episode_0047

“This is today’s medicine.”

“Thank you, Mr. Marcus.”

Astesia took the pill from the demon with goat legs and ate it.

A demon with goat legs, he is the guard and doctor that the demon king placed next to Astesia when he sent her here.

He always stays outside the room, and when it’s time for her to take medicine, he brings black pills to her and looks at her with blinding glasses until she swallows them.

‘Uhm…!’

As soon as the medicine goes down my throat, I feel something boiling from inside.

‘Now half way.’

Every time I take medicine, the feeling that death is approaching becomes stronger.

Although it only lasted for a moment, as soon as I took the medicine, I felt like my body became heavy and my eyes closed, and I felt that that time got longer and longer each time I took the medicine.

‘At the end, you won’t open your eyes anymore.’

The good news is that it isn’t painful.

But in fact, it was made to be painless so that the demonic power in Astesia’s body would not exert its defense function, otherwise Marcus would have made the medicine without worrying about such things.

Seeing Astesia waking up after being immersed in a heavy mood for a longer period of time than yesterday, Marcus checks on her progress.

How about “? Did you really get that feeling?”

“Yes. It’s stronger than yesterday.”

“Thank goodness.”

The attending physician, Demon, collected the water glass and tray and left the hall.

The Dream Demon’s Castle, which he received from the Demon King as an item that only his blood relatives could use.

Astesia was left alone in the central room that controlled the property.

‘Then, I have to check one more time.’

However, Astesia was not just quietly waiting for death to come.

Her wish is that her death will not harm anyone.

To that end, he planned to move the Demon King’s castle in the end, even betraying the Demon King’s expectations for an unexpected situation.

‘This is the trumpet number that our blood relatives can use.’

The dream demon’s last name is the lineage of the demon who made a contract with Asmodeus, also known as a succubus, and is the power that the ancestor received when he first made the contract.

[Devil Asmodeus’ villa]

Only those who inherit the blood of a succubus can control this castle at will. Such as creating a maze within the castle, changing the layout in an instant, or appearing in the middle of enemy lines carrying soldiers who follow the monarch.

Let alone humans, any race that excels at manipulating magic cannot stop Asmodeus’ star palace from moving around.

The annex that the devil handed over as part of the contract has a terrifying power that allows it to break through all boundaries and move freely even though it is a detached palace.

Of course, there are also restrictions.

Because it requires enormous magical power, it is a power that ordinary succubi cannot even dare to summon, but for Astesia, who has more magical energy than necessary thanks to her blood that is close to pureblood, this castle has a different meaning.

Rather, Astesia was prolonging her life by consuming her strength by maintaining this castle at all times.

Even that wasn’t enough to quell her magic, so the Demon King managed to balance it out by putting on her an eye patch and shackles that absorbed magic.

‘good. There’s no one there either.’

Astesia was fiddling with the cube that controlled the castle. Soon the cube opened, revealing a place far away.

The Land of Death, the place where the castle would be transferred, was actually the place she walked over when she fled from the kingdom to the demon spirit. So, knowing that no one lived there, I registered the coordinates.

‘Just don’t let anyone catch you until the end.’

On the last day, after taking the last pill, it ends when everyone in the castle is sent out and the person himself dies.

“Ah.”

The moment I thought about death, tears flowed under the blindfold again.

‘Thoughts are pointless.’

He had already recognized from a long time ago that he was a being who had no place in this world.

However, those soul diseases came to the center of the castle. In particular, the last sound that the man’s spirit said continues to linger in my ears.

‘Let’s just leave it here for now.’

The moment I closed the cube again with the intention of going for a ride to calm my mind as the tears I once shed didn’t stop,

“Did you plan on sending it here?”

Someone’s voice came from my ear.

“!!!”

bang-

The moment Astesia turned around, she was instantly kicked by her foot and ran away from the cube. And immediately, the attacker approached and strangled him and lifted him up.

“Kuuu…!”

“Is that also correct? Mabel.”

“Yes. Marcus. I was planning to betray you just like you said. It seems like that was done a long time ago.”

Her doctor and a long-haired woman wearing black armor entered a place where no one had obviously been allowed to enter.

“Uh, how did I get here…”

“If you think about it, isn’t it simple? If the castle is run by the blood of a succubus, all you have to do is bring the blood of a succubus.”

As Astesia barely managed to speak through her drowsy throat, the armored woman moved her wrist slightly to show something.

In the woman’s hand was a vial containing blood.

“Do, the blood of our own people…”

“It was harder to get than I thought. Because no one has the power to come close to you. Well, if you have enough strength to open a door once, squeezing out about 4 noble-level succubi would be enough.”

‘That can’t be possible.’

Astesia was embarrassed, but could not do anything else.

This is because he left the method of protecting himself entirely to the blood of Asmodeus, who protects him. No matter what kind of hostility was directed at her, that power always protected her.

Therefore, Astesia was able to survive even from the nobles who tried to overthrow her by force.

However, the devil’s power sympathized with the blood brought by the woman in front of him and did not react even though he was in danger.

The two demons saw Astesia completely restrained and then began their work.

“Yes. What should I do now?”

“Have you already forgotten? If betrayal is confirmed, you can take over command and continue as originally planned. You can command the defense like this until Asmodeus descends.”

When Astesia heard that sound, she struggled and screamed even as she was being strangled.

