Lily hadn’t expected for a Samael family to show up at her teachers shop. The reputation of the family nowadays was at an all time low since the Family head had stepped away for an unspecified reason. Seeing how cooperative Adam was, Lily silently signalled for Luna to stand down who did so begrudgingly.

“One step out of line and I will be cutting you up and making wine with your corpse!”

Luna growl was cold and filled with malice but she still pulled her axe away from the Snakes neck.

“Haha, feel free to come at me anytime~”

. Ouroboros flicked her a wink alongside a provocative smirk. Luna gripped her axe a little bit harder, the urge to throw it at his head growing every second she looked at him.

“Cut the crap and start talking Adam”

Lily was displeased as she frowned with disgust at the mans frivolous behaviour.

“Well considering lil miss bunny is here too, I presume you know what my family wants right?”

Adam acted as if it was no big deal but Lunas eyes burned with rage, she glanced at Lily, begging her friend to give permission to slaughter him and honestly Lily was tempted to concede as she too was disgusted.

“I’ll be frank. My brother Anthony wants the Bunny Girls brother but he just skimmed his background. I have no intention of fighting either of you on this honestly. In fact I hope he takes it too far so he gets crushed!”

Both Luna and Lily were taken back by the sudden confession and the venom tinged in the mans voice.

“Aren’t you family? Why would you wish for that?”

Lily couldnt help but ask as she remained skeptical about the mans true intentions.

“Family? You really believe that shit? Those parasites view me as nothing more than the Bastard Child. If I died today, not one of them would shed a tear for me.”

Ouroboros' chest rose slightly in anger at the thought someone believed he would take their side for anything.

“I find it hard to believe…”

“He’s totally lying! Don’t trust him! He’s just trying to ingratiate himself with us so he can get close to my brother and take him away!”

Luna roar exposed the rage simmering within her, she wanted nothing more to kill him right there on the spot.

“It’s the truth. Whether you believe me or not is up to you. I personally would love to work with you lovely ladies.~”.

he simply shrugged in response, unphased by Lunas unbridled rage.

Lily furrowed her brow at that remark before she asked the question that was gnawing at her.

“What is your end goal here Adam?”

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The man narrowed his eyes and gave her a sly grin and an electrifying intensity burned in his eyes.

“I plan on dragging down my enemies and their supporters so they can be buried 6 feet deep! Oh and my name here is Ouroboros. I don't want my siblings tracking me down here too easily, okay?”

From that, Lily knew the man's frivolous scumbag reputation of his was definitely a persona he used to hide himself behind. She could tell that there was more to the story but did not dare to pry. Lily took a few moments to respond

“We will work with you…”

“LILY!”

Luna was both appalled and outraged at the decision her friend was about to make.

“On two conditions”

Lily glanced at Luna with a look that pleaded for her to trust her. The nonverbal communication between the two of them didn’t go unnoticed by Ouroboros. Instead he tilted his head with a wink

“Sure. Whatever you want Sweetheart~”.

“First is you promise to leave Lunas family alone, at the first sign you try to doublecross us, the entire strength of the Gattioni family will be mobilized to crush you!”

Ouroboros calm smirk didn’t falter in the slightest at the thinly veiled threat behind her words.

“Are you trying to scare me with that? Well Mission successful, I am shaking in my boots here~! I will be a good boy~! Lets get along Ms. Hoppity”

Luna who scowled but did not say anything, instead choosing to continue to believe in Lily.

“The second condition is I want your help investigating a case that has grown cold.

This made Lunas eyes widen in shock as she realized what Lily was after.

“If I can be of any help in tracking down a lead, I will do my best to help. Whats the case?”

Ouroboros’ brow lifted up as he turned back to face Lily, he curious what piece of dirty laundry his family had attracted the attention of the Cunning Tigress of the Gattioni Family.

“A man who has been working for my family for years recently received news that his estranged daughter's body was recently found. From what we know, the girl was raped and murdered after going missing for weeks while working for your family. We want the killer!”

Lilys rage burned brightly in her eyes.

“What will you do with them when you get them?”

“We will ‘deal’ with them. Whether they are ever found or not is up to the grieving fathers wishes”

Lily reply to the Snakes curiosity was cold and despite it all, he couldn’t help but find it slightly amusing.

‘Ahh… A tiger can’t change its stripes so easily after all’

He took a moment to think and plot how to best take care of this in order to make the situation work better for his own plans.

“The father believes it is the work of the Eldest son. However due to his personal security, he is planning on taking an eye for an eye and will most likely target his daughter”.

The frivolous look on Ouroboros face disappeared in an instance as he slammed his hands onto the counter, fully baring his teeth at the woman in front of him.

“DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH PENNY! She is innocent!”

His intensity matched Lunas own a few moments ago, he would not tolerate anyone harming the only decent human being left in that godforsaken family.

“Then who was it. You need to tell me. For the sake of our cooperation and that girls life”

Lily voice was calm and flat, completely unflinching in the face of the Snakes' unconcealed rage.

“....There are 2 culprits. The rape and murder was done by two separate people.”

He took a few moments to breathe to calm down before he elaborated. .

“My 7th ‘Brother’ Jeffery raped her and his twin sister Elise killed her to make him look bad in order to damage his reputation in the family. They’re all fighting for the seat of CEO”

Each word he said made his tone grow colder and colder while Lily looked into his eyes. She could instinctually tell that every single detail he spoke of was the truth. It also surprised her that a man who was considered the black sheep of an already twisted and unhinged family had hidden himself so deeply.

“I will relay what you told me. We look forward to working with you…”

Lily offered a hand in a handshake but Ouroboros refused, clearly in a horrible mood.

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some errands to run and I will need to compose myself before I talk to anyone else.”

He turned around and headed to the door which he quickly but came to a stop in the doorway. He glanced over his shoulder and slowly spoke

. “Do me a favour will you?”.

“What is it?”

Lily was curious to see what the Snake would ask for.

“Tell your guy I am sorry for what happened to his daughter… and when he gets his hands on them. Make sure they Suffer!”.

The last word was full of barely controlled murderous rage. Even Lily was taken back by it for a brief moment.

“Sure thing…”

‘So his niece is his reverse scale huh’

There was clearly much more to this ‘Bastard Child’ and she knew that with time, his secrets would probably see the light of day.

The only thing she knew right now for sure was that Ouroboros had someone he cared for and that alone was enough to set him apart from the rest of his family.