Fated to Be Loved by Villains

124. keep your promise

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＜ System Message ＞

[The status is unstuck! ]

Dark energy is removed from the body. He catches his breath and collapses in place.

In that state, I groped for the body torn apart by Yuria.

It sticks well with no left and right loss.

As expected, the body that has gone through ‘mutation’ like this will return to a state with full HP in terms of the system.

‘…Although I barely have any sense left.’

I clasped my hands, barely groping for memories from just before.

Only vaguely outlined memories remain like a vague afterimage.

Obviously, I think I moved because I thought and planned something myself.

At that moment, even though I was moving my body, something overall… ‘dazed’.

I feel like I can understand why Elnorre, whose personality was completely altered by being affected by the demon fragments in the game, didn’t blink an eye while doing such terrible things.

Should I say that I look at myself from the point of view of an observer?

It’s a creepy feeling that makes me feel like I’m controlling a game character when I move.

To be honest, I don’t want to go through that again.

“…”

smile bitterly

I’ll probably use it quite often in the future.

I don’t know how many times I almost died, at least considering what I’ve been through. I’ve done more in the future, I’ll never do less.

With such thoughts, let’s sigh and raise our bodies.

Tatiana’s corpse was caught in front of her eyes.

It’s a body I made.

“…”

Even though it was committed while the consciousness was not intact during the mutation, the sense was clearly left in the hand.

I grabbed my trembling left hand and took a deep breath.

It is a natural reaction when the body experiences extreme stress.

In the case of Marquis Riverback, he didn’t even feel like killing people. I just detonated the holy power bomb and all I saw was turning into ashes.

This is the first time I’ve killed someone in a way that makes me feel like I’ve committed a murder.

clearly.

As for Dowd Campbell, yes.

‘The raw price.’

He sighs and calms his hands.

It’s funny how my mentality goes out over things like this now.

In the first place, this person was cheap even if he died.

Are you thinking like that?

＜ System Log ＞

[‘· ̶̛͈̪͚̹̺͖͉̪ ̷̥͉̞͎̯̥̫̳̻͆͊̉̀̾͘͞ ̷̥͉̞͎̯̥̫̳̻͆͊̉̀̾͘͞ ̷̥͉̞͎̯̥̫̳̻͆͊̉̀̾͘͞ ̃̕̚͘͜͟͝͞͞ ̃̕̚͘͜͟͝͞͞ ̃̕̚͘͜͟͝͞͞ ̃̕̚͘͜͟͝͞͞ ̷̥͉̞͎̯̥̫̳̻͆͊̉̀̾͘͞ ̷̥͉̞͎̯̥̫̳̻͆͊̉̀̾͘͞ ̷̥͉̞͎̯̥̫̳̻͆͊̉̀̾͘͞ ̴̵̢̢̥̱̝̘̟͎̯̥̟͖̞͊͐͌̿̎̋̔’ I acquire ‘Skill: Soul predation’! ]

A window like that popped up in front of my eyes.

I close my eyes and look at it.

What else is this?

＜ Skill Info ＞

[ Skill: Soul Eater ] [ Grade: A ]

[ Collects the soul of the person who died directly. It can be processed in a variety of ways. ]

＜ System Message ＞

[Use ‘Skill: Soul Devour’! ]

[ Absorbed the soul of target ‘Tatiana Grazel’! ]

[You can check the target’s status through ‘Soul Linker’! ]

…what?

I stare at the amulet on my wrist with a look of bewilderment.

In line with that, another small window pops up above the amulet.

[ List of currently collected souls ]

[ ▲ Tatiana Grazel ]

[ Specialty: Curse ]

[ Form: Spirit ]

[ Machining Options ]

▶ Subordinate to Familiar

▶ Applies to an item as a reinforcing material

▶ Resummoned in full form (disappears after 1 use)

Not bad… not.

After all, the options are wide. I’ll have to take a closer look at how effective some options are from now on, but at least I’m glad none of them seem useless.

“…”

And more than that.

What you need to check right now.

‘Caliban.’

this is the person

I honestly have no idea what kind of reaction he will have when he sees my tail.

It’s a specification that I don’t get along with someone who can look into my head clearly.

[…]

Inside the Soul Linker, only a thick silence returned.

Swallowing dry saliva, waiting for an answer.

[Wow, I lived this time too.]

The smooth voice returned.

[How did you really live? punish, punish.]

“…”

how to say

The reaction is quieter than expected.

[well. Isn’t that the only thing you could use? I have no intention of saying anything with the means.]

‘No, but…’

The reaction of a guardian who died fighting a demon to a human who turned into something like a demon couldn’t be a good one.

I thought so.

[It’s a little… different from that, you.]

“yes?”

[I know roughly what you’re talking about. As you said, I understood right away because I was in a position to fight a real devil.]

Caliban smiled and replied.

[That’s not a ‘devil’, is it something else?]

“…”

[Isn’t it something similar only in shape, and something ‘optimized’ to accept the devil’s ‘energy’? It feels a little different.]

It is an answer that I have no choice but to remain in a daze with my eyes wide open.

A very accurate comment.

In the first place, the existence of a devil cannot be created artificially no matter how much I twist my body.

And if I really turned into something like that.

＜ System Log ＞

[The magic energy accumulated in the ‘Seal of Fallen’ is consumed. ]

[ You need to interact with the devil enough and accumulate enough magic to make ‘mutation’ available! ]

[The third evolution of the Seal of the Fallen is achieved when enough mutations are accumulated! ]

[ Number of mutations used: 1/4 ]

Because I can’t think of anything like this.

If I were a vessel holding a piece of a devil, I wouldn’t need the energy of ‘another devil’ to transform into that form.

[okay. So it’s an excuse and what is it? I think I know roughly what you want to do with it.]

