The first murder

The Villain's Rhapsody: Evolution to godhood.

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During the break, Lucas avoided Lilith as much as possible. He went to the nearby park, sat on the bench, and ate his lunch. A few minutes later Mercury and his goons show up. They quietly walk behind Lucas and slap him on the head.

"Just look what we got here! Well if it isn't our school's infamous trash?"

Lucas glares at him with an annoyed expression plastered on his face. He rubs his head and continues to eat trying to ignore Mercury's foul comments towards him. Mercury gets annoyed by the lack of response he received from Lucas. He pulls him off the bench and throws him on the ground with force ruining Lucas' meal as it was on the soily ground as well.

"Listen here you little shit! When I am talking to you, you must answer!" Mercury screams in Lucas' face.

Lucas continues to ignore Mercury. He stands up, gets the dust off his clothes, and picks up his ruined meal from the ground. Then threw it into the garbage can. He tries to walk away from Mercury, however, Mercury's goons block Lucas's way.

"Boss Mercury did not say you can leave!" his goons push him back.

"Yeah, what he said!"

'Typical morons. What the hell did I do to deserve this?' Lucas sighs as he turns around to throw his gaze at Mercury. Out of the blue, Mercury punches Lucas straight into his face. Lucas falls backward and lands on his butt. The punch was so strong that it drew blood from his nose. The blood trickled down to his chin. 'This mother fucker!' Lucas was raging from the inside now.

"You hear me, bitch?" Mercury spat very rudely.

Mercury gives his goons a sign and they start kicking Lucas ruthlessly after their boss' order. Lucas puts his hands over his face, to defend it from the blows. Lucas keeps using time magic, to return to the state when he was not harmed.

When the kicking stops, Lucas slowly stands up. Enhances his body with holy magic and throws a punch towards Mercury's chest. He heard a *Snap* sound and Mercury's few ribs were broken instantly.

"Haaaaaaaah?!?" Mercury was shocked by Lucas' action and a cry of pain left his mouth. He fell to the ground, clutching his hand on this chest.

"BOSS?" The duo of clowns shouts as they rush towards Mercury. One of them picks up a phone and calls a teacher. Another quickly jumps towards Lucas and tries kicking him.

However, Lucas slows down the time and dodges easily. To Lucas, the whole world was moving in slow motion now. Although he did not flex his newfound ability. He didn't want anyone to see him moving at a super speed so he lazily sidesteps from the punch.

"Mister Mercury!!!" they all turn towards the source of this loud voice.

A teacher quickly rushes in their direction, pushes Lucas away from his path harshly. He tries to help Mercury to stand up, however, Mercury just groans in pain. The teacher inspects Mercury's body.

"T-teacher Abion, it h-hurts..." Mercury cries in agony.

'Talk about the drama queen' Lucas rolls his eyes at Mercury's overacting. He watches this whole fiasco and just smiles at the scene. He wanted to do this long ago, but he had no power. His wish of giving Mercury what he deserves was completed. It is not Lucas who actually gave him the pain, it was his Karma, which paid back as the time came.

"B-broken…? You're in a lot of trouble!" Mr. Adion snaps at Lucas. He heals Mercury by using holy magic.

It takes just a few minutes, and Mercury regains his senses. He is furious. Mercury quickly sprang up from the ground and punched Lucas in the face. Lucas was surprised and couldn't defend himself or stop Mercury. Then, Mr. Adion grabbed Lucas' hand, and with an evil smirk on his face, he dragged him to the schoolyard.

"We will make an example out of you, trash!" he snorts at Lucas.

In the schoolyard, the teacher locks Lucas' shadow in place. A shadow affinity leaves a person immobilized for as long as the user has enough mana. Mercury picks up a small stone, clenches his fist around him and then he begins to beat Lucas up with that. He keeps punching Lucas's face, ribs, and stomach. The teacher laughed and the students who were watching this from the school started filming it.

This was the moment where Lilith noticed them. She becomes enraged and her eyes start glowing gold. She destroyed the wall that was blocking her path to Lucas. And quickly rushed in to help him.

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On the first day in school, Lilith asserts her dominance in the class and the whole school. The moment she saw a group of kids and even a teacher bullying Lucas. In a fit of rage, Lilith sent them all into the hospital, hugged Lucas's waist from behind, and declared that whoever bullies him, will face grave consequences.

*1 hour later*

The principal called in her father to talk about her behavior. Lilith beat up a high-ranking noble but when Isaac heard that Lilith was defending Lucas, he became extremely happy. He hugged her, lifted her off the ground, and kissed her forehead.

"D-daddy, you're embarrassing me!~," she says as she flusters.

Lilith pouts, but she still blushes.

"Ok, But you made me extremely happy!~ I knew I raised you well!"

As the teachers and the principal heard this conversation, they knew there's nothing that can be done. Isaac was a doting father, who sees all Lilith's actions as cute and acceptable. There's no way for them to try and to explain that he is spoiling his daughter too much without a probability to become a subject to his wrath. If this person was just a regular noble, they could force him to listen just by refusing to accept his daughter into this school, however, this is a powerhouse that can wipe whole countries and kingdoms from the map.

