episode_0098

Aslen is crying, holding on to Gordan’s head.

If you just leave it alone, it will overcome itself. Because I have things to do.

The spears stuck in Karjen’s body slowly began to disappear.

Before it disappeared, I hurriedly pricked my finger on the tip of the spear, drew blood, and dropped it on Karjen, who had been turned into slime.

Karjen slowly regenerates.

This time, instead of leaving only its head, it turned into a small fox.

‘Is it because of the contract? ‘I’ve never shown myself as a fox before.’

Anyway, it doesn’t matter.

Because the little fox Karjen is cuter than the original Karjen, which looks ugly just by looking at it.

I held the fox Karjen in my arms and put my finger in her mouth.

Like a baby taking a bottle.

When she tasted blood, Karjen sucked her finger as if it was instinct.

‘I remember when I picked up a cat before.’

When my sister picked up the kitten, the rest of the family was busy, so I took care of it.

Give the baby a bottle every few hours and induce bowel movements.

It was very tough, but it was a valuable experience.

Of course, I couldn’t afford to raise a cat, so I just gave it up for adoption.

‘Nero… How are you?’

While I was feeling sentimental, thinking about Nero, who was adopted by a man who looked scary, but actually loved cats more than anyone else.

[Carjen’s strategy progress has increased. (42 -> 48%) Acquire 600 strategy points]

Suddenly, Karjen’s attack progress increased.

As I was approaching 50,000 points and forgot 5,000 points again due to fever time, the small amount of 600 points was a small consolation.

However, from earlier, Karjen’s breathing became irregular and her thumb sucking also changed.

“…This bastard is pretending to sleep?”

“……”

Karjen slowly opens her eyes.

I immediately retrieved my finger.

“Lord, my lord, I am short of blood. Please have mercy on your servant… .”

The proud Karjen begged for my mercy, calling herself a servant.

Plus, he seemed to be shaking strangely from earlier.

“…Are you really scared of me?”

I flinch.

Karjen’s fox body shook violently.

I pretend not to, but I feel like I have a lot of PTSD from Fever Time.

“Don’t be scared. As long as you obey meekly, I have no use for you.”

“Who said they were scared? Well, I’m just hungry.”

“…….”

I raised my hand.

OK,

“Hiik..!”

Karjen cringes a lot.

That sight was so funny that I burst out laughing.

Since it was in the form of a small fox that could easily fit into one’s arms, it seemed even more insignificant.

“If you don’t have anything special going on, stay like this.”

“What, what? I don’t like that.”

“It’s an order.”

“Ugh… .”

I placed my raised hand on Karjen’s stomach.

“Ugh..! Don’t touch it!”

“Stay still.”

I stroked all parts of Karjen’s body, including her stomach, chin, head, and feet.

Karjen groaned as if she was embarrassed, but because of the order to stay still, she had to just accept my touch defenselessly.

“Are you planning to use me as a plaything..?”

“Be quiet.”

Why are you talking like that?

Anyone who hears this will misunderstand.

*

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After returning to the basement of Paradise Bridge, I received a walkie-talkie from Bir and called the staff.

Since the location of Paradise Bridge was announced in advance the day before the kidnapping, the staff was waiting not far away, so they would probably arrive at the scene in 30 minutes.

After emptying the basement, Ariel, who was floating in the sky, was locked in the basement.

I was prepared to some extent, but I felt a bit uneasy about being left alone with Lily.

Sure enough, Ariel, who came down from the sky, had her left ankle and eye completely crushed, and although it was not life-threatening, she was unconscious.

“Lily. Did you do this?”

“I scolded him because he kept making annoying noises about villains.”

“…Okay. Why didn’t you kill him?”

“Of course. Because Zeke told me not to kill him.”

He looks proud because he did something well.

Saying not to kill doesn’t mean you can do anything except killing.

At least the current situation is much better than when things went crazy in the past.

In the past, when my anger threshold was low, I was so sensitive that if I hit someone, I would kill them.

Just in case, I used the emergency kit I had packed to stop the bleeding and wrapped it up with a bandage.

The broken ankle was so completely twisted that there was no room for blood to come out, so there was no need to stop the bleeding.

‘Then why are you trying to do something so useless?’

Since Lily wouldn’t have touched it first, Ariel would have been the one to say the damn thing.

I don’t know what the hell he did, but it must have been to resist me.

It’s really amazing.

“Director, please excuse me for a moment. It’s okay if I go in, right?”

Leon’s voice was heard from the entrance to the basement.

“Come in. It doesn’t matter.”

After I gave permission, Leon came down the stairs with great strides.

In response, Lily called out cheerfully, ‘Sister!’ and ran to give Leon a hug.

“The joint mission with my sister today was the best. Let’s work together again next time!”

“…Okay, then.”

“By the way, you don’t have any ‘poses’ or ‘lines’ yet, right?”

“Pose..? Ambassador?”

“Something like this!”

Lily, who fell from Rion’s arms, assumed her own magical girl pose.

“In the name of justice, all villains should be put to death!”

Seeing that the line I heard last time has changed, I guess it has changed again.

“……”

Leon looked at Lily with a puzzled expression.

“Now, it’s your turn.”

“Ah… . that is… .”

Leon looks at me with perplexed eyes and asks for help.

It might have been fun to pretend not to see it, but Leon’s face was turning so red that it seemed like it was going to explode, so I decided to help him out a little.

“Lily. Leon is an apprentice so there is no such thing.”

“Really? I was there even though I was an apprentice.”

“That was because you were excellent.”

“Ah, I see! Of course it’s me!”

“Yes, yes. Lily was the one who did the most today, so let’s go and rest first.”

“Yes~!”

