The Author's POV

Chapter 709

"Has he always been like that?"

The Duchess inquired as she turned her head and faced the window of the room she was in, admiring the view outside.

Sitting opposite from her was Jin. Similarly looking at the window, he inwardly sighed.

"Yeah…"

They were currently talking about Ren.

He may have changed a little over the years, but thinking back at all the times he had been with him, he couldn't find a way to deny her words.

"Must've been tough."

"Tell me about it."

Thankfully, the Duchess was quite hospitable. Else he really would've been cursing Ren till the end of his life.

He reached out for his pocket and took out a cigarette.

…It was a habit he picked up due to all the stress he'd been facing recently. It wasn't harmful to him anyways, so it didn't really matter.

"What's that?"

"This?"

He lifted the cigarette.

"Yeah."

The Duchess nodded, her eyes carrying a hint of interest.

After noticing how interested the Duchess was, he lifted his index finger to light the cigarette and then took a brief drag from it.

*Puff*

The Duchess's gaze followed the smoke that raised in the air.

"It's called a cigarette, and it's something that helps me manage my stress."

"…There's such a thing?"

"Mhm"

He took another puff before handing the Duchess his pack.

"Want to have a go?"

"Can I?"

"Yeah. Go ahead."

She reached out with caution. Sliding the cigarette out with the tips of her slim fingers, she brought it in close to her mouth and placed it in between her lips before taking it out.

For a good minute, she examined it with wonder.

"What do I do now?"

"Light the tip."

He pointed at the white side.

A blue flame flickered over the Duchess's finger.

Alternating her gaze between Jin and the stick, she brought the finger close to the tip.

"Like this?"

"Yuh."

The cigarette lit, and an orange ring formed.

"Bring it to your mouth and inhale."

Jin explained before she could ask further.

"…Okay."

as Jin instructed, she brought the cigarette to her mouth

Only that…

"Cough! Cough!"

bright red, and she

soon started to fly out from

You lied to

started coughing

"Hahah."

out a muffled chuckle. He already knew that

are

her subsequent change in expression and her words left

trick me

'…Is this really her?'

when she was talking with Ren, now that he was directly interacting with her, he found her new behavior to be a stark contrast from

she hiding her

dead or something? Cant you fucking

different than

his

again, but this time

be

bringing the cigarette close to her mouth, she tried

turned his head. They

*Puff*

caused a cloud of smoke to float in the air, and Jin could very clearly hear her letting out a series of muffled coughs. Nevertheless, it was a marked improvement

it burns a

her chest while staring at the cigarette. Then, bringing it to her mouth,

this manner for an ensuing couple of minutes,

I do

She showed the butt.

at it before casting his

"Throw it away."

"Mhm."

a light flick, it

then extended her

"What?"

of what she wanted but found himself rather taken aback

It couldn't be, right?

"…"

bobbed

her hand. She glanced at it for a moment before looking back

"More?"

Now, this…

another cigarette and placed it

bother looking at her hand before directly staring at Jin. Her gaze and

for the first time in a long time, Jin was left speechless. Was

'Ah, whatever.'

shook his head and placed the pack in her hand, which she

"Very generous of you."

'Motherf—'

***

me at the Red Peak, Duke Velmout. I'd like

Priscilla—]

"Interesting."

at the

holding a clear glass that was

his back leaning against the stone edge of the balcony, he

finally couldn't

the demon's face. Seemingly already

had already made its way to his ears, so the letter did not come as a surprise to him when he received

resorted to an alliance. After all, by that point, the only thing on his mind would be revenge rather than the benefits coming from the

leverage as much as he could from Priscilla, granted that he would help her get revenge which was

two birds

"Alright, then."

flick of his finger, the letter vanished into thin air,

he mumbled

how much I can squeeze from

*

you sure

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