The screaming continued for a while.
Jace, who was consumed by black mana from head to toe, cried in pain, holding Simone's hand, and eventually rolled his eyes and trembled.
Simone, who was usually kind and affectionate only to Jace, was now tormenting him without showing any emotion.
“Is that really okay? If she keeps doing that, he’ll die...”
Louis, who was feeling anxious and uneasy, knowing that he couldn't stop her, but also finding it hard to just sit back and watch, finally asked Geneon again.
Of course, he thought Simone had thoughts and would do something like that, but that scream, that struggle, and above all, Simone's anger, seemed like it would kill Jace.
Geneon spits out a dagger as if he knew what he was thinking.
“Are you that worried? That the kid might lose her mind and kill Jace?”
“To be honest, yes. Normally I wouldn’t have worried, but today there was just too much going on.”
“Crown Prince.”
Louis also became serious as Geneon's voice suddenly became serious.
"yes."
“Do you think that kid ever had a normal day?”
“...”
“Never, not even once.”
A bitterness flashed across Geneon's eyes for a moment.
They said Simone was abused before coming to Illeston Manor, but after coming to the manor, she lived every day breaking the curse.
Only seventeen. Simone was indifferent, not much different from Jace when he started school.
People are dying, limbs are twisted, and ghosts are constantly attacking her, but she doesn't make a sound and just go about her business calmly.
Are you worried that a child like that will lose his mind and kill Jace? Is there such an arrogant Crown Prince!
“I guarantee you that kid is more rational than you.”
When Geneon said that, Louis finally kept his mouth shut. What would he do if he didn't keep his mouth shut?
As someone who can't handle mana, he's stuck in this infinite corridor and can't do anything.
And after a moment, Jace's struggling stopped. Then black smoke began to flow out of his abdomen and mouth, coalescing into one.
Eventually, the ghost, unable to hold out any longer, came out.
But it's not all over just because something that was hidden has popped out.
Simone looked up at the ceiling and called out to Louis.
"Your Highness!"
"Yes!"
As Louis, who had been watching Simone, answered right away, she passed the unconscious Jace to Louis without taking her eyes off the ceiling.
The popped-out ghost hung from the ceiling, glaring at Simone with its sunken eyes.
He was a small man in good condition compared to other ghosts.
He sat upside down and tilted his head as if gravity wasn't affecting him. And.
Knock knock knock-
My head just turned.
Oh, that's weird
weird
Why did you kick me out? Why did you run away?
weird
My head kept spinning in confusion.
Despite the shabby appearance, Simone did not let her guard down. Even though it looked like that, the ghost had created an infinite corridor to trap them and take over Jace's body.
It's not going to be an easy ghost.
Who kicked me out?
Did you do that?
You kicked me out?
The ghost's sunken eyes turned to Simone. Simone smiled and said.
“Why are you asking when you already know?”
Then the ghost's head, which had been spinning round and round, stopped.
Then the corners of his mouth went up.
I see
The skin at the corner of his torn mouth split open and pieces of skin fell off.
Then let's kill you
Other people will be my friends
Let's just kill you
The thing hanging upside down continued to whisper. Even after being beaten so badly, it seemed that it was confident that it could definitely kill Simone.
Certainly, that ghost is strong. Simone also felt that his energy was clearly different from other spirits.
'But so what?'
That ghost is strong, but I am stronger than him.
To be frank, it's a system that can completely wipe out even evil spirits, so how difficult would it be to deal with ghosts at best?
The reason the ghost looks down on Simone and is so confident is that Simone doesn't use her strength properly.
Because it was inside Jace's body, she couldn't use enough force to destroy it.
Let's kill
Let's kill
Let's kill
Simone, who had been blankly staring at the excitedly speaking ghost, reached out and shot Mana.
Uh?
At that moment, the ghost disappeared as if it had never been there.
It's really an easy task, nothing special.
The illusions or brainwashing caused by the curse were inevitable, but if the reality was seen, it was not difficult at all to get rid of them.
