Chapter 136

Chapter 136

I Proposed While Drunk and Now the Princesses are Obsessed.

Episode 136: 0th Princess, Reunion, Forced Marriage (11).

Underground maze exterior.

“Those damn Purple Tower bastards…!”

One of the magicians from the Imperial Tower shouted. His voice was full of anger, spoken with sincere emotion.

The expressions of the surrounding magicians were similar.

“Thanks to the sacrifice of the Auditor, we all managed to escape the maze safely. How can we ever repay this kindness…?”

“If the Purple Tower hadn’t betrayed us in the first place, wouldn’t the Auditor have escaped safely, too? The root cause of all this is the Purple Tower!”

“We came to help the Purple Tower, but instead, they repay our kindness with betrayal. Their morality has fallen to the ground…”

They muttered with serious expressions, all filled with resentment towards the Purple Tower. It was only natural. The Purple Tower had betrayed them shamelessly.

The Elder of the Blue Tower, Seina, also muttered seriously.

“The amount of people the magic circle could transport was limited from the beginning. In other words, the Purple Tower had planned to betray the other magicians from the start.”

“Those trash-like bastards…”

On the way back to the Imperial Tower, everyone’s steps were slow. It wasn’t because they were tired, but because they were enraged.

At this moment, the magicians of the Imperial and Blue Towers shared similar thoughts. They wished for the Purple Tower to be punished, and for the Auditor’s rescue.

Seina, who had gone down to the second basement floor, had clearly seen it.

The Purple Tower had shamelessly used the magic circle and irresponsibly left behind traces of their departure. They had abandoned the magicians who had come to help them out of goodwill.

Could it be that they were too proud to accept help from other towers and chose to erase all evidence instead?

“They’re selfish to the bone.”

Seina thought, biting her lips.

The Purple Tower was a tower specialized in combat. A group that wouldn’t hesitate to engage in a mud-caked dogfight. Perhaps that was why their actions were so hideous.

They wouldn’t hesitate to use any means to achieve their goals, and suddenly, they didn’t seem any different from criminals.

But right now, there was something more important.

“…Master.”

It was urgent to rescue Jaekiel, the Auditor of the Imperial Tower.

At that moment, a magician from the Imperial Tower asked.

“Elder of the Blue Tower, the Purple Tower probably believes we were all wiped out. If they find out we’re alive, we don’t know what kind of harm they might cause. What should we do?”

“We need to move secretly and find a way to rescue the Auditor. Perhaps we could seek help from another tower.”

“But which tower should we ask for help? They even dragged him into the Demon Realm. To rescue the Auditor, we would need considerable power.”

The voice of the Imperial Tower magician was filled with frustration. Those listening closely to Seina’s conversation shared the same sentiment.

It was at that moment.

“I just thought of something.”

Anes, Jaekiel’s personal secretary, who had been silent all this time, spoke up. She had bandages wrapped around her arm.

“I will try to request help.”

Her tone was more serious than ever.

Seina, the elder of the Blue Tower, immediately became interested.

“Request help… Is there an appropriate place to ask?”

Seina continued in a worried tone.

“Sending support to the Demon Realm means we’ll be away from our base for a long time. The Purple Tower will get involved in politics, and it’s uncertain whether other towers will accept it…”

“We won’t be requesting help from another tower.”

“…Not requesting help from a tower?”

Anes nodded quietly.

Anes, too, was eager to save Jaekiel, and so she thought very carefully.

Because of the high difficulty of the task, the towers wouldn’t easily volunteer. So she had to think of someone with great power who might accept it.

There was such a person.

Not from a tower, but from the Imperial Family.

Anes slowly parted her lips.

“I will inform the Imperial Family, starting with the First Princess.”

Inside the Demon Realm, an unknown area.

“Huh, this shouldn’t be…?”

The Spider Goddess murmured in a dazed voice.

“What you’ve figured out is correct. My time is short. I’d rather accept death than grant what you desire.”

Jaekiel murmured calmly.

He intended to strongly express that he would not fulfill what the Spider Goddess wanted. This way, at least he could hold on to something.

“This body shouldn’t be in this condition. It wasn’t self-inflicted; who could have tormented it this much?”

The painted finger gently touched Jaekiel’s lips.

“Snow Ghost, this is something you must answer. The Emperor… was it his doing?”

With a serious expression, her tone was very earnest.

Could it be that there was a purpose behind Jaekiel’s healthy constitution? Jaekiel was briefly worried. Was it bad that his terminal condition had been discovered?

However.

“Why do you ask?”

“…Isn’t it obvious?”

He realized from the following response that it was not what he expected.

“Anything that doesn’t help the Snow Ghost, I plan to erase its very existence. Just make them pay the inevitable price.”

The words coming from the Spider Goddess were utterly unexpected.

The Spider Goddess resented the Emperor, who tormented Jaekiel into a terminal condition? In other words, it was as if she was saying she would stand by Jaekiel’s side and assist him.

It didn’t seem like the Spider Goddess was thinking of how to use Jaekiel. Instead, she appeared to be thinking about how to support him.

