Supreme Devil Lord: I Can Refine All Energy-Chapter 66: Not Guilty

"Weren’t you going to cultivate? Why did you suddenly leave, and where had you gone?" Elena asked in a calm voice.

Gulp!

Eric relaxed a little seeing she wasn’t angry. However, right then he noticed her give him and Riya on his lap a sidelong glance which made him gulp in nervousness.

’She is bothered by this.’ He thought, ’But... Why isn’t she telling little Riya to get down? Instead, she seems to be trying to... ignore it?’

He was genuinely confused by her strange behavior. She didn’t say anything when he and little Riya played with each other, hugged, or made some slightly intimate gestures such as him kissing her forehead or Riya kissing his cheek, but whenever some ambiguous tension started building between them like now, she would immediately scold Riya and tell her to leave him alone.

Now, however, she was trying to ignore what they were doing, seemingly allowing them to bond intimately?

’Is it because we now know we aren’t blood-related that she doesn’t mind us becoming closer?’ He thought.

Slowly, his nervousness turned into excitement.

Ba-Dum!

Ba-Dum!

Ba-Dum!

However, Riya was still nervous, and her heart was beating loudly like a drum against his chest.

Gently caressing her back to help her calm down, Eric did his best not to show his bubbling emotions on his face. Then he looked at Elena, his heart skipping a beat when he saw the peculiar look in her eyes that vanished as soon as he saw it, making him question whether what he saw was real.

Inwardly shaking his head, he started speaking, "I was going to cultivate, but then I thought since I had some credits, I should bring Liam’s family to the middle city too. Once they are here, out of danger, I could cultivate in peace. So, I went to take them, but when I reached there..."

Except for the fact that he had sex with Rosalie, he told them everything. When they heard Liam’s father had died, both Elena and Riya turned gloomy, feeling guilty because Liam’s family had gotten involved in this mess because of Eric and them.

Then they heard how Luke wanted to sell his mother off just like he had sold his sister. Though they were confused, not understanding why he would suddenly tell them about Luke’s family, or rather Rosalie, this didn’t stop them from becoming enraged at Luke.

"What a beast! He deserves to die a thousand times." Riya clenched her jaws and tiny fists as she growled in fury.

Elena nodded in agreement, her expression cold. She then looked at him and asked, "So you brought Liam’s family and Rosalie to the middle city?"

Eric wasn’t surprised she could guess he had brought Rosalie too after he mentioned all this about her situation.

"Yes. Though Rosalie is Luke’s mother, she is very pitiful, and I couldn’t bear to leave her in the slums." Eric said, hoping she wouldn’t be angry with his decision even though chances of this happening were quite low because she was a woman with a kind heart and would most likely pity her. Still though, she was Luke’s, their enemy’s, mother, so he was a little worried.

But when he saw her nod, he sighed in relief.

"You are right. She is truly pitiful. You did good bringing her here. They will be safer, and Luke most likely wouldn’t dare to try anything funny even if he found them. Right, where are they?"

"They are staying in an inn not far from here." Eric said before a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

Elena raised her brows when she saw this, her heart suddenly becoming heavy.

She placed her hand on his shoulder, reassuringly, and said in a soft, soothing but slightly anxious voice, "What is it, Eric? You know you can tell me everything, right?"

Riya, who was still sitting on his lap, her face buried in the crook of his shoulder as she softly cried for Liam’s father out of her guilt, moved her face back when she heard Elena’s words and looked him in the eyes before quickly saying, "Me too. Big Brother can tell me anything too without worrying. I won’t ever judge you."

Eric felt his heart warming, and a blessed smile appeared on his face. What else would a man need if he had such a loving and caring family?

He patted Riya’s head and chuckled, "Yes, yes. I know I can tell my little Riya anything."

Normally, Riya would pout and act angry when he patted her head like this, but she didn’t act the same this time. Instead, she closed her eyes like a little puppy and almost seemed to purr, which made Eric stifle a chuckle while Elena shook her head with a wry smile on her face.

When Riya realized what she had done, her face turned crimson, and when she saw his expression, she gritted her teeth and huffed before suddenly pulling on his cheeks, "Don’t laugh!"

"Ow! Ow! I’m not..." Eric raised his hands in surrender.

"You are laughing inwardly..." Riya glared at him, wanting to appear stern, but she didn’t know she looked very adorable right now.

’How cute!’ He exclaimed in his mind before suddenly realizing something and taking a deep breath. However, he failed to control his body and...

Riya’s eyes opened wide when she felt something hard pressing against her soft bottom. In the next moment, she jumped off his lap and sat on the chair on the side, looking away so Eric and Elena wouldn’t be able to see her expression.

"..."

Elena looked at her with raised brows, not understanding what happened. Then she looked at Eric and saw he had an aghast expression on his face, which made her frown.

Right then, however, Riya’s expression a moment before she jumped off of him flashed in her mind, and she looked down at his lap, immediately noticing a tent in his robes.

Her face became blank before she straightened her spine and said, "You were going to tell us something?"

Eric was in a daze because of what just happened, so he didn’t see that Elena had already noticed his shameful hard-on. If he knew this, he wouldn’t be able to look her in the eyes out of shame.

Fortunately, he didn’t know. Coughing lightly, he shifted slightly to cover up his hard-on and acted like nothing happened. Then his expression became serious as he said, "Luke... he wouldn’t be able to cause any more trouble for us or anyone else." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"You don’t mean...?" Elena looked at him in confusion for a moment before realization hit her and her expression changed.

Confirming her thoughts, Eric nodded heavily, "Yes. I killed him."

After saying this, he instinctively wanted to look away, not wanting to see her disappointed, sad, or maybe disgusted expression, but he forced himself to continue looking at her, and to his surprise and relief, she didn’t show any such expression. Instead, a concerned look appeared in her eyes before she extended her hands and hugged him.

"You did nothing wrong, little Eric." She said, "In fact, what you did was very good. Now we don’t have to worry about him posing a threat to our lives. So, there is no need to feel any guilt."

Eric couldn’t believe his ears for a while. Did she, the most kindhearted woman he knew who would feel guilty even if she killed an insect by accident, just say that he did good by killing a human being?