'Clang' sounds would be heard around Lake of Tears as Lucien blocks and deflect the Ghost Lady's strikes if those sounds were not muffled by the water.
Fighting a sword alone inside the water is not an easy task. Still, Lucien is committed to taming the Ghost Lady, not for himself as he is fine with his red katana and Aylin's naginata, but to give that powerful silver blade to one of his wives.
Yet, Lucien cannot breathe underwater, and his remaining breath is almost out.
'Go back to the surface; I believe she will follow you.' Lust advises Lucien.
He blocks the Ghost Lady's attack once more, pushes her back with all his strength, and then flaps his wings, quickly being propelled upward.*Splash*
Lucien comes out of the lake, splashing water everywhere as he flaps his wings in a majestic way.
That scene would be appreciated by all his wives if they were not now busy picking up rare flowers for the ceremony.
But he is not doing a show and quickly turns around as he hears the Ghost Lady's thin silver blade slicing through water and air as she flies out the lake to attack him.
'She liked you. This sword is surely feminine, hahaha... 'Lust laughs.
Lucien smiles as he blocks the Ghost Lady in the air. He takes a good look at that sword, and now that he is out of cloudy water, he can see all the details of that beautiful silver blade.
The Ghost Lady has a long blade of eighty centimeters and is very thin with less than three centimeters in width. Also, there are words engraved on the blade with adornments that look like small flowers.But the most impressive part to Lucien is the Ghost Lady's hilt. It is about fifteen centimeters long and has a half ball shaped protection grid from Its cross-guard to the pommel, which's around the rounded thin grip.
Lucien has never seen a sword with a round guard and so big, but he quickly understands that it creates nice protection for the user of that sword's hand. Also, he found Its design pretty cool.
'It's a rapier.' Lust explains to Lucien.
'Oh, can you read what is written on the blade?' Lucien asks as he continues to deflect and block Ghost Lady's striker in the air.
Now, out of the water, he can use all his capabilities and is very comfortable with the fight, but the silver blade also doesn't seem to have any problems moving through the air even though her energy has only water affinity.
That is due to her being able to use mana to float as Rose and the other mage girls can before reaching the Sky Realm.
Lust quickly tries to read the inscription on the Ghost Lady blade and get surprised.
'I knew it! When the girls talked about this Ghost Lady, and you got curious, I knew it would end up being a woman from another world.' She exclaims in Lucien's mind.
Lucien makes a confused expression. 'You seem to be enjoying this, but this sword is trying to kill me.'
'Oh, yes. You should try to put your demonic energy in her. Just hold her hilt firmly and focus your energy on her as you do to pass more energy on to your girls when having sex with them.' Lust explains.
'OK.' Lucien replies. Picking up the sword as it moves crazily so fast seems like a challenge to anyone in Earth Realm, but when Lucien focuses all of his demonic energy on boost his capabilities, he reaches an unbelievable speed even for Earth Realm people.
His body starts to glow with purple and gray energies as he uses the energy mix but saves that little white energy of Pride that he got from Elsie.
The Ghost Lady ignores the explosion of power from Lucien's aura and continues to attack him madly. Although Lust says that the sword has personality, it doesn't seem to have any intelligence.
*Clang*
The Ghost Lady tries to pierce Lucien again, but he changes the direction of her attack using his red katana. The sound of metal hitting and rubbing against each other echoes loudly.
The silver blade runs through Lucien's red blade until the end, but due to the current boost in Lucien's senses, he sees everything in slow motion and grabs on the Ghost Lady's grip before she flies away from him to attack again.
"Got you!" He smiles as he holds the cursed sword steady with his left hand.
The sword trembles as it tries to escape Lucien's hand. He feels cold energy coming from her. That energy brings the feelings that Lust mentioned earlier: anger, sadness, regret, and other bad feelings.
Lucien is shocked that a sword has feelings, but well, he has a weapon that has a soul, so anything is possible.
When thinking about that, he loses focus for less than a second, long enough for the Ghost Lady to start using her energy to stir the lake below them.
An explosion of water wets Lucien again, but despite pushing him with a significant force, that water cannot hurt him.
"Is that the best you can do?" Lucien asks the Ghost Lady, not to mock her but curious about her powers.
He feels the sword tremble even more furiously in his hand. 'She seems to understand what I say.' He comments to Lust.
'I don't know if she understands, but she can certainly feel the intent of your words just like Oya did before she got a demi-human body.' Lust responds.
Lucien can't help but have a strange thought when Lust compares the sword to Oya. He wonders if it's possible to give the sword a body using Envy's copy ability and thus have a sword wife.
[What am I thinking?!] Lucien shakes his head when he realizes that his thoughts are bizarre. He doesn't even know what exactly is a cursed sword yet and is already trying to make her his wife. That is too ambitious even for him.
Without wasting time, he begins to focus his original demonic energy on the Ghost Lady. Using Envy's energy on her would just add another bad feeling to that whirlwind of sorrow.
