## Chapter 1272 – An Extremely Ominous Presence

The place I was guided to was, in a word, adequate.

A quiet room in the corner of the mansion. Judging by the furniture, it was probably a guest room, but I didn’t care. All I needed was a conversation.

If the conversation didn’t go well, this place would become the preliminary venue for the National Pro Big-Boob-Twirling Competition. I’d go through several preliminary rounds, climb all the way to the finals, and keep twirling and twirling.

Or I’d become the chairman of the Naked Boob-Jiggling Squat Association, inflicting sexual humiliation and shame on Zenia.

Anyway, I sat down, and Zenia sat across from me.

ㅡCreak.

Then the door opened, and maids brought in refreshments and a tea set.

“Ooh.”

As soon as the maids placed them on the table, I stuffed all the refreshments into my mouth, opened the lid of the teapot, and gulped it down.

“Ah, delicious. Must be using expensive stuff.”
“Ah… well, yes.”

I could satisfy these kinds of cravings with my power, but that didn’t mean I wouldn’t eat. It just meant I could skip meals without a problem when I was busy, but basically, I’d eat everything.

Here, we have magic chicken that tastes and feels great no matter how much you eat, but has zero calories, so you never get full. No one would refuse that kind of chicken.

“So, shall we begin the interrogation, no, the questioning? No, that’s not it either. Let’s start the conversation.”
“W-what? What were those two things you said before?”

Zenia asked, looking uneasy.

“Questioning and interrogation? It’s okay. Since we’re doing this, we should do it properly. I need to know what’s going on in our Ms. Zenia’s head.”
“…”
“You said you wanted to apologize to Winia in front of me… if that’s not sincere, you’ll have to pay the price. Bringing up my woman’s name in front of me means that. I can’t just let it slide.”
“That’s…”

There’s no compromise.

If you bring up my women in front of this Heavenly Demon Kim Kat. Of course, you have to take responsibility.

“Now, tell me, Zenia. Why did you suddenly want to apologize as soon as you saw my face?”
“…”

Zenia lowered her head slightly and picked up a teacup, remaining silent. Of course, I had already drunk all the tea in the teapot.

“Ah.”

Noticing that, Zenia put the teacup back down.
She must have grabbed it out of habit.

“Well… I was thinking about it. I was thinking about apologizing.”

ㅡFidget, fidget.

Zenia, looking uncomfortable, put her hands between her thighs, emphasizing her large breasts, and spoke hesitantly, fidgeting.

“But even if I wanted to say something like that… I never had the chance. I thought I’d take the opportunity to say it…”

I listened to her quietly. Her face was red, and she was avoiding my eyes.

“Hmm.”

Was she really thinking that, or was she lying? If so, I could take it into consideration. But the fact that she suddenly wanted to apologize made it suspicious.

“Watch closely.”

ㅡWhoosh.

I opened my palm and deployed a small Heavenly Demon Extinction Jade on it. Condensed to the size of a snowball, it emitted destructive energy, illuminating the room.

“H-huh, gasp! What kind of power is this…! W-what are you doing!!! I-I’m being sincere! Don’t do that!!”
“You can feel the power?”
“Yes, yes! I can feel it! Please stop!”

Zenia screamed, terrified and pleading. She really is a skilled magician. Being able to properly feel this power means that.

“You want me to stop?”
“Please don’t do this! I’ll do anything!”
“Oh ho. You’ll do anything.”

Can you do a naked squat for me?

“N-no! Not really anything!”
“I figured.”

ㅡPoof.

I immediately extinguished the Extinction Jade.

“Zenia. You just saw my power. What did you think?”
“Well… it’s amazing. The rumors spreading through the capital don’t seem to be false… and seeing you actually fly, it’s probably more than just rumors.”
“You saw it properly.”

That’s why I’m saying this.

“You didn’t suddenly want to apologize because you were afraid of my power, did you?”
“Of course not!”

Zenia was startled.

“It’s true that I’m afraid, but… it’s not just that reason. I just wanted to apologize properly.”

I could sense the aura of an ordinary person rather than a con artist from her face. As far as this Heavenly Demon Kim Kat could tell, it didn’t seem like she was lying.

Unless she was hiding her emotions.

Anyway, let’s hear her out.

“No. But then why did you try to run away when you first saw me?”
“That’s… because of what happened last time. Even if I decided to apologize, that’s a normal reaction. You spun me around, saying it was a weird spin.”
“You’re talking about the Big-Boob-Twirl.”

It’s a technique I like.

“Tell me more.”
“Haa… yes.”

Zenia sighed and continued.

“Treating my children as tools… it was just natural for me. I grew up like that too. So I guess I saw my children that way too…”

Her tone was regretful.

Zenia wasn’t really looking at me, but rather slightly turning her gaze to the side. Could it be that she couldn’t look me in the eye? But anyway. Her thinking is truly amazing. This is the chain reaction of violence.

Parents live their lives repeating what they experienced from their own parents.

“I didn’t like Winia not listening to me, so I thought she should pay the price. I even thought… she’s been living off the family’s wealth, but now she’s trying to betray me.”

What!

“You crazy bitch! You’re saying you treated your child like a slave because you raised them with the family’s money!”
“Y-yes, in the past! In the past!”

I was about to jump up from my seat, but I held back.

Because Zenia seemed to be reflecting on her thoughts now. Anyway, Zenia, as the head of the Bellatude County family. And as a noblewoman, a countess. She had regarded her children that way.

The other daughters seemed to listen to Zenia well enough, but not Winia. She had the initiative to leave home. And she returned with the courage to beat the shit out of her own mother.

For someone like Zenia, that must have been a huge shock.

