2nd Round Villain

54 – – 400, Paladin contracted with the devil – 8

A woman is hanging on a cross in the deep darkness without any remorse. The woman with her arms spread out as if her palms were fixed on something had rare white hair and white eyes.

Saint Mary.

It is a lonely soul with about four hundred years left to be born.

“Start the day with an optimistic spirit…

End the day with a forgiving heart…

Happiness begins and ends only in the heart… .”

Maria was chattering to herself in a quiet voice. For her, who had no one to talk to in the spirit world, every hour was a time for self-reflection, except when she briefly communicated with Oscar Lucifer.

When Maria slowly raised her head, she saw a gloomy darkness. There is no difference in the view when the head is lowered or raised.

“It is dark… .”

If you say you’re not afraid, it’s because you’re not being honest. Waiting for a long time alone in a place where there is no one, in a place where even an echo does not come back even if you shout, was an arduous practice.

At first, she spent her time reminiscing about her past life, but Maria has lived as a human for only 28 years. Life in the spirit world, which had already passed a hundred years, was such a long time that Maria was tired of reflecting on her life.

Of course, the dark wasn’t the only fear. There was another thing that treated Maria’s tender heart more harshly.

“What time is it now… .”

That’s right, you don’t know the time.

It’s hard enough just waiting all day, and I don’t even know how many hours have passed and how many hours are left. It was like psychological torture, as if my mind was being cut.

Having endured such an environment for a hundred years already, I could guess the time to some extent by feeling it, but it was not perfect.

However, the most fearful of all, the thing that makes you shudder just by imagining it existed separately.

“Joker… When are you going to call me again?”

worry and worry

towards a demon.

There was no shortage of worries and concerns. As if she had multiple lives, she behaved dangerously no matter what she did, so Maria’s heart shrank nervously whenever Oscar’s communication was even slightly delayed.

also… .

“Love is such a terrible thing… I didn’t even know… .”

I wonder if Oscar’s love has cooled.

Maria was terrified of it.

More than when I was trapped in Tartarus, waiting for the cruel end that was approaching day by day.

However, there was nothing Maria could do about it. Just, thinking of Oscar for 23 hours and 40 minutes, longing for it, and when the 20-minute grace time comes, I just do my best to talk.

“Lord… Even if you gave me just one line of your answer, I, a fool, would be able to wait with faith. What kind of picture are you drawing… .”

Even if I prayed to the Lord with a frustrated heart, the reality that only silence returned did not change. Maria let out a grim sigh.

*****

“Keong kong! wake up! Kung!”

I hear dogs.

That damn son of a b*tch. Should I really have vocal cord surgery?

“Kyong-k-k-k-k-k-k-k! Do it, high! Get up quickly!”

… Damn it, if it really did, that stupid loyalty would be completely wiped out. I cupped my hand, which was locked under the blanket, in the shape of a blade, and quickly swung it towards the source of the sound.

Huiik – Kkap!

Eh, something caught the hand-blade attack that should have hit Aru’s forehead by now. On something very hard, slightly pointed.

The feeling of passing through the back of the hand is damp. What the hell did Aru do? The moment I tried to open my eyes that had been closed while wandering in my dreams.

“Ododog-.”

“Quaaagh!”

“Hey, are you awake?”

“This, this goddamn wolf child… ! What if you bite your finger! are you going to cure this? uh?”

“therapy? I’m sorry, I don’t know that.”

“Aru you bastard… ! You’ve been very cheeky lately… !”

My fingers throb. It was because Aru mercilessly chewed it with his teeth. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to bleed.

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Jureuk-.

oh, now it’s me sore fingers Tears are stinging.

They say that the wolf beasts of other houses pant well for their owners, so why is Aru the only one like this? Won. There is a limit to being patient with puberty.

hmm… was that a dog? anyway.

“Aruya, what should I do with you?”

“What is it?”

