## Chapter 1451 – Demon God Kim Kat
“…”
Painful silence.
Why has there been so much painful silence lately…? But this was even more agonizing than the silence that hung when Elise was suffering with her chest earlier.
Fury.
The harbinger of fury.
Elise was feeling something right now…!
“…?”
Elise froze, her hand still outstretched, staring at Hilde’s face.
Her head tilted questioningly, while Hilde, at parade rest, bit her lower lip, her eyes darting around as she broke out in a cold sweat. A forced smile plastered on her face.
And it wasn’t just her.
I, too, was sweating bullets.
A being that could make the new Demon God Kim Kat this nervous? That was rare. I felt myself becoming Sous Vide Demon God Kim Kat for the first time in a while, keeping Elise in my sights.
Indeed.
How would Elise react…!
I was scared out of my mind!!!
“Hmm.”
Soon, a voice escaped Elise’s lips.
“How strange.”
Strange…?
A voice devoid of any emotion. One might even call it chilling. —Swish. Elise withdrew her hand, which had been extended for a handshake. And then.
—Thud, thud.
She began to walk.
Around Hilde.
—Thud, thud.
Elise circled Hilde, her head slightly tilted, scrutinizing Hilde’s face and hair, as if to examine her closely.
—Thud, thud.
—Thud, thud.
—Thud, thud.
An atmosphere akin to that of a serial killer…!
Elise circled Hilde for a long time without a word! Please! Please save me! I’m so scared! For some reason, my legs wouldn’t stop trembling! I felt like I wanted to sink to the ground, biting my fingernails!
This was such a painful silence!
At that moment.
—Halt.
Elise stopped in front of Hilde.
—Silence.
Silence descended.
“U-Ummm…”
Hilde’s face was already drenched in cold sweat…!
Suspicious! Suspicious as could be…! The only people who sweat that much are those who have something to feel guilty about! And there was no way Elise wouldn’t notice! Hilde was usually good at acting, but she was faltering because she had something to hide!!!
Just then.
“Have I.”
Elise spoke.
—Flinch!
Hilde and I flinched simultaneously.
“Have I seen you somewhere before?”
It was.
A voice that was literally like that of a professional inquisitor.
“W-Well, that’s…”
—Tsupat.
Hilde’s gaze flicked towards me. I had to make a judgment. Was Elise certain right now? Or just suspicious? If it was the former, I’d have to prostrate myself, but if it was the latter, there was still a chance…!
—Tsupat!
I looked back at Elise. With the senses of someone who had reached divinity, I grasped Elise’s psychological state and made the optimal decision.
The moment I resolved to do that, what happened was.
—Screech.
Something extremely terrifying.
—Creak.
Elise’s neck turned towards me.
It was like Pinocchio, a horror puppet with innate grotesqueness, turning to look at his cursed black magician, Geppetto, who had created him as a soulless monster.
The black magician Geppetto had created an unholy life with his own wicked knowledge. The born Pinocchio could speak, had cognitive abilities and reason, but was a monster without flesh and blood, a soulless demon.
Geppetto wanted to make that unholy creation his puppet… but what the born Pinocchio wanted was not to be someone’s puppet. Just.
Just.
A `real body` made of flesh and blood.
And now, the being with that `real body` was before my eyes…!
“Hukk!”
I snapped out of the rush of unholy thoughts! But I couldn’t escape! Elise’s eyes! Those eyes!!!
“Saint.”
Elise’s pupils, frighteningly constricted!!! Elise, with a terrifying gaze, was looking at me, her head turned like Pinocchio! Oh, oh!!! Geppetto! Unholy black magician Geppetto!!! Even if you tear my flesh apart, you can’t take that body away!!! Then Pinocchio said to me! I’d rather be born from Doctor Frankenstein than be born with this wooden body!!! At least the monster he created was made of fabric!!!! That’s why Pinocchio admired Frankenstein!!!!
—Rushing terror.
“Saint.”
Elise called me again.
Eyes wide open.
Pupils extremely constricted.
“W-Why…? Elise.”
“I haven’t heard this sister’s name yet. What is it?”
Choices swirled in my head. Could I lie? I desperately tried to suppress the trembling in my legs and said. Pinocchio. His nose grows when he lies. Lying to a being with such wicked power meant that my nose would also grow.
Therefore, I couldn’t lie.
“H-Hildegard…”
I told the truth.
Then.
—Swish, swish.
Elise reached for her waist, where nothing was, and swished her hand in the air as if she were going to grab something there. Still staring at me with constricted pupils.
A mace…!
She was trying to grab a mace! But there was no mace! What would Elise do without a mace!!!
“Saint… Hilde, no. Did you say Hildegard? Ah, I don’t have my belt. Bringing one’s equipment is the most basic demeanor for a cleric.”
“…”
“What in the world is going on? This person. No. This being.”
—Chaaak.
Elise’s eyes turned cold.
“Isn’t that the succubus who fought us to the death back then?”
Correct!
—Tsupat!
I immediately gave Hilde a look!
“I-I’m sorry!!!!”
—Paaat!
Hilde, at extremely high speed, apologized and knelt down on the spot, bowing. A sincere prostration. Good. If you’ve done something wrong, you have to apologize. At least that’s what Hilde had to do today.
So what I had to do now was.
