American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 409 I have received professional training
The mother and daughter cried for more than ten minutes before they were able to control their emotions.

Sobbing, Astrid told Lydia what had happened. Lydia felt even more heartbroken after learning that her daughter had been betrayed by her roommate.

"My poor daughter!"

Roy glanced at the several girls lying sprawled on the ground.

"So these are the people who betrayed you?"

Astrid nodded with tears in her eyes.

Roy pursed his lips. He had originally wanted to save them, but now it seemed better to let them live like this for the rest of their lives.

"You two can cry all you want. I'm going out to call FEA and have them come and clean up this mess."

Since there was no satellite phone signal in the basement, Roy went back to the surface and dialed Gerald's number to explain what had happened in Acton.

"I think I've heard of Angela, the one you mentioned. Back then, I was just a senior agent in the department. It was a case I handled about ten years ago, not long after the FEA was established!"

Ten years ago?

Roy was also surprised that Acton was a district of Los Angeles County, so how could the FEA not know about Angela's situation?

If the case occurred ten years ago when the FEA was first established, it would be normal to leave some loose ends. At that time, the FEA's power was very small, and even the Mobile Force FEAR had not yet been established.

It's possible they just forgot about Howl's House.

"Mr. Orin, please send someone to handle this as soon as possible. I'm afraid the matter will escalate if a few people go missing."

Putting everything else aside, the sudden loss of 7 students must be a huge worry for the school and the parents.

Only official intervention can quell the situation.

“I understand! An agent will arrive before dawn. Mr. Black, please wait at Howl’s House.”

Roy couldn't possibly refuse to help with such a small favor.

"no problem."

Shortly after hanging up the phone, Lydia and Astrid came out of the house.

The two had regained their composure; although there were still tear stains on their faces, at least they wouldn't spill any more water.

"Are you okay?"

Lydia nodded, then bowed deeply to Roy.

“Mr. Blake, thank you so much for saving my daughter.”

Roy gave a faint smile.

"Do you believe I'm a good person now?"

Lydia's expression turned somewhat awkward, after all, just half a day ago she had suspected Roy of being a demon who was plotting to destroy the world.

"I believe you, of course I believe you!"

Astrid watched her mother and Roy's interaction with surprise; their relationship seemed very strange to her.

"Mom, is he the boyfriend you mentioned on the phone? He's so young!"

Hearing this, Lydia became even more embarrassed.

"Asteria, don't talk nonsense! Mr. Black is your savior!"

Astrid stuck out her tongue and cautiously looked Roy over. The man in front of her was simply the prince charming of her dreams.

Handsome, powerful, and mysterious!

If he weren't my mother's boyfriend, that would be wonderful!
Unfortunately, Astrid was destined to only dream about it; Roy had absolutely no interest in her.

To be honest, this girl didn't inherit her mother's beauty at all when she was young; it would be better to sleep with her mother than with her.

At least Lydia would look much prettier than Astrid if she wore normal clothes.

However, Astrid's words reminded Roy, and he suddenly thought of a way to lure out the Grand Wizard of the Underworld.

“Ms. Foster, I have an idea that might lure that person out.”

Lydia paused for a moment.

"Mr. Black, what's the plan?"

"It's very simple, we'll just have a wedding!"

Upon hearing this, Lydia's face turned bright red. She hadn't expected that she, at forty years old, could still be so shy.

“Mr. Black, please don’t joke like that! There are children here!”

Astrid looked at her mother and Roy in shock, her mouth agape enough to fit a fist.

Roy shrugged, somewhat speechless.

"What are you thinking? The wedding I'm talking about is a fake one! Hasn't that guy always wanted to marry you? If you marry someone else, he'll definitely be unable to resist showing up and ruining the wedding, won't he?"

Lydia breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but for some reason, she also felt a little disappointed.

"I see! But Mr. Blake, he recognizes you. What if he doesn't come out when he sees you?"

"This method is very simple; I just need to wear these glasses."

Roy took out Nidi's black-rimmed glasses from his inventory and put them on. His entire demeanor and appearance changed instantly, making him someone who would be completely unrecognizable in a crowd, which greatly surprised Lydia and Astrid.

