95 – My Wife is the Devil (2)
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『Devil’s Nest』
A magic that only a very small number of the 24 high-ranking demons, led by Nirhil, can handle.
This magic, which creates the world itself by applying the devil’s ability to perfectly imitate any being to one’s own image, is identical in its operating principle to Rom’s power, 『Genesis』.
If you look at it this way, it seems like a truly absurd magic, but in reality, the fuel efficiency of magical energy is so bad that even creating and maintaining a world the size of a small mansion would cause most demons to run out of magical energy. In fact, it is safe to say that it is a lost magic.
However, as added in the grand explanation of creating the world.
There was not an idiot demon who maintained a nest so large that it could literally be called the world itself, even while enduring inefficient consumption of magic power.
… A demon nicknamed the Emperor’s Nightmare. Cecil Lionelta is the main character.
No one knows why she maintains such incredible magic at all times.
Even the familiars who lived within the ‘Devil’s Nest’ and managed various facilities, including the mansion built within it, did not know exactly why their master was committing such inefficient waste of magical power.
I can only vaguely assume that it is to show off to other demons or to store countless familiars.
But recently.
After a new corps commander named Kkamang accidentally discovered ‘something’ in a corner of the mansion built within the nest.
Among a group of familiars named the Nightmare Legion, ‘The reason why the Emperor’s Nightmare pours out an irrational amount of infinite magical power to maintain its nest.’
In fact.
The nemesis of all demons.
To store the Collection About Julius Tapnel.
Such ridiculous rumors began to circulate.
***
After the holy sword in the form of a girl disappeared after being captured by a tentacle demon summoned by Cecil.
Julius visited the devil’s nest again with Cecil.
Of course, I didn’t go out to kill time because I had nothing to do.
Before dawn the next day, there was actually more work to do than Taesan in order to break into the royal palace occupied by Saint Erman and a demon named Arnhill, but because of her holy sword, even if Cecil was sprained, he was able to appease her. It was an inevitable choice to give.
‘It’s okay. Because it’s not a waste of time. No, it’s actually a benefit in terms of time?’
According to what Cecil said, even if you spend more than a night in the nest, in reality, only about a minute passes.
There was no strategic reason to refuse.
Anyway, after comforting Cecile, who was very upset for various reasons, on the bed provided in one corner of the mansion.
Julius is taking a walk while pondering the story about Erman that Lionelta told him.
As I looked around the inside of the mansion, which had a luxurious feel like a royal palace.
“…… Ha.”
For your information, I am walking alone.
The Holy Sword, which was always chattering while hanging on his waist, was in the midst of a desperate escape from the tentacle demon. While Cecil was having a ‘conversation of reconciliation’ on the bed, her back hurt and she was receiving a massage from her female servants.
‘Yu, Yuliushu. ‘My waist, my waist is gone!’
“…… Under.”
What a high-ranking devil whining about losing his waist. It’s not even a joke.
When I remembered what happened earlier, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Trump─ Tudge─
As I was walking along the bright red carpeted hallway, I thought about Cecil’s white and soft cheeks and made a serious expression as I thought about what would happen in the future.
Julius was in a quiet hallway—in fact, everywhere was quiet except for the one where Cecil was—but the inscription on the door in the corner bothered him, so he stopped for a moment.
“…… “What is this?”
[Julius Special Feature]
A list of words engraved on a wooden door carved from a whole old tree.
Julius made a shocked expression as he looked at the absurd words engraved in a needlessly archaic handwriting.
“What is the Julius special section?” ….”
Isn’t it beyond a bit of an embarrassing level?
If you can’t even imagine what’s beyond the door, you’ll probably feel curiosity.
Unfortunately, the words engraved on the door gave Julius a rough idea of the scene beyond.
…… Well, it looks like there’s probably a strange portrait hanging there.
After finishing his thoughts, Julius glanced at his name written in elegant handwriting, then started walking again.
We decided not to open the door to [Julius Special Hall].
Even if you are a married couple, you still have a private life, and I didn’t want to go and see a place where it was obvious that there would be embarrassing things.
“…… “Cecil has a bit of a perverted side.”
If you happen to see a painting of Julius himself naked, you might not be able to look at Cecil’s face properly for a while.
… ….
Anyway, Julius decided to stop taking a walk and exploring the mansion at this point.
