Ascension of the Dark Seraph - Chapter 102

Chapter 102: One Word Away From Death Chapter 102: One Word Away From Death A/N: Bonus chapter is here!

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Lucivar and Thalia won the match.

Both of them walked back to the arcade area, feeling more refreshed than ever.

Abigail and her boyfriend were ahead of them, the guy needed to help support Abigail as her shoulder was hurting if it wasn’t fixed in place.

It was not a flawless triumph-but Lucivar got what he wanted.

He placed two small bronze marbles into his mouth, the ones he got from the match.

Overpowering both the guy and Abigail rewarded him.

‘But it’s not enough, the reward I wanted is Divine Blood.

I could only gain that if I kill others and here, I really can’t do that,’ Lucivar vexed his mind was only filled-with the thoughts of getting stronger.

‘Also, what’s with the dark writings back then when I wanted to kill Fury-I should ask Sha or Gandr later’ Despite the unpleasant encounter, Thalia seemed to be in a better mood.

“Hitting her face with the wooden sword is very satisfying, she has a smack-able face” “Shouldn’t you keep your voice down?

She’s right there” “Why should I?

Losers can’t say anything, they should just suck it up and take it” As she said that, she stared directly at Abigail, sparing her a triumphant grin.

Even though she didn’t react much, it was clear that she was angry from her sour expression.

Feeling elated that she embarrassed Abigail, Thalia was all smiles.

Unconsciously, she was even holding onto Lucivar’s arm.

“Erkhmm…” Lucivar cleared his throat, casting a side eye at Thalia.

Seeing where his eyes were directed, Thalia looked down before quickly pulling away.

“Ah, sorry…” She shyly apologized.  Lucivar didn’t mind, frankly, he didn’t care but Thalia in a good mood was good for him.

Since they had their fun, they decided to leave the arcade.

Abigail and her boyfriend were also the same, they needed to treat her shoulder.

Upon stepping outside the arcade game place, Lucivar turned to the right and squinted his eyes.

He noticed something or someone odd-a woman on a phone call, ‘So I am not being paranoid, I’m right’ “Hey, tell me your name”  A voice pulled Lucivar’s attention, he turned and saw Abigail looking at him.

It seemed like the demand was directed at him.

“So you could research me and mess with me in the future?

No, thank you” Lucivar refused.

Abigail paused for a moment, her gaze lingering on him.

A question in her eyes, as if silently asking whether he was joking or not.

Due to the technology thing, Lucivar knew that people could find other people easily but at this moment, Abigail didn’t know that he was an academy hunter-from the same academy attended by Thalia.

Not having his name would at least make it harder for Abigail to search for him.

“Do you know who I am?

I can find you if I want to,” Abigail retorted, slightly annoyed.

“I am asking only out of respect, you don’t look older than me and you’re that strong.

Purely that, nothing else” Upon hearing this, Lucivar sneered, ‘Nevertheless, I won’t give it to you’ ‘Hmm…

what fake name should I give her?

Johnson?

I guess that works,’ He pondered.

Respect or not, it would be better for Lucivar to lie than tell her the truth.

“My name is Lucivar Asarafall,” Lucivar answered and smirked, arrogant and pride in his eyes.

“You do well to remember that name so that next time you will lower yo-” He slapped his own lips, covering it before he could finish his sentence.

Lucivar was utterly confused, he wasn’t planning to say any of that.

Smiling, Abigail nodded, “Lucivar…

For once, it sounded right” Getting her answer, Abigail turned to leave.

On the other hand, her boyfriend cast one sharp look at Lucivar and followed her.

“What’s wrong with you?” Thalia asked from the side.

Exactly like her, Lucivar also didn’t know, “I don’t know what’s wrong with me” He then remembered what Gandr said to him, the arrogance and pride were the byproducts of awakening Sutekh.

It was in his blood and it seemed like not saying his real name-would make him look unpretentious.

It goes against Sutekh’s entire personality.

‘Man, that could be a problem if Abigail wanted to kill me,’ Lucivar shook his head.

‘I need to learn how to control these impulses, or else I’m going to get in trouble, next time.

Loki’s was fine since it was all in the head but Sutekh?’ Glancing to his side, he saw Thalia had her back turned towards him.

She was crossing her arms and facing the other way.

Lucivar raised an eyebrow in confusion.

“Should we continue on with the day now that the randoms are not around?” He asked.

Upon hearing this-Thalia flicked her hair and trotted on.

 “Hmm, let’s go,” She said but her tone was now icy cold.

Seeing this, Lucivar was completely stunned, she was happy in one second and cold like this in the next, he didn’t understand what he did wrong.

However, Thalia didn’t seem to care and proceeded on ahead alone.

Lucivar could only jog and catch up to her still puzzled by her change of demeanor.

A little bit later, both decided to have a bite first.

But along the way to the restaurant Thalia was raring to go-Lucivar was being weird.

She noticed that he kept glancing somewhere as opposed to following her properly.

“You hurt Abigail pretty hard so you don’t need to worry, she’s not following us” “I’m not worrying about that though” “Then why are you glancing back all the time?

