Chapter 177 (1/2)

Once Luke was done talking with them,

Sebastian and Belfair concealed themselves in the dark when they felt a sweet fragrant smell close by.

“What are you doing here alone, Marquis?”

As Luke turned around, he saw a beautiful girl, who looked very bright and exposed to come close to him.

‘It’s princess Margareta.’

She had greeted Luke at the banquet hall, so Luke was able to recognize her.

“Everyone is looking for the Marquis who didn’t come back, you weren’t lost, right?”

“I stood there to enjoy the night’s cool breeze.” Luke answered.

“You must have felt a lot suffocated in there. It looks gorgeous but, it is boring.”

Margareta moved closer to Luke. When she went closer, the fragrance from her body turned intense.

Luke’s eyes went alert the very moment.

‘This is obviously… the perfume used by the Arachne witches?’

500 years back, there was a magic tower of female wizards only.

The magic tower, built by the wizard called Arachne, was known to be a medical researcher similar to a medical mage but in reality, that magic tower studied the magic of using the human weaknesses and extorting their mana.

The medicines and magic they developed gave power to the woman a rare gift of ‘youth’, and the weak minds got corrupted.

Thus, with that, they weren’t just favored by the powerful people, but soon turned into a nation.

‘In the end, when they moved out of the El Kassel denomination, they were called heretics and punished because of which, a few men went into hiding.’

When Luke was being the notorious Devil King Saymon, he approached the Arachne magic tower.

The Arachne magic tower tried to double-cross him by using the demon army, but Luke managed to outstand them as he wasn’t as corrupt as the weak or the young.

‘I thought that they disappeared, how did they manage to come here?’

When Luke was in his thoughts, Margareta took out a wine bottle and two glasses from her hand sleeve.

“It is a Bordeaux Chardonnay. I only present it to the dear national guests, and if you take a sip, you might feel a little less suffocated.”

‘No matter what, this is a triggering medicine.’

The poisons of the Arachne magic tower were very skillful.

First was the perfume, and then the alcoholic beverage. If the two components were absorbed by the body, the person could turn dull or could turn very passionate.

Once the drug activated, the drug lasts for a long time and has some symptoms.

And in that situation, if Luke was enchanted with the Charming magic, he would turn into nothing but a puppet.

‘I don’t know for what, but it seems like things won’t be working so easily for me.’

Luke was scoffing to himself and took the glass from Margareta.

Seeing him hesitate she smiled.

‘Yes, going according to plan!’ Thought Margareta.

But, even as he was drinking the wine, Luke wasn’t showing any different signs.

He thought that his eyes would turn blurry and get restless like a dog, but he was still able to see the night sky and the stars.