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I WILL NEVER! EVER! FORGET WHAT THIS WITCH DID TO ME!

It was the strongest resolution of Lucius when he was still trapped inside of the damned Medallion. He was even planning on how to take revenge on that Lady. 

Once that he got out of that Medallion, he will surely show Gabriella who's the powerful one!

However, facing that woman only made him tremble. He can't even refuse her from carrying him. When he wanted to shout at her he couldn't even open his mouth! He is certain that this witch is using magic on him!

'If I pulled her hair, will she be angry?'

It was the thought of the child-like being. 

While Gabriella is carrying the ancient being. Little Lucius raised his hands and began to touch Gabriella's hair. However, when he was about to pull it, he suddenly heard laughter from her. 

It was the laugh of the witch.

Lucius became alerted.

"You're like my brother when he was a little. He also loves playing with my hair," Gabriella told him which made Lucius frown. Gabriella couldn't see his reaction anyway. "Are you still afraid?" She asked him. "Are you hurt anywhere?" She asked again.

Lucius pitifully clenched his fist while gritting his teeth.

'Me? Afraid of you!? Are you kidding woman?' Lucius could only wish that he could say that, but he can't. Words couldn't even come out of his mouth. 'I need to see Mikhail, but this woman is too slow,' Lucius thought.

"Woah, the sun is shining brightly already," Gabriella uttered while looking at the windows. 

The sky that was gray and lifeless became lively when the sun came out. This thing made Gabriella really happy. She actually thinks that the little boy in her arms is an angel that stopped the storm. 

"I thought I will hunt down the being who made the rain for three days," She said with a frown. Two days of the storm made her irritated. Since Maria and Evan did not reply to her letters, she was worried and she wanted to visit them again. "It's a good thing that I won't need to choke someone."

This made Lucius nervous. The boy stiffened when he heard it.

He made the rain.

She will...

Choke him?

"Hnggg," Lucius sniffled when he heard it. "Bad witch," he suddenly uttered. His body trembled when Gabriella patted his back. He couldn't help but cry silently. "Wuwuwu," he cried softly.

"Shh," Gabriella uttered while patting his back. "There's no witch here. I will protect you from that witch. Do not cry, okay?" She said in a very reassuring tone.

However, her tone didn't sound reassuring to Lucius at all. 

What protect?

What there's no witch?

GABRIELLA IS THE WITCH!

Lucius wanted to say, but he couldn't tell her. He wanted to struggle and run away, but his body doesn't even want to move.

If the child-like being only knows how his cute appearance affects Gabriella...

Lucius would be able to defeat her in just a cute wink.

"What's your name?" Gabriella asked him. Lucius stopped crying. His body broke into a cold sweat when the witch asked him. Will Lucius tell her or not?

OF COURSE NOT! WHY WOULD HE TELL HIS NAME TO THE WITCH?

Since she doesn't seem to know who he is, then let her not know. After all, Lucius would only suffer if he told her. It wasn't a good idea to give his name to this witch. He must hide his identity well!

"Lu..." He uttered. "Lulu..."

Gabriella stopped walking when He told him his nickname. She bit her lips while trying to hold her breath. She hugged the little kid tightly. In her mind, she couldn't but squeeze the child because of too much cuteness.

Lucius who was currently in her arms was disturbed by these actions.

Did she find out?

Why did she stop?

Is she squeezing me to death?

"Ahem!" Gabriella cleared her throat. Lucius was startled because of this. Gabriella became more gentle while introducing herself. "Hello, I am Gabriella. Your name is really cute, Lulu," she uttered softly to him.

When Lucius heard that compliment, his face became red.

BECAUSE OF ANGER!

How could the witch call his name cute? His cool name is the pride of his manliness! Perhaps the witch is treating him like a child? No! HE WASN'T A CHILD! HIS NAME IS NOT CUTE! UNACCEPTABLE!

The child-like entity couldn't help but complain in his mind. How could a mortal insult him like that? He's been insulted many times when his soul was still trapped on that medallion. Being treated like a real thing is unacceptable.

And look at this witch again? She's doing it again!

Lucius stopped rumbling when Gabriella faced a familiar door as she opened it. He turned his head when he felt that the jewel in his forehead changed into crimson. He suddenly sensed powerful mana behind his back.

The head and the heir are here.

The magical being glanced at the two identical people inside that room. There was also a two familiar guest who was inside of that room but he doesn't care about them. His crimson eyes glowed while staring at Mikhail and Gabriel.

'Finally,' he thought.

"Father, A child fell from the sky," Gabriella didn't hesitate to tell him. "He said that his name is Lulu. I think he was being chased by a witch," She explained to him. Lucius grabbed Gabriella's hair while staring at Mikhail.

'YOU'RE THE WITCH!'

The marquis noticed the child in his daughter's hand. His eyes went wide because of recognition.

