Chapter 63 : What makes her eyes so special?

Wheat cleaned the last counter at about four o'clock [ Business was good today I guess ] Wheat closed up, just like every other day but instead stayed behind after waving the workers off.

Pressing a nob under one of the wine barrels, a secret passage was revealed as the wine barrels made way to a secret basement. Stepping into the dark stairwell, the door closed behind him.

It took a few minutes but he eventually reached the bottom. In the corner of the large dimly lit room, a man in a black cloak slouched back in his chair nonchalantly.

This only made Wheat more nervous due to the oppressive energy he was giving off. Wheat quickly went on one knee, supporting himself with the other one " Greetings master ".

He was met with dead silence, he didn't dare to breathe right now when the cloaked man eventually spoke after two minutes of excruciating silence, " I hope my presence didn't scare your customers 986 037 "?

Wheat clenched his fists, shaking his head, " Not at all master ". The man sighed and put down the cloak revealing the red spiky hair beneath it, " You should really get up though. That looks like it hurts ".

Wheat nodded and got up and starred at the man in front of him " Do you think she'll help us Wheat "? Wheat bowed slightly " Permission to speak freely sire ".

The man waved it off and he went on, " I believe we could have tried a different approach ". [ And not be so impulsive ] But then Wheat collapsed back on his knees " Are you questioning my judgement 986 037?

Wheat shook his head, forcing himself to speak " I mean no offence master but Red is a free spirit, she doesn't like to be forced into doing things ". Wheat gasped as the pressure suddenly disappeared, "Why do you think that "?

Wheat got back up, forcing himself not to tremble " She's come in here for months with no obvious ill intentions. Though she can be impulsive, she also has a somewhat good head on her shoulder ".

The man smirked " Then why would she attack me "? Wheat bowed slightly " Forgive me for saying this but you must have somehow provoked her first ". The room was silent when he began to laugh, " You've gotten bolder Wheat. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing ".

Wheat didn't dare to speak [ I don't even know what's gotten into me ]. The man came out of the shadows, his dark red eyes reflecting the mischievous antics he had planned for Red, " Alright, we'll try it your way ".

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Luscious and Axis flew back to their ships shortly after speaking with Joe. Axis seemed to be happy, making circles as he flew. Luscious on the other hand didn't taken to her well.

He had to admit that she was beautiful but beyond that, he refused to believe anything they said [ These people are ridiculous. Do they live so well, they trust so easily? ]

When Axis appeared " What's wrong Lu? You've been spacing out for a while ". Luscious shook his head " Of course I am. I have to come up with believable excuses so Fay doesn't whoop my ass ".

Axis chuckled, surprising Luscious, " I'm looking for Axis, you know where he is "? Axis frowned slightly " What's that supposed to mean "? Luscious smirked " The Axis I know doesn't get jokes like mine so you must be an imposter ".

Axis glared at him and bit his wing with his bat teeth lightly, " Don't ruin this for me, just let me have this ". Luscious sighed turning on his belly as he flapped his wings, " I still don't get what's so special about her though ".

Axis smiled faintly, " You're an airhead, it'll take you a while to realize ". Luscious frowned, " Then tell me Oh great Demon Lord, what is so special about her "? Axis laughed, spinning in a circle, "You'd never take me seriously but her eyes, I love them ".

Luscious made an overly disgusted face, " First of all, that's kind of creepy and secondly, enough with the eyes already ". Axis sighed " I mean, they seemed to hold so much resentment and bitterness but at the same time, I could see the joy in there ".

Luscious was even more confused, " Then what's there to like? She could just be pessimistic and then optimistic, sounds annoying to me ". Axis shrugged " It's hard for a person not to be eaten by their own pain but she balances it well and her eyes reflect that ".

Luscious seemed even more annoyed and confused, " Then isn't that like feeding of other people's emotions. This isn't the first time it's happened ". Axis shook his head " It's hard to explain to you but the anger she feels makes her strong, helping her face reality while the joy keeps her happy, hoping for a fantasy ".

Luscious shrugged " I think it's crap. I should have never taken you with me ". Axis circled him teasingly " There's nothing you can do about it. Maybe next time, you'll just leave me alone ".

With that, the two raced back to their ships an hour before dawn. Creeping back into bed and avoiding the women's wrath.