The Devil Who Grants Wishes

71 – ego (3)

‘…I’m sure they’re all asleep by now, right?’

On a dark moonlit night, Lucia, who had been sleeping with her eyes closed just before, opens her eyes.

It wasn’t that I pretended to be sleeping. Lucia had really slept.

Despite not having an alarm clock, Lucia woke up at the moment she wanted, at a time when everyone else was sleeping.

If she simply pretended to be asleep, she couldn’t fool her father, who could sense the consciousness of a living being, so Lucia made this strong point.

‘…great.’

Lucia, who closed her eyes and tried to concentrate, nodded her head after confirming that there was no sign of anything in the building.

Now is a golden opportunity.

During the day when everyone was awake, there were so many distractions that Dad and I couldn’t be alone, but now that everyone is asleep, that’s not the case.

Lucia recalls that and gets out of bed.

‘I should have done this earlier.’

Lucia had already made up her mind.

It’s because you don’t know what that crazy bitch Iris will do if you give her more time.

Lucia perfectly understands and sympathizes with Iris, and because of that, she becomes even more hostile to Iris.

After taking a gulp of saliva, Lucia carefully strokes her lower stomach and opens the door.

I’m sorry

“”…ok?””

However, Lucia’s plan goes awry from the start.

The moment the door is opened, the bewildered voices of the two girls, Lucia and Iris, resonate at the same time.

It was a very small voice, but since no sound could be heard in the hallway, the voices of the two girls were enough to fill the hallway.

No, the voices filling the hallway are not just those two.

“A perfect time to purify the body and soul… Huh?”

“I really want to go to the bathroom with you, Arn… huh?”

Celestine, who is trying to purify Faust and turn him back into a human while everyone else is sleeping, and Lena, who is tormented by Arwen who wants to go to the bathroom instead of sleeping, all stand in the hallway and desperately try to understand the scene unfolding in front of them.

“…What are you guys doing?”

After a few seconds of silence, Lena, without any intention, spoke first.

Lena, frowning and crinkling her face, asks questions even though she clearly knows what the three of them are up to.

No, strictly speaking, it is correct to say that I am not asking a question, but giving a number.

Because asking what we already know doesn’t fit the act of asking a question to solve a curiosity at all.

“””…”””

The three of them keep their mouths shut and avoid their gaze, and Lena, who sees it, shakes her head, feeling even more pitiful.

……….

The party consisting of Lucia, Iris, Celestine, Lena, and Arenne walks quietly and moves as if of one heart.

Of course, this is not because everyone’s heart is right.

If they made a little fuss, Faust could find out about it, so everyone kept their mouths shut.

“Are you really not going back?”

“…”

“Haaa… I’m going to die of sleep.”

Lena, who shows her dislike as much as possible, leads the group in front of everyone.

There was no particular reason why Lena became the leader of this group. Since Lena had no desire whatsoever, Lena led the party under the tacit agreement of everyone.

‘It bothers me.’

Uncharacteristically emotional as an elf, Lena swears inwardly.

I could just ignore it and go back, but it wasn’t hard to guess what would happen if I chose that option, so Lena hates it immensely but has no choice but to lead them in the end.

As far as Celestine, it’s okay because they can communicate moderately, but you leave Lucia and Iris with Faust in the middle of the night? Just imagining it is terrifying.

‘Even these two years have impure intentions.’

Lena shakes her head at the stench of Lucia and Iris’s ugly desire that stings her nose even though they are close.

Lena no longer has difficulty dealing with Lucia and Iris.

Of course, there is a feeling that the level of not being difficult is too strong, but since this is also a kind of friendliness, it cannot be seen as worse.

“Uh, huh…?”

At that moment when the party moved slowly, Iris suddenly tilted her head in bewilderment.

Others look at Iris as if asking for an explanation with a puzzled expression, but Iris has no interest in other bitches.

“…why is that?”

No matter how long I wait, Iris doesn’t seem to be the first to explain, so Lena opens her mouth and demands an explanation from Iris.

“There’s something strange about feeling Faust-sama…”

“Is that weird?”

“It’s like two… Huh? Is it one?”

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about, but how do you… aha.”

