Chapter: Chapter 296
“Cough, cough.”
Faced with Eileen’s taunts, Luo Xiu blushed, which was rare for him.
The facilities in the room were so extreme that even he had to admit they were perverse.
A tall cross, cold chains, and a whip gleaming with a cold light.
And, in the dimness, red candles emitted a faint glow.
On a nearby shelf, meant for storage, were over a dozen instruments that would make any ordinary person blush.
There were shackles, handcuffs, and so on, an endless array.
Meeting Eileen’s disgusted gaze, which was like looking at scum, Luo Xiu could only brace himself and explain, “I have no choice, you know?”
He spread his hands, looking wronged. “I can appease the royal family, but it won’t be so easy to fool the Holy See’s investigators.”
Luo Xiu sighed, “If I don’t show them something real, the Holy See will never believe me.”
At this moment, Selena, who had been holding his hand, squeezed his palm.
She lowered her head, her ears turning red, but she still considerately echoed Luo Xiu’s words.
“Lord Luo Xiu, you don’t need to explain so much. I understand. I’m fine with anything…”
Her words, coupled with her submissive and obedient demeanor, made Eileen, standing under the cross, furious.
She sneered, looking at Luo Xiu, her voice rising by two octaves.
“So, are you saying that if you just put on a show, they’ll believe you and won’t investigate us anymore?”
Compared to her friend, who had already fallen into the abyss, Eileen was much more rational. She questioned, “Do you even believe this charade yourself?”
Faced with the girl’s doubt, Luo Xiu brought out his pre-prepared answer.
He calmly explained, “Of course, it’s not that simple.”
Luo Xiu rubbed his chin. “I don’t expect to fool the Holy See completely, but I can buy some time. First, I need peaceful nights, then I’ll have time to consider other options.”
His tone was a little helpless. “Besides, haven’t we thought of any other good methods? If you have any brilliant ideas, feel free to share them with us.”
Eileen grunted, pouting. She proudly raised her chin. “No.”
Luo Xiu was speechless, thinking, “What are you being so proud about?”
He shrugged. “Then that settles it.”
“You can’t expect me to confront the Holy See and the entire Maya Empire directly, can you?”
Eileen was stunned. She opened her mouth but no sound came out.
Because she knew that everything Luo Xiu said was true.
But no matter how much they evaded, wouldn’t things eventually lead to this outcome?
Declaring war on the Holy See, declaring war on the royal family, was equivalent to declaring war on the entire world.
What would you do then?
These words, Eileen silently buried in her heart. She didn’t not want to ask, but she didn’t dare to.
At this moment, Luo Xiu continued to speak.
He was still trying his best to explain, attempting to make the two girls understand his good intentions.
“As long as we haven’t completely fallen out, the Holy See will allow me a little bit of this small willfulness, allow me to mess around…”
As soon as Luo Xiu finished speaking, he felt the girl beside him move.
Selena looked up, her exquisite face unlike anything mortal.
She pulled her hand away and gently wrapped her arms around Luo Xiu’s waist.
The girl was petite, and whenever she looked up at the man, she had to tilt her head.
Her eyes were beautiful, her eyelashes long, fluttering as she spoke with a firm tone.
“Lord Luo Xiu, you don’t need to explain. You don’t need to say any more.”
Selena suddenly smiled.
“Selena is willing to believe you. I said so from the first day I met you.”
The girl’s sincerity made Luo Xiu’s expression falter.
His hands, which were hanging in the air, found no place to land.
He didn’t choose to embrace Selena, but instead scratched his head, looking somewhat unnaturally flustered.
“Selena, why?” he asked softly.
Why?
Luo Xiu had been asked this question many times.
But this was the first time he had asked someone else.
Selena’s arms around him tightened slightly.
She buried her head in the man’s embrace, her voice muffled.
“Why, shouldn’t we be the ones asking you?”
“And why did you go to so much trouble to save us…?”
Her voice was light and airy. Eileen, who had been silently observing, now cast a glance.
Yes.
This was what they should have been asking.
Luo Xiu was a little stumped.
He turned his head away, avoiding eye contact with Eileen.
“Didn’t I already say? I was just lusting after your bodies…”
“Is that so~”
Hearing the expected answer, Selena’s voice softened. She deliberately stretched out the tone.
It sounded like teasing.
She thought, this kind of reason might only fool that little idiot Eileen.
If the man had truly had such intentions, with all the little things she had intentionally done these past few days, she didn’t believe any man could have resisted.
But Luo Xiu had resisted.
Not only did he not take advantage of her, but he behaved more properly than anyone else.
Even the Holy Light would probably praise him as an honest man.
Therefore, Selena’s initial doubt about Luo Xiu’s reason turned into complete disbelief.
However, she didn’t expose him, only smiling slightly in a place Luo Xiu couldn’t see.
Then the girl replied, “Then I believe you because Lord Luo Xiu is handsome…”
“Lord Luo Xiu is so handsome, he definitely wouldn’t be a bad person.”
Selena said with certainty.
The way they were acting intimately, in Eileen’s eyes, inexplicably conjured a word.
Adulterous couple.
Eileen quickly shook her head, thinking, “He might be an adulterer, but my Selena wouldn’t be that kind of bad woman!”
On the other side, although Luo Xiu knew Selena was likely not telling the truth, he couldn’t do anything about it.
Ultimately, he wasn’t the type to pry, so he casually changed the subject.
“It’s good that you can understand me.”
His gaze swept over the tall cross and the ‘instruments of torture’ used for judgment, and he said slowly, “When the people from the Holy See arrive, you might have to suffer a little.”
Selena had no problem with that.
She hummed, saying, “Lord Luo Xiu, you don’t need to worry about us. Compared to the pain we’ve endured before, just going through the motions like this is already very easy.”
After she finished speaking, she couldn’t help but look at Eileen.
Because Eileen seemed very interested in the ‘instruments of torture’ in the room, touching this and that.
Sensing Selena’s odd glance, Eileen quickly straightened up, standing tall.
It was as if she had been caught doing something bad.
Eileen puffed out her cheeks, maintaining a cold expression.
“What are you looking at? What’s so interesting?”
“I’m not thinking of experiencing… Pfft! I would never agree!”
(End of chapter)
