Monarch of Gluttony: System of Sin

Raphael observed Alion.

‘Is he really sleeping, or is he pretending?’

“Have you decided?”

Raphael got the answer to his question within a few minutes as Alion answered without even opening his eyes. It was evident that he was awake. It was as if not only was he awake, but he could also see Raphael.

“I have.” Raphael nodded, taking a seat before Alion. “I am ready to help you in exchange for my freedom, my memories, and my body. But first, I want you to prove that you won’t betray me. I want you to keep your side of the deal first!”

“That won’t be a problem. Before you kill Azekiel, I’ll certainly get you your physical form back. But first, tell me what he’s here for. What brought Azekiel to this city at a time like this?”

“The answer is simple. It’s you.” Raphael smirked. “You brought him here. You are the one he is here for.”

“Me?” Alion opened his eyes, gazing at Raphael through the corner of his eyes.

“That’s right. He is here for you. He is here to kill you,” Raphael confessed.

****

In another part of the city, Azekiel and Lia were standing on top of a building, gazing at Lenora in the distance.

Lenora just came out of the house after observing the insides.

For now, she was without her beasts. She has just finished searching the house, only to not find anyone inside. She was also getting slightly frustrated with her failures at this point. The city was massive when it came to searching. And even with her beasts spread out, it was taking a really long time. She really wondered if Azekiel was still in the city or if he had run away, entering the tower again.

If he did run away, he knew she was going to hate herself for letting him run away, but if he didn’t run, then she would at least have an opportunity to kill him.

“No one in the vicinity, right?” Azekiel asked Lia, making sure.

“None. The ground is clear.”

“Good,” Azekiel called out his gauntlets before finally jumping. At the same time, he attacked Lenora as well, using his energy bullets. It was as if Lenora could sense the energy bullets. She could sense danger, which made her jump aside without even having to look back.

The energy bullets hit the house behind her instead of landing on her. The energy bullets destroyed whatever support the house had, which brought the house crumbling down.

Lenora balanced herself before swiftly turning around. “So you didn’t run away! That’s perfect! Just what I was hoping for!”

Instead of being angry that she was attacked from behind, Lenora was elated. Azekiel was still in the city! He hadn’t run away! That was exactly what she wanted!

“Who will I run from? You?” Azekiel asked in return, finding the entire notion to be amusing.

He was here to kill Alion, and he would run from Lenora. The assumption would’ve been funny if it wasn’t that stupid.

“This time, your word manipulation won’t work on you! This time, I won’t leave you alone!”

“Of course, you won’t because I don’t want you to leave me alone. If I wanted to, why would I even come here? By the way, thank you.”

“For what?” Lenora frowned, receiving a sudden thanks out of nowhere.

“For being distracted that easily,” Azekiel smirked.

Lia had already positioned herself behind Lenora. Since Lenora was distracted by Azekiel, she didn’t realize that the scent around her had changed, which she was inhaling.

She also started feeling somewhat sleepy. In her anger, her mind was overwhelmed with Azekiel, not even realizing that he could be using her surroundings to his advantage.

It was only when she started feeling sleepy that she realized something was wrong! On top of that, Azekiel’s words thanking her..  the two things made her believe that something was wrong. But before she could attempt anything, her knees turned weak. She dropped to the ground.

“It’s too late, Lenora.” Azekiel walked closer to the young lady. “You’ve already inhaled too much of it. That’s why I should thank you for being such a great help. Who knew it would be so easy to keep you distracted by me.”

“You…” Lenora felt extremely weak. Her eyes were refusing to stay open. She wanted to fight back, but for some reason, even her body refused to listen to her. She couldn’t even stand, let alone move to a place where she could avoid this strange Scent. With time, things only became worse before she ultimately started stammering.

“We should leave now before your pets come.” Azekiel picked up Lenora, who finally lost her consciousness, overwhelmed by drowsiness.

After taking Lenora, he left the place, going back to a place where they didn’t have to worry about hordes of Monsters.

Taking Lenora with him, Azekiel went back to his home. At least whatever little bit was left of his home.

Since they had selected the first plan, one of the most crucial elements of it was for Azekiel to kidnap Lenora without killing her, and he achieved that all too well.

****

“He wants to kill me? At this time?” Alion sat up. “Does he not know how weak he is at this point? Is he an idiot or really that naive?”

“For him, you are the one who killed his family. You destroyed his life, so he hates you. That’s why, as soon as he thought that he had enough strength to face you, he left the Tower and came here to kill you since he couldn’t sleep at peace as long as the people who killed her family were alive.”

“Not like it was his real family. Why is he so angry about a few strangers? And what about all the times he…”

“Anyway, thanks for giving me this information.” Alion appeared to stop himself from speaking what he was going to and instead changed the topic. “He is really here to help me; then it makes it even better.”