Holding Urges

While they were walking, Lilian began to explain the situation of why those two became like some children who doesn't know what family love is.

"My father didn't give those two proper attention or support after our mother's death and only went to his mistresses to lay more children in the family." She said this bluntly without even changing her expression. Now, Deus had finally understood the issue... More specifically, their daddy issue.

"Wow... That's the most straightest explanation I've ever heard." He said this to her as a compliment, but she seems to have mistakenly understood this as an insult.

"Is that an insult or a compliment?"

"...How did my genuine complement even became insult?"

She didn't give him a reply. After Lilian was done showing Deus the whole Mansion around, she left him alone at one of the maid's room without bidding him farewell. Let alone, she didn't even left him notes, nor reminders about what the plan was about.

𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬'𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦! He cursed at her inwardly, clenching his fist hardly. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨!?

It took a few minutes for him to fully calm down and when he did, Deus suddenly had a realization that answered his question.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭... 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 1 𝘵𝘰 3 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴... Deus placed his index finger and thumb and under his chin, as his (Athan's) brain wandered in thoughts. 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦... 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥!!!

After he finished cursing Athan repeatedly for a few moments, Deus shaked his head to remove himself from those thoughts. He suddenly heard a loud knock at the door, prompting him to open it to see who's outside.

Standing outside, a woman that was in her thirties, and had an ashy-brown hair tied neatly into a bun, looked at Deus as if she was observing him before deciding to speak up.

"Are you the new maid the Young Miss had brought?" The maid asked Deus this question as her eyes looked at his body from up and down. When her eyes landed on his perfectly-sized chest, she squinted and clicked her tongue out of frustration, feeling slightly defeated.

"That's big..." She mumbled under her breath, enough for Deus to hear faintly.

Deus could only show her a small smile and proceeds to nod at her question. "Yes, I'm the new maid the Young Lady had hired. Is there something wrong?" His voice were soft and feminine. If someone were to say that he was actually a man in disguise, no one would believe him or her.

"Ah! N-no..." Stuttering, the woman took a deep breath to calm herself down before she continued to speak, "I was tasked by the head maid to order you to clean the Master Roche's room."

"Okay. Can you please tell me where is his room?" Deus nodded. Soon after hearing her very quick explanation, he left the room after asking her direction.

He went through the hallway full of doors, and continued walking until one of those doors in particular got his attention for a reason.

"There~"

Hearing what seems to be soft moan, Deus stick his head out slightly at one of the door to look at who's inside. A man in his forties or plus could be seen sitting in the office, and behind him was a mirror that reflected under his desk.

"I guess there's nothing important here..."

Deus was about to move away to leave when he noticed something suspicious in the mirror. It was reflecting a head of some girl wearing a maid outfit under the man's desk.

"Hnn~"

He once again heard the rough breathing from the man, making him froze on spot while his face remained unchanged.

𝘐... 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. He repeatedly said this sentence to his head as he backed away from the door and moved on towards the other room next to it. Deus was already thankful enough that the two didn't noticed him. Is there any reason for him to interfere on what the 'lewdness fuck' they were doing?

"Shit. That was awful... I'm jealous." Deus pinched the middle of his brow in contempt, still thinking about what he just saw.

Opening the door slightly, he entered Roche room in silent.

...𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. Deus heaved out a long exasperated sigh as he cracked his neck before taking out a clean cloth that was hidden in his dress.

"Let's start-?"

He was about to start cleaning the window when he suddenly noticed a familiar-looking just right outside on the garden.

"Aries... What the heck is she doing here?"

After his question, he saw Roche walking towards Aries' direction holding a dog collar on his hands. He didn't know why, but Deus suddenly had a bad feeling about this.

Roche stopped walking and pointed his finger to the ground. Soon after this, Deus saw Aries slowly crouched down with a look of frustration.

Did Athan just got betrayed, or was this part of Cossette's method in order to look for information...?

"Wait, I never told something to her about this, and also, Athan's soul is still missing. He couldn't have mentioned this to her, too. Did Chloe told Cossette about this...?

When Deus was about to add something to his thoughts, he noticed something wrong about Aries.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥... 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦... His heart pounded, feeling the rage that was filling up his body. He clenched his teeth strongly and turned his gaze towards ___.

Although Deus didn't know much about how to read someone using their body languages, he was only able to know few thanks to Athan's memory.

𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴... 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺.

Normally, although Deus was playful and at times composed, the one thing that he hated the most is someone trying to use one of the pieces that took a bit of his time to set up. This was the main reason why he got betrayed and died in the first place, what would you expect?

He was fighting back his urge to murder the boy. Deus was almost nearing his limit when he saw Lilian walking towards the two. Because of this, he was able to calm himself down for a quick second and think of a better way to handle the situation.

"Although I wish to ask Aries about what was happening, I can't do it because of this freaking disguise. If only this disguise doesn't require much of my mana to work, and can only work once in a day... I still have to find a way to talk to her somehow."

Deus was pondering deeply when he suddenly had a realization.

"I almost forgot that Athan is a dark magic user..."