Chapter 67 – 067. Encounter With the Devil (3)
[Hey. What the hell are you thinking?]
‘What is it? I want to catch the devil who almost ruined my plan.’
[But what does that have to do with the child being subjected to their violence so unilaterally?]
Belldandy had been in a very uncomfortable state from a while ago.
It was not enough that she was imprisoned with Erin, and she was beaten one-sidedly while her knights stood in the way to prevent her from taking Erin.
Eun-hyeon, who had been beaten so much that his eyes were severely swollen, his mouth bursting with blood, and his jaw was twisted, was sucked up by the nine-tailed fox, and even more damage was accumulating in his precarious physical condition.
‘If I had escaped from that state, Erinn’s name would have entered the royal family. If they were caught by the royal guard knights who were reported and dispatched, they would have forced Erin to confess after a tortured interrogation and tried to close her case. That much had to be prevented.’
For him, Eun-hyeon insisted on using her solitary cell with Erin and came here, and blocked her whole body without resistance to prevent the Royal Guard knights from taking her Erin.
[I have never been allowed this way.]
‘Goddess. You agreed to support my decision no matter which way I chose.’
[But… Hey I said that because I didn’t want my child to suffer anymore. But this…]
He had to watch Eun-hyeon suffer one-sided violence, and he was so helpless that Belldandi made an expression that he did not like.
‘Goddess. Physical pain is nothing more or less than pain for me. But mental pain is different.’
Despair, sadness, anger It creates various emotions and breaks people’s minds.
It is possible to drive a person’s mind crazy through the physical sense of pain, but Eun-hyeon’s case is an exception.
I’ve had the experience of having my flesh ripped off, my limbs cut off, and one eye burned.
To Eun-hyeon, who has adapted to what is called ‘familiarity’ while experiencing countless pains, the pain caused by physical damage was a worthless sensation that could be restored to its original state at any time.
That is why they do not attach any value to their bodies.
Even if his face is broken and bloody, he calmly accepts the fact.
He doesn’t even get angry at the opponent who made his face like that.
Belldandi muttered with a sad face.
[I am… Is it already too late… No more children…]
‘No. Goddess. This is my first step. It’s a journey to achieve the ending and ending I want as ‘me’, not as an ‘extra’.’
[Okay… Even if it’s late, as long as the child can go through with the way he wants and get happiness in the end.]
Belldandy smiled bitterly and gently hugged Eunhyun’s head.
[But it’s hard to see a child like that anymore. When the hell are you going to repair those wounds?]
It might be a bit tiring, but if you use time reversal, one of the goddess powers bestowed by Belldandy, it’s not a task to restore these scars to something that never existed.
‘Not right now. If I use my authority here and return the scars to what they never were, many people will pay attention to me. I’ve decided not to hide anymore, but I can’t yet. I’ll find out the time soon and return it.’
[I see. I get it.]
Belldandi couldn’t help but shook his head.
“So? What is the basis that the lady behind you is not the culprit of the serial raid on the aristocrats in Pernin?”
The leader of the Krasir Knights, Walter Orsias, glared at Eunhyun with a very uncomfortable expression.
It was because the man in a state of disfigurement sitting in the solitary cell beyond the iron bars made him move his steps to the inside of this dingy prison.
It made me feel even more offended by the existence of being a foreigner rather than a citizen of this country.
However, as long as it was revealed that the case was the case and that Eun-hyeon was Illyana or Kennifer’s person, the information he was offering could not be ignored.
If it were to be revealed that Eun-hyeon was the ‘witch’s lover’, it might be a situation where Eun-hyeon should be freed from her restraints and bowed down in apology.
However, without bothering to reveal it, Eun-hyeon was so confident that even though he had his hands tied behind his back and was imprisoned in prison, there was no sense of anxiety or fear in his behavior or attitude.
I don’t like it even more that he’s showing that kind of confidence.
“Eww…”
Erin hid behind Eun-hyeon and shrunk her body.
“First, there is a difference in the way the crime is committed.”
“Method? All of the victims’ symptoms seem to be sucking nutrients from their bodies to the extent that mana and bony bones can be seen in the body. That goes for you too I rather wonder how you can hold on without losing consciousness like the other victims.”
