Right after talking to Vance, Allen went straight to his room, where Westeria and Vinni were waiting for him.
As soon as he entered the room, he once again spoke to the maids who were attending Westeria and Vinni:
"Leave us."
Hearing this, the maids immediately left the room. After that, Allen walked over to Westeria and Vinni and said,
"Now ask whatever you want to ask."
Hearing Allen's words, Westeria said,
"Have you found out where the Young Master has gone?"
To this, Allen replied,
"No."
Hearing Allen's direct answer, Westeria asked again,
"Any other important things that the Master might have said for us?"
Allen replied,
"Yes, there are a few things."
"First, Keilname County has been merged into our Westirifer and has now become Keilname State."
"Second thing is..."
While Allen was speaking, Vinni suddenly interrupted him.
"Honey... When did this happen? Just this morning, we sent another delegation to Keilname County. So how did Keilname County suddenly get merged into our Westirifer?"
Hearing Vinni's question, Westeria also looked at Allen and asked,
"How, Allen?"
Faced with questions from both his wives, Allen said,
"I don't have the details right now. All I know at this moment is that Count Jeffrey of Keilname County is currently in our Ducal Palace, and along with him, the Count's guardian Elder Guntor is also here. As for when they arrived, how they arrived, who allowed them to meet the Master, and what conversation took place between the Master and them — I don't know any of that. I only know that from today, Keilname has become a state of Westirifer. I also expect that by tomorrow evening, Sir Jeffrey's mother, Lady Talmora, along with her three daughters and immediate family members, will arrive at our Ducal Palace. In my opinion, they will only return after the Fertility Ceremony Festival."
Hearing Allen's words, Westeria said,
"Artemis went with Almyth and Mara as well, right? If they have returned, I will ask either Mara or Almyth how all this happened."
In response to Westeria, Allen said,
"No one will come right now. Well, Mara might come, but Lady Almyth is not in the Duchy."
"Actually, to tell you the truth, today the Master was angry far beyond his limits. That's why the Master ordered Lady Almyth, Velerica, Nocturna, and Artemis — these four — to completely erase the name and existence of the Hecktor Family from Hecktor Duchy. Anyone who surrenders is to be taken as a slave."
Hearing Allen's words, both Westeria and Vinni were shocked. They both shouted together loudly,
"What?!"
But even after hearing their shocked and dreadful voices, Allen did not stop and continued,
"That's not all. Listen to the rest."
"Lady Commander Artemis has gone to Hecktor Duchy along with the Master's three shadow-wives. The Master has given Lady Zyrene the responsibility of handling Keilname State."
"On the other side, the Master has sent Lady Bellatrixa, Kaelith, Aurethia, and Severina to Morgen Duchy because he wants these four to completely wipe out the ducal family of Morgen Duchy. And all these people have already left for their respective missions."
"The Master has made Lovertia the head of the Ducal Family's security, and all the shadow-daughters are under her."
Hearing Allen's words, sweat began to form on Westeria's forehead. She asked Allen,
"Alle... Allen, when did all this happen? The Young Master... didn't tell me anything. Why didn't he tell me? Why?"
Seeing Westeria in this state, Allen said,
"Honey... I don't know the reason either. I had only gone to the Master's room with Mitalda's message. The message was that tomorrow a delegation from Holycross Duchy is arriving, in which the Duchess herself is coming, along with an 8100-strong cavalry unit. But suddenly, while talking, the Master's bloodlust increased dramatically, and he gave me all these orders."
"I think the Master doesn't want you all to be tense because of him or for anyone to suffer because of him, which is why he didn't tell anyone. I only shared all this information because you asked me. Otherwise, the Master had told me that if anyone asks, I should say that he has gone out of the Duchy for a day."
"He had strictly forbidden me from telling this to anyone. But look, I ended up telling everything to you and Vinni. The Master will surely be angry with me."
"But honey, you and Vinni must not tell this to anyone — not to the Grand-Duchess or the Duchess, no one. The Master said I could only tell this to Lady Veronica because tomorrow she has to handle the delegation arriving from Holycross Duchy."
After saying all this to Westeria and Vinni, Allen left to go meet Veronica. According to Lucifer, Veronica needed to know about the delegation arriving tomorrow, and also that Lucifer was not in the Duchy.
Seeing Allen leaving the room, Vinni said to Westeria,
"Sister Westeria... what do you think? In which direction is the Young Master heading?"
