episode_0044

The feeling of a dark space and a cold wall behind you.

Arthur clearly thought he was out of there, but unfortunately, memories of the past never let him go and tormented him.

“Ah… Ah…”

A feeling he had never been accustomed to. Arthur felt fear creeping up on him from the tips of his toes, as if his limbs were slowly stiffening.

“■■, ■■■?”

Arthur felt his body tremble at the sound of the woman’s voice coming from in front of him, and instinctively let out a scream.

“shi, I don’t like it!! I don’t like it anymore!!!! Please!! Stop.. Go away!!”

Arthur closed his eyes, crouched down with his back to the wall, bowed his head and began to pray to God.

Please let me out of this hell… please… please…

“■■ ■■■■ ■■..”

But Arthur’s prayer was not answered, and once again he felt the presence of a woman approaching him along with the sound of a voice, and Arthur moved to the other side of the woman, dragging his legs and hands on the floor to put some distance between himself and the approaching woman.

-Chin.

But even this did not last long, and upon reaching the corner of the room, Arthur found that there was no way to escape from the approaching woman.

“■■■?”

This time, Arthur felt his shoulder being grabbed along with the voice, and he resisted strongly, shaking his whole body to escape from the woman’s hand.

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.

I don’t want to be sick anymore… I don’t want to get dirty anymore…

However, contrary to his expectations, when he felt that the woman was not subduing him even after some time had passed, Arthur thought that she had let her guard down, and in an instant, he pushed her away with all his might.

Arthur saw the woman fall down due to her own strength, as if she had not expected it. Arthur got up immediately after the woman fell and ran towards the door that was right in front of him.

I can go out now..! Just open that door..

-Thud.

However, Arthur stumbled, perhaps unconsciously becoming nervous due to the sudden opportunity, and fell to the floor, unable to move.

“Ah..”

As a short sigh escaped his mouth, he felt the presence of a woman approaching him right behind him.

What should I do..? Every time I ran away and got caught, I got beaten to the point of death.. I don’t want to get hurt again..! Let’s get on our knees and beg, and then maybe he won’t hit us..

Yeah! Let’s say it was a mistake. Maybe they’ll forgive me if I say I was just having a momentary lapse in my thinking.

Arthur got up, thinking he would avoid being assaulted, and went over to the woman and knelt down.

“Please.. Just look at me once. It’s all a..mistake! I’ll listen well.. But please don’t hit me..”

At the same time, Arthur began to pray while rubbing his left hand against his right wrist, and only the sound of skin rubbing against each other and Arthur’s voice echoed in the room.

“I won’t lie anymore.. I won’t resist when I do, Jebaaaaugh..!”

-Gulp.

Then Arthur suddenly felt something small enter his mouth, down his throat and into his esophagus, and he quickly realized that it was the drug he had been given each time before being forced to get drunk.

No! If you eat it, you’ll lose your mind again. You have to spit it out.

“Wow, wow- Eeeeek..!”

Arthur tried to vomit to spit out the medicine, but the woman, as if she had expected this behavior, covered his mouth with her hand to prevent him from spitting out the medicine.

Arthur, who eventually couldn’t spit out the medicine and swallowed it, trembled in fear, thinking that his body would become sensitive due to the effects of the medicine, but contrary to his expectations, he was overcome by strong drowsiness and collapsed, losing consciousness.

… … …

Arthur, who had fallen asleep, opened his eyes in the dream world.

In a pure white space, there stood a being that looked exactly like him.

“Nice to meet you.”

“Me..?”

It was an odd situation where a being in his own image greeted him, but Arthur felt strangely familiar with this situation.

“I just borrowed your face, I am a different being from you.. To put it simply, just know me as someone who did business with you.”

Deal..? What are you talking about?

“Of course, these things are not important. What really matters is that you broke your promise.”

“The terms of the deal clearly state that receiving outside help is prohibited, yet you used an artifact.”

Arthur was confused by the words of a being that looked exactly like him.

You broke your promise? What’s with the artifact?

“Because of that, I can also ask for one thing for the sake of fairness.”

“All I ask of you is that you say, ‘I agree to amplify another person’s emotions for one time only.’ That’s all.”

Fairness? Amplification of emotions? I have no idea what you’re talking about.

“And if you grant my request, I will grant you one small favor in return.”

“For example, it could make that woman who has been harassing you disappear from sight.”

“!!!”

So does that mean I won’t have nightmares or hallucinations anymore?

If I just say those few short sentences you asked for, I can escape from this hellish fantasy and nightmare…?

“Ha..I want to do it!! ”

The Demon King’s temptation was so sweet, and Arthur, who was driven to the edge of a cliff, accepted the Demon King’s conditions without even a moment’s hesitation.

“If you grant my request first, I will grant your request.”

“I agree to amplify the emotions of others once..”

As Arthur spoke, a piece of paper suddenly appeared in front of him, and what he had just said was written on it, then it disappeared again.

-Sigh.

And Arthur woke up one last time seeing the Demon King laughing grotesquely at his own face.

… … … (Alice’s point of view)

It was a morning like any other. However, it was also a difficult time for Alice. Because Arthur suddenly screamed when he woke up and fell into a panic.

