Chapter 165 – Chapter 165. The Price of the Contract, and Old Relationships
The situation calmed down after confirming that Srak was completely digested by Napendeath.
After that, the witches who restrained the bicorn, who cooperated, started to warn the surrounding area.
“Stay calm here. Because he gave his life because he had the protection of the president.”
“Shut up, you guys who are downstream as creatures. The reason I’m quiet is not because I’m afraid of you guys, but because I don’t want to embarrass the girl I’m in love with.”
“Who is the lower class!!”
“The instinct of living things is intercourse!! Aren’t you guys who don’t even have that kind of experience disqualified as living beings!!”
“What are you talking about, you beast!”
“This pervert!! As expected, all the demon kings are bad!!”
The witches and the officers of the Demon King’s Army clash with each other in front of an iron bar.
His relationship seems to be bad, but thanks to his presence, it seems that direct friction is somehow avoided.
This won’t be a problem even if you’re away for a while.
“Chairman, are you okay?”
“… I’m a little tired. I’m going to wash up to double as a recovery, so please clean up after yourself.”
“Yes, I will make the necessary preparations.”
Margaret returned to her own abode after entrusting the witch council members with training.
The empty space in the basement of the cabin was transformed in response to her magic power, and soon a vessel was formed to hold the water.
The moment the space is filled with water pumped up from the ground and heated up by the heat.
Margaret, who had loosened the clothes that were covering her body, let out a deep sigh as she immersed herself in it.
“… Whoa.”
The moment when the swollen body moved along with the sound of feverish breathing.
In line with the movement, the current hit her, and her voluptuous breasts began to rise to the surface.
It was a sensation that Margaret did not consider very good.
She thought her femininity had long since worn out, but despite her own will, her body showed no sign of stopping.
‘… I feel like I’ve grown up again lately.’
Isn’t it funny?
She thought her femininity had long since worn out, but despite her own will, her body showed no sign of stopping.
Of course, even witches still have feelings as humans.
Normally, it would be considered pleasing, but Margaret was not very pleased with the growth of her body.
Because when she realized that she was a woman, she used to think of bad things from her past.
‘…But that’s a story of the past.’
Yeah, because she’s already too late to turn around.
She had already decided to live her life as a witch, but the lingering lingering memories of her time as a human were only a hindrance.
What she felt as she looked down at her body was nostalgia, and she completely broke free from that past. All she had to do was sign a contract with those who gave her a new life.
It relieves the lingering feelings of those who lost their lives miserably and only grudges remain.
Furthermore, she only recalled that the only thing she had to aim for was to make it possible for witches to survive in this world without disappearing.
‘Yes, it’s too late to turn around.’
For that purpose, she escaped from the human realm and fled to the Demon King’s territory, but eventually the Demon King’s army took notice of their existence and dispatched officers.
The opponent could have been vigilant to a certain extent and somehow managed to win, but the pursuers who would catch up later should not expect the same luck as now.
Even if it was just one officer of the Demon King’s Army, it would be this much, but if the army came in, there would be no guarantee of victory.
‘But that doesn’t mean I can’t give in to the demon king’s army.’
Even though humanity is in a position of hatred from the witches’ point of view, what the witches who signed a contract with them asked for was survival, not revenge.
Please stop the remaining witches from falling victim to someone’s malice.
In such a situation, wouldn’t it be possible to intervene in the Demon King’s army, which will inevitably be involved in the war against mankind?
‘Yes, because they must be protected.’
Even if I live on the run for the rest of my life, I will spend the rest of my life for them.
Margaret, who repeated her vows like that, took the cold water pouring from the rain cloud she created above herself to cool off the heat of her hot bath.
The moment when the distraught mind from the previous battle instantly regained its coolness.
Soon after, she created a fair wind to evaporate the water on her body, and she wore the clothes one by one that flew up with her telekinetic power and hid my face with her mask.
Now that she’s finished her short break, it’s time to go back to Margaret, the Witch Council president.
As she ruminated on that point and escaped outside, a witch who had flown in on a broomstick suddenly landed in front of Margaret and began approaching her.
“Luna, you’re back.”
“Yes, see you soon. Chairman.”
Luna, an informant for the Witches’ Association.
She, whose role is to keep tabs on her external trends, mostly working secretly outside, approached Margaret as she always did and began to ask in a sincere voice.
“The atmosphere in the village is disturbed. What happened?”
“… The demon king’s army came to recruit me as an officer. I refused and a battle ensued, but somehow I was defeated.”
“Good job. No matter how much we betrayed the human realm, we must definitely avoid collaborating with the Demon King’s army.”
Fortunately, even Luna, who has a strong hatred for humans, opposes joining hands with the demon king’s army.
The reaction would probably be the same for other witches as well.
Not only humans who are swayed by incitement and consider themselves evil, but also demons who are hostile to each other in the same camp are untrustworthy.
The only thing they can trust in this world is witches like them.
Realizing that my judgment was not wrong from Luna’s reaction, Margaret changed her mask and continued her conversation with Luna again.
“Anyway, this hideout isn’t safe anymore, so I’m planning on leaving as soon as I’m ready, but is there any information you’ve gathered from the outside that is worth noting?”