“How do I raise Aru so that rumors spread that I raised him well? It’s not good enough to just hit.”

Aru is now a full-fledged adult. It was only when I was young that I swallowed the heart-rending pain and forcibly took the cane from the standpoint of disciplining, but isn’t it a bit like being able to flog a grown adult?

I’m worried. ran into difficulties Normally, I would have been able to pierce through the difficulties in front of me even if it took days and days, but at this point I don’t have the time to do that.

Today I am a magician after a long time. not an educator.

“Give me some food, kongkong.”

“what? rice? Are you saying that it bites the owner and causes it to bleed?”

“Kong. I’m hungry. But do young demons hurt a lot?”

“Aren’t you sick? Hey Aru. Give me your hand.”

“What is it?”

“Hands, dude. don’t you know your hand? Ha, this wolf pup. How the hell did you get home schooling? Doesn’t your family teach you these basic things?”

As he spoke proudly and held out his hand, Aru’s expression instantly became stern. Aru makes a menacing throat-scratching sound.

“Err… My family is smart… !”

“Hey, were you smart enough to fall into a trap and get exterminated? What a great family.”

“Ki-ing… .”

Aru wriggles as if thinking of his deceased family members. Are my words too harsh? No matter how angry I am, I think it’s a bit over the line when I touch my family. I feel sorry for nothing.

“Ah, whatever! Give me your hand! Aru!”

“Kong. But what about the hand?”

Aru puts his hand on top of my outstretched hand. I brought it to my mouth and bit it hard.

“Break it up!”

The reaction was instantaneous. Aru quickly pulled out the bitten finger and wrapped it with his other hand. Aru demanded an explanation with a face full of tears.

“Are you sick? Is this what you did earlier?”

“Err… ! The young demon always hit me… !”

“Even if you have wolf ears, you have to speak right. When did I hit you every day? I rarely hit you these days. If you twist it, will you listen to orders?”

“Keong kong! bad! bad! Kkong kuk kuk kuk!”

Aru barks noisily. I roughly covered my ears and looked outside through the window.

The sun was up in the middle of the sky.

… Is it mid-heaven already?

In an instant, the drowsiness ran away. Maybe it was because I drank too much with Beatrice yesterday, but I slept too long. I’m going to be busy all day today.

“ha… It’s probably too late I must hurry.”

“Kong? what?”

“You are there right now. Yeah, at times like this, you should act as an assistant. Aru like this bastard.”

“Kuong? Bob, won’t you? I’m hungry… .”

“I will give it to you if you do what Aru tells you to do well. Now, look here.”

After shaking my head and blowing away all the remaining energy, I took out two pieces of paper from Arachne’s bag. Then, Aru bit into one of them and put his finger, which was dripping with red blood.

The red paint, which has just been released from the soft meat, smears on the white drawing paper. It is very beautiful to see the flowers blooming. I moved my hand vigorously.

circle, triangle, square. thick circle. thin triangle. A crumpled rectangle. Draw figures that are gradually getting weirder on drawing paper. If there is only one shape, it is unattractive, but when dozens of shapes are gathered and become a ‘pattern’ with a certain arrangement and regularity, it has its own beauty.

Even if it’s only a shape, it’s ‘arrogant’.

“what are you doing? What is it?”

“Whatever it is, it creates jobs for Aru. Well, that’s it. Now, Aru, take this.”

Drawing paper with a nice red pattern engraved on it. I unfolded it, looked over it a few times, and handed it to Aru with a grin. It’s because I’m proud of myself for drawing a summoning circle that looks grotesque enough to give goosebumps all over my body just by looking at it. Ah, maybe I wasn’t a painter in my previous life.

Aru gives me an incomprehensible look. As if responding to that gaze, I told Aru what to do. adding an explanation.

“He who wears the swords of hell on his body, great devil who has all the demons in the world under his feet, I call you, ruler of the night, from this spot.”

