The First Child

When the tingle coming from Nicholai hit Darius's body, he shivered uncontrollably. However, he could simply hide it as he bent down and drank a spoonful of the potato bacon cream soup that he served at their table and to Nicholai. He figured that Nicholai had already discovered the heart-shaped bacon pieces. Well, as long as Darius could hide, he would do things.

After all, he was just taking advantage of the fact that Nicholai wasn't at their table. When things returned to normal, he wouldn't do this anymore. Nicholai could only beg for his chances.

However, knowing that Nicholai was already eating… Darius figured that he was done with his important meetings already. He then murmured to himself, hoping that no one could have heard him. "Did he arrive at a solution? Do we have enough time to save Sancho? Vivienne also seemed to be… did he fail?"