If you want to follow her then just say it” “What…?

Of course, not.

She didn’t seem too bad since sh-” In the middle of his sentence, Thalia stopped and turned to glare at him sharply.

Lucivar quickly corrected, “I mean she’s a bitch and I want to go to the toilet” “Why didn’t you say that from the start?

It should be around here” Thalia looked around.

However, as she did that, Lucivar pointed at the restaurant with a red-theme interior in front of them, “That’s the restaurant, right?” He asked.

“Go on ahead and I’ll meet you there, I can find the toilet on my own in fact, we walked past it earlier” Despite hesitating to leave Lucivar alone, Thalia eventually agrees.

“Just don’t get lost, you don’t have a phone” She reminded before she continued ahead.

Observing her leaving, making sure that she wasn’t going to check, Lucivar then turned, and walked leisurely in the opposite direction.

He saw the corridor with the toilet sign-and went there, but his steps were oddly slow.

Lucivar stopped right beside a woman in a baggy jacket, talking to someone on the phone.

Feeling his figure, the woman tried to ignore him but she was definitely sweating a little.

Checking to see if the coast was clear, Lucivar nodded.

He then grabbed the woman by the nape and forcefully pulled her to the corridor.

Naturally, out of instinct, the woman wanted to scream but Lucivar covered her mouth.

Lucivar dragged her and saw an emergency exit door to his right and went in there before he pushed the woman to the wall hard, causing her to moan, from the impact.

It all happened so suddenly that the woman could barely react.

“Who are you and why are you following me?” Lucivar asked with a threatening tone.

Raising her gaze-the woman frowned when she saw Lucivar’s eyes glowing golden.

On top of that, she also felt something poking her stomach.

Glancing down, the woman saw an ether-coated knife pressing against her stomach.

“If you keep this up, I’m going to report you to the Hybrid Association for violent conduct,” In a relaxed manner, the words flowed out of her lips.

She didn’t seem to be worried, about the knife pressing against her stomach.

“and you will hang” Upon hearing this, Lucivar nodded as he pulled his knife away in a fancy manner.

He spun it and sheathed it on his back.

“Not afraid, I guess we’re going to do this the modern way,” Lucivar said and pulled her.

Pulled by her wrist outside, the woman retaliated, “What are you doing?!

Let me go!” “I’m not following you!” She added, trying to break free.

“Oh?

So you’re following Thalia?” “No, I’m not!

You suddenly pulled me out of nowhere!” “Please, don’t lie, you’re bad at this,” Lucivar ridiculed.

“I suspected you following us earlier but the fact that you’re outside the arcade, sitting in a coffee shop right beside made it too obvious” “You misunderstand!

I don’t even know you!” the woman still retorted.

Slightly annoyed that she didn’t break character, Lucivar pulled her again, “Fine, since you want to play it this way, I’ll bring you to the police, and report you for stalking.

I’m sure the mall’s CCTVs would give me enough evidence” “Better yet, let’s go to Thalia and see if she recognizes you” He added.

Unlike before, the woman’s expression broke as soon as she heard the last threat.

“Okay, okay, okay!” She yelped, trying to stop Lucivar from leaving the emergency stairs.

“I admit I was following you two-but I’m not planning to do anything other than watch.

Don’t misunderstand” Lucivar stopped and closed the door once again.

He let go of her wrist and crossed his arms, “And?

Who are you exactly?” “My name is Maura,” the woman, Maura, handed her name card.

“I worked for Thalia’s mother-Madam Callista, and is in charge of keeping an eye-on Thalia’s daily life.

Since both of you seemed close, I had to follow you” “So you’re her security?” Lucivar asked after reading the name card.

Upon hearing this, Maura nodded, “And you’re still not off the hook yet, you’re still a threat” “But if you could let us verify you, we could hire you” She added.

“A threat…?” Lucivar cackled.

“Tell Callista that I’m the one who saved her daughter from the two assassins sent by the Crimson Wolf Clan.

I’m the one who kept her daughters safe-and I’m still somehow a threat?” “You have to understand,” Maura frowned.

“your motive is still unclear” Lucivar turned towards the exit.

An evil smirk then climbed to his lips, “Whatever, I guess I’m playing for the wrong team” He said that jokingly but as soon as he said that, Maura’s expression twitched.

In one fluid motion, she drew a dagger from inside her jacket, striking as swiftly as a coiled snake, and pressed the knife against Lucivar’s neck from behind.

Yet, through it all, Lucivar didn’t flinch, he seemed utterly unbothered.

On top of that, two more daggers made of ether manifested.

Both pointed at Lucivar’s neck too from the front side.

Just like Thalia and Elira, it seemed Maura was also a Fairy Hybrid.

Maura reacted fiercely to Lucivar’s playful threat, her eyes were laced with killing intent.

“No threats would be tolerated,” She said whisperingly.

“as I said, your motive is unclear and I can judge you a threat right now.

Don’t think that this is a joke, Lucivar.

You’re one word away from death so wipe that smirk off your face…”