Simone was so strong that every time mana spread from her withered hands, she was amazed at her own strength.
Soon the illusion of the endless corridor that had been swaying disappeared, and the ominous atmosphere that had filled the castle subsided surprisingly quickly.
Because Simone mercilessly and effortlessly defeated the leader of the demons, the frightened spirits ran away in droves.
Louis carried Jace around and headed to Simone's side.
“Is he running?”
“Let’s go.”
Simone and her group ran. They couldn't guarantee that the time they spent in the Infinite Corridor was the same as the time in reality.
She was worried whether Abel and his party had arrived at the entrance safely, and she was also anxious that more time had passed than expected.
Fortunately, Abel and his party had eliminated all the demons, so no one attacked them while they were running.
The absence of the demons was also proof that Abel and his group were safe.
When they finally reached the entrance, Simone and her group were able to find Abel and his group blankly staring at the sky.
"Abel!"
When Louis called Abel, he slowly turned around and looked at Simone and her group.
“You’re late.”
Abel quietly reprimanded in an unusually subdued voice.
Simone tilted her head, feeling that he was strange.
"What's the matter?"
Looking at their appearance covered in the blood of the Demon Tribe, she can tell how fierce the battle was before they reached the entrance.
However, it seemed that Abel and his party were not in a state of shock or fear due to the battle.
Abel licked his lips at Simone's question and said.
“Simone, things aren’t looking good.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Did you hear a really loud noise from over there just before you came?”
Abel pointed somewhere away from the castle.
Simone turned her gaze in the direction he pointed and frowned.
Where is that?
The only sight visible is the vast forest beyond the square.
“That place is...”
The one who understood Abel's meaning was Louis.
Louis' face instantly turned pale, and she put Jace down and walked forward.
A forest path appears a little further into the capital's square, and in between there is a large lake.
It is a beautiful lake with sunlight reflecting off of it, but it is famous among the people of the empire for another reason than its beauty.
“Simone, don’t you remember? That’s the direction where the lake is.”
“Lake?...Ah.”
Simone's frown deepened.
“The lake where part of the Demon King’s body was sealed.”
What that meant was that the loud, unidentified sound coming from there could have been related to the Demon King.
The Occult Society may have already succeeded in resurrecting the Demon King.
Simone, rarely embarrassed, nagged Orkan.
“Te, teleport. Teleport!”
It is dangerous for the Demon King to be resurrected while Abel and his party have not yet gained enough strength to fight him.
But what is more dangerous than that is what happens after the resurrection.
What if the Occult Society's plan succeeds?
What if the Demon King really becomes the sacrifice for Anasis' resurrection?
Anasis awakens with powers far greater than before.
She doesn't know what the Occult Society guys are trying to do by reviving Anasis, but we have to stop them.
“Just a minute! Simone!”
Oran calmed her down as she urged him to teleport quickly.
“Just wait. We fought dozens of demons while leaving the castle. If the Demon King’s resurrection has really begun, there will be many more and stronger demons there. No matter how skilled Abel and Louis are, it will be difficult for the two of them to protect the group.”
"...That's right."
Although it was an urgent situation, Orkan was right. Simone was surprisingly easygoing as if her confusion had quickly subsided.
“That may be true.”
Once she experienced teleportation, she was left defenseless to a serious degree and had to rely on two people for a long time.
Well then, there's no other way. Teleporting is dangerous, and if the situation on the lakeside is suspicious, they have to run.
“But we won’t all go to the lake together.”
The group looked at her as if asking what she meant.
“Our original goal was to attack the Occult Society and resolve this ridiculous situation.”
This curse has a great influence on the Demon King's resurrection, so it is even more so.
“Abel, Bianchi, and Orkan go to the lake. Me and Geneon, Your Highness, go to the Occult Society.”
Since it's the hero's job to stop the Demon King's resurrection, I'll be the one to organize the Occult Society.
Jace, who was consumed by black mana from head to toe, cried in pain, holding Simone's hand, and eventually rolled his eyes and trembled.
