Impatience. Belled felt that emotion for the first time in a long time. The last time he felt it was impatience toward Beryl. When he was wondering if she would accept his heart.
And now, he was impatient because he was waiting for someone he didn’t even know.
But in the end, that was also an emotion he had because of Beryl. Because he wanted to relieve Beryl’s pain as soon as possible.
We’ve arrived.”
So when he heard those words, he sat up without realizing it.
“Come in.”
Impatience was an emotion he felt when he couldn’t have what he wanted when he wanted it quickly. It was an emotion that was far removed from the Demon Duke Belled, who could have anything.
That was until Beryl came next to him.
But he didn’t have time to feel new about that fact.
Click.
When the door opened and a man named Nik came in, he quickly examined his body.
The flow of magical power flowing through that body was definitely not that of someone with an aggressive unique ability.
If the report really says that his ability can relieve Beryl’s pain.
“Uh, nice to meet you.”
Nick had a nervous expression.
“Sit down.”
Belled quickly motioned to him. He looked at the trembling Nick for a moment before turning his gaze toward the door.
It seemed that Nick kept looking at the door.
“Is there a problem?”
When asked, Ronove answered.
“His daughter was brought with me.”
“Ah.”
Belled nodded.
“I’m, I’m sorry. I was worried about the child...”
Nick lowered his head in surprise. Belled, who didn’t care whether he brought the child or not, shook his head.
“If you’re worried, you can let her in.”
“In that case... !”
Nick’s face brightened. On the other hand, Ronove seemed a little embarrassed. He seemed to think that it was an unusual consideration. But an order was an order.
“Dad!”
Soon, Reese ran into Nick’s arms.
Belled clearly saw that Nick’s eyebrows narrowed slightly every time Reese ran around.
As if enduring pain.
“How did you get your powers?”
Belled asked. Then Nick paused and patted Reese.
“Reese, can you look at that book over there for a moment?”
It seemed like he wanted to see the child up close, but didn’t want the child to hear.
“Don’t take out the book, just look at it!”
Nick shouted, perhaps anxiously, as Reese ran toward the bookshelf.
Belled gestured to the demons.
“Bring me a book that the child would like.”
“Something that the child would like...”
The demons looked at each other at those words. And they managed to bring the picture book.
The problem was that it was a plant encyclopedia.
“Wow! Look at this! The flower is so big!”
...Fortunately, it seemed to suit Reese’s taste.
In the meantime, Belled turned to Nick. As if telling him to hurry up and talk.
Nick nodded and carefully opened his mouth.
“The child is sick... The child was so sick, I wish I was sick instead.”
At those words, Belled turned to the bed. He seemed to see her through the soundproof curtains. The sight of her repeatedly clutching the bedsheets in pain.
“...I’m glad you got it.”
He was speaking sincerely. It was because he completely understood Nick’s feelings.
Nick’s feelings when he looked at Reese must have been the same. Just as Belled looked at Beryl, he must have been in more pain.
He was afraid of unknown pain.
It wasn’t the unknown pain coming to him, but the pain coming to Beryl that was scarier.
He was more scared of not knowing how much pain she was enduring.
It seemed better to be sick enough to die.
“Can you show me how to use your power?”
Nick hesitated.
“Cut off what you’re using on Reese and then...?”
If he were ordered to do that, he would have no choice. Nick looked at Reese with pitiful eyes.
Now that he knows how much pain the child would have in that short time, he knows.
But Belled stopped him.
“No, can I use it in other places at the same time?”
“...For a short while, I can.”
At those words, Belled silently pulled out the dagger on his waist.
“!”
And before the demons could even be surprised, he lightly cut the back of his hand.
“Can I use it then?”
“Yes, yes! Please wait a moment.”
Nick closed his eyes. And he concentrated his magical power on the back of Belled’s hand.
“...”
Belled clearly captured the flow of magical power in his eyes.
The pain of having his back cut was not even close to being painful, but he clearly felt the stinging sensation there moving to another place.
“This is it.”
After fully grasping the flow of magical power, he wiped the blood with a handkerchief.
“W-will this be enough?”
