Chapter 83 - Call My Name (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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After that, Lara carried the receiver everywhere and listened to the demon’s monologue. Sometimes she induced an interrogation herself and sometimes she ordered the wolves to instigate his anger.

Lara realized. For some reason, the demon Valac was not letting them off the hook but was instead lowering himself down because he could not use his strength.

‘I need to find out why.’

There must be a reason. Although she had already lived for 10 years in the future, she did not know much about demons. The demon that appeared in Hautean back then was completely different from Valac. The demon could attack or leave them any time, but he just kept pretending to be Prince Sidhar.

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The party set out again for the capital of Tarragon. Once they entered the Empire’s territory, they no longer ran into demon worshippers. On the surface, they seemed like very leisurely travelers. During the day, they moved at an appropriate speed and comfortably slept whenever they found an inn or village.

There was no shortage of supplies because they had a lot of money. Whenever Konny took out and flashed a gold coin from the pocket with a calm face, the mercenaries whispered ‘like master, like maid’ to each other.

Lara could now even take naps in a moving carriage. Demian got off his horse and took over the coachman’s seat of the carriage that Lara rode.

But contrary to their relaxed look, they were all on edge. Everyone was wary of Valac, the captured demon who was imitating a prisoner. They did not know what the demon would do with the Prince’s outward appearance. It was also a mere guess that he was unable to use his powers, so they had to keep their eyes open until it became clear. Lara continued to listen to the demon’s monologue.

「I’m hungry.」

「I’m really hungry…」

「Humans are still eating terrible food. They haven’t made any improvements at all.」

The demon was very hungry. He chewed and swallowed some food brought by Valentine but as he was a vampire, it did not seem to fill his stomach. He wanted blood, yet Lara and her party did not even catch a rabbit for him. Because, though eating meat was fine, sucking blood was too terrible.

「What an interesting memory.」

「So that was the first woman who rejected him. What an innocent bastard. He did not even know how complicated a woman’s heart is.」

As they kept leaving him alone, he became more and more talkative. At first, whenever Lara listened to the demon’s monologue, Konny trembled with fear. But after about 10 days, she had a hard time holding back her laughter while sitting next to Lara.

「The human’s city. The human’s Empire. I’m sure it has changed a lot. What should I watch first? What kind of humans should I seduce? It’s not fun to live like a King, so should I live like a beggar?」

「I thought this brat was royalty. Why is he so weak? Has he never held a sword before?」

「I’m hungry.」

While moving toward the capital of the Empire, Lara was able to get some clear information about the demon.

“He’s a chatterbox.”

One day, when the capital was just around the corner, Lara approached her group that was sleeping in the forest. She spoke to them with Konny sitting next to her, nodding intensely.

“Is he sleeping now?”

“Valentine put him to sleep.”

“So, uhh…”

“He came out here to play.”

The mercenary wolves shut their mouths at once. Flustered, they were speechless and hesitant with their words. Eventually, they muttered their unspeakable words only in their minds.

“Haa…”

Sighs flowed out.

Because he had lived too long, because he was too strong, because he was too great of an existence. What the demon did was play. Not conquest nor revenge, but entertainment. Even though so many humans died in the aftermath of his short playtime, the reason he came out here was still to play.

“Let’s kill him.”

The wolves said. They were all looking at Demian. As Demian was the only one who had ever fought the demon, they were asking for his advice.

But Lara opposed it.

“He’s into human play so he’s being obedient now but he’s still a demon. If you rush in, some of you could die, or worse, we could all die.”

“Milady!”

“I’m going to take him to the temple.”

She had to leave him to the God of Fate. When she asked him what kind of demon Valac was, her god laughed joyfully as if it was a ridiculous question. He did say that she needed to prevent him from descending, but he also said that he could solve the problem if she found his name.

“Demian.”

“Yeah.”

“How long do we have left?”

Lara asked. Demian, who sat opposite to the bonfire and looked at the distant horizon, said slowly.