200 – Cause and Effect (4)
[Croquette, let go of this right now!!]
[No, wait, wait!!]
[Why are you doing this all of a sudden?!]
[Put this down!!]
[Sorry, Lucia. To me, Master Faust’s orders have greater priority. So… Please come obediently!!]
Lucia, Iris, Celestine, and Lena disobeyed my orders and tried to remain in the sparring hall. They appealed that their condition was fine and showed that there was no need to rest.
But to me, all that struggling had nothing to do with it.
Anyway, the purpose of today’s sparring is not to improve skills or train, but to find out how much everyone has grown and how to respond to an attack they are seeing for the first time. A new plan must be made based on today’s battle data, and a meaningless fight cannot be restarted.
No matter how well you pretend to be in the first place, there will be damage because you fought so fiercely. There is no need or reason to restart the fight and accumulate damage.
[Irene, you stay.]
[…Yes?]
And from the warrior party, only Irene was left in the sparring hall.
It was very unfortunate for Irene, who needed to rest after the battle, but since I needed to know why the warrior party had changed so much, I couldn’t send Irene, who seemed to know the reason for the change, as is.
[Yes…!?]
[Irene stays… No way!]
[Ooh, us too… Us too!!]
[Aigokeros, take him away quickly!!]
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Of course, since Irene was left alone, the other four people saw it and went crazy… Well, it’s okay since they weren’t doing anything bad anyway. I’m just asking.
Anyway, the other four people left and I was going to ask Irene, who was left alone, why the kids had changed so much… Unfortunately, I think I’ll have to postpone that until a little later.
“Ugh… Ah… Hibb…”
“…”
When Belial saw that all the scary children were gone, he cried and fell into my arms.
The Demon God, who had always behaved elegantly until she met the hero’s party, has now become a delicate girl who feels like she is going crazy due to injustice.
Belial’s trembling hands and body are enough to make me who see them know what he is feeling right now. You don’t have to use the devil’s power to read emotions.
“I, I… Why are you so…”
“Stop, it’s not your fault. Everyone… I think something just happened.”
“Seo, Seo-bang-nim… Seo-bang-nii…”
It will spin.
Belial has affection for me, but he always expressed it with restraint due to his title as a demon god, but now he is just releasing his affection without any restraint.
No, should we call it dependence rather than affection?
It seems that Belial’s instinct was to see me as the savior of his life when he realized that I had bitten everyone.
“Well… I just wanted to get some points from my daughters… hehehe… I wanted to look cool…”
“…Don’t cry. What on earth are you going to do if the demon god sheds tears like that? Irene.”
“N-Yes… Mr. Faust.”
“Don’t speak.”
Although the subject and object were missing, Irene seemed to clearly understand what I was talking about.
Airi nods her head with a solemn face and agrees to my words.
“So, why on earth did the children change like that?”
“It’s… Because of Faust.”
“What?”
When she pats Belial, who is crying in her arms, and asks Irene what happened to her children, Irene gives a very strange answer.
Is it because of me? What does that mean?
“During the sparring, Faust’s body, which has received damage from the warrior party, scatters fragments everywhere. After the sparring is over, the children collect the fragments of Faust’s body scattered around the sparring hall.”
“You’re picking it up? Why on earth?”
“If you ask me why… Um… I don’t know what to say… Yes, it’s because I’m lonely. I’m making up for my loneliness with fragments of Faust’s body.”
The more Irene listens to her answer, the more confused she becomes.
It’s like listening to some kind of riddle. She doesn’t give a proper answer, but answers in as many twists and turns as possible, so in some cases, you might get annoyed and wonder if she’s just playing around… But right now, I don’t feel annoyed at all.
Irene’s expression was more serious than ever, and she was afraid.
As if he was thinking to himself whether it was okay to say this straight away.
“…What does it mean to stuff?”
“That’s…”
“Don’t worry, you won’t be at any disadvantage.”
After hearing my repeated urgings and promises, Irene’s expression soon changed to one where she seemed to have made up her mind. Of course, even with that determined expression, hesitation still remained as to whether he could really say this straight away.