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a place that could be used as a hideout… I have come across some nerve-wracking rumors.”
“If Luna can’t overlook it, she’s worth listening to. What kind of rumor is that?”
When I asked, paying attention to that part, Luna answered.
“There are rumors that a party of warriors has entered the Demon King’s territory.”
Warrior party.
It is a name that cannot be overlooked even for Margaret.
Before going to the Demon King’s Territory, she used to listen to the news that was known to the public every time.
“… A warrior party?”
“Yes, it was secretly spread by the activists of the Anti-Human Coalition operating in the black market. The other demons don’t hear much from the gateway, so they think it’s a rumor.”
If a party of warriors really entered the Demon King’s territory, they would have to be aware of it in some way.
If this is not the case and only such rumors are heard, of course everyone will have no choice but to regard it as false information.
Especially since there are many people who are paying attention to them on the side of the Demon King’s army.
“… This is blatant false information.”
“The Anti-Human Coalition has lost its leader due to Srak’s trickery, and Garbonya has stirred up the inside, making the entire organization unstable. Now that they are spreading false information, they must be aiming for something.”
Whether it’s to divert the attention of the Demon King’s army who was swayed by the rumor, or to secretly hide the truth among false information.
If they were struggling to hope for the survival of the organization no matter what, it wouldn’t be much of a concern for them.
Even if the warrior’s party is personally very caring.
Even if they have in common that they are a group of victims who, like themselves, were betrayed by humanity, it doesn’t change that they can’t be trusted.
“But I was concerned about the fact that there were many warriors attached to it because the purpose was to confuse them. Among them, there were also contents that had nothing to do with us.”
Yeah, that’s what I thought until I heard what followed.
“What do you mean by content that has nothing to do with us?”
“Among the members of this hero’s party, there is one descendant who inherited the witch’s blood.”
Pop. Do.
The moment Margaret’s body stiffened noticeably while listening to the story.
“A witch’s son?”
As such, these words were something that Margaret could not ignore.
Luna also knew her circumstances, so she made a judgment that even if she was absurd, she should convey this samurai.
“Honestly, it’s hard to believe. For her to become a witch means that her earning appetite will decline.”
A witch is an entity that has inherited great power from her ancient family and has awakened her power as a demon.
However, the Ancients do not enforce their contracts.
Because the witch who makes the contract has her own purpose, she wants the power of the demons, and because of that, she suffers the side effect of lacking all her desires except for her purpose and desire to survive.
That is the price you pay for becoming a so-called witch.
In the lives of such witches, having a relationship with the opposite sex and having a child could be said to be voluntarily impossible.
Unless the reason I became a witch was for my children.
“But among the people you signed a contract with… I’m sure there are people who have children, right?”
“…”
Margaret closes her eyes in silence at Luna’s words.
In fact, just by closing her eyes, she could clearly hear the whispers of thoughts coming from the remains of the witches she had accepted into her own body.
‘Baby, find my baby.’
The whispers of a witch who became a witch to find a child who was separated from life in an unfortunate accident.
‘Dave… Can you find out if my son is all right?’
And remember my child’s name until the day I die.
A sad voice crying out his name.
By accepting all these voices, she became a witch, but how could she avoid what she said now, considering it nonsense?
“I will find out by myself.”
Furthermore, the Anti-Human Union is also a place where those who have been betrayed by humanity gather, just like the Witch Society.
If the witch’s offspring survived and escaped, there would be no better shelter than there.
A story that cannot be said to be impossible even if the possibility is slim.
“Luna, please work hard to find a hiding place with the others.”
“No, I will be with the President.”
At the conclusion reached at the end, Luna strongly expressed her intention to accompany Margaret.
“… Luna.”
“It was possible because of the power of the president that we, who have different goals, could unite with the top priority of survival. If the president has to leave his seat for some reason, it would be natural for us to follow him as well.”
As if agreeing to Luna’s words, the other witches slowly begin to gather around them.
Armed with masks and capes proving their membership in the Witches’ Association, their attitude showed no hesitation.
Even if what awaits me threatens my existence, I will be with you.
From a certain moment, Margaret, who felt that the object of their desire included ‘to be with herself’, accepted her strong will and reluctantly answered.
“… If that’s the case, I’ll accept it, but if it’s dangerous, make it your top priority to protect yourself.”
Margaret finished her comments by leaving such an answer.
Afterwards, by the time they all retreated to take care of her, she, who was left alone, took the time to look down at her hand blankly with a bitter smile on her face.
“… It ended up like this.”
Isn’t fate really cruel?
After she discovered her true self that day, she even ran away without leaving a trace of her, not wanting to be seen anymore.
Concerned that she might come looking for him, he entrusted himself to her convent and thoroughly concealed her identity, but I never thought the day would come when we would meet her again in this way.
“I don’t want to meet you, but you never know the future.”
She decided to abandon her human life by becoming a witch, but at this moment, she could not help but get wet with the nostalgia of her period.
If she didn’t make a pact with countless witches, if she genuinely wanted to become a witch.
She had always thought that for the object she must have chosen her own old friend.
“… Yumil.”
What she said at this moment was her friend whom she cherished so much.
“Do you remember me?”
What was contained in the grievances that followed was a feeling that could surely be called guilt.
