Chapter 282: Fake

3rd Person POV

"Hmm, weird." Amethyst muttered under her breath.

"What's weird?" Roxa asked while she was sorting out some of her documents.

The 2 were currently in their offices filing out several documents, one of which was about helping the anti-magic cult even when they already refused the help due to their hatred against demons.

"You remember what I told you about some of Lilith's secret hideouts?" Amethyst questioned.

"I do." Roxa nodded, "You found out that she has a couple of them spread throughout the world."

"Yeah, and I marked a few of them with my magic, and I felt one of them got erased." Amethyst said, "Since you're the boss, do you want to check it out or continue our fruitless task?"

"We aren't doing a fruitless task." Roxa pouted.

"The anti-magic cult is going to lose, they don't have the numbers, and we can do little to help unless we publicly support them and ignite the war early."

"Fine, let's just go investigate this, but I think that it's probably just that boy and one of your sisters visiting the place. But help me finish this instead of just sitting there painting your fingernails."

"I'm a rose, you know, don't you think that you're over your head in ordering me what to do?"

"Do it or I'll-"

"Fine, fine."

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Lilith POV

"Damn it, I can sense them nearby." I said aloud.

"Who? I can't sense Leilah or anyone we know close by." Perseus replied

"That damned purple rose, she's nearby and heading to our location.

This base of mine is an underground basement that can only be teleported into by me or be accessed through a secret entrance I placed in an apartment building, but it looks like the 2 were coming, at least we got time since I can sense a couple of demons approaching them.

Probably the spies who recognize them through their disguises, it should be about 10 to 20 minutes before they arrive due to the delay.

"Don't look so happy, this is still not over, I'm still frustrated."

"I think I may be over my head when I decided to get with a goddess." He said as we then separated and used magic to clean ourselves up.

"Can't wait for Maple to join in, she's a goddess too, won't be long till you'll be completely exhausted."

For now, let's just deal with those 2 somehow, if we just disappear, there will be suspicion brought upon Perseus, so there's got to be another way to solve this without raising suspicion before I can ease my pent-up frustrations again.

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Leilah POV

Hmm, I sense something weird, my something's wrong senses and Perseus' senses is tingling, it's like something is happening bad happening without my knowledge, but for now, I don't have time to think about that.

"Seriously? Him?" Isfrid asked, "You could have chosen better."

"What do you mean? He's actually quite nice, well only to those close to him, otherwise, he'll just do whatever."

"I've sensed some of our father's power on him, our mother's as well, but that radiated off of his clothes, was this related to what happened to the moon a while back?"

"That's right." I confirmed, "But he's not why we're talking in private, and since we are done with catching up, I'll ask you some other more personal questions."

"Does that mean I can ask some in return?"

"You can start if you want, I'm the one who went missing."

"Why do you choose to associate with that- Lilith, you are not particularly close to her, and she resented you quite a bit for everyone constantly comparing her to you."

"Oh we got over that bump, and besides, we're not getting along 100%, I wish to be close to her, but she usually has a wall up. Perseus fortunately noticed, so he act as the middleman to get us more chances to talk privately, she still does hold a grudge, though it won't be long till it dissipates completely."

"Ok, you can have your turn." he nodded and accepted the answer for now.

"Why do you still resent the demons? It's been quite a long time, and you should know that not all demons are the same. Lilith developed her tough attitude so that she can deal with you guys who tormented her everyday, but she's actually quite nice."

"She once killed and drank the blood of humans and made their family watch."

"Didn't that happen because their family whipped demons everyday and offered their blood to you seasonal gods?"

"Yes, I get that, but the rest of the family was so haunted that they went insane and died out, she killed them mentally, and if we counted numbers, she got more."

"Isn't that quite petty?"

"Yes, but I am a god, I can do whatever I want." he shrugged.

"You still didn't answer my question."

"The answer is quite simple really, it's that their existence constantly reminds me of my loss, and yet, unlike me, they get to live happily, the descendant of the cretin's species gets to live their lives while my loved ones can't, I can't bring what I've lost back to life as you did with Perseus."

"A reminder? So do you plan on just eliminating their species so you can no longer be reminded of your lover's and children's killer?"

"You've caught on quickly." he shrugged and drank his tea, "I know that the guy you chose won't be the type of guy to allow that to happen, and that's why I made sure my followers prepared for such an occasion."

"Why? By preparing some sort of secret deadly project?"

"Oh yes, plenty, I was the one who ordered them to do it, I know that you have no choice, but if you do happen to be in front of me when the actions start, I'll be sure to be merciful, even to that guy you like so much, I like you more than the rest."

"Perseus won't let that happen."

"By the way, even though I teleported the 2 to a harsh location in the snowstorm, it seems that Lilith teleported him somewhere else, I tried to see what they were doing, but she cast a magic to block it, you might want to check that out."

Damn it, she took advantage of the unexpected opportunity again, I'm so gonna slap that bitch.