The misfortunes of a slacker

Chapter14

Back to the Duke.

After leaving the bedroom of the villa, he returned to the duchy with the help of Rosalyn even if she was perhaps also aware of everything, he said nothing that could spoil the chances of seeing his son again.

He kindly asked her to teleport them which she accepted right away, he didn't show any expression, he just seemed neutral. He was also used to fake faces because of his nobility so playing the game to get out of this lion's den was easy for him. After all, all of this impostor's current companions were in on it and he could prevent him from seeing his son again. To protect the fake, he had to be very careful.

Once he returned to the duchy he locked himself in his office to try to think about what he should do now, he forbade anyone to come and disturb him. Violan and her two children were worried that something bad might have happened with Cale but they got no response from Deruth.

As he thought about what the fake had said he remembered that he had mentioned the god of death, maybe going to one of those temples would help him but he also knew that even if he asked for the help of a god he always had to have something to give too, the god of death would perhaps ask for a sacrifice if his domain is death, someone's life perhaps? Hmm, so much the better, this imposter had a life to give here against his son, perfect!

If Cage had heard this she would certainly have fainted with laughter without forgetting Cale's family, his real family would be between a mixture of disbelief, laughter and anger of course.

Cale being the favorite of the god of death...

Now with a clear idea in mind he rushed to the nearest temple with the help of a mage from the domain he had no time to waste with a carriage or anything else his son's life was in danger.

Once he arrived in front of a temple of the god of death in the capital, he went inside and immediately ran into Cage, there was no one else in the building besides her.

He didn't want to talk to him, he had already seen him with the imposter, surely another one of his companions corrupted by the false face of this thief.

He absolutely refused to call him Cale, it's his son's name and no one else!

He wanted to turn around and try to find another temple but Cage stopped him.

"Hello sir, I was told you would be coming here. I was asked to take you to a prayer room, he would like to meet you."

She didn't need to give any more details, people knew her as a former priestess of the god of death, so who could she be talking about if not the god himself. But for the duke, this was more of a trap.

She wore a strange expression as she spoke, as the god of death had been pestering her for the past few hours. Asking her to bring someone to meet him. He'd even started crying for her to accept, she was going to refuse and curse him when he'd told her it was important for young Master Cale. She could only accept after all he'd done, even if she didn't like being here at all after being excommunicated by the church, but it was for a friend. And above all, she was going to go mad if the god of death didn't stop soon. Although she was surprised by the presence of the redhead's father, who seemed angry with her... strange.

"I don't need your help!"

She could hear the god of death speaking in her head again telling her to repeat what he said, even though she herself couldn't understand these words.

"Follow me and you can know the truth."

These words made him hesitate, but he ended up following her. For his son.

She led him to a prayer room away from the temple and left him alone in the room as soon as she closed the door, he felt himself faint, his head hit the ground violently...