Caliban’s voice followed.

[You, are you planning to do something to those demon-possessed girls?]

He scratches his head without saying anything.

That’s right.

Devils, after all, are the beings in charge of the final boss gimmick in the game.

therefore.

For humans who have such things in their bodies to have a ‘happy ending’.

It means that I also need to prescribe a little extreme drug.

“…”

especially.

Even more so, because of the ominous guy wearing the mask.

Because of him, the whole scenario is going in an unknown direction like a train off the track.

[…That’s why I’m worried.]

Such an answer came out.

Unlike before, the voice was a little more serious.

[There’s no way such a lousy story could have been established without any sacrifice.]

“…”

[What is the ‘price’ you pay? There would be no way there would be.]

there must be

However, that is a matter for consideration later.

It’s not that there isn’t a solution at all.

Rather.

“Elnor.”

Now I have to take care of this person.

The cursed spear stuck in the wall disappeared, approaching Elnor, who was lying on the floor, and cautiously approached.

The effects of the fragments that had been sealed under the influence of the spirit of the spirit seemed to reappear, and the wounds on his body were rapidly regenerating.

“Elnor, are you okay?”

While saying that, Elnor slowly lifted her head and looked at me.

Contrary to his usual appearance of not showing any emotion, the atmosphere was full of gloomy colors.

＜ System Message ＞

[The target ‘Elnor’ feels extremely helpless. ]

[The target ‘Elnor’ makes an important decision. ]

[ A special event between target ‘Elnor’ and target ‘Gideon’ is happening! ]

uh?

what?

From nob le mt l. co m

Gideon?

“…?”

No, what about sudden helplessness, what about serious decisions, and what about special events?

I’m dumbfounded by a sentence I never imagined I’d check right now.

“…it’s fine.”

After replying in a weak voice, Elnor struggled to get up.

Let’s reach out to it and try to support it.

Elnor carefully pushed my hand away.

“…Elnor?”

When I questioned, Elnor bit his lip for a moment.

Then, a low, subdued voice came out.

“…I don’t deserve this.”

“yes? what is that-”

“Will you leave me alone for a moment?”

“…”

“Please, Daud. It’ll be fine for a while.”

“…”

“I just need some time to organize my thoughts.”

Saying that, I stared in bewilderment at the back of Elnor as she trudged down the hallway with saggy shoulders.

[Leave it alone.]

A voice like that came from within the Soul Linker.

‘…yes?’

[Perhaps, no matter what I say now, that kind of reaction will come back, so I don’t need to comfort you. I know what that feels like. One thing’s for sure, it won’t come back to you as a loss.]

Caliban giggled.

[Dowd. I mean it sincerely.]

‘yes.’

[Get out and die.]

‘…What is it, suddenly?’

[just. It makes me sick to my stomach to have such a devoted lady attached to me.]

‘…’

what are you talking about

You’re talking only you can understand.

“hey! Are you okay!”

As I was staring at the Soul Linker with a puzzled look, I heard that voice from behind.

It was Hatan who sensed a commotion and jumped out alone.

“…This, everything, what.”

and.

After examining the surrounding scene for a moment, I swallowed the silence at the horror.

To the point where, upon reaching Tatiana’s corpse, she was at a loss for words and stared blankly at me.

“…I’m sure there’s a lot to be said.”

Hatan spat out those words with the expression that his head was pounding.

Of course I agree there.

Although it seems that the focus is slightly off.

If you look closely, that is.

I, even if I can’t find the Furnace of Struggle right now, I’ve saved it two or three times.

“Hey, Chief Hatan.”

“What.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

so. It’s not simply my ‘listening to circumstances’.

“Prepare to be stripped of your money.”

“…”

give me a reward

all good things

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When Riru Garda came to her senses, the sun was already going down.

“…!”

I jumped up and looked around, and it was a medical unit in the furnace of struggle.

It seems that someone brought her here after losing consciousness on the sea.

The last memory I had was of being held in the arms of Dowd Campbell and closing my eyes from exhaustion.

Until then, he had been hugging him tightly.

like a lover

“…”

Recalling that memory, Li Lu blushed.

I soon realized that now is not the time for that, and I shook my head.

‘…There must be a lot to find out.’

We need to check what happened after that.

Riru, who was about to get out of bed with such thoughts, groaned at the pain that hit her whole body.

To have a headache.

My whole body hurt like a throbbing ringing, but above all, the pain at the level of almost splitting my head was overwhelming.

[Are you awake?]

If you think about it, doesn’t it sound so bizarre no matter what you hear from anyone?

It’s as if someone isn’t talking next to you, but it feels like a voice is resonating inside your ear.

[It’s probably not because of the headache.]

“…”

Li Lu blinked at the words as if she was reading her own mind.

[We talked about it once before, Liru. Didn’t I say that we would meet again soon?]

with those words.

In front of her eyes, ‘herself’ with a translucent body appeared in a flash.

I just couldn’t explain it like that.

This is because no matter how you look at it, this is Riru herself.

I don’t know why, but I didn’t wear a single thread.

[Hmm… Certainly, it works. This is a bit shocking.]

“…”

[No matter how much I say I’m the weakest among the sisters, I can’t believe I’m able to communicate even though not even two pieces have gathered.]

As she stared blankly at her with her mouth wide open, the naked translucent Liru floated around in the air and giggled.

[Well, it’s not that different from showing up like this. There is something I need to ‘accept’ from Daud Campbell.]

“…”

And to Riru, who is at a loss for words, he continues to speak on his own.

With a captivating voice full of lust.

[Liru. Shall we go do something nice?]

Liru couldn’t figure out what was good.

Undoubtedly.

It was clear that the intention was not to do healthy and progressive work together.

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