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When the girl sensed Raven nearby, she looked up with a horrified look on her face. Raven knew that this girl could recognize him, so didn't bother hiding at all.

”You! B-but…no! How could you be here! How is this possible!? He told me that no one can come here! No! You aren't real! You!! No!”

Raven frowned as he witnessed how horrified she was, knowing that he's here. He took time to observe the scenery around her and once he did, he noticed a few things.

”You must be…Lucy, am I right?” Raven asked, making the girl flinch inside her cage. ”By chance, did you happen notice someone else other than me? You know? The actual owner of this body?”

His words caused the pupils of the girl to dilate. She stared at him in horror, meeting his soul shivering gaze which seemed to see everything in perfect clarity.

At this point, Lucy already knew that what happens after this is her doom. They already knew about her and the other one, and there is no point on denying it, specially in front of this person. His arrival brought a deep seated fear on Lucy's heart, it was like a primal fear, telling her to not go against this man at all cost or flee as far as she could.

Despite this, Lucy is already at the state of madness. Though she is shaking head to toe from fear, she's not afraid to die. In fact, why would she be afraid of dying? Won't that be a release for her? That might be preferable instead of being imprisoned in this place.

”What makes you think that I would tell you anything?” Lucy laughed maliciously as Raven watched in amusement. ”What will you do? Kill me? Go ahead! You think I'm scared to die?”

Despite her provocations, Raven's response was chuckle, clearly not taking Lucy's words seriously.

”What a cute and pitiful Tormented Soul you are.”

His words sent Lucy's mind spiraling. All she could do is to look in horror as Raven walked inside her cage like a phantom without any kind of resistance from the substances around them. At this point, every single fiber of her being was shaking in fear, telling her to flee as far as she could but couldn't since she's chained in here.

As Raven entered her cage, he crouched down and looked closely at her. There no sense of pity nor anger in his eyes, only a merciless indifference.

”On normal cases, I would've pitied you and might've really given you death considering that's what all Tormented Souls wanted.” Raven stated, ”But something tells me that you wanted this to happen to yourself, and I really don't feel anything towards idiots.”

Lucy can't say a thing, she could only passively accept what Raven says due to fear. Besides, it's true anyway, that she wanted all of this to happen but regretting it severely now.

”You know what I want.” Raven said, ”Either you tell me, or I'll pry your mouth open. I won't wait for long.”

Lucy had no doubts that Raven will do what he says, he did it once and had no reasons to not do it again. Specially in the state where he had the absolute upper hand, why wouldn't he take advantage of it?

Though she hated this, Lucy had no rooms for discussion here. What's in front of her is not just some simple man. He's more of an ancient primordial beast that could careless about mortal struggles. The moment he stepped inside her cage, her fate has been sealed.

”You won't find her here.” Lucy said in weak tone, making Raven frown. ”When that Pale Monster placed me here, it was also looking for her but not even him could find her.”

”I've been using this body like a parasite since then.” Lucy continued, ”That monster told me that my freedom will be granted once I found her, that's why he placed me here. But I never did, even after all these years. There's nothing here. How am I supposed to search for something that doesn't exist?”

”Believe me.” Lucy stated, ”No matter what you do to me, or how hard you scour this place. You won't find what you're looking for here.”