Being lied to was one of the most common but greatest forms of betrayal.
A lie is always a double-edged sword.
It allowed one to attain any goal but once uncovered, leave behind a scar that will never disappear.
Once the victim realizes that they were lied to, the image of the person will forever be tainted with the grasp of lies. Such victims find it hard to find trust ever again, ti is the only redy that could ease the unrest and eventually make the victim brave enough to try and trust again.
Right after the supposed incident—compelling that bravery will be very hard.
However, it wasn't impossible.
Lucivar knew such a way and he was using it right now.
He positioned himself as soone true to himself, regardless of the situation.
A character that he already planned to showcase to Elira.
As soon as his character—or the impression of him was engraved in Elira's mind, it would be way easier for her to trust him. Of course, that wouldn't be enough to completely win Elira over. But now, with the fact that he has now beco her savior, that easily compelled her to the edge of trusting him.
'It wasn't complete, she's wary of and that's fine. Soon, she will throw her life at ' He thought.
"You want to trust you?" Elira repeated.
"Yes," Lucivar replied firmly. "I want you to trust , no matter what happens"
Blinking her eyes, she then nodded, "Okay, I'll trust you. You saved my life, that's the least I can do"
Of course that was a blatant lie.
Lucivar knew that she didn't trust him fully but with the situation, she was at least willing to try.
And that was enough for the mont.
"Now…" Lucivar turned his attention to Axel who was now barely conscious from the direct explosion he suffered. "Tell , Elira, what do you want to do with him? Rember, he tried to sell you off to those people. If you fell into their hands, you would be used until you're only skin and bones before being sold off"
Upon hearing this, Elira sighed grimly, "I know, you don't need to remind . I understand…"
Despite saying that, it was clear that she was hesitating.
However, that hesitation didn't survive for long as she looked at Lucivar again.
This ti, her gaze was firm and sharp, "Kill him"
Lucivar grinned savagely at her command—he thought she would be soft but she didn't.
He wasted no ti stomping Axel's head—causing his skull to fracture, and explode into a pool of blood and brain matter—killing him on the spot. Mirel—and Leandra didn't flinch at this unlike Elira since both of them had seen Lucivar go all out.
Killing was not a problem for Lucivar, at least not anymore.
Glancing back at Axel who was now a headless corpse, Elira felt a sharp pain stabbing her chest.
An hour ago, they were laughing and in love, and now—he was dead.
It was so funny how the world could shift so fast.
Just then as Lucivar lifted his foot, his eyes suddenly widened in shock.
Out of nowhere, he could feel a surge of energy climbing inside of him that appeared out of nowhere.
Realizing that sothing was happening and he couldn't hold it, Lucivar turned away.
Instinctively, he went to stand incredibly close to Sabrina who was behind him.
Mirel, Leandra, and Elira were surprised and also confused when they saw him turning away so fast.
On the other hand, Sabrina looked up at him with a frown.
But when she realized that Lucivar's eyes were flickering from golden to erald, as well as the veins across his face pulsating with an erald hue, she quickly threw both of her arms—over his shoulders and pulled his head into her embrace.
Her aim was simple, she was trying to hide Lucivar's face from the others.
"Lucivar, what's wrong?" Leandra approached and reached her hand toward him.
Sabrina, however, slapped her hand away, "Master is tired, I believe it's getting late and we need to go back to the academy. Master Mirel, can you be the one to report this to the Hybrid Association? Master Lucivar and I will go back to the academy first"
"Eh…?" Mirel raised a brow, mildly surprised. "Alright, I'll handle it from here. Don't worry"
Nodding her head, she brought Lucivar away.
Despite clearly not wanting to be disturbed, Leandra tagged along.
Since she ca with them, she would go back with them.
On the other hand, Lucivar could feel his heart rate increasing—by the second.
His heart was beating so hard that he could hear it directly in his eardrums.
'This energy… This power… It's certainly Loki's power,' Lucivar thought inside, the familiarity he had with this energy made it clear—that it belonged to Loki. 'Gandr, what's happening? Don't you dare ignore this ti, I know you can explain this'
Even though Lucivar sounded desperate, in reality, he was relishing this power inside of him.
It caught him off guard and his heart rate increased rapidly but this was undoubtedly a good thing.
As demanded, Gandr appeared and coiled around his arm.
"Congratulations, you have awakened the Heart of Mischief Nakshatras" Gandr answered.
He then proceeded to explain what it was," It's a map of mischief fundantals relation to the very core of mischief, the heart. Mischief has always been playing on one's heart and emotions. Because of your previous endeavors, you unlocked two constellations within the nakshatras—Truth and Chaos"
"I can feel my ether reserve is increasing substantially," Lucivar mumbled.
Other than pumping blood, his heart now also amassed ether—doubling his ether reserve.