“Mr. Blake, if you put on these glasses, you might really have a chance to catch him!”

Lydia's eyes lit up with hope; she felt she could finally escape the nightmare that had haunted her for twenty years.

Roy's goal is not just to capture the Underworld Archmage, but also to completely eliminate him.

"We need to plan this carefully to ensure everything goes perfectly, because we may only have one chance, and he probably won't fall for it next time!"

Lydia nodded, agreeing with Roy's opinion.

Astrid, standing to the side, was a little confused, not knowing what Roy and Lydia were talking about.

"What are you talking about? Who exactly are you trying to capture?"

“It’s nothing, Astrid. This is between Mr. Black and me, and you don’t need to know about it.”

Lydia, being a rather traditional parent, subconsciously prepared to fool her daughter.

Astrid looked very disappointed.

Roy could understand Astrid's thoughts. At Astrid's age, she must have felt that she was old enough to participate in the decision-making of important family matters, even if it was just the right to know.

But Lydia clearly didn't think so. Like most parents, she always believed that children are just children and don't need to worry about adult matters.

This is the reason why misunderstandings arise between parents and children in many families.

So Roy spoke up for Astrid.

“Ms. Foster, I think you should talk to your daughter. It’s better to make some things clear.”

Lydia looked at her daughter and noticed that her daughter's expression seemed to have become somewhat rebellious again. She instantly understood what Roy meant.

"Alright! Astrid, it's actually about a nightmare that's haunted me for twenty years, a terrifying ghost!"

Lydia tells Astrid what happened 20 years ago, which gradually makes Astrid begin to sympathize with and accept her mother.

"So many things happened to my mother when she was my age?"

“So don’t just think about how unhappy you are right now, think about whether other people are happy too.” Roy added, causing Astrid to lower her head and fall into deep thought. She wasn’t a hopeless girl; she still had basic empathy.

Lydia couldn't help but hug her daughter.

"Asteria, I also bear a lot of responsibility! I've been too focused on my career these past few years and neglected you!"

The atmosphere between mother and daughter warmed up again, making Roy seem somewhat superfluous.

Fortunately, the armored vehicle with the letters FEAR painted on it arrived at the scene not long after. It was four o'clock in the morning, and it was still dark.

Gerald was indeed punctual.

“Mr. Black, I have been ordered to handle the Howl’s House incident.”

The agent who arrived was someone Roy didn't recognize; he was probably a senior agent, but he was very polite to Roy.

Roy's name was already very well-known in the Los Angeles FEA division. All the agents knew Roy Black, and he was someone even the chief treated with respect. It was impossible for him to be treated with the same imperious attitude that Terrence Kaufman had once shown him.

After explaining the situation, Roy prepared to leave Howl's House, leaving the cleanup work to FEA, who were more professional.

They went back to Lydia's old house first. Astrid was so frightened that she didn't sleep all night and went to rest with her mother Lydia.

Roy hadn't slept for several days and had gone through several major battles. Although he was still in good spirits, there was no need for him to push himself too hard, so he took a nap in the guest room that Lydia had prepared.

In the afternoon, Roy, having woken up, declined Lydia's offer to stay and drove back to Los Angeles to discuss countermeasures with Lilith and Dorothy.

When Roy arrived at the villa in the suburbs, he found the house looked like it had been the site of a world war; furniture was scattered everywhere, and there was a lot of water on the floor.

Lilith and Dorothy sat facing each other on two sofas; one looked like she was trying not to laugh, while the other looked sullen.

"What happened here? Did you guys fight?"

But it doesn't seem like it. Although Dorothy looks rather disheveled, there are no signs of a fight on her body.

When Lilith saw Roy come in, her eyes lit up, and she quickly rushed to Roy's side and clung to him.

"Roy, you're finally back!"

Lilith gave her a passionate kiss that lasted a full five minutes, leaving Dorothy even more frustrated.

"Lilith, what exactly happened?"

"It's all because of that unlucky fortune telling. That night, Dorothy fell into the dark well three times and almost got hit by a car four times! After arriving here, she wanted to take a shower, but the water pipe burst, and then a lot of other weird things happened... In short, she's just 'unlucky'!"

