Chapter 188 – Episode 121 – Interlude (It’s Just a Minor Price)

*All characters appearing are adults.
*This is a fictional story that is nothing but fiction. Never follow

“… Yes, you met an ugly disciple.”

Returning to Dunpole, Anne immediately went to see Salus.

“You even got a son. She never really imagined that Diana would ever get married.”

The reason for going to meet is simple.
It was to inform Salus of the proposal Lilia had made to herself.
And she knows what situation she’s in now.
Anne, who came to her Salus house, confided everything to her as she lay in her hospital bed.

“It was really hard. She doesn’t have to apologize. I’m just glad she came back safely.”

Upon arriving at Flosh, she realizes that she has been branded as her by Lilia.
That her own teacher, Diana, whom she thought was dead, was alive.
Diana became the Demon King’s minion.
That she was trained by Lilia and Diana.
That he dedicated his virginity to Diana’s son, Mamba.
The whole banquet that he and Mamba beat rice cakes until he went crazy.
That she agreed to cooperate with the Demon King in capturing Dunpole.
In return for cooperation, she demanded that three of her disciples be freed from the king’s clutches.
Currently, the disciples are safely staying in the demon realm.
That she received an offer from Lilia to save Salus.
And she even had a mamba’s child.

Said all
She told me everything she had been through.
Having said all of this, Anne asked Salus with a nervous feeling.

“Hey, Salus. Aren’t you angry, Mr. Salus?”
“Yeah, what do you mean?”
“I became the Demon King’s servant. Won’t you scold me?”

Lost her pride.
She said she would never be intimidated in front of the demons, but she couldn’t.
She was made fun of by the hero who was her disciple, and was also made fun of by her master, whom she considered to be her mother.
The body and mind were toyed with by the two.
She was so indulged that Anne indulged in her pleasure, and Anne, in her pleasure, became infatuated with Mamba.
Because of her falling in love, she decided to become the Demon King’s servant.
She decided to betray everyone who had believed in her until now.
The great wizard who was supposed to protect the human world chose to abandon the human world.

Isn’t it natural to sell yourself like that?
Ann assumed that Salus would slap her on the cheek.

“Why me?”

However, Salus’ answer was the exact opposite of Anne’s idea.

“Do I have any reason to scold you?”
“Ha, but I…”
“If I had gone instead of you, the situation wouldn’t have changed. So there is no need to apologize.”
“Yes, Mr. Salus…”
“I am the one who should apologize. Because I ended up like this without even knowing that my disciple was alive.”

Salus looked at his bony hands.

“What will Diana say when she sees me?”

Salus has become very thin.
His always shiny green hair became frizzy, and his black eyes lost their life.
Ringers were stuck on both of his wrists.
Salus was receiving drug injections through an intravenous drip every day without forgetting.
Because it is difficult to sustain life with the healer’s recovery magic.
Seeing himself unable to hold his staff properly, Salus put on a bitter expression.

“You would call me a stupid teacher who couldn’t even take care of my health properly, right?”
“It can’t be! When Master heard Mr. Salus’ story, he was very worried.”
“Worried? Is that Diana? Hard to imagine?”

Salus and Diana were always bickering.

‘Oh, you bastard! It explodes when you do this. Did you mean to burn this place down!’
‘Heeek? Now, I was wrong!’

Salus always scolded Diana when she did something wrong.

‘Master, please take care of yourself. No matter how good your research is, if you die, it’s all useless!’
‘Umm, sorry.’

Conversely, there were times when Diana scolded Salus for not taking care of herself.

If the disciple does something wrong, the master scolds him.
Conversely, if the master does something wrong, the disciple scolds him.
That’s how we complement each other and get along well.
Even after Diana became the Archmage, the lives of the two did not change.

‘Don’t blindly concentrate on research without me, okay?’
‘You are doing well. Join the expedition and don’t be a nuisance.’
‘I beg your pardon?’
‘Did I say something right or did I say something wrong?’

It was the same when Diana joined the expedition and left for Pandemonium.
Even then she got into a little bickering.
It was more like advice for each other than a quarrel.

‘Then have a safe trip. Don’t make your pupil sad.’
‘All right.’

Saying goodbye, Diana left.
That was the last thing Salus saw of Diana.

“When she heard that Diana was dead, her heart broke,” She said. She said she would come back, but she died on her own accord.”
“…”
“So I just focused on research. She studied day and night to forget that the child was dead.”
“Miss Salus…”
“The result is like this.”

He did not want to admit his disciple’s death.
He was tormented by the false belief that one day Diana would return alive.
Thinking that she would come to scold her for her ugliness someday, Salus clung to her research.

Because it was hung like that, her desk was always stacked like a tower of papers filled with her own handwriting.
Even with blisters on her hands, she never let go of her pen.
I was so tired that I fell asleep on her desk many times, but I didn’t stop.
If I stop like this, I will remember the time when I couldn’t stop the disciple.
The paper Salus wrote on always had many ink marks smeared with tears.

As a result of pushing himself beyond his limits, Salus fell ill.

She says, “If she had known Diana was alive, she wouldn’t even be like this…”

The disciple whom she thought was dead was alive.
That too, by becoming a servant of the Demon King.
It appeared as a pawn invading the human world.
But none of that mattered to Salus.

