"Hello there, we meet for the third time, isn't that right?" Said a young man with a black shirt and a black eyepatch.

"Your highness, Alfonso Lockheart, as always, you are wrong, this will be the four time, the first time was at your sister's sixteen birthday, the second time was at your fifteen's birthday, the third time was on the battlefield a few weeks ago and now, four time"

Alfonso was currently visiting Lucio on the underground cell of the Tulip manor, thanks to Demeter, he has already recovered from his past trauma, it wasn't easy though.

"It seems that my memory is failing me, we indeed met in my birthday, however, I don't remember meeting you in my sister's birthday though" Said Alfonso.

"You don't remember because that was the first time you got drunk, it was quite the spectacle indeed" Said Lucio with a small smirk.

"Damn it Alfonso" Though Alfonso.

"You are right, I don't remember, anyway, I didn't come here to recall the past" Said Alfonso.

"I figure, I must admit that you have impress me, your highness, not exactly for your strength but for your ability to stay alive despite being thrown out by your family, cockroaches live longer indeed" Said Lucio with a cold smile.

"Thanks for the compliment, I heard that you visited a small island these past days, I hope that you enjoyed your stay" Said Alfonso.

"Y-you…" Lucio was speechless.

"I am not the same loser prince from before"

"And you currently are not the youngest son of the Pentagate family, Lucio Pentagate, you are now my prisoner, accordingly to the traditions, now that you lose this war, I can sell you as a slave" Said Alfonso.

"hahaha" Lucio laughed a little before looking at Alfonso.

"I am not scared of you, "Your highness" , you may be stupid" Said Lucio while doing an exaggerated and mocking "reverence" to Alfonso.

"But I am sure that you aren't stupid enough to make the Pentagate family your enemy, not even your father would do so, at most, father will scold me, and I will stay in custody of the Pentagate family for a month or two" Said Lucio with confidence.

"Well, that may be true" Said Alfonso returning the mile to Lucio.

"However, I don't know if you knew this, but the Boltor family seems to know that you are here" Said Alfonso.

Lucio's heart skipped a beat.

"Th-the Boltors!? No, it's impossible! The Veritia family make me pass here, so how did the notice leak… unless!" Said Lucio.

"That's right, you were sold, you are nothing more than a pawn in someone else hands, congratulations" Said Alfonso while clapping sarcastically.

"No! you are lying, why the Veritia family would sold me away!?" Asked Lucio.

"That I don't know, that's why, I will make you a proposition, I need to figure it out who is the puppet master here and what are his or her plans, so I need information, you will give me the information, in return, I will give you back the pieces of soul that my companion stole away" Said Alfonso.

Lucio remained quiet for some time.

"What should I do?" Thought Lucio.

"I don't think that he won't give me the parts of my souls that bitch stole from me at the very end, he knows that he can't hurt me, at least not at that level, because if he do so, my family will do anything in its power to destroy him, he can't afford to injure me, but… Will he really do it? If this was the past Alfonso, I will be one hundred percent sure that he would but now…" Though Lucio while looking at Alfonso, initially he has always assumed that this stupid prince was a loss cause, however, he must admit that now, he has changed a lot, so, he needed to be more careful how he addresses this issue.

"I will accept this condition, but you have to give me my missing parts first, then I will talk" Said Lucio.

Alfonso looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"It seems that there is some kind of misunderstanding here" Said Alfonso.

"There is no room for negotiation here"

"You WILL give me the information that I need, then I will give you your soul parts, there is no other way" Said Alfonso.

"ALFONSO! Don't push it! I may be your prisoner, but I am still the youngest son of the Pentagate Family while you are only a bastard fallen prince that nobody gives a damn about!" Finally, Lucio couldn't maintain his confidence and exploded.

"Well, that may be true" Said Alfonso while turning around.

"However, I heard that the one behind all of this, will give you to the Boltors and then, I will like to see how are you going to defend yourself in the state that you are currently in, that will surely be quite the scene, yep, maybe that view its one hundred times more worth it than the information" Said Alfonso.

Lucio felt a shiver running from his back.

"R-right! How I didn't think of it!? If the Boltors really come and fetch me, the-then I need to have my strength to, at the very least, defend myself, after all, the Boltors hate the Pentagates to the bone! FUCK!" Though Lucio.

"I will come back in two days, analyze the pros and cons and give me a final answer by then, but think carefully what you wanna do, after all, I heard that the young miss of the Boltors have a thing for fighting every single person that she sees, and she doesn't measure her strength. See you" Said Alfonso while closing the door and leaving Lucio alone.

......

"How did it go?" Asked Demeter, who was waiting at the entrance.

"As expected, I guess, he is a prideful person after all, he wouldn't low his head for a fallen prince like me, anyway, let's give him some time, I am sure that went he come back in two days, he will cooperate" Said Alfonso.

"You know that there are OTHER ways to get the information, right?" Said Demeter.

Alfonso didn't look at her, but her tone of voice was dangerous.

"Don't, I don't want to see you guys doing things like that, have some faith in me, I know what I am doing" Said Alfonso.

Demeter made a small smile and walked by Alfonso's side.

"Little AL, you are too naïve, that's what make you cute though" Thought Demeter.