The Devil Who Grants Wishes

“I was in despair for so long, then suddenly Faust appeared.”

“After all, the devil responds to desires and wishes.”

The hero Iris and the elf hunter Lena, who are traveling with the same destination, are talking to each other.

Up until now, when Iris asked Iris a question about the elf’s society, habits, and physical characteristics, Lena had given a rough answer and moved on.

This is because from the first meeting, he had a slight objection to Iris, who treated him as an animal in the zoo.

However, for this time, Lena is faithful to the conversation.

Yep, the topic of the conversation is about Faust.

The reason Lena accompanies the hero in the first place was to get information about Faust, and Lena only moves to achieve her goal.

“Yeah, so I begged Faust for strength, the power to defeat that demon.”

“…are you crazy?”

“Hehe… Now that I think about it, of course I was crazy.”

Naturally, Lena was greatly astonished.

Even making a wish on the devil leads to terrible results, much less asking for power is no different from digging your own grave.

It would be nice at first to receive power from the devil, but eventually the target who received that power is a terrible molgol, whose body is twisted like a beast.

In that state, if even the soul is taken in return, the subject’s body will simply become a beast and live as a slave of the devil forever. Neither body nor soul can rest forever.

By the way, you couldn’t have known that, but you asked the devil for power?

Lena only sees the brave smiling as if it’s a thing of the past and is terrified.

“But… it’s okay, Faust is a devil, but he’s nice, right?”

“What kind of thing is that… Hmmm, what are you talking about?”

And Lena gets terrified once again when she sees the hero speaking nonsense.

Rena, who is aware of the frenzy in Montpelio, treats the hero’s words as completely nonsensical rather than unbelievable.

At that time, all the priests in Montpelio were permanently mad and unable to carry out their daily life properly, so Lena thinks that the word “good” is not appropriate for such a demon.

“He strengthened me, and he resurrected my colleagues.”

“…resurrection?”

“Yeah, my soul’s value is too high, so I guess it’s not fair to just give it strength.”

“…”

Lena, who barely opened her mouth to continue the conversation, is now unable to open her mouth.

A group of people who have been empowered by the devil and those who have been resurrected by the devil, it’s no wonder what happens right away.

Lena just wants to get to her destination as soon as possible and then leave.

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“Eternal life, isn’t that impossible?”

“Yeah, it can’t be…”

This aristocratic grandpa… What the hell is that?

While I was already investigating if there was any damage to my magi, I was dragged away and I was going to die of annoyance, but I am talking nonsense.

Selling your soul to the devil is the same as dying, but asking for eternal life? Don’t you even know what he’s talking about?

“…Let me ask you. Why do you want eternal life?”

For now… hold on, hold on.

Could it be that you are making this wish for an altruistic purpose rather than a selfish purpose?

As in the case of Lucia’s mother and the hero, if you are making such a wish for others, there is no reason not to respect the situation.

Of course, eternal life is a wish that cannot be granted, but it must be that you want eternal life to achieve something.

“The reason… isn’t it just instinct?”

“It’s instinct…”

“Yes, demon. I’m afraid of death, I want to live forever…!”

The old nobleman said so, and then smiled a little ecstatically.

It seems to me that the reason I ask the reason is to grant a wish.

No, you just clearly said that there is no such thing as eternal life…?

“…”

Again, this is bullshit.

Why am I always expecting and betrayed?

Sometimes, like Lucia’s mother and the hero, there are worthwhile wishes that can be granted, so I can’t give up my hopes.

Aww… Yeah, what should I do with this guy?

“Please accept my offering!”

“…?”

The moment my grandfather twisted his face strangely and said something strange, I couldn’t help but doubt my eyes.

People are coming in through the open door. Not just one or two, but dozens.

What is unusual, however, is that all of those people have a desperate expression on their face.

Not only that. They each have a shackle on their neck or ankle.

I just… did you say it was obviously a tribute?

“There are many souls! Please, give me eternal life!”

