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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“That’s right. What if that pig bastard sent you as a spy, or sent you to lure me into a trap? Why should I trust you at all?”
I silently waited for Aurora to finish speaking. After all, what I had to do here was to patiently wait until she told me to prove it myself.
Because she also wanted to believe me. Because she wanted to believe me and escape from this hellish life.
That’s why, more than anyone else, she wished for the player’s words to be true.
In the game, there was no description of what the lord’s daughter had been through, so I had just brushed it off, but now that Aurora was saying it, I could clearly feel her complicated feelings.
It was Aurora’s way of pleading. Since she couldn’t trust me right now, she was desperately pleading for me to prove myself so that she could trust me.
In the first place, since she had said it with her own mouth, it was undoubtedly the truth. Well, it was said by the original NPC, not the current Aurora.
“So, prove it. How can I trust you?”
Aurora approached right in front of me.
The long black hair extending behind her neck swayed in contrast to her faintly glowing white skin, and her golden eyes shone firmly.
However, I didn’t miss the subtle trembling of those golden eyes that seemed so firm at first glance.
“I see. How can I prove it to you? If I reveal all the plans on how I can kill the lord, would you be able to trust me?”
In the game as well, this choice was the most stable. Sharing the method of killing the lord.
There was also a choice that appealed to emotions, but it required quite a bit of preparation, so I couldn’t use it now.
“…Let me hear it first. If it’s a plausible plan, I’ll accept it.”
Naturally, my eyes looking up from below and Aurora’s eyes looking down from above met.
Aurora seemed to have finally realized that she was wearing a very lewd outfit, as she trembled slightly and blushed, then sat next to me with her legs modestly closed together.
But it was of little use, considering the outfit she was wearing.
“When we first met earlier, that bastard left the reception room holding something to his chest. Do you remember?”
“I remember. He probably traded it for my body.”
“Any guess as to what kind of item it might be?”
“Not at all. It must be a considerably valuable item if he traded it for my body, but it’s impossible to speculate beyond that. So, what is it?”
“It’s a book inhabited by a demon.”
“…What?”
“I said it’s a book inhabited by a demon.”
“I asked you to repeat it, not to shut up.”
As soon as she heard those words, Aurora made a serious expression. Then, unable to sit still, she looked around and whispered in a lowered voice.
“Are you crazy? According to imperial law, even getting involved with a demonㅡ”
“Yes, it’s unconditionally a death sentence.”
And a very painful and cruel one at that.
That was the real reason why I had an absolute advantage in the deal with the lord.
If he reported me, I would definitely be captured and executed, but conversely, the lord himself would be unable to retrieve the book. The empress would personally wield the holy sword and purify it.
For him, who was obsessed with the desire to have that book and was thinking about beating women with the power of the demon, it was something that absolutely should not happen.
“Then whyㅡ”
“Don’t worry. Only that bastard alone will be involved with the demon. No human here will die, no property in the mansion will be damaged, and no place in the city will be destroyed. We’ll be safe.”
“Are you sure? The empress never lets a human involved with a demon live. If we make a mistake, you and I will both be finished. Are you telling me to risk my life now?”
“There’s no need to risk your life. You just need to sit still and prepare for the succession of the family head position. That’s what I mean.”
I answered confidently.
“…Seeing you so confident, it seems like you have something in mind?”
Aurora’s voice was skeptical.
“Of course. Because I merely ‘accidentally’ discovered that book and delivered it to the lord.”
“Accidentally discovering that…”
“Yes. I subjugated the monster and found that book. It was ominous at a glance, so to prevent confusion, I discreetly discussed measures with the lord, but after he took it, saying he would handle it himself, he couldn’t resist the temptation and tried to make a contract with the demon.”
In this case, I would have no guilt at all.
I brought the book, which was ominous at a glance, to discuss how to deal with it after subjugating the monster and finding it, but the lord sent me away and secretly tried to make a contract with the demon, then failed and got devoured on his own.
The person who should have protested that it was a lie had already been purified after becoming a demon, so as long as Aurora and I coordinated our stories and covered up the truth, that would be the end of it.
If they tried to forcibly connect me to it, they probably could. But the emperor I knew wasn’t that type of person. Rather, he would treat the lord as an incompetent idiot and end it on his own.
[T/N: The reason for all of the confusion between emperor and empress is because the emperor in the game was male before the mods so he still refers to him as a male but the current emperor is a woman so everyone else refers to her as empress.]
In fact, that’s how the incident ends in the game.
“…It’s not a completely absurd plan. Although it’s a bit concerning that we have to deceive the empress, she probably won’t intentionally investigate the death of a bastard who tried to summon a demon, so there’s no risk of getting caught.”
“This is the only way for you, Lady Aurora, to safely succeed the position of family head. And the die has already been cast. Because something will definitely happen tonight.”
Aurora, who had heard my explanation, let out a laugh of disbelief.
“I’ve thought about selling my soul to a demon if it meant I could kill that pig bastard, but I never imagined I would actually get involved with a demon. Is this what they mean when they say life is unpredictable?”
“Aren’t you too young to say that life is unpredictable?”
“My mind has aged much faster than my body due to stress, so it’s fine.”
