Team villains except me

Chapter 487 After taking off the mask

Irene asked the question in a calm manner. She just asked Dooku if he was willing to take off his mask. She did not add any conditions, such as "I won't be sad if you take off your mask", she did not say.

She asked, then started to crunch some cookies with Zhuge.

The syrup tastes sweet, so sweet that it makes this season smell like summer.

The flame on the candle flickered because of the action of passing the biscuits. Huet wanted to throw the fire out, but Norvia held down his hand.

The darkness was a familiar environment for Dooku. He subconsciously hid back when the light of the fire shone towards him.

Nolvia looked at Dooku, then turned her head to see the succubus staring at the biscuits pitifully. She sighed softly, stood up and took a biscuit for Ellit.

The candlelight flickered. Dooku's movement almost knocked the biscuit out of Elliott's hand. Elliott held the biscuit and looked up into Dooku's eyes.

...that look.

Dooku hesitated whether to remove his mask.

Elliott was a little dazed for a moment, and then he subconsciously ate the biscuits. Soon, he finished the biscuits, and he thought of something, and he started shouting loudly.

"Biscuits are not tasty without syrup - I want tea with honey."

"Then go make it yourself."

Zhuiyi leaned back in her chair, a hint of fatigue hanging from her brows.

"Make me a cup, by the way."

"I want it too~"

Irene raised her hand and said this, then she looked at Fiana and the others.

Fianna nodded.

"We all drink it. In that case, we should make a whole pot of honey tea."

Fiana stood up.

"Let me go, you don't know where the things are..."

"I want to go."

Dooku stood up, his head bowed, his voice firm. He repeated it again, then stood in the darkness, slowly raised his head, looked at the faces of his teammates, looked at their expressions.

He always wanted to do something for them. He could do too little, but accepted too much. His reaction was always slow, and he took a long time to think about one thing, so it was reasonable for him to think that he was a puppet.

Despite this, he still knew that they cared about him, and whether he was a puppet or something else, he was being carefully protected.

He didn't understand. He never understood. The floating mood, like a balloon in the hand swinging in the wind, the nights when he could sleep peacefully, without dreams of his grandfather appearing.

He learned the common language poorly.

He always thought it was a special gift. Then he learned new words.

"Love" and "Family".

Before he could fully comprehend the two words, he already had them.

and so.

"I want to go."

Whether it was making tea, eating fish with bones, or... taking off the mask, he wanted to give it a try.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Dooku. Do you wish us to accompany you?"

Nolvia stood behind the candlelight, with fire dancing in her blue eyes.

Dooku looked at her, then shook his head.

"No. I want you. Here, waiting for me."

"it is good."

"Dooku, don't worry about the time."

"Yeah, anyway, Elliott doesn't want to go to school."

"Zhu Yi is skipping classes too! Why are you only talking about me?"

"Do you have my five hundred years of inheritance?"

"Dooku, I don't need to go on a mission tomorrow."

"I won't go back to the palace either."

"so……"

They looked at him with serious and determined expressions.

"…Dooku, we'll wait for you. Take your time."

……

The waiting time is anxious and long.

Irene was flipping through Isana's diary under the candlelight. She looked at a few words over and over again, then let out an inaudible sigh.

Can she let it go completely? Actually, she can't. She still has many questions, and she needs to go to Qin Ao... It's a bit embarrassing to go to Qin Ao with her identity, but Qin Ao seems to know a lot of things.

Fiana looked in the direction Dooku left and asked Nolvia.

"Will Dooku take off his mask?"

Nolvia paused, her tone soft.

"...He will bring me some tea with honey. Fiana, he will take off his mask one day, even if it's not today."

"It should be today."

Ellito heard Norvia's answer and asked back in a calm tone.

"How long do we have to wait?"

"Indeed. If we wait any longer, I don't know how long we'll have to wait."

Zhu Yi spoke slowly, looking at Elliott with a hint of meaning.

Elliott snorted and stopped talking.

In the flickering light, Norvia looked at Huet who remained silent.

Nolvia approached him and asked him in a very low voice.

"What are you thinking about?"