Nick asked cautiously. Belled nodded.
“You can withdraw your power.”
“Thank you.”
It must have been difficult to use the power on two people at the same time, so Nick quickly withdrew his magical power.
Then he looked at Reese. The child looking at the plant encyclopedia looked happy without any pain. Only then did Nick smile in relief.
“Is the child okay?”
Belled asked him abruptly. Nick bowed his head and said,
“Yes. They say she’s recovering quickly, like a child. There will be some aftereffects, but...”
“Aftereffects?”
Belled’s gaze turned to the child. The child seemed to have limped when she ran around.
“I couldn’t find anyone to treat her leg...”
Nick said in a slightly calmer voice.
“But where is this? I’m just happy that the child is running around again.”
Belled didn’t listen to that and looked at Ronove.
“Find a doctor to treat her and send her.”
“Understood.”
Ronove felt a new feeling several times, and it seemed like he was a completely different person.
However, it was also familiar. He had always looked like that since the Visionary came.
The warmth was mainly directed at the Visionary.
Now, the warmth was being transmitted to other people, not just the demons, but also to other people beyond.
Ronove bowed his head deeply.
“Understood.”
“Are you sure?”
And Nick opened his mouth.
“The treatment fee is not cheap...”
“It’s okay, let’s get treatment at the best facility.”
Belled said.
In fact, even Belled himself, who said that, could not get used to his changed self.
But even so, he liked that about himself.
He was defined as a demon, but he was not someone who wanted to be a demon.
“Thank you, thank you very much!”
“Goodbye!”
“You should be respectful!”
“Yes? Goodbye!”
After Nick and Reese left so noisily, Belled headed straight to Beryl’s bed.
This ability could easily relieve her pain.
There was no need to worry any longer. He had to relieve her pain as soon as possible.
“Haa...”
Beryl’s face, which was so pale that it was almost bluish, was soaked in cold sweat to the point of being pitiful.
Belled used the Mind’s Eye that he had tried countless times on her.
“...”
Does the future change without warning?
Sometimes, he could see a future where she would die, making his heart sink, but sometimes, like now, he could not see anything.
It was the same now. There were still many variables. It was hard to see a future where she was smiling happily.
In that case, he had no choice but to change it himself.
“This unique ability seems to allow magical power to penetrate the opponent’s mind.”
He said to Ronove, who was following behind him.
“If the pain is severe, I may react. Don’t panic and deal with it.”
In short, he was telling Beryl not to be surprised when she woke up, and not to show her how sick he was.
“...I understand.”
Ronove lowered his head. Only after hearing that answer.
Wow.
Light emitted from Belled’s hand. It was the same magical power flow that Nick had shown earlier.
And.
"...!”
Belled felt a sharp pain as if the air of the entire world was piercing through his entire body. And.
Paat!
At that moment, he felt something else covering his vision.
I had once thought this.
When the pain is too severe when the pain is too unbearable, isn’t it that you lose your mind?
And then when the pain is so severe that you end up ending your life, isn’t that when you die?
But I never thought there would be an intermediate stage.
“Why don’t you come quickly?!”
The sharp voice that tore at my ears felt too real.
When I felt the pain that seemed to tear my whole body apart and thought I was coming to my senses, when I opened my eyes, what I saw was the face of that maid.
And that familiar face, it showed a familiar disgust.
I knew those eyes.
‘You said you were a noble Saintess.'
‘Is spreading your legs at night the way a noble Saintess serves God?’
Duke Orobas had taken so many women to bed that even he didn’t know it.
And many of those women competed for the position of his concubine.
A concubine who didn’t need a wedding, who simply made Duke Orobas feel good and was ordered to stay in his mansion, that was the moment when she became a concubine.
And among those concubines, there was a woman who was his favorite.
Naturally, the gaze of the servants and the modest authority he had in the mansion would rise.
It was natural that the competition for that position would become fierce. And the one who fell in the middle of it all was none other than Saintess Beryl.
Of course, I had not wanted it at all.
“I told you to come to the bedroom quickly. Can’t you hear me?”
