Chapter 718 - 718
"There you are. I forgot to ask you something. Did you send your men to search for me in the city? Ask them to return. I don't want Xaen to know I'm here. I don't want him to run," Lucifer said before leaving once again.
"Huh? He doesn't want Xaen to run away? Is he being serious? Since he's here for Xaen, I thought he had a possibility of defeating Xaen. But to think that Xaen might run from him? Just who exactly is this guy? What's his relationship with Xaen?"
All he knew about Lucifer was that he was on a cruise with his wife a few decades ago. After that point, he didn't know anything. He didn't know who Lucifer was and what he did in the outside world.
"Both of them do have one thing in common. It has been years, and Xaen still looks like a kid because of the side effects of his abilities. Similarly, this still looks the same as he did decades ago. The only difference is the hair?"
"Could they be brothers?"
He ran after Lucifer as well.
The food was already prepared in the mansion before the arrival of Jake, and it was immediately served as soon as Jake asked.
Meanwhile, Jake also introduced Lucifer to his staff members, making up stories about their old adventures together and how they were old friends.
He also told everyone that Lucifer was going to be staying here for some time as a guest since he couldn't allow his friend to stay at the hotel.
The man who was told to look for Lucifer previously also returned to find Lucifer sitting on the dinner table. They were stunned. The person they were looking for was here, eating happily.
Once again, Jake made up a story to cover for Lucifer and explain why it all happened.
He went with the excuse of trying to prank Lucifer, which he canceled after realizing that Lucifer was already back at the mansion, escaping the prank.
The guards were slightly suspicious of the excuse, but they ultimately chose to believe the story.
The search for Lucifer was stopped.
"Good work," Lucifer told Jake after finishing dinner. "I'm going to my room. If I need anything, I'll tell you."
"Your room?" Jake asked. "I didn't assign your room yet."
Lucifer smiled, bringing his lips near Jake's ears. "It's cute that you think you have the authority to assign my room."
He stood straight. "I'll be taking the room right beside yours. That side had a better view of the moon."
He left Jake behind and went upstairs.
"What did he whisper in your ears?"
"Nothing. He just thanked me for the dinner," Jake told his wife before he also stood up.
...
Lucifer took the neighboring room of Jake and once again returned to moon gazing. Tonight, he found the moon to be really interesting. It was calming his heart which had been in turmoil for some reason.
"I wonder if Eve met the old man. She should be back soon."
He wore his glasses. "Contact Eve."
"Unable to contact," Came the response to his command.
"Hmm? Unable to contact her? Why would that be?" Lucifer muttered, frowning.
"I don't think the village has any problem with signals. She has a satellite phone as well.'
"Trace Eve," He commanded again.
"Unable to trace. No signal available."
"This... Grandpa Chi doesn't use a phone either. I can't contact him. Do I really need to go there to check?"
He scratched the back of his head, walking back and forth.
"Something doesn't seem right at all."
"Alright, find the contact details of any of the villagers."
"Seven numbers located from the Directory."
"Call the first in the list."
...
One of the villagers was sleeping in the village. The day had been really hectic since the explosion took place. He had to help the other villagers in checking for bodies inside the rubble which took the entire day.
Finally, he returned to his bed to take a short nap, only to be disturbed by a call. In frustration, he didn't pick up the call.
The phone kept ringing, but the call wasn't picked up. In fact, the man even put the phone on silent to not be disturbed.
"Call the second number," Lucifer said after the first one wasn't picked up.
Another person was called. Instead of him, his wife picked up the phone.
"Who is it?" The man asked.
"Some unknown number." The wife said, checking the number while the phone kept ringing.
"Must be from those call centers. They kept disturbing me even when I said a thousand times that I didn't want a loan. Put the phone on silent and sleep."
"As you say." His wife placed the phone on the table.
The second call wasn't picked up either, which frustrated Lucifer even more.
"Call the third name in the list," he said.
Another phone in the village started ringing, but this time the call was picked up.
"Hello?"
"Finally, someone who picks up the call.'
"Who are you, man? Get to the point. After the explosion, I'm not in the mood to waste my time over a call. Who are you, and what do you need?"
"Explosion?!" Lucifer asked. "What explosion?"
"That's none of your concern. Tell me who you are and what do you need?"
"I'm L... ah, I mean, I'm Alex. I'm the Grandson of Grandpa Chi. I lived in the village for so long. Don't tell me you forgot me?"
"Ah, Alex! It's you! You couldn't have selected a better time to call. I was looking for a way to contact you and your grandpa to talk about the explosion."
"What explosion?" Lucifer asked. "What happened there?"
"It's about your home. I don't know why, but it suddenly exploded today—nothing left of your home except the land. Please return and see for yourself. And if you can contact your Grandfather, tell him as well."
"You mean Grandfather wasn't there when the explosion took place? And only our home was damaged?"
"That's right. We don't think he was here."
"You don't know where he is either?"
"Leave everything else. Just tell me when that explosion took place? And did you see a woman there before the explosion?"
"That's right. Some people did mention seeing a woman going to your house. We believe she was behind it. However, we can't ask her about it now."
"Did she leave?"
"No. We found a badly burnt body in the rubble. We think it's that woman. I don't know why she would blow up the house with her inside though. Maybe she was a crazy person looking to die."
"Anyways, come back and see for yourself. We already cleared the land though. If you need, we can help you with the new construction there as well."
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"Ah, Alex? Are you there? Alex?" After giving the news, the man didn't receive any response.. It was as if the other side went silent.