"You should wear these," Alia raised her head, revealing a set of clothes in her hand.
"Hmm? Where did you get them from?" Lucifer asked.
"Where do you think I get my own clothes from?" Alia responded. "We High Beasts can use the energy of this world to form clothes. Or we would all be naked when coming back to human form after transformation."
"Now, don't ask too many questions and get dressed. It's not good to stay in wet clothes."
Lucifer took the clothes, which were flaming red in color, matching the gown off Alia.
Lucifer took off the cloak and placed it on the ground. Only the cloak was still dry because of its peculiar nature, but his other clothes were wet.
Alia turned back without Lucifer having to ask to give him so privacy.
Lucifer took off his old clothes.
"Oh, I forgot to ntion, if you need a different color, you can tell . I can bring different clothes if you don't like re-"
Alia abruptly turned back as soon as Lucifer had taken off his clothes, rembering that she forgot to offer more choices to Lucifer; however, she remained still as her jaws dropped at the sight.
Lucifer was standing before her, completely naked. He had just finished taking off his clothes.
"I-i am sorry. I didn't see anything, I promise!" Alia hastily turned back as she started apologizing extensively.
Even though she had seen everything clearly, she decided to lie, so Lucifer wasn't embarrassed. However, she didn't realize that Lucifer wasn't embarrassed that much. So what if she saw him.
"It's alright. Don't worry about it," he replied as he finished wearing his clothes.
"T-thank you for not blaming . I didn't intend to look."
"As I said, don't worry about it. I know it wasn't your intention," Lucifer lazily answered.
He walked back to a rock that was lying near the pond. "Can you sit down as well? There are more things I want to know."
Alia sat before him. "About your parents?"
"That's right. This glove, did you bring it back?" Lucifer asked, tossing the glove before Alia.
"This...? I don't understand."
"This was one of the gloves my mother wore. I asked if you brought these gloves back the last ti you t her?"
"I don't think I did. She was wearing both her gloves when I saw her. I don't think I would have taken her gloves instead of saving her. Moreover, when I woke up, I didn't have any gloves in my hand. You sure that's the one she wore last ti?"
"I am sure of it. It was the one she wore last ti she left." Lucifer insisted. "I want to know how it ended up in this world since you were apparently the last one to et her."
"Where did you find it?" Alia asked, frowning. "Because I'm sure it wasn't brought back by . If it was actually the one she was wearing, then it's certainly odd."
"I found it inside the Thunder Lion Clan mansion
"There? H-how?" Alia was even more shocked than Lucifer. Since she didn't bring it back, she didn't understand how it ended up here.
"Looks like you don't know it either. I'll only get my answers from them." Lucifer stood up and walked closer to Alia.
He took the glove of his mother from her hand. "It's evening. We should get back."
Keeping the glove in his pocket, he started flying away, leaving Alia behind.
"Wait for !" Alia stood up and turned to a real phoenix before she started flying after him.
She soon caught up to him. "Don't tell you're going to the Thunder Lion Clan! You were responsible for the death of their heir! They'll eat you alive if they see you!"
"Well, they'll have to be capable enough to do that first," Lucifer calmly replied. "I don't have much ti, and I need my answers. If my answers rest inside the Thunder Clan Mansion, then even they can't stop from getting to them."
"I can't let you do that. I wasn't able to save your mother. I can't let you die as well! Let go talk to them instead if it's that important to you."
"No need. They don't answer honestly. You won't have enough leverage with them," Lucifer responded, refusing the offer. "As I said before, don't worry about . I am more than capable."
"But this..."
"Alia... Enough. I don't want to hear anything about that. Please let do what I want. I'm grateful to you for many reasons, but I won't listen this ti."
"But you'll die! How about you have the Snow Wolf Patriarch talk to them? They'll answer!"
"Sigh, you really think I'll die?" Lucifer asked, sighing.
"Yes," Alia responded.
Lucifer looked at Alia, sighing. "Maybe you're right. I shouldn't be stupid just for so answers. What was I even thinking? I can't take on an entire clan. I shouldn't do it. I'll ask the elders to help ."
"That's exactly right! Now you understand!"
"Yeah. Thank you for stopping from being stupid." Lucifer nodded.
"By the way, I just realized it. Didn't you say before that your mother wants you to marry so you can be safe? Is that related to your poison?" Lucifer asked, changing the topic.
Instead of going back and forth, it was just better to lie to her that he wasn't going to do it if that got rid of the argunt. After lying, he conveniently changed the topic.
This topic was the weakness of Alia which quickly distracted her.
She sighed as she answered. "That's right. My mother is convinced that the treasure possessed by the Golden Crow Clan can heal ."
"However, Golden Crows don't want to help for no reason. They asked for my hand in marriage to their son in exchange for helping . And since then, my mother has been trying to force . In fact, she gave a deadline of tonight to agree."
"Since your poison isn't a problem anymore, you don't have any reason to be forced, right?" Lucifer asked.
"The poison is still inside my body. And my mother can see it. You healed the poison that had reached the outer layer of my skin. The core is still inside my body. It'll only get stronger and reach my skin again. I have relief from this poison but not healed."
"Since my mother can see it, she won't listen to . Moreover, it's not as if you're always going to be here for to heal .. That's certainly what her first argunt is going to be," Alia replied.
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