“Kong? Kungkong?”

“Lucifer, fallen angel with arrogance, respond to the summoning circle.”

“What is it?”

The doubts in Aru’s blue eyes grow. It must be because of my ignorant words.

“Memorize roughly. It’s okay if things like summoning spells are a little wrong.”

“A summoning spell? summon? what?”

“Didn’t you just hear? Summoning the demon Lucifer?”

“Kong? devil? Lucifer? why?”

“I don’t know about that, go out into the backyard and memorize it later. Lay it on the floor of this summoning machine. and… .”

He blurted out his words and took out a piece of paper that hadn’t been painted yet. It is pure white paper.

The beings you want to summon with this piece of paper aren’t demons, so you shouldn’t use an ominous medium like blood. I struggled for a while. Other than blood, what should I use as ink?

Oh yeah. That should be it.

I clenched my fists. Then, he quickly waved his arms back and forth, left and right. As fast as I can, as fast as I can. The afterimage of the arm leaves a stain in the air. A gust of wind blows through the room. Like that, I think I shook it for about three minutes.

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Jurreuk – Tuduk.

Sweat drips from his arms, which are dripping with sweat, like Leonard falling off a cliff.

sweat. A sign of glorious hard work. Even the bread eaten by the emperor, the greatest human being, would not exist if it were not for the dedicated farming of farmers. Sweat is the beautiful drops of penance. All life lives to sweat.

It is a liquid that is perfectly suited to a species such as an ‘angel’, standing in the exact opposite position of ‘laziness’, one of the seven deadly sins.

For me who wants to summon Archangel Uriel, it can be said that it is the perfect paint. Although the color is transparent, the pattern will inevitably be faint, but the angels who take pride in their labor don’t mind it.

The hand moves along the surface of the drawing paper, scattering sweat drops. There is regularity this time too, but it is different from when Lucifer was summoned. Straight, straight, straight. Hard, angular lines embroider the drawing paper.

For angels love strict rules and order. Unlike demons who revere unbridled barbarism. Of these, my inclination is clearly towards the latter. It seems that demon blood is not going anywhere.

Swoop-. pop-.

“Kyung… Young demons are weird.”

“Come on, Aru. take it.”

“What is this again?”

“Archangel Uriel Summoning Circle. Listen carefully and memorize properly this time. Big!”

After a moment of clearing my voice, I opened my mouth in the highest possible voice.

“O recipient of the most sacred grace. A noble flame that serves the master of all things. I call you, who believe in goodness and the Lord, from this spot.”

“Complex. difficult. Kkong-kwon.”

“Archangel Uriel wielding the sword of truth, respond to the summoning circle. You have to memorize this well. Angels are sensitive to things like the perfection of a summoning ceremony. It shows sincerity or something.”

Lucifer is my ancestor and Beatrice Constantino’s contractor. Uriel once had a goddam battle with such Lucifer, and it remains an enmity to this day. I will use both of them.

“Ki-ing… Can I just do these two?”

Aru asks a question while holding the two pieces of paper I made.

“Later, go to the backyard. Get this first before that.”

I put a bottle from the sack in Aru’s hand. It was a bottle whose opening was tightly sealed with a stopper.

“Kong? What is it?”

“The blood of the Black Wyvern. The bloody smell is very nasty.”

“Cheer, what is it? Why are you giving me this? Nose hurts!”

“Why, from now on Aru has to go around the surrounding forest and spray the smell. If you want the smell to go away, sprinkle some blood on it.”

“Why should I do that?”

“hmm… is it an order? Do you miss the taste of the magic wand?”

“Ki-ing… okay… .”

No matter how young you are, you can’t beat the magic wand. It’s like this a long time ago.

The reason for giving Aru a bottle of Black Wyvern’s blood is simple. From now on, I plan to attract the monsters that live in southern Masurim to this house.

