“Suicide? That’s ridiculous!”
Why am I dying? No curse dares to discuss death with Anasis.
Anasis stared at her own face in the lake.
“A mixture of Gods and worthless spirits. Huh!”
The mirror ghost that parasitizes the world inside the mirror, the Osasanisasao, a demon summoned through necromancy, powerless vengeful ghosts who met unjust deaths, and other spirits that parasitized the mansion.
Simone may be able to send curses, but she still seems to be unfamiliar with how to handle souls. The ones that should come out one by one are mixed together and appear in a fragmented form.
“What a dirty curse!”
Anasis shot mana into the lake, but it only disrupted the water current and did not hit the fake Anasis.
No matter how much mana she blasted, it didn't even reach her in the water; it just got blown away along with the current.
Anasis' expression, which had been sly the whole time as if she would not give in to such a cheap curse, began to harden little by little.
“No, why is this!”
That can't be. In fact, she felt something strange when she first encountered the red tree, but she thought it was because she was flustered that she couldn't hit the tree at that time.
Now, she's using all her mana to try to break free from this curse, but strangely, she can't reach it.
Simone's own power was not able to deal even the slightest damage to this curse she had created.
How could this be! Even before absorbing the Demon King's power, Anasis is Anasis. There is no way that someone could imprison her in a curse when she has achieved perfection in her body!
Anasis' face began to turn increasingly vicious and soon began to randomly shoot mana.
“What the hell did this bitch do! This can’t be happening!”
This can't be happening. I can't be locked up. There can't be anyone with the power to lock me up! Simone wasn't that strong!
Then, another Anasis, who had been looking at Anasis with a silent face in the lake, smiled and said.
Anasis did not answer Osasanisasao's question, so if she doesn't kill herself by cutting her own throat, she will be cursed forever. Let's play, open the door, let's be friends. Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Osasanisasao asked I don't like being alone, let's play.
A pale hand emerged from the lake and grabbed Anasis. At that moment.
“This crazy bitch!!!!!!!!”
She was so fed up that she threw herself into the lake and started to scatter her body in the water.
“What have you done!!! I’ll kill you. Aaaah..."
The Emperor's Castle. The imperial castle of the Luan Empire.
She knew it was her home 300 years ago before she was executed by the Grand Duke of Illeston, so she knew it without even checking.
‘Why am I here...’
She frowned with indescribable discomfort, walked out of the room with rough steps, then stopped and looked around.
There was no one.
Even though Anasis, a traitor to the Luan Empire, is in the castle, no one is watching her or trying to capture her.
It was so quiet as if she was the only one in this castle..
'...No way.'
It was when Anasis was reflexively releasing mana.
Thump
Crunch- crunch-
Thump
The sound of heavy footsteps could be heard from the far end of the hallway.
A calm and serious gait. To her, the sound of footsteps is the sound of someone she cannot forget.
Anasis froze in place, then glared at the owner of the footsteps with eyes full of life.
"You..."
Silver hair that hangs down calmly. A determined, cool, and stubborn impression and an extremely cold gaze.
And the sword that sits on his right waist.
He drew his sword without a moment's hesitation and approached Anasis.
“...Illestone.”
He is Illeston from 300 years ago. The man who led Anasis to the execution ground.
She wants to kill him. She wants to tear out his throat while he's still alive, trample on him, burst him, and slaughter his body into pieces.
Nevertheless, Anasis's body was moving backward on its own.
Her whole body trembled with fear.
“Oh, don’t come.”
He was coming at her with his sword drawn. The image of him approaching her with his outstanding skills and cutting her body with his fierce attacks from 300 years ago was vividly engraved in her mind.
'He's hitting on me again this time... '
At that moment, Illeston lunged at Anasis and immediately cut off her head.
“Ugh!!!!”
A terminal scream of terror.
And so Anasis died.
“...”
When she opened her eyes, she was in the Emperor's bedroom.
Anasis absentmindedly raised her hands and felt her neck, shoulders, and stomach in turn.
There is no hurt or pain.
As if nothing had happened and Anasis had just been standing there the whole time.
At that moment, Anasis realized.
That she is still trapped under Simone's curse.
This is a curse that Anasis does not know about. It is probably a curse created by the Occult Society that she was a follower of.
Anasis blinked a couple of times, looking into the empty space, and looked much more haggard than before.
She couldn't understand why the Illestone from 300 years ago was here, why she died and came back to life again, or what on earth Simone did.
The sunlight still came in warmly. Anasis stared blankly at it and then sat up again.
She couldn't just sit still. The only thing she hadn't anticipated was the possibility that Simone might be stronger than her.
Since it has come to this, she must quickly escape this curse and absorb the Demon King's power. Then, she will ascend to the throne of God and become a God, after which she will slaughter humans.
'Gather more power than the God of Death, and return to the original world...'
Thump
Anasis jumped up at the sound of shoes outside the door.
