet were bound on the legs of the chair he was sitting in.
He realized the reason he couldn't see was because he was blindfolded.
All he could remember was that at one moment he saw his father and William coming to rescue him at the Nightstar estate and the next moment the mad demon was behind him and gripped his shoulder, and then... he was here.
'I must have fallen unconscious...' Lucas thought.
He was calm. Even if he was in one of the worst possible situations at the moment, he was still calm.
In his previous life, he went through a few similar situations of being kidnapped and even went through extreme torture as training by Aushburn.
He was still worried a little bit though. Even if he was used to torture in his previous life, his current body wasn't. He was sure that his mind wouldn't break as long as it was the same level of torture he experienced back in his previous life, but... this was a new world. He didn't know what he would have to endure until someone came to rescue him, if he would even be rescued...
As his mind was being plagued by dark thoughts, he suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps echoing throughout the room.
Step.
Step.
Step.
Finally, sensing the heavy footsteps stopping right in front of him, he heard the voice of the last person he wanted right now.
"Kekeke! I hope you have had a good sleep, Lucas! I've been waiting for hours now for you to wake up, but seeing you sleep so peacefully, ah! I didn't want to disturb you so I did what any gentleman would do and gave you a sleeping mask, was it? Oh, and alas, I didn't have a bed so I had no choice but to put you in this position so you wouldn't fall in your sleep."
Hearing Karciel's rambling, all he could do was grit his teeth as he didn't want to entertain him in the slightest.
"Keke, I see you are very grateful for my politeness, aren't you, Lucas Nightstar?"
"Well, no matter, we have plenty of time, to warm up to each other."
"What do you want?"
Lucas finally decided to speak as he was getting sick of hearing the mad demon's rambling.
"Oh my! To be this calm even knowing how despairing the situation you found yourself in! As expected of the White Devil!" Karciel exclaimed with great enthusiasm.
"To answer your question, it is quite simple, Lucas Nightstar. I want you to answer my questions. Answer them truthfully and you shall be rewarded; answer them falsely and you shall be..."
Stopping what he was going to say, Lucas suddenly felt a sharp finger gently brush his right cheek, making his whole body shudder in fear.
"Now let's start, shall we?"
"My first question, Lucas. Why are you Nightstars only titled with Viscount? If I recall, in your human domain, only those with noble titles like ours or guilds are the ones who are strongest. The higher they are the stronger they are. So why is it that a mere Viscount family is so strong?"
Karciel asked with great curiosity as he was eager to know just what was special with Lucas's family and why His Majesty ordered to be clear of them...
"I don't know," Lucas answered. He truly didn't know the answer since he trusted his father, yet such a reason wasn't enough to satisfy Karciel.
Snap.
"Ag-mnngghhh!"
Lucas tried his best by suppressing his screams, not wanting to give Karciel the pleasure at all, yet the pain of his right index finger suddenly getting snapped like a twig, he couldn't help but violently shake and try to free himself from his restraints.
"Didn't I tell you to answer me truthfully?"
"I-I don't know, d-dammit! I truly don't. I never asked him, knowing that he would tell me one day when the time was right!"
"Hmmm, it seems you are not lying... oh well, time will due tell what is up with your family."
"Now, second question. Are you the one who killed Z'riel back in the C rank dungeon?"
Karciel truly was curious about this one also; it was reported that the White Devil once fought and killed a demon in a C rank dungeon. Karciel also knew that Z'riel was last spotted in that area before he was never seen again.
Hearing the question, he remembered the time he spent in the C rank dungeon and everything he discovered. If Karciel somehow gets even more curious by him answering the question truthfully, he might find out about Luna perhaps.
He couldn't let that happen.
'I need to hold on...'
Seeing Lucas not answering the question, he couldn't help but sigh.
Snap.
"Mmmnffffggg!"
"Oh, how touching! A mere kid this courageous and bold! Willing to endure so much! Let's see how long you will be able to last, Lucas Nightstar..." Karciel said as the last part was whispered ominously in his ear as he violently tried to shake out of his restraints due to the pain of his right thumb getting snapped.
Snap.
Snap.
Snap.
Suddenly, in rapid succession, all his other fingers on his right hand were snapped, making Lucas halt his movement for a second and then...
"A-AAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!"
His scream echoed in the room where only Karciel and him were present as no one would be able to hear him and save him.
He was used to torture in his previous life, but it was meant to always be slow to give him as much pain as possible, not so fast at breaking all his fingers one by one.
Before he could get used to the pain or gather his thoughts, Karciel forcefully opened his mouth and made him drink some strange bitter liquid that burnt down his throat and as well slid down his chin.
Lucas violently started coughing as Karciel was finally done pouring down the strange liquid inside his throat.
"Kekeke! You just drank my very own special healing potion you see! It not only heals your broken bones and cuts but also makes your body extremely sensitive temporarily! Ah, but don't worry, Lucas! I am a master alchemist as well, you see, so you won't be having any type of permanent damage done by your body!
Oh, and also I have plenty of these here so that we can go for years if needed! I have all kinds of potions here with me! Like potions that will make you stay awake no matter what! Or something like this that can enhance all pain by 5 folds! Or perhaps something like this that will make your entire body feel as if it is being burnt alive or this one that will make you feel like you are starving!"
"So many choices to choose from, isn't that right, Lucas!"
As he barely managed to hear what Karciel just said, he couldn't help but feel dread filling his entire body as at the same time his fingers were healing back to normal... What he feared the most that might happen in his situation has finally happened...
"I understand it has been a long day for you, Lucas, so how about this? I will let you off the hook with these questions of mine for today!"
'Thank god...'
"Instead!"
"Lets have some fun and make use of all these potions we have here lying around!"
He suddenly spoke, making Lucas's face go pale in fear and his body started to tremble.
Hearing him approach him again, Lucas couldn't help but become desperate as he started to dread the hell he was about to have to endure. He started to shake violently as his chains rattled and tried to think of any type of way to get out of his situation...
"W-WAIT, PLEASE DON- A -ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Those were the last words Lucas managed to say before his agonizing screams echoed throughout the room for the entire day.
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