episode_0011

-Mood is important. The dirty thing.

With that voice, Deltan woke up from his sleep.

The upper body rises as if jumping.

Then, cold sweat flows down along with heavy breathing.

Deltan quickly rolled up his sleeves and checked his forearms.

The thorn bush-shaped tattoo just stayed where it was, without moving a muscle.

Deltan let out a curse.

“Damn… .”

This has been my routine for the past few days.

Since Agnes made such a provocation that day, Deltan has been faced with the events of that time only in his dreams.

Even if you want to make excuses and say that this was a prank by the devil of lust, there are no tattoos to prove it, so as a Delta person, you are going crazy and jumping around.

Deltan expressed deep frustration as he washed his face.

“Count, I will prepare a meal for you.”

Gerhart, who clearly knew his lifestyle, came in and said so.

Deltan nodded and headed to the shower room.

Shoot ah-.

So I cooled my head with cold water.

*

Funny enough, Agnes didn’t do anything else after that day’s provocation.

He just smiled and followed his words so well that Deltan was surprised.

However, that too was seen as some kind of provocation by the Deltans.

Anyway, her gaze was directed to the back of my hand where the kiss mark was left.

“It’s almost gone now.”

“Then did you think it would last a lifetime?”

“I do it because I feel sorry. Can’t you just make one more?”

“Turn off.”

Tendons sprouted from the Deltan’s forehead.

Agnes continued speaking in an artificial tone, as if she was pleased with the reaction.

“Huh? No?”

“Sew your mouth shut.”

“Bad.”

Agnes looked at Deltan without any more regrets.

Humming very softly.

“… What’s so fun?”

“Are you feeling restless?”

“I have never done that.”

“Lie. Even now, you’re just looking at my wrist. Oh, or do you have an excitable wall on your wrist?”

Deltan couldn’t stop himself from bursting into laughter.

“Even if I have such a wall, your wrist is not. I said it before, your body has become so dry that it’s not worth looking at.”

“Even if you make an excuse like that, it’s not convincing. Because I’m pretty even when I’m skinny.”

It was so heartbreaking for Deltans to not be able to make excuses for those words.

Indeed, she was a beautiful woman worthy of the nickname ‘everyone’s first love.’

Her haggard face with the dark shadow of death and the dark aura around her cherry-colored eyes were all just accessories in the name of pity.

“Stop talking nonsense and take it off. Because today I’m going to use magic again.”

“Did you endure it for about two weeks? Now I’m starting to see my naked body in my dreams too, right?”

“Okay, it would be faster to stun you first.”

“What are you going to do?”

Agnes giggled.

“If I knock you out, I’ll tell your dad right away. The Count of Hebron knocked me out and stripped me of my clothes.”

“Wouldn’t Duke Levadein believe me more?”

“My dad loves me more than anything in the world. Believe anything I say.”

“The future of the empire is dark only because the Prime Minister is such a person with no sense of reason.”

“Don’t curse at my dad.”

Agnes said this and unbuttoned her coat one by one.

This was also an unpleasant scene for Deltans.

This is because the way he hesitated and looked at the button that could have been simply undone seemed like he was trying to seduce someone.

Just-.

Deltain snapped his fingers and the button was undone in one go.

Agnes pouted her lips as if she had lost steam.

“No mood.”

“Why do you need that?”

As Deltan waved the air with her index finger, her shirt fell down.

Deltan caught her breath and placed a hand on her ribs.

“You can’t touch breasts again?”

“If you don’t move, it won’t reach you.”

After saying that, he summoned Mana.

I created an octahedron cube to surround her heart.

This was a process to test Agnes’ lifespan, which could be extended with a magic called Drout.

Knowing how much time is left before the deadline was also an important factor for Delta.

‘Mahwa must also have become resistant to this magic.’

There will not be as dramatic a change as at first.

The devil was too terrible a creature to hope for a miracle that would extend its remaining lifespan by more than 100 days.

The cube rotates and emits heat.

In doing so, all the mana that had accumulated in Agnes’ heart over the past two weeks is burned.

Agnes’ breathing became heavy.

And cold sweat began to flow from her body.

thud.

thud.

Deltan felt his heart beating furiously beneath his ribs.

After all the magic was over.

The expected results were obtained.

Deltan’s expression wrinkled.

“Failure?”

“Success. It’s because the results aren’t satisfactory.”

“Isn’t that a failure?”

“Your lifespan has increased by more than 40 days. If this is a failure, what on earth is a success?”

Agnes giggled and shivered.

Her smile deepened as she felt Deltan’s hand still resting on her ribs.

Then he tilted his upper body forward.

Talk.

Deltan’s fingertips touched Agnes’ lower breast.

Deltan was startled by that and quickly withdrew his hand.

Agnes laughed coquettishly.

“Pity. I’m just surprised by something like that.”

“Crazy… !”

Deltan’s face was red.

