◈ 278. [Evil Side] What is Love?
The deepest part of the Lake Kingdom.
Even in the deepest part, in the middle – a hugely soaring skyscraper.
The palace of the Black Mist, where the muddy darkness pours down like a waterfall.
royal city.
that buck that buck
This is where Crown was staggering.
His body, damaged by the plague, had already died once, and in a place in the deepest part of this place, he opened his eyes again.
Immediately after, he led his revived body to the inside of the castle.
to get an audience with the king.
As he struggled past the guards and entered the audience room, the demon king sitting on the throne affectionately called his name.
《Crown. You’re a little late.]
The demon king was welcoming the guests who had arrived first.
Raven and Salome.
She was the owner of the plague and the prostitute. The two gnashed their teeth as soon as they saw the crown.
“Yes, you son of a clown, you’re going to be divided… !]
《The King of Kings! It’s him! Because he colluded with humans and attacked us! Did you make them suffer this humiliation?”
When the two nightmare corps commanders were angry with the crown, the demon king raised his hand and calmed them down.
“Sleep, calm down. I have no intention of blaming the Crown.]
He would, too.
《Because I was the one who ordered the Crown to attack you.》
《… ?!”
“Yes… ?]
Raven and Salome were taken aback by the unexpected words.
The crown staggered past the two monsters and stood next to the king.
Crown’s eyes, looking down at the monsters from behind the mask, were filled with cold scorn.
“Tell me one more time. Crown took my command and struck you. Because this man is the spokesperson representing all humans here in the Lake Kingdom- and also the inspector who watches over you.”
The demon king laughed. I didn’t understand, so Raven took a step forward and argued.
“The great King of Kings… I don’t understand your intentions.”
“Hmm?”
“Why did you have that clown attack us, your loyal subordinates?” “
I want to ask you a question on the contrary. Raven. Let’s organize the succession of the case.”
The demon king who was sitting on the throne slowly bowed his back.
《Why did you kidnap the adventurers?》
Shocked.
Salome’s shoulders shook slightly. However, Raven did not move at all and answered calmly.
《That human player named Ash. It was to find him and kill him.”
《Aha, you randomly kidnapped adventurers to kill Ash?》
The demon king giggled and shook his index finger from side to side.
“No, no… Wasn’t that the only purpose of yours?”
“… .》
《Have you tried it? The work of refining human dreams.]
Salome’s shoulders began to tremble like an aspen tree in winter.
Raven couldn’t break a cold sweat, but she felt the illusion that her palms were damp.
《You kidnapped adventurers and put them into dreams using Salome’s ability, and you tried to pick out the ‘most terrible thing’ from their dreams and make it a reality, right?》
Caught.
A conspiracy they had been secretly carrying out.
Fuck!
The Demon King snapped his fingers. Then the wall behind the throne split left and right, and the wide space behind it began to open.
《Refining nightmares to create monsters is a right granted only to me.》
Kugoong-!
Let’s open all the walls.
There were countless humanoids piled inside.
A shadow wrapped around its body, motionless like a larva wrapped in a cocoon… … countless humans.
Something like black water droplets was extracted from the human heads and rose into the air, and the water droplets that rose up gathered in a huge glass sphere on the ceiling.
The black water droplets gathered on the glass sphere tumbled and fell onto the magic device installed below it.
The geometrically shaped magical device emitted blue light and purified black water droplets.
Just like coffee brewed from high-quality beans for a long time.
A black drop of water rolled out onto the floor after the mechanical device had finished refining it.
It had already changed into the form of a hideous monster rather than a black drop of water.
thump… … !
The demon king, who had been savoring the terrible cries of the newborn monster as if it were the scent of well-extracted sweet coffee, snapped his hands again. Fuck!
Kugoogu Palace… … .
The wall behind the throne closed.
“… .”
Crown stared at the inside of the closing wall in silence.
His compatriots piled up in it like a heap, with a numb look behind a mask.
《I made this Lake Kingdom a colony, collected the nightmares of the people here, and gathered only the most terrible ones- I gave a new life with my power.》 The
demon king turned his gaze to the two commanders in front.
“You also went through this refining process and obtained a new body. Thanks to that, I was able to get another chance at a life that had already failed.”
The monsters who invaded to destroy people and were exterminated.
Even though they were exterminated, the fears were imprinted in the minds of the residents of the Lake Kingdom, in their genes, and in their souls.
By forcibly pulling out that memory, the Demon King revived it. Salome and Raven were no exception.
They were monsters that had already been exterminated and killed.
And here I got a second chance.
《… .”
“… .]
Salome and Raven were kneeling before they knew it. The demon king clicked his tongue at those two.
“You must have known. my loyal men This work is only allowed to me.”
《Wow, King of Kings!》
Salome exclaimed urgently, crawling forward on her knees.
“I did nothing wrong! Lunared with that wolf child! Him and Raven! This son of a crow seduced me first!”
“… .]
《He said he needed me to extract dreams for this job! that and! He said that the King of Kings would be very happy if we did it… … !]
Raven just watched the chattering Salome.
Salome flattened herself on the floor with a pitiful expression on her face.
“It’s real! Believe me! I’m just a simple and thrifty succubus who is happy with the remnants of nightmares left behind by the King of Kings who doesn’t know anything! You know!”
“Salome. Salome. My cute and pitiful dream horse.”
The demon king, who had been holding back a laugh, nodded.
“Indeed, it is. You don’t have the discretion to concoct such a thing.”
“Sure, sure! Salome is a stupid succubus! If I have any fault, it’s that my ears are too thin! King of Kings! Please forgive me!]
The demon king turned his head away from Salome and looked at Raven.
“Raven. If you have something to say, say it.”