Not to ntion, he could feel the ether within it brushing against his Supernatural Ego, advancing his rank steadily. Lucivar had only broken through to the second star and now, he was halfway to reach the third star.
It was a monstrous progression and the best part—his heart was still amassing ether.
Lucivar couldn't believe that his rank was progressing without the need for his natural ether.
But then again, Loki is a God—his power is beyond comprehension.
"Don't fight back the process," Gandr continued. "Once it's done, you'll know what you really get"
Upon hearing this, Lucivar nodded inwardly.
From how Gandr said that—it seed his progression in rank wasn't the main thing he would obtain.
Just then, as he was a few paces away—Mirel's voice echoed once again.
"I forgot to ntion," He shouted from behind, halting Lucivar and the others mid-track. "I contacted Callista earlier out of fear that you'd hurt Elira. Since it has co to this, do you want to wait and tell Callista yourself or do you want to tell her what happened here?"
Lucivar's eyes instantly widened when he heard this.
"Shit…" He cursed under his breath. "Sabrina! Get out of here!!"
Not questioning his decision, Sabrina wanted to sprint away and brought him along with her.
But at the sa ti, Gandr warned, "Dodge!"
Even though he heard what Gandr said, Lucivar had no ti to react.
A figure flew from outside and tackled him.
With a simple slap, Sabrina was thrown away while Leandra got pushed back by the forceful wind.
"Blood…?" Leandra's breath hitched as she ca to a realization. "A Chrysalis-rank Vampire Hybrid!"
Crash!!
Lucivar coughed a mouthful of blood as he got slamd onto the wall and held up by his neck.
He looked down at the attacker and saw that the attacker was a man wearing a white and blue uniform, the world-shaped emblem on his chest showed that he ca from the Hybrid Association. Gritting his teeth, Lucivar tried to say sothing but the clench around his neck got tighter.
Even though he wanted to defend himself, he couldn't say a single word.
Swish!
Ruthlessly, the attacker punctured his nails into Lucivar's neck and began absorbing his blood.
Under his power, Lucivar could feel his strength being drained away.
Blinking with determination—Lucivar channeled 15 God strands into his leg and kicked the attacker on his chest hard. A mild ether shockwave exploded upon the kick, surprising the attacker as he got pushed several steps back and his grip on Lucivar's neck slipped.
However, Lucivar was not a match.
Splash!
Several blood lances protruded out of the wall behind him and stabbed both of his hands.
Lucivar was forced to let out a painful groan as he got pinned to the wall.
"What's the aning of this?!" Mirel shouted in utter shock, not expecting a Hybrid to attack Lucivar out of nowhere like this. "Aren't you from the Hybrid Association? Doing this to another Hybrid… you need to have a warrant against him! What cris has he committed?!"
Elira also stood up with an evident frown, "I'm sure there must be a misunderstanding"
Just then, however, an overbearing voice reverberated through the air.
"No, there's no misunderstanding," A woman walked out of the ergency staircase, one that caught Elira completely off guard as this woman was her mother—Callista. Stopping to face them, she crossed her arms and lifted her chin slightly in arrogance. "Lucivar has been charged with a cri, and he will not be brought into custody"
"Cri? What cri?" Leandra asked in distress while climbing back to her feet.
Sabrina also refuted, "I've been with him all the ti and I can attest that he has done no cri"
Upon hearing this, Callista glanced at them briefly and smirked.
It was clear that she ca here with bad intentions.
"For killing a student of the Bloodhaven Academy," She replied in scorn. "That student, Axel"
As soon as the na left her lips, everyone was stunned.
For a brief mont, all of them thought that their ears were impaired for so reason and they heard her wrong. After all, it was Axel who committed a cri—setting up Elira to be sold. Lucivar, on the other hand, was the one who tackled the situation and saved Elira.
Not to ntion, he killed Axel at Elira's discretion.
But seeing that Callista was being serious, the others realized that Lucivar was being set up.
"Are you serious?!" Leandra blurted out in anger—she couldn't believe that Callisa would resort to this kind of shaless ans. "He's the one who saved your daughter from being taken by a gang, and yet, you frad him like this?"
"If anything, Elira was at fault. She was the one who told Lucivar to kill him!" Sabrina also shouted.
"Madam Callista, this is injustice," Mirel approached and said firmly.
Despite their reasons, all of them fell on deaf ears.
Callista has no intention of freeing Lucivar the mont she cos here to confront him.
Realizing that her mother used the situation to fra Lucivar, Elira walked over to her—and reached for her arm tenderly, "Mom, he saved my life. Had it not for him, I would be in great trouble right now. I don't think this is fair for him,"
"He ruined our family—and now that he saved you, he's sohow a saint?" Callista raised an eyebrow, looking at Elira in utter disappointnt. "He's the devil, he saved you because it served him. Go back to the academy, Mother will handle him"
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