Chapter 1564 Let’s talk. "I sacrificed myself because I wanted my daughter to live a peaceful life. I even postponed avenging my dead wives for her sake. I did everything I could just to make sure my daughter lived well. Don't even try and compare it with your readiness to give away your life to spare your wives, That is plain cowardice." Azriel spat as he stared at Nux with a vicious look on his face. This was the first time he and Nux were having a one-on-one conversation. A conversation where Azriel's words weren't influenced because of his daughter's presence. "…" Nux was silent. This was the first time he was hearing Azriel's side of the story. It wasn't just about his wives' death, Azriel never 'broke apart', no, more precisely, he couldn't break apart, His little girl was still in this world. And for that little child, even if he had to live a life without his wives, even if he had to forget his revenge, even if… he had to live as if he was an undead, He would do it. It was never about not being able to leave this world, Azriel left the world in order to protect Nux and bring him and his wives back. Yes, Yrniel was greatly harmed in that small amount of time Azriel wasn't there, however, this didn't mean Azriel was completely bound to Yrniel and that Yrniel would be completely destroyed if he wasn't there. Azriel could still leave for a few seconds, and honestly, With how strong he had gotten, that was all the time he needed to avenge his wives. The only reason he never took action was because he didn't want to harm Yrniel more than needed. He held back because he wanted to save the world his daughter cherished and cared about. "Cowardice huh…" Suddenly, Nux muttered. This time, there was no hint of gloating or mockery in his tone, he was seriously thinking about what Azriel said. Knowingly or unknowingly, Azriel had become someone who could influence Nux's thoughts, his words affected Nux more than Nux thought. "You call me a coward, but did you ever consider why I gave you that answer?" Suddenly, Nux asked a strange question. Azriel frowned and Nux suddenly smiled, "Why don't you do it? Kill me and spare my wives." Azriel's frown deepened, similarly, Nux's smile widened as well. "Can't do it, can you? My wives will never forgive you. Your own daughter will never forgive you." "This is reality, Nux Leander, You have no relationship with my daughter in this life." Azriel spoke. "But my wives does," Nux replied. "And not just one, but two of them. One is her best friend, The other is her disciple, And since you did spy on me, I am sure you know that your daughter gets quite attached to her students. If you kill me, you will be turning two of the most important people in your daughter's life into her enemies, you think your daughter will forgive you if you do that? No, let me change my question, Do you think you have the galls to do that? You think you are brave enough to see your daughter look at you with hatred?" Nux questioned and this time, Azriel turned silent. "We might be different from each other, but both of us have one similarity Lord Azriel. We love the people around us too much and are willing to do anything for their sake, even if that means disregarding our pride. I do not know you well, But I for damn sure know that you do not have what it takes to kill or antagonise the people your daughter likes. You can never kill me nor my wives. So these empty threats of yours won't work." Nux chuckled. This was also the reason why he didn't react when Azriel 'took' Aeliana and his wives away. "Now stop with all this and give me my wives back, I still have some things I want to do, things you couldn't see inside the Illusion." Nux spoke with a playful smile on his face. Azriel stared at him without showing any reaction, then suddenly, He waved his hands again and the already thick mist around them became even denser. "Let's talk." The Vampire Progenitor spoke, his tone sent shivers down Nux's spine, he however held his round. Azriel then started walking towards him and, "What do you think about that father of yours? I noticed you were oddly silent throughout the entire conversation." Honestly, Nux wanted to hide what he was thinking, for some reason however, when he looked into Azriel's eyes, he felt like he couldn't hide anything. It wasn't some sort of charm, Nux was sure about that, it was just that… Azriel's Aura was too overpowering for him to be able to resist anything, and honestly, just the thought of having someone like Azriel on your side was enough for Nux to stop thinking about anything and speak like a parrot. "I don't trust him." Nux was honest. "I believe his story, I believe him being the Progenitor of the fifth Supreme World, I believe that he created the System, But… I do not believe him." "You are sharper than I thought." Azriel chuckled. "That's what spending three hundred thousand years inside an illusionary world does to you." Nux smiled. "Three hundred thousand?" Azriel frowned. Nux tilted his head in confusion, he didn't exactly remember how much time had he spent inside the illusion, but it was definitely higher than three hundred thousan- "You spent around a million years in there." Azriel revealed and in an instant, Nux's brain froze. "A million?" He raised his eyebrow. "Exactly." Azriel nodded. "But that shouldn't be possible, according to Lilith, 10,000 years inside should be 10 years outside, according to that, a million would be 1000 years, then how come-" "The Illusion was originally set to last for only 10,000 years, 20,000 or 50,000 in worst-case scenario, But you killed yourself so many times that it passed the threshold, Yrniel's energy was used up, I was asleep, so the two Lust Progenitors had to use their own energies to maintain that world, obviously that would make things unstable. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖 The two of them might understand Illusions, but they do not understand Yrniel and how to use its energy."