The sharp voice of the maid rang in my ears once again.
The maid’s fierce gaze met mine.
And now, he was impatient because he was waiting for someone he didn’t even know.
But in the end, that was also an emotion he had because of Beryl. Because he wanted to relieve Beryl’s pain as soon as possible.
We’ve arrived.”
So when he heard those words, he sat up without realizing it.
“Come in.”
Impatience was an emotion he felt when he couldn’t have what he wanted when he wanted it quickly. It was an emotion that was far removed from the Demon Duke Belled, who could have anything.
That was until Beryl came next to him.
But he didn’t have time to feel new about that fact.
Click.
When the door opened and a man named Nik came in, he quickly examined his body.
The flow of magical power flowing through that body was definitely not that of someone with an aggressive unique ability.
If the report really says that his ability can relieve Beryl’s pain.
“Uh, nice to meet you.”
Nick had a nervous expression.
“Sit down.”
Belled quickly motioned to him. He looked at the trembling Nick for a moment before turning his gaze toward the door.
It seemed that Nick kept looking at the door.
“Is there a problem?”
When asked, Ronove answered.
“His daughter was brought with me.”
“Ah.”
Belled nodded.
“I’m, I’m sorry. I was worried about the child...”
Nick lowered his head in surprise. Belled, who didn’t care whether he brought the child or not, shook his head.
“If you’re worried, you can let her in.”
“In that case... !”
Nick’s face brightened. On the other hand, Ronove seemed a little embarrassed. He seemed to think that it was an unusual consideration. But an order was an order.
“Dad!”
Soon, Reese ran into Nick’s arms.
Belled clearly saw that Nick’s eyebrows narrowed slightly every time Reese ran around.
As if enduring pain.
“How did you get your powers?”
Belled asked. Then Nick paused and patted Reese.
“Reese, can you look at that book over there for a moment?”
It seemed like he wanted to see the child up close, but didn’t want the child to hear.
“Don’t take out the book, just look at it!”
Nick shouted, perhaps anxiously, as Reese ran toward the bookshelf.
Belled gestured to the demons.
“Bring me a book that the child would like.”
“Something that the child would like...”
The demons looked at each other at those words. And they managed to bring the picture book.
The problem was that it was a plant encyclopedia.
“Wow! Look at this! The flower is so big!”
...Fortunately, it seemed to suit Reese’s taste.
In the meantime, Belled turned to Nick. As if telling him to hurry up and talk.
Nick nodded and carefully opened his mouth.
“The child is sick... The child was so sick, I wish I was sick instead.”
At those words, Belled turned to the bed. He seemed to see her through the soundproof curtains. The sight of her repeatedly clutching the bedsheets in pain.
“...I’m glad you got it.”
He was speaking sincerely. It was because he completely understood Nick’s feelings.
Nick’s feelings when he looked at Reese must have been the same. Just as Belled looked at Beryl, he must have been in more pain.
He was afraid of unknown pain.
It wasn’t the unknown pain coming to him, but the pain coming to Beryl that was scarier.
He was more scared of not knowing how much pain she was enduring.
It seemed better to be sick enough to die.
“Can you show me how to use your power?”
Nick hesitated.
“Cut off what you’re using on Reese and then...?”
If he were ordered to do that, he would have no choice. Nick looked at Reese with pitiful eyes.
Now that he knows how much pain the child would have in that short time, he knows.
But Belled stopped him.
“No, can I use it in other places at the same time?”
“...For a short while, I can.”
At those words, Belled silently pulled out the dagger on his waist.
“!”
And before the demons could even be surprised, he lightly cut the back of his hand.
“Can I use it then?”
“Yes, yes! Please wait a moment.”
Nick closed his eyes. And he concentrated his magical power on the back of Belled’s hand.
“...”
Belled clearly captured the flow of magical power in his eyes.
The pain of having his back cut was not even close to being painful, but he clearly felt the stinging sensation there moving to another place.
“This is it.”
After fully grasping the flow of magical power, he wiped the blood with a handkerchief.
“W-will this be enough?”
Nick asked cautiously. Belled nodded.
“You can withdraw your power.”
