108 – ulterior motive
As if my reaction was unexpected, Serena’s eyes widened.
“Are you saying it’s no big deal, lord?”
“For now.”
“If so?”
“Of course, he’s the one who successfully attacked you once, so you’ll have to be more careful when other royal knights or S-class adventurers attack you. The moment you do it, your neck will run away. What I’m saying is close to meaning that you don’t have to worry so much. .”
Perhaps, if I kill three or four more individuals in the future, this black blooded monster avalanche will be finished. Then the stupid things that dabble in black magic will naturally disappear.
Charlotte, who had been through this situation once, focused on licking my finger without any reaction, while Serena had an expression of bewilderment itself.
Looking at Serena, who would probably have dozens of question marks floating above her head if she could express her emotions, I smiled lightly, and Serena blushed.
“…”
Suddenly, with a thumping sound, the fingers of my left hand were cut off. Wanting something, I turned to Charlotte.
Charlotte glared at me with bloody eyes and was mumbling. It was clear that he had noticed the smile I had just given Serena.
My face must have been at an angle that couldn’t be confirmed, but how did you notice it?
He focused his senses on his hand and restored the severed finger to its original state. Charlotte also didn’t chew and cut off the restored finger again, as if it was just a short-lived tantrum.
“Anyway, Serena, you’re probably wondering why I’m saying this. It’s okay. I’ll explain everything.”
“No, lord. I have no intention of doubting what you are saying. If you regard them as no big deal, then they are no big deal. So it’s okay if you don’t explain it to me.”
Serena even stopped licking my fingers and said that with a serious look in her eyes.
My head stiffened as I contemplated how to explain the point in the simplest way possible.
Well, what am I going to do with an explanation to Serena, who will sincerely accept any nonsensical remarks from my point of view? Serena’s faith will remain the same whether or not she explains it.
Even if I told her that your arm was contaminated and needed to be amputated, Serena would immediately cut off her left arm and offer it to me without even a moment’s hesitation.
‘By the way, this situation seems to be coming to an end soon.’
The reason I wasn’t too surprised when I heard Serena say that new black blood monsters had appeared was that a similar type of black blood monster had also appeared when they first appeared about a hundred years ago.
It started when the Royal Knights, who had been steadily reducing the number of black blood monsters through the cooperation of the high-ranking priests of the Holy Church and the royal magic corps, suffered near-annihilation damage from a single black blood monster.
It had distinctly different characteristics from general black blooded monsters, so we decided to distinguish it through the expression ‘enhanced type’.
There was no reason to give them fancy names anyway.
If the other black blood monsters were at a level that the Royal Knights and Priests could somehow deal with, they were helplessly cut down by the enhanced types.
According to the testimony of a survivor who barely survived, the moment he saw Ganghwa-hyung attack, he said it was already too late, so he said everything.
After that, more than 100 priests and S-class adventurers were killed by the black blood monster’s enhanced type, and in the end, Charlotte had to step in herself.
To paraphrase Charlotte’s words, he was a decent guy in his own way, but the fact that such a word came out of Charlotte’s mouth with such a strong sense of pride proved his strength.
Of course, even so, it was disbanded without a sound from Charlotte.
The characteristics of the new black blood monster that I had heard at that time, that is, the enhanced type, exactly matched the characteristics of the black blood monster that crushed the gauntlet that Serena had just spoken about.
Restoration of body tissues by absorbing the remnants of black blood in the surroundings with explosively enhanced physical abilities.
And the fact that it only appears where dozens or more of other black blood monsters have been slaughtered with an appearance close to a humanoid.
“I don’t know what the hell creates black blood monsters, but they probably have conditions for production. Right after the new one you said was swept away by Charlotte, all the other black blood monsters disappeared as well. This time, at most 3 monsters. I think the situation will be over if I kill about 4 more of them.”
“Do you mean that if you kill only them, other black blood monsters won’t appear?”
“Perhaps? I’m not sure. It’s just a highly probable guess. We don’t have a lot of information, and this is the second time this has happened. Anyway, Serena and you aren’t going to get hit by him again, are you?”
“That’s right, lord. Thank you for trusting me. I will definitely repay your trust.”