I was afraid that if I kept going through the mansion, I would see Cecil’s dark history, which I should not have seen, and I also felt nervous about what would happen if things with Erman did not work out properly.
But Saint Telmir said:
As the saying goes, something you desperately want to avoid will definitely happen.
It was as if the door would always open no matter what choice Julius made.
The antique wooden door with Julius’ name engraved on it opened, and someone’s voice was heard from inside.
“Don’t do that, come in. “There’s nothing strange about it that you think of.”
It was the voice of a person he was familiar with. To be exact, it was the voice of the woman who had been shaking a little while ago.
“…… Cecil?”
My lovely wife, whom it has now become natural to have by my side. Hearing Cecil’s voice, Julius stopped walking and turned his head. His hair was sticking out through the crack in the slightly open door of the special pavilion. A familiar brown light flickered in his eyes.
“It feels really good to be called that. “Rom’s child.”
And as if Julius’s words were the correct answer, the owner of the voice smiled slightly mischievously and peeked out her face through the gap in the door.
“You… ….”
“It’s been a while since I last saw you. No. “It seems absurd to say that it’s been a while since we were just rolling around on the bed together.”
“…… Nirhil.”
The sharp nose, the slightly flushed cheeks, and the appetizing light pink lips, everything is Cecil itself.
Only one thing. Except for the eyes that are so black that even light is sucked in.
“…… “Haven’t you become one with Cecil again?”
Julius narrowed his eyes as he looked at Nirhil who suddenly popped out.
Apparently her personality of Nirhil disappeared, becoming one with her after her Julius accepted the reanimated Cecil. But why did it appear again? And at a place with a strange name like [Julius Special Hall].
He did not understand the situation at all when Nirhil reappeared.
“Well, I’ll leave that trivial aside later. “Let’s take a look around here together for a while.”
“No. Answer me first…… !”
But Nirhil doesn’t know whether he knows what’s going on in Julius’s confused head.
I pulled on his collar with an innocent smile that I couldn’t tell what was going on.
“Me too. Because I am a ‘wife’ who deserves to be loved by you. “Please give me a moment.”
In an alluring and elegant voice, she mentioned the fact that she was also Cecil.
***
“Isn’t it beautiful? Most of the things here are handmade by me. Of course, we borrowed the power of magic to procure the ingredients.”
“… ….”
Cecil with black eyes.
Julius, led by the hand of the great devil Nirhil, entered the [Julius Special Hall] And slowly looked around at the scenery in front of him, following Nirhil’s graceful gestures.
The interior of the special hall, seen through the path of a thin arm cutting through the air, was much neater and sounder than I imagined.
“Figure. And there are a lot of dolls.”
Portraits depicting Julius were drawn on the walls, just as he had expected.
Starting with the picture showing a strange expression pretending to be fatal, all of them contain a lot of Cecil’s selfish intentions. It’s to the point where I can’t bear to open my eyes and look.
However, what actually filled the interior of the special hall were not paintings or statues with outrageous naked bodies, but dolls with large heads.
“…… Hmm.”
Nirhil gestures as if telling you to look around.
The pitch-black eyes are filled with a faint sense of pride.
“… This is what happened. “Try not to make any reservations.”
There were so many things I wanted to ask.
However, Julius decided to match the rhythm of Nirhil for now.
Atonement for once treating Nirhil harshly… It wasn’t for a grand reason, it was simply because he clearly showed that he would keep his mouth shut if people didn’t appreciate the doll.
“This is all me.”
Julius walked leisurely and looked around at the dolls displayed in the glass box, then opened his mouth to Nirhil.
There are hundreds of dolls in the box. They all had blond hair and were wearing uniforms that resembled mourning clothes, and I could see why this place was given the name [Julius Special Hall].
“…… Okay. These are all you. “Isn’t it really cute?”
Nirhil answered his words with a fresh smile.
I don’t know when I took the doll out of the box, but I was also holding a Julius doll with puffy cheeks in my arms.
“I don’t look like this.”
“I know. But isn’t this cuter?”
Nirhil smiled brightly as he massaged the cheeks of a doll with a head the size of its body.
“…… So. Now, won’t you tell me soon? “Why did you appear again?”
