I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 24

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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The knight commanders pressed me, asking what that remaining task was, but I just laughed it off and gave a vague answer. It was a silent gesture that I had no intention of answering.

In fact, I could have told them if I wanted to.

Even if it was a bit too sudden and unbelievable, who would object to being able to kill the person who had dragged them down to this position and had been picking fights with them until now without any repercussions?

Even the principled Iris would reluctantly agree.

However, the reason I hid what I was about to do from now on was because the lord might be eavesdropping on the conversations inside the castle.

Although the player couldn’t use it directly in the game, there was definitely magic that could continuously monitor and eavesdrop on a specific area. And the NPC who used it was the Arcana Tower Master.

That was also the reason why the Arcana Tower Master, who became a boss when taking the human hostility route, was notorious for being insanely tough in many ways.

The Tower Master would monitor the player using the surveillance and eavesdropping magic spread throughout the tower and library fields while holing up in the boss room and spamming magic.

In other words, from the moment you entered the tower and library until you reached the boss room and defeated the Arcana Tower Master, the entire field was practically a boss fight.

‘The one who cast the magic that restores everything in this castle must also be that NPC, so I can’t be confident they didn’t install detection magic as a side job at the lord’s request.’

In the first place, even the magic cast on the castle was different from the game, so it was difficult for me to be certain about this part.

In the game, of course, they hadn’t installed any surveillance magic, but there, both the lord and the knight commanders were all male, and now one side was female, and the other side wanted to make those females into sex slaves, right?

It wouldn’t be strange at all if that crazy pervert installed eavesdropping magic.

So, if I said I was cursing the lord together with them, I might be able to brush it off by saying it was to avoid any suspicion from the knight commanders, but I had to keep my mouth shut about saying I would take care of the lord.

If it was discovered, I couldn’t even pass it off as a joke.

“What, why are you here again?”

“I’ve come to report the subjugation of the monster to the lord.”

After using the ability confirmation orb to dump all my stats into Divine Power and making a request to Iris, I headed to the mansion. The knight at the main gate was still as rude as ever.

It was quite a sight to see him act like that without knowing what his fate would be from now on.

As I entered the mansion with the horse head and searched for the lord, the servants all frowned and grumbled loudly enough for me to hear, then disappeared somewhere with the horse head.

As a bonus, they cursed at me as if they wanted me to hear it as they left.

This time as well, a maid guided me to an empty reception room, and I waited there for a long time. When he made the proposal, I thought he had become a bit more polite, but now that he felt he had the upper hand, it was back to this.

“You’re here.”

“Yes, Lord.”

This time as well, the lord dragged his massive body and waddled in only after a long time had passed and various refreshments had been laid out on the table in the reception room. His physique was amazing every time I saw him.

“I saw the evidence you brought for the subjugation. You killed the monster alone that Claudia had reported failing to subjugate.”

“It was nothing special.”

“Yes, yes. Kuh-heh-heh. I have an eye for people.”

‘An eye for people?’

Upon hearing those words, I barely suppressed the laughter that threatened to burst out.

If he really had an eye for people, shouldn’t he have noticed the fact that the person sitting right in front of him was trying to take care of him?

“Let’s cut the small talk. Why did you call for me? You wouldn’t have requested to meet me just to report that trivial matter. Don’t you have something you should be doing by now?”

The lord leaned back on the sofa with an extremely arrogant expression. It was an expression that made me want to punch him in the face.

For now, I had to do what needed to be done, so I met the lord’s eyes with a serious expression.

“From now on, can you absolutely keep what I’m about to say a secret?”

“Yes, I promise. Tell me.”

“You need to solemnly swear. That you will definitely keep this matter a secret.”

Seeing me being extremely stubborn, the lord seemed to realize that it wasn’t an ordinary matter, and the smile disappeared from his face. An affirmative answer flowed from his mouth.

I took out the book inhabited by the demon from the pouch tied to my waist. As soon as the lord saw it, he made an expression as if his eyeballs were about to pop out. Greed gradually rose in those eyes.

“That is…”

“I’m sure you can guess what this is, Lord.”

A book that exuded an ominous aura and felt uncanny at a glance. The lord stared at it blankly, then hurriedly approached the window, rolled up his sleeves, and closed the curtains before returning.

“Tell me right now. Where did you get that?”

“It appeared after I killed that monster. It seems to have been associated with a demon.”

“A demon…”

I lied without blinking an eye. The key to this conversation was to make the lord interested in this book by any means necessary. The process didn’t matter.

It was the same in the game. No matter what absurd choice you made here, as long as you made the lord take this book in the end, it was cleared.

Logically speaking, would anyone reveal the details of a deal involving a demon to others? If it was discovered, no matter how much power or connections one had, it would be a death sentence.

“And do you recognize the patterns on the cover?”

“Hmm, no. I have no idea.”

When I pointed to the jagged letters protruding on the cover, the lord shook his head. I didn’t know those characters either, but that wasn’t the core of the matter now. It was time to lie again.

“I have overheard some knowledge about this before. If I may venture a guess, I believe this is likely related to the Demon of Lust.”

“What is the Demon of Lust?”

“It’s a demon that promises infinite stamina to men and makes women have endless sexual desire and a body that reaches climax just by brushing against a man’s collar.”

Of course, this was all a lie too. In Brightest Darkness 4, there were no demons that would appear in such erotic novels or games.

In the first place, the demons here were all just monsters obsessed with slaughter. They didn’t kill men and rape women, they killed men and killed women too.

But the lord didn’t know these circumstances, so the desire that had been slowly rising in his eyes was clearly visible. Now my part was done. The rest of the process would be handled by this book.

