Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 70

"What the fuck does he want in return? That we help him out or something?" Laxus snarled still angrily.

"No, he said he's only doing it so he can make sure nothing happens to Felix. It would endanger the Old Contract. If there won't be any heir after me who has a contract with the demons, Zaldevils will no longer be tied up with them. I'm not saying I don't want that to happen, you know I want nothing to do with Zaldevils anymore, but for grandfather it is a big deal. He believes that in the future, while there's still time, there will be one who would find that Chamber again."

"Bullshit", Laxus growled. "I'm not gonna let that happen."

"Neither will I if I can just stop it. But we can't know what might happen in the future. He's betting everything on this and even if he doesn't like this, he wants to keep Felix safe. I'm not sure how he's planning to do that, but I guess he has a plan."

Laxus gritted his teeth still growling and he paced back and forth in the living room. Yes, he understood the point. Lucados' only interest was to keep the family line alive as long as he could, but he just couldn't trust that old goat. He was sure he was planning something bigger. With Yuidose and everything, that was not something they needed right now.

Freed sighed.

"He can't get out and we won't help him to get out", he said. "He won't be here, it's only Horror and his job is to keep Felix safe. I can't say I know what kind of a demon Horror is, but just because he works with grandfather we can't say he's untrustworthy. And you've fought against them, you know Horror is strong."

Laxus looked at Freed.

"You're starting to sound like we should accept his offer", he grunted.

"Either that or we take Felix with us, but in that case we also have to invite more members to come with us. Do you want us to travel with Natsu and others?"

"Hell no", Laxus sneered. They were strong, but he didn't want to even think about traveling with them.

"That's what I thought", the rune mage chuckled. "I don't like that idea either since the more there are us, easier it is to spot us. We can set rules with grandfather. He might have done lots of bad things, but breaking rules he has agreed on is not one of those."

Laxus grumbled and he finally sat down again, tapping his arm with his fingers as he thought all of it. It was true that Horror was strong... And if bound with rules, Lucados wouldn't be able to do anything to Felix. Or others.

"So how is he planning to actually bring Horror here without leaving the prison?" he asked.

"I don't know yet, I have to discuss about that with him. He said I could contact with him if I asked Umanor or others to contact Horror."

"I see... And for that you probably have to be asleep."

"Most likely", Freed nodded. "But it will be fine. I won't let anything happen to Felix and quite frankly, I don't even believe that grandfather would want to cause anything anymore. He knows how strong our guild is and if he did cause something, he would have to go against us all again. He wouldn't win anything with it."

"What if he has made a deal with Yuidose?" Laxus asked and now Freed laughed loudly.

"That is one thing I know for sure he would never do", the green haired man said amused. "Of course I understand your concern, but trust me: He would never make deals like that, it would make him one of Yuidose's underlings and he won't accept that."

"Okay, I can believe that", Laxus huffed. "Then, you believe we can trust him?" he asked turning his orange eyes to look at those turquoise eyes.

"As weird as it might sound, yes. I do believe that in this case, we can trust that his only goal is to keep Felix safe."