"W-well, sir… The problem is… That… Mercury's father is Dray Smiles, He is a duke from this kingdom… and…" the principal was trembling with fear, but he was stuck between two powerful people.

"AND WHAT?!?" Lilith roared at him.

"L-Lilith?" Isaac was shocked by his daughter's sudden outburst.

Lilith's eyes begin to shine, as she feels the rage at the memory of Mercury ruthlessly punching Lucas' face. Isaac rarely saw her being so angry. Lilith smirked and started with a distorted voice which echoed across the room

"If that Drayshit or whatever wants to complain, he can come to me! Next time I see his son touching Lucas, I will send his entire family to heaven! or hell" everyone was startled by Lilith's words.

"Lilith!!!"

Isaac raises his voice, and Lilith's eyes stop shining, she puts a finger on her lip and looks at Isaac with a cute expression.

"What, daddy?" She uses her cutest voice and gives Isaac her puppy eyes.

At the sight of his daughter's cute face, Isaac's motivation to scold her disappeared. He hugs her instead.

"Nothing dear!~ If that happens, you don't have to do anything, I will take care of them!" Isaac utters to his precious daughter.

Teachers sigh at how weak-willed Isaac is when it comes to scolding or punishing his daughter. The principal scratches his head and invites Dray into his office. He instantly warned him to apologize, and do not to make a scene.

Dray was a prideful man, however, he had never seen the principal being so cautious.

"So, you're the man named Isaac?" Dray asked Isaac.

Dray extends his hand for a handshake, Isaac extends his hand for a handshake, but Lilith instantly grabs Isaac's hand and pulls it to herself.

"NO! He is the father of a bad boy. He doesn't deserve to touch you, daddy!~" Lilith declares.

Dray smiled awkwardly. He met all types of people, including the royalty but this is the first time someone treated him with such disrespect.

"I am really sorry for raising him to be such a bad boy, can you maybe forgive him, little girl?"

Dray chuckles at Lilith and observes her expression. He feels shivers running down his spine when he looks at Lilith's eyes as Lilith glares at him with killing intent.

"Lilith, be a good girl. Let the grown-ups talk."

The principal tells her for the first time, trying his luck at disciplining her. After all, even if her father will agree with him, Lilith is still unimaginably stronger than him. If she wants to kill him, probably even Isaac wouldn't be able to save him. So scolding her, is basically a dance with the devil. With a 50/50 chance of survival.

"Daddy, I shouldn't speak when you're talking with someone?" Lilith totally ignores the principal and asks Isaac.

Lilith pulls his hand and looks straight into his eyes. She was a young girl, who never thought of what was good or right behavior among humans. For two reasons. First, they weren't humans and second Isaac spoiled her way too much. And Isaac did tell her that the school will teach her, so she was curious if this is one of those cases.

"Y-yes. It's a common courtesy to wait while adults are talking…"

Lilith looks at him with curious eyes and asks

"But daddy, why have you never told me this before?"

"H-huh?"

Isaac blushes at the thought, he starts to stare at the people within this room, everyone shifts their eyes away from him to avoid his gaze.

"A-anyways, what do we do about my son's injuries?"

"I mean, I can heal him. He will be as good as new." Isaac offers.

"NO! If you heal him, I will beat him up even harder!" Lilith says in an angry, yet cute tone of voice.

Lilith pouts and keeps pulling Isaac's hand. She was very angry at the boy for bullying her friend.

"Stop it, Lilith. Your name is Dray, right?" Isaac says trying to get his hand out of her grip very gently.

The man nods and lets Isaac continue speaking.

"I will heal him if your son apologizes to the boy he was bullying. Is that fine Lilith?"

"Humpf, fine." Lilith agrees and looks away from everyone.

Dray smiles and respectfully bows to Lilith. He was happy that his son can be healed and it will not cost him anything. Healing magic is not cheap, especially after his son was beaten to the extent that basically no bones were left unbroken.

"Thank you, young lady! May I shake your father's hand now?"

Lilith looks at him with distrust in her eyes. But decides to let this thing go. In a worst-case scenario, she'll just beat them up again.

"You may. Humpf!~" she again looks.

Her angry state is adorable sometimes. Isaac looks at her with a smile and shakes Dray's hand.

"She's such a good girl, I am really sorry for today's incident."

Dray looks at him with an awkward smile and thinks to himself "You don't look sorry at all tho" but says

"Likewise."

Suddenly, Isaac notices that time is slowing down. 'What that bastard, Dorian, up to this time?'

*Four Elements private hospital*

The one who stopped the time was not Dorian. It was the enraged, Lucas. He was holding a kitchen knife and slowly walked towards Mercury's hospital ward. His eyes were bloodshot as he kept repeating one sentence. 'I'll kill you! I will kill you! I'll kill you!' Blood dripped slowly from his golden eye and left stains on his white shirt. A nasty grin was sketched on his kisser, together with his hollow eyes, Lucas was akin to a blood-thirsty beast. Evilness emitted from every part of his body, with each marching step his grin widened and the grip tightened.