Chapter 277: Foolish Dreams (2/2)

”It's better that you stay here.” She said before resuming her talk. ”Their king is a foolish person. He's the son of a half-giant, that should tell you what kind of person he is.”

Arthur remembered the memory fragment that was resting in his subspace. It was about a giant man who was despised by the other races. This fits with what Larza was telling him.

”He said his name was Solomon...” Arthur said with a frown.

”That's the name of their king.” Larza shook her head. ”A foolish man. Truly.”

”Is it because he believes that everyone should live equally?”

”That and his current aspirations.” Larza smiled in mockery while looking out of her window. ”They say he's creating an artifact that would defy the world. I wonder what nonsense is that.”

Her words rang a bell in Arthur's mind. Before he died, Solomon told him that he tried to create an artifact that defied the world. He failed and was thus trapped in the trial of the holy crown.

It all made sense now. His dreams, his reasons, and why he begged Arthur to break the trial and release the monsters. His ideology was the reason he asked Arthur to break the trial.

”Wait, where is...” Arthur wanted to ask but Larza was already sitting on top of him again. Her mouth went straight to his neck as she spoke.

”No more questions. It's time to have my meal.” Her fangs pierced through his neck as she started drinking his blood. Arthur felt faint as a message appeared from his legacy.

[Recovery percentage: 14%.]

It has gone down by one due to Larza drinking his blood. Arthur tried to push her away, but she was several times stronger than he was. When she was done, she kissed Arthur lightly on his cheek.

”This is your reward.” She said with a smile before moving away from him. Arthur sat there clutching his neck as dizziness overtook him.

***

The next day, Larza didn't take away his blood. She was either being considerate or simply full from the meal. Either way, Arthur got to recover the 1% he lost.

The fact that she reversed his recovery was the last confirmation that she was the reason he wasn't recovering. This demanded an escape plan.

However, the gem embedded in his flesh couldn't be taken out. Unless he cut away his arm, which he had no plans of doing at the moment, he needed to find another way to remove this.

'Who would help a human escape their master in a place full of Demis?' Arthur was stuck. The only option he had was to steal the book from Larza's study and find out more information about Solomon's kingdom. Then, he would have to look through the city for a person from there.

He desperately needed Lilo and Ruki, but they weren't here. Lilo was still unconscious in Arthur's consciousness and Ruki was somewhere with Rae.

The only thing he could currently use was his Legacy, which didn't require any mana. He was back to being a normal human excluding the absurd stats and subspace.

After he was done with the garden, Arthur went to his Legacy Inheritance and bought a potion. He was about to use a tactic that he didn't wish to employ to get his hands on that book without Larza noticing.

The white veil appeared in his hand and Arthur drank it before going to Larza's study. On the way, more than one head snapped his way and looked at him with scary glares.

As he knocked on the door, Larza allowed him inside. He opened the door and held his breath before sitting down. It was easy to hold his breath given his stamina.

”Heran,” Larza stood up like always and was about to head his way. Arthur stood up suddenly and breathed out. The potion's aroma left his mouth and spread in the room.

Before Larza could say anything, Arthur kissed her. The aphrodisiac worked its magic and Larza's skin turned flushed. Arthur felt her tongue wrap itself around him as they slammed into the bookshelves.

His hands traced the golden book and it disappeared in his subspace. There was no mana usage and the book disappeared. However, Larza's lust didn't and she pushed him back as their eyes met.

Her eyes were murky and clouded as she looked into his. Arthur felt sorry until she met his lip and started to drink his blood as they kissed.

'Wait, this is supposed to be a weak aphrodisiac. Why isn't she stopping?' Arthur panicked.