Chapter 58: Good Night, Young Master

Carl held his hands tightly hidden in his sleeves. He suddenly looked at Carl and said apologetically,

"Carl, I'm sorry."

Lucia's eyes widened in surprise. What did she hear? Garling, who is called the king, actually apologized? What happened just now when she was away?

Carl trembled. He looked up at Garling with mixed emotions and whispered,

"Uncle Garling, you don't need to apologize. It was Darian who concealed the truth. You didn't know it at the time."

Garling shook his head and said,

"If I had been firmer then, you wouldn't have continued to be tortured there, and even almost died. I…"

"Okay, Uncle Garling, you really don't have to think so much. You are my only relative. I have nothing to be sorry for. Let's eat. Speaking of which, this is our first time eating together."

A smile appeared on Carl's face, which made Garling feel increasingly uncomfortable.

Just now was the second time in his life that he said the words "I'm sorry."

The first time was when he personally put the sword into his father's heart. At that time, his father also had a happy smile on his face, and he, who was not good at expressing himself, just said sorry in the end.

Garling sat back on the chair silently and murmured,

"A relative…"

Carl turned his head and winked at Lucia. Lucia understood immediately. She snapped her fingers, and a group of servants holding dishes rushed in from outside the door. Some people came out to put napkins around Garling.

Garling was very depressed during the meal, but Carl was deliberately trying to guide him, hoping to make him happy. Lucia was a little confused by this scene because the identities of the uncle and nephew seemed to have been reversed, and Garling rather looked like a wronged child.

The dinner ended in this weird atmosphere. After the meal, Garling went to his bedroom, accompanied by several servants. Only Carl and Lucia were left in the dining room.

Although Lucia was curious about Garling's strange behavior, she did not ask. After living in a family like Figarland for so many years, she knew what was right.

Carl rubbed his swollen temples, stood up, and said,

"Lucia, let's go rest too."

Lucia blushed, she hummed slightly, then helped Carl take off the napkin and put it on the table, and went to the bedroom with Carl.

When they arrived in the bedroom, Carl lay down on the bed and stared at the ceiling above him in a trance. In fact, he was not as relaxed as he had been in the dining room. Everything he experienced in the laboratory as a child had already become his inner demon.

If he hadn't faced Garling, he would never have mentioned it again.

Suddenly, Carl felt someone touching his feet. He sat up and saw that Lucia was taking off his shoes.

He had been in a daze on the way to the bedroom and had ignored Lucia, who had been following him.

He said quickly,

"Okay Lucia, you go and rest. I can undress myself."

With that said, Carl was about to take his feet away from Lucia's arms, but she hugged them tightly.

Lucia looked at Carl and smiled softly, saying in a gentle voice,

"Young Master, it is my duty to help you change clothes. You didn't say anything during the day."

"That's because I only changed into a coat and didn't take off my shoes. They're so dirty."

"What are you talking about? Young Master, just lie down and let me do the rest."

Perhaps because she was afraid that Carl would move around too much, Lucia moved her hands faster, took off Carl's shoes, and then moved closer to him, lowering her head to unbutton his shirt.

Carl quickly grabbed her hand and said,

"Wait a minute, Lucia, I'm going to bed!"

Lucia slowly raised her head, and Carl saw that there were two purple flames burning in her eyes—the flames of desire. She had actually used her fruit ability!

Carl was a little dumbfounded, wondering what kind of trouble this was going to cause!

Under the influence of the flames of desire, Lucia's face once again showed the charming look she had during the day's battle, and her behavior became bolder.

She pushed Carl directly onto the bed, then she took her hand away from Carl's hand, stretched out a finger to draw a circle on his chest, and said in an extremely charming voice,

"Young Master, you're right, it's time to sleep now~"

After saying that, Lucia burst out with astonishing speed, and before Carl could react, she stripped him down to only his underwear.

Just when Lucia stretched out her hand toward Carl's last line of defense, he couldn't hold back any longer. The Dark-Dark Fruit ability activated, his hand turned pitch black, he grabbed Lucia's shoulder, and shouted,

"Lucia! Wake up!"

Lucia's face froze, and the fire of desire in her eyes was extinguished instantly. She stared blankly at Carl in front of her, her pretty face turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she murmured,

"Young Master, I…"

Before she could finish speaking, her body went limp and collapsed on Carl.

"Hiss…"

Carl was shirtless now. Being touched by Lucia like this made him feel a little off guard. He took a deep breath, put his hand on Lucia's back, and asked,

"Lucia, what happened to you just now? Why did you even use the fruit power?"

Lucia buried her face in Carl's arms and said in a low voice,

"I'm really sorry, Young Master. I, I just wanted to embolden myself, so I used a little bit of fruit power. I didn't expect the effect to be so strong…"

Hearing this reason, Carl said with a dumbfounded expression,

"To be brave? Why do you need to be brave when you have nothing to do? Can I still eat you?"

"Young Master, if you want, I can… Over the years, I've learned a little bit about this from some female officers who were responsible for training slaves…"

"…."

Carl glanced at Lucia's little head helplessly and said,

"You've been thinking about things all day long. We've just reunited for a day, and Uncle Garling just told me not to dwell on this. If tonight I… well, if I let him know, he's determined to make me look bad tomorrow, and he'll probably not let you stay with me either."

Hearing the last sentence, Lucia suddenly stood up from Carl and said in horror,

"No! I finally waited for the Young Master to come back. I don't want to be separated from you again!"

After saying that, Lucia jumped out of bed, ran to the closet, and magically took out black silk pajamas from Carl's black formal clothes. She put them on in front of Carl, and then suddenly got into Carl's arms, closed her eyes tightly, and said,

"Good night, Young Master~"

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