The Return Of The Villainous Saint
Chapter 1. The Secret of the Bell Mansion
Kingdom of Avania, Southern Territory.
The people in the mansion were busy. Servants carried the gifts from the mansion and loaded them one by one in the carriages outside.
Maid
Maid 1: there are so many gifts. I envy the person who's going to receive this...
Maid
Maid 2: Did you know? All of these gifts are handpicked by the Count.
Maid
Maid 1: Really? For his lover?
Maid
Maid 2: What lover? These are for the Saintess. In a few days, she'll have her canonization ceremony.
Maid
Maid 1: Wow, where did you hear the news?
Maid
Maid 2: My cousin in the palace. He told me how she amazed the King and the Ministers with her powers...
Maid
Maid 1: It's a good thing that the Saintess is from our kingdom. Doesn't it mean only good and prosperous days are waiting for all of us?
Maid
Maid 2: Yeah, I also heard that there will be a grand festival after the ceremony, and it will be held for a week! The King will also announce those days as a national holiday.
Maid
Maid 1: That's good! I can go home! Glory to the Saintess!
Maid
Maid 2: There's more. Do you want to hear who the Saintess is?
The maid whispered something to her companion.
Maid
Maid 1: What? Are you sure?
Maid
Maid 2: Really. Unbelievable, right?
Maid
Maid 1: If it's really her... She's so damn lucky.
Maid
Maid 2: Well, it's destiny.
The maids giggled and hurried in doing their work.
On the other hand, the bright atmosphere in the mansion was completely opposite from what was below.
Below the manor was a secret underground dungeon.
It had been empty for so many years.
Until a few months ago, there were people who were brought here.
Only a few knights guarded the place. For the few who knew the secret, the more it would be hidden.
Under the magnificent mansion was the secret kept tightly by the Count.
A secret that, once came to light, shall bring ruin to everything.
Chapter 2. The Prisoner
In the dimly lit underground prison under the Bell's Mansion.
Footsteps echoed in the dim corridor and stopped in front of one of the prison cells.
Inside the prison cell was a man with long lustrous silver hair, restricted with magical iron chains.
His name was Lucian, a pitiful common born who ended up in such a state because of his foolish decisions and trusting the wrong person.
Lucian looked up coldly at the person who stood in front of his prison cell.
That man was the Count who owned the mansion where the underground prison was located.
That man was Liam Bell, the person he once trusted wholeheartedly...
And the person he once loved dearly.
There was an eerie silence.
The lights from the lamp flickered, and all Liam could see was Lucian's emotionless face.
Those beautiful eyes that used to look at him with love, trust, and happiness now gazed at him with freezing coldness and indifference.
Liam felt a sudden stabbing pain in his heart.
He looked away, erasing all unnecessary thoughts in his head.
Liam Bell
I heard you didn't eat again.
Liam Bell
You know it's not good for your body.
Liam Bell
Tell me what you want to eat. I'll ask the chef to make it for you.
Liam glanced at Lucian again, wandering his gaze to the interior of the prison.
Liam Bell
It's getting colder here. Just wait for a while, I'll move you to a room in the mansion.
Liam Bell
Just... you just have to behave.
Liam Bell
That's all I ask for.
Liam gritted his teeth, trying to suppress his irritation.
Liam Bell
I told you to be obedient.
Liam Bell
This place is not good for your health.
Liam Bell
Listen to me, I care about you.
Lucian
I don't need your care.
Lucian stared at him and scoffed.
Lucian
But of course, you should care.
Lucian
Otherwise, if I get sick, if I starve, if I die...
Lucian
Your precious childhood sweetheart will suffer.
Lucian
Hey, I heard she will be canonized soon?
Lucian
What do you think the people will do if they learn
Lucian
That the Saintess they worship right now
Lucian
I bet her head will roll down the very steps of the Temple she's walking right now.
Lucian
Are you angry? Why? Guilty?
Lucian
What you all did was a grave sin punishable by death.
Lucian
She deserves to die. How I wish she will be struck by lightning and die right now!
Liam Bell
I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!!! 😠
Liam looked at Lucian angrily.
Where did his previous sweet and docile lover go? The one in front of him was a devil.
The devil he created with his own hands...
Liam controlled his emotions.
Liam Bell
I'm sorry for shouting...
Liam Bell
We'll talk again after I come back.
Liam Bell
I hope you'll think it through and stop being a stubborn fool.
Liam walked away, stopped and looked back.
Lucian remained in his position, but his head was hanging down.
He did not even try to stop him or even look at him...
Chapter 3. Where did things go wrong?
He had long lost count of the time and how long he had stayed in this cold, damp, and dark place.
All the time, he was regretting...
How did things end up like this? Where did it all go wrong?
He thought he did the right thing.
He thought things were fine.
He believed that he had escaped that stupid fate.
But look where he is now...
Lucian
This is worse than death...
He smiled wryly. Tears fell down silently in his pale face.
Lucian
I'm so stupid... So stupid...
Two years ago, when he had that dream, he felt unbelievable.
And when faced with a big possibility that those vivid dreams were not lying to him...
Fear overcame his mind and heart.
He did live a life with no worries.
He met a friend who later became his lover.
He believed he won against destiny.
A pitiful stupid guy whose freedom was taken, betrayed, manipulated, and turned into a soulless puppet.
He met an end worse than what was in the dream...
And the most unfortunate thing was...
He lost the most important person to him.
Lucian
I'm so sorry...Mom...
Before that dream, it was only him and his mother in that little house, living in a world of two.
They were happy, contented, and at peace.
But all of it was taken away from him...
Or perhaps, he destroyed it with his own hands.
Because of his foolishness, cowardice, and arrogance.
Even at this time, he could still clearly remember how his dear mother risked her life to save him and helped him escape from this prison.
He watched as his mother's life faded away in front of his eyes.
He felt like his world suddenly fell apart.
Even when he was betrayed by his lover, even when he was imprisoned, even when he had to experience those torturous nights… All for the power they had coveted...
He only felt anger, thinking that once he escaped, he would make all of them pay back thousands times the pain they inflicted on him.
But now, losing that person...
His world was suddenly dyed black.
He did not know where to go anymore... He did not know how to live anymore...
He sank into emptiness and he lost all the glimmer of light in his eyes.
He had become a lost child.
The sharp sounds of footsteps rang in the silent dim corridor.
Lucian who was immersed in his depressive thoughts snapped out when he noticed a stranger standing in front of his cell.
A deep ethereal voice echoed in his ears.
？？？
Young man, are you lost?
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