Chapter 72 – 21. Demon (2)
“First of all, I’m sorry for breaking into your quarters without warning in the middle of the night.”
“······.”
Well, it was definitely embarrassing. It was because someone unexpectedly popped out of the delivered scroll.
“Please forgive me. If I have to make an excuse, I only have this method left for now. There are eyes watching me all over the place…”
“…I’m fine. Rather, I’m more curious about why you rushed to find me. Let’s quickly get to the point.”
Emilia’s behavior was rude, but it was not an urgent matter.
The most important thing now is information about her shamanic state and Count Jonathan’s machinations.
I opened her mouth, examining the curse that ensnared her.
“Who the hell is watching you in the Cursreal Countess?”
“As you’ve probably guessed… He’s my father.”
Of course, only the owner of the family can redeem the daughter of the family in the family’s territory.
Emilia being watched by Jonathan.
So, is she, unlike her father or brother, not cooperative with her mother’s resurrection?
“Could it be that the curse is also the work of the head of household?”
“That’s right.”
“Oh My God······.”
The curse of killing Emilia in real time was also Jonathan’s work.
The curse in front of my eyes is very vicious and cruel. The sensation of the soul choking and the ego and humanity being eaten away little by little will be so terrible that it will make you feel like going crazy every moment.
The vicious process does not end all at once, but takes place very slowly, suggesting a demonic idea. The pain she must have felt so far is indescribable.
“Why the hell is the Count…?”
“All of this is to resurrect her mother, who died in a terrorist attack years ago.”
A long story of years began to unravel from her lips.
Emilia confided to me everything from her once harmonious family, the terrorism that took her mother’s life, Jonathan and Jamie, who fell into experiments with impossible hopes, and the recently failed kidnapping plan for Jeon Hye.
“I can’t believe that such a thing happened…”
But it was all things I already knew. As I tortured the Jamie and Sophie couple a few weeks ago, I was able to hear every bit of the deeper, more specific inside story.
However, there is one piece of information I didn’t know.
It was the fact that Emilia was also familiar with all these things.
‘You knew that too.’
Even though I knew it, I didn’t try to stop it.
My eyes went cold for a moment, but then they became normal again. It was so fleeting that she wouldn’t have noticed it.
‘Guilty.’
It is a very big mistake to stand by even though I was aware of the ulterior motives to harm Wisdom in advance.
My head started spinning rapidly.
“When the plan to use the body of a [Death] Awakener as a ‘vessel’ to contain my mother’s soul fell through, a new vessel was needed.”
“Then the curse is…”
“Yes, that’s right. My father wants to use me as a vessel. He kills my soul and puts the soul that returned to [Death] Into the empty seat instead…
That side has a higher chance of success than the original plan. I am a blood relative of my mother.”
Emilia’s expression was calm, showing no trace of emotion. I opened my mouth feeling confused in the common sense of another world in my head.
“… Wait a minute. Now, are you saying that the Count is willing to sacrifice his daughter in order to be reunited with his wife? Doesn’t he love his family so much that he is trying to recover the precious memories of his old days? “
The front and back don’t match. Abandoning family for family If even the one remaining child disappears, isn’t a happy family gone anyway?
It takes a dead person to receive donations of indispensable organs such as the heart on Earth. I heard that Emilia is sickly, but maybe she has some time left in her life?
No matter how it is, how could her real daughter… Even more so, the means of preparing the body is not a comfortable method like euthanasia, but a painful curse. Her caring heart for her is not felt at all.
Jonathan is famous in the world as a loving wife, but the rumor seems to be true that he even forsook his heavenly principles for his wife.
“At the time my brother Jamie lost her life, there is no bright future for my family.”
Emilia shook her head with her bitter expression.
“I’ve gone mad, my father. Years of staring at impossible goals, failing, looking for clues, failing again… After going back and forth countless times between hope and despair, the desire itself It was eaten…”
“·······.”
“My father is a completely different person than he used to be, so I want to stop him.”
Emilia made eye contact with mine with her eyes exuding a determined atmosphere.
“But I can’t do anything by myself. So Ji-Hoo Jung, can you help me?”
“Hmm… I want to ask you one thing. Why are you folding?”
I found a question mark in her logic.
“Even though my attributes are mythical, I’m just a freshman who just woke up. On this trip, there are not only seniors who are stronger than me, but also professors who lead the students. Why is Youngae helping me instead of them? Are you asking?”
I have a hidden card called the Celestial Dragon, so even if Jonathan transcends humans, I’m confident that I can handle it somehow. There’s no way Emilia would know this…
Despite my sharp question, her eyes are unchangingly confident.
“From my point of view, who is closer to witchcraft than human beings, it is because Jung Ji-hoo is stronger than anyone else.”
Not human, but magical sight.
From the point of view of mana, it is said that I am the strongest.
“And Ireina has deep trust in you.”
I was stunned by the unexpected appearance of the name.
“Ireina? Are you talking about my maid?”
“Yes. She and I are old friends.”
To think that when Ireina was the daughter of the count, she was close to Emilia. She had no idea. Well, both of them have the same status and look similar, so they deserve to be close.
“I didn’t know. But what does she mean by trusting me…?”
“Because she’s a precious childhood friend, I know. I can tell just by looking at her eyes at you.”
The bobbed red hair that covered Emilia’s immaculate shoulders rustled.