“…”

Is this the first time…

Somehow, there was a reason for wanting eternal life, saying that he would sacrifice his soul.

‘…this bastard.’

Even Faust’s body, which did not show any emotion when he saw any evil deeds, was very angry with the old man in front of him, no, the old man.

Faust’s body grants wishes at will in order to prevent victims from making wishes to the devil.

In other words, now this old man is a tribute, and the act of offering people is perfectly suited to that condition.

“It’s not even worth listening to.”

“Yes?”

“I only receive the soul of the person making the wish.”

His whole body is filled with terrifying murderous intent.

If I lose my concentration even a little bit, my body, no, [Faust] will kill this guy right away.

And if that happens… my personality will be eaten by Faust.

I have to leave here.

“I’ll just go back.”

The old man behind me says weird things like waiting for a while or giving me an empire, but I don’t have time anymore.

If there is even a slight delay, [Faust] will move his body as he pleases to satisfy his desires, and if that happens, control of the body will eventually be completely transferred to [Faust].

To be honest, I can’t forgive that old man, but… Ugh… Anyway, we have to go quickly. I can’t stand it any longer.

I feel like I’m going to die soon after looking at the little pig, so I’ll just have to comfort myself with that.

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“Lucia-sama, are you okay?”

“…do you think croquettes are okay?”

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Meanwhile, Lucia, who has been living in the islands of the Aquileia Empire by order of Faust since yesterday, has been confined to her room without even eating.

Aegoceros sees this and tries to get Lucia to wander outside in order to fulfill Faust’s orders, but Lucia refuses all communication and conciliation from Aegoceros.

Lucia is just locked up in her room every day.

“Lucia-sama, you must eat.”

“I’ll eat it if you give it to me.”

“…”

Aigokeros’s mouth shut.

The order he received from his master, Faust, is to adapt Lucia to human society, but the situation is so bad that he cannot carry out the order.

Wouldn’t you at least get out of the mansion to do something? No, before that, Lucia will starve to death.

‘Ummm… it’s difficult.’

Aegoceros desperately tries to come up with a way to solve this situation, but it is concluded that all of those methods are possible only with Faust.

That doesn’t make any sense to do nothing until Faust arrives.

Waiting for the help of the master even though the family cannot help the master, that is an act that one should never do as a family member.

‘Lucia-sama is extremely dependent on Faust. This is the only way to qualify as a family– Wait a minute… Dependence?’

At that moment, Aegokeros’s head came up with a way to get Lucia out and feed her.

But that method is very dangerous.

If things go wrong, Aegoceros may be killed by the wrath of the two masters.

“…Lucia-sama.”

“Why again?”

“If you stay like that, you will not see Lucia as beautiful when Faust-sama returns.”

However, Aegokeros’ troubles were short-lived.

If you let it go like this, you will not be able to carry out the master’s orders properly and at the same time endanger the life of the other owner.

If you can sacrifice your life to protect your master’s orders and your life, you must of course choose it.

“…Aigokeros.”

When Lucia heard that she dared to mention Faust, she became very angry.

The mansion trembles, dust falls from the ceiling, all the paintings on the walls fall, and the items on the shelves fall to the ground and are broken or scattered.

“Lucia-sama doesn’t want to be Faust-sama’s companion? If so, when Faust-nim returns, you should welcome him in a perfect state.”

However, Aegoceros confronts Lucia head-on without showing any signs of dwindling in Lucia’s anger.

Aegoceros cannot act hostile to the two masters because Faust has brainwashed his personality and ego, but even if he is angry, he is not at all constrained because this is an act for his master, not a hostile act.

“You have to greet Faust in the most beautiful way possible so that you can change his heart.”

“…”

“If you stay on the island and put everyone here under Lucia-sama’s control… Faust-sama will surely see Lucia-sama differently.

Lucia’s sharp mana, which had filled the mansion until just a moment ago, was gone.

Lucia now only listens to Aegoceros.