Mikhail choked while looking at the powerful being in his daughter's hand. There was a clear surprise in his expression especially when he saw that crimson jewel on his forehead. "L-Lulu?" he asked.

Lucius glared at the Marquis. He communicated with the Marquiss using his mind. The boy doesn't want the Marquis to reveal his identity. The witch might trap him again by taking the medallion.

[Dare to tell her my name and I will destroy this world with you] 

He told him.

Mikhail composed himself. When he noticed that the Guardian doesn't have any intentions to hurt his daughter. He immediately agreed. He signaled his son Gabriel to remained silent about Lucius. 

However, Gabriel didn't reply, he just glared at the entity in her sister's arms.

Lucius glanced at Gabriel when he noticed that the witch's brother was glaring at him. The magical being only frowned as he rested his head on Gabriella. 'Why is that brat glaring at me?' Lucius thought.

Lucius knows this boy. It was the sister of that witch and the heir of the Velasquez family. He saw Gabriel many times as a child. 

When Gabriella gave him to Gabriel when he was still trapped on the medallion. The witch's brother took care of him. Unlike what his sister did to him. Gabriel even placed the Medallion in a comfortable place.

'This boy loves his sister since he was just a child. Whatever his sister gives to him, he will surely take of it,' Lucius thought while staring at Gabriel.

"Throw that brat away, Sister," Gabriel suddenly told his sister.

Lucius choked from his breath. 'I take that back!'

Gabriella glared at Gabriel. "You! Why do you want me to throw this child?!" Gabriella asked his brother angrily. "Can't you see his pitiful situation?" She asked her brother. "How can you tell that in front of the child?!"

"That's not a child," Gabriel replied to her. 

Lucius's crimson eyes glowed while staring at Gabriel. 

Gabriel suddenly felt that his body became numb. He silently gritted his teeth while looking at the child who was planning to deceive his sister. He tried to lift his hand but he can only barely do it.

Is he using his mana on me?

Gabriel thought.

Lucius watched Gabriel fight his power. When he saw that the brat can still move his hands, he suddenly became impressed. 'I didn't know that the witch's brother has a lot of mana in his body. If I will refine this brat, I can make him the greatest Velasquez to be ever born,' Lucius thought.

[Listen, you can't tell your sister who I am or what I am. This witch has a lot of debt to pay me. One wrong move and I can make her disappear] 

Lucius threatened Gabriel through mind communication. After saying that to Gabriel, he immediately let him go. His eyes turned back as he glanced at the current head of Velasquez.

"What happened to you, Gabriel?" Gabriella asked his brother when she saw that her brother didn't move for a moment. 

Gabriel clenched his fist while staring at the child-like entity. He's too weak to fight that aura. He doesn't even know that the guardian was that great. Gabriel can only do what Lucius told him. "Nothing," Gabriel uttered.

Relief was written in Gabriella's face. "Good," She uttered. "Now, do not say that kind of thing in front of a child. I will really spank your butt if you do that again. Children are treasures, and they are too fragile. What if you tell those things to your future child?" Gabriella nagged him.

Gabriel lowered his head when he suddenly remembered his pregnant wife.

"I understand."

"Good," Gabriella nodded her head. "Now, what are we supposed to do with Lulu? Father, can you help him return to his family?" She asked with a worried tone.

"I don't think that this child has a family," Mikhail uttered. Gabriella became confused when her father told her that. "Let him stay for a while, I'll investigate it. Since the child fell in my estate, he is my responsibility."

Gabriella suddenly thought of a bizarre idea. "Father, is Lulu your secret child?" She asked him with a serious face. "He looks like you."

Lucius who was staying in Gabriella's arms startled. 'The witch is angry?' Lucius thought while listening to her tone. 'She doesn't like the idea of her father having another child,' He thought. 'She must've loved her mother very much.'

The 10-year-old Gabriella's pitiful face appeared in his mind.

Lucius loves to travel although he was tasked to be the guardian of Velasquez. He doesn't like to stay in one place that's why he traveled around the world. However, because of a certain curse, he has to go back to Velasquez manor to check his 'Medallion'.

Once, he went back to the manor to check his vessel. He suddenly saw the 10-year-old Gabriella, the daughter of the current head of Velasquez. The little girl was begging her father not to throw away her beloved mother.

She was crying and begging him pitifully.

However, Mikhail didn't listen to her.

After that day, Lucius just found himself trapped in the damned Medallion. He can't talk nor move or anything.

He just realized that the 10-year-old Gabriella stole the Medallion and ran away from her father. 

His soul is trapped in that thing!

That was the start of the child-like entity's hell life.

Lucius shuts his eyes tightly while thinking of a way to calm Gabriella. He can't let her be angry with Mikhail, or else the witch will run away and take the Medallion again. If she did that again, Lucius will be trapped inside.

The boy unconsciously griped Gabriella's clothes. He raised his eyes to look at the witch. "Mama," he said.

HE MADE A MISTAKE!