Chapter 123 - The Cursed Puppeteer 4 (2/2)

'If you act recklessly and let her escape, things will get complicated.'

If he used Petos' tracking ability, they could catch her, but there would be some turmoil on the way, and the other two soul fragments could notice them.

Of course, it was unlikely that he would let her escape, but Woohyuk decided to be cautious as this entire incident had happened because he had let down his guard.

“Ehem. I am the demon Petos, the vassal of Lord Dantalion. While Angrboda isn’t here, we have decided to receive the payment instead. We are in need of a lot of money these days.”

“What, Dantalion? I heard that moron had his ass handed to him by Asura.”

“I won’t stand still for that blasphemy. Who the hell are you to speak of my lord in such a foul manner?”

“I am Alphone, an executive of the Witch Church who serves Lady Angrboda! Even though I am in the body of a human woman due to some circumstances, I can easily prove it to you!”

Seeing a similar reaction to Angela’s, she would easily get caught.

As he waited for a while, the door burst open, revealing a woman with orange hair.

“Oh, are you the infamous flat-chested Rasha?”

“Wha, what?! How dare you... Wait, no. I'm Alphone! I said so just now, didn’t I?”

Alphone's soul fragment was confused.

She was confusing her identity due to the influence of Rasha’s soul, as well as the fact that Alphone’s soul fragment only had a few memories.

Petos kept pushing her even though he knew that fact.

“How are you going to prove it? You’re just the flat-chested Rasha in my eyes.”

“Stop saying I’m flat-chested! Just what aspect of me... Ah, why do I keep acting this... I'm not Rasha...”

“So who are you?”

”I am… Alphone... Lady Angrboda's faithful servant...”

“Are you sure you are Alphone? Now, let me ask you a question here. Do you remember where you first met Lady Angrboda?”

“…I don’t. I don’t remember. I’m just a fragment of Alphone.”

“Look at that. You’re just a liar and a fake. You were calling yourself Alphone seconds ago.”

”No! I… I…”

Rasha showed symptoms of schizophrenia as she grabbed her head with both hands.

Woohyuk attacked her without missing the opening.

Whack!

Thud!

Thwack!

“Aaagh!”

Rasha screamed at the continuous punches.

Alphone, who watched the beating, used the soul separation technique to absorb the fragment of her own soul.

“Where is the doll?”

“…In the drawer to the right of the makeup desk.”

Creak!

Woohyuk immediately opened the drawer and told Alphone to retrieve Leifina’s soul.

“Two to go.”

“Haha~! At this rate, I think we’ll be done before dawn.”

Unless an unexpected incident were to happen partway.

While Petos was laying the fainted Rasha in bed, Woohyuk turned his head toward the door and frowned.

“They must have noticed our strategy.”

”What? Don't tell me...”

Alphone looked puzzled.

There was no way her soul fragments would be so quick to notice.

However, the sound of the explosion subsequently cleared her doubts.

Booom!

It was definitely magic.

Their opponent was the female magician Gretel.

‘She must have brought Sylvanas, the huntress, with her.'

Since they didn't appear right away, it was reasonable to think that they were watching their movements.

It seemed like magic tools for surveillance were installed in the houses where the soul fragments lived.

'This is better. There’s no need to visit each house now.’

Apparently, they were planning to take the dolls containing the fragments of Leifina's soul as hostages.

Woohyuk expanded his senses and confirmed the location of Sylvanas.

'She’s hiding in the woods and watching over Gretel so that she doesn’t get attacked.'

It was an obvious plan.

As he waited for a while, he heard Gretel's angry voice from outside.

“I didn't think you would betray us! How can you do that? You, the owner of our main body?”

She was talking to Alphone.

Woohyuk decided to use her to confuse his enemies.

[Tell her honestly.]

[What? Then they will get absolutely furious...]

[No matter how angry they are, they won’t attack the main body.]

Soul fragments always tried to return to the main body.

It is impossible to stay in the body of another human forever.

At Woohyuk's words, Alphone nodded.

Afterwards, she looked out the window and began shouting.

“Why, you ask? I didn't want to die!”

“Even if you were to disappear, we would remain!”

“What’s the point of that?! If the main body dies, everything is meaningless!”

According to the original plan, they were to buy time and hold hostages to make Woohyuk surrender.

However, as Woohyuk unfolded his absolute space, the strategy didn’t go as they had intended, and she decided that surrendering was the next best option.

Anyway, it was more important for her to survive in this damned world rather than serving Angrboda.

At Alfone's detailed explanation, Gretel’s eyes widened.

“So we were just tools? Tools you could throw away at any moment?”

“You can join me again. We were a single entity in the first place.”

“I don’t want to disappear like this. I… I want to live more.”

The soul fragment’s sense of self was unstable.

So, although the fragment missed the main body, it seemed afraid that its current ego would disappear.