The doctor said that Arthur was acting like this because of PTSD, and that we should never provoke him and that we should remain calm.

“Arthur, are you okay?”

Alice asked Arthur out of curiosity, but instead of an answer saying it was okay, all she heard were screams of rejection.

Then Arthur moved towards the wall, crouched down and began to shiver.

Seeing Arthur like this, Alice began to approach Arthur to give him the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

“Everything will be okay..”

But Arthur’s words only served to provoke the game, and he dragged himself to a corner.

As Alice watched this, she slowly approached Arthur to give him medicine and spoke to him. When she grabbed Arthur’s shoulder with her other hand to put the medicine in his mouth, Arthur began to resist, shaking his whole body.

Of course, Alice could have subdued Arthur with force and forced him to take the medicine, but because Arthur might get hurt, she leaned over while gently holding Arthur’s body and tried to quickly take the medicine.

However, when Arthur pushed hard at an unexpected timing, Aris also lost her balance and fell.

At the same time, Arthur got up from the floor and started running towards the door. When Alice saw this, her heart sank, fearing that Arthur would leave the room in that state, but she saw Arthur fall helplessly in front of the door.

Seeing this, Alice felt relieved and went back to give him medicine, but Arthur suddenly got up when he sensed her presence, and came to her, knelt down, and began to beg.

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Rubbing her left and right wrists together, Aris felt her heart ache more and more at the sight of Arthur crying.

Arthur must have begged like that every time he was locked up there..?

Seeing Arthur like this, Alice began to blame herself for her incompetence, and while making excuses, she put the medicine into Arthur’s open mouth, and at the same time covered Arthur’s mouth with her hand.

Since she knew from experience that Arthur would always try to spit out any medicine he put in his mouth, she covered Arthur’s mouth until the medicine had completely passed into his stomach. After a while, when Arthur fell asleep due to the effects of the medicine, Alice lifted Arthur up and laid him down on the bed.

“Sigh..”

Alice looked at Arthur, who was sleeping soundly, with a sigh.

Since the day he returned, Arthur has often woken up in the morning thinking he was locked in that warehouse.

Now that I’m used to it, I was able to quickly give Arthur the medicine, but at first I was very flustered and was deeply hurt by Arthur not recognizing me and treating me like a rapist. Of course, now I know why, so I don’t care.

Of course, it wasn’t easy mentally to see Arthur in pain, apart from that.

“Okay.. Now let’s use the skill.”

“If we delay any longer, Arthur might not be able to endure it any longer and might make an extreme choice.”

Alice, who could no longer stand to see Arthur ruined, decided to use her skill, and before doing so, she used the status window to check her own abilities.

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Name: Alice

[Ability]

Stamina -59

Strength-61

Agility-65

Horsepower-71

[blessing]

-Guardian Knight of the Warrior Who Dominates the Thunderbolt (SS)

[Skill]

-Noble Sacrifice (SSS)

-Master of the Brain (SS)

– Soul Bond (S )

-Status Window (S-)

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Considering that it hadn’t been that long since he took the elixir, his abilities had increased significantly. However, his most important magic power had only increased by 1 compared to before.

The reason why Alice couldn’t increase her magical power significantly after that was simple. In order to increase magical power, you need to train your magical power, but Alice’s physical abilities were very low compared to her magical power value, so she couldn’t train her magical power until her other abilities were close to 70. If she ignored this and trained, it could put a lot of strain on her body, and if she was unlucky, she could die or become disabled.

Even if you increase your magical power, if you have permanent aftereffects on your body due to excessive training, when you use your skill, your remaining lifespan may be measured low. In that case, the worst case scenario could occur where you die without being able to lift Arthur’s curse due to insufficient lifespan.

“That doesn’t mean you can raise other abilities to 70. … In the worst case, it could take years, and even if you raise them to 70 faster than expected, raising your magic power through magic training takes even longer, so you should actually think of your magic power as being at its maximum now.”

Alice pressed Noble Sacrifice in the status window.

[Noble Sacrifice (SSS)]

– Guardian Knights can give up everything to protect their target. They consume lifespan to randomly remove all curses engraved on the soul.

– Lose life in proportion to the level of the curse inflicted.

-The probability of success is proportional to the user’s magic power level.

-The value of a noble sacrifice cannot be measured, and it can be called a miracle. But a miracle is called a miracle because it never happens again.

It would be nice if it was more specific about the lifespan consumed or the probability of it being destroyed.

No, let’s think positively. 71 is a high enough number. Even the knights of the capital city we saw before had magic power levels in the late 60s, so the probability of Hae-ju will be measured as high.

Alice, who had decided to do so, put her hand on Arthur to use her skill, and thought to herself that she wanted to use her skill.

Then, a status window appeared before Alice’s eyes, asking Arthur if he wanted to use the skill, and containing a warning that once he made his choice, it could not be undone.

The status window continued to send warnings with a red glow, but this did not stop Alice’s actions.

“Use skill.”

Although it was a skill that risked her life, there was not a single trace of fear or trembling in Alice’s voice.