Celestine, who was about to ask how you knew that, nodded her head when she saw the upside-down hem of Iris’ clothes and the crest hanging from Iris’ breasts glowing in deep pink.

Unlike Celestine, Lucia bit down her molars and stroked her lower belly as if she was resentful when she saw it.

I’m sorry

“…”

Based on Iris’ directions, Lena cautiously opened the door to the dorm, and with only her head sticking out, she shook her head and pricked her ears.

If someone else had seen that scene, they would have been instantly stunned by the cuteness, but Lena is taking the search with an extremely serious attitude.

“Where… no, wait!”

However, Lena’s sincerity disappears in an instant.

Iris, who could immediately sense where Faust was, passed Lena and strode forward, and the others who saw it followed behind her.

Lena feels upset and tries to grab Iris, but it’s too late. Lena is dumbfounded when she sees that everyone is far ahead, even Aren.

“quickly…”

“Iris, is this really going on between us?”

“Something’s wrong. I don’t feel well… I have to go quickly, quickly…!”

The reason Lena has led the party so far is the result of a peaceful agreement out of concern for Lucia and Iris to fight each other, but Lena gets a little upset when she sees Iris breaking it at will, but Iris is not interested in such things at all.

There is only the compulsion to meet Faust as soon as possible.

“Then get out of the way quickly—”

“If you can easily cut out the ugly parts of your self, wouldn’t that mean you weren’t yourself in the first place?”

At the moment when Iris was about to begin to emit light, Faust’s voice pierced the ears of not only Iris but also the members of the party in an instant.

Iris, who wanted to go crazy saying that she had to meet Faust quickly, Lucia who was nervous and jealous of Iris and worried about her father, Celestine who followed because she thought it would be fun, Aren who tried to stick to the group as much as possible because she was scared of being alone, and the group. Lena tried to mediate and coordinate.

Everyone who heard Faust’s words stopped in place and pricked their ears, and then turned their heads to look at Faust in their field of vision.

It is a very concise statement and a voice full of remorse.

Everyone in the party feels as if, if it hadn’t been Faust who said it, they would soon make a drastic choice.

“What the hell– Eup…!”

“Stop, just listen quietly.”

Common sense makes it hard to believe, but Faust has not yet noticed the party.

Trying to get even a little more relevant information, Lena shuts Iris’s mouth as hard as she can, and the rest of them hide quietly nearby and overhear Faust’s words.

“Are you asking me to hand over full control over my body?”

“…!”

The party finally realizes what Iris said earlier.

No matter how clueless it is, there is no character here who is so dull that he cannot grasp the situation properly even after hearing such words.

Iris, who was trying to escape Lena’s clutches, stopped in shock and listened to Faust.

No, it would be correct to focus on the senses rather than the words.

“Huh…”

Iris, concentrating on the token of love engraved by Faust, that is, the stigma of sharing the senses, is frightened, convinced that Faust’s personality has split into two.

It’s not just Iris.

Lucia, who has become non-human, Celestine, a saint strong enough to accept Serapia into her body, and Lena and Aren, elves with high sensitivity to spirits since birth, everyone here noticed Faust’s strange behavior, and they were also robbers. shows a reaction similar to that of Iris, though to a lesser extent.

“I’m exhausted. I want to stop resting.”

It’s like a line that comes out of the mouth of someone who has passed the twilight of life, but that’s not what’s important now.

Faust is obviously having a conversation with himself.

If someone else did something like this, they would have thought it was crazy, but the person doing it was Faust, and most of all, everyone in the party who confirmed that his personality was split into two didn’t have that mindset.

“Rest in peace.”

“Whew…?!”

Everyone who sees it catches their breath and freaks out.

Just a moment ago, it was difficult to tell whether Faust had two personalities or one, but that was no longer the case.

It is clearly one, no matter who sees it.

The current Faust has only one will.

“…”

Lucia, Iris, Lena, Celestine, and Arwen completely forgot what they were trying to do until just now.

Are you cutting out your ego? What about body control? Are you tired? Are you comfortable?

I just sit in a daze, not knowing what kind of judgment to make in the waves of information that come without a back and forth.