“That’s because I resisted the demon to the extent that I could barely keep myself conscious. As a result, all of the mana in the body was taken away, but not everything was taken to the point of losing consciousness.”
The logic doesn’t fit.
Weird.
With that thought in mind, Walter frowned, but in the first place, since it was unclear exactly what kind of power and ability the criminal was making the victims of, he couldn’t even properly refute it, so he didn’t bother with Eun-hyeon’s story.
“The difference in the method of crime that I am talking about is the method of attacking the victim. All three victims so far have attacked the nobles alone in the middle of the night without leaving any witnesses. But now, when the Duke of Armitas was attacked, it wasn’t even in the middle of the night, and even left two male students who were with him as witnesses. Do you have any thoughts on this?”
“But the male students reported that they witnessed the young lady behind you grabbing the Duke of Armitas by the neck with one hand, lifting him up with great force, and then absorbing everything in the Duke of Armitas like the other victims. Only.”
“I, I… ?”
When Erin was suddenly pointed at, she asked, Erin widening her surprised eyes.
Walter and the other guards also stare at the scene.
As her suspicious eyes focused on her, Erin was startled and her shoulders shook as she defended herself desperately.
“I-I never did! That… She has no memory since being beaten by a man and losing her mind…”
“Are you beaten? To the little duke?”
“Yes yes…”
Her memory of that moment came back, and Erin became rapidly depressed and began to whimper.
“Huh, huh.”
With the sadness that suddenly took over her whole body, her heart jumped at the absence of Ashton and Eun-hyeon by her side, and her tears began to flow.
“Hyunah. Hyuna, I was really scared…”
“Okay. It’s okay now.”
“…”
The knights and Walter, who saw Erin leaning on Eun-hyeon’s back and acting as if she was whining at her parents while shedding tears, all had expressions like, ‘What’s the situation?’
It was a natural result for those who did not know that Ashton had instigated her male students in Aither, who harbored her dark feelings for her Erin, kidnapped her, brought her to her abandoned warehouse, and assaulted her indiscriminately.
Besides, isn’t the figure she’s showing you really a slender girl who is only 17 years old, unaware of anything and caught up in the damage?
“Does she really think this kid has the ability to ambush me and four nobles, including Little Prince Ashton?”
“…”
The image of a girl who looked infinitely weak, crying and whining to her parents like a child, leaning on her eunhyeon, I couldn’t believe it was acting.
Rather, she clings to Eun-hyeon even more, craving her affection and expressing it with her whole body to comfort her.
“Walter, the leader of Krasir, said he sent the members after receiving a tip from the two male students.”
“Yes.”
“I saw a demon in the form of ‘Erin’ there.”
“What?”
Eun-hyeon explained how she ended up in the abandoned warehouse.
At the request of Riod, the leader of Artia, he was independently investigating the case, and in the process, he discovered a commonality between the victims and followed Ashton’s tracks that met the conditions, and found an abandoned warehouse. He explained that he had observed him sucking energy from Ashton and had intruded between them.
Of course, this fact was made to look as true as possible by mixing Eun-hyeon’s impromptu lies, but the guards, including Walter, couldn’t find any contradiction in Eun-hyeon’s words and sobbed quietly.
“If that statement is true, the report with the two students who reported to Krasir certainly makes sense.”
“The Marquis of Olivion was already asking for help from the Black Witch…”
“The opponent is a demon who manipulates the target’s mind to show illusions and exploits the spirit through it. It’s as simple as this.”
Naturally, borrowing Erin’s body and blaming the succubus for the sins of the nine-tailed fox.
“Hmm.”
“All I can give you is information and the release of this child. You can leave me here, in case you fail to capture the demon, or if the information I gave you is wrong.”
Eun-hyeon’s attitude of casually presenting herself and taking on a confident attitude was strange, but his proposal itself was not bad.
Walter couldn’t make up his mind easily, but the hesitation itself didn’t last long.
“Tell me the information about the devil and how to counter it first.”
“The countermeasures have been prepared to some extent.”
“What is it?”
“Because this kid is going to catch the devil.”
“”””What?””””
The four guardsmen all ask with dumbfounded expressions as if they didn’t understand what he was saying.
“Uh… ?”
