Curse the Mainframe! 384 Feeding Her Blade

"Hello, Alex," she said, the smile on her face made him felt like it was fake and plasticky.

There was a single other person behind her, and they didn't say anything, standing silently behind the inspector.

Rather than the person in front of him who was the obvious person to pay attention to, Alec took his time studying the assistant in the back, which caused the inspector's lips to curl up further, becoming much colder.

The assistant stood in the back dutifully, and clearly, the inspector didn't expect them to chime in either.

Instead, the inspector's attention was solely on Alec. And she was displeased that Alec wasn't paying her any attention.

But just before she snapped, Alec turned his attention to her, smiling. He tilted his head ever so slightly, and it could almost pass as a polite greeting. "Hello, inspector."

Her eyes flashed. "Do you know why you're here?"

"I have an idea."

"So, do you have anything to say for yourself?"

"I don't think I do," Alec said with a guileless smile. He seemed perfectly innocent, and Lilith actually couldn't read him at all.

The two faced each other with smiles, and the assistant that was behind the inspector looked between his master and Alec, somehow feeling like the two had the same type of smile.

It was a little eerie how perfectly they echoed each other.

However, the smile on Alex Fields' face was a lot gentler and genuine. The angle of it was the same, but it just seemed more genuine on Alex's face.

The assistant kept his thoughts to himself, looking down at the ground. He didn't dare to show anything. If he showed anything on his face, the inspector would kill him off.

The smile abruptly dropped off the inspector's face, leaving behind only boundless coldness and piercing sharpness.

The air in the cell changed, causing the assistant to shiver behind.

The temperature in the place had already been cold, but with the inspector's change, it was even colder, almost frigid.

However, Alex Fields wasn't shivering in the least.

Instead, Alec leaned back, looking almost comfortable, and the inspector, Lilith, roved her eyes over his face.

Lilith's lips pulled into a cold smile. She could tell that this one wouldn't be easy to break, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't enjoy trying. Thoroughly.

Time was of the essence now, otherwise she would have enjoyed it sweetly, pulling every single detail from his memory in the most painful manner.

But she had her orders, and she wasn't able to enjoy it to the fullest this time, which was a shame.

She told him as such. "It's such a shame. I would have had so much fun with you. But now, I just have to break your mind to extract the information. I hope you won't disappoint me," she said, and her cold smile actually warmed up a little.

Alec maintained his smile at her, spitting out a few words. "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

Lilith sneered.

She stepped forward, not even minding the puddles that were on the floor, coming closer to Alec.

She stared deep into his eyes but found nothing other than calmness.

It made her want to break him. Shatter him. Leave him as nothing but a drooling mess that had to rely on others to keep him alive.

She smiled almost maniacally at the thought, and with an almost theatrical flair, she pulled out a straight dagger, caressing it with love.

Her tongue flicked out and she licked the dagger a little, her pupils visibly dilating. Alec's smile didn't change.

She breathed in happily, the pure ecstasy on her face leaving nothing to the imagination about how much she enjoyed her little past time.

"The smell of iron… lovely," she said, drawing nearer to Alec.

She ran the blade lightly across his face and frowned when it didn't cut with the slightest touch like she was used to.

She didn't turn around and instead glared at Alec. The assistant trembled, feeling the weight of his master's gaze as the temperature dropped. Even though it wasn't directed at him right now, he could feel the terrifying weight of it in the air.

"You didn't sharpen my dagger?" she said with a cold and accusing tone.

The assistant shuddered, dropping to his knees with a bowed head. "I have, master!"

"Then how do you explain this?" she said with a cold expression.

The assistant shook his head frantically. "I don't know, master."

"Useless!"

She exerted more force, and she finally drew blood this time.

There was a deep cut on Alec's fair face, the crimson blood spilling down onto the ground.

Lilith smiled again, delighted at the thought of feeding her blade.

She trailed her blade down, and it sliced into his clothes without a problem, but his skin remained fair and untouched.

She frowned again, her eyes flashing. It looked like it wasn't something wrong with her blade, but instead, something that had to do with Alex Fields.

She would have to report this. Now.

Lilith still wanted to keep the merits for herself, but at least if reported it now, she would still get most of the credit.

Still, Lilith played around a little more, drawing more blood. Each time, she looked deep into his eyes to see the traces of pain that he was enduring, only he never did anything but smile gently at her, as if he was meeting an old friend.

Annoyed that she couldn't draw out more of a reaction from him, her eyes flashed sinisterly.

She would have to go much harder on him. Today was just a taste test. Tomorrow would be the real deal.

With a flip of her hair, she turned around and exited the room, not even giving him a second glance.

On the other hand, her assistant turned to look back at Alex sympathetically before running after his master.

Alec smiled and threw out a little piece of stone that he had been holding, and it scraped past the assistant's leg, causing him to stumble a little, but it didn't register at all. He just thought that he tripped in his haste.

He barely caught himself before he shut the door behind him.

The door shut with a loud bang, and the sound of dripping resumed in the wake of silence.

Alec's lips pulled into a cold smile, and his eyes were cool.

They were getting anxious. There was something that was chasing them, making them nervous.

The words from the inspector were enough to tell that. She was a sadist through and through, and she would genuinely have enjoyed playing with him over an extended amount of time, but her loose lips gave him information.

A few hours passed, and Alec could no longer hear any conversations from the men outside, and their breaths were deep and even. It meant that they were asleep.

Flexing his arms, the manacles broke and shattered into pieces on the floor.

Alec stretched his arms and flexed them a little more, rubbing at his sore wrists.

There was still blood all over his body, so he gathered the water dripping from various places and used it to clean himself off.

He couldn't do much about the cuts in his clothes, so he just left it.

The previously white clothes had been stained red, and now that they were mostly dry, they were flaking in some places, having dried to an unappealing shade of brown.

Alec walked up to the door and placed his palm flat on the 'door' that was really just a flat piece of stone.

It could only be opened from the outside.

However, when Alec had shot the tiny pebble at the assistant before, the pebble had landed there, creating the smallest gap in the previously seamless door.

Digging his fingers in, Alec exerted almost all of his strength before he was able to get the door to move.

With much effort, he finally opened the door silently.

He stepped out, glancing at the sleeping guards.

Alec said mentally to Loeri, "Can you take care of them for me? Not the mind control, but just keep them asleep for a long period of time."

Loeri squirmed and changed colours, finally reverting from the colour it'd used to blend into Alec's hair after stealing onto his body while Lilith had taken its master away.

It jumped down onto the sleeping guards, sprinkling spores on them. "Done!" the little mushroom chirped.

Alec patted the small mushroom. "Good job."

Loeri preened happily.

Chapter end

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