A Peacock Husband of Five Princesses by day, a Noble Assassin by Night

Chapter 44: Kael and the Necromancer (4/5)

Lilith leaned forward, her golden eyes gleaming. "And if you become my disciple, you can live that long, too. After all, you were also a possessor of the primordial darkness, just like me."

Kael exhaled sharply. "And if I refuse?"

Lilith smirked. "Then you walk out of here, good as new. No strings attached. But, Kael…" She leaned closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. "You don’t have any valid reason to refuse my offer. Do you?"

Kael clenched his fists. The power she spoke of—it was tempting. Too tempting.

But then something popped up in his head. "Earlier, you trapped me. If I didn’t have this primordial darkness, I would have been dead by now. So, my question is how many have you killed so far?" He asked, a frown creeping up to his face.

Lilith’s gaze never wavered as she met Kael’s questioning eyes, the flicker of amusement still present in her expression. "How many?" She repeated, the question seeming to amuse her. "If you ask me whether I have killed people using this trap and experimented on, the answer is nil."

"Nil?" Kael’s eyes widened in disbelief as he absorbed Lilith’s words. "You… you’re telling me that all of those people you’ve trapped and experimented on… you just let them go?" His voice was filled with doubt, disbelief still etched across his face. "After everything you’ve done to them, you just let them walk away?"

Lilith nodded slowly, the calmness in her demeanor never faltering. "I don’t kill people, lad. Their minds are wiped clean of their experiences. I don’t need their death to prove my re