Everyone Else Has a System
Chapter 54 One Long Night#17

"I am here for her," Reaper spoke without hiding anything anymore. If it wasn't for William then I would have played a bit more. But with William being here, I need to show a few cards.

"Her… how much do you know?" asked William with a sliver of seriousness in his voice as he looked at Lucia, whose eyes were questioning everything that she was looking at right now.

​ "A few things here and there. Initially, I came here just to replace Demitri, also to make sure that he doesn't do anything to Lucia Scarlet. Though upon replaceing her to be a vampire, I have decided to kill her," I lied through my teeth as I looked at Lucia and her expression changed to stupefied from the previously shocked one.

William, who expected something like that, spoke with a bit of a sigh." I guessed it. Hey, can you do me a favour? Let her go. She is someone important to me. I will owe you another one."

I looked at William, who had an apologetic expression on his face with his hand on his sword already. With sweat trickling down my forehead, I thought,'Now what? Should I proceed with the plan or… guess I need to change the way things I do?'

"This is a bit complicated… still… I guess… you need to give me a valid reason for me to not do that," I spoke as I looked at him with a question filled gaze. At this he pondered a bit before speaking," I can provide you a Supreme Grade potion."

Lucia's emotions seemed to be riding on a rollercoaster as she looked at me and William talking, but before she could say anything I spoke." No. That's too easy for me to acquire. Though there is another thing that I want."

William looked at me with his interest piqued and I continued," I want you to go on a journey with me to the Black Canyon of the Basilisks."

Hearing my words, both of their eyes looked at me as if I were some freak. Though, I couldn't care less about them as I continued speaking,"there is something that I want from there. Hmmm… there is something that you can take as well… so how about it? What do you think?"

William pondered over it for a few moments before speaking,"when? Also, how much is that thing worth to me?"

I thought about it before speaking,"it could become as important as your wife and children to you, depending on how you see it. About the time, I will tell you later."

His eyes narrowed at me and I fent a chilling feeling down my spine, which then vanished after a few moments. He then sighs before speaking,"all right. It better be worth that much or else I won't hesitate to leave you behind in that place."

I smile a bit before glaring at Lucia." Consider yourself lucky, Vampire." I speak before getting away from there.

"Wati!!" Lucia shouts with a complicated look on her face as she gazes at me and then I stop midway without turning. She then speaks again,"Thank you." However, it didn't feel any good. In fact, my hatred grew enough to leak out, making her take a few steps back.

I then turn my head and look at her, deep into her eyes, and say,"Someday… I will kill you."

Before moving away from there. Lucia and William looked at me with a complicated expression as they watched me moving away from there.

[The person in front of you hates you to the core. Enough to kill you mercilessly.

The person in front of you loves you to the deepest of his desires. Enough to fight against the whole world for you.]

Lucia saw the same message again as she used her skill, and it made her feel odd. He really hated her… and perhaps.. He really loved her too.

'Maybe… he really can save me,' she thought as she made up her mind to get closer to him.

"He is an odd kid, isn't he?" William spoke as he observed Lucia, who was intently looking at the place where Reaper was just a few moments ago.

"He really is… what do you know about him?" Lucia asked as she looked back at William and her previous scared and shocked demeanour changed to a calm mature one. All that emotional turmoil vanished as the refined look came on her face.

"Nothing. Except that… he is someone who is going to change the world," William spoke as he looked in the direction where Zero went. Lucia looked at William with a questioning gaze, but William ignored her as he went inside room no. 35 where Demitri was supposed to be but… he wasn't there.

'So he escaped, huh? Well, it won't be hard to keep track of him,' thought William as he then got out and looked at Lucia, who was standing there as she spoke,"were you the one who forced him to come out?"

William smiled a bit at her words and then spoke without hiding anything,"Yeah. I just happened to have a 'lucky encounter' with him a few days ago."

Lucia, understanding the meaning behind his words, spoke," so can you track him down again?"

"Shouldn't be that hard. Now, if you will excuse me. I have an auction to attend," spoke William, vanishing from there while Lucia stood there with a bit of a tired expression.

'Well… I will ask William later about what happened. I wonder what else is going on behind my back. And also… Reaper… just exactly who are you? And why do you hate me so much… why do you love me so much… just what is going on here? What is it that you know but I don't?' Lucia's mind began racing with questions before sighing and then disappearing from there as the clone erased herself.

With William being here, her work was more or less done. Now she can freely concentrate on Reaper and look into him. It might be playing with scorching fire, but this was the first time in her entire life that she felt hope… hope that someone will save her from that place… that place which only she knew of.

Meanwhile, Reaper walked into the lift, and instead of pressing the button to the ground, he went to the roof. Soon enough, the lift reached the rooftop, and he walked out, replaceing a familiar face in front of him.

It was Demitri. His clone down there just vanished as soon as he saw the chance and his real body was standing there without much movement.

"What is it that you want?" Demitri spoke as he turned to Reaper with a questioning gaze. Demitri looked very tired at the moment. A lot had been going through his life right now and the addition of Reaper was only making things worse.

"So you followed the message, huh?" Reaper smiled as he recalled the time when he was opening the door. While everyone was confused and panicking, Zero sent a message through mana sense to Demitri. He asked him to meet on the roof. Demitri was shocked at the message but did not react, as he did not know about the power level of the person in front of him.

Not wanting to offend Reaper, he followed the command and came on the roof, where he waited for Reaper to come.

"Yes, I did. It wasn't a coincidence that you came in between me and Lucia at that exact moment, was it?" Demitri asked with a sigh as he looked at Reaper.

'It was,' thought Reaper, but he only smiled in return before he asked,"What is it that labelled you as a traitor?"

Demitri, confused at his words, slightly turned his head as he spoke,"you don't know?" Reaper then shook his head and, perplexed at this situation, Demitri said,"I stole the Queen's amulet."

With his eyes open in shock, Reaper looked at Demitri and then asked with a lot of curiosity,"the same amulet that could grant multiple lives?" His eyes were clearly shaken because… that was one of the treasures which actually helped defend the Vampire King's Palace over and over again, against the parasites.

The Vampire King single handedly killed all the parasites by himself using this amulet. Though… there's a drawback to using this… the user cannot be more than 10 kilometres away from the place where he first activated this amulet… ever.

'Ah! It was this simple…. So that's why he never moved out of here… because he can't,' thought Reaper before inquiring,"Have you ever used it?"

Even though Reaper knew the answer, he still asked just for confirmation as he looked at Demitri. Demitri looked at Reaper with a sad smile before speaking,"sadly, yes. I did use it."

At this point, only the Vampire King who holds the ancient records and the user, that is Demitri, should know about the drawback of using the amulet.

'The question now is whether I should save him or kill him. How much is his worth again? Hmmm… let's replace out,' thought Reaper before taking out his Scythe.

"Demitri. Fight me as if your life depends on it," spoke Reaper, before his eyes turned red.