She casually threw out a remark that sounded like a joke but didn’t feel like one at all, and her golden eyes blankly stared at the ceiling. How much time had passed? Those eyes turned towards me again.
“I just thought of something. Even if you have a plan, summoning a demon in the middle of the city is a bitㅡ”
“It’s okay.”
“…?”
I cut off Aurora’s words. A question mark appeared above her head.
“I told you, didn’t I? No one will get hurt, nothing will be broken, and nowhere will be destroyed. Only one human will die.”
No, by the time that bastard dies, he won’t even be human anymore.
Late at night.
The lord carefully left the room, holding the book. He had deliberately told them that there was no need for night patrols today, and just in case, he had a maid put sleeping pills in the food of the servants and attendants.
That maid was “taken care of” after reporting that she had completed the task. This appearance should never be discovered by anyone.
The other two, that idiot of a new knight and Aurora, would be busy intertwining their bodies in the annex building of the mansion by now. Or they might have already enjoyed themselves to their heart’s content and fallen asleep.
The most careful footsteps headed towards the basement of the mansion. Even so, due to his weight, it sounded like an ordinary person running.
“Kuh-huh-huh.”
Uncontrollable laughter escaped from his mouth as he headed to the basement.
A demon of lust that gives men infinite stamina and makes women climax just by touching a man. It was truly a demon that suited him perfectly.
Of course, he was well aware of the dangers of this act. The fact that if the empress heard that he had tried to make a contract with a demon, not even his clan would be left to be exterminated.
But he had plenty of excuses. This was the outskirts of the outskirts of the empire. As long as he stayed holed up here and didn’t go out, that would be the end of it, and given her personality, she wouldn’t call him to the imperial palace first.
If he could make those arrogant knight commanders his own, it would be more than enough entertainment for the rest of his life. Just imagining it made his lower body swell.
The lord, who had hurriedly entered the basement, locked the door with multiple layers. The basement was filled with all sorts of sexual torture devices.
Many women had screamed in pain and lost their lives in this room, crushed under the lord’s fat and greasy body, and now that list was about to be endlessly updated.
Drool dripped from the corners of his mouth. As he took out the book he had preciously kept in his arms, the desire to unfold and read it instantly seized his heart. The lord untied the string wrapped around the book with bloodshot eyes.
His body couldn’t keep up with his impatient mind, and his fingers kept getting in the way. Especially this damn little finger.
“Argh! Annoying!”
Crack, the lord grabbed his left little finger and broke it. He didn’t even feel the pain. He was just happy to be able to see the book faster.
Seeing the cover with the string completely removed, ecstasy rose even from that alone. Saliva dripped from his mouth, and a creepy laughter leaked from between his lips.
With trembling hands, he opened the book. Expecting the contents inside.
And as soon as he opened the book, the overflowing black energy that sprang out enveloped the lord’s body.
“Huh?”
It was only after that the lord came to his senses.
“Aaaaaaargh!”
The first feeling that came to his clear head was pain. Immense pain rushed from his left little finger, which he had broken himself, saying it was annoying.
Why, why did I do that? For what reason?
Meanwhile, the black energy was still wrapping around his body. The black energy burrowed into his eyes, filled his ears, crawled into his nose, and stuffed his mouth. The lord dry-heaved at the terrible sensation.
“Urg, ugh?! Ack?!”
His body began to change gradually.
A pair of horns grew on his head, and a pair of demon wings covered in membranes sprouted from his back. Hideous scales began to cover his entire body. His nails grew long.
“No, no! No!”
The lord flailed his arms and struggled desperately. His body fell backward with a thud, knocking over and smashing the torture devices in a line, but he had no time to care about such things.
“Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!”
As his skeleton twisted, his form changed, his arms and legs distorted, and his entire body transformed into something inhuman, the lord let out a terrible scream. The pain was terribly excruciating.
It hurt. It hurt so much. It hurt as if he would die. He wanted to curse the god he didn’t even believe in for how such pain could exist.
But he endured it, gritting his teeth with the determination to live.
He didn’t want to die. He wanted to live, no matter what. With nothing but the desire to simply survive, he desperately resisted, even while crying and snotting.
His body was no longer his own. Something like wings had sprouted from his back, horns had grown on his head, and the sensation in his feet and arms was strange. His skin was eerily lumpy.
His skin itched like crazy. When he scratched his skin, he felt the sensation of sharp nails through the lumpy scales. The itching didn’t subside at all.
“Ugh… Ugh… Huh?”
Creak.
As the lord was desperately struggling like that, he heard the sound of the basement door opening.
It didn’t matter how someone could enter when he had securely locked the door earlier. The only thing that mattered was the fact that there was now someone who could help him in this situation.
“Help me! Help me! He-urk!!!!!!”
Blood gushed from his mouth. The blood was much closer to black than red. Even while vomiting blood, even while his arms and legs were twisting, he crawled towards the voice, not wanting to die.
“Ugh, I never imagined it would be this grotesque. So that’s why you told me to prepare myself mentally?”
“Haha, it is a bit of an unsightly appearance, isn’t it?”
“A bit? Do you have no conscience?”
Then, the lord heard the voices of two people having a conversation with no hint of tension.
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