Chapter 520: First Anniversary Extra Chapter ~~ The Visitors Beginnings Part 2 ③: The Birth of the Phantasmal King ~~ (2/2)

Lillywood handed Pandora the Fruit of the World Tree, which heals all wounds except those that the person themselves doesn't want to heal.

Lillywood herself didn't know exactly why she had suddenly taken such action.

Did she simply want to heal the painful wounds of someone she knew, or did she want Pandora to feel grateful to her so that she could somehow get information about Shalltear, or perhaps…… Because she was getting so creeped out by Shalltear, she wants to diminish the unspeakable anxiety she's feeling, even though it may be indirectly, by confirming that Pandora, whom she has taken under her wing, is a normal person……

Pandora stared at the Fruit of the World Tree handed to her for a while, and then, without any particular hesitation, she brought it into her mouth.

[……Thank you very much for your concern, Lillywood-sama.]

”No, please don't mind it. Even though we haven't had much chance to talk with each other, I still consider you as part of our family———– Eh?”

Lillywood was relieved that Pandora had obediently accepted her generosity, and tried to calmly tell her they're family with a gentle smile but…… the relief she felt was soon shattered.

After all, Pandora, whose lost right eye was healed, without any hesitations…… ”gouged out her right eye with her own hand”……

”W- What are you…… What are you doing!?”

[……Ahh, with this, I finally feel perfect……]

”……Eh?”

Seeing Pandora’s sudden actions, Lillywood exclaimed in astonishment, but she stiffened when she saw the deep smile that Pandora had immediately afterward.

[The wounds that trash has given me has finally disappeared…… ”and I've also finished crushing the right eye that Lillywood-sama gave me”. With this, my body is entirely ”composed of only the things given to me by Shalltear-sama”! Ahh, how wonderful! Now, my body, my soul, my everything! All of it now belongs to Shalltear-sama! Ahh…… This happiness…… I feel so happy…… as if I'm about to climax.]

”……Wha……”

[Thank you very much, Lillywood-sama…… Now, I can truly and completely be ”Shalltear-sama's servant”. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.]

”……………….”

Lillywood had no idea what the being in front of her was talking about. She couldn't understand what Pandora was thinking when she stomped out her gouged out right eye, blood flowing down her face and smiling like a mad woman.

Watching Pandora's back as she deeply bowed and left, Lillywood looked pale as she muttered.

”……Servant? Shalltear…… What did you do to Pandora…… For you…… is that your ideal soldier?”

Her voice reaching no one's ears, her voice slightly trembled as she muttered. At this time, Lillywood clearly felt that Shalltear was terrifying.

She had raised a subordinate with a loyalty that could even be perceived as madness. She was too rational and cold-hearted that she would want beings who would willingly die for her…… Thinking of Shalltear as such a person, Lillywood became afraid of her from the bottom of her heart.

Incidentally…… This was just Lillywood's complete misunderstanding. Among Shalltear's subordinates, the only one who had this outrageous amount of loyalty is Pandora. In fact, even Shalltear is holding her head at Pandora's loyalty, wondering how the heck it came to this.

But to Lillywood, who didn't know about this, it was as if Shalltear had intentionally raised Pandora to a mad woman.

It was going to take her a really long time before she could clear up this misunderstanding.

Just like that, despite some miscalculations and misunderstandings, things proceeded generally as Shalltear had planned…… and five years later, the ”Six Kings” has been established as the pinnacle of the Demon Realm.

With her demonic skills, Shalltear took control of the Demon Realm…… calling herself the nameless king, the Phantasmal King No Face, she finally began to move towards her true goal.

However, her plans had only managed to get her this far…… and Shalltear's true purpose hadn't progressed until an astonishing amount of years later passed…… and the otherworlder Miyama Kaito appeared.

Shalltear : I made a mistake in educating Pandora. Seriously, I can't even laugh at it.

Pandora : Ahh, I can finally give my everything and pledge my allegiance to Shalltear-sama. I'm really grateful to Lillywood-sama for this.

Lillywood : For her to raise a child to be this crazy…… Shalltear, what in the world are you planning to do with this world……

Serious-senpai : [He appeared! Kaito has finally appeared! The Author has already reached his limit, come out quickly! Quickly distribute the swee…… wait, arehh? Unnn? I'm…… Seriousness Incarnate, aren't I? ……arehh?]

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