Julius, who had been looking at that scene for a moment, cautiously opened his mouth towards Nirhil. Even though I knew that this demon in front of me was definitely Cecil. Julius sensed her slight ‘discomfort’ as he faced her.
“It still seems like you don’t like me. When he took his body, he acted as if he was going to take all the stars in the sky. “Are you saying you’ve already seen everything?”
“… ….”
With her eyes open in a half-moon shape, Nir Hill secretly covers her chest as if she was seeing a pervert.
In the past, even if you held my hand, my cheeks would turn red and I would run away.
Julius spoke again to the devil, who was now able to make such jokes with ease.
“If you want, I can pick it for you, even if it’s a big deal.”
“That’s it. “There is no need for a liar’s braggadocio.”
“It’s not a lie. If you really want…….”
“I promised that I would love the country even when it looks like this. “Aren’t you really upset that I’m coming back?”
“… ….”
“Huh. But it doesn’t matter because I love you too.”
Inconvenient. Perplexity. And some affection.
Nirhil smiled boldly as she looked at the swirl of countless emotions in Julius’ golden eyes that were looking at her.
She didn’t do anything ugly like begging for love like she used to.
The reason why she was loved was because Cecile’s personality as a human was enough.
“So. “Are you curious about my reappearance?”
“Okay. Perhaps you are suffering again because of me. “Am I just acting foolishly until my insides fester without saying anything?”
I am worried about that.
Looking directly into black eyes that seem to contain emptiness. Julius revealed her true feelings to Nirhil.
The other day. The reason why Cecil’s personality was split into two was Julius himself.
Her own heart, rejecting her as the devil, split her Cecil Lionel Taran woman’s personality in two.
Even at this very moment. Don’t you feel uncomfortable calling Cecile Nirhil just because they speak differently?
Julius blamed himself for his mistake and at the same time felt unbearable anxiety.
“It’s different from before. At that time, existence itself was split in two due to your strong mind denying the devil. “It’s different this time.”
This is something Cecil, that is, I did myself. By necessity.
As if there was no need for unnecessary self-blame. Nirhil spoke firmly.
“I don’t understand. “Tell me in more detail.”
“Unfortunately. “I can’t tell you.”
“…… ?”
“As Nirhil, I have an extremely devil-like mindset. And the devil always gets something in return when he does a human favor.”
“…… Cost.”
In order to find out why the personality was divided into two again, a price is needed. Hearing Nirhil’s words, Julius narrowed his eyes.
“I understand. “I will make you pay.”
However, soon he willingly agreed to pay the price.
No matter how big the price, in the end it is Cecil who asks and Julius himself who pays.
At best, he thought he would ask for something trivial in return, such as increasing the number of kisses he gave her when he woke up in the morning.
However, the price offered by Nirhil was beyond Julius’s imagination.
“Take this.”
“This…” ….”
Julius nodded his head willingly. As if he had been waiting, Nirhil took out something small and long from the small pocket on the dress he was wearing and handed it to Julius.
“It’s just an ordinary pen.”
“Why are you giving me this all of a sudden…” Ah.”
Julius, who suddenly tilted his head while looking at the pen in his hand, was soon able to realize Nirhil’s intention.
In short, the price was a contract.
Of course, a contract is something like a symbol of the devil.
“And take this too.”
Finally, Nir Hill took something out of his pocket again and handed it to Julius.
“Okay, give me the contract…” … La?”
Julius, who of course thought he would give him a contract or something that demons commonly use, narrowed his brows as he looked at the object in his hand.
What he held in his hand was a piece of white, soft cloth.
When I held it with both hands and unfolded it, it turned out to be a negligee nightgown that women commonly wear in bed.
“Please sign there.”
“…… What?”
“It’s a sign. Sign. “Why do novelists usually include it in their first editions?”
“… ….”
“I really want to have your autograph. “Even when I was stupid, I always wanted it, but I always forgot and couldn’t get it.”
Oh, and please write a small message under the signature.
‘Julius’s own cute puppy. ‘Cecil Lionelta.’
“Uh…. I get it.”
“Oh, I made a mistake. “Please write that it is a female cat, not a puppy.”
“… ….”
The sight of Nirhil asking for a handwritten autograph while spouting words like ‘female cat’ so earnestly is pure madness.
Julius could do nothing but nod his head.