Chapter 553: 13.51

"Jean, do you know what you're playing with right now?" 

Little Jean was dazed for a moment, not knowing how to reply to that question. Because he got caught red-handed playing with a dark sphere, forbidden magic in the empire and probably in the whole continent. 

"Un… ah!" The dark sphere disappeared from Little Jean's hand immediately, and he put his hand behind. Little Jean lowered his head, unable to say anything, just like a little kid that had been caught red-handed. 

Raphael only showed a smile and asked Little Jean again, "Jean, do you know what was that?" 

"Un…" Little Jean shook his head, but of course, Raphael knew that Little Jean was trying to run away from his mistake. Which was alright for a little kid.

Jean was probably too scared to admit it since Raphael was the next saint. 

Raphael smiled and grabbed Little Jean's hand carefully. He asked Jean to open his palm and then caressed the smooth palm of his fiancee. 

"Hmmm…" Raphael nodded and then grabbed Little Jean's wrist. He dragged Little Jean to sit on the sofa while Raphael was standing in front of him. Raphael was showered with moonlight from the window, giving the illusion of a gorgeous god, especially with his gentle smile. 

"Angel… so beautiful…." Little Jean commented while he was dazed. 

Raphael chuckled and caressed Jean's head, "You should focus on yourself, Jean. Do you know that you're playing with dangerous stuff?" Raphael warned. 

"Let me check your heart, see if there is a darkening inside, I can purify it," Raphael said. Although he was worried that Little Jean might've been tainted with a dark desire, he was well prepared. Since he knew that Little Jean was just a regular human, of course, he could be darkened. 

No human was free from dark desire. It was just surprising for Raphael since Little Jean looked so pure. 

[Dang it, Pupa, why aren't you notifying me when he is about to come?!]

[Pupa: He literally traveled with light, do you think my radar is good enough to detect lightning speed travel?]

[Of course! You're literally a system, at least be useful for once!]

[Pupa: Don't blame me. Blame that Father admin or whoever created me for being incompetent!]

Raphael touched Jean's chest. He noticed the nervousness in Jean. Thus Raphael ordered him, "Stay still, Jean, I will see the dark desire in you, and I will purify it."

[Oh no, what if he knows all my dark desire as Hoe Yunyu!]

Raphael's hand shone in a gentle glow, and he closed his eyes, trying to find the dark desire in Jean.

His vision entered Jean's heart, but the moment he came in, he saw a big door with intricate detail inside Jean's heart. He didn't understand the language that was written at the edge of the door.

However, he could notice the engraving of two men holding one heart together in the middle. 

The moment the door was opened, the heart was split into two, and Raphael finally saw Jean's heart.

…

'What is this?' Raphael wondered in awe.

He saw no dark desire and such, nor flickering light around. That was what a regular human's heart looked like.

Little Jean had a big ball of light, almost like a sun, that shone brightly in front of Raphael. Even Raphael's heart didn't have such powerful light energy. 

'Does that mean… Jean doesn't have any bad thoughts or dark desire?' Raphael asked in his head.

The sun inside Jean's heart seemed to have some sort of consciousness, the moment the sun saw Raphael, it glowed even brighter with a pinkish glow. Raphael could hear Jean's sun calling someone else's name with an excited, almost cute-spoiled voice.

'Han Ye! Han Ye! Husband!' 

'Han Ye! Husband, I miss you so much!' 

…

Raphael was silent, not knowing how to answer that because he wasn't Han Ye. He was also positive that Jean wasn't married yet. He was still five years old.

'Maybe Jean is a reincarnation of someone else?' Raphael thought.

Jean's sun was disappointed that Raphael didn't reply. Thus the glow turned red, and it yelled.

'Husband, are you still mad at me? Then leave now. I don't need you either!'

"Argh!" Suddenly, a terrible gust swept attacked Raphael, and he was pushed out of the door. The door was shut, and Raphael was forcefully thrown out of Jean's heart.

Raphael jolted as he returned to the real world. His feet wobbled as he was in mental shock. 

"A—Angel, are you okay?" Little Jean asked worriedly.

"I'm… okay…." Raphael said. He shook his head to alleviate the dizziness. "Jean… how did you get that dark sphere? Did you use the light travel magic to visit a dark mage or witch?"

'Because based on your heart, there is no way you can create it by yourself,' Raphael thought. 

"Un… un…. I—I saw it from someone on the road while I'm traveling… wu…." Little Jean tried to lie. He had to protect Matthew because Matthew would definitely get arrested if he got caught having dark magic. 

"Are you telling the truth?" Raphael asked again.

"Y—Yes…" 

…

Honestly, Raphael couldn't determine whether Jean was lying or not right now. Because Jean's aura masked all of his lies, if he had any. So all Raphael could do right now was warn Jean not to play with that kind of stuff again.

"Jean, you can play with whatever magic you found. But you shouldn't touch that dark magic. It's dangerous and corrupting your mind."

"Wu… Okie…" Little Jean replied. 

"Un… what would happen if I play with it for too long?" 

"Well, the dark energy will start running into your body, and soon you won't be able to think straight. You will be controlled with your darkest desire," Raphael explained. "That's why a man or woman that emanates dark energy need to be outcasted or executed because they will be a danger to those around him."

[Okay, that's fucked up. Is this middle age? Medieval? What if someone's dark desire is just because they want to get railed? I mean, I have tons of that!]

[Pupa: You should probably be his first target to get executed, honestly.]

"Wu… that sounds dangerous," Little Jean commented.

"Okay then, Jean will not play with it anymore!" Jean said. "But in exchange, Angel should play with Jean more!"

"Huh? You want to play with me?" Raphael didn't expect Jean to have that kind of request.

Raphael didn't think much about it because he thought that Little Jean didn't need to play with him. 

Again, since he couldn't appraise Little Jean's heart, all he could do right now was to believe Jean's words. 

Raphael chuckled and then nodded, "Fine, I will spend more time playing with you in the future. Don't go around using Light travel to a dangerous place, okay? At least have Wolf to come with you."

"Okay!" Jean agreed.

"Here, I will give you a ball to play with instead of that dark sphere."

Raphael opened his palm, gathered the light to create a light sphere, and then gave it to Little Jean.

"Give me that dark sphere. Trade it with this," Raphael said. 

Jean obediently did it. He traded the dark sphere and accepted the one from Raphael.

But the moment Raphael took the dark sphere, it just vanished instantly, giving him no time to inspect the owner of that dark energy.

Both Raphael and Jean were stunned for a moment, but Raphael only brushed it off and said to Jean, "I will leave now. I came here only to check on your wellbeing, Jean…."

"Okay!" Little Jean nodded happily.

Raphael was about to use his light magic to leave the room, but Little Jean stopped him so suddenly.

"Wait!"

"Hm?" Raphael raised his brow. "Do you need anything, Jean?"

Little Jean jumped from the sofa and ran towards Raphael. He hugged Raphael and buried his face on Raphael's stomach.

"Thank you, Angel… Jean loves you so much!"

Raphael was stunned for a second, then he patted Jean's head and replied, "Likewise, Jean, I love you so much…."

[Pupa: Ding! Raphael De Argent's Fatemeter increases to 50%.]

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Author Note: I'm sorry to deliver this news, but Pupa will be taking a short break to prepare for Exam. My Exam will be on 1-2 September, so I have to study and prepare starting from 30 September. I will return with daily update on 3 Sept. 

Thank you so much for reading and thank you for your support!

- With Luv, Pupa [3

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