It wasn’t a lie to reassure Serena or my bravado, it was really nothing.
First of all, they never appear alone. Those who only came out where there was a by-product of black blood to reconstruct their bodies were the enhanced types.
And, even though it was a grandiose reinforcement type and named it, it was not possible to inflict effective damage on the perfect Serena and Charlotte.
The reason Serena took a hit this time was probably because she behaved as usual, like dealing with other black blooded monsters. There was no chance that Serena would lose to them if she made up her mind.
‘I’m a little concerned about the possibility that it’s related to black magic, but that’s a possibility that’s also implied by other black blooded monsters anyway.’
According to the investigation so far, it is more likely that it is related to black magic because it is an enhanced type, and it is not.
That said, I don’t see any reason why I should treat them any differently than other normal black blooded monsters.
It’s enough to send Serena to a place where you want to see a lot of black blooded monsters, and Serena can cut even the strengthened monsters at once, just like normal monsters.
“No, maybe it’s better. The frequency of their appearance will drastically decrease when the new black blooded monsters you mentioned start to appear.”
At least, there won’t be a shortage of priests as they pop up from all over the kingdom like now.
Enhanced types only appeared where there was a remnant of black blood to restore their bodies. The reason has not yet been revealed.
There is no difficulty in dealing with it, but on the contrary, it even greatly reduces the range to keep an eye on, so it can be seen that it is more beneficial to have an enhanced type appear.
“Then you can be a little quiet for a while, my dear.”
He reflexively nodded at Charlotte’s voice.
“I’ll have to check how often the black blood monsters pop up, but maybe that’s the case?”
I paused for a moment before asking why. It was because Charlotte’s eyes were emitting an ominous light.
It was obvious why Charlotte was looking at me like that. He must be planning to take me to the palace. And I had no reason to reject it.
It was the same with the issuance of a new adventurer certificate, which is the reason I came here right away.
I deliberately tried to solve it by myself so as not to disturb Charlotte, who was looking for anything related to black magic, but there was a crazy bitch researching black magic underground in this city, and that’s why Charlotte came here.
As if realizing what I was thinking, Charlotte’s eyes met my eyes with her fingers in her mouth, and the corners of her eyes narrowed in the shape of a crescent moon.
‘That’s why Serena and Charlotte almost had another fight.’
Serena, nearly exhausted from pleasure, laid me down on the couch and slit my thighs, gently stroking my still-golden hair.
Her slightly opened eyes stared blankly into space, and hot breath flowed from her half-open mouth.
Intermittently, Serena’s body flinched. The fact that she was cutting my thighs seemed to act as a kind of mental pleasure for Serena.
Right after Charlotte said that she would be able to stay quiet for a while, she suggested that I stay at the palace right away.
I didn’t have any particular reason to reject it, so I was going to say that I knew it, but unexpectedly, Serena jumped up and expressed her disapproval.
He asked what he was planning to do by taking me to the royal palace after he just wanted to fulfill his own self-interest by stroking my cheek.
As for me, fighting between the two was also a headache, so a kind of compromise that came out of mediating the two was to stay in one of my mansions in the kingdom’s capital.
The fact that I had been stroking Serena’s body just now was a kind of reward for all the hard work, and it was an afterthought for Charlotte’s provocation at Serena.
It was because I touched Serena’s heart again by daring to mention the thing that happened for several hours after I invoked the curse in my name while holding the half-conscious me in my arms.
‘What shall I do now?’
I stroked Serena’s hair and thought for a moment about what to do next.
As I expected, the frequency of appearances of black blooded monsters had decreased to a level where they were almost non-existent.
Those that appeared occasionally were swept away by the royal knights, who were now quite accustomed to dealing with black blooded monsters.
Thanks to that, Serena, who openly refused to go out on the grounds that she had slaughtered the most monsters so far, was quite free, and Charlotte and I were the same.
The problem was, when I got the time, there was nothing to do.
Maybe it’s because of the backlash from overexerting my body to see if there are people related to black magic, but I felt strange when I came to a situation where I had nothing to do.
Well, sometimes there should be days like this—
“The subject of the beast is really good.”
I didn’t have to do anything to make it happen.
