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Chapter 196: Celebration

Chapter 196: Celebration

A few hours ago in Lucifer’s castle.

Elesis teleported into his room quietly to get something very important. He came back not because he just wanted something from his room, his main goal was to find out the letter that his brother had sent to Lucifer and the mysterious box that he kept hidden inside his secret vault.

Luckily, he knew the way to the secret vault. He then walked inside the chamber of Lucifer’s dorm by using the most powerful stealth skill but there was something wrong.

’Wait, didn’t I just walk past that door?’ Elesis again started to walk on the path where he was supposed to go and then again, he reached the same spot where he came before.

He again stands still in front of the red door. There were three ways in front of him. He looked at the map that he drew a few days ago and started to locate his current location. Everything was fine except the red door. On his map, a red door wasn’t supposed to exist but he was standing right in front of it. He was getting confused. So he again started to walk one step after another by looking at the map. But right after 30 steps, he again ended up in front of the red door.

’This is making no sense. I know this is the right way to the weaponry but why can’t I just walk past this place? And why is there a red door in this area? Is there something behind this door that holds some secret? Should I check?’

Elesis is known as the god of knowledge. This means he can look into non-living things such as an object’s age, durability, and the person who has touched it or the object’s owner’s name and thoughts that he has thought of while holding the object. So his ability is technically the ability of appraisal.

Elesis held the doorknob and used his ability to look through the memories of that person who last touched it. Even if it was touched by someone millions of years ago, he would’ve known it but surprisingly, the doorknob didn’t contain any memories. It was like the door just popped out of nowhere.

Elesis then realised that something wasn’t right. He again started to walk by following the map but everytime he was finishing 30 steps, he was reaching the same place where he was before.

He was walking in circles.

’But this isn’t a maze, it’s just a hallway and it has only 4 paths. There is no way I’m supposed to get lost.’ Elesis then looked back to get out of the dorm because a day had passed since he started to walk and then he saw that thing.

For the past few hours, he had never looked behind, not even for a second. He was also using his instincts to tell if someone was following him or not but he never sensed anyone following him quietly from behind.

"Hello there..."

Elesis’s heart skipped a beat after hearing an unknown man’s voice over his head. The person-like creature was walking so close that when he turned back, he saw the creature’s neck, not his head because it was leaning over its head with its mouth wide open.

It was a skinwalker.

For a long time, Elesis was under the protection of Lucifer. He had received the best of the best treatment from the god of evil that he forgot what kind of god he was.

He forgot how scary and dangerous Lucifer’s castle was because of his ignorance. He left his guard down by thinking of it as a normal place.

Elesis was so shocked that he couldn’t move at all. All he could do was stare at the creature’s neck while listening to its creepy growling.

’I’ve let my guard down so badly. I need to get out of here. If I do something wrong, if I take a wrong step, my head is gone.’

But he let his guard down too much because of his ignorance that he didn’t even notice that his magic isn’t working. He failed to use teleportation magic to get out of the place. He was stuck inside the endless mage.

He then looked at the red door with his trembling pupils and immediately opened the door. He then rushed inside the room and closed the door to save himself from the dorm skinwalker.

He panted and said, "That was close."

Then, he realised where he was standing. The red door behind him was gone and the only thing that caught his eyes was the wooden puppet inside a small decorated box. The room was small, dark and its only light was focusing on the small stage where the wooden doll was sitting on.

His mind was already in a mess and the doll just added fuel to the fire.

Because the doll was a small replica of himself.

Then, the right hand of the doll moved with a white string attached to it. Elesis followed the string but couldn’t find where it was coming from above. Then, another hand moved and it slowly stood up.

*Hi, I am Elesis Sirir. What is your name?* The wooden doll bowed with a respective gesture. The voice of the wooden doll was exactly the same as Elesis’s.

Elesis couldn’t understand what was going on so he went with the flow. He replied, "My name is Elesis Sirir."

The puppet kept his position for a couple of seconds and then said, *How is that possible? I am Elesis Sirir. There is no way your name is the same as mine.*

"Yes, it’s a coincidence that we have the same name. How lucky, we must be brothers."

Elesis tried to get out of the situation so he decided to go with the flow. He didn’t want any trouble because he was unable to use magic.

He thought, ’If I could get to his good side, he can at least show me the way out of here, right?’

The doll answered, *Yes, I know a way out.*

His heart started to race because he never said that out loud. The puppet seemed to read his mind.

"Oh? How did you know that I want to get out of here?"

*Didn’t you just admit it? We are brothers. We share the same mind. I know a way out, I know a way out, I know a way out, I know a way out, I know a way out, I know a way out.....’

The puppet’s voice started to echo around the room. It was repeating the same words over and over again and suddenly, its voice cracked.

The puppet’s voice turned into a monster’s voice and kept repeating the same sentence over and over again.

*I know a way out.*

Elesis was terrified. He was looking everywhere inside the room to find a way out but sadly, there was no door. There was only a small stage on a table where the puppet was dancing without any pattern and then, its mouth split apart to its ears.

It started to show its sharp teeth inside its mouth and then said, *Brother, let’s play a game,* With the most terrifying smile that exists in hell.

Elesis was so scared that his body was becoming pale. His mind was a mess so he couldn’t understand what he should do. He was just sitting on the corner trying to run away from the puppet which was approaching him slowly.

He then said, "G..go away!! Don’t come closer!" He was so terrified that his speech began to sutter.

’This is a complete madhouse! A damn madhouse!!’ The puppet turned into a huge monster with countless eyes. Its mouth was so dark that he couldn’t even see what was inside. The only visible thing was the sharp teeth around its mouth.

He couldn’t help but start to scream.

"Help!!!! Someone help!!! Get away from me!! Don’t come any closer!!! Help!!!"

But there was no response. Suddenly, his mind went blank and he lost consciousness.

"Ahh!!! I wanted to see his reaction more! Delkira, take away the glass and take him inside the punishment room".

Lucifer was enjoying the drama of Elesis while enjoying a glass of wine from his room. He wanted to see more of his reaction but sadly, the puppet play was enough to knock him out.

"What a weakling... But I’m surprised that he managed to get inside the dorm by escaping the guard’s eyes. He sure has some good skills but he’s still weakling."

Lucifer started to laugh and then said, "How much did you like my fake map, dear toy? Did you have fun running around in a maze with a skinwalker sticking on your back?"

Delkira came inside his room and knelt, "I have tied him up inside the punishment room, my lord."

"Very good. Now go and wake him up. I want to have a nice chat with him."

"Understood, my lord."

Lucifer smirked and then mumbled, ’I need to take out that weapon to punish the rat I’ve captured. Why? Because it’s April fools’ day. It’s a celebration after all!!"

Lucifer then took out a weapon that looked like an orb. He immediately ate it and slowly, his face turned exactly like Viktor’s.

Lucifer looked in the mirror and said, "How beautiful! Now I’m going to pull another prank on him!! I can’t wait to see his reaction again after he wakes up and sees this face!"