Make him cry?
Facing the sudden strange request from the red-haired director, Director Serpent wanted to ask more, but Leon's hand, after untying the security officer, had already retracted into the mirror world.
Seeing that ti was pressing, Director Serpent had to hurriedly follow the red-haired director's request. He bit his own finger and then extended a hand, finer than a needlepoint, out of the pine cone and into the security officer's vein.
"Wah!!!"
As Director Serpent's blood mixed into the veins, an inexplicable sorrow surged into the heart of the security officer, causing him to break into uncontrollable sobs.
Hearing his crying, which seed not like a sigh of relief after a disaster, but more like utter despair, the "hand," which was originally ready to leave after the rescue, paused and then grabbed the security officer's belt buckle, pulling him out of the dungeon through the mirror world.
"Where am I...?"
"Why are you crying?"
After checking the security officer's Heart Lake and discovering it was filled with despair and pain as if there was no hope for the future, Leon couldn't help but frown:
"I saved you from a whipping, yet you seem to be suffering a great cri instead?"
"I... I..."
"Feel free to speak up."
Following the security officer's gaze, Leon saw Prince Vernon, who was chatting jovially with "himself," and led the officer a few steps away from Prince Vernon and his guards.
"They can't see you now; they can only see the illusion I put out. No one knows I've taken you away."
"Then you are..."
"You don't need to know who I am."
Even after discreetly checking the security officer's body, finding nothing amiss, Leon still wasn't entirely at ease. He continued to scrutinize the officer's spiritual state and asked with narrowed eyes:
"Just tell why you suddenly started crying."
I... I don't know why either; I just suddenly felt like crying...
Facing Leon's questioning, the security officer was about to answer when strands of crimson fluid had already coursed through his veins, silently infiltrating his brain, expanding dark veins in the whites of his eyes, and causing his expression to freeze slightly.
Then, more of the crimson liquid spread, occupying most of the security officer's body organs, tongue root, sinuses, eardrum, frontal lobe...
Several drops of crimson liquid elongated and dispersed, racing through his veins at an incredibly terrifying speed. Within less than a tenth of a second, they thoroughly circulated through the entire body, weaving a dense web of blood inside him.
"I... I'm worried that because I evaded punishnt, the security departnt of the Boarding Tower will fire ..."
After a pause of about a tenth of a second, the security officer, while sneaking a glance at Leon's expression, pleaded in a low voice:
"Sir, you might not be familiar with the situation in our Kingdom. The law's fairness cannot be desecrated, so... please send back and let finish my punishnt!"
"..."
"Please!"
After sneaking a glance at the sowhat stunned Leon, the security officer knelt down with a thud, bowing his head as he desperately implored:
"I really can't lose this job, I have a family to support, I have a sick sister and a brother in school, the whole family relies on my salary... Please! Just send back! If they find out I evaded punishnt, they will certainly dismiss !"
A sick sister, a brother still in school...
Leon fell silent for a mont, then pulled the security officer up, tracing gently with his fingertip on the officer's chest and abdon, using the power of [False Illusion] to create a dozen bleeding wounds, then said warmly to the wide-eyed security officer:
"These wounds on your body will last for about a month, and even if soone touches them, they absolutely can't tell if they're real or fake… Go back, now you don't have to worry about being fired."
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Touching his wounds and discovering he could actually sar the blood, the security officer, both shocked and delighted, nodded repeatedly and tightly grabbed Leon's arm, tearfully thanking him:
"Mother of Lightlessness... No, no! Father of Dawn Horn! The light cast by Father of Dawn Horn will surely illuminate your way!"
Mother of Lightlessness, Father of Dawn Horn... the "gods" respectively worshipped by the Abysmal Church and the Luminous Church?
Gazing at the security officer's completely opposite white hair, Leon nodded slightly, mimicking his manner and said:
"Then may the Mother of Lightlessness bless you… Go ahead, once you get ho, touch your bottom and remove the attachnt from it so others can see you."
"Thank you! Thank you!"
With so incoherent thanks toward Leon, the security officer, with a sheep's tail on his rear, walked away full of gratitude.
And two tiny red pine cones, almost invisible to the naked eye, silently erged from the veins in his back during his pleas, drifting away in Leon's blind spot, and eventually landing on Prince Vernon's neck.
Hmm... What's this?
Suddenly feeling an itch on his neck, Prince Vernon scratched it but found nothing, so he had to lower his arm and reveal an awkward expression to the smiling Leon, Prince of the Kingdom.
"Actually, the streets of Lily City are usually very clean, with most of the dust kept outside the city. I don't know what's going on today, suddenly there's a bit of wind and sand... Wait!"
At this point, as if rembering sothing abruptly, Prince Vernon, whose eyes subtly filled with bloodshot veins, exclaid, "Oh!" and then, with an apologetic expression, said:
"Lord Leon, I've just rembered. My father is not in good health and is used to napping in the afternoon. The doors to the inner hall should be closing soon, and if we go now, we might have to wait a few hours to et him."
"Is that so..."
Quickly catching up a few steps and rging with the illusion left behind for conversation, Leon studied the suddenly changing Prince Vernon and calmly said:
"While my business is urgent, a few hours don't make a difference... How about this, since we can't et His Majesty the King right now, why not invite you to show around Lily City?"
"Haha, I had the sa thought."
Facing Leon's proposal, Prince Vernon's eyes brightened slightly. He glanced at Leon's black hair and then said with a smile:
"Coincidentally, both churches in Lily City are recently preparing for their ceremonies. How about I take you for a visit to the Abysmal Church?"
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