Then, she held the locked door tightly and watched for any noise from outside.
Instead of being so stupid, you should think about it. What is that thing, what is this curse?
Many curses attack the human mind, and most of them were created by none other than Anasis herself.
Simone, who just learned how to cast curses, would not be able to create a curse that did not exist before, so it must be a type of curse that Anasis knows about.
Why did Illestone appear at this particular time? Why did he not die even though he was dead?
Thump- thump
Anasis, who had been trying to ignore the sound and thinking for a while, soon muttered with a happy face.
“I see. This curse is-”
BANG!!!!!
At that moment, the door Anasis was holding onto broke in two along with her hand.
“Ahh!”
As Anasis fell in pain, clutching her severed arm, the 300-year-old Illeston quickly approached her and stabbed her in the neck.
It was Anasis' second death.
How much time has passed since then?
The sun was still bright, but Anasis' appearance was utterly miserable.
There were no injuries, but the mental exhaustion was enormous.
It must have been quite some time since she was trapped here.
The number of times Anasis was killed by Illeston here 300 years ago has already exceeded a hundred.
As Anasis was looking out the window with unfocused eyes, his voice came to her ears again.
Thump
Anasis's eyes trembled in fear, and soon tears began to flow.
“...I’ll kill you... and throw you away.”
No, I just wanted to die and break free from this endless cycle of curses.
Why am I dying? No curse dares to discuss death with Anasis.
Anasis stared at her own face in the lake.
“A mixture of Gods and worthless spirits. Huh!”
The mirror ghost that parasitizes the world inside the mirror, the Osasanisasao, a demon summoned through necromancy, powerless vengeful ghosts who met unjust deaths, and other spirits that parasitized the mansion.
Simone may be able to send curses, but she still seems to be unfamiliar with how to handle souls. The ones that should come out one by one are mixed together and appear in a fragmented form.
“What a dirty curse!”
Anasis shot mana into the lake, but it only disrupted the water current and did not hit the fake Anasis.
No matter how much mana she blasted, it didn't even reach her in the water; it just got blown away along with the current.
Anasis' expression, which had been sly the whole time as if she would not give in to such a cheap curse, began to harden little by little.
“No, why is this!”
That can't be. In fact, she felt something strange when she first encountered the red tree, but she thought it was because she was flustered that she couldn't hit the tree at that time.
Now, she's using all her mana to try to break free from this curse, but strangely, she can't reach it.
Simone's own power was not able to deal even the slightest damage to this curse she had created.
How could this be! Even before absorbing the Demon King's power, Anasis is Anasis. There is no way that someone could imprison her in a curse when she has achieved perfection in her body!
Anasis' face began to turn increasingly vicious and soon began to randomly shoot mana.
“What the hell did this bitch do! This can’t be happening!”
This can't be happening. I can't be locked up. There can't be anyone with the power to lock me up! Simone wasn't that strong!
Then, another Anasis, who had been looking at Anasis with a silent face in the lake, smiled and said.
Anasis did not answer Osasanisasao's question, so if she doesn't kill herself by cutting her own throat, she will be cursed forever. Let's play, open the door, let's be friends. Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello? Osasanisasao asked I don't like being alone, let's play.
A pale hand emerged from the lake and grabbed Anasis. At that moment.
“This crazy bitch!!!!!!!!”
She was so fed up that she threw herself into the lake and started to scatter her body in the water.
“What have you done!!! I’ll kill you. Aaaah..."
What could be more frightening to Anasis than the thought of her powers not working? Anasis glared in all directions with bloodshot eyes and let out a scream of evil.
There was no such plan. If she just absorbed the Demon King's power, her 300-year-long resurrection plan would have been a complete success, so what is this all of a sudden!
At that moment, Anasis felt something wrapping around her ankle and lowered her head.
“...”
In the water, a lower-body ghost was holding Anasis's ankle tightly, blood gushing from its waist.
This ghost was also one of the curses she had created.
“Ugh...”
When Anasis stopped struggling, speechless, she was dragged helplessly into the water and lost consciousness.
If you don't kill yourself by cutting your own throat, you will be cursed forever.
“Ugh!!!!”
Anasis opened her eyes. Inside a quiet room.
It was a place she didn't know, but there was no more dampness, no more cold, no more darkness, no more ghosts.
Has the curse been lifted? Then where is this place?
Anasis got down from the bed, wrapping her soaking wet body around herself, and looked around.
Warm sunlight was streaming in through the window. Inside the spacious room, all the furniture was luxurious.
Much more than the mansion of an ordinary nobleman...
Anasis's eyes flashed open.
'This place is...'
There was no such plan. If she just absorbed the Demon King's power, her 300-year-long resurrection plan would have been a complete success, so what is this all of a sudden!
At that moment, Anasis felt something wrapping around her ankle and lowered her head.
“...”
In the water, a lower-body ghost was holding Anasis's ankle tightly, blood gushing from its waist.
