episode_0170

For the first time in a while, Estella felt good.

The quaint mansion perched on a quiet hill was one of her few points of pride, contributing greatly to her mental and physical stability just by staying there.

Estella headed to the kitchen in her negligee.

Her personal chef greeted her with courtesy.

“Please give me tea”

“What kind of tea should I prepare, sir?”

“… Yeah, I’d like some really strong coffee”

“I will prepare”

The chef made the coffee with deft hands.

Estella smiled as she savored the subtle fragrance filling the kitchen.

“Ready, Master”

The chef served coffee in a white cup.

Estella lifted her glass with an elegant movement.

Horok-

“It’s delicious”

“Thank you”

Estella felt very good for the first time in a while.

# # #

“So that’s why you ran away with this shit?”

“I’m sorry… ”

Estella greeted the two figures who had returned in a miserable state.

Her crossed legs twitched rhythmically.

Knight Belcred remained still, kneeling and bowing his head.

“Estella I really want revenge. Look into my eyes. That fucking bitch Baldina… !”

“Shut up”

“… Sorry”

Olivier, overcome with sorrow, muttered something and then closed his mouth.

“Hoo… ”

Estella let out a long sigh.

As her sighs grew longer, the trembling of the two kneeling people also grew longer.

“The fact that you came like that means you are dead”

“I don’t know about that. We just… ran away… ”

Olivier continued to speak haltingly.

“I confirmed that the beast entered the water nation. However, there was a swordsman there. I retreated because of her sudden appearance. Still, the mission to send the beast in was successful… ”

“I told you to put Nao in?”

fume.

The entire mansion shook.

Belcred realized his mistake and immediately fell to the ground.

“Sorry, I’m sorry, Master. I should have checked until the end… ”

“That guy?”

“… Yes? What if you’re a man… ?”

“The man I was talking about. The man chosen by that damn goddess who made Baldana like that”

“Ma, I couldn’t meet you… ”

“This, you piece of trash… ”

Crackle! Crackle!

Estella sat up.

There was a sound of breaking glass as her feet touched the ground.

The space collapsed.

The mansion and the hill shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

Belcred, who had been so confident, just hung his head and trembled.

It feels like something is going to happen at any moment.

Olivier was worried that he might have leaked urine.

Estella, who had been emitting a fierce anger, let out a long sigh again after a while.

Taking advantage of the gap, Belcrede and Olivier each took hold of her instep and left a kiss there.

“Stop it. Before you get even angrier… ”

“… Yes”

“… I’m, I’m sorry… ”

Estella swept back her hair, which was as beautiful as the night sky.

“So, you came back after giving up an arm and an eye?”

“… I’m sorry”

“You’d better say something else”

“Valdena had obtained the sword”

Estella’s eyes widened as she pressed her temples together.

“Are you talking about the swordless one?”

“Yes, that’s right. My cut off arm is proof of that”

“Oh, really?”

Estella, who had been depressed all along, showed interest for the first time.

“Explain in detail”

“Yes, when we first confronted the Sword Lady, she was using a normal sword. During the fight, we landed a fatal blow, and the Sword Lady woke up again through some kind of sorcery and started using a swordless sword ever since”

“Are you saying that you had to use a normal sword”

“Yes, I don’t know why”

“It must be because of that guy”

Estella remembered Hild’s presence.

I know you even though I’ve never seen your face or met you.

He transformed Baldina into a warrior.

Perhaps Baldina wanted to be honest with herself.

He probably wanted to erase the ugly past that was left behind.

‘You’re so sentimental, Baldina’

The corners of Estella’s mouth curled up.

“How is it, what is your impression of directly facing the sword of the swordsman?”

“… was strong”

“If you say so, then it must have been okay”

“Next time I won’t support”

“How are you going to win by tearing off one arm?”

“… That is… ”

Hehehehe-

Estella giggled.

Despite the laughter, Belcred was not at all offended. Rather, he was glad that his master had escaped his discomfort.

Estella, who had been laughing quietly, got up from her seat.

She made them both kneel and left the room.

After a while she came back.

Holding something, that is.

“Belcred, come here and stand”

“… Yes”

Belcred stood as she was told.

She wiggled her fingers, making the severed arm look at her.

Next, the items brought.

I heard it was piled high in red.

“Lord, Master… This is… ”

“Stand still. If you move, you might get stuck wrong”

It was a forearm.

Reddish color, bumpy skin.

Just looking at them, you can tell they are sharp nails.

Estella hummed and injected magic.

His red arms twitched and he opened and closed his hands.

Then, the cut part was glued to Belcreed’s.

“K, keuuup”

I didn’t necessarily tell you to endure it.

Belcred clenched his teeth so hard that blood flowed from his lips.

A few teeth fell out with a crunching sound.

Crunch- Crunch! Crunch!

A red tentacle suddenly sprouted from the severed arm.

It wriggled as if it was digging into Belcred’s arm and sucking his blood.

Belcred’s complexion turned ashen.

Whether or not, Estella continued to pump her magic power into her.