In the end, Lilith couldn't help but laugh, which made Dorothy so angry that she grabbed a nearby cushion and tried to throw it at Lilith.

However, the pillow fell apart as soon as it was picked up, and all the stuffing fell onto Dorothy.

This made Dorothy look even more disheveled, and Lilith couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Ah—I can't take it anymore!"

Dorothy stood up hysterically, seemingly wanting to leave the villa, but as soon as she took a step, she slipped and fell on the spot.

Lilith laughed so hard she fell off Roy.

"Lilith! You're still laughing! If it weren't for your man, would I have become like this!"

Dorothy was so angry that the cursed hair used to stitch her body was about to burst open.

"Dorothy, I've received professional training, and I absolutely won't laugh casually unless I can't help it! Hehehe..."

Roy patted Lilith's bright taillights, signaling her to tone it down a bit.

After all, Dorothy was right; she had indeed suffered so much because she was doing divination for Roy.

However, Roy didn't do it on purpose. He had never seen the succubus from beginning to end, otherwise he would have recognized Adela and would have guessed that the succubus was sent by Asmodeus without needing to perform divination.

“Ms. Dorothy, I think it would be safer for you to do nothing.”

Dorothy was extremely depressed and lay on the ground, not wanting to move at all. The taillights and her waist formed an astonishing arc.

"Even if you do nothing, it won't help; what's meant to happen will happen."

As if to prove Dorothy's point, the chandelier on the ceiling fell down right after she finished speaking.

Fortunately, Roy reacted quickly, accelerating to appear next to Dorothy in an instant and kicking the chandelier away, thus preventing the Death Witch from suffering torment once again.

"Ms. Dorothy, you're really unlucky."

Looking down at Dorothy, Roy was speechless.

Upon hearing this, Dorothy rolled her eyes.

"Hmph! You didn't come here just to talk about this, did you? Or are you trying to show off your love with Lilith in front of me?"

"No, actually I have a plan to catch that guy, and I need some assistance."

Upon hearing about the plan to capture the Underworld Grand Master, Dorothy immediately got up, but she almost fell over again because she lost her balance.

Roy pulled Dorothy up, and she fell directly into his arms.

Seeing Roy's face up close made Dorothy pause for a moment.

Dorothy found that Roy's face was flawless from any angle, making her heart, which hadn't been beating in a long time, seem to react again.

Unfortunately, Roy didn't have such a pleasant feeling, because he smelled a strange, very unpleasant odor on Dorothy.

"Ahem! Ms. Dorothy, are you feeling better?"

Reminded by Roy, Dorothy finally realized that it was somewhat inappropriate for her to be in her best friend's boyfriend's arms.

"Feel sorry!"

However, Lilith watched with great interest from afar and generously expressed her appreciation.

"It's okay, you can continue! It would be best if you could get even closer!"

Dorothy glared at Lilith, but the Death Witch wasn't exactly a chaste woman, so she quickly changed her attitude.

"Alright! Don't regret it and cry later!"

"Hehehe! You're the only one who cries! You have no idea how powerful Roy is! Otherwise, why would I have recruited you?"

These words piqued Dorothy's curiosity, but unfortunately Roy was there. The Death Witch was too embarrassed to ask in front of him, so she decided to ask Lilith about Roy's abilities in private later.

"Ahem! Let's get down to business! Listen to my plan first and see how feasible it is."

Roy revealed his plan to lure out the Underworld Archmage by staging a fake wedding.

"The problem now is that guy's abilities are very strange, and I'm not confident that I can capture him after luring him out!"

Dorothy agreed with Roy's point of view.

"That guy's abilities are indeed very strange, otherwise I wouldn't have been killed by him back then."

It's quite absurd that Dorothy, a witch who has lived for thousands of years and was famous even before the Great Flood, could be defeated by a wizard who has only studied magic for a few years.

This is like Lee Sang-hyeok coming to the Chinese server to play League of Legends, only to get completely destroyed in the Iron rank.

No normal person could even imagine this!

At that moment, Lilith suddenly spoke up.

"I have an idea, but I don't know if I should say it."

Let me post a picture of the bulbous flower instead.

(End of this chapter)