Huett turned his head and looked at Norvia, looking into her eyes. He knew that Norvia's blue eyes sometimes changed color with her emotions. He felt that Norvia's eyes were now baby blue.

Like the traces of water left by the sea on the beach.

He could infer from such water marks what kind of tides had appeared here.

He had been working in the palace recently, and he was separated from Norvia in Lanier, but that didn't mean he didn't know Norvia.

"I wonder why you're worried and what you're worried about."

Huet looked at Norvia, his voice was also low, Norvia was very close to him, she could hear the vibration in Huet's throat when he spoke.

Like a heartbeat.

Norvia looked at him. She knew that some of her abnormalities could not be hidden from Huet. If Huet asked, it meant that he had determined the problem and what he needed was an answer.

Nolvaya lowered her eyes. She did not answer but asked a question.

"Hugh, if there is something abnormal in the abyss...if one of us falls into another world for a special reason, what will you do?"

"I will apply not to be a prince. Wuers can still work for many years, and Sosa doesn't need me that much. I will look for the members who are lost in the other world every day I am alive - Norvia. What does the other world mean? Is it related to the evil wizard?"

"Hught, if the war between gods happens, if one of us must sacrifice..."

"I was the first to be sacrificed."

Huet spoke calmly. He lowered his voice so low that even the popping of the candle flame could cover his voice. If Norvia hadn't been so close to him, she wouldn't have heard it.

"Nolvaya, you know my answer. I also know your choice. But if we really face such a dilemma, I will be the first to die. I can't bear to see you sacrifice before me.

I know you can't accept it either. If any of us leave, the rest of us will be devastated.

If we really have to make sacrifices to solve this problem, Norvia, we can't escape it. It's just a matter of time."

"Hugh, what if it's the kind of situation where sacrificing one person can save the world?"

Norvia asked, and the moment she asked, she knew Hugh's answer, and she wanted to take back her question.

Hught raised his eyebrows slightly, his green eyes were like flickering will-o'-the-wisp in the darkness, revealing the madness of its owner.

"Then let's die together. Nolvaya, are you afraid of death?"

"of course not."

...But what I fear is your death.

Norvia couldn't say the second half of the sentence. She didn't need to ask to know the result, but she couldn't give up until she asked.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard.

In this empty night, even the slightest sound will have a noticeable echo.

Dooku's figure appeared in the darkness, his head lowered, holding an luxurious tray with a pot of honey tea on it.

Hesitantly, he took a step forward.

Wind chimes with bright lights lit up on both sides of him, marking a straight path. The fire ran over in time, extending itself into a very thin and cracked line, surrounding Dooku and pointing the way for him.

Dooku felt as if something was pulling on him. He looked down and saw a small water rabbit. The moment he saw it, it turned into the little puppet he used to carry on his shoulder.

Dooku smiled.

He raised his head.

Aelin's night vision was excellent. She looked at Dooku's raised face and her breath caught.

For a moment, even the sound of the wind was exceptionally noisy.

Elliott was the first to react.

"Dooku! Your grandfather has poor aesthetic sense. You are very beautiful."

Dooku lowered his head subconsciously, then he raised it again and stared at Eldrit's expression.

Ellito was not lying. Dooku looked at the expressions of the others again, and compared them with the hideous face of his grandfather in his memory, and there was no overlap.

Dooku thought, Grandfather had indeed lied to him. He had lied to him about many things. He didn't like wearing a mask that much. There were many moments when he looked at himself in the photo and felt a sense of fear.

This fear reached its peak after he saw the puppet that looked so much like him, and he was afraid of being replaced.

In fact, it was not a mask at first. It was just a rough sackcloth bag. My grandfather said it was ugly and disgusting. When he came to it, he had to cover his face, otherwise everyone would know he was a monster.

Later he began to wear a mask, revealing a pair of eyes and a mouth that was always tightly closed. The mask gave him a sense of security, which was more important than the troubles in life.

The mask is like his skin. He wants to be completely immersed in darkness. He wants to cover every inch of his skin. This is a habit he developed in the abyss. He is guilty. Grandfather said that everything about him is disgusting, especially him as a puppet, like a source of pollution.

