The duke and The musician
By Belletiger bt
Chapter 2.

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Joyd had seen many things in his life that had scared him, before and after he had awaken as the 3rd Noah, but nothing could compare to the scene he was seeing before him.

"She loves me, she loves me not." Earl said as he removed another petal of a flower.

Yes, the Millennium Earl, the oldest and the patriarch of the Noah clan was doing the flower thing that girls usually do to see if the guy they adore loves them or not. Earl doing this girly stuff was really terrifying him.

"She loves me!" Earl cried out in joy as he removed the last petal of the rose. "I knew it! Lilith! You're my destiny!"

Joyd's sweetdrop got bigger. What was happening to the patriarch lately? He was acting like a fool who fall in love for the first time.

"Eer… Earl…..?"

"Ah, Joyd-pon! The man I was waiting for." Earl said in a joyful voice. "I need ask you a favor. Could you deliver this bouquet to Ms. Neah Lilith Walker for me?" asked Earl as he took a big bouquet of roses and lilies out of nowhere.

Joyd groaned as he dropped his head. He was the Noah of Pleasure, not a deliver boy!

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The young Noah of Pleasure muttered darkly as he cared the bouquet to the circus. Really, who was this woman that made Millennium Earl act weirder than the normal? He sighed in frustration. He will just drop the bouquet to this Neah Lilith Walker and get out of there. He didn't like circus', especially clowns.

"May I help you?" A voice asked behind him

When Joyd turned around, he saw a young woman around her late twenties. She had pale skin but fiery red hair and ember eyes. From the outfit she was wearing, Joyd could tell she was a gypsy.

"Well, can you tell me where can I find this Neah Lilith Walker? This bouquet is to her."

"She should be in the main tent, practicing her acrobatics."

"I see. Thank you for your help." Joyd said as he turned around and stared to walk to the main tent.

"You're welcome, Joyd."

Joyd's eyes widen in pure shock and surprise when he heard that woman say his Noah name. He quickly turned around and he saw the woman was not there anymore. How is that possible? And how did that woman know his Noah name if he didn't even told her his human name? Before he could think any further, he started to hear screams from the main tent.

"COME BACK HERE, YOU PERVERT!"

"NO LILITH! I TOLD YOU I WAS SORRY!

Joyd sweetdropped. What was happening in the main tent?

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Mana was holding his sister back from killing a follow acrobat. After a little error of miss calculatoin, both Lilith and the male acrobat had fallen in the save net, but accidentally the male acrobat touched Lilith's breast when they fallen together.

"Mana, let me go! I wanna kill him!" shouted Lilith as she was fight to free herself from her brother.

"Lilith! Calm down! Behave yourself!" shouted Mana trying to cool off his sister's temper.

"Li-Lilith! Please, I already apologized! "the male acrobat said, he was already on his knees , begging her to not kill him or cutting some important parts of his body. "If I was suicidal, I would choose a painless death and not touch you!"

Then, Lilith stopped as she thought for a moment. What he said had some sense. Feeling that his sister finally cooled down , Mana let her go as he sighted in relief. Then, they heard someone cleaning his or her throat .

"Excused me, Am I interrupting something?"

The circus members saw Joyd at the entrance of the performers tent, holding a bouquet of flowers.

"…Nothing really. May we help you?" Mana asked to the man.

"Well, my name is Lukas," said Joyd using his human name, "Where can I find Ms. Neah Lilith Walker?'

"That would be me." Lilith said as she walked towards him.

The Noah of Pleasure smiled as he gave the young woman the bouquet. Lilith blinked with the flowers in her arms as Joyd told her that Adam Millennium had send them to her. Lilith just smiled at him. Mana and the male acrobat gulped ; Lilith smiling was never a good sign.

"So, it was that noble I fall onto the other day, right?"

"Yep, that would be the one."

Then, Lilith puts her fingers in the lips as she whistled. Joyd quickly put his fingers in his ears because the loud noise hurt his ears. Then, they heard another noise as an elephant had entered in the tent. Lilith went to the elephant.

"Here Jumbo. You can have it." Lilith said as she gave the bouquet to the huge animal who happily accepted the 'food'.

Joyd's jaw dropped as he saw the elephant eating the bouquet as Lilith grabbed the collar of his shirt and she looked at him with a murderous look in her eyes. Joyd gulped frightened.

"Tell your nobleman I am not a woman who can be easily bought. He can send flowers, chocolate, jewels and even a kingdom; I will not give a fuck about any of it."

Joyd paled as he ran off. All he could think was that woman was the devil reincarnated. Mana couldn't help but sigh in disappointment, as he nods his head in shame.

"Sis, don't you think you went to far with him?"

"Nothing is fair with noblemen, you know that Mana."

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At the ark, Joyd told the Earl what happened at the circus. What was his reaction? He was sucking in the corner of the room, hugging his knees with a gloom aura around him.

"….She gave the bouquet to an elephant…"

Joyd sweetdrop. He sighted annoyed as he looked at his depressed master. Really, he shouldn't act like this for a simple sub-human girl that works at a circus.

"Earl, I think you should forget the circus girl." Joyd said to him. " I mean, finding the Heart of Innocence is easier than you winning that woman's heart."

Then, Millennium Earl got up as a he looked at the 3rd Child with determination in his eyes. Joyd looked worried. What was the Duke planning?

"Joyd, I will get her heart!"

Joyd's sweetdrop got bigger.

"Duke…. Didn't you hear what I just said?"

"I did, Joyd-pon. And I will stop making akuma for one year so I can focus on winning her heart."

"What?"

"And you Joyd-pon, you and Wisely will help me in getting her heart!

"WHAT?"

That's when the long one year mission of getting Lilith's heart stared. Giving a lot of headache to poor Joyd…

To be Continued.

Heheh, I hope you liked this chapter. Sorry for taking so long. Writers block really sucks. About Joyd being named Lukas; I doubt the Noah had the same human name from the previous generation. They keep their Noah name but never the human name. Which is why I will focus on the Noah name to not create any confusion. Please, do not forget to review and suggestions are welcome. See you in the next chapter.

I wanna thank Kithren for helping in this chapter. For editing and also for the great ideas she
gave me ^_^