In response to Vinni's question, Westeria said,
"Husband is heading towards Morthveil."
Hearing this, Vinni asked,
"How are you so sure?"
Westeria replied,
"He had taken an oath that he would kill Rotveil before the Fertility Ceremony Festival. That's why I am sure."
To this, Vinni said,
"Will he succeed? And how will he take 2000 people to Morthveil?"
Answering Vinni, Westeria said,
"He will definitely succeed. As for how he will take 2000 people... even I don't know that. Because I don't know all the secrets of the Young Master, even though I raised him since his childhood. But one thing is certain, Vinni... this Purefield Family and this Lustbound Heaven Kingdom are about to receive a very big shock."
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Right after giving orders to his shadow-daughters, shadow-wives, and his butler Allen, Lucifer had set off for Tenserveria Town.
Using his supernatural speed, it only took him 30 minutes or even less to reach the border of Tenserveria Town and Keilname State. However, this was not Lucifer's top speed. If he wanted, he could have reached there in 5-7 minutes. But Lucifer thought that since he would have to wait two hours anyway for the soldiers to arrive, there was no point in rushing. That's why he jogged slowly and leisurely to Tenserveria Town. Even after arriving at this relaxed pace, he still had one and a half hours left. So he went and sat under a tree, closed his eyes, and began thinking.
In fact, today while sitting in his room, Lucifer had been trying to understand the complexity of his time magic. While researching time magic, he had created a new spell which he named "Immutable Reversal."
He had used this magic before as well, but at that time he was not so proficient in it.
It was through this magic that Lucifer had learned about the past of the Keilname family and Veronica's past. He had even used the magic to go into his own recent past and seen some of his forgotten, painful memories. In those memories, he had discovered how Jacob and his friends had smashed a large brick into him near the lake, causing him to lose consciousness. But even then, there seemed to be some kind of veil that prevented Lucifer from going into his own past.
Still, Lucifer did not stop working on his time magic. As they say, persistence is the key to success. In the same way, Lucifer had integrated one more feature into his time magic. Now he could enter the target's past, see the world from the target's point of view, and feel their happiness, peace, sorrow, and pain. The only limitation was that the target could not be himself. That is why Lucifer named this complete time magic "Immutable Reversal."
After that, Lucifer looked into the past of the Purefield family and the kingdom. Gradually, he began looking into the past of everyone around him.
Lucifer had understood one thing: he could not see his own past. But he could see the past of the people around him. And if he appeared in their memories, then in a way he could see some fragments of his own past.
After leaving Guntor's room, Lucifer continued testing his magic. As he watched, he saw Mia playing with a newborn baby in her arms. She was loving and pampering the child, and two girls were playing beside her. Although the baby's face was not clear, through this Lucifer realized that the child was himself.
After that, Lucifer looked through all of Mia's past memories and saw how Christopher had started giving drugs to Mia and Amelia, causing both of them to slowly forget Lucifer's existence.
Lucifer saw how Christopher, along with Derek, used to plan to kill him.
Lucifer saw how Christopher would drag a sick child into a corner and beat him to death. The child's face was not clear, nor were his features. But this was exactly why Lucifer understood that the suffering child was also himself.
There was some supernatural force or power that did not want Lucifer to know his own past. That was why, even when using his time magic — Immutable Reversal — Lucifer could not see his own face or features.
After looking at everyone's past, Lucifer looked into 'Seren's' past.
But he was seeing the past of a fetus. A fetus. So there was nothing much to see; everything was dark because a fetus cannot open its eyes.
However, at regular intervals, Lucifer felt pain. It was pain of many kinds. Sometimes it felt as if someone was giving him a fresh wound, sometimes as if someone was rubbing salt on his soft body. And in the end, Lucifer felt a pain as if someone had thrown him into boiling oil.
All these different kinds of pain were making Lucifer's heart even colder. Because it was not Lucifer who had endured these pains — it was his dead daughter 'Seren' who had endured them. The daughter whom Christopher, Sarah, and Rotveil had killed while she was still a fetus in the womb. Sarah herself had killed Lucifer's daughter 'Seren' inside her own womb.
That was why today Lucifer's anger had reached its peak.
Lucifer thought,
"Why should these fools be allowed to live even one more day? I will kill them one by one with painful deaths."
And that was the reason why, at this moment, Lucifer was wearing his sacrificial robe, and bloodlust had completely taken over him.
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