Every sed that passed, the members of the Loki Familia grew more tired. However, I also started to feel a little tired too. I couldn't stand still. I was running bad forth through the hallway.

  I even jumped off the walls while doing flips in the air and swinging my sword.

  I was exerting myself three times more than all the members of the Loki Familia. My breathing soon began to bee irregur, and the members of the Loki Familia noticed this. They increased the speed of their movements even more.

  Some of them, eared more experienced, finally began to show their more dangerous moves, f me to retreat as I got closer and closer to Loki at the end of the corridor.

  With my back to Loki, I ushed backward while trying to create an opening to get past the group.

  However, as I ran up the wall and tried to pass over them, I felt something grab my leg.

  One of the Loki Familia members used something simir to a to grab my leg, halting my movements. I lost my momentum and fell on top of a group of people. Their bloodlust alpable.

  Tsk!

  I clicked my tongue and used my sword to push their ons away.

  But when I fell, I was surrounded.

  I started to feel several hands holding me down. Not just hands but s or ropes. They were simir to the ropes Ishtar used when she kidnapped me. I felt the strength in my body quickly draining away.

  "You sons of bitches, let me go!" I shouted as I struggled. But it was already too te.

  My arms and legs were bound by the same ropes Ishtar used, and all the strength in my body disappeared. It was as if I had bee a mere human.

  'Do all the gods have this damn rope? I've never seen this in my life! I o figure out what this is so I e up with some termeasures against it. Damn it.'

  Loki approached me slowly and looked at me as if I were a piece of garbage.

  "What's the matter? Are you going to start our versation?" I said, smiling at her.

  "We'll talk soon. You sleep for now."

  I ut to sleep in an instant.

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  *Loki's POV*

  When Luan was captured and lost sciousness, I looked at everyone around me and gave an order. "You all go now! The job is done! And remember, Ais 't know about this!" Upon hearing my and, everyone nodded a.

  Soon after, Tione appeared.

  "What are you going to do with him?"

  "I don't want to hear anything ing out of your mouth."

  "I'm sorry. I couldn't hold back, and…"

  "He took advantage of you… But the way you gave yourself to him and enjoyed doing that with this filthy man makes me want to puke just thinking about it!"

  "…"

  "You leave now, I'll hahe rest. And as I said, don't let Ais find out about this. You said earlier that Ais likes this guy, right?"

  "Yes."

  "Then somehow make her fet about him or hate him. Even if you have to tell her what happened between you two, I don't want her involved with him. I haven't trusted him sihe first time I saw him."

  I remembered what happehe first time we met, and my anger grew.

  "It's impossible! I 't let Ais find out what I did! She'll hate me forever!"

  "Then think of something else. Now get out of my sight."

  "…"

  Tione walked away and disappeared.

  I looked at Luan on the ground and licked my lips.

  I grabbed him by the legs and began dragging him down the long corridor.

  Fortunately, it seemed like Ais hadn't noticed what had happened here.

  Holding Luan's strange sword, I took him to a room and locked it.

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  *Ais's POV*

  I couldn't stop thinking about Luan.

  For some reason, I felt like something was happening.

  I left Loki, Tione, and Luan alone ao my room. I stayed there for a few minutes before deg to go out… What happened in those few minutes? It worried me a lot because a lot happen in such a short time.

  But I didn't hear anything strange.

  I didn't see any unusual movemeher.

  It was then that Tioered my room.

  She had a downcast expression.

  "Tione? Did something happen?" My heart started to race as I approached Tione. I held her shoulders and looked into her eyes. "Did something happen to Luan? Please, tell me the truth."

  However, Tione's response wasn't what I expected.

  "No, nothing happened. I'm just feeling a little tired, that's all. Sorry to bother you." Tiouro leave. It was as if she had given up on saying whatever she came to my room to say.

  She's hiding something!

  I went after her and pinned her against the wall.

  "Tell me exactly what happened after I went inside."

  However, Tione refused.

  "Nothing happened, don't worry."

  I started to get frustrated because of my worry. I was being quite anxious.

  But I calmed myself down aione go.

  She quickly left my room and ran off. I also left and looked around. The hallway where my room was was smaller, and there was a rger hallway ihe house. I quickly went there because I thought I might find something.

  When I arrived in the tral hallway, I noticed some strahings.

  There was damage on the wall, some bck hair on the floor, and a piece of strange rope thrown in the er of the wall. I picked up the rope, and as soon as I touched it, I felt the strength in my body being drained.

  'What the hell is this? I've never seen anything like it before!'

  I started looking for more clues because I felt like Luan was involved.

  'What is the Goddess doing now? I also o find her!'

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