Chapter 121 - Because The Moon Was Up (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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The demon Valac had been in a very good mood the past few days. Not only had he successfully settled in the human realm, he even took the body of the treacherous Hautean Prince and made the Empire’s Crown Prince his own vassal.

Drinking Lilith’s blood and absorbing her power was also a great achievement. Now, even the demons in hell would not be able to insult him as puny vermin. Except for a few infamous demons, the others might be quite worth fighting for.

“Hehehehe!”

He also enjoyed the merry life in the Crown Prince’s castle’s distinguished guest room that he got after threatening Acerus. Initially, Valac came all the way to this land because human life looked fun, but now, his life here as a demon felt much more exciting.

War would inevitably break out, and the combative demons that bothered him in hell would be the first to emerge. Humans were stronger than Valac had expected anyway, he could sell information about them to Acerus at a high price. Based on the information he sold, he could secretly follow a demon and drink their blood one by one whenever it was slain. Someday, he might even become a demon as strong as a demon lord and command hell.

“Maybe I’m a genius.”

While Valac was fiercely praising his cleverness, he heard a loud noise from outside.

“His Imperial Highness? Why all of a sudden?”

“I don’t know! Hurry up!”

“This way! Hurry!”

It was the voice of Acerus’ aide and knights. Valac often saw them, so he could tell who they were just by their voices.

‘What’s going on?’

Valac, who was lying in bed and idling around, jumped up and went out the door. Then, he followed the aide into Acerus’ room. The door that had always been tightly closed was now wide open. All the knights who were supposed to be guarding the door were not in their posts. Valac snooped around and heard the aide shouting.

“What’s wrong, Your Imperial Highness? You’re the great Crown Prince of Tarragon! You’re my one and only liege! Please come down!”

“I… I’m done.”

“Your Imperial Highness! You’re not just an ordinary individual. You’re the future of Tarragon itself!”

“I got dirty. I’m not who I used to be!”

“Your Imperial Highness, what do you mean?”

“I have to die…”

‘What?’

Valac’s eyes widened as if they were about to tear apart. He quickly rushed into the open door and found Acerus critically standing on the window frame. Acerus’ room was high, if he fell out of the window, he would either die or at least be injured close to death.

“Your Imperial Highness!”

The aide wailed. He could not even get close to Acerus for fear of him letting go of his hand from the window. The aide could only beg him to change his mind from a distance away.

At that time, Acerus and Valac’s eyes met.

“You disgusting demon… Because of you!”

“Acerus!”

“I’m going to kill myself!’

“No!”

“I will take my own life!”

Acerus screamed at the top of his voice and released his hands from the window. His body leaned slowly.

Valac had no more time to think. He ran with great speed as if exploding. He grabbed Acerus’ legs and pulled him inside so he would not fall. He clung to Acerus’ legs and begged him.

“Acerus, no! You must not die!”

Acerus looked at the demon. Everything about him—from his bewildered face, trembling voice, and humiliating posture—supported Lara’s theory. Acerus thought if he was bitten by a vampire, he would become a marionette slave to the vampire. However, that did not seem to be the case. Whatever happened later, the situation now was not too bad.

Acerus smirked.

‘You’re dead meat now, you scumbag.’

Lara now knew that she had a fire that could burn down the demon Valac, she did not know how to use it yet but at least she would be able to overpower Valac. So if Acerus could not find out what Valac had done to him, she would lock him up in the dungeon and try to threaten him. However, in an unexpected and childish way, Acerus managed to notice Valac’s secret.

“You were right, saintess. He’s nervous that I’m going to die so he can’t get too far away from me for even a second. When I threatened to end it all, shouting that I was ashamed to be a demon’s servant, he acted like he would tear down the sky for me if I asked him to.”

Said Acerus with a sour face.

“Hah…”

Dumbfounded, Lara was speechless. It was clear that her God, Abraxas, felt similar emotions. His statue in the center of the sanctum oozed out an extremely deplorable gaze.

“Didn’t Demian contact you? At this point, I think Valac will not only tell me the names and abilities of the demons but also their weaknesses.”

“Not yet.”

“Please let me know when he contacts you. Valac is now under my control.”

“But be careful, Your Imperial Highness, if the fact that your life is connected to a demon leaks out, it will spell out big trouble for us then.”

“Yes, I will keep that in mind.”

Acerus gave a sincere nod at Lara’s request. Then, he slightly pointed to the statue and asked.

“Isn’t God… going to bring up a miracle or something like that again? I heard that it was very flashy while I was away. Everyone only talks about how you appeared with glittering light on your back at the banquet.”

This time, Lara said with a sour face.

“He’s not even an idiot… No way he would do that again.”

“I want to see it though.”