Chapter 58 – Episode 8.5- The High Priestess Kneels (6)

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

“Geuuuuu? Aaaaa! Aaaaagh!”

I can not breathe.
My chest and my heart hurt so much.
It’s like inhaling hot molten iron.
Michael screamed loudly at the pain that seemed to melt his bones.
I wanted to endure it, but I just couldn’t bear it.

The reason you feel pain is simple.
Because the necklace works.
This is because the current emitted from the necklace flows into the body and throbs the heart.

There are two cases where the necklace works.
When one is forcibly removed.

And it’s time to use the remote control.

“Yes, Nephiel… Uh, why, why do you have it?”

Why do you have a remote control? Why are you using it?
Michael asked in a breathless voice, and Nephiel answered calmly.

“Why do you have it? The reason is simple. ‘Cause you won’t surrender Surrender can make you happy, but you deny it. So I got it from Junice.”

Surrender to Junice.
Becomes Junice’s underling and helps her ambitions.
Helping Junice will allow her to enjoy her wealth and honor again.
Now you can escape from the living hell of being raped by soldiers.
You can get everything back.

And if that happens, you can live with Nephiel as a faithful slave to the Demon Officer.
We can never part again and live together forever.
She will be able to live with her in paradise, where she is loved by the West.

Why not take that chance?
Even if you know that there is no point in holding on, why do you do that?
Why don’t you know that waiting is painful?
So, Nephiel begged Junice.

‘Give me the remote control. I will subdue Michael.’

Give me the remote control
I’ll activate the collar with the remote and make Michael subdue in no time.
As her fiancée, she will surely break down easily if she goes.
In that way, Nephiel persuaded Junice.

‘Do you really need that? Do you think it would be enough for you to go alone?’

Junice was reluctant at first. It was because he was worried that giving it away would cause a big accident.
Even if they were engaged, she couldn’t hand over the remote control for that reason alone.

‘It won’t be solved by going alone. As Lord Nice knows, Michael is very stubborn in her own way.’

If Nefiel insists on her surrender, she may shake Michael as well.
However, he will only be shaken to the end, and it will not be enough to break his will to endure.
Because he had been by Michael’s side for a long time, he knew very well that no one could stop Michael once he was stubborn.

So you need a strong hawk.
You need a hawk that will beat you and make you nod unconditionally.
Needing the falcon, Nephiel asked for a remote control.

‘I get it. I want to go myself, but I can’t take a single step because of those assassins.’

Junice reluctantly handed over the remote control.
He wanted to destroy Michael himself, but he didn’t have the time.

A number of officers were sacrificed because of the assassins sent by Governor Ferno.
This caused confusion in the chain of command.
Junice was busy trying to sort this out.

So I left it to Foldon, but even that Foldon couldn’t completely defeat Michael.
He is ruined by continued insults, but that was all.
It only cracked, but did not collapse.
A means was needed to completely destroy it.

Maybe Nephiel would provide that means.
I’m reluctant, but I’ve sworn to obey, so you can trust me.
Nefiel is no fool either, so she won’t commit the atrocities of killing her fiancé.

‘I’ll lend you one day. Find the weakness within it that will destroy Michael. But, don’t kill them.’

That way, Nephiel was able to borrow a remote control for just one day.
And it was my intention to use this to find a weakness that would destroy Michael.

“It’s all your fault. It’s because you don’t surrender, you know? It’s all your fault.”

Nephiel betrayed Michael. It’s all Michael’s fault.
Michael pointed out that he was being tortured because he was wrong.
Naturally, Michael objected.

“Is it my fault? No, no! It’s not my fault!”

The discharged electric current constantly crushes the heart.
I’m so exhausted that I feel like I’m going to stop breathing.
If this situation continues, I might really die.
You may meet a miserable end with your heart burnt to black.

Michael somehow endured his pain and opened his mouth.
It was hard to say one word at a time, but I tried to persevere.
You have to show that you can’t give in to this level.

“I, I am not surrendering. No, I’m not going under them. I don’t want to live by buying it as a toy for the demons. No, their no, to become slaves… Tea, rather… Rather…”

For a moment, his consciousness was clouded, but Michael gritted his teeth and shook his head vigorously.
Michael, who finally came to his senses, shouted like a tenacious one.

“Kill me here! Kill me! Thinking to follow… Oh, there’s none, so just kill it! Kill me!”

