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Arcanas

Conrad barely scraped through high school, his grades too low for college and his future seemingly set in stone. With not much to lose, he turned to what he knew best, pickpocketing, a skill he’d honed since childhood. But a routine heist gone catastrophically wrong, dragged him into the hidden world of assassins and mystical cards. Marked by the enigmatic Arcane Master, The Devil, Conrad is blackmailed into becoming a pawn in a larger, blood-soaked game. As secrets unfold and his own power grows, Conrad must decide: follow the cards, or break the hand fate dealt him. [Volume 1 Devil Child: Complete] [Volume 2 Blood and Bonds: Current]

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89 Chs

The Witch x Destiny

As Luciel took on the form of Conrad's mother, Jinah, he was taken aback. The last time he saw her, she was in a burning house, and her expression was one of dread and fear, but now, she stood before him, tilting her head and smiling softly. 

"Mom..?"

She took a couple of steps closer to him, passing over the bloody puddle of Klein and the severed head of Meliora as though they were nothing more than scattered leaves. 

"This is the face your heart longs for the most, right? To see her smile, hear her voice, touch her skin, and feel her warmth. The woman who held you close, your greatest desire—"

"Stop! That's enough!"

Connie shouted, his chest was tightening. His mind screamed at him to move, to act, do something to get away, but his body betrayed him, he couldn't move. Mel, Klein, and Zora all died trying to protect him, and yet…

_This isn't her. It can't be her_