There Are Too Many Backstories in This Possession Novel – Chapter 13

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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I gently reached out my hand and caressed the statue.

Then, I infused mana into the statue.

It is said that the nature of mana subtly differs depending on the bloodline of each ancient family.

And evidence that my prediction was correct gradually revealed itself.

The moonlight slowly concentrated and gathered on the metal slate engraved with Kift’s name on the statue’s base.

“…I knew it would be like this. Authors with diverse settings love runes.”

The gathered light took the form of runes.

It was satisfying from the start.

I smiled faintly and stepped away from the statue, walking toward Nias, wrapped in the blanket.

“Are you finished?”

Nias asked, tilting her head.

“Yeah. It’s done. Now let’s move to the next location.”

Nias smiled brightly at those words and spread the blanket wide.

It meant for me to come in quickly.

“Achoo.”

Nias pretended to cough softly.

No, that wouldn’t work anymore.

“Hah…”

I rubbed the back of my neck.

*Ding!*

Damn it. I get it, System.

I reluctantly crawled into the blanket where Nias was as if I had no choice.

When our shoulders touched, I couldn’t help but feel a bit tense.

“Hehehe.”

Nias smiled at me brightly.

I had to control my facial muscles well to avoid smiling back at her.

Composure. Composure.

“Then the next one is… a well?”

There was a picture of the boy descending into a well.

“There are wells everywhere… where are we going?”

“I don’t know. For now, let’s think while walking to the nearest well.”

Nias and I slowly started walking.

‘I hope it goes smoothly like this…’

Of course, there was no way it would be smooth.

Suddenly, a scream rang out, followed by the shouts of men.

“Young Master, this is…”

Nias clung to me as if embracing me.

I looked toward the alley where the sound had come from.

Large men were grabbing a girl with a hood pulled over her head and pressing her to the ground in an instant.

Bang!

With a loud noise, the men shouted and trampled on the screaming and struggling girl.

“You bitch, stay still!”

“Running away after all the trouble you caused! We’ll give you a severe punishment later!”

At first, I was about to step in right away, but seeing the seal on the back of the girl’s hand, I couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment.

“…A slave?”

On the back of the girl’s hand, crushed by the men, was a slave’s seal.

In this empire, slavery was half legal.

They might just be capturing their own slave, but… was that not the case?

As I stared, the men suppressing the girl glared at me and shouted.

“Get lost! What are you looking at? You little brats?!”

“If you don’t quickly go back home, we’ll capture you as slaves too!”

I frowned at their rough and vicious words.

“Young Master…”

Nias whispered softly, tugging at my sleeve.

It meant to help her.

Even though I had lived in the modern world just 10 years ago.

The memory of my life in the modern era was still vivid, making it difficult to be swept up in the system of slavery.

If she was a legally sold slave, I could just buy her with money to rescue her.

I had plenty of money. I was the son of a ducal family.

However, there was no need to give money to those men.

That slave was probably not legally traded.

Slaves were usually inherited, and the slave seal was imprinted at a young age.

However, the seal on that girl’s hand looked brand new, no matter how you looked at it.

In other words, there was a high possibility that she was an unfortunate girl who had been forcibly kidnapped.

Just as I made up my mind to help and stepped forward.

Someone had already stepped in ahead of me.

“What kind of unjust act is this! You villains!”

A girl who appeared to be around the same age as Nias and I shouted in a clear and dignified voice and charged at the men.

And at that moment, I thought my heart had dropped.

No way… I can’t believe she would appear here like this!

Her white silver hair, resembling moonlight, was braided in an intricate style, and clear silver eyes sparkled beneath her neatly styled bangs.

According to the description in the novel, she had a goddess-like appearance that seemed to embody moonlight.

It was a beautiful appearance that perfectly fits that description.

To add one more thing, she looked excessively delicate.

Her name was Elena Raynas.

One of the heroines in 『The Hero of Salvation』.

On the surface, she was a holy knight who was more chaste and sacred than anyone who believed in the chief god Nephthys.

However, in reality, she was the saintess of the god of poison, Yuan, known as an evil god.

Not only that, but she was also a seductive girl with a charm that seemed to lure demons despite being a saintess.

As the saintess of the god of poison, there was a terrible background setting that if you engaged in mucosal contact such as kissing with her, whose entire body was flowing with poison, you would gradually become addicted and eventually die.

In fact, it is said that the protagonist also died of addiction due to this girl not long after the main story ended.

“Who are you? If you don’t want to die too, you little brat… huh? Your appearance…?”

The man, fiercely angry at Elena’s appearance, frowned as if puzzled.