I have no intention of begging for my life.
It is true that my heart is beating and it is painful.
But I have no desire to surrender. Even if it hurts, I will never fall under Junice.
It is better to die than to enter.

Just let the current flow like this and make my heart stop.
Michael sincerely wished.
Death was scary, but Michael didn’t want his honor to be humiliated more than that.
He lost his honor alive, so he wanted to preserve his honor in death.

Nephiel didn’t like Michael’s attitude.

“You want me to kill you? You can live, but you just die? Is it better to die than to tarnish your honor?”

Why do you come to this moment and talk nonsense?
It’s all over, so why are you so stubborn?
What is honor that makes you so stubborn?
I understand, but Nephiel had no intention of accepting Michael’s request.

Because he is doing this to save Michael, not to kill him.

“Michael, calm down. We’re done. It’s been a long time since I’ve been stubborn! No one will listen to you anywhere. I have no desire to listen!”
“Well, then you’re saying that being a slave is good? Is it right to live as a slave until death? Are you saying it’s good to live off of their semen? Why does everyone give up so easily? Why don’t you want to fight?”

In the end, Michael couldn’t stand it and the accumulated emotions exploded.

“I mean, I was chosen. You said you were chosen by the Goddess. To protect the lineage. To protect everyone That’s why I became a high priest. I was happy to be a substitute. I could have done anything for the goddess.”

Chosen by the goddess
That is the most glorious thing for an angel.
Because it means that the goddess she longed for so much recognized her.
Michael received a glory that no one could easily enjoy.
He was given the honor of being the closest to the Goddess, the High Priestess.

It was impossible for her to exchange that honor with the daughter of the Demon King.

“I cannot give up. Hey, I can’t kick her grace given by the Goddess! Whoops, whoops… I can’t betray Minerva-sama!”
“In other words, the most important person to you is not me, but Minerva-sama.”

Upon hearing Michael’s true intentions, Nephiel sighed.
I expected it, but I thought she would believe in the Goddess even in this state.
Others despaired that the goddess had become her slave, but Michael had no intention of that.

Still, thanks to her, she found a way to bring her down.

‘I need to talk to Junice.’

Let’s cut her ties with the goddess on whom Michael completely relies.
If her existence is denied by her goddess, even Michael in the world will not be able to stand it.
I’ll have to talk to Lord Nice and ask if there’s any way to connect with the goddess in real time.
A video letter is good, but it would be most effective to meet a real person face-to-face.

I know very well that it’s something I shouldn’t do.
But it’s all for Michael.
Surrendering as soon as possible is the way to make Michael and other people happy.
Nephiel took it for granted.

“I will just go. I’ll leave the necklace on. Because you need punishment.”

Putting on the top he had taken off again, Nephiel left without saying that and went outside.
The necklace that was making Michael suffer now was left on.

“Nephiel, wait, wait oh oh oh oh!”

Michael shouted, but his voice did not reach Nephiel.

“Huh huh? Aaaaa!”

All night that day, the high priest’s screams rang incessantly.

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“Uuuuu…”

At some point, she couldn’t feel the pain.
I was in great pain from the electricity that kept pounding my heart, but the pain suddenly disappeared.
Is the torture over? Or have you become so numb that you can’t feel it?

I don’t know.
I can’t tell if I’m in hell or in reality.
My eyes are blurry, I can’t even see what’s there.
The voice comes out, but there is no way to know if it is really emitting it or if someone is imitating it.
It seems that all senses have been cut off and are trapped in a space that no one can know.

Are you alive now? Or am I mistaken for being alive?
Michael had no way of knowing where he was now.

“Hey, I told you not to make it like this? Isn’t he dead?”

I heard someone’s voice.
A very hateful and annoying voice.
The owner of the voice was angry at someone.
Michael seemed to know a little who he was.

“I will not die. Our angels are different from humans. They are equally superior to the demons. You won’t die if you beat your heart all day long.”
“Are you saying that?”

Those who answered did not take this situation seriously.
Michael seemed to know a little about the voice of the one who answered.
I loved her sincerely, but it was a voice I couldn’t reach anymore.

“Junis is right. No matter how different it is, pain can be felt the same in any life. This was a bit too much.”

He said in a voice that someone was very concerned.
This, too, was a voice Michael knew well.
The voice of a hypocrite who had been harassing himself even though he was sorry.
Michael seemed to know who it was.