Lucien prepares to feel some resistance from the Ghost Lady, but surprisingly, the sword accepts his energy without complaint.
In fact, he feels the blade suck his energy as when his wives suck his cock to the maximum, wanting as much as he can give to them.
Before he can ask, Lust explains. 'You also felt the emotions that come from this blade. She's been feeling so bad, so when she felt your pleasant and warm energy, there was no way she wouldn't want that.'
Lucien makes a confused expression as he feels the sword become calmer and calmer in his hand as she eagerly sucks the energy he gives her. 'So, I'm pleasing the sword, right?'
"When it comes to you, I don't doubt that you can even please lifeless rocks on the ground, let alone cursed creatures." Lust materializes her body in front of Lucien and kisses him.
Lucien looks at the sword as he asks Lust. "What is she really?"
Lust quickly explains. "Cursed objects can be created in many ways. They are really mysterious creatures. However, the most common is when someone tries to infuse a soul into an object, especially trying to make soul weapons."
"Like Aylin's Naginata?" He asks.
She nods. "Exactly. However, dragons are creatures with extraordinary souls. They have a deep connection with soul dimension, and therefore royal dragons with really powerful souls can transform their souls into weapons."
Then she looks at the sword with a sorry expression. "But it's not because someone can do something that everyone can do too. Many try to turn souls into soul weapons, especially when the person doesn't accept that loss."
"And so, without knowledge of the soul dimension, soul's powers, and especially that soul being weak, the weapon does not become a soul weapon, but a cursed weapon."
She continues to explain. "Instead of that soul empowering the weapon, they use their most intense feelings to take control of the weapon. So, these cursed weapons, controlled mostly by bad feelings, try to destroy everything around them and themselves."
Lucien looks at the calm Ghost Lady in his hand. He is really shocked by her change in attitude. A minute ago, she was attacking him madly, and now it looks like a docile kitten.
Then he looks at Lust with a thoughtful expression. "Wait. You said that these cursed weapons will always try to destroy everything around them and themselves..."
"Yes." Lust nods.
"But you said I could tame her," Lucien speaks.
"And I was right, wasn't I?" She points to the blade in his hand.
"Has anyone done that before?" He asks.
"I don't think so. But many have already died trying." She responds.
Lucien again makes a confused expression. But before he asks anything, she explains. "I didn't lie to you. Although nobody did it, I knew you could do it."
She smiles and begins to kiss his lips quickly. "Your energy is the most pleasurable thing there is. This energy is just like that because of you, and I know you can use it to please anything in this universe, let alone a female soul that has only felt bad emotions for a while."
He can't help but smile. "You overestimate me."
She shakes her head. "I don't think so. Whenever I expect something challenging from you, you surprise me by doing something even more incredible. Your capabilities of pleasing have no limits."
Lucien kisses Lust again before focusing on the Ghost Lady. The silver blade remains calm in his hand, and although he doesn't feel a connection with her, it is evident that she is enjoying his demonic energy.
"Will she always behave like that?" He asks Lust.
"Think of her as a pet, or rather, a companion if you want to. If you feed her and pleases her, there's no reason for her to behave badly, right?" Lust explains.
"Uhm..." Lucien still fears that the Ghost Lady will lose control and hurt some of his wives.
Lust makes a thoughtful expression. "Well, probably no one has ever mastered a cursed weapon, so this is the first time. We'd better be careful, but if it works out, she might be an excellent companion. Think about your wives."
"They don't have soul weapons yet, right? This sword can protect them in close combat, especially the mage girls. Angela, Marie, and Lena have water affinity, so I'm sure Ghost Lady would be a good partner for them in combat."
Lust knows about Lucien's concerns, so she quickly suggests. "You can keep the sword by your side for how much time we need to be sure she will behave. You just stop giving her your demonic energy, and we analyze her behavior."
Lucien has full confidence in restraining the Ghost Lady if he needs it, so trying to really tame she can work. And of course, if he manages to make that powerful sword that fights alone to protect his wives, that will be of great help during combats.
He stops sending his demonic energy to the silver blade, and she immediately starts to tremble in his hand, asking for more of that pleasant energy.
"Do you want more? Only good girls get rewards." Lucien speaks fondly to the sword while feeling that it is quite strange.
He doesn't exactly know what behavior he was expecting from the sword. Still, surprisingly, the Ghost Lady stops shaking as if she understood his intention and that behavior would not bring her more of his energy.
"Oh, she seems to have some intelligence after all." Lucien smiles at the blade and begins to stroke her hilt with his finger.
Again, shocking him, the blade starts to gently vibrate in his hand, not showing any stress but as if she were feeling good with his caresses.
"See, she already understood that your touch is the best." Lust laughs while Lucien doesn't know how to feel about that strange situation.
"Oh, what about it?" He asks while also stroking the words engraved on the Ghost Lady's blade.