The Black Wyvern itself is a monster that is said to be in its own right. An opponent who would not be able to easily catch even a monster in the forest. It’s an insignificant existence that is no different from an insect to the supremes of the forest, such as King Oh, but to them, it’s really no different than an insect, so there’s no reason to aim for it.

The blood of such a Black Wyvern is scattered all over the forest? Most monsters who smelled it would reason. Around here, a wounded Black Wyvern is hiding. It was seriously wounded, to the point where it smelled of blood all over the forest.

Naturally, saliva will form at the corners of your mouth. Just killing them and absorbing their spirit would double the power of the tolerable Demonic Forest monsters. In the jungle of the jungle, increasing power means expanding the territory you own.

The monsters who have been faithful to their desires from birth will follow the smell of blood as I designed, and then gather here, at Beatrice’s house.

It’s also the first directing of the magic show I’m going to put on today. Awaken Beatrice’s desire.

“Come to this house, running as fast as you can. drag the monsters one… An hour from now is enough.”

“Kyung-kwon, can I just do that?”

“You should also write the paper I gave you. After returning home, do not enter the house, but quietly enter the shed outside. Summon Lucifer and Uriel from there. All you have to do is recite the order I gave you. It takes quite a while to be summoned after reciting the spell, so Aru just needs to wait. You must summon Lucifer first. Don’t forget that.”

After passing on all the instructions, Aru nodded as if accepting. Aru has been active in various ‘hunting’ following my orders, but this is the first time I’m putting on a magic show with Aru as my assistant.

As a sign of good luck, I reached out and stroked Aru’s forehead. Suddenly, long, ultramarine blue hair covers her head. Pointy wolf ears caught on the fingertips and rustled.

“Can you do well? Aru?”

“Kong.”

“Okay, then go out now.”

Aru gets up from his seat, holding the two pieces of paper and the bottle I handed him. Until he bit my hand, he only wanted to squeeze one in, but seeing him faithfully carrying out my orders made me feel proud.

After patting Aru on the butt a couple of times, I got up as well.

Then, after taking a few items from the sack, he went straight to Beatrice. Beatrice was in the yard. With the blade of the greatsword glistening in the warm sunlight on the earth, he placed it on his lap and wiped it clean with a handkerchief.

Waving my hand, I moved closer to Beatrice.

“hello? Sir Beatrice.”

“You must have woken up late.”

“hahahaha, sloth is one of the virtues of the demons.”

“… .”

“Kuh-kuh, I know you don’t like being lazy, but please answer me. The atmosphere is upbeat! ah! How do you turn this atmosphere around?”

He said, deliberately raising his voice. Beatrice stared at me with a cold expression.

Can not help it. In the first place, Beatrice doesn’t have a crush on me. To the point where, without hesitation, he would even ask to kill himself.

Beatrice gave me a chance last night only because I promised her that I would give her life meaning again. Since it’s a relationship that started with a lie, I have to accept this level of coldness.

“right! That was it! Sir Beatrice, do you know how to play chess?”

When the topic of chess was brought up out of nowhere, Beatrice’s brown eyebrows twitched. I whisper happily with a pure smile.

“Originally, playing a few games is the best way to solve awkward situations! In that sense, play a game of chess with me!”

“I know you two, but… don’t do well I’m not the type to spend time on games. It was a warning to practice more at that time.”

“hahahaha! are you okay! I’ll match you! Actually, I’m not good at chess either! It’s fun to be with people who are not good at it!”

At the same time as the horse, he took out the chess board he had hidden behind his back and the chess piece he had hidden in his sleeve. Beatrice’s pupils widened slightly at the appearance of things that were clearly invisible.

This paladin, originally, magicians should be good at these things. Can you be a magician if you don’t even know these basic hand techniques?

“ruler! Come into the house at once! I’ll lay the plate!”

The stage curtain rises.

The show that raises the desire submerged in the deep abyss of Beatrice’s true heart to the surface, now raises its curtains.