Chapter Sixteen

The different books regarding the history of the empire described the summaries of the impression of the creators at the time.

Meanwhile, the description about the ages that was more than a millenia ago was most likely to be written based on the history books that were copied at the time to ensure that they will be able to preserve it with the passage of time.

"Nevertheless, while there are some truth here, most of this should be fabricated lies. Just like the histories of any other world"

After some time, Lucifer returned the books and then borrowed some books regarding medicinal plants to further act like an actual physician with the power of his identification which belongs to Robin.

At half past five, the heat was no longer as strong as it was earlier.

With the sun on the horizon along with the gentle breeze came about a pleasant stroll.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

The bells on the door rang as the door opened.

Baal who was on his chair got up almost instantly with a worried expression.

"Oh my goodness..."

Lucifer sighed in exhaustion as he immediately guessed what happened from the lack of another presence in the house.

"He got kidnapped, huh"

As Lucifer facepalmed himself, Baal who was about to explain the situation choked on his words after hearing his master's reaction.

"Tell me what happened"

"T-that... I asked Paimon to buy some things needed for the lesson tomorrow as he was insistent on learning how to concoct a medicine to treat an individual who has become a madman"

Baal started to catch his breath as he continued,

"That was almost two hours ago. With the market and ateliers being only a ten minute walk from here, I suspect he was taken away"

Lucifer who was placed his suitcase on the counter begun to think of the subsequent event that happened after the kidnapping.

"I have a vague idea as to who it might be. They probably didn't target you in fear of a bodyguard hiding here, waiting for a rat to scurry inside"

Lucifer opened his suitcase nonchalantly as he took a cylindrical metal container.

"In any case you can go prepare the food for you two. I'm sure he will be hungry once we get back"

"Understood"

Lucifer went out with an irritated expression plastered all over his face as Baal started to wonder what sort of horror will happen to the perpetrators before going to the kitchen.

...

Inside a dark room, the young teenage boy squirmed around, attempting to sit down.

With his ankles and wrist being tied behind him, connected at that, it was impossible for him to accomplish such a thing.

As he continued to struggle in vain, he grunted in pain, repeatedly and persistently trying to get out from the restraints.

"Hahaha! Try all you want but you won't get out of it!"

"Don't discourage him. Let him suffer some more~"

The two outside the door laughed at the boy mockingly at his situation.

Though there was no gap for them to see his current situation, they could tell how much he was struggling from his hoarse voice coming out from his repeated attempts.

"Shall we go get some snack? I'm kinda hungry"

"Sure. It's not like he can get out of here anyway"

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Before going away, the two banged on the door as they tried to scare the helpless boy stuck inside the dark room with an ecstatic smile on their face.

"....."

As he heard the sound of footsteps become fainter by the second, Paimon begun to breathe normally, calming his heart.

After ten seconds, a box of match magically appeared at his restrained hands.

"Ugh..."

With great effort he pulled out a match from the box and tried to light it up.

"Ack!"

At his third attempt the match lighted up, slowly burning the rope that was tightly binding his wrist.

"Phew... that was more painful than I thought"

With the rope restraining his wrist burnt, he sat down as a small bottle appeared on his hand.

Without wasting another second, he opened the bottle and smeared his wrist that had burns with the liquid to ease the pain.

"Hoo... hoo... much better..."

Another bottle and a small silver knife appeared on his hands once more in the dark room.

With the small silver knife, Paimon successfully removed the rope on his ankles and freed himself.

Right after that, he drank the slightly pink, sweet liquid from the second bottle as he felt energized.

As he grabbed the three items that appeared before him, another item appeared as the other three vanished into thin air.

It was a bamboo pump with a similar length to his forearm.

About five minutes later, the two goons from before came back with fresh food on hand.

"Can you smell this? I'm sure you're hungry by now!"

One of them waved his sandwich in the air as if to tempt the boy in the room.

"Hmm?"

The other cocked his brow as he stopped eating. He stood in place as he looked at the door, contemplating about something.

"Don't you think it's a little too quiet? Do you think he's dead or something?"

"Surely he's just sleeping right... right?"

The two looked at each other in silence before simultaneously decided to look on the boy's condition out of worry.

As they were instructed to watch on the boy's condition as it was important for their employer's business, they didn't want anything serious to happen to him under their watch.

As the other took the key from his pocket, the other took the sandwich on his other hand to let his colleague open the door quickly.

As the door opened with a creaking sound, the one with the key entered slowly as he did not see where the boy was.

Splash!

A pale green, translucent but sticky, liquid splashed on the man from head to waist.

"AAAAAHHH!"

As some of the numb and itch inducing liquid got on his eye, the man immediately got down bending his back and legs, with both hands on his face, as he cried out in pain.

He then fell down to the rough floor as he started rolling around as he felt his entire body being coated with an unpleasant sensation.

But he could not care less about his body as his eyes were still in pain. Pain that he had never felt before.

His eyes felt like it was burning while having the sensation of ants biting on the inner parts of his eyeballs.

"You-"

His partner who was momentarily taken aback but soon took action on instinct by trying to go in was stopped on the spot as he, too, was splashed with the same pale green, translucent but sticky, liquid.

The food on both of his hands fell down as he was put in the same exact situation as the first victim.

They let out a cry for help mixed with cursing that was laced with hatred.

To no avail their voices simply echoed in the empty hall.

"This is what you get for making fun of me!"

With eyes filled with contempt, Paimon struck their stomach once before he dragged them inside the dark room.

"Have fun inside~"

As he said those three words with a merry tone, he locked the door and took the sandwich on the floor and took a bite.

"Finally! I didn't get to eat lunch since there was a lot of customers... but now, I can-"

Tap. Tap. Tap.

As light footsteps could be heard from a distance, Paimon instantly became warry.

From the way he was brought here, he believed that there was only a few people in the establishment, including the two who are now inside the room.

However, based on the rhythm of the steps, he could tell the person walking closer to him was not in a hurry.

The two bamboo pumps disappeared as a slingshot appeared on his hand.

With a small pointed pebble, he took aim as he crouch down, patiently waiting for his target to appear.

The sound stopped as he saw the shadow of the one who was making the sound of nonchalant footsteps.

His heart raced in anticipation and nervousness as he heard the words,

"I see that you got out on your own"

As a familiar voice was heard, the tension on his body disappeared almost instantly as he aimed his weapon down.

"That magic power of yours that allows you to store any non-living thing into an imaginary space sure is wonderful. It makes me wonder why you didn't became a thief"

The figure of his master, Lucifer, appeared before him as he slumped down.

His fall made a dull thud as he could not help but smile.