Chapter 179 – Amaranth Monastery (3)

At the end of the prison hallway, Eddie and Evan met eyes. Looking into Evan’s blue eyes, Eddie remembered the meeting at the cabin.

Eddie, who had been gasping for an urgent call that her mother was in critical condition, was able to face her mother and Evan, whose complexion improved. Evan was waiting for Eddie at the head of her bed, smiling like a country doctor. Standing in front of the door, gasping for breath, Eddie couldn’t figure out why this man was here.

“Hi?”

Evan was a mystery to Eddie.

He was neither a church member nor a priest, but he had superhuman strength and openly criticized Andrew’s reformation. At that time, the image of Andre crying out for repentance while torturing a child made Eddie think a lot.

Evan said to Eddie, who was out of breath and couldn’t get angry or question.

“Everyone said that. I will change the world with my right ideals. I will correct this wrong world.”

Eddie wiped the sweat from his forehead. Her sister, ignorant of her, was taking a bite of the cookie with her eyes wide open. Evan was stroking Eddie’s hair with one hand, and her mother was resting her handkerchief on her head with her placid face.

Eddie said.

“What’s your business?”

“Those who say that are the worst behind. Do you know Because I’ve seen it before.”

Evan reminded him of a child who was accused of stealing and tortured. Eddie knew that Andre’s correction was wrong. He was still serving as a soldier at Amaranth Monastery. It was because he had no other way to support his sick mother.

Evan said to Eddie, who was speechless, with a frown on his face.

“Eddie. Can you help me?”

Eddie looked straight at Evan. Evan was obviously a good person. However, Andrew, the abbot of Amaranth Monastery, was also a good person at first. Andre wasn’t a bad person either, until he showed self-righteousness by torturing people on the floor of the church. Everyone reveals their true nature only after gaining power.

There was no reason for Evan to be any different.

“What are you trying to do?”

Eddie looked up sharply and asked a question. Evan responded to Eddie’s question like this.

“Love and Justice.”

“I don’t believe in that.”

Eddie said firmly. Andrew was a man close to love and justice. Andre, whom he first met, was definitely such a person.

But time has changed everything. He made his eyes, which had been shining with integrity, cloudy, and turned prayer into a purpose. I don’t want true reflection, I want a human brainwashed with pain. How many times had he seen the instruments of torture activated and flashes of lightning.

The love and justice that Evan was talking about might turn another wheel of torture for someone else.

Love and justice are bullshit. It is the devil’s delusion that must never be trusted.

Eddie thought so.

But Eddie’s voice trembled weakly, and her eyes scanned the interior of the cabin. She looked at her mother, whose gaze seemed calm. I saw the snacks Evan had brought for her brother. She saw his cabin full of provisions and enough money to get another job right now.

Evan shook the money bag on the desk once and tapped the food box next to it. His brother ran over and knocked on the box. The unbalanced box swayed, and Eddie reflexively reached for support.

Right before he could reach the box, Evan pushed the box up first. Eddie’s ears turned red and he avoided Evan’s gaze. Evan said with a smile.

I heard a knock on the box.

“You don’t believe in love and justice? This? Really?”

Angry at the playful tone, Eddie had no words to retort.

Evan had penetrated the essence of evil. Those who once compromised with evil will use love and justice as an excuse to devote themselves to evil. That he only needed an excuse and self-consolation that he was on the side of justice.

“…What can I do?”

*****

Eddie blinked again. In the dark hallway, Evan was waiting for Eddie’s guidance. Eddie took a deep breath and moved on to his feet. He always believed that his actions were right. Eddie thought that Evan, who saved a boy with no connection, was a better person than Andre, who tried to catch people and turn them all into lunatics.

Eddie decided to think so.

Never, the money that flew into his own house and the food to feed his mother. It wasn’t because of the sweets for his brother. He’s just helping someone a little better. Eddie thought so and stepped forward.

“The succubus demon is locked up underground. It’s bound with powerful tools of suppression, and it’s guarded by 5 of the strongest soldiers in rotation. It would be difficult even for you to defeat all those