Sharing a bathroom with the sensationally beautiful Vampire, Julian felt his body react again as he felt an urge to go for round 2, but this time he suppressed the urge despite the fact that the System gave him a new mission for it.
He ignored the mission.
From her body language, Julian could tell that she was ready to go for round 2 with him right there in the bathroom but he suppressed the urge.
After bathing, Julian noticed Lilith's clear disappointment but he didn't react to it and once they left the bathroom, once again he was stunned by the surprising aesthetics of Demons and Vampires in this world.
Lilith accessed his wardrobe to get him a set of neat black nightwear, while for herself she simply pulled at the void in front of her.
Shared Link!
She activated an ability as a pulse of red energy briefly erupted around her as she pulled out a different styled nightwear- a see-through silk white night gown.
After that, she made the bed and then they laid on it as she sought comfort in his embrace.
For the next hour, Lilith bored him with the details of how she spent the last 10 years in agony after the great battle, heavily injured while worrying and not knowing if he would ever wake up.
Julian tried to hint at her several times that he wanted to be alone but Lilith acted like she couldn't even understand his hints.
Julian was exasperated. 'I can't even have alone time for myself?'
In the end, powerless to force her out of his bedroom, Julian allowed her to blabber on while paying only 30% attention to what she was saying.
Majority of his attention was on that last notification from the Debauchery System right before he entered the bathroom.
'A mysterious gift box?' He thought, clearly curious. 'What could be inside?'
Since transmigrating in this world, Julian already inherited everything that belonged to the original Zaratul, including the baggage of problems that he left behind in death for him to deal with.
Apart from what he inherited though, since getting the Debauchery System, Julian had never gotten any free gift from it.
All the missions that the Debauchery System gave to him since he transmigrated required ingenious effort on his part to be rewarded, so the sudden appearance of a mysterious gift box left him slightly wary.
'It can either be one of two things,' he thought. 'It can either be a cherished gift that Zaratul acquired for himself to be used after he recovered, or it's Zaratul's attempt at resurrection'. Julian's eyes lit up with a ruthless gleam.
Julian Reid was many things but naïve was not one of them.
After learning just what kind of man Zaratul was while he lived, Julian didn't believe in his generosity to willingly leave all his life achievements and inheritance for a nobody like him.
He was 100% sure that in his death bed, Zaratul was hurling curses at the entire world.
This was why he entertained the thought of this being a resurrection attempt by the original Zaratul.
Though he still didn't fully understand the power system of this world, in a world of Mages and Warriors, Julian wouldn't be surprised to learn that powerful Awakened can resurrect.
If this was the case, his first thought was. 'How can I stop a Demon who was a Level 100 Mage at his peak if he wanted to resurrect?'
The moment Julian had this thought, his brain whirred and eventually, he settled on one name in his mind. 'Sir Alfred!'
His red eyes gleamed. 'If I'm to gamble, then only a Level 100 Mage can potentially stop a Level 100 Mage from resurrecting'.
All he had to do was make sure that Sir Alfred believed that he was the real Zaratul, and whatever was trying to resurrect in his body was an attempt to kill him while he was weak by his enemies.
Even if the mysterious gift box ended up being a boon, Julian wasn't fazed. He was a firm believer in the reality that prevention is better than cure.
Once he finalized the thoughts in his head, he entered execution phase.
Since Lilith just wouldn't leave his side, the first execution phase in his head was putting the Vampire to sleep so he could sneak out and find Sir Alfred.
Julian employed multiple tactics to no avail, then he tried the 'I'm tired, weak and injured, I need to sleep' tactic and it worked!
It didn't just work because he wished it though, he had to work for it. Afterall, he just gained a Mage skill that had this exact utility.
For the first time, Julian used his Qi as it pulsed quietly.
Bzzz!
Slumber!
It was subtle so the Vampire wouldn't notice and hopefully, she didn't. Even if she did notice, Lilith didn't point him out as gradually, she slept while still clinging tightly to him.
'Phew!' He heaved a sigh of relief but then came another problem. 'How exactly am I supposed to leave when she's all over me?'
He got an idea.
Staying calm, he tried to get used to the sensation of using the invisible Qi that was in his body again to activate the Slumber skill.
He still couldn't sense his Qi yet. Activating the skill multiple times was hard, but he managed to pull it off and finally he was confident enough to lift off Lilith's hands slowly as he pulled out of her embrace.
'Finally!' Julian heaved a sigh of relief. 'Is this what it means to suffer from love?' He chuckled quietly to himself.
Then stealthily, he snuck out of the room.
Relying on his slightly fragmented memories, he located Sir Alfred's room and then he knocked.
Click!
The door opened the next moment, revealing a middle-aged man as if he was already expecting him long ago as he bowed respectfully.
"My Lord". He greeted.
Julian nodded at him nonchalantly, then he entered inside the room.
Sir Alfred's room was far more modest than his own.
It didn't look like the room of a Level 100 Demon Mage at all. Instead, it looked like a work office in a corporate company.
Apart from the modest bed and bedframe, there was a simple work desk and a chair. The room was illuminated by gentle white and golden light.
Julian casually sat on the chair and looked at the powerful middle-aged Demon who stood in front of him.
Having come up with an excuse already, he didn't stumble on his words as he went straight to the point.
He looked Sir Alfred in the eye. "As you can tell already, Alfred, I'm still very weak right now".
Sir Alfred nodded solemnly.
"But as you know, I'm not a very patient man and I don't like feeling weak. I've been thinking of ways to quickly recover my power, and I developed an idea but I believe that executing it is going to be dangerous".
"I want you to watch over my body while I attempt this method".
Sir Alfred instantly became extremely serious like he was in a battlefield. "Rest assured Lord Zaratul, I will defend you with my life!"
"Good". Julian nodded in a satisfied manner then without hesitation, he accessed the Debauchery System interface.
He already confirmed that his subordinates could not see the HUD Screen of the Debauchery System.
He directly opened the mysterious gift box.
Click!
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[You have opened the Mysterious Gift Box!]
[You have obtained a Golden Lottery Ticket!]
…
[NOTE: Lottery Store is now temporarily unlocked to make use of Golden Lottery Ticket!]
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Julian's eyes narrowed as he saw a rectangle-shaped golden ticket floating in front of his eyes. 'It's a lottery ticket that's inside?'
He still didn't let his guard down.
He looked at Sir Alfred to confirm that the powerful Mage was still alert, then he wished for the System to tear and open the ticket.
The golden ticket quickly tore apart in front of him as the System HUD Screen became covered in bright light, and when the light subsided what remained floating in the air was a single drop of a vivid golden ichor.
DING!
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[Congratulations! You have received lottery Reward: Golden Ichor!]
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Julian was confused. 'A drop of golden ichor?'