After the use of Alice's magic, Lucio was slightly affected. Even though he is resisting, the one using the magic is one of the strongest in the Vinea family.
"Lucio, why are you resisting? Accept my love." Said Alice.
Lucio strongly resisted but slowly his eyes became blank. But somehow, he still resists the magic.
"Oh, as expected from one who knows as a genius. But how long will you resist"
In his desperate state, he tries to hurt himself using his magic to unbind from the spell. But suddenly, the magic that was used by Alice was canceled.
"Who goes there?" Alice shouts.
"It's not a good thing for a young and beautiful lady to forcefully enter a young man's room, lady Alice" To surprise Lucio's Mother slowly walks from the shadow. She has been following Alice since she saw Alice speak to Lucio after he leaves the discussion about his mission. She realizes that Alice is plotting something after so many rejections.
"Oh, It's Duchess Rebecca. Good evening" She wishes her while biting her teeth.
"Oh my, good evening. Although it's an awkward situation" She chuckles.
"So, Lady Alice. What are you trying to do?" Lady Rebecca asked with a smile.
"I was trying to talk something to sir Lucio," she says while sweating.
"But it is inappropriate to speak to an engaged man at night in this dress," Lady Rebecca says while looking at Lucio. He suddenly got a shiver and was confused.
Alice shocks when hearing that Lucio is engaged.
"He is engaged? When? Why hasn't anyone known about it?" She enters in a state of shock.
"We didn't announce it because it was only an agreement. When time for the ring exchange, it will be announced and will be done grandly"
Alice is in a broken state and slowly walks.
She suddenly stops and turns back "Sorry for the disturbance, Sir Lucio and Duchess Rebecca" After saying this, she turns and slowly walks away.
"Phew. Why she is so persisting?" Lady Rebecca says.
"Thank you, Mother" Lucio says and Lady Rebecca says "It's okay" with a smile.
"That to be said. Mother, can you explain why you called me an engaged man?"
"Oh, even though you are not engaged right now. You still love Elsha, right?" Lucio coughed lightly when she said that.
"But Mother, I didn't even say how I feel about her"
"*Sigh* My son, you should need backbone for it. Why are you not telling her? Back then your father was begging to marry me. Even though he was begging, he was honest" One of the dark stories of the mighty Duke was exposed.
"Father? Begged?"
"I know you will not believe it. You know that I was to become the head of my household. Back then when your father fell in love with me, he begged me to marry him at first, but I rejected him when I thought about my family. But I agreed after so much begging and crying in front of me. So, I passed my seat to my younger brother and married your father" After the story, the image of the proud duke fully collapsed.
"By the way, don't tell your father I told you this story. Or else he will be embarrassed to see you" She chuckles and then she continues her conversation.
"So, you should be honest about your feelings. Or else you will regret it later" she reminds him.
"But Mother I didn't know I would love someone one day. I even took months to understand what the feeling that affects me when I'm with Elsha"
"*Sigh* ok I understood. Then be sure to tell her how you feel when you find her. Okay now go to sleep" she says to Lucio and slowly walks.
Lucio closes the door and drops to bed.
"Haa. It was a tiring day, really" and slowly gets into his bed.
"Even though Mother says that. How do I express my feelings?" Lucio was in deep thought. He turns around and around and slowly sleeps.
But in the room of Lady Alice, it was a disaster. She throws and breaks things to vent her anger.
"Why didn't you choose me? Who is the girl you choose?" she says while throwing stuff. The butler and her servants try to stop her but are all pushed back.
"I need to know who is this person that can make Lucio agree to the engagement. Find which household. Everything. I need to know who she is." All servants kneel and disappear.
"Well, let's see how she will marry him when she is dead. I will not allow anyone to be accepted by Lucio. If I can't marry him, then nobody will marry him" she says while giving a creepy laugh.
The night of madness slowly falls with the rise of the nether sun. The lady Alice and her people leave the mansion. The peaceful days of Lucio pass while helping his father's work, spending with his siblings, taking a tour through his land, and talking to his people. Then the day for Lucio to depart for his mission arrived. After saying his goodbyes to his family, he slowly enters the carriage to go to the realm gate. The carriage moves when the hell horse slowly walks under the command of the horse rider. The carriage of Lucio exits the mansion gates and destinates towards the realm gate.
While so many things happened in the nether realm. In Archonia, Elsha completed her first guild mission and walked together with Iris. Elsha was covered in feathers.
"Big sis, you are cruel," Elsha says to Iris.
"Why do you think so Elsha?"
"You selected the chicken-catching quest for me because it was easy. The chicken was about a size of 4 feet and was there hundreds of them. When I was caught in the hordes of chicken, you didn't help me. Also, you were laughing"
"No, my dear Elsha. I didn't laugh at you" she says while holding back her laughter.
"See, you are laughing" Elsha throws a tantrum at Iris.
They were laughing and talking about the incident, and slowly reached the guild. But they noticed that the guild was in a hurry and so many guild members assembled in front of the Adventure guild. The staff of the guild was announcing. "All C to S+ rank adventurers have to assemble now. It is an emergency"
Elsha was confused and asked Iris "Big sis, what's happening?"
When Iris didn't say anything, Elsha looked at Iris. She noticed that Iris was sweating. In a shivering voice, Iris said. "So, in the end, it is finally happening"