Some wondered what is more important in life: money or love. Both were inversely proportional, and your interest might affect it. In the early years, Eros focused on people instead of him. Either they died or betrayed him. So next decade he decided to be a selfish man who always cared about himself.
Eros spoke: "At least money will not betray me like people. I can do anything I want, and nobody will put a finger on me."
Eros widened his lips in delight. "So who is the loser now, Fatty?"
Both of them were right in their places, but who would tell that. In fact, in her early twenties, Luna wanted to make a lot of money so she could live a better life. Things had changed, just like their ideologies.
Luna responded in a solemn tone. " You! You still didn't have a child while I have multiples."
"Not your own blood. "
*Pah! * Out of nowhere, Luna hit him hard.
"Say that again, you motherfucker, and I will burn you alive." Luna shouted.
Her voice echoed throughout the room as he watched the grim expression on her face. She loathes anyone who mentioned that she didn't have her own blood.
Eros lips downwards in despair. "You Fatty, Are You Crazy?" He yelled not because he was being slapped by her. But she slapped him.
He looked closely at her and examined her condition. It seemed her hand was charred as she was shaking vigorously.
"Have I not told you to calm your anger? " Eros' voice softened as he was consoling a child. "Fatty! "
Luna gritted her teeth in rage and returned to her seat. "Shall we continue our interrogation? "
"Nooo!!" Eros declined it. He detested being threatened by someone, especially a woman.
"You know you can't leave till I am not getting my answers." She glanced at her palm. "And you have already hurt me, so Sit down. "
Eros' cheeks were red, yet he obediently sat down on his seat.
"Fine. Ask me whatever. In return, I will ask you a question. Use your truth spell so we won't lie to each other. "
The truth spell was a ghastly spell that was used for prisoners if they tried to lie. The spell would not give a false statement or they may feel pain in their whole body.
Luna rolled her eyes in displeasure, then she half-agreed.
"Okay. I will ask the first question, Where is the boy from LHE (Luminaire Hunter Party)? " Eros asked.
"Red ant colony with other soldiers."
Eros grimaced, then Luna questioned in a sharp tone. "How much do you know about Blue Orb?
Eros was taken back by this question and raised his eyebrows. The blue orb was the debris of the meteor and the inner part of it. Only thirteen orbs have been found since two centuries; whoever got it turned out to be extremely powerful.
" Not much. Legends said that a blue orb can rebuild anything. The ability is undeniably vicious. Many had fought for it so they could live enterally. Last time I heard that the blue orb had disappeared. "
"Yeah. Just like the blue orb, La Vida itself is an orb. And the military wants that power to make themselves strong. They already have the upper hand and many are supporting this project. For them, we are just peasants. Nothing else. "
"Okay. I know that you have a strong system to prevent this, right? "
Luna pursued her lips as her chin was on the ground. For the last two decades, the military was sneakily entering with various excuses. They have mapped out the entire forest while killing monsters. Their forces were getting stronger and stronger. It was getting harder to defeat them.
"I thought that agreement would have protected you guys from torment. I do not understand this."
"It did, Eros, but for a short brief. Then a new officer came with new policies. And things started the way they were."
Eros clenched his fist not because he cared about her, but because those bastards went against their will.
"Luna, you are naive. You just detonate them."
Luna offered a wry smile. She wished it was easy like that. After a couple of seconds respite, Eros asked.
"Tell me, how much progress have you made of my curse? "
"Haha. Not much. "
Eros put an evil smirk on his face. Whoever he encountered here had some resistance to his curse, which only meant that she was secretly researching his curse.
"How much progress have you made so far?"
Luna had a guilty look with a sense of pride in her face, as she had done a brilliant job raising an army of monsters.
"Around 40%," she blinked while spitting her true face. The face of greed and power.
Eros' pupil enlarged to discover it. He felt shocked at the same time, disbelieving by the revelation. "You? You are really crazy. After knowing it all, you decided to do that."
Eros showed his contempt towards her. Having resistance to his curse meant she had raised monsters to kill him. In other words, they were nothing but a lab rat. Their purpose was to kill Eros or be killed.
Luna took a deep breath and interjected. "I did what I had to do. " Then she added in a grudge tone. "Were you the one who sent the detailed report about La Vida three decades ago? "
"Ohhh shit! " He cursed. The topic which was buried in the graveyard would come like he didn't expect that.
"No."
"°… °" Luna's expression changed; she was utterly calm, like a storm before peace. "You didn't send the report to your seniors for your interest."
"Nope."
Silence.
Suddenly, Eros was sweating a lot while he was biting his lips in distress.
He said it averted his gaze. "It's true that I had written the meticulous report but didn't send it to the officials. "
Luna breathed heavier as she cracked her knuckles. Soon, Eros felt chilling on his back as his heart skipped for a second. The next moment he was flying backward and crashed against the wall.
"You Swindler! I have trusted you enough to tell you. And you lied to me in front of my face. Bloody heartless. " Luna brought her staff as she displayed her deathly stare.
Eros' hands and legs were tied by steel as his mouth was taped by a poisonous flower.
"Why did you lie to me? " Luna asked in anger. "Why you moron? "
Eros's eyes were bloodshot, and he muttered something under his breath.
"Gabius. "Soon the lightning hit the room, and hit over Luna's head.
"You think, your stupid trick can hold me back. You are wrong, Luna. " He found a way to use magic a long time ago, but he hadn't bothered to use it. Luna, on the other hand, deflected the attack with shield.
The chains that obstructed him, shattered with a roar. Eros eyes glinting in disdain as he forgot the last affection towards her.
"You are a weak and fragile old lady, relying on your cripple monsters."
Luna retreated to her feet. She had seen Eros infuriated many times, but this time it was different. It was like his trust had broken.
"I turned a blind eye when you decided to use my curse against me. Not that; I helped when you needed it most. Again, you didn't trust me enough. Perhaps you are like others, shallow and materialistic. "
Eros opened the doorknob and left it with a bitter smile. So the interrogation ended with bitterness. Many answers were unanswered, like their friendship ended.