The important thing is that Diana is alive.
The spark of hope that had been extinguished in Salus’ heart a long time ago began to live again.
The desire to live again bloomed in Salus’ heart.
She must live so she can meet her disciple again.
So, Salus had no intention of rejecting Lilia’s proposal.

“Anne, your pupil did that, right? If she becomes a demon, she can survive.”
“Yes, since it is a new body, it can be assumed that there was no incurable disease. It is said that many people have already saved their lives through the renovation.”
“Then let’s do it now. You never know when you will die.”
“… Aren’t you scared?”

Ann asked in a slightly surprised voice.
I thought she would be angry at the fact that she had to become a demon, but she calmly accepted it.
Ann she didn’t expect.

“Becoming a monster, aren’t you afraid at all?”
“Surely scary.”
“Then why…”
“Because I want to see the ugly disciple.”

Become a demon
It becomes a vicious monster that turned the human world and the celestial world into a sea of ​​fire.
Even Salus, who had extensive knowledge of demons, was afraid of the fact that he had to become a demon.
Because becoming a demon means ending your life as a human.

But I want to meet an ugly disciple.
In order to meet them, you must become a demon and get rid of the disease.

The same goes for that poor disciple.
He wants his teacher to become a demon.
He wants to become a demon and live happily ever after.

Giving up humanity is a cheap price if you can do that.

“If I can meet Diana, I will gladly become a demon. Diana also wants me to become a demon, so why would she bother to deny it?”
“Even though you have to get married?”
“Are you okay. If it’s a man Diana approves of, she doesn’t think it’s bad to be eaten by him.”
“I might regret eating it…”
“Haha, to hear it as a compliment… Cool, cool!”

Suddenly Salus started coughing.
Coughed up blood from her mouth.

“Oops, I’ll clean it up for you.”
“Mi, I’m sorry, I have to do this alone…”

Ann hurriedly took out her handkerchief and wiped Salus’ mouth.
The barely real Salus let out a long sigh.

“Haha. I might die today Anne, can you transform me right now?”
“Yes, it is possible. I’ve already brought the device to her mansion. Thanks to them.”

Anne did not come to the Salus house alone.
Two other people were brought along to bring Salus to the mansion.
The two of them stood like statues behind Ann.

“It’s all black. Is it because you are on the side of the demons?”

There were two women wearing black hats and black robes.
She was also wearing a black mask, so I couldn’t tell what expression she was making.
She is the same wizard, but looked like an assassin.

These are the spies active in Dunpole, the city of wizards.
Dozens of wizards captured by Pretis were tasked with extracting all information from Dunpole.
None of the wizards living in Dunpole noticed their existence.

When did it take root?
Ann kindly answered Salus’ question.

“It is said that there were already people captured before Leviathan invaded. Since Pretis, Selena’s daughter, infiltrated the human world, her number has increased.”
“If there are a lot of them, the tail gets caught, but I didn’t manage to catch them.”
“It’s a fact I found out too belatedly…”

At what Anne said next, Salus’ eyes widened.

“All the high-ranking people in Dunpole are spies.”
“What, what?”
“The captain of the guards protecting the city, the wizards attending the association, and even the head of the society. All the wizards the city asks you to release have long since become Pretis’ pets.”
“I, really? I know those people shouted that they would fight until the end…”
“They say it was smoke. Doing so will not raise suspicion. Thanks to that, I have not been caught until now.”
“… There was a lot of talk about surrendering, but did this city become the land of demons long ago?”

Salus was greatly disappointed.
I haven’t even fought properly yet, but I thought I’d already been eaten by the demons.
The kingdom sent knights to pressure them to join the fight, but it was all to no avail.
Because the game was already over.
Perhaps, it can be seen that Dunfall ended at the time of Leviathan’s invasion.

“Now, you and those people will bring Dunpole to the Demons and offer it to you.”
“Yes. Now I’ve made up my mind whose side I’m on.”

So far, Anne has remained neutral.
The situation hasn’t been decided yet, so I’ll wait and see.
As she insisted, she took no part in either surrender or resistance.

But not anymore.
Anne decided to become the Demon King’s minion.
Since she became a minion, she chose the option of surrender.
Because there is no way to protect precious things other than this choice.
And,

“Now that I’m not alone, I can’t stay neutral anymore.”
“It’s because of the baby in the belly.”
“Yes, I want to safely give birth to this child. If I can do that, I can do anything. So I chose to surrender.”

If you want to protect the new life in the belly, you have no choice but to surrender.
Even as a result of being encouraged by the person most dear to her, Anne had no intention of abandoning her child in her own body.

“Oh right. What happened to Daan?”

Salus asked as if he had suddenly remembered.

She said, “She said that her disciple was captured by her demons, and she fell into alcoholism. Have you ever met her?”
“Yes, we met. She met and gave the news of her pupil. But it will be difficult to call right now.”
“It’s hard to call. What are you talking about?”

What Anne said next made Salus unable to keep her mouth shut.

“Right now, Ms. Daan is getting a makeover in her mansion. Probably, she should have become her demon by now.”