The King's Obsession

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C396 - Irresponsible! - Part 2

Lisa didn't understand what happened, but when she pulled her hands away from her face, she caught sight of Lilith who barged in through the broken space of the window to stand in front of her. The woman had bat-like wings behind her, which were boney and bare, unlike Jungkook's wings that had feathers.      

"I thought you went to Carnivals village," said Lisa, her eyes moved to the place where the racks and the parchments had fallen on the floor. She looked for the priest, to find him buried under one of the racks with just one of his hands visible. There was blood on his hand, and it worried her immensely.      

She wanted to go to where Reginald was, but Lilith stood not too far away from him, watching her every movement.      

"I heard you were out and in the town," replied Lilith with a smile on her face, showing her fangs to Lisa, "I thought I would come and greet you." The demon vampiress stared at Lisa, noticing how she appeared untouched by the shattered glass.      

"You didn't have to do that. We saw each other a while ago," said Lisa, trying to reach for the exit of the room as she doubted she would survive if she jumped out of one of the windows.      

Lilith quickly went to block the exit of the library, "You don't look surprised by my wings."     

"I have seen better things than those," and on hearing Lisa's words, Lilith raised her hand to break the next window that was near Lisa. But Lisa used her hands to stop it and turn most of the glass pieces to dust before they could harm her.     

"It's good to know that you are a dark angel. Come, Lisa, let me take you with me without a fight," Lilith said to Lisa as if she was a child. Noticing how Lisa's eyes moved towards Reginald who was dead, the demoness said, "He's not going to wake up. A mere mortal of this world. I sometimes wonder if it is only because of his looks that got him this far in the High House," she chuckled to herself.      

Lisa couldn't believe that the man she had been just talking to was dead and underneath one of the racks, "Where are you planning to take me?" she asked Lilith, trying to find where the den of demons was.      

"It is a surprise. A lot of us have been waiting for you to appear," said Lilith. Lisa had an eye on Lilith, but she would have never guessed that Lilith was in this with her aunt Mary.     

"You know Walter," Lisa confronted, and Lilith pulled out one of the knives from her dress.     

"The question should be, how do you know Walter. He is an unknown face, and you made it look like he is a resident in your sweet grandparent's village," Lilith's eyes narrowed as she said this, "I was quite surprised when you mentioned his name because according to your grandparents, they had erased all the possible memories of yours that would create any suspicion."     

"You knew my grandparents too…"     

"Oh, darling, most of us know each other. They sure were old geezers who couldn't differentiate on what to use and what to throw away. But it is good that they have been 'preserving' you. Where are they? I haven't heard from them for a long time."     

Lisa shrugged her shoulders, "I wonder that myself." Her eyes were looking at all the possible exits, and now she started to consider even the windows which she had excluded earlier. When it was time to save herself, she realized it didn't matter from where she would be getting out. But Lilith had wings, thought Lisa to herself.      

Hearing more screams coming from the village that appeared to be chaotic, Lisa questioned, "What is going on outside in the village?" Her hands had started to turn warm.