Emotional Bond

"Nothing is free in this world and you don't have to question it anymore." Lucien said. Considering that the devil was his master now, he wasn't too surprised by what terrible things might happen in the future.

She had worked for a demonic human like Victor and it wasn't surprising for her to learn about these things. Precisely working for the devil feels much easier than working for humans as creatures that often change and are very unpredictable. If demons, clearly their characteristics and goals will be evil and ugliness. But humans are too often camouflaged and their goals are never the same.

"I'm impressed you look very calm. Aren't you afraid of Lucifer at all?"

"I've met terrible people, so devils like him don't scare me anymore." He said calmly. Sephie smiled, she couldn't believe that Lucien really wasn't as afraid as she said.

"Oh my, you have to be kidding me, right? Lucifer isn't an ordinary devil, he is a king. He rules over hell!"

"Devils are still devils, Sephie. They can never become humans. But humans can be anything, angels and devils at the same time. That's why instead of being afraid of devils when you're already part of them, you better think for yourself. who will be dealing with humans that you cannot predict.”

Hearing Lucien's words, Sephie fell silent. She didn't know what Lucien really was thinking and why he seemed to think that humans were even more terrifying than demons.

"What makes you think that humans are so much more terrifying?"

"I don't know how long you've lived as a demi demon. But I'm sure you haven't seen all the horrible things. You're a spy, right? Ask Claude to give you a slightly different task than just stalking rich men and tease them just to find out their secrets, I'm sure you can do more than that." He said as he got up from his place and walked towards the balcony door, past Sephie who was standing straight one meter in front of the door.

"You're coming to see Claude, right?" Asked Sephie, just as Lucien walked past her.

Lucien stopped walking and stood up while looking at Sephie who was starting to be affected by Lucien's words two minutes ago.

"I don't have the authority to refuse his orders, do I?"

"Do you take that as an order?"

"I've agreed to a deal to join The Hunters and I'm going to do what I've been assigned to do, whatever that may be."

"Even if it means you will hurt and even kill innocent people?" She asked. From her question, Lucien started to suspect something. He knew Claude's purpose for calling him might be a call of duty that he had to do as a member of The Hunters.

However, if indeed Claude was going to ask him to do something dangerous, he was a little unsure. In his entire life, the only person who almost died at his hands was Victor.

"Why are you silent? Would you possibly refuse such an assignment?" Sephie asked with a smile as if doubting Lucien's courage.

"I will do whatever task it is. Whether you like it or not, agree with it or not, it will never change anything in me. I have decided to take the path of darkness to repay the heartache I feel and I can no longer back down now."

"Is that so? Yes, if you are, I believe. You have always been like that, too reckless and thought that the world was in your hands as long as you believed you could hold the world in your hands."

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Lucien had always thought he was alone. His mother died when he was very young and his father's face he never saw. He doesn't know who his father is, but people say that his father was a member of the mafia in Italy and had several dates with his mother who was a dancer in a nightclub.

He felt that he had no ties to anyone and although he had seen his mother and lived with her for the first four years of his life, he felt that he had never really had his mother.

Free, lonely and far from the shadows of people who have power. He lived his life alone and refused to be ordered by anyone. But when Victor arrives and he is forced to agree to work with him, he knows that life has changed since then. He who was previously just a lone wolf who was free to run wherever he wanted, now has to live his life as a pet wolf who is so loved by his master.

Victor gave him everything, possessions, luxuries, pleasures, women and trust. For eight years he was the closest person to Victor. Whatever mistakes he makes, intentionally or not, will not make Victor angry with him. Except when he fell in love with a woman. Victor wanted Lucien body and soul, he wanted to completely control Lucien's life. He is free to sleep with any woman he wants, as long as he is not allowed to fall in love and have emotional ties with anyone.

"Is Claude going to treat me like his pet dog?"

That thought popped into her head every time he thought about his eight years with Victor. He hated having to live under someone's control again even when he died and was resurrected as a demi demon.

"You coming, Lucien?"

Claude welcomed him into his private garden which was in the backyard of the mansion. Claude's smile made him shudder, looking sincere but had a hidden secret.

"Sephie passed me a message that you wanted to meet me here!"

"Yes, that's right! Weren't you at the casino today?"

"I'm not taking any offers because it looks like you want to talk to me!"

"I'm sure you're starting to get a lot of very good job offers with very good pay of course, right?"

"I asked Sebastian to take care of it for me!"

"You've started to believe him?"

"Not really! I just don't really care about money right now."

"Really? Is there anything more important than money?"

"For me the most important thing right now is the ruin of one's life."

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