Chapter 264 – LOTTERY (1/2)

CHAPTER 264 – LOTTERY

Two hands that stretched from my dark cloak grabbed the two men’s head.

They looked young and looked full of energy for good and for bad, but their hair turned white within an instant, looking as if they’d aged a lot.

I did leave it to Eleanor, but this is more than what I expected.

It’s probably a mental attack, but I became curious about what she did to make them like this.

「What did you do?」

『Everyone holds some kind of trauma』

「Yeah」

“Can you follow?”, I made her continue after that pause.

『I only reproduced that trauma. I made them see in with all kinds of backgrounds and all kinds of eras repeatedly』

「……like, you repeatedly showed them how they soiled themselves for the length of their lives?」

『That, multiplied by hundreds of times』

「I see」

Of course, they probably have traumas that are worst than soiling themselves, but I can understand how their hair turned white instantly.

『Want to experience it?』

「I don’t have any trauma though」

『Then I shall make you one. With Hikari saying “I hate Otou-san” in all kinds ofーー』

「Stop」

I flicked Eleanor’s blade with my finger.

If she does that to me, it won’t end well.

Eleanor laughed. I ignored her and took another look at the two men.

「Are you finished?」

『Umu』

「Yoshーーyou there」

I gave one of them a light knock in the head.

「Aa………uu………s-stop……p-please……」

I reached out an aura arm from my dark cloak and made him regain himself. The man flinched and regained sanity after trembling.

「D-Demon Sword Wielder……」

「Answer me. Why did you target Melissa?」

I eavesdropped on them so I know why, but I checked to be sure.

There’s the possibility that what they said earlier is a lie, and after getting played with by Eleanor, there’s no way they would lie now.

「T-To make, Caroline-sama……」

「Caroline? Is that a woman?」

「It’s to……make Caroline-sama……the pope……」

『It seems like there is no lie with that goal itself』

「Seems like it. Hey, you there」

I asked the other one as well, but they didn’t look like they have other schemes. They simply wanted to get rid of Melissa to make that woman called Caroline the pope.

「She can’t become the pope if Melissa doesn’t disappear?」

「That is not……true……it is just……to make sure……」

「Getting rid of her……will make the chances……higher……」

The two men spoke with weak voices. Although it’s the gist of it, I can tell how they’re related to her.

『You should ally with that woman called Caroline』

「I guess so」

In a sense, my goal is the same with these men.

It’s the same when it comes to not making Melissa the pope.

Caroline, I guess I’ll lend her a hand.

「I understand now」

「F-Forgive, usーー」

「We’ll do, anythingーー」

「By the way, you’re dead」

*Zash!! Zash!!*

I killed the two men with Eleanor.

I released my aura arm that held them and they fell to the ground.

『Ruthless』

「There’s no way that I’ll let these guys who tried to harm my woman live」

『I thought you’d say that』

「Let’s go home. I’ve done what I can. The next thing to is to investigate the Solon Church’s internal affairs and that woman called Caroline」

『You are leaving the Saintess alone?』

「Melissa should be alright. There aren’t many people who can harm her」

『I don’t know whether to describe you overprotective or not』

Eleanor said while rolling her eyes.

I took out my Warp Feather and warped to my mansion.

I warped to the living room and saw Hikari there.

「Ah! Welcome back, Otou-san」

「I’m back, Hikari. Where’s Olivia?」

I looked around the living room. I didn’t see either Olivia nor Chibi Dragon.

「O-chan is still over “there”」

「I see」

Olivia who went to Saramas’s place in my stead.

It’s convenient if people would start to think that seduction is effective for me, so I can only let Olivia do her best.

While sending cheers to Olivia inwardly, I took out the bundle of lottery tickets from my pocket and asked Hikari.

「Want to go to the lottery place?」

「I want!」

Hikari happily raised her arms.

She looked so cute. I took my beloved daughter’s hand and moved to the lottery place together.

There was someone else in the lottery place. It’s that tentacle man.

He’s quickly rotating the handle of the lottery machine nonstop. He doesn’t even check what he won.

While waiting for him to finish, I turned to Eleanor and Hikari.

Eleanor who could only turn to her human form in this place and Hikari who clung to that Eleanor.

「A-rere〜? Okaa-san, you smell different today?」

「You noticed. Umu. I played with a human’s mind just a moment ago」

Eleanor showed a grin and explained to Hikari what happened earlier.

The mother and daughter bonded while chatting about something horrifying.

「Can Hikari do it too?」

「You are my daughter. Of course you can. Hmm. I guess I should teach Hikari something」

「What is it〜?」

「The beings called humans hate boredom. Even if you do not show them traumas repeatedly as I did, you can destroy their minds easily by repeatedly showing them “a life without change” for hundreds of years」

「I can destroy their minds〜?」