“Oho…”

The lord’s eyes were tainted with greed. When he chuckled and reached out to touch the book, I slightly withdrew my arm. The lord’s hand flailed in the air.

“That won’t do, Lord. Why are you doing this when you know better?”

I grinned slyly. The lord glared at me for a moment, then seemed to realize that I had the upper hand in this deal, and leaned back on the sofa with a long sigh.

“Fine, what do you want?”

“Well, I think you know better what I want, Lord.”

I didn’t want anything other than that bastard’s life, but in deals like this, it was customary to make the other party propose the terms.

I kept a sly smile on my face, and the lord fell into deep thought, frowning heavily. After agonizing and groaning for some time, his mouth carefully opened.

His tone was much more polite than before.

“I can roughly guess what you want. I’ll give you a woman you can break and destroy as you please. I’m sure she will be able to satisfy your sexual preferences.”

‘…Is he crazy?’

When did I ever say that?

Suppressing the urge to seriously smack him on the head, I managed my expression. In fact, even if I smacked him on the head here, that bastard would never give up the book, but the aftermath would be the problem.

“Let me hear it first and then decide. Who is it?”

“My daughter.”

For a moment, I was so shocked that I almost dropped the book. I barely put strength into my fingers to prevent such a disaster, but there was no way my earlier action could have escaped that bastard’s eyes.

The lord grinned.

“Seems like you’re quite surprised.”

“Of course I’m surprised. Your daughter, Lord? Is it okay to give her to someone like me?”

“Of course it’s okay. I can always have another child anyway, and she wasn’t a particularly cherished one. And the position of heir should naturally be passed on to a son, shouldn’t it? I’ll give you my daughter, so you can use her as a sex slave or make her work as a prostitute to earn money, do as you please. I can just pick a suitable wench and have another one.”

The lord chuckled to himself. His cheeks and belly jiggled simultaneously.

I was definitely mistaken. Not “is he crazy?” but he was crazy. The extent of his madness was far worse than in the game.

“So, will you accept the deal?”

“Just one more question. Since she’s your daughter, her beauty is guaranteed, right?”

“Hmm? Kha-ha-ha-ha! That’s right, I forgot to mention that! Of course she’s pretty! Definitely pretty! So much so that I considered touching her myself before she became an adult!”

‘…’

Tsk.

I had just casually thrown that out to ask about something that would naturally be asked when receiving a woman, to avoid suspicion, but I never expected such an answer in return.

As a certain card-obsessed character from a different world line said, there was a bottom to the bottom. It was painfully felt. I couldn’t have imagined that a person’s character could be so messed up.

“I understand. I accept. Please call your daughter here. But how will you explain it to her?”

“Do I need a reason to handle my own child? Of course she has to obey what her father tells her to do!”

The lord laughed with his mouth wide open, looking extremely pleased that the deal had been established.

‘Ugh, that crazy bastard.’

Regardless of my feelings, the deal was settled with this.

I put the book in my pocket so that no one else could see it, and the lord gave an order to the maid to call his daughter.

Before long, a girl entered the room, accompanied by the sound of panting breath. She had long black hair reaching her waist, wearing a dress and possessing golden eyes.

Perhaps she had run here at full speed, she was panting to catch her breath, then hurriedly joined her hands in front of her lower abdomen and bowed politely towards us.

Her attitude was more like seeing someone of high status rather than her own father.

“Did you call for me, Father?”

“Greet him, Aurora. This man has agreed to take you.”

“Pardon?”

The golden pupils of the girl called Aurora trembled slightly. From her perspective, it must have been a bolt from the blue. Honestly, even I didn’t expect the lord to smack her down like that.

However, apart from that, I felt a sense of satisfaction that things were going well. Of course, it wasn’t because I could use Aurora as a sex slave, but for a different reason.

That was because, after killing the lord, in order to quickly handle the aftermath without confusion, I needed to place the lord’s daughter in the vacated position of family head. Only then would the story proceed without much trouble.

The reason I was so surprised earlier when I heard the proposal of giving me his daughter was also partly because I had been worrying about how to meet the lord’s daughter, and it had been resolved too easily.

“Fa-Father. What do you…”

“Don’t argue. It’s already been decided.”

When Aurora asked in a trembling voice, the lord firmly declared that he wouldn’t accept any refusal. Sorrow and despair filled her golden eyes.

“Well, then…”

The lord grinned and reached out his hand, and I handed him the book, pocket and all. The lord made a despicable smile, shook hands once, and left the reception room, holding the pocket preciously to his chest.

‘Ugh, damn it.’

I vigorously wiped my hand on the sofa.

Now, only Aurora, who had lowered her head in despair, and I, who was pondering how to start the conversation, were left in the reception room.

After contemplating for a long time and not coming up with any good ideas, I was about to start the conversation with the most generic greeting, “Excuse me…”

“I apologize for coming here without any preparation to serve you, as this decision was made abruptly.”

‘Huh?’

As Aurora said that and bowed her waist, I froze in the posture I was about to open my mouth, wondering what was going on. Regardless of my reaction, Aurora continued speaking.

“If you wish to taste my body, I will gladly accept it. However, in this current state, I don’t think I can properly serve you, so I believe I should separately groom myself before that.”

“No, wait a momentㅡ”

“Please wait for me on the topmost floor of the annex building of the mansion.”

Before I could stop her and tell her to wait, Aurora turned around and left without listening to me. Her receding figure quickly disappeared into the distance.

Left alone, I stood blankly in the room.

‘…She wouldn’t run away like that, would she?’

The misunderstanding could be cleared up, but I was worried about what might happen before that. If she stalled for time like this and made an extreme choice out of despair for her life, or if she suddenly ran away, I would be in a difficult position.

‘Please don’t do that.’

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