Slave of the Demon King’s Castle 147

## Chapter 147 – No. 25 . Plan

Aser pressed her forehead as if in confusion, and said in a trembling voice.

“…Wait a minute.”

It didn’t take her long to come to a conclusion. Aser’s eyes, slowly lowering her hand from her forehead, were definitely different from before. She straightened her upper body, looked up at the sky, took a long sigh, and then looked at No. 25, opening her mouth in a voice so calm that she herself was surprised.

“Follow me.”

There was an irresistible force in her voice. In reality, No. 25 hadn’t done anything wrong, but the oppressive feeling made him feel like a criminal.

Aser didn’t say anything after that, grabbing No. 25’s wrist and leading him outside. Until that moment, Jane had only watched the two with her arms crossed, without taking any particular action.

Leaving Jane in the basement, Aser returned to the room, locked the door, and immediately questioned No. 25.

“Didn’t you say that nothing happened between you two?”

“Y-yes. There’s nothing really between me and Jane.”

Can he say that nothing happened?
The fact that she kissed him, revealed her entire past, and even ended up caressing each other’s bodies intimately at night.
If this isn’t anything, then what can be called something?

Looking at No. 25, who kept his mouth shut, Aser seemed shocked for a moment.

“You…”

Confirming the suspicion in Aser’s eyes as she glared at him, No. 25’s body was already slick with cold sweat.
Every time the sweat droplets, soaking his entire body, rolled over his skin, he felt goosebumps. Instantly in the position of the victim, No. 25 could only read Aser’s expression.

“I… well…”

No. 25 rolled his eyes, avoiding Aser’s gaze and stuttering.

Aser sat on a chair and said in a coldly subdued voice.

“Explain everything. Everything, without missing a single detail.”

It was already too late to lie. No, he shouldn’t have lied from the beginning. He knew that Aser trusted him, and he took advantage of it. Of course, he wasn’t aware of it. Unconsciously, No. 25 was unconsciously using Aser’s feelings for him.
Lies to cover up lies, and the accumulated suspicion was bound to collapse with just one small trigger. No matter how many times he vowed that this wouldn’t happen again, the heart is ultimately fickle.

In the end, No. 25 told her everything that had happened with Jane, without missing a single detail.

He thought he would be hated by Aser, but the reaction that came back was completely different from what he had expected.

Rather, Aser’s eyes widened, and she made a surprised expression.

“That’s it?”

“Yes.”

No. 25 began to read her expression.
He couldn’t understand Aser’s reaction. He was sure that she would either lash out, cry, or end their relationship right now. He was sure that one of these three things would happen.

“S-sorry. I was sure that you and Jane…”

Now he roughly understood. Aser was mistaken that No. 25 had even had sex with Jane. Then he could understand all the reactions she had shown.
Only then could No. 25 relieve some of the anxiety in his heart. Still, the fact that he was wrong didn’t change. No. 25 took Aser’s hand, looked into her eyes, and offered a sincere apology.

“There wasn’t anything like what the Demon Queen is thinking, but I’m sorry for making you worry.”

“No, why should you be sorry? From what I hear, it’s not like you wanted to do it, it was all Jane’s doing, right?”

“Still, isn’t it strange?”

No. 25 was sure that if Aser had touched or kissed another man, even if it wasn’t necessarily sex, he would have felt bad. Just thinking about it for a moment made the unpleasantness surface.
However, the emotions that Aser felt were somewhat different from No. 25’s.

“It’s okay. What if you get hurt trying to resist Jane? Just think about getting through the moment for now. The weak have their own way of surviving. I’m angry because I was worried that you might have seduced Jane first and completely won her over. That’s why I’m worried.”

“That won’t happen.”

No matter how much he mingled with other women, he would never abandon Aser. Because what No. 25 felt for her was not an emotion that could be dismissed as mere lust.
Although the biggest problem had been solved, there was still a huge mountain left.
Aser’s expression hardened again, and she mentioned the problem that they were both aware of.

