A Call

"We're having your big birthday party at the Fallen Palace today," Teressa said with a charming smile from the passenger seat as Matheo drove through the streets of the area.

Theos nodded to confirm his understanding, but his gaze was fixed on the window, through which images passed like blurred blobs.

'The Fallen Zone, eh,' Theos thought as he saw the thriving "city" that was called Zones.

Each family had a territory of the kingdom, and the Dukes were the ones who had the largest parts. Unlike normal dukes, the Fallen were given a large portion of the kingdom.

Roughly, each duke in each kingdom has four dukes, each with 25% of the kingdom's territory, but the Fallen family is different, as they get 40% of the entire kingdom's territory.

There are some cases where even small families, such as barons or counts, get a separate territory or zone. They have to be within a ducal territory, but these are rare families.

'And as a large family, we also have the best area in terms of security in all of Zeifer' Theos thought with a small smile of pride at the sight of all those people happily strolling the streets. 'Should I let them fall from grace to get more points?'

What began as a proud smile ended in a sinister grin, but he shook his head to dispel those thoughts and focused on the events that would take place later in his party.

'I already know a bit about how to master this path; at least I know how to protect my wings and activate my path when necessary' he reminded himself, having only taken a few minutes to understand his Path.

In the Zeifer world, there were multiple paths, from paths such as weapons, traits, physical, spirits, skills, and bloodline… An infinite variety of paths. 'But I received a Path as a physicist. The protagonist, Alan, will also awaken a similar Path just before entering the Academy' Remembering the whole plot, Theos felt a little dizzy.

The Path that Alan would awaken would not be easy; even in the novel, Theos' and Alan's Paths are at the same level; both are of the highest rank. 'But Alan's path is much more destructive…. The Dragon's Way, together with his other way, will become a "Dual Way'.

Just thinking about how lucky the protagonist was to wake up an extra path out of nowhere made him frown.

Without any awakening orb, he just woke up one day and that was it, by sheer luck. In the novel, such an event was great, but now that he's a villain? It just gave him a headache.

'Fortunately… I'll be able to steal his future main weapon' Theos smiled with a hint of mystery. 'Maybe it would be better not to come to my birthday after all' he concluded.

In fact, getting a new Path ruined a lot of his plans. He had planned to attend the banquet and introduce himself to everyone, but now that a more powerful Path would take longer to gain power, Theos decided to steal the main weapon from the protagonist.

"I never thought I'd be the one to call…" Theos sighed, pulling his cell phone out of his new pants pocket. Since almost all of his clothes were soaked in blood, he had to change his clothes completely.

Fortunately, the phone was undamaged, so Theos turned it on and decided to go straight to the calling application. Searching, he found the name of the person he wanted to call. "Luna."

*DING*

But just before he called Luna, someone else came on the phone. "There are coincidences, aren't there?" he smiled "Coincidences of life," Theos smiled when he saw who was calling him: Luna.

'Getting the guards to give you my contact number wasn't such a bad idea after all' he said before answering the call. Theos gathered negative energy from his body to create a small barrier to cover him so that no sound could escape and his parents could not hear his conversation.

"Hello?" a melodious voice came from the other side, making the black-haired man smile.

"Hello, little minion, what are you calling for?"

"Who am I supposed to tell?" she rolled her eyes as she replied to Theos' teasing.

"Ha, nothing, nothing, you're just a little minion, nothing more," he chuckled.

She didn't respond to Theos' taunts, but she could still feel her face lighting up with embarrassment and anger.

"Anyway, I'm calling because your own guards gave me your phone number, which you sent to my house yourself. Luckily no one saw it because that would have meant trouble," she sighed in relief, making Theos laugh.

"Besides, it's your birthday today, isn't it?" she asked, pouting at Theos' joking remarks.

"Yes, but forget it, I'm not going to my birthday. Instead, come with me somewhere special and who knows, maybe I'll get you a present."

"Really?" her eyes widened in surprise. 'Wasn't that a date?' she thought as she remembered what had happened and got even more excited, not knowing why, not knowing what those symptoms of falling in love were… ….

"Yes, wait for me just outside the barrier of my palace. I'll be leaving in the evening, around 21:00," he confirmed the schedule as he thought of all the things he had to think of and do before finally leaving.

"Wait, wait, but… At least tell me what we're going to do," she panicked, remembering that Theos could hang up at any moment.

"Remember that sect that infiltrated the banquet a week ago?" he asked seriously.

"Yes, I remember, I could never forget it even if fifty years had passed" she replied, this time frowning seriously. The mention of that sect couldn't be good at all, and she wasn't wrong.

"Easy. You're going to help me kill them all, every last one of them. We'll pretend we did it to avenge our fallen fellow nobles and take the glory," Theos declared with his widest grin, like a psychopath at the thought of how much negative mana he'll take.

"But-" she couldn't even finish her words when she heard Theos' next words, which made her blush deeply.

"I love you, see you soon."

Hearing Theos' words, Luna touched her hot cheeks with her hands without noticing that Theos had ended the call.

Instead, Theos removed the barrier with a big smile. 'I'm finally going to be able to have some fun after so long… With the adrenaline of battle and Alice's body at home' Theos thought, and his smile changed to that of a predator waiting for its prey.

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