“Okay. I’ll do the best I can. So now, can you tell me what Count Jonathan’s plan is?”
“Yes. This will happen tomorrow right now.”
Shocking prophecies began to flow from Ireina’s lips. I could understand why she described her father as ‘crazy’.
“So to sum it up, are you saying that the count is going to spread a powerful corruption curse from the shaman tower and take the lives of countless people living in the capital city…”
“Through this, [Death] Will be implemented indirectly. Since the [Death] Attribute Awakener isn’t here, he must have made up his mind to do something like this.”
“You’re really crazy.”
My head hurts at the sight of a madman who doesn’t consider post-processing at all.
Does he believe that a peaceful married life is possible even after causing carnage? Afterwards, he is lucky if he can escape from the pursuit of the army.
This made it clear. I don’t know what Jonathan was like in the past, but now he is clearly evil.
“That curse, I will be able to stop it.”
“Is it really possible?!”
“At that time, if I were in the shaman tower, I could do it. My attribute is not mythical for nothing.”
Tomorrow I will destroy Jonathan’s plan.
By trampling on the guy’s wishes, he finished his revenge coolly,
Let’s be treated as heroes who saved tens of thousands of lives.
I take what I take and take it.
Anyway, I was able to get very important information from her in front of her eyes. It was a very useful time. She is both to her and to me.
It’s time to put an end to the midnight tryst.
Ugh-!
Emilia couldn’t take her eyes off the [Heaven] Attribute mana that I had shallowly embodied on her palm.
“This is a mythical attribute…”
“Would you like to take a closer look?”
“Oh yes, thank you.”
He is on the verge of losing his humanity, but his curiosity still seems to remain.
“My attribute is invincible in magic warfare. Most magics can’t use their power against me. Tomorrow’s curse will be the same.”
Of course, from what she had experienced in sparring with the 1st princess, the Transcendentalist’s attack was a slight exception.
“Just like this.”
“Eh-“
My hand unexpectedly caught Emilia’s hair,
The [Heaven] Attribute flows through her whole body like a fish out of water.
The black strokes drawn all over her naked body wriggling and resisting desperately, but mere magic could not resist my mana.
“AA AA AA···.”
It’s similar to, but different from when Ah-Young manipulated her maid’s memories. At that time, she wanted to wreak a little confusion in her brain, if she had wrapped her magical energy like a thin thread and delicately pierced it.
Now, in order to conquer everything in front of me, I pour a large amount of mana.
“Eh, oh… Kid?”
“Emilia. Just like Ireina is your precious childhood friend. Jeon Ji-hye is also my childhood friend.”
“Uh, uh…”
This is my punishment for the sin of neglecting the evil deeds of Cursreal and his son.
It takes the remnants of the soul that has already been severed due to the curse.
Emilia makes the last remaining humanity into my puppet.
This method is not easy against other people. In my current state, if the opponent is a young or weak shaman, it takes quite a long time to transform into a doll.
However, the woman in front of him is not a human being, but a witch.
Because they are physically weak, mentally cornered, and spiritually on the verge of extinction.
Taking her of her is as simple as breaking her enchantment.
“Don’t worry, I will definitely save the Cursreal Territory.”
Being my tool is not a bad story at all for Emilia.
Anyway, I will make her last wish come true. It is reasonable and justified if you think that in return, you are dedicating your short lifespan and ugly body to me.
Besides, once she is mine, she has no more pain. It is rather her reward, to be freed from her illness that has plagued her for so long and from her curse that eats away at her soul.
“Thank you for coming to my room today. Rest in peace now.”
As if Emilia agreed with my opinion, she couldn’t resist the light blue mana. She fell to the floor as her posture gave way somehow.
At the same time, her memories and knowledge flooded into my head. After separating this from my self, I began to select interesting or informative information.
For example, the memory of Sarah Cursreal, the wife Jonathan wants to bring back. She looks like a character that often appears as a ‘married woman’ or ‘widow’ in doujinshi or narration. If she was alive, she would have one more way to get her revenge on Jonathan. It’s a shame.
Or, memories with childhood friends. In addition to the young Ireina, there were also men called ‘Scott’ and ‘Dine’. Hmm, it’s information that looks useful later, so let’s check it out.
Anyway, with this, the Emilia before her eyes became an empty shell. Her body is intact, but I have eaten her soul. Also, her curse came under my control, so now she is a puppet that works according to my words.
When I activated her scroll again, Emilia disappeared from my room and returned to her original location.
Iris, who watched the entire process, praised me. My ability to deal with the dominant characteristic of the [Heaven] Attribute has grown rapidly every time, and it seems to be satisfactory.
Afterwards, she showed me the scene observed through magic monitoring the count’s office. There, my enemy, Jonathan, was sitting on one side with a male student.
On the other side sat a certain ‘shadow’ and a maid.
The shadow took on a human form, but it was all black, so it was impossible to determine its gender or appearance. He looks like a criminal from ‘Detective X’.
“It looks like he’s a great wizard, or he’s got some kind of magic tool that interferes with perception.”
“·······.”
Judging from their conversation, that guy will be able to meet tomorrow too.
At first glance, he’s an unusual guy.
Could it be that he was the one who ate the first princess in Soniel’s future foresight?
I don’t know what you’re doing, but if I catch you, you’ll die. This world doesn’t need a color horse except me.
I closed my eyes for the few hours left for tomorrow,
Eventually, the fateful day dawned.
