Chapter 157: The Narcissist
Perseus POV
I heard the commotion of the killing carried out to the priests, the ones I did as to send a warning to the cardinal, and it seems to have attracted the attention of their pope here as well.
They got to my doors and unlike before, asked me politely to accompany them to the station, they then put out all these accusations, which was true, but I'm not gonna let them know that as I retorted back with all my alibis, they even got the staff of the café I was to come and as undercover demons, they've covered for me.
"Seriously, you blame all of this on me? Why the fuck would I tie the wires to nails and waste time hammering it into the walls instead of just making it sticky and stick the edges to the walls?! Like, are you saying I've downgraded or something?"
"Sir? We've know tha-"
"No, why would I even think of such inefficient methods when I have an easier way of going around it? You can accuse me of murder, sure, but accusing me of murder with these copycat methods? I'm actually offended, I want to see your manager."
"Well..." the interrogator stammered "If anyone is the manager here, that would be me."
"Well I got a complaint, ya stinky moron, y'all just accused me of a crime that is clearly a copy of my methods." I continue to act like a Karen just so I can annoy all of em
"'Oh no, the wires are the same 4 star wires you have, just with different enchantments.'" I said in a mocking tone "There's less than 30 enchanters in the world, of fucking course that the creator of the threads or fabrics we have will overlap."
"Sir, calm down."
"You know what? Nah, I am entitled to my words and you are entitled to yours. I bought this from the black market, go there and ask the sellers, why am I the guy you accuse?!"
"Well first of all, going to the black market is a punishable offense around here." he replied in a snarky manner "And second, you were clearly the one that did it last time, there was so much evidence against you."
"Oh, going to the black market is a punishable offense, half your force bought these so called illegal products half the time, go arrest all of the mages and knights amongst you that possess them then, oh right, you can't. And to counter your second point, I did do it back then, and y'all know the fucking reason, you're saying that y'all condone manslaughter and massacre or something?"
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3rd Person POV
As Perseus is intentionally riling all the knights and detectives in his interrogation room, the god of spring was watching him the whole time. The god knows of Perseus' deeds, and even though he didn't personally witness it this time, he has a sneaking suspicion that he is still the culprit.
Because after all, he personally investigated the priests that Perseus killed, and their backgrounds are not what it seems, all clearly guilty of a lot of things.
"This boy is quite smart." the god commented "But clearly not as smart nor handsome as me."
The god of Spring, Cassius Clay, he is a lean man who looks in his youthful and athletic prime, about 186 tall, he got pink hair and vibrant green eyes. He does not wear a shirt, and in his belt are make up accessories, combs, mirrors and others for self care like lotions...etc.
"I should go meet him and those other sisters of mine after this, but I'm going to need to take a fresh bath with rose petals." the god said as he head to his bathroom
Maple was there next to him, mostly ignored as he was mostly engrossed and enamored in himself, she came to stop him from killing Perseus since she heard him hinted at killing his followers in the future and even though she didn't need to, she is still disappointed in this particular brother of hers.
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Perseus POV
I am released and got back to the hotel, but they told me to not leave my room for about 3 days as they undergo the investigation and they can't remove my name from the suspect list yet.
Which was fine by me as it gave me time to think things through, like the offer from the demon lord, And Ruka is now forced into one same room as me, at the very least, they gave us a bigger bedroom and they promise to bring food to us 4 times a day since I said that I eat quite a lot, I told them the amount and they thought I was fucking with them since it's on their tabs but I had my receipts from my previous dinner to prove it and they are now regretting making that promise to pay for my things.
In the room, we closed the curtains so no one can see Lilith from the outside. Lilith created a sound barrier so that none of our conversations can be heard while we can hear everything from the insde.
Much to Lilith's displeasure, my group's way of thinking up plans is basically lazing around and hope that some thing just goes right into our head.
"What's wrong, Leilah?" Ruka asked
"I had plans for a date today but it looks like it's going to be postponed." Leilah sighs "A picnic lunch at the nearby hill overlooking everything, him sleeping on my lap as I play with his hair...everything was so perfectly planned."
"You can still do it."
"I mean yeah, but now we're going to be watched and I don't want that, well I can get him to repay me one way or another."
We then heard a knock on the door, which was weird, because there are 2 guards standing out there and they ring a bell, not knock on it, we opened it to see Maple and this pink haired shirtless guy.
That's a strong whiff of perfume, I almost gagged there.