…What is it really? What on earth did you do with the fragments of my body that would put Irene on her guard like that?
If you think about what you can do with body fragments, the only thing that comes to mind is making rough equipment or magic tools.
“…I smell it.”
“What?”
“It’s not just the smell. You can eat fragments of Faust’s body, grind them into powder and inhale them, burn the powder and drink it… Or rub it.”
However, Irene’s answer far exceeded all my expectations.
Uh… Eat? Are you inhaling? Drink?
And speaking of rubbing, where on earth? No way there
“…Faust, please hurry and have mercy on them.”
“…Mercy?”
“Everyone… Can’t hold on any longer. Faust’s uneasy distance makes them have great hopes, but Faust’s attitude without any physical interaction quickly turns that hope into despair. “It was that despair that led to this disaster.”
Once Irene started speaking, she continued to speak with great determination, and the more I listened to her, the more dazed I became.
So, what Irene is trying to say now is that because I distanced myself from everyone, the children’s s*xual desires… Have become strangely distorted.
No, in the first place, the fragments of my body were strong, but they could have been a major negative influence for the warrior party, which was just a living creature. It can act like a drug.
If everyone was poisoned by fragments of my body… It would explain everything that happened today and the strange hostility towards Belial.
“…Go back and rest for now, Irene.”
“Please make a wise choice.”
Irene nods to me and turns around to leave the sparring hall to take her rest. Now she has only me and Belial left in the sparring arena.
If there had been Lucia, Iris, Celestine, or Lena instead of Belial, they would have used this opportunity to satisfy their desires, but the current Belial shows no signs of doing so.
I guess I’m still so upset that I’m going crazy, so I just keep crying with my face buried in my arms.
…Wow, for a demon with the power of a demon, he is very soft-hearted.
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“Ugh… No, I can’t stand it. Iris, do you have any left? I’ll pay you back later, so lend me some.”
“Me too… It’s so… Difficult…”
“…No, this is mine.”
“I’ll pay you back, so please lend me some money…!!”
The warrior party, having lost their chance to satisfy their desires, soon begins to compete with each other for limited resources.
No, even if it is a competition, it is just that three other people are fighting over Iris, who monopolizes the resources.
“…If you won’t give it to me, I have no choice but to take it by force.”
“Stop! You can’t fight!!”
Of course, Aigoceros, Flora, Nero, Cerberus, and other family members are desperately trying to stop the fight between the hero parties.
Seeing that the atmosphere has suddenly become dangerous, the family members take their stances and try to control the situation before the worst happens.
“Croquette, don’t disturb.”
“Ugh…”
But unfortunately, the efforts of such relatives are meaningless.
Just because Lucia and other hero party members are showing off their spirit, the subordinates are overwhelmed by the hero party and cannot move properly.
The subordinates are too weak for the warrior party, who have gained the ability to become infinitely stronger through the system and have steadily become stronger with the fragments of Faust’s body.
The only person who can stop this situation through force is Faust himself, and the only person who can stop it through persuasion is also Faust.
Kkiiiii~
“…!”
“Pa, Master Faust…!”
At that moment, the door creaks open and Faust walks in from beyond the door, and the atmosphere changes in an instant.
The imminent situation that threatens to lead to bloodshed with Iris’s [Precious Bag] Disappears, and the warrior party, who took the opportunity to quench their desires, just opens their eyes and looks at Faust.
The hero party, who quickly turned their eyes away from Iris’s collection, which was nothing more than a by-product of the main body, wanted to feel the main body directly, not a by-product.
The warrior party walks towards Faust little by little, even though they clearly know that Faust will run away or refuse.
Kkoookㅡ
“Uh, uh…?”
But, far beyond everyone’s expectations, Faust just stood there quietly.
With a very confused expression.
No, it’s not just about making facial expressions. Faust’s arms embraced all four women who were embraced by him.
“…I’m sorry for leaving you lonely.”
The expression on Faust’s face when he says that… Shows great determination.