Chapter 612 – The Doll’s Knight
‘Should I look at some more memories of Aira?’
Seong-il naturally picks up a piece of her memory and recalls the story of Aira, who was slightly disappointed that he hadn’t seen her back story a while ago.
Ugh…!!
I just thought about it, but the pieces of memory read Seongil’s will and begin to vibrate with fierce force.
‘Oh! This is just a thought, so fast?!’
Seong-il is taken aback by the sculpture’s thought and proceeds immediately. Either that or not, the piece explodes with power and opens a fantasy to him, showing him his memory.
‘Ah… I guess I’ll have to focus on what happened.’
Aira and her grandfather reappeared before Seongil’s eyes. They were holding a wooden block full of vitality in front of their eyes and talking nonstop about something.
“Ira. The ancestor’s vision can only be carried out with a tree full of vitality, so you must learn how to see a good tree.”
“Huh!! All right!!”
Perhaps liking her granddaughter’s cute reaction, Aira’s grandfather reaches out and runs her hand through her hair.
『After that…』
Her grandfather calmly explains to Aira how to make a wooden doll. After seeing the process, Seong-il convinces Aira that she is the doll she is looking for.
‘Oh… That’s for sure. If I make Aira my follower, I won’t have any headaches with dolls in the future.’
Seong-il felt the power of the wooden doll given by Yin-Yang Pavilion over the past time, so Seong-il feels her excitement rushing.
“…A doll made like this!! It happened like this!!』
While she is lost in thought about her holy day, Aira’s grandfather begins to inject power into her pre-finished wooden doll.
『Wow!!!』
Then, the appearance of a wooden doll that absorbs power and rises from its seat. It’s because Ira’s grandfather doesn’t have to say this or that with his mouth, so she reads his will and moves.
『Will you try?』
“Huh!!”
Despite telling her granddaughter to try it, her grandfather thinks Aira won’t be able to properly control her puppet.
『Haha… It won’t be easy… Huh!?』
However, surprisingly, Aira shows how to control her puppet perfectly by using her secret art taught by her grandfather.
『This… I can’t believe it…』
Her grandfather’s face turns to astonishment as Aira demonstrates the puppeteering technique, which she had barely perfected after cutting her bones for more than ten years to inherit her ancestor’s secret art, with so much ease.
『Ah… Aira! Would you like to try this too?”
“Huh!!”
Excited by Aira’s talent, her grandfather grabs her and teaches her how to manipulate her. And she is a genius girl who casually absorbs his teachings.
‘Oh… The more I look at it, the more I covet this ability…’
In the game, a woman who appeared as an enemy with a sloppy personality is actually a great genius, so her sex day looks really exciting.
『Amazing… Next…』
Aira’s grandfather, who showed a natural talent, taught her tirelessly. The video then pauses for a moment.
‘Whoa… It’s over… Huh?’
Seong-il thought the video was over, and she was careless for a while. The darkened video shows a new scene by emitting light again.
‘Is it a bit bigger?’
If you were a kid before, do you feel like you are entering puberty now? Aira, who had matured slightly compared to her past, was diligently carving a wooden doll in her windowless closed room using the light of a magical electric light.
『Whoops!! One finished today!! Am I a genius?”
Aira makes a man-sized wooden doll of her own making and is proud of it. Then she murmurs, her shoulders drooping with her downcast expression.
“If I were a genius, what would I do? The only person in the world who knows about my abilities is my grandfather…”
Since it was a doll manufacturing technique that would be coveted by many, the doll’s knight family not only thoroughly hid the contents of the secret arts, but also hid the fact that they were descended from the doll knight for safety.
『It would be nice if I could confide in someone, even just a little bit…』
In the video, Aira leaves her secret room with her dejected state.
“What? Lady, why are you so depressed today?』
“Ah!! YuRia sister!!』
When Yuria, the maid of her family, whom she has been relying on since her childhood, appears, her Ira approaches her with a bashful smile.
『Whoops… The weather is nice, but why are you so sad? Smile, lady. Her face is also pretty.”
“Huh? Ah…It’s nothing…』
Aira is taken aback by Yuria’s question. Perhaps she was worried, her Yuria persuaded her with her calm tone.
『Oh dear. Don’t do that. I’ve been living with me for 3 years, can’t I notice the lady’s feelings? Tell me Whoops…”
『Uh… Um…』
‘No way…?’
Hearing the conversation in front of her eyes, her seongil feels her spine tingle. Then he sees his anxiety come true.
『Sister, do you like dolls…?』
“Sure! My hobby is collecting dolls! 』
“Is that so…?”
Perhaps it was her child who was frustrated because she couldn’t show off her own talent, but she seemed to be shaken by Yuria’s hobbies.
『Sister… Can you keep a secret?』
『Whoops!! As long as it’s not bad!”
『Absolutely not!! Never!!”
Ira, who is still young, is unable to control her feelings and eventually confides her secrets to her maid little by little.
‘Aigoo… Indeed…’
Seong-il looks at the scene with a frustrated and bitter expression as it is a mistake made by a child who has just turned 13 or 14 years old.
“And this is like this…”
Aira is encouraged by the maid’s furious reaction when she shows her a small moving wooden doll. She seems to be addicted to her compliments afterward and starts showing her own tricks to her maids one by one.
‘That bitch… Her eyes are strange…’
Seong-il is a master at reading other people’s emotions through empathy. Because of this, he was able to quickly grasp that the maid’s gaze in the vision was unusual.
‘Is it over…? Or another…?’
The screen suddenly went dark again. At that time, Seong-il was watching the darkness with an expression of longing. As before, the darkness disappears and a new scene unfolds before his eyes.
『Ira!! Run away!!』
‘As expected, that bitch betrayed me.’