This ghost was also one of the curses she had created.
“Ugh...”
When Anasis stopped struggling, speechless, she was dragged helplessly into the water and lost consciousness.
***
If you don't kill yourself by cutting your own throat, you will be cursed forever.
“Ugh!!!!”
Anasis opened her eyes. Inside a quiet room.
It was a place she didn't know, but there was no more dampness, no more cold, no more darkness, no more ghosts.
Has the curse been lifted? Then where is this place?
Anasis got down from the bed, wrapping her soaking wet body around herself, and looked around.
Warm sunlight was streaming in through the window. Inside the spacious room, all the furniture was luxurious.
Much more than the mansion of an ordinary nobleman...
Anasis's eyes flashed open.
'This place is...'
The Emperor's Castle. The imperial castle of the Luan Empire.
She knew it was her home 300 years ago before she was executed by the Grand Duke of Illeston, so she knew it without even checking.
‘Why am I here...’
She frowned with indescribable discomfort, walked out of the room with rough steps, then stopped and looked around.
There was no one.
Even though Anasis, a traitor to the Luan Empire, is in the castle, no one is watching her or trying to capture her.
It was so quiet as if she was the only one in this castle..
'...No way.'
It was when Anasis was reflexively releasing mana.
Thump
Crunch- crunch-
Thump
The sound of heavy footsteps could be heard from the far end of the hallway.
A calm and serious gait. To her, the sound of footsteps is the sound of someone she cannot forget.
Anasis froze in place, then glared at the owner of the footsteps with eyes full of life.
"You..."
Silver hair that hangs down calmly. A determined, cool, and stubborn impression and an extremely cold gaze.
And the sword that sits on his right waist.
He drew his sword without a moment's hesitation and approached Anasis.
“...Illestone.”
He is Illeston from 300 years ago. The man who led Anasis to the execution ground.
She wants to kill him. She wants to tear out his throat while he's still alive, trample on him, burst him, and slaughter his body into pieces.
Nevertheless, Anasis's body was moving backward on its own.
Her whole body trembled with fear.
“Oh, don’t come.”
He was coming at her with his sword drawn. The image of him approaching her with his outstanding skills and cutting her body with his fierce attacks from 300 years ago was vividly engraved in her mind.
'He's hitting on me again this time... '
At that moment, Illeston lunged at Anasis and immediately cut off her head.
“Ugh!!!!”
A terminal scream of terror.
And so Anasis died.
***
“...”
When she opened her eyes, she was in the Emperor's bedroom.
Anasis absentmindedly raised her hands and felt her neck, shoulders, and stomach in turn.
There is no hurt or pain.
As if nothing had happened and Anasis had just been standing there the whole time.
At that moment, Anasis realized.
That she is still trapped under Simone's curse.
This is a curse that Anasis does not know about. It is probably a curse created by the Occult Society that she was a follower of.
Anasis blinked a couple of times, looking into the empty space, and looked much more haggard than before.
She couldn't understand why the Illestone from 300 years ago was here, why she died and came back to life again, or what on earth Simone did.
The sunlight still came in warmly. Anasis stared blankly at it and then sat up again.
She couldn't just sit still. The only thing she hadn't anticipated was the possibility that Simone might be stronger than her.
Since it has come to this, she must quickly escape this curse and absorb the Demon King's power. Then, she will ascend to the throne of God and become a God, after which she will slaughter humans.
'Gather more power than the God of Death, and return to the original world...'
Thump
Anasis jumped up at the sound of shoes outside the door.
Then, she held the locked door tightly and watched for any noise from outside.
Instead of being so stupid, you should think about it. What is that thing, what is this curse?
Many curses attack the human mind, and most of them were created by none other than Anasis herself.
Simone, who just learned how to cast curses, would not be able to create a curse that did not exist before, so it must be a type of curse that Anasis knows about.
Why did Illestone appear at this particular time? Why did he not die even though he was dead?
Thump- thump
Anasis, who had been trying to ignore the sound and thinking for a while, soon muttered with a happy face.
“I see. This curse is-”
BANG!!!!!
At that moment, the door Anasis was holding onto broke in two along with her hand.
“Ahh!”
As Anasis fell in pain, clutching her severed arm, the 300-year-old Illeston quickly approached her and stabbed her in the neck.
It was Anasis' second death.
***
How much time has passed since then?
The sun was still bright, but Anasis' appearance was utterly miserable.
There were no injuries, but the mental exhaustion was enormous.
It must have been quite some time since she was trapped here.
The number of times Anasis was killed by Illeston here 300 years ago has already exceeded a hundred.
As Anasis was looking out the window with unfocused eyes, his voice came to her ears again.
Thump
Anasis's eyes trembled in fear, and soon tears began to flow.
“...I’ll kill you... and throw you away.”
No, I just wanted to die and break free from this endless cycle of curses.
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