“Uuuuu…”

It’s a voice everyone knows.
Three people are here.
The sound of the three of them talking brought Michael to his senses.
The cloudy scene became clear, and even the dead eyes briefly returned to life.
A person who had only been seen as three shadows was seen very clearly.

“Junis, Nephiel, Foldon.”
“Oh, are you still alive? Good thing. I was thinking about what to do with your fiancée if she died.”

Junice, a woman with golden hair down to her shoulders, looked up at Mikael.
He was wearing a black uniform and a short red cape, signifying the highest commanding officer of the military.
She looked very relieved that Michael had come to his senses.

“Are you willing to change your mind now? It looks like you have no intention of surrendering yet.”

Said Nefiel, a woman with white hair down to her waist, brusquely.
In the past, she would have been happy to wake up, but not now.
The fallen angel in the black uniform was full of her disappointment in her old fiancé.

“I am so glad I am alive. Is there anything inconvenient?”

A woman with her hair down to her waist, similar to Nafiel, although her color is brown.
Foldon, a priest in a white priestly robe, said worriedly.
Unlike Nefiel, she seems to genuinely care about Michael,

“Are you ready to surrender now? I was afraid you were still holding out.”

Actually, it was the same as Junice.
When you die, you cannot become slaves together.
So she was afraid that she might die.
Other than this, there was no reason to worry.

“Can you speak? Her necklace stopped working so she should be fine. Can I get you some water if you need it?”
“Blood, I don’t need it.”

At Junice’s words, Michael refused with her single sword.
As Junice had said, no more current was emitted from the necklace, but there was no reason to be grateful for that.
He didn’t even need the slightest consideration.
Because if I accepted her consideration, my already dangerous heart would collapse.

“Um, yes? Too bad. I really meant to give it to you.”
“Do you think you would be grateful for something like that? Wake up.”
“Still. Assassin problem solved, but you’re still stuck. It’s understandable that Nephiel is annoyed.”

The problem with the assassin that had been bothering me so much was solved.
Junis personally captured the assassins, interrogated them, and remodeled them to become his subordinates.
Thanks to this, he was able to capture all the other assassins and make them his direct subordinates.

All that’s left is Michael.
As long as Michael bows his head, everything is perfect.
All you have to do is keep your head down and you can move on to the next step.

So he waited patiently, not expecting it to take longer than the assassins.
Is it because it is also a substitute?
Or is shallow pride refusing to surrender?

I don’t know which way it is, but the time has come to put an end to useless stubbornness.
Junice turned to Folden and said.

“Chief, take out the crystal ball.”
“I understand, Miss Junice.”

At Junice’s words, Folden took out the orb from his chest.
This crystal ball was an invaluable tool with real-time communication capabilities.

“Crystal ball? What video did you shoot again?”
“No, this is no ordinary crystal ball. He accepted it on the condition that he hand over half of his direct unit to Eris. I paid a high price to get one of you.”

To Michael’s question, Junis explained simply.

“It is a crystal ball that can communicate in real time. You can connect directly to the Mawangseong here. It consumes too much mana, so 10 minutes is the limit.”

A crystal ball capable of real-time, long-distance communication has recently been developed.
You can communicate instantly anywhere, but the problem is that it consumes too much mana.
It lasts no more than 10 minutes.
Until this issue is resolved, Eris instructed not to touch anyone except Diana and her husband.

In fact, Junice brought something that was considered confidential.
He managed to get it even though he was being criticized by Eris.
By sacrificing his own troops.
Everything was to get Michael.

“Now, watch the video carefully. Because you can see the woman you cherish.”

Immediately after Junis said that, the crystal orb Folden was holding with both hands began to glow.
Light emanated from the crystal ball, and a large screen appeared in front of me.
After a while, a woman appeared on the screen.

“Stop, please… Nonsense…”

The woman on the screen was buried in a pile of tentacles.
Tentacles were stuck all over her body, and the thick tentacles that snapped at her breasts were sucking her breast milk from her side.
There were thick tentacles stuck between her crotch as well, and they continued to throb as if having sex, making the woman’s mouth groan non-stop.
Her fine white hair was faded from long agony, and her womanly face was haggard.
The red eyes had long since lost their focus.

Michael knew very well who this woman was.
She was the one who believed in and followed her wholeheartedly and protected her heart that was about to collapse.
Always remembering this person, Michael persevered.

“M-Minerva-sama!”

Goddess Minerva.
Michael, who had not been seen for a long time after the fall of the capital, was finally reunited with the goddess.