“But… now, I just. After what happened last time. Seeing Winia bring her son-in-law… I just… I just thought… did I do something wrong… I just had that kind of thought…”

Her words started to lose coherence.
It sounded like she was truly lamenting.

“I was thinking of apologizing… but when I saw my son-in-law’s face, I was a little scared, so I just blurted it out.”
“Okay. Well, that can happen.”
“Son-in-law…? Did you understand what I said?”

I could feel sincerity to some extent.

“So you’re sorry to Winia?”
“Including asking for her son last time…”
“No, but why the son?”
“I told you. I can’t have any more children.”

It was said to be a side effect of the magic failure.

“The other daughters… can’t do that either… Winia was the only hope.”
“So why was Winia the only hope?”

I thought it was strange last time too.

Come to think of it, she seems to want a son. But she can’t have one herself, and she seems very reluctant to get a son from her other daughters. So she seemed to be obsessed with Winia, but why?

“Eventually, the daughters will go to other families.”
“Why go? Didn’t you become the head of the family with your own abilities?”
“It’s because there aren’t any kids who can do what I do. And…”
“Well, that doesn’t matter.”

Actually, no matter what the reason, it’s not something I need to worry about anymore. Why should I think about this family’s affairs?

“Okay. Anyway, you’re a little sorry to Winia, right? Tell me specifically how you’re going to apologize.”
“…It’s the same as what I just said.”
“That’s not specific enough. Apologizing is like this.”

Let’s organize it a bit.

Since I received this offer and arranged the apology, I have to do it as properly as possible. I don’t want Winia to feel bad about this kind of thing. So I have to organize things properly before meeting Winia.

“What you did wrong. Why you committed the wrong. How you’re reflecting. And finally, how you’re going to live your life. You have to organize all of that and tell it to the person involved. Got it?”
“That’s surprisingly… a good idea.”
“Of course. Do you have paper?”
“Ah, here.”

Zenia took out a piece of paper.

“Write down all your feelings. With sincerity. After I see your heart, I’ll arrange a meeting with Winia.”

Zenia nodded at my words, immediately grabbed a pen, and started writing.

* * *

I finished talking with Zenia and returned home. Looking at the handwritten apology, I felt sincerity to some extent, so I decided to let her meet Winia once.

“What? You went to see that woman? Why?”

As soon as I got home, I told Winia that I had met Zenia. As expected. As soon as the name Zenia came out, Winia frowned greatly and glared at me.

She’s currently sitting on the sofa, so she’s looking up at me.

“I suddenly met her on the way.”

Let’s start explaining.

“She was startled when she saw me. So I thought I’d go and tease her a bit, but she was completely terrified and said she wanted to apologize to you, Winia.”
“Apologize?”

At those words, Winia’s face immediately contorted. Her face was so contorted that I wondered if our distorted hero had made such a distorted expression when he fell. Her eyes narrowed and a cold attitude emanated… somehow the air seems a little chilly.

“Bullshit. There’s no way that kind of woman would apologize. Isn’t she just making excuses because she’s afraid of getting beaten to death by a black guy?”
“I thought so too. But I heard that kind of story.”

She thinks the same way I do.

“I decided to listen to her story.”
“Huh? Why? Do you have to listen?”

Winia glared at me, openly displeased. Ah, in this case, she’s not glaring at me, but rather at Zenia. Winia is just displeased that I met and talked to Zenia alone.

“Why? Why did you do that? Why did you listen to that kind of story?”
“Winia.”

She seems very angry, but it’s something I have to do.

“That woman. She talked about you and said she would apologize. Saying that to my woman is not something I can just listen to and let pass.”
“Huh…?”
“So there’s a heavy responsibility. It’s not something you can say lightly. So I was going to hear the case to make her take responsibility for her words.”

Something I absolutely have to do as Winia’s man.

“From the moment I heard the story about you… I have a duty to do that. It’s natural. No one can speak carelessly about my women. If they put those words in their mouth, they have to take responsibility in front of me.”

As I said that.

“Ah, ah. U-uh… um.”

Winia blinked her eyes and twisted her hair with her fingers.

“Hmph… well… Blackie is commendable. Um, good. Well, if Blackie thought so, that must be right… uh-huh…”

Her face is getting redder and redder. Winia, who had turned bright red, rubbed her thighs together and hugged her arms. What is this signal that she’s sexually excited?

“Anyway, so I went and talked to her a bit. Listening to her, she seemed to have a serious attitude.”
“I don’t care about that woman… but she had a serious attitude?”
“Yeah.”

Zenia’s attitude was serious, and I felt sincerity to some extent. So I didn’t make her do the Big-Boob-Twirl or the Naked Squat and just came back.

“By the way, if I didn’t feel sincerity, I was going to give her the humiliation I talked to you about last time on the spot.”
“Humiliation?”

The moment I brought up those words.

“What did Blackie just say?”

Winia looked at me again with fire in her eyes.
What? Why?

“Huh? That. What you and I talked about last time, Winia.”
“Wait. What, that? That thing about taking off all that woman’s clothes and making her exercise intensely?”

She remembers.

“Yes.”
“…Blackie.”

Winia sighed and called me quietly.

“If you want to see that kind of thing, don’t try to make some strange woman do it, just tell me! What are you saying, it’s annoying, really!”

She shouted fiercely… no, why!

“What. Winia? Why are you angry?”
“It’s not humiliation, Blackie just wants to see it, right!”
“No. That’s perfect for giving humiliation…”

But she looks too much like Winia, so it’s not like I don’t want to see it.

“But you’re telling me to tell you, Winia?”
“Blackie is really a pervert!”
“Follow me.”