“Well, what does that mean? Advent!”

“Shh. Our princess stay quiet. Marcus. You try something.”

At the woman’s command, the doctor took out a gag from his pocket and put it on Astesia.

“Direction. Are you feeling anxious as is?”

“Yes. All the Demon Warriors are dead. I asked the Demon King how he would fill the void, and he said he would send Mabel. I haven’t heard anything else, what are you going to do?”

“Good. Just wait.”

The woman lifted the cube placed in the middle of the room.

After using it for a while, he seems to have roughly figured out how to use it and looks around the castle.

“This is definitely serious damage.”

My doctor watched the scene next to me and said something. The corpses of mercenaries and demon warriors were everywhere.

Only a few mercenaries remained and were continuing to gather the wounded and corpses to one side.

‘In a situation like this, why did the Demon King send only one person?’

It was an incomprehensible situation for the attending physician.

Although the garrison’s gaze was all turned toward the capital, by the time the ritual was over, a storm of magical power would swirl through Astesia’s body.

Then, naturally, the humans nearby will notice, and if so, they will somehow gather engineer-level manpower and deploy them.

If you do it wrong, you may fail at the end of the ceremony.

The doctor urges the woman out of anxiety.

“The only intact troops are 20 mercenaries. The Demon Warriors are all in critical condition, and to be honest, they have no value as soldiers anymore. The rest are just corpses. What can we do?”

There seemed no hope for him. But that doesn’t seem to be the case for this woman.

“Rather good.”

“Yes?”

“It’s rather good. This situation where there are so many corpses.”

The doctor looked at her with an expression that didn’t seem to know what she was talking about.

The woman’s eyes were filled with madness as she looked at the corpses and injured people.

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“Is Deshade there?”

I went with my teacher to a lodging near the base.

Although it is right next to the village, it is an area where a line is drawn and the general public is not allowed to enter, so it is safer than other inns.

Thanks to Hygenic’s arrangement, the Deshades were able to settle into lodgings within the military district for easy escorting.

“Um, are you here? As promised, I stayed calm and did not go somewhere else.”

“It looks like that.”

A full body armor sitting calmly on a chair in the middle of the hotel.

Thistle went to the adventurer’s guild early to make money.

Yesterday, when Thistle woke up and heard why the gold had disappeared, he looked like he was crying, but when Deshade said, ‘It was used for something very important,’ he couldn’t say anything and ate the food that Ennin bought him as a favor.

The good news is that since this is an accommodation that Hygenics has allowed to use for official reasons, the lodging expenses are paid by the security forces. So, it became enough for Thistle to just earn money for food.

As I watched Thistle and I, I felt that the boss uniform was really important. If you compare Ennin and Deshade, the difference is world-class.

‘Still, it’s okay to be angry about something like that.’

It’s a pity that Thistle can’t do anything because of the difference in status between God and his priest.

“Deshade. Now, let’s go to the resuscitation center and take a look at the spare bodies. Please take a look and tell me what kind of ingredients I need to make my body stronger.”

“Let’s do that. But when will you give me the answer to the question I promised?”

“Oh, that’s right.”

When Deshade was about to leave the dorm, Shin asked for a carrot first.

I should tell you because I promised, but it’s a little embarrassing to say it when Master is right next to me.

“Speak quickly. I’m fine.”

Master looked pleased and told me to answer quickly, shaking my sleeve, which had still been held in his fingers since leaving the unit.

I had no choice but to hold back my shame and answer Deshade.

“…is in front.”

“Hmm?”

“Deshade, the woman in front of you.”

Deshade’s helmet turned and began to look at the Master from top to bottom.

My promise to show you the most beautiful woman in this town. After confirming that promise with the two eyes in his helmet, he shakes his head and says:

“Hmm… It looks like there was some mistake. I didn’t realize that your standards were different from mine. This spirit soldier seems like he could be quite promising with a little tuning, but by my standards, he doesn’t seem like he’s good enough to be called ‘the best in town’. I actually think my first apostle is more beautiful.”

In Deshade’s eyes, I don’t know if there are eyes inside the helmet, but the soul bottle’s body doesn’t seem to be full of eyes.

“Irim. Why not just hit him?”

“Please be patient one more time. Because I have to go do something important from now on.”

DeSaid makes an awkward gesture that he may have learned from someone before he knew it. From what I’ve seen since yesterday, he intentionally shows his emotions in that manner for those of us who can’t read his facial expressions.

Looking at it, the slightly exaggerated and slightly shaking appearance makes me wonder if he is imitating the appearance of drunkards somewhere, but he looks better than before, when his emotions were unknown due to his lack of facial expression.

‘Now that I think about it, how did this place come to be?’

It was surprising that no matter what I did, I couldn’t tell their expression.

It definitely feels like it’s full of something inside, but even if you look inside through the hole in the helmet, you can’t tell because you only see completely black darkness.

Deshade looks at the angry Hwarim for a while longer, then folds his arms and says.

“I was a little disappointed, but it wasn’t bad. okay. The request was to go to the resuscitation center and look at that twig-like body, right? Let’s go and take a look and try to adjust. In addition, I will also take care of your less beautiful bodies.”

“I would appreciate it if you could.”

Squeak-

‘this.’

Master held back and applied so much force that my sleeve ended up being torn.

‘Even though it was just a supply item, I liked it because it was a neat piece of clothing.’