Chapter 101: Chapter 23: His Dream Of Defeat... Her Promise Of Victory

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Lucifer was trapped in the darkness, his voice silent and touch muted... dark scenes flashed before his eyes enough to break his will to fight, and the sight of Gwendolyn being killed by the aberration's sharp claws caused his heart to shatter.

He thought he had lost the battle, the images and scenes around him like those of when he died in the past... slamming into the tree, he could only think about Gwendolyn... but now there was more inside his heart... he wanted to make Lephalia smile and to make up for him ruining Irina's life by stealing her from the former hero.

He was not a true villain at heart—that was only the role put on his shoulders, a role he must play unless he wanted to lose the women he began to care for... even Estella was growing in his heart; the moment she slept with him he didn't say anything, and she cast a curse on herself... on that would make males find her revolting as long as she was related to Lucifer...