He hadn't looked in the mirror for a long, long time. The little puppet he often put on his shoulder was a picture of him as a child.

"Dooku, I think you're beautiful."

As Nolvia said this, she gently touched Dooku's face. Her fingertips trembled as if she was in pain.

Dooku felt that Norvia would never lie to him. Norvia said that he was an excellent puppeteer and that he was reliable, and these were all true.

He likes to hear compliments.

So he pursed his lips, raised his face, walked to each teammate, and poured them honey tea.

Zhu Yi drank her tea and observed his face calmly.

"That's normal. Why are you covering it up?"

Fianna agreed, saying, "Dooku, your mother must be beautiful. And so are you."

Huett patted Dooku on the shoulder. There was a lot in his eyes, even anger that Dooku could understand. But there was no disgust, no nausea, nothing.

"Dooku, Sosa is not as handsome as you."

"Hugh, Sousa will definitely grab you and cry when he hears this."

Elliott raised his eyebrows and said this before taking a sip of honey tea. Then he choked, looked at his teammates who remained calm, and suppressed the bitterness in his mouth.

Huett raised his glass towards him, a faint smile on his lips.

"Ellit, isn't this true?"

Elliott did not deny it.

He looked closely at Dooku's face, then nodded affirmatively.

"Dooku, I am a leader in the fashion industry. If you don't believe them, you have to believe me. I think you can be a model with me. You are not ugly at all, really."

Dooku smiled slightly. When he smiled, he had a very shallow dimple, which was clearly visible at this moment.

Irene reached out and poked Dooku's dimple. Dooku let her poke him, and the dimple remained.

Irene asked him.

"Dooku, will you still wear your mask?"

Dooku thought about it for a moment, then nodded.

"Outside. I'll still wear it."

"Do you want to ask Teacher Abel and Teacher Obu to take a look? And Mama, Mama hasn't come back yet. Teacher Valerio is not in the academy either... and Morga and Gilan, and Hazi and Ochef, they are still in Tarancuo."

Dooku lowered his head in thought, he was struggling a little.

Seeing this, Elliott took out his communicator.

"Dooku, you can wear a mask or a scarf. Look, I have many styles here, all very fashionable--"

Ellito was being watched by Dooku. Zhulang finished her tea and stood up. She leaned over and whispered something in Fiana's ear.

"I want that Dooku grandfather dead. I'll shred him myself."

……

Dooku didn't want to put on the mask yet. He wanted to give them a surprise when Ochef and Hazi came back.

So "Send You Home" slept in the living room.

People were sleeping all over the sofa and carpet. Fiana brought down a few mattresses, and Zhu Mei also made a few rattan beds.

When Ha Zi and Ochifu came back quietly, they saw the children sleeping in a mess.

They wanted to go back at night, but they heard that there was a place in Talancuo where they could ask for amulets, which were said to be very effective, so they queued up at night and have been queuing until now.

But they were stunned after getting it.

The amulet has Fiana's handwriting on it.

They came back from the magic circle, feeling both amused and helpless, and thought of waking up the children after making breakfast and telling them these interesting stories.

But they soon forgot what they were doing.

They soon discovered something unusual...Where's Dooku?

Didn't Dooku come down?

They carefully tucked in the fallen quilt while looking for the missing Dooku.

Then, they saw an unfamiliar face.

...It's Dooku.

It was a very pretty face, with silver hair falling on the eyebrows, looking very well behaved.

Ha Zi covered his mouth. His eyes suddenly turned red, and he fell to the ground, dragging Ochiev.

Ochev clenched his fists and heard a crackling sound.

Dooku's face was good-looking. But on his pale face, fine red scars formed a net. Those scars were old, and now only some red marks remained, which looked like birthmarks.

But birthmarks wouldn't be so...obvious. So obvious that you can tell which scars were caused by whipping, which were cut by a knife, and which were burned by drugs...

Ha Zi was panting heavily. He sat on the ground and it took him a long time to find his voice.

"Ochev, I want to go to the abyss - I want that beast to repent - I want him to kneel and beg for mercy."