Sweat poured down like rain, and my limbs shook like crazy.

In that brief moment, Belcred’s bones were exposed like a mummy.

A few more minutes like that.

Finally, the tentacles writhing on my arm stopped.

“Hmm, not bad”

With those words, Estella stroked her chin,

Belcred has fallen.

“Master, Master… What the heck is this..”

“Do you like it?”

Belcred gathered his wits about to return.

I felt paralyzed, with an unpleasant sense of alienation.

Belcred stroked the demon’s arm attached to the severed part with his other hand.

It was rough like a reptile’s skin. It gave me a bad and ominous feeling.

But on the other hand, it was full of power.

A sinister yet powerful, terribly red magic was seething.

“Krrrr… ”

The sound of phlegm boiling came out on its own.

Belcred was surprised to hear such words coming out of his own mouth.

“This is the arm of the Archduke of Hell, Balrog. He brought it back when Baldena destroyed the Demon Clan’s fortress. Looking at it this way, it looks like she gave you a new arm”

“Is this Balrog’s arm…?”

As time passed, the ominous feeling disappeared. Instead, I felt a sense of kinship with it, as if it had been my arm from the beginning, and my body was burning with the desire to release my overflowing strength.

“Okay, take this too”

Estella held out a dark whip as she watched Belcred fidgeting.

Belkrie instinctively grabbed the whip.

Whoosh whoosh-!

A black flame rose up the whip.

Krrrr-

“This is the personal weapon that Balok used. Take it.”

“Thank you, my great master”

Belcred bowed deeply in greeting.

The area that was cut and pasted was around his elbow, but soon his shoulder was transformed into the red-hot skin of a demon.

The voice no longer sounded human, but rather a strange presence.

“Olivier, you come here too”

“Me, are you giving me some too?”

Olivier, who was blind, used his magical powers as if they were eyes.

In her eyes, Belcreed was no longer human.

Ironically, she, a warrior, was envious of Belcred, who had transformed into an even more sinister being.

That’s why Estella was so excited when she called her name.

With one eye empty, she looked as excited as a child about to receive a gift.

“Look straight at me”

“Yeah! I’m watching”

She took out one of the items she had brought just like before.

This time it was wrapped in purple cloth.

When I took off the hat, there was an eye inside.

Kwajik-!

“Gyaaaah!”

Estella pinched Olivier’s eyeball between two fingers and placed it in his empty spot.

Olivier screamed and fell asleep.

Purple magic burst out and then slowly crawled towards her eyes.

After rolling on the floor for a while, the pain subsided.

It was so painful that the floor was soaked with Olivier’s urine.

“Haa… Haa… ”

“Are you feeling better now?”

“It really hurts like crazy. And your room is so bright… ”

Olivier covered his eyes with his hand, which was dripping with urine.

There is too much light in this room.

Huh? Lighting…? Light?

Olivier blinked.

“… Huh… ?”

I can see it. I can see ahead.

I see color. I see shape.

Not a whitish silhouette,

The world was visible very clearly.

A room with exquisite decorations.

A yellow liquid that was excited on the floor.

Softly glowing lights.

A man with red arms and a grin like a devil, and a woman with flowing hair as beautiful as the night sky.

Everything was visible.

“I, ah… I can see ahead, Estella”

“Would I have simply given you eyes that can see ahead?”

“… Huh?”

Olivier slowly built up his magic.

Kiiing- Something was seething along with the distant voice.

Something purple and squishy was writhing on the floor.

It bubbled like slime and soon took the shape of a human being.

“This, this is… ”

A black hood pulled over his head and a giant scythe.

An ominous purple magic.

Olivier crawled next to Estella, his body trembling.

“ Lord, Death Knight… ”

“That’s right. From now on, this kid will be your escort”

As the magic was withdrawn, the Death Knight melted into purple slime.

“Thank you so much! Estella! Thank you so much”

Olivier volunteered to place her feet on top of his head.

Estella pressed Olivier’s head hard.

Still, Olivier smiled happily.

“There will be no next time. Both of you, take note”

“I will remember”

“Don’t worry, I’ll kill them all”

dripping-

A dedicated chef came in with a knock.

He poured coffee into the empty cup with neat movements.

Hororok-

“Belcred. Leave Valdena to you”

“Yes, I will definitely kill that bitch”

“And Olivier”

“… Yeah”

“Go back to the Holy Land right now. Then, lead the knights from there and go to Asrian”

“… There’s Louise there, right?”

As she said, Louise was currently active in Asrian.

After listening to the interim report, it seems like they are planning to seduce the Second Prince and take him down from within.

“You push that kid behind him”

“Aha, I get what you mean”

Olivier nodded with a sinister smile.

After receiving the instructions, she immediately moved to the Holy Land.

Seongguk was indignant when he saw the saintess return covered in wounds.

Many believers asked about her wounds,

She said that an evil demon had risen up in her body.

Let us destroy evil.

The knights of the Holy Kingdom stood up.

The evil is in Asrian.

We will find new ‘justice’ and punish evil.

The knights of the Holy Nation began to move towards Asrian.