“Thank you.”
It must have been difficult to use the power on two people at the same time, so Nick quickly withdrew his magical power.
Then he looked at Reese. The child looking at the plant encyclopedia looked happy without any pain. Only then did Nick smile in relief.
“Is the child okay?”
Belled asked him abruptly. Nick bowed his head and said,
“Yes. They say she’s recovering quickly, like a child. There will be some aftereffects, but...”
“Aftereffects?”
Belled’s gaze turned to the child. The child seemed to have limped when she ran around.
“I couldn’t find anyone to treat her leg...”
Nick said in a slightly calmer voice.
“But where is this? I’m just happy that the child is running around again.”
Belled didn’t listen to that and looked at Ronove.
“Find a doctor to treat her and send her.”
“Understood.”
Ronove felt a new feeling several times, and it seemed like he was a completely different person.
However, it was also familiar. He had always looked like that since the Visionary came.
The warmth was mainly directed at the Visionary.
Now, the warmth was being transmitted to other people, not just the demons, but also to other people beyond.
Ronove bowed his head deeply.
“Understood.”
“Are you sure?”
And Nick opened his mouth.
“The treatment fee is not cheap...”
“It’s okay, let’s get treatment at the best facility.”
Belled said.
In fact, even Belled himself, who said that, could not get used to his changed self.
But even so, he liked that about himself.
He was defined as a demon, but he was not someone who wanted to be a demon.
***
“Thank you, thank you very much!”
“Goodbye!”
“You should be respectful!”
“Yes? Goodbye!”
After Nick and Reese left so noisily, Belled headed straight to Beryl’s bed.
This ability could easily relieve her pain.
There was no need to worry any longer. He had to relieve her pain as soon as possible.
“Haa...”
Beryl’s face, which was so pale that it was almost bluish, was soaked in cold sweat to the point of being pitiful.
Belled used the Mind’s Eye that he had tried countless times on her.
“...”
Does the future change without warning?
Sometimes, he could see a future where she would die, making his heart sink, but sometimes, like now, he could not see anything.
It was the same now. There were still many variables. It was hard to see a future where she was smiling happily.
In that case, he had no choice but to change it himself.
“This unique ability seems to allow magical power to penetrate the opponent’s mind.”
He said to Ronove, who was following behind him.
“If the pain is severe, I may react. Don’t panic and deal with it.”
In short, he was telling Beryl not to be surprised when she woke up, and not to show her how sick he was.
“...I understand.”
Ronove lowered his head. Only after hearing that answer.
Wow.
Light emitted from Belled’s hand. It was the same magical power flow that Nick had shown earlier.
And.
"...!”
Belled felt a sharp pain as if the air of the entire world was piercing through his entire body. And.
Paat!
At that moment, he felt something else covering his vision.
***
I had once thought this.
When the pain is too severe when the pain is too unbearable, isn’t it that you lose your mind?
And then when the pain is so severe that you end up ending your life, isn’t that when you die?
But I never thought there would be an intermediate stage.
“Why don’t you come quickly?!”
The sharp voice that tore at my ears felt too real.
When I felt the pain that seemed to tear my whole body apart and thought I was coming to my senses, when I opened my eyes, what I saw was the face of that maid.
And that familiar face, it showed a familiar disgust.
I knew those eyes.
‘You said you were a noble Saintess.'
‘Is spreading your legs at night the way a noble Saintess serves God?’
Duke Orobas had taken so many women to bed that even he didn’t know it.
And many of those women competed for the position of his concubine.
A concubine who didn’t need a wedding, who simply made Duke Orobas feel good and was ordered to stay in his mansion, that was the moment when she became a concubine.
And among those concubines, there was a woman who was his favorite.
Naturally, the gaze of the servants and the modest authority he had in the mansion would rise.
It was natural that the competition for that position would become fierce. And the one who fell in the middle of it all was none other than Saintess Beryl.
Of course, I had not wanted it at all.
“I told you to come to the bedroom quickly. Can’t you hear me?”
The sharp voice of the maid rang in my ears once again.
The maid’s fierce gaze met mine.
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