“Ah, my heart aches with sorrow. I’m ashamed. If only we had met sooner, could we have prevented your body from being so damaged…?”

With a voice full of regret, the Spider Goddess placed her palm over Jaekiel’s heart. Once again, she carefully examined the man’s constitution from start to finish.

At that moment.

There was another moment when the Spider Goddess was shocked.

“The heat near your heart, what is this?”

It seemed like she had just discovered traces of the Sun Water Spirit. Her sunset-colored eyes widened in shock.

“This can’t be. This can’t be… Traces of Sun Water?”

At first, it was just a voice filled with surprise, but it slowly turned into a tone of ecstasy. The Spider Goddess gazed at Jaekiel from a distance so close that their noses almost touched.

“Snow Ghost, can something be this beautiful…?”

They were so close that every breath could be felt. If they shifted their positions slightly, their lips could almost meet.

The Spider Goddess grabbed Jaekiel’s face with both hands.

“Even with a terminal condition, you didn’t despair; instead, you struggled desperately for immortality. Turning desperation into reality…? How truly beautiful that is!”

From the Spider Goddess’s heavily made-up face, various emotions mixed together, and Jaekiel could see them clearly up close.

Was this the feeling when madness and possessiveness were born into a living being? It was beyond simple affection. Jaekiel could feel the Spider Goddess’s obsession and desire toward him.

“Yes. Every time I find traces of your desperation, I’m so delighted I can hardly bear it. Ah… My body is starting to tingle again…”

The Spider Goddess exhaled a sticky breath.

“As expected, Snow Ghost, you and I are destined to be together. You hold desperation and make it reality. If we mix my magic with your coldness, it will be possible.”

“I won’t respond to nonsense from now on.”

Jaekiel cut off the conversation.

If they continued mixing words and glances beyond this point, he felt like he would lose his sanity as well. The Spider Goddess’s behavior was clearly not normal.

Soon, the Spider Goddess began muttering repeatedly.

“But the Snow Ghost doesn’t have much time left. We must hurry. We must hurry… Yes, we must hurry…”

What was she in such a hurry for?

Jaekiel was curious, but didn’t ask. He simply pondered for a long time on how he could escape.

How many days had passed since then?

Surprisingly, the Spider Goddess, who seemed like she would stay by Jaekiel’s side all day, did not. She appeared to be busy with her own matters.

-The Snow Ghost doesn’t have much time left. We must hurry. We must hurry…

Whenever she appeared, she muttered such words and acted in a hurry.

Jaekiel was still bound.

Creak…

Whenever it was time for a meal, spiders would swarm and place a tray filled with food in front of him, while spider webs moved and fed him.

What in the world was she hurrying for?

That was Jaekiel’s main concern right now.

After discovering his constitution, the Spider Goddess’s madness seemed to deepen. Jaekiel still couldn’t understand what she was planning or preparing.

Still, there was one thing he had figured out.

“She likes my desperation.”

Jaekiel didn’t know why, but it seemed like the Spider Goddess was madly fond of seeing him act with desperation. What could the reason be?

One day, however…

“Finally, today is the day. Let’s go outside now.”

The Spider Goddess, who was now dressed even more extravagantly than when they first met, said to Jaekiel, crossing her arms. She had Jaekiel’s wrist tightly bound with her magic’s spider web.

Squeak.

They finally left the warehouse-like space and stepped outside. The feeling of being with a high-ranking figure of the Demon Realm and crossing arms felt unfamiliar.

An expansive landscape unfolded before them.

In the sky, both the sun and the moon were floating simultaneously. The moon was red, and the sun had a purple hue. It was a somewhat familiar sight.

It was the Demon Realm.

“This is a very developed area of the Demon Realm.”

The city was as developed as the capital of the Empire. It had spiky, twisted structures that looked eerie, but at the same time, the buildings were tall and intricate.

It wasn’t just the buildings. The demons were the same.

“We greet you, Spider Goddess.”

“Ah, the Spider Goddess…! Today is the day!”

“Then, who is the man by your side…?”

The demons lining the streets were moved to tears whenever they saw the Spider Goddess. It seemed that the presence of a woman in the Demon Realm was a miracle.

“The Demon Realm, which had once been devastated, has developed this much?”

In Jaekiel’s memories, the Demon Realm was just a wasteland, but now it seemed to have a massive population and remarkable development.

“We should change clothes first. Are you feeling nervous?”

As if handling the most delicate flower in the world, the Spider Goddess crossed her arms and took light, careful steps.

Finally, they arrived at a building.

It looked like a temple based on its shape. The surrounding buildings were huge, but none compared to this temple. “Majestic” would be the perfect word for it.

“You have arrived.”

As they entered a room within the temple, demon servants dressed as butlers lined up and bowed with respect.

And then, Jaekiel realized.

This building… it wasn’t a temple.

Chirr…!

As a demon snapped their fingers, clothes began to emerge from all directions. They were all wedding garments.

Yes, they were ceremonial wedding clothes.

“The Spider Goddess’s groom, please choose your wedding attire.”

Jaekiel was speechless.

This building… was probably a wedding hall.