Chapter 78: Dream

Derrick can't help but feel sorry and guilty that he wasn't able to obey Lyra's wishes. He stood still, watching Lyra sleep peacefully after he tucked her in. Even though he understood well enough why she wanted to keep those memories, he had to do it. It's his own little selfish way of protecting her from the pain and for bigger problems like Lucifer himself. He has to make sure that Lyra won't have anything in her destiny intertwined with Lucifer, and this is the only idea that he has. He wanted to make her forget his face, but deep inside, he knows that if Lucifer wants to do something to mess with him, he's willing to go above and beyond.

Just as he was about to lie down in bed with her, Derrick was stunned to feel something fall from his nose. As he touched his nose to check, black liquid came out of it, as if it were his blood. His eyebrows were raised. He never thought that he'd have a nosebleed again. Well, he really hadn't had one since centuries ago. He tried to cover his no