Simone, who was usually kind and affectionate only to Jace, was now tormenting him without showing any emotion.
“Is that really okay? If she keeps doing that, he’ll die...”
Louis, who was feeling anxious and uneasy, knowing that he couldn't stop her, but also finding it hard to just sit back and watch, finally asked Geneon again.
Of course, he thought Simone had thoughts and would do something like that, but that scream, that struggle, and above all, Simone's anger, seemed like it would kill Jace.
Geneon spits out a dagger as if he knew what he was thinking.
“Are you that worried? That the kid might lose her mind and kill Jace?”
“To be honest, yes. Normally I wouldn’t have worried, but today there was just too much going on.”
“Crown Prince.”
Louis also became serious as Geneon's voice suddenly became serious.
"yes."
“Do you think that kid ever had a normal day?”
“...”
“Never, not even once.”
A bitterness flashed across Geneon's eyes for a moment.
They said Simone was abused before coming to Illeston Manor, but after coming to the manor, she lived every day breaking the curse.
Only seventeen. Simone was indifferent, not much different from Jace when he started school.
People are dying, limbs are twisted, and ghosts are constantly attacking her, but she doesn't make a sound and just go about her business calmly.
Are you worried that a child like that will lose his mind and kill Jace? Is there such an arrogant Crown Prince!
“I guarantee you that kid is more rational than you.”
When Geneon said that, Louis finally kept his mouth shut. What would he do if he didn't keep his mouth shut?
As someone who can't handle mana, he's stuck in this infinite corridor and can't do anything.
And after a moment, Jace's struggling stopped. Then black smoke began to flow out of his abdomen and mouth, coalescing into one.
Eventually, the ghost, unable to hold out any longer, came out.
But it's not all over just because something that was hidden has popped out.
Simone looked up at the ceiling and called out to Louis.
"Your Highness!"
"Yes!"
As Louis, who had been watching Simone, answered right away, she passed the unconscious Jace to Louis without taking her eyes off the ceiling.
The popped-out ghost hung from the ceiling, glaring at Simone with its sunken eyes.
He was a small man in good condition compared to other ghosts.
He sat upside down and tilted his head as if gravity wasn't affecting him. And.
Knock knock knock-
My head just turned.
Oh, that's weird
weird
Why did you kick me out? Why did you run away?
weird
My head kept spinning in confusion.
Despite the shabby appearance, Simone did not let her guard down. Even though it looked like that, the ghost had created an infinite corridor to trap them and take over Jace's body.
It's not going to be an easy ghost.
Who kicked me out?
Did you do that?
You kicked me out?
The ghost's sunken eyes turned to Simone. Simone smiled and said.
“Why are you asking when you already know?”
Then the ghost's head, which had been spinning round and round, stopped.
Then the corners of his mouth went up.
I see
The skin at the corner of his torn mouth split open and pieces of skin fell off.
Then let's kill you
Other people will be my friends
Let's just kill you
The thing hanging upside down continued to whisper. Even after being beaten so badly, it seemed that it was confident that it could definitely kill Simone.
Certainly, that ghost is strong. Simone also felt that his energy was clearly different from other spirits.
'But so what?'
That ghost is strong, but I am stronger than him.
To be frank, it's a system that can completely wipe out even evil spirits, so how difficult would it be to deal with ghosts at best?
The reason the ghost looks down on Simone and is so confident is that Simone doesn't use her strength properly.
Because it was inside Jace's body, she couldn't use enough force to destroy it.
Let's kill
Let's kill
Let's kill
Simone, who had been blankly staring at the excitedly speaking ghost, reached out and shot Mana.
Uh?
At that moment, the ghost disappeared as if it had never been there.
It's really an easy task, nothing special.
The illusions or brainwashing caused by the curse were inevitable, but if the reality was seen, it was not difficult at all to get rid of them.
Simone was so strong that every time mana spread from her withered hands, she was amazed at her own strength.