Lead the situation so that Elise could accept Hilde’s apology. Terrible fear. Nevertheless, I was a man who did his job. I would suppress the fear and return Elise, who had crossed the threshold of anger, to normal!!!
“Don’t kneel before me. Succubus.”
“I’m so sorryyy!”
“Demons are beings that cannot apologize.”
An extremely cold gaze and voice. Her eyes were coldly sunken, but her pupils were still constricted.
“For a demon to apologize means that they are imitating humans. And for a demon to imitate humans means that they have the purpose of deceiving humans.”
Extremely correct!
“An explanation! Elise! Please give me time to explain!”
Hilde, still bowing, pleaded, but Elise simply habitually swished her hand at her waist. Okay. Now it was my turn.
“Elise. What happened was…”
“Saint. Quiet.”
—Cheok.
Elise said, bringing her index finger to her lips.
“From now on. I will make the judgments.”
“…”
I sank…!
How could I persuade Elise when she was so upset!
“To look down on the authority of the Saint, who is God, Savior, absolutely sacred, and great… What I am about to do is not such a blasphemous act. I am. Just. From today, am I not the Saint’s wife?”
“Y-Yes. That’s right.”
In an extremely terrifying tone.
Elise ruminating on the fact that she was my wife.
“Even if it’s only been a day, I am the Saint’s wife, recognized by the Saint and the other sisters. Isn’t that right?”
“There’s no need to say such things… You’re my wife.”
“Hehe, I’m glad you said that.”
Elise’s smile wasn’t a real smile.
“So, as the Saint’s wife, I will judge the current situation. A wife should be able to point out and correct her spouse’s mistakes or… wrongdoings. That’s what I think. The Saint I know doesn’t regard women as terrible concepts like soulless possessions, even if he says they are his.”
That was right.
All my women are mine.
But that doesn’t mean I treat them like objects.
“So, I think I’ll conduct some proper education as a wife.”
“T-That’s not it, Elise! It’s not like that!”
“Quiet. Only the Saint and I can speak right now, Succubus.”
“Heeuk…!”
—Paaat!
Elise looked at me again.
“Saint. I’ll start by understanding the situation, but… as much as I feel anger… wouldn’t you tell me properly what happened?”
—Gulp.
I swallowed involuntarily.
If I didn’t clear up the misunderstanding here, Elise’s trust in me would be ruined.
So I would speak.
As a leader.
As Elise’s husband.
“Okay. Thank you, Elise. For giving me time to speak. I’ll say this first, I didn’t suffer any malicious acts from Hilde. I made Hilde my woman purely out of my own will.”
“For what reason?”
“At first.”
Let’s explain it well.
“I was going to kill Hilde too.”
I explained to Elise what had happened. At first, I was going to kill Hilde. But Hilde, who had fallen for me, showed sincerity with all her heart and tried to build a friendship with me, and Hilde sincerely apologized and continuously repented for the sins she had committed.
As a result.
With Hilde’s sincerity and repentance, I forgave and accepted Hilde. Hilde, who became my woman in that way, fought against the evil that was rampant in this world with me, shed her past as a demon, and was reborn as an angel.
“I’m sorry! For all the evil deeds I’ve done…! I’m deeply reflecting on them! I was reborn because of Kat! Thanks to Kat, I knew what justice was, I knew what good was, and I knew exactly what sin and evil were! Yes! That’s right! I was moved by Kat’s righteous and virtuous character! That’s why I was able to realize my origins and sins!!!”
As soon as my explanation was over, Hilde apologized to Elise, shedding tears. Elise. She was just quietly listening to my and Hilde’s words.
“It’s late, but I’m sorry! Elise! Attacking Kat and Elise at the time! I’m reflecting on all of that! And to repent for that, I’ve been destroying countless demons and monsters! So please! Accept my apology…!”
Seeing Hilde like that made me want to cry…! But it was a necessary apology. Today was the first time Hilde had apologized to Elise. It was something she had to do…!
As the apology ended.
—…
Silence fell again.
“…”
I, too, quietly looked at Elise. Elise covered her lower face with her hand, staring at me as if she was thinking about something, and stopped.
Soon.
“Then why.”
She said in a voice that seemed to contain a little more emotion.
“Why didn’t you tell me that fact all this time?”
“That’s.”
“The succubus was moved by the Saint, sincerely repented, and came to know justice and good… and regretted her sins. As expected of the Saint. If it’s the sacred and righteous Saint, he will surely be able to do such an impossible thing as making a demon repent. Because you are the Saint, I believe that fact.”
“…Yeah.”
I could do it.
“But why… didn’t you tell me all this time?”
“Elise. That’s.”
“Even I!!!!”
Elise…?
“Even I only became the Saint’s wife just now!!!”
The constricted pupils returned to normal. But Elise was sobbing. Sobbing, she shouted at me.
“But this succubus! In the meantime, without me knowing! From before that! Even faster than me!! She became the Saint’s wife faster than me…! And she’s been living such a happy life!!! I didn’t know! She became that way faster than me!!! She attacked us so much!!!”
Elise burst into tears.
“Did you hide it because you thought I wouldn’t understand it!!! I too! I too have been in love with the Saint for a long time…! I only became his wife now because I wasn’t proactive enough! But that succubus!!!”
—Drip. Drip.
Tears dripped down.
From my eyes.
“…Elise.”
I approached Elise, shedding tears.
