After leaving the room, he dashed toward the torture chamber, followed by Wisteria. But he stopped before entering and said with a long sigh,
"... Sigh... Lucifer... Be a damn strong man... You aren't allowed to show your emotions… Not now…
Is it a matter that you are loved or not?… What matters is that you do what they asked you to do… so you are not outcasted by society.
Love is meaningless here…. You are not meant for being loved, but for being used…. You are just a tool… You don't belong here.
So comply with your destiny and keep moving forward."
In his stupor he didn't notice the melancholic expressions of Wisteria and Mia, who was following him silently. He thought, 'Cheer up, buddy.'
Then he said, "My dear Wess."
Westeria replied, "Yes, Master."
Lucifer asked, "Did Allen complete the assigned work?"
Wess said, "Yes."
He asked, "Did he record it all?"
She said, "Yes."
He asked, "Why so serious, dear Wess?"
She said nothing, not knowing how to answer.
Then he said, "Are you feeling bad for me?"
She didn't say anything again.
He turned towards her as Mia hid in a dark corner of the room.
He said, "Am I also not loved by you?"
She glanced at him, then with a sudden action grabbed his collar, pulled him down, and gave him a passionate kiss.
As she pulled back she said, "Master, I hope you have got your answer."
To this Lucifer hugged her and said, "I have, Wess. Now I know my answer. Thanks."
Tears ran out of his eyes as Wisteria felt two cold drops land on her shoulders.
Lucifer turned and said in a stern voice, "Wess, just forget what happened just now."
Wess said, "Why, Master?"
Not wanting to argue with her, he said, "Do whatever you want."
As he said it, Wess hugged him from behind and said, "Yes, Master. I'm doing whatever I want."
Lucifer didn't say anything and just nodded, then asked, "Are Mom, Sis Amelia and Sarah fine? Is Mom fine?"
Wess said, "Yes, she is fine. Madam is recovering well and Miss Amelia is sleeping. I think approximately 10 minutes before you left the room, Master Christopher also arrived. Right now Miss Sarah and Master are having sex while Master is kissing her passionately and she is riding him."
Lucifer smiled and said, "Let them accompany each other. I think I'm really unnecessary in this household. Dad can take care of everyone here."
He turned towards her and said in a meek tone,
"Wess, can I… can I spend tonight with you?
I mean just you and me?"
"You know, Wess, I'm really good at making women pregnant but Wess, I don't want my child to be Allen's.
I'm already lonely enough here, Wess. I don't want my child to also leave me, so just bear my child and give it to me so that I don't feel this inner void again.
I promise you, Wess, whatever you ask me I'll give you, but just let me have a child with you — with a woman I love, with someone I belong to. Because I know I don't belong here. No one here loves me except you, I think."
Wess remained silent and said, "Young Master—"
Lucifer cut her words, putting his index finger on her lips. "There is no 'Young Master' for you. Don't push me to that distance. Please call me Lucifer or Luci."
Wess, startled, then smiled faintly and said,
"My dear Lucifer, you don't have to give me anything in return for bearing your child. But even if you want, just give me another one in place of the child you will be taking."
Lucifer said, "Thank you."
"Now Wess, listen — spread the video we recorded in the underground room to the whole of Everwood and the Asher Duchy, okay?
And tell Allen that you will be with me for tonight. As for Allen, for compensating him for using/loving his wife to my heart's content, I'll barter half of my funds to him. Is it enough for him? Or does he want more? Ask him and tell me, okay?"
"Wess, after today I'll be leaving Everwood for some time as I have some scores to settle, but I promise you I'll return back very soon.
Why wouldn't I come back? I have my baby here to talk with."
Wess smiled at his antics and said, "Master Allen also doesn't want anything in return, and if you want to give him something, just don't give him mini heart attacks like you usually do.
Where will you be going, Master?"
Lucifer said, "Asher Duchy."
Initially, listening to Lucifer's confession and his demand for a child from Westeria, Mia felt utter jealousy, thinking why he loves her so much or why she loves him even though she is married to Allen.
When Lucifer said 'Maybe I belong with you,' she felt like someone was scratching her heart and rubbing salt on it.
When Lucifer said "Don't call me Master, call me Lucifer," that wounded and salted heart felt like someone was also rubbing pepper powder on it.
But his last words nailed the coffin tight and close.
Lucifer said, "Westeria."
Lucifer rarely used her full name and only when something was very serious, and everyone including Wisteria and Mia knew it.
"Westeria, after tonight I will go to eradicate the Asher Duchy. I won't spare any men, women or children. They will face the monster tomorrow that they have created themselves."
"And Westeria, there is one more request of mine. Will you accept it?"
Wess said, "What is that, Lucifer?"
Lucifer smiled and said, "Westeria, I want that when I return after conquering the Asher Duchy, you marry me.
Along with Allen, accept me as your husband as well.
I want to see you as the new Duchess of the Duchy, where our children can live in happiness and peace."
"That's your decision. If you don't want to, just ignore what I said," Lucifer spoke.
Westeria's eyes were watery as she stumbled but still held the wall for balance, straightened up and said, "Master, I'll be your wife. I don't want to be a Duchess. I just want to be your Wess and Allen's honey. I don't want anything else.
If no one accepts you, your Wess will. If you don't belong to this household, Master, you belong to me. How can they be so cruel to let you suffer like this? How selfish they are."
Westeria cried as Lucifer spoke, "Don't curse them, Wess. They are still my family. I don't know if anyone sees me as their own, but I still hope that Mom will accept me. Even if she doesn't accept me and uses me like I'm some kind of breeder, I'm also satisfied with that.
I know if no one accepts me in this treacherous world, you will. I belong to you, Wess."
To this she said, "Yes, Master. You belong to me."
Hearing the conversations between Mia, Lucifer, and Westeria, it felt as if the ground were slipping away from beneath her feet.
Her son, Lucifer, was drifting farther and farther away from her.
Mia began to feel intense jealousy toward Westeria, yet she could do nothing — because she didn't even know what she was supposed to do.
Because the fault lay with Mia herself, Lucifer's mother, and with Amelia and Sarah, Lucifer's sisters.
They had never paid any attention to Lucifer's state of mind; instead, they had remained selfish.
But now Mia felt that if all these misunderstandings were not cleared up immediately, Lucifer would keep moving away from them forever.
What would remain would be nothing more than a human husk — someone who would listen to them and carry out their commands, but would no longer love them.
This thought pierced Mia's heart again and again.
Lucifer's words — 'I belong with you, Westeria, not here' — kept tormenting her.
Her heart was breaking, crying in pieces.
Mia thought that if she hadn't pretended to sleep and had just hugged him at that time, she wouldn't have to face the current situation…