Chapter 98 (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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While Oscar grumbled over what to write to his comrades in the West, a demon and a human sat face to face, feeling out each other’s minds in the Crown Prince’s castle.

Acerus tried not to be nervous. He stretched out his shoulders and sat confidently across from the demon, but he could not stop his face from stiffening up.

“What should I replace your meal with?”

“I’ll take care of that. For now, just tell me what you want.”

Valac arrogantly rejected Acerus’ favor. He ridiculed Acerus by saying human food did not even taste good when he put it in his mouth and he did not even feel full when he swallowed it.

“I want revenge on your race in the North.”

Acerus told him the truth. Rather than being caught trying to deceive Valac with a clumsy lie, he decided to be honest about the information that everyone knew. Then, Valac laughed out loud.

“I know what that half-breedhas done to you. Lilith has been able to use hallucinations freely since she was born. That’s the specialty of that half-breed. You must have been in the hallucinations she instilled.”

Valac looked delighted. He was speaking with Prince Sidhar’s face and voice but he was a much more unpredictable and outspoken demon than the original body’s owner.

“Damn it.”

Acerus was in pain even when he was only thinking about that time. And even knowing that Valac was watching him with great interest, Acerus picked up the cup on the table and gulped down the cold water. Only after drinking the cold water that made his heart shiver was he able to come to his senses.

“Yeah, so I’m going to get revenge.”

“In what way?”

“I’ll hunt down that demon and tear her to death.”

“I’m a demon too. How can you say you are going to tear one of my race to death in front of me? Isn’t it better not to talk in such a cocky tone while I’m still here?”

Valac seemed to be in a very good mood. As he watched Acerus trying hard to observe him, he smiled with a face as if he was having so much fun.

“Human beings can’t read a demon’s intentions. You’re just a mayfly who will barely be able to live until 100 years. How are you going to challenge a demon who has lived for 1000 years?”

“Why do you keep appearing in the human realm?”

“It’s fun here.”

“What?”

“You revere the strong one and reign over the weak one. That ideology resembles ours. But it’s also interesting that you never admit that fact.”

Valac pointed his finger at the map of the continent hung on the wall.

“It’s fun to see you fighting over that small land. Love, jealousy, hate, and loathe; it’s all so thrilling. Is it because you have a short life? You humans always risk your lives on things that are useless and worthless.”

“Is that also the reason Lilith came to the human realm?”

“She’s not like that. That half-breed was born between a human and a demon so she must have come here to find her roots.”

“What?”

Acerus was taken aback. Looking at Acerus’ confusion, Valac seemed to have been enjoying the situation.

“I heard that she was born between a succubus demon and a human man.”

“How could that be? Is that even possible?”

“Yeah. Because of that, Lilith likes humans, but at the same time, she hates them. While destroying humans, she also comes to hate herself.”

Valac had a sense of disdain for Lilith. Whenever he talked about her, a clear feeling of contempt was revealed on his smiling face.

“If the demons hate Lilith so much, why do you just let her go? You said you don’t have any bond with your own race.”

“Hmph… It’s better to let humans handle something like that. It’s so trivial that it would make my hands dirty.”

“Is that so?”

“That’s why this great being is trying to help you humans. You should be thankful.”

“Ha! I can’t believe there comes a day when I, the successor of this Empire, the one representing humans, gets to say thank you to a demon… Where in the world are the many Gods? What are they doing to bring such trials to us humans?”

Bang! Acerus became emotional. He got angry and punched the grip of the chair. Valac smiled more deeply as he saw Acerus like that.

“Don’t worry, I’m not a demon who hates humans that much. If you promise me a few things, I’ll let you catch Lilith.”

“Promise?”

Acerus looked at Valac with a corrupt face. Then, Valac nodded his head and whispered.

“First, after hunting Lilith, let me drink her blood.”

“What? How can…”

“Isn’t that better than drinking human blood? I won’t be satisfied even with the blood from hundreds of humans. But only one demon is enough.”