Chapter 299 – Lucie
"I... I don’t know," Lucie responded with a soft but unmistakably emotionless voice.
She really didn’t know how life treated her—because she had no emotions to speak of, and just like Noah had said... without emotions, life was a stagnant, endless grey that didn’t look bad or even good.
It was just life. Nothing else, nothing more.
Noah heard her response, and he couldn’t help but smile wryly at it.
What could he say at this moment? Some comfort or something along the line?
They wouldn’t matter as Lucie can’t feel anything. At best, she will respond politely like always.
He sighed again, this time a bit more sadly.
"Do you know why? The reason you don’t feel any emotions, I mean," he asked, his voice low but there was curiosity inside it. He wanted to know if there was any particular reason behind her state.
"I don’t know, but my master knows the reason. She said she will tell me one day... when she feels like I’m ready to know." She said, still staring at the crimson sky while perched on Noah’s shoulder.
’Echidna, huh... I was going to meet her anyway. I’ll ask about it,’ he thought inwardly. That was why he came here to begin with, but for now, he just wanted to talk a little more with Lucie.
He created a chair made of threads, then sat silently and peacefully. The surrounding destructive energy didn’t even dare to approach him, fearing that if Noah didn’t mind their affront... their Queen would destroy them immediately.
So, they stayed far away, making for a strange sight—because inside Anya’s destructive domain... there was a spot where there was none. A space where the air was clean, and even rich with life.
But neither Noah nor Lucie cared. They sat there, enjoying the silence and the tranquility — of course, if you ignored the red lightning repeatedly striking the sky without any rain — all around them.
If the sky was blue or even white instead of crimson... then this scene might have actually been relaxing.
Well, we don’t always find ourselves in our desired position and even so, there was a certain beauty in the crimson sky.
"Let your imagination run wild. You don’t especially need to feel something to be creative, so tell me... what would you do if you could feel emotions?" Noah paused as he took Lucie from his shoulder and placed her on his lap, gently caressing her feathers.
"What — in your own perception — you think could interest you?"
Lucie tilted her head, her expression pensive. She thought hard and long before she turned her head, locked her red eyes on Noah, and said innocently...
"Sex. I want to have sex."
...Silence.
For a moment, Noah wondered if he’d heard wrong. But that possibility was immediately discarded after remembering who he was. So that means...
"Are... are you serious?" Noah asked, truly surprised.
Not because the idea was wild, but because he had expected everything except the word ’sex’ coming out of Lucie’s mouth.
"I’m serious. I want to know what it feels like. I’ve tried putting my finger inside me, but I didn’t feel anything," Lucie continued, her words making Noah awkward—because they were uttered with complete expressionlessness.
He was used to his wives saying this kind of thing with love-filled faces... or just horny-filled faces.
But now... blank.
And honestly, that was quite scary. And the worst part?
Lucie didn’t even look like she was done.
"I thought it was because my finger wasn’t long enough, so I changed. Then I tried to put my whole arm inside my pussy. But... it was quite awkward in that position. I stopped and took a stick and..."
At that point, Noah just shut down his mind and stopped listening.
It was weird... for a moment it even looked like Lucie was enjoying seeing him awkward. But that was impossible.
He regretted asking that question. After all, who would’ve thought Lucie was this perverted?
She knew damn well she wouldn’t feel anything, but she still looked fascinated by the act of putting something inside her.
But weirdly... in all the things she mentioned, not once did she ask a living being to penetrate her.
It was like she was only interested in objects.
A weird kink, honestly.
But at the end of the day, Noah was quite satisfied. Because he finally discovered something about Lucie.
She was a degenerate by nature. If she’s already like this without emotions... can you imagine if she had them?
Noah couldn’t help but think that even Lilith and Dominique might bow down to her.
He chuckled at that thought, finding it hilarious.
His chuckles made Lucie pause as she looked at him with a tilted head.
"Was I funny?" she asked.
Noah nodded with a smile. "You were funny indeed. I think you would’ve been very well known if you decided to be a comedian."
"I mean... it’s kind of funny to see someone cracking jokes left and right with a completely apathetic face, hahah! I mean, I would have paid to watch such a being," Noah said as he laughed again, imagining that scene.
She nodded simply. "I’m glad that I made you laugh, Lord Absolute," she said.
But Noah just smiled faintly. "Are you truly glad?" he asked, but it was more rhetorical than anything else.
So he spoke again,
"Do you want to have them?" he suddenly asked.
And for the first time, she responded instantly, without any delay.
"Yes. I want to," she said.
Noah nodded. "Then I’ll give you those emotions."
"And also..." Lucie started to speak again.
"I’ve heard Lord Absolute is the best in bed... it might be presumptuous of me, but can I ask you to be my first time once I have them?"
"I can also beg for it," she said seriously.
Weirdly, she didn’t doubt the fact Noah could give her emotions. Instead, she was already planning her first time with him for when that inevitable day came.
Noah’s lips twitched heavily. ’What am I now? A damn gigolo?’ he thought, but still shook his head to Lucie.
"Hélas! I only sleep with my wives, my dear crow," he said.
"I’m willing to be your wife and slave," Lucie interjected. For her, it didn’t matter, she only wanted to secure her first time. After all, it was the thing she was interested in the most... sex.
But Noah shook his head again.
"You first need to have the accord of my wives for that," Noah said.
And this time, Lucie paused and didn’t respond immediately. She seemed to think for a comeback on this one... and indeed, soon something surfaced in her mind.
Something she heard during one of her spontaneous travels with her crow body, looking around Laeh.
She looked at Noah again, and her crow beak seemed to open as if... smiling?
Then...
"I can be your side chick, Lord Absolute."
Noah looked at her blankly. Slowly, he opened his mouth...
"I beg your pardon?"
—End of Chapter 299—