Lily came out cheerfully, said hello to Leon, and then left the basement.

Leon asked with a puzzled expression.

“Why is that kind and innocent child like that…? . Do you know something, Director?”

“Various things happened.”

A lot of things happened to Lily.

At the time of the experiment, Lily was too young.

The same may have been true of Rion, who was young, but she must have been mature for her age because she had experienced the difficult life outside while taking care of her younger brother.

But Lily was kidnapped without knowing anything.

He was such an innocent and ignorant child that he mistakenly thought that Roddy’s assault was love, not abuse.

It would be even more strange if a child who had difficulty controlling his anger due to experiments from a young age, became accustomed to violence, and grew up ostracized in the orphanage after escaping, remained sane.

“Rion, do you know about the magical girl serial murder case that happened a long time ago?”

“I know.”

An incident in which Lily, pretending to be a magical girl, brutally murdered thousands of ‘villains’.

It is impossible not to know about this because it is a famous incident that caused such a stir in the empire.

In particular, Rion would have been wandering around the underworld and working as a mercenary at that time.

“The culprit of that incident is Lily.”

“…I heard the culprit committed suicide.”

“Of course it’s a cesspool. Because we stole it.”

“Is it possible for the management bureau to do something like that?”

“It wasn’t easy.”

It wouldn’t be a big problem for most criminals to secretly steal it, but you can’t mess with a heinous criminal like Lily.

In particular, at the time, the management bureau had just been established, so there was little influence.

In the end, he had to take on a huge task in return for borrowing the prime minister’s power.

Even the homework was an event, so there was no real loss.

“…Director, why did you save Lily?”

Leon asked with an expression that seemed complicated in many ways.

I think I heard this question last time.

“Because Lily is a pixie.”

I answered simply.

In fact, it was such an answer that there was no answer.

Nevertheless, Leon nodded.

“I see… .”

With a very happy smile.

[Lion’s strategy progress has increased. (36 -> 60%) Acquire 1,200 strategy points]

[Rion’s favor level has increased. (4 -> 5) Acquire 500 strategy points]

Suddenly, and quite a bit.

Leon’s progress has increased.

As a bonus, there is also a liking level.

‘It has risen this much… . I think I have a vague understanding of Leon.’

Each heroine’s strategy is different, but they have one thing in common.

The point is that all heroines have their own ‘ideal type’, and the closer I get to that ideal type, the more progress I make in capturing it.

Bir wanted a master who would sacrifice his life without regret.

Veronica wanted a nice, dependable prince who would protect her.

Cheshire wanted a gaming partner who would have fun with him.

Ariel wanted an absolute person who would completely dominate her.

In this way, each heroine has a desire, and the strategy progresses as I become the person who satisfies that desire, that is, the ‘ideal type’.

So what is Leon’s ideal type?

Because of the conversation just now, it’s difficult to sum it up neatly in one sentence, but I think I know roughly what it feels like.

‘Trustworthy, dependable, selfless… . that kind of person.’

There was no ‘person like that’ in Leon’s life until now.

Abandoned by parents whom he was supposed to trust and rely on.

I was abused by an adult who entrusted my body to me, and worse, I was almost raped.

He was abused by his younger brother and suffered from experiments.

Afterwards, he worked as a mercenary to make money in the underworld.

Her surroundings were always full of ‘malice’.

There were only selfish evil people who wanted to use others for their own benefit.

Nevertheless, it was not tainted by malice.

Perhaps it was because I firmly believed that I would meet ‘that kind of person’ someday.

‘Even last time in Wonderland, the progress went up when I rescued all the civilians.’

At that time, Leon evaluated me as a ‘good person.’

And even now, for Rion, he saves his younger sister, Lily, who is in trouble, and plays the role of a magical girl for Lily, whose mind is in danger.

‘I unintentionally created a lot of favorable comments.’

Anyway, I now have a sense of how to attack Rion.

A heroine who can be conquered only by accumulating good deeds.

Her presence among all the crazy, idiotic heroines was like a vibrant flower blooming in the rotten ground.

Of course I don’t like flowers.

‘It’s really annoying.’

In general, good deeds are more difficult and bothersome than bad deeds.

It’s easy to kill them all, but it’s annoying to keep them all alive.

Last time at Wonderland, we saved everyone to completely win against Cheshire.

“Hey, Director… .”

While he was lost in thought for a while, Leon hesitated and opened his mouth.

“Perhaps… . Can I get the award this time too?”

“Well, that’s right. Since you worked hard, of course it should be given to you. Is there anything you want?”

“Ah, that’s… . If you do the same thing as last time… . That’s enough.”

The award I gave you last time?

Oh, did you go out and have fun in the city?

“Hmm… .”

“As expected… . Is it not possible?”

Leon became noticeably sullen.

It feels like a dog getting wet in the rain.

I thought about it before, but even though Rion looks blunt on the outside, she secretly has a girlish sensibility.

Actually, going on a date with Leon isn’t that difficult.

Rupiah only comes here once every 2-3 days these days, and he always comes in the evening, so if you get your timing right, you won’t be caught.

Even if I get caught, I think I can get away with something with the current Rupiah.

Maybe it’s just my arrogance, but it’s become quite docile.

‘I usually think like this and get hit in the back of the head.’

Write. I suddenly became anxious.

“I’ll think about it.”

Leon’s slumped shoulders shook.

Am I just happy that I wasn’t rejected?

It was funny because it was clearly visible that he was controlling his facial expressions to not show off.

“I understand. Well, then I’ll just… . I’m sorry for taking your time while you were busy.”

After finishing what I had to say, I saw Leon climbing the stairs stiffly, like a broken robot, and this thought occurred to me.

‘It’s mugwort veins.’