The party concludes with a thank-you speech from the duke and the guest leaves slowly. After the end of the party, Lucio visits his siblings and gives both of them a present. Both of them jump in excitement and thank him. Upon opening Charlotte gets a brooch with a flame-colored gem that can protect her and enhance her magic. Carl is gifted with a magic sword. Both of them hug Lucio.
"Ok, now brother have some work" Both of them nod.
Lucio exits the room and goes back to his father's room.
"Father, may I come in"
"Yes"
Lucio enters the room and notices his mother was also present there and was discussing.
"Lucio, I told you that you have a mission, right? I was discussing it with your mother. As I said, after the death of the patriarch of the Archons. All the members of the Archon family and those who are related to them are killed or sold. So, it was concluded that all the Archons were dead. But after I heard about the young girl Elsha, although it is just a hope. I believe that there are some survivors of the family living in hiding"
"What do I need to do father?"
"Lucio, the patriarch was a friend of mine. Even though he had the same position as the 7 devil kings, he was friendly towards me when I was at the Archonia and that's how we became friends. So, I need you to find their trace, and if you find them help them. Even though I have searched them for thousands of years and never found anything" Alaric says with a sorrowful face.
"I will complete the mission, Father. If I find any trace of them, I will report you"
"Thank you, Lucio" The atmosphere was so silent and gloomy.
"Oh my, why give a sad face? Lucio, stay for 3 more days and depart for your mission. It has been so many years since you left home" Lucio's mother tries to lift up mood.
"Ok, Mother"
Lucio exits the room.
"*Sigh* It has been 5 days and no reports from Vulcan" Lucio walks in tense. While walking through the hallway, he notices that the lady Alice is standing in the middle of the hallway waiting. He thought of ignoring her.
"Good evening, sir Lucio"
"What happened lady Alice? Are you staying in the Dukedom?"
"Oh, sir Lucio, it's a long distance from Forcalor to Vinea. So, I'm staying for tonight and depart tomorrow"
"Then have a nice rest lady Alice. Good night"
After saying this Lucio leaves.
"Hmph. You always never give a face to me. But you are also a man, right? Let's see if you can reject the marriage proposal after this night"
Lady Alice smiles and plots for something. But a shadow notices the scene and disappears after the conversation.
After a long tiring day, Lucio arrives in his room and takes a bath. After dressing, he sits on the chair in front of the mirror and talks to it.
"Oh, Elsha. It has been so many days since we saw each other. Where are you? I didn't have a chance to express my feelings to her. Where are you now?" while thinking about Elsha, Lucio slowly falls asleep on the vanity table.
On the other side, Lady Alice was plotting to seduce Lucio.
"Let's see what you can do tonight under my charm. There is no man that I can't conquer" She confidently looks at the mirror and selects a dress for her when she approaches Lucio. She applies perfume, covers herself with a coat, walks out of her room, and closes it. When her mind was filled with how to perform to seduce Lucio, she didn't notice a shadow following her. She slowly walks through the hallway without making a sound. Without knowing anything, Lucio was sleeping and dreaming about the time he met Elsha and her stories about how she lived and her smile when he talked about his ventures.
When he was deep in his dreams suddenly a knock on his door. Lucio didn't care and tried to sleep again. But the door knocks again. He was annoyed and angrily walked towards the door and shouted.
"Who is it?"
Lucio notices that it is Alice wearing a night dress to seduce him.
"Lady Alice, don't you know it's inappropriate to approach a man's room at this late night and you are also a dignified figure of Vinea house"
"Sir Lucio, why don't we talk together sometime inside the room" Alice asks Lucio while applying a charm magic.