Incursio started enjoying the feast prepared "lovingly" by Alex.
After breakfast, the duo departed from their house, everyone bowed upon seeing them because while they got a new Lord, the status of these two is undoubtedly higher. Nobody would dare to underestimate them. Alex and Incursio ignored them as they continued to enjoy their date which would be probably their last Incursio believed.
A few hours later in the tallest building in the city overlooking the city, Alex proposed to tell Incursio a story from Earth. This happened because of the status on top of the tallest building, it evoked a certain mory in him thus this proposition.
Although Incursio would never admit it openly before this man, she's a fan of stories.
"What's the story? What's the story? Tell now!"
Alex shook his head with a smile. He looked at the statue.
"A long ti ago, there was a certain couple..."
"The man was gallant and handso while the lady was very beautiful..."
"Their encounter was as if fate had orchestrated their destinies. When everyone realized it, they had already beco the most talked-about couple in that region..."
"It was only soti later that the lady found out about the man's real identity. That handso man was a vampire. To be more specific, he was a vampire noble from the Lost Warlord faction."
"The lady didn't discriminate against her handso lover. The handso man apologized profusely for hiding his identity from her, but she still accepted him anyway..."
"Alas, the good tis didn't last long. The Lost Warlord Empire was still in its infancy, the first primogenitor, the Lost Warlord was in constant battles with other factions."
"To defeat his enemies and solidify the empire's position, the Lost Warlord drafted all his vampire subjects. They planned to fight a decisive battle that will settle it once and for all."
"As a direct descendant and a noble affiliated with the Lost Warlord, the handso man had to answer the call to arms. The admired pair was faced with the fate of separation..."
"The beautiful lady accepted reality. Even when the man is anguished over duty and romance. She understood his pain and did her part, she understood what must be done and she accepted his explanations. She also swore to wait for her lover to return."
"In the end, before the handso man left, he swore the sa, that he would fight to the very last drop of his blood to end the war as soon as possible to return to her side..."
"With his burning love for his lover at ho, the handso man busted his back all so the war can end just a second sooner. Tried he did, however, the war still took 50 years to co to an end."
"50 years! For humans, that's already more than half of their expected lifespans in your forr world isn't it?'' Incursio who learned about Alex's world inquired and he nodded before continuing his story.
"The handso felt deep remorse. He regretted how he didn't turn the beautiful lady into his blood servant, which would have lengthened her lifespan. Is his lover still healthy? 50 years had already passed, does she still love him? Is she still even waiting for his return?..."
"The handso man had no idea. At least, he was sure his love still burned for her. When the war ended, the handso man imdiately made his way back to see a scene that he will never forget..."
"The house he shared with his lover had already fallen into disrepair. 50 years of wear and tear made the building look like it had been abandoned long ago. Inside the building where the ceiling requires a major overhaul, his lover's still there."
"After 50 years, the beautiful lady is already no more. She's now a terminally ill old woman who laid on her decrepit bed..."
"That's not the most important thing. The handso man will never forget the relieved and happy smile the old lady showed him when he stepped into the room. Her eyes lit up and her aged wrinkles almost disappeared as if the lady held onto life just to fulfill the promise she had with the handso man. In her final monts, the lady closed her eyes with a placid smile upon her face..."
"The old lady never opened her eyes after that. Her weak but radiant smile beca a volley of arrows that shredded the handso man's heart..."
"He held onto his deceased lover's body and he shed tears of despair. That day, the rain was particularly heavy..."
"Every ti soone passed through that lane, they would always see a young man holding an old lady's body while rooted to that spot. It was the sight of a broken man in a broken ho. The handso man was alive but any resemblance of vitality was gone. He didn't eat, he didn't drink, he just kneeled there like a statue..."
"Out of pity, the residents dug a well near the handso man. They would give the handso man water by gathering water from that well. That beca a ritual for the people nearby. They ca in their spare ti to feed the guy water..."
"This went on for a year... two years... five years... a decade..."
"After who knows how long, one resident ca by to give the guy so water and they discovered it..."
The handso man was gone and the old lady in his embrace was also gone..."
"There was only the well they dug for him and a statue..."
Alex sighed after retelling this story.
He heard about this story from an assault mage colleague.
Despite building up an immunity to this story, it still filled Alex with lancholy.
Alex looked back only to flinch in shock.
Unknowingly Incursio was in tears, her lips were also pursed like soone's bullying her. Upon seeing this he could only bitterly laugh.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Uuu..."
Incursio sniffed, and with tears in her eyes, she continued.
"That's so sad..."
"Really?"
Alex chortled.
"Did you know? The ones who fed the guy water, they, even their descendants were blessed with blissful relationships. They all lived happily ever after. This statue made rember that story.'' He told her.
She was stunned.
She tickled her nose and he grabbed her hand.
They walked up to the statue and the well in front of them.
"It's rumored that whoever brings their partner here and dowse the statue in a bowl of water will be blessed with luck by the handso man and the beautiful lady. They will be eternally bound together."
"They too will live happily ever after..."
Incursio who was in tears until now suddenly blushed as if she understood sothing. Her red eyes and face were like the most breathtaking portrait. Alex's heart raced just like Incursio's heart. Seeing her making such a normal face instead of her usual cold face ca as too much blow to him, but still, he didn't dislike this.
anwhile, Incursio forgot about the sadness she had from the story and a flustered but joyful feeling took over. She looked at the bowl of water in a daze.
Alex grinned. He told her in a serious and teasing tone.
"You need to think carefully, if you pour this bowl of water on the statue with , you're going to have to stay with for life. You can never leave..."
She returned to reality. She lowered her head while fuming with bashful steam. She fidgeted a short while and she reached out the grab the wooden bowl, she also placed her hand on Alex's hand.
The two slowly poured water onto the statue like they were offering up a treasure.
It wasn't imdiately known whether the glint they saw was light reflected off the statue or so other magical source.
Incursio clenched down on the wooden bowl. Her eyes were filled with happiness. She was glad to have t this man, now and forever she was sure of.
'I gonna make this last forever so don't tell it's impossible.' She mumbled inside her heart which had sohow started resembling that of a human.
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