The Demon Lord's Bride (BL)

With how abrupt this plan was, I knew Jin wouldn’t have the time to tell the Templars this. And while this was supposed to be their utmost goal, I didn’t want to spend a lot of time dancing with glib and play of words. In the first place, I hadn’t trusted them for the most part--I had yet to know what they had been doing to free the Goddess.

So, I didn’t want to waste time probing.

I only had seventy days left to look for the Goddess, and I better get a hint before dinner.

So I put my serious no bullshit face on and stared at him. "I reckoned that Val...my father was the last priest who received Her blessing--aside from the Hero, of course."

"Yes, that is so."

"I would like to know if there’s anything that could help us locate the Goddess."

For a few seconds, we were only staring at each other, probing intentions. I didn’t give her any reason for my sudden decision to search for the Goddess, and he made it mandatory for me to go all the way here for information about my supposed parents. Both of us were openly not trusting each other, but we did have the same goal, so we better cooperate--was what I wanted to convey through my eyes.

"In that case..." he smiled and spent a few seconds sipping on the fragrant tea. "Perhaps I should start with how we lost our Goddess."

I mean...if you have to...I guess?

He placed his cup back on the table. "I understand that you live in the Demon Realm."

"It turned out like that," I shrugged.