Erin, who was pointed out as the key to her countermeasure, began to look at Eun-hyeon with a shriek, and the moment she realized that Eun-hyeon’s face was sincere, Erin’s face began to turn white.
“Mo, I can’t…”
Erin shook her head desperately.
“I can not. Hyuna. I’d rather stay! If I stay and hold on to the fact that you are that demon and come to my rescue…”
“Erin.”
“Oh…”
“When have I ever made you do the impossible?”
“No…”
Erin replied.
Eun-hyeon only made her do hard and arduous work, but she never made Erin do an impossible task.
It became a nutrient for Erin’s growth as the things she had been doing consistently over time piled up.
Erin knew it too, and from the moment she realized it, she followed whatever Eunhyeon said without rebelling.
“You can do it. Don’t worry, I guarantee it.”
“But the opponent is a devil, so how can I…”
“I have people ready to help you. Do you think I’ll make you fight the devil alone? I think you’re misunderstanding something. You are not at that level yet. It’s been a while.”
“Right… Still, in this situation, shouldn’t I at least encourage you?”
“If you wanted to be encouraged or praised, you shouldn’t have been kidnapped like that. Come to think of it, this may be your fault. When I finish my work, I will increase my training.”
“You are too much!”
At the mention of adjusting her training load, Erin started to cry.
“Erin, remember what I said before? Do not doubt anything, just believe in me and follow me. I told you I would make a way for you.”
“Huh…”
“You told your brother that you wanted to tell him that he was okay now and that he could do well on his own.”
“Huh.”
“It’s the first step towards that. Trust me.”
“Ah…”
Walter, who didn’t like the fact that the conversation between the two was going on arbitrarily, frowned at Eun-hyeon and interrupted the conversation.
“I have not yet said that I will adopt your method on the condition of releasing that child.”
“Ah… That. In fact, I don’t even need Walter’s opinion.”
“What?”
“The offer. I will accept it.”
“Huh? Uh… ?”
“… Meet the poor princess.”
The geth moved his gaze to the beautiful woman’s voice, was surprised to recognize the owner of her voice, and was speechless.
As soon as he heard her voice, Deln lowered her head nervously.
Yuria Pernias, a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Fernias, the center of the country they must protect, personally stepped into the prison accompanied by Alex as an escort knight.
‘Why is Princess Yuria here? Could it be that man?’
After looking at Eunhyun in her solitary room with a puzzled expression, Deln opened her mouth to YuRia.
“May I ask the reason why the princess visited this place?”
“Do I have to explain all of that to you?”
“This is a place where the heinous sinners who disturb the peace of the kingdom are imprisoned. It is also a very dangerous place for the princess. Please forgive me for my disloyalty, which she dares to ask, knowing that it was rude.”
“They are vile sinners…”
YuRia glanced at Eunhyun’s face and smiled at his bruised condition.
“It seems that it was not the criminals who were heinous, but you who inflicted savage violence?”
“…”
Walter glared at the geth, the culprit who made Eun-hyun’s face like that, and the geth also trembled and lowered his head hastily.
“I’m sorry!”
“I have one really good network in this country. Just in time, he arrived.”
“…”
Yuria, who briefly glared at Eunhyun, let out a sigh and opened her mouth to Eunhyun, who smiled.
“That child. Please release me.”
“Yes?”
“Let me go.”
“Yes, yes!”
“As expected, I know the princess and the face of the kingdom, so the job is really easy.”
Hearing that, Walter realized that Eun-hyeon had been waiting for Princess Yuria to arrive, and glared at him widening her eyes.
“Hyunah…”
“Follow Alex. He will give you a rough explanation.”
“But…”
“Believe. Because I believe in you You believe in yourself too.”
“I’ll try…”
Her knights, including Walter, were forced to release her Erin, and took her along with her Alex out of her prison.
“I will report this to Queen Diane.”
“Ah, like that.”
“…”
When everyone left, Walter left the prison for the last time, frowning at YuRia’s attitude of replying that it was a bother, not in a cultured tone that emphasized manners, but in a casual tone.
“With this, the debt at that time was paid off.”
“Nothing. Thank you.”
“And between the two of us. Don’t you have something to say yet?”
“I don’t know what you mean, but I don’t think it’s a good thing.”
Eun-hyeon smiled and responded succinctly.
