100: dredge

"Understood. You are as thoughtful as ever, Master. I will go execute it immediately."

Due to the influence of the contract, Emilia trusted Locke's words one hundred percent. After Locke finished speaking, she hurried off to carry it out.

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Seeing this, Serena asked somewhat anxiously from the side: "Locke, do you need me to go help Emilia? I'm afraid she won't be able to handle it alone."

The reason she asked this was mainly because she wanted to contribute to Locke and do something within her power.

"You don't need to help. She has so many subordinates; she should be able to handle it."

Hearing Locke's words, Serena's expression inevitably turned a bit dejected, and then she gave a soft, "Mm."

Seeing her like this, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of Locke's mouth. He leaned over close to her ear and said very intimately: "You can't leave. Don't tell me you've forgotten our previous agreement?"

Upon hearing this, Serena's neck turned red instantly. She didn't dare to raise her head to meet Locke's burning gaze. She could only gently pinch Locke's waist with her hand and then chide him in an extremely soft tone: "You're hateful. Erica is still here. What are you saying..."

From Locke's tone, it was obvious that Serena understood what the agreement referred to, which made her unbearably shy.

Of course, if it were just the two of them, she wouldn't be like this; the main issue was that her good friend Erica was right there watching them.

Seeing her shy appearance, Locke couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart. One had to know that Serena was the Vampire Clan's recognized iceberg goddess, but now she was acting like a little girl in front of him. How could he not be moved?

Locke still remembered the first time he met Serena in the clinic and the feeling of aloofness she radiated.

This formed a huge contrast with her current image, where she seemed desperate to throw herself into his chest.

Honestly, with such a huge contrast, what man could say he didn't like it?

"I'm not saying anything particularly shameful, and besides, Erica is one of our own. What's the big deal?"

Locke wore a wicked smile, completely unbothered by the murderous look Serena was giving him.

Rather than murderous, it was more like she was staring at him with enchanting charm. Locke enjoyed this kind of gaze very much. He then turned to look at the silent Erica on the side and asked deliberately: "Erica, I think you probably don't mind, right?"

As he spoke, he even reached out and pulled Serena into his arms. Just as Serena tried to break free, Erica rolled her eyes at Locke and spoke up: "Alright, I know you two are lovey-dovey, but can't you wait until I leave before getting intimate? Seriously."

When saying this, she stared at Locke's eyes with some resentment, wishing she could push Locke onto the bed right now and devour him bit by bit.

There was no help for it; since she had chosen to be the woman behind Locke from the beginning, such public displays of affection no longer belonged to her.

"See, I told you Erica wouldn't mind." Locke released his hand from around Serena, shrugged, and said very nonchalantly.

"Stop, Locke, you are not allowed to say any more." Serena, flushed red from being teased again and again, turned to the side, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Locke indignantly.

She looked just like an angry little white rabbit staring fiercely at its master.

"Alright, alright, whatever you say." Locke smiled and pinched Serena's collagen-rich cheek, then continued: "Then you just stay obediently in the room and wait for me. I'm going out to discuss other matters with Erica."

"Discuss matters? You and Erica?"

"Yes, Erica and I. There are some matters involving Kraven that I need to communicate with her about."

Facing Serena's eyes, Locke still appeared calm and composed, without a shred of guilt.

"Mm, alright then, I'll wait for you in the room." Serena frowned; although she was a bit puzzled, she still nodded in agreement.

"Erica, let's go." Locke turned his head to give Erica a look, then walked out of the room on his own.

Seeing that Locke actually wanted to talk to her alone at this time, Erica looked at his departing back, couldn't help but swallow, and her heart pounded wildly.

"A good thing. It's finally my turn. I've really been waiting a long time." Thinking back to the last time Locke took her out alone, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

However, thinking that Serena was still there, to avoid being seen through, she suppressed the corners of her mouth that wanted to curl up and didn't let herself smile. Finally, after greeting Serena, she followed Locke out of the room with light steps.

"Serena, I'll be going now."

Watching Erica's light steps as if something good had happened, Serena couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Having grown up with Erica almost since childhood, she could discern her mood just from the slightest details in her actions.

"Why is she so happy today? Could it be that she has more good news about Kraven? Or is it that she hates Victor just as much as I do?" Serena couldn't figure it out at all.

Because she never in a million years would have thought that Locke and Erica had already gotten together behind her back, and that he had already connected with Erica even before her.

However, this couldn't be blamed on Locke and Erica. Everything was caused by the influence of that mysterious pink energy. Of course, this might sound very much like an excuse, which is why Locke hadn't confessed it to Serena.

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Outside the door, Locke led Erica for a while, and after arriving at a familiar corner, he finally stopped.

"Hehe... Locke isn't going to take me to perform the coming-of-age ceremony later, is he?"

"Should I take the initiative to stick my tongue out later? If I take the initiative, will it make me seem particularly unreserved?"

Behind him, Erica was thinking about how to be intimate with him later and how to make herself look less desperate. Therefore, she didn't notice his action of stopping and bumped straight into him.

"Ouch." Bumped, Erica instantly snapped back to reality from her own world. Rubbing her forehead, she looked somewhat embarrassed at Locke, who had turned around.

"My Erica, what were you thinking about just now? Why were you so absorbed? Could it be that you were..."

Locke's teasing words stopped halfway. There was no help for it; with beautiful scenery in front of him, he also forgot to think.

Because the moment he looked down just now, he discovered something incredible. Therefore, the look Locke gave Erica now was very sharp, as if he wanted to see through all the beautiful scenery hidden under her clothes.

This was naturally not because he had superpowers, but because due to the height difference, he just lowered his head, and his gaze accidentally passed through the collar and anchored onto the pair of snow-white headlights in front of Erica. This was the truth that kept one's will stable; this was a lighthouse of the dark world.

It didn't matter if he didn't look, but once he did, it made him recall what happened with Erica on Serena's bed that night, which inexplicably made him feel distracted, and he even forgot to continue his teasing remarks.

Honestly, once a person is idle and has no sense of urgency, it is always easy to think about these matters of love and desire. Of course, the main reason is...