He couldn’t bear to face Agnes and clenched his fists and trembled.

“… Come out uncooperative like that. Whatever it is, I will never come here again.”

“Sorry.”

“If the sin was eliminated with just a verbal apology, there would have been no law.”

“Wrong.”

Agnes clasped her hands together.

Then, he attached it to his upper body and put his head forward.

Her eyes were shining as if to arouse sympathy, but her posture was blatantly emphasizing her cleavage.

Deltan frowned and turned his head.

“… Goes. Today’s business is done.”

“Are you coming tomorrow?”

“I’m not coming. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”

Agnes’ body stopped.

She stared at Deltan with an unreadable expression for a moment, then asked:

“Why?”

“I have a schedule.”

“What schedule?”

“My knights are back.”

“Ah.”

Agnes was convinced.

Knight of Hebron, the Delta.

That meant one thing.

“Hounds of Hebron!”

“What a hunting dog. They’re just bastards.”

That’s what he said, but Deltan didn’t seem too offended by the nickname.

In any case, my knights, named ‘The Hounds of Hebron,’ were quite satisfactory results for him as well.

“They are demon hunters that you raised yourself. Can I just call you like that?”

“So I’m just calling it out. Those bastards were dispatched without even telling me.”

“I don’t think this is something someone who didn’t even know was dispatched would say.”

Deltan’s brow furrowed.

That’s because he had nothing to say about this.

“… It’s my knight. No matter how I use it, it’s my heart.”

“I miss you too.”

Agnes moved her head closer.

“Show me too. Four knights.”

Deltan felt dumbfounded by Agnes’ words.

“Does my driver look like a local idiot? If you come, come, if you go, go?”

“I never asked you to call me?”

“What?”

“I’m going. To your mansion.”

Deltan’s expression became blank.

Soon, he got excited and turned into a fit of laughter.

“With that body? Arthur. You’ll pass out in the car before you even get to my house?”

“It’s not that weak.”

“No, it’s weak. I don’t know what it would have been like before the Demon Flower moved, but now even if you walk for 10 minutes, your life is in danger.”

In order to slow down the growth of magic fire, all the mana in the heart had been burned.

Mana is the vitality of living things.

As her body had lost all vitality, she had to be careful even with her simple steps.

Agnes blinked, then tilted her head and answered.

“Then you come pick me up.”

“What is this… .”

“Escort me. Escorting a lady is a knight’s skill.”

“I am not a knight. The count.”

“Escorting is also a trait of noble men.”

“… .”

I looked at Deltan Agnes for a while to figure out her intentions.

However, there was no way that an answer would come out of that.

Agnes was just radiating anticipation with her cherry blossom-colored eyes shining.

“Huh?”

“Did you just listen to what I said? You can’t move.”

“So, you can come pick me up. If I’m having a hard time, treat me. If it seems like it can’t walk, pick it up and move it. And prepare a lot of delicious food for me to eat.”

“Why don’t you just ask me to be your foot wipe?”

“Will you do so?”

A smile bloomed on Agnes’ face.

Deltan felt eerie about that.

“Crazy bitch.”

He said that and got up.

I walked towards the door as if there was no point in talking further.

Agnes said, waving her hand at him.

“I’ll be ready and waiting. If you don’t come, until you come. Without eating or sleeping. Continue.”

Agnes was sure.

He would definitely come.

*

The next day, Count Hebron.

Deltan was sitting cross-legged in his office, wearing a black suit as usual.

The way he rested his chin on the table with one arm and his narrowed eyebrows showed that he was in a very uncomfortable state.

-I’ll be ready and waiting. If you don’t come, until you come. Without eating or sleeping. continue.

It was because of what I heard from Agnes the day before.

For some reason, I thought she would really put those words into practice.

After all, wasn’t she the woman who was the closest to a madman among the people Deltans knew?

Deltan was contemplating what would happen if she fell, but then he was startled and shook his head.

‘Why should I worry about that?’

After questioning his pride, Deltan began to engage in thoughts that bordered on self-justification.

‘… No, you should be worried. Without the magic flower in that woman’s heart, the quest and everything else is over.’

Deltan tapped his toes.

The movement became increasingly busier.

The feeling of discomfort began to become more intense, and now even the sound of teeth grinding could be heard from the Deltan’s mouth.

‘… Really annoying bitch.’

Deltan stood up.

“Gerhart!”

“Yes.”

“How long until they come?”

“I heard that it would take about half a day longer by telegram.”

“Just cook something before they come. The menu is… Yes, the diet I ate when I was experimenting with mana exhaustion.”

After saying that, Deltan put on a blue coat.

Gerhart tilted his head.

“Where are you going?”

“Don’t ask.”

After saying that, Deltan left the office.

Gerhart narrowed his eyes for a moment and looked at the door where the Deltans left, then shook his head and shook off his thoughts.

Deltan was usually too angry to feel anything strange about his expression.