“… The king of kings.”
Raven calmly opened his mouth.
“To my great dismay, it is other than the obvious fact that you have violated your privileges. However, please know that in truth everything came from loyalty to you.”
“Ho-oh. Would you like to explain that loyalty?”
《It’s already been five hundred years since you occupied the Lake Kingdom and purified the monster from the nightmare.》
Raven raised his eyes slightly and faced the demon king.
《However, no matter how many nightmares you collect, you still can’t find the ‘someone’ you are desperately searching for in them?》 《
… … .》
The demon king’s momentum changed.
Up until now, if it had been a gentle spirit with a mixture of playfulness, it quickly changed to a frightening spirit as if the tip of a knife flashed… … .
Frightened Salome whispered to Raven. hey what are you doing it’s crazy! Why are you more stimulating and fussing!
However, Raven didn’t care and continued to stare at the Demon King.
The two white eyes narrowed on the demon king’s face covered in black shadows.
“Raven. you every time… … I really like it.”
“I don’t know what you mean by every time, but… Anyway, that’s why I’m just trying to find a little bit of another way for you.]
《Is that another way to look into the dreams of adventurers?》
《That’s right. If there is no one you are looking for in the nightmares of the residents of the Lake Kingdom… … Isn’t this something that might be in other people’s nightmares?”
《Haha!》
The demon king let out a short laugh and buried his back in the throne.
《… You dug a hole to escape, Raven. It was not a bad cause.”
“It was only true loyalty to you.”
“But whatever the cause, please do not invade my authority again. I don’t want to kill my precious corps commander with my own hands.”
The demon king slowly raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
《… And that person must be in a nightmare here. I can tell.”
The demon king’s tone became a little affectionate.
“Otherwise, there is no point in repeating this hundreds of thousands of times… .”
“… .”
“… .]
Salome and Raven exchanged glances as they looked at the demon king.
is it over? Are you forgiving?
《I’ll send it to the question of no questions.》
The demon king waved his hand as if he was annoyed.
“It’s just that I close my eyes. Let this never happen again.”
“Oops! As expected, the king of kings~!]
《It’s just that I’m impressed by your generosity like Hahae.》
Salome and Raven bowed their heads in delight.
Only Crown, who was watching from the side, clicked his tongue inwardly. It’s too bad… … .
《So this time, my opponent… … Have you met Ash?”
The Demon King asked with a smile on his face again. Then Salome gnashed her teeth with a look of indignation.
“yes! I met you I met you… … I heard you’ve never seen such a stupid kid in the world?]
《You’re mean? How did it happen?”
“Although ignoring all of my mind control is annoying! what is that… … Oh, I’m going to say that this guy is handsome and move on!]
Salome lifted up her face, which she had beaten earlier, and showed it to the demon king.
“You hit me with your fist? do you see this here? Slap Salome’s pretty cheeks with your fists without mercy! Because he hit you?”
“You? with a fist? Ha ha ha ha! This is definitely a rare thing!]
《It’s nothing to laugh about, King of Kings! It’s the first time I’ve been hit in my life!]
Salome sighed and grabbed her cheek. The place where I was hit earlier was still hot.
《Not only by his father, but also when he was expelled in his previous life… … I’ve never been hit with a fist! All the human men were screaming when they saw me! This is the first time a man has treated me like this.”
Salome clenched her fists tightly in front of her chest.
《When I think of that bastard, Ash, my heart feels pounding and my body trembles and I feel like I’m going to cry because I can’t stand it… … .]
Salome lifted her head and looked at the demon king.
“What the hell is this feeling, King of Kings?! Please let me know!
” … .》
After thinking for a while, the demon king answered briefly.
“It’s love.”
… yes?
What do you say?
Frightened Raven and Crown glanced at the Demon King. However, the Demon King calmly spoke one more time.
“That is love, Salome. My femme fatale.”
“… Love?”
Salome, who opened her eyes wide and bewildered, slowly lowered her head.
It felt as if something was filling up in the empty hands held together in front of my chest.
“this… Love?]
Raven was about to say something urgently, ‘Don’t be a jerk’, but the Demon King put his hand on his lips and made a shh sound faster.
Raven unknowingly thought, trembling inwardly.
That bad taste devil again!
“I see… .”
Salome muttered with a brightened face.
“This emotion was love… !”
No.
Probably not. maybe. no never
Raven and Crown thought, but couldn’t speak.
It was because the demon king was watching and giggling at Salome, who was delighted with a red face.
A dreamer’s senses are volatile, so they don’t understand deep emotions.
Therefore, through the dreams of others, he experiences human emotions vicariously and infers the form of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.
Although he craves emotions more than anyone else and absorbs the dreams and spirits of others for him. A monster that only licks its skin and cannot approach the essence.
that’s a nightmare
The same was true of Salome, the succubus.
She had lived for hundreds of years and acted as if she perfectly understood and copied human nature on the outside, but inside she was empty.
so that.
This one word thrown by the demon king as a joke was causing a huge stir for her.
“ash… .”
Salome said shyly with a flushed face.
“wait… . Because I will definitely make you my own… … !”
“… .”
“… .”
Raven and Crown somehow met each other’s eyes and nodded silently at the same time.
I thought we could never sympathize with each other, but this time, a deep sympathy passed between the two.
On the road ahead of Salome, a tremendous… … The fact that spectacles will unfold.
‘I see a terrible future.’
Before long, a small smile crossed the corners of Crown’s mouth, which had been muttering inwardly.
Whatever Salome does next.
It was a little fun to imagine Ash going through a hard time because of it.
‘What can I do, Ash. This is all better than your job.’
A bad man must live by paying the price.
Because this was the only immutable law.