“What about Jane?”

No. 25 couldn’t easily open his mouth either.

“Even though she looks aloof on the outside, she’s quite emotional, as artists usually are.”

Certainly… Jane, whom he had been living with and watching from the side, was a person who expressed herself well and was more tender-hearted than he had thought at first.
That’s why it was even more of a problem.
If Jane’s ability transfer was a power that was activated regardless of her will, then it meant that all the people in District 3 were in that state for the time being.

If feelings of depression, helplessness, and pain, all kinds of negative emotions, didn’t disappear, their hearts would surely become ill.

That being said, there was no way Aser would give up No. 25. She was agonizing between the residents of District 3, her friend Jane, and No. 25, who was now everything to her.

“If you’re the cause of the suffering Jane is feeling… what am I supposed to do?”

The most certain thing was for No. 25 to comfort Jane’s sick heart, but she knew what that meant.
She couldn’t hand over No. 25 to another woman anymore. Even if it was a close friend. He already had many women entangled with him. If the number of women increased any more, she would die quickly due to stress and obsession with No. 25.

However, No. 25’s thoughts were different from hers.
After showing a moment of contemplation, No. 25 stood in front of Aser as if he had made a decision, and said with a different look in his eyes than before.

“Demon Queen, can you trust me and leave this to me?”

Aser immediately replied in a dumbfounded tone.

“What? What are you talking about?”

Even though No. 25 was a dragon, he was still young. Insignificant power compared to Jane, who had accumulated power over a long period of time.
What on earth was he going to do? It was embarrassing to say this, but Jane’s power was so great that it would be rude to compare it to Aser.
If she didn’t value her friendship with her friend, it would have been a foregone conclusion that she would be taken away from No. 25.

Despite Aser’s worried gaze, No. 25 did not back down.
Rather, his voice, even more confident than before, even gave a strange credibility.

Yes, No. 25 was a man who had survived even under that Lowen, who was comparable to Lahart. Surely there would be some way.
Aser gradually removed the suspicion that had been surrounding her and decided to trust No. 25.

“What are you going to do?”

“It’s simple. Just do what Jane wants.”

“Do what she wants, what does that…”

Aser immediately withdrew her thought of trusting No. 25.

Do what she wants, she knew better than anyone what that meant.
Aser suddenly grabbed both of No. 25’s shoulders roughly, shook her head, and shouted.

“No! Absolutely not!”

No. 25, who was flustered by Aser’s sudden shouting, barely opened his mouth in a trembling voice, but Aser showed no signs of calming down.

“D-Demon Queen! What’s wrong!?”

“Do what Jane wants! Doesn’t that mean you’re leaving me?!”

What Jane wanted was No. 25 himself. Aser thought there was nothing else. She couldn’t make a normal judgment because Jane had never shown any possessiveness towards anything other than art until now.

Unlike Aser, who had finished organizing her thoughts, No. 25 struggled to grab Aser’s hands and continued in a calm voice.

“Demon Queen! Please trust me just this once. Nothing like what the Demon Queen is thinking will ever happen.”

“But…”

There were too many precedents to trust No. 25. Just the lies he had told her would fill District 7 and more.
Charlotte, Lowen, Orca, and many other women… Just thinking about it made her fists tremble.
But No. 25’s eyes were unwavering.
Aser had no choice but to change her mind at the sight of his eyes, which seemed to be looking beyond mere lust for embracing other women.

“Okay… I’ll trust you just this once.”

No. 25, overjoyed at Aser’s answer, who had barely changed her mind, asked back.

“Really!?”

“Yes, this is not a problem that can be rejected simply because of my greed. If Jane continues to be in that state, District 3 will obviously be destroyed.”

The old her would never have entrusted this to No. 25.
She was moving step by step from a young girl whose whole life was love to a respectable leader who sacrificed her cow with tears in her eyes.