“My appearance is not important. Please release that girl. From what I can see, the seal on this girl’s hand doesn’t seem to be very old! Is this girl an illegally traded slave?”

The girl spoke confidently without fear, even in front of a man several times larger than her.

How could she speak so eloquently as the saintess of an evil god? I already knew the answer to this question.

It was hypocrisy.

As the saintess of an evil god, her inner self was endlessly wicked, but Elena had one peculiar inclination.

She was a pervert who got excited by the praises of others while acting out her hypocrisy.

The man grabbed the girl’s hand.

“Something is strange about you. How do you have that face? I’ll have to take you with me! Come along!”

“What… let go of this hand!”

Elena tried to break free from the man’s firm grip on her arm.

However, according to the setting, Elena’s divine power would still be weak.

It was no longer someone else’s business.

If Elena was really kidnapped by the slave traders, the entire plot would be twisted.

Needless to say, my achievement completion and the hope for lasting peace would be forever gone.

I used magic to swiftly fly between Elena and the man.

As I stood in the middle, flying in the air, the man trying to drag Elena away was shocked and widened his eyes.

“M-magic…?”

Elena seemed more surprised by my identity than the fact that it was magic.

“Who are you…?”

“Well, for now, you don’t need to know.”

I pulled my hood down and placed my hand on the wrist of the man holding Elena.

“Let go of this hand.”

“Who are you ordering, you little brat…”

Crack! Crack!

The man’s knuckles began to break one by one, bending backward.

“Aaaargh!!!”

As soon as the man fell backward, screaming, I turned my gaze to the other men.

“This little brat who’s not even worth a fist!”

The moment the men rushed at me, I launched invisible air bullets at their limbs.

Crack! Crunch! Snap!

“Aaaargh!!”

The men who had been rushing at me collapsed to the ground, their arms and legs twisting in bizarre directions.

Endless curses and high-pitched screams like those of women kept pouring out of their mouths.

I lightly punched their faces with the force of a boxer’s punch, silencing them.

“You guys. Who told you to do illegal business in this territory?”

I approached the men, groaning in pain, and stepped on the head of the man who had been holding Elena’s hand.

“I think I should put a hole in your head so you can’t do illegal business here again.”

I extended my hand toward the man’s head like I was about to fire magic.

“P-please spare me…”

The man, whose joints in his arms and legs had been shattered, mumbled as if pleading.

“Y-Young Master?”

Nias raised her voice slightly in question, probably thinking that my actions were too cruel and strange no matter how she looked at it.

Of course, there were reasons why I was displaying this uncharacteristic cruelty.

“Thank you for your help. But please stop now.”

The silver-haired girl stepped in front of me and spoke.

Looking at me with eyes that had not a hint of cloudiness, as if declaring, “I am pursuing justice.”

“…You have punished them enough.”

“It’s not over yet.”

“Their arms and legs are broken. It’s enough that we were able to rescue that girl. Unnecessary cruelty is not something Lord Nephthys would desire. The true punishment for these evildoers will be paid in the afterlife.”

I stared at her momentarily, then kicked the man’s head with a displeased expression before letting go.

“Thank you.”

Elena smiled beautifully with gentleness and slightly bowed her head to me.

Yes!

Now come!

I waited for the system window and said I had satisfied Elena’s hypocritical tendencies.

I had acted out a suitable amount of cruelty to satisfy Elena’s hypocritical tendencies.

However…

“What’s going on?”

“Pardon?”

Elena tilted her head and blinked her eyes.

Her hypocritical tendencies… weren’t satisfied?

I looked at Elena, feeling puzzled.

Then, was Elena sincerely helping these men?

But that couldn’t be.

According to the setting, Elena was already a wicked saintess of an evil cult from a young age.

That hypocritical tendency should have manifested from childhood.

“Ah, more importantly. Let’s check if the girl is okay.”

Elena spun around and approached the slave girl.

Then, she lowered her body and gently held the girl’s hand, asking in a warm and kind voice.

“Are you alright?”

At those words, the girl who had been lying on the ground slowly lifted her body.

As she did so, the hood slowly came off.

Long and beautiful silver hair, like a waterfall made of moonlight, cascaded from inside the hood.

Her silver eyes shone like jewels under the moonlight, slightly contorted with pain. And Nias, Elena, and I all opened our mouths wide.

There was another beautiful girl who looked like Elena’s twin.

“Why do you look exactly like me…?”

“There’s… me?”

The two girls looked at each other’s faces and stared at each other as if enchanted.

Like looking into a mirror.

I was also perplexed.

Two… Elenas?

Wait, how could that be possible?

Clearly, in the novel, there was only one Elena.

But… How could this happen?

Which one of the two was the real saintess of the evil god?!

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