Chapter 69 - Volume 4 (2/2)
Heraness had lied to Geas with words of the [Future], and adjusted Geas’ perception of time so that she would be at the cusp of happiness with another man when Geas reached his limit.
“To think that thanks to your perseverance, it would take 50 years.”
When Yurushia glanced his way, Heraness’ face abruptly grimaced.
Heraness’ original plan had been around 30 years. He had probably meant to break Geas’ heart by showing him his [Wife] surrounded by her husband and a child when he was an [Old Man] at the age of 60.
But Geas had held out for 50 years…… and had held out for 100 years.
“Even for Demons, to foresee the future and to control time is impossible, you know? The first thing you were shown was real… How many years have passed since then?”
“…………a…AAA, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”
Geas crumbled down crying when he heard the [Truth]…… and the reality of the situation.
He didn’t know whether he would live more than 50 years from the time when he was 22.
The soul of Geas was dyed in despair……
To break the hearts of those who had been deceived, there was nothing better to say than the [Truth].
And… to Geas who was in this state, Yurushia handed him a small box with a smile.
“Geas-san, please make your wish. Make a [Contract] with me.”
“[You bitch! What are you saying?!]”
Heraness pressed angrily to Yurushia, who was trying to snatch his prey from the side. … But
“[Wh-this is…, why!?]”
At the instant he approached the two, Heraness noticed that time seemed to slip, and that he was seeing double.
“[YurushiaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!]”
A [Devil] who understood the hearts of men, and collected souls with sweet words.
There was a remarkable difference between souls that were collected by killing and those obtained by a [Contract].
For that reason, Yurushia had set a trap.
By including the [Spirit Language] in the conversation,
“[The flow of time was tampered with.]”
“[That Demon cannot foresee the future nor can he control the time of the world.]”
And, with those words, she had delayed the [Observed] time of Heraness by several dozen seconds with that [Demonic Magic].
And in the meantime, she brought everything to an end.
“……Please… kill me.”
“Yes. Thank you for your contractー”
*bon….*
“[AAAAAAAAAAAAAA]”
In front of Heraness’ eyes, Yurushia shattered Geas’ body in an instant, and made it disappear.
“fufu…”
In Yurushia’s hands was Geas’ soul, which had been stained black with deep despair.
In Heraness’ eyes, he could clearly see that all the sins, all the despair within that soul had been chained by the [Contract], and bound to Yurushia.
“[……You did it. Yurushia…]”
“The moment when you were unable to fulfil Geas’ wish, the contract between you two was gone. Well… even I didn’t think that I would be able to do this much. I was quite desperate.”
Yurushia gently took a breath and gestured as if she was wiping away her sweat as she did the unreasonable.
In the first place, why was she, a newly born [Devil], able to so naturally swindle a [Demon Lord]?
While saying that Demons couldn’t manipulate the time of the world, how was she an existence that could cheat time locally?
“Ever since I was called a Devil, I’ve been getting strange knowledge about how to use my power…… Is this normal?”
“[…………]”
It was certainly true that as a Demon’s [Class] went up, they would acquire new [powers].
But the [Devil] in front of him was just too irregular.
In any case.
“[……To obtain that soul, I must destroy you]”
“……Is that so?”
Yurushia spoke lightly as she threw out the soul of Geas that she had worked hard for all too easily.
“[Wha… Oi!]”
Geas’ soul fell through the door of [Space-time] that was being used in an experiment, and disappeared to a place where the Demons couldn’t reach.
“[Why would you do that?!]”
Even as Heraness’ anger filled the plane, Yurushia’s relaxed smile didn’t change.
Heraness didn’t understand what this [Devil] was trying to do.
This [Devil] was just too [Different]………
“[Has there ever been a [Devil] like you…… However, you’re not a [Demon Beast]. You can’t even be a [Demon Lord]. Just [What] are you…!?]”
As the [Hostility] and [Bloodthirst] overflowed from the two high-ranking demon pillars, the plane cracked, and the dimension screamed.
Yurushia tilted her head slightly, as she smiled lightly at Heraness, and her cherry-colored lips spilled the words into the darkness.
“…[Demon Princess]…”
That sweet smile, turned into the gruesome [Demon]‘s smile.
The two high-ranking pillars then began to fight wordlessly, their impacts shocking and destroying the plane, for several months without end.