Soon the illusion of the endless corridor that had been swaying disappeared, and the ominous atmosphere that had filled the castle subsided surprisingly quickly.
Because Simone mercilessly and effortlessly defeated the leader of the demons, the frightened spirits ran away in droves.
Louis carried Jace around and headed to Simone's side.
“Is he running?”
“Let’s go.”
Simone and her group ran. They couldn't guarantee that the time they spent in the Infinite Corridor was the same as the time in reality.
She was worried whether Abel and his party had arrived at the entrance safely, and she was also anxious that more time had passed than expected.
Fortunately, Abel and his party had eliminated all the demons, so no one attacked them while they were running.
The absence of the demons was also proof that Abel and his group were safe.
When they finally reached the entrance, Simone and her group were able to find Abel and his group blankly staring at the sky.
"Abel!"
When Louis called Abel, he slowly turned around and looked at Simone and her group.
“You’re late.”
Abel quietly reprimanded in an unusually subdued voice.
Simone tilted her head, feeling that he was strange.
"What's the matter?"
Looking at their appearance covered in the blood of the Demon Tribe, she can tell how fierce the battle was before they reached the entrance.
However, it seemed that Abel and his party were not in a state of shock or fear due to the battle.
Abel licked his lips at Simone's question and said.
“Simone, things aren’t looking good.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Did you hear a really loud noise from over there just before you came?”
Abel pointed somewhere away from the castle.
Simone turned her gaze in the direction he pointed and frowned.
Where is that?
The only sight visible is the vast forest beyond the square.
“That place is...”
The one who understood Abel's meaning was Louis.
Louis' face instantly turned pale, and she put Jace down and walked forward.
A forest path appears a little further into the capital's square, and in between there is a large lake.
It is a beautiful lake with sunlight reflecting off of it, but it is famous among the people of the empire for another reason than its beauty.
“Simone, don’t you remember? That’s the direction where the lake is.”
“Lake?...Ah.”
Simone's frown deepened.
“The lake where part of the Demon King’s body was sealed.”
What that meant was that the loud, unidentified sound coming from there could have been related to the Demon King.
The Occult Society may have already succeeded in resurrecting the Demon King.
Simone, rarely embarrassed, nagged Orkan.
“Te, teleport. Teleport!”
It is dangerous for the Demon King to be resurrected while Abel and his party have not yet gained enough strength to fight him.
But what is more dangerous than that is what happens after the resurrection.
What if the Occult Society's plan succeeds?
What if the Demon King really becomes the sacrifice for Anasis' resurrection?
Anasis awakens with powers far greater than before.
She doesn't know what the Occult Society guys are trying to do by reviving Anasis, but we have to stop them.
“Just a minute! Simone!”
Oran calmed her down as she urged him to teleport quickly.
“Just wait. We fought dozens of demons while leaving the castle. If the Demon King’s resurrection has really begun, there will be many more and stronger demons there. No matter how skilled Abel and Louis are, it will be difficult for the two of them to protect the group.”
"...That's right."
Although it was an urgent situation, Orkan was right. Simone was surprisingly easygoing as if her confusion had quickly subsided.
“That may be true.”
Once she experienced teleportation, she was left defenseless to a serious degree and had to rely on two people for a long time.
Well then, there's no other way. Teleporting is dangerous, and if the situation on the lakeside is suspicious, they have to run.
“But we won’t all go to the lake together.”
The group looked at her as if asking what she meant.
“Our original goal was to attack the Occult Society and resolve this ridiculous situation.”
This curse has a great influence on the Demon King's resurrection, so it is even more so.
“Abel, Bianchi, and Orkan go to the lake. Me and Geneon, Your Highness, go to the Occult Society.”
Since it's the hero's job to stop the Demon King's resurrection, I'll be the one to organize the Occult Society.
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GAHHH! Should've known that it'll end in a cliff hanger. The story is just too good 😭 now I have to wait for new chapters, and it's killing me ARGHHH
ReplyDeleteTy for the translation!