An attack by cultists wearing grotesque masks. They burn the mansion and attack Aira’s grandfather.
“Surrender. Then I’ll save your life.”
『Funny story!!』
After that, Aira’s grandfather summons dozens of dolls she had hidden and attacks the cult.
‘Performance is pretty good?’
Wooden sticks, spears, etc. A wooden doll that shows quite usable combat power despite carrying a very light weapon.
Kwajik!!
『Anyway, a tree!!!』
However, since their skeletons are made of wood, they have the disadvantage of not being able to inflict strong damage on metals such as steel.
『Ira!! Go ahead!! Hurry!! Guess…!!』
Her grandfather screaming desperately to save her granddaughter. The time when her child stopped being frozen and unable to move. He is severely wounded by an attack by a cultist who surprises him from the side.
『Come on… Run away!!』
『Black…!!』
Perhaps the desperate cries of her dying grandfather helped, Aira escaped her mansion by running through a secret passageway with a few dolls protecting her.
‘It’s a pity… It’s a pity…’
When she finds out that the person who used to be a gag character had such a sad story, she feels sorry for Seong-il.
‘Is this really the end…?’
Another dark fantasy. However, as if ridiculing his thoughts, the fantasy unfolds a new scene in front of Seong-il’s eyes.
『I will definitely… Get revenge…!!』
‘Oh… Did you grow up a lot?’
A lot of time has passed, and now she is Aira, who has transformed into a mature woman. She seems to have made her living by hiding deep in the mountains, building her house and farming with the help of her dolls.
“Once I sell this…”
She learned magic and doll making from her grandfather since she was young, and she was good at making things like this, perhaps because of her dexterity.
Even, she had dozens of dolls that were like limbs to help her, so she was showing no difficulties in life even though she was just coming of age.
『Wait and see…!!』
She sees Aira grinding her teeth while looking at a portrait of a woman who appears to be a maid in the past. Unusually, her lady’s inner thigh had a tattoo of a bizarre figure.
‘Ah, isn’t that a tattoo a cultist puts on his body? I know that pattern well.’
It seems that the former maid was a follower of a cult.
『An apostle of a cult!! I found you!! Be prepared…!!』
Surprisingly, Aira seems to have found the cult leader hiding here. She commands her doll to put something on, with a ferocious expression on her previously unseen face.
『At this level, there should be no problem…!!』
Perhaps the performance improvement was successful, but despite being a light wooden doll, it was a wooden doll soldier wearing quite sturdy armor and wearing a spear.
As Ira finishes putting on her gear, she commands with a grim look.
“Let’s go! Let’s kill the cult’s apostle and avenge her grandfather!!”
Dalgrak!
After those words, the illusion darkens again and quickly shows Seong-il a new scene.
『Fufufu… Just in case, I intensively spread rumors in this area, but I never thought there would really be a puppeteer. It’s an honor.”
『…Kill me!!』
Sadly, Aira’s appearance as if the doll attack had failed. She was held back by a cultist in the middle of a burnt doll.
“I? You? Why? You are a precious being who will resurrect Anazura-sama.”
『Whoever wants!! I will never help you guys!!”
『Ha ha!! Then I’ll have to do some ‘persuasion’. Let me take you.”
『I will kill you!! Let go!!』
After that, the scene changes to show Aira being brutally tortured by her. However, they repeat torturing her, making her as painful as possible without harming her body, probably because their purpose is to steal her skills from her.
『Hmm… You still haven’t changed your mind?』
『Wow!! Go to hell you bastard!』
Surprisingly, even after undergoing severe torture, Aira does not lose her hatred towards the cultists.
『Hmm… This is true. If you go crazy or have a disability, our plans will be disrupted and you won’t be able to play ‘real’… It’s a pity.
『…』
“So I decided to change my mind. Hey. Bring ‘it’.”
Rather than harassing Aira and making her convert, an apostle of a cult who seems to be determined to try a new method.
When his order is given, a cultist who appears to be his subordinate brings a black box and opens it in front of Aira.
‘Oh… He appeared.’
A tiara overflowing with ominous power. Seeing the tiara with yellow jewels that look like devil’s eyes, Ira shrinks her body involuntarily.
“What… What are you going to do…”
“It is simple. Inside this tiara lies the soul of the demon that served Anazra. We call him the devil of selfishness.”
『…!!』
『I need your secret technique, so I won’t completely destroy the soul itself. I’m only thinking of breaking it in half. In addition, if you wear this tiara, you will become a faithful follower of Anazura-sama.”
『Ah… No way…!!』
At first glance, it is said that she will change her mind, so Aira is frightened and refuses to wear the tiara.
Tuuk!
However, as four well-built cultists control her body, she has no choice but to wear a tiara on her head.
『Kyaaaaa!!!』
Painful screams. Sado approaches an old man who looks older among the cultists and asks a question.
『Is there any problem?』
“Of course. If you wear that tiara, Aira-sama will unconditionally be loyal to Anazra-sama.”
『What else?』
“…Others. It comes to resemble the devil’s personality of selfishness. He loves himself to the extreme and disregards others.”
『Hmm…』
A situation that can get pretty annoying. When the apostle frowned slightly, the old man quickly approached the apostle and continued talking as if flattering.
“You don’t have to worry too much. If you just please Aira-sama well, there will be no problem controlling it.”
『What if I can’t match?』
『…There may be problems. In particular, if you are sexually abused, there is a high possibility that you will have problems with the tiara.”
“Take good care of it.”
With those words, the illusion ends, but Seong-il returns to reality again.
‘What’s this… That if you ‘train’ Aira, the tiara will break? Is this honey?’
At the words of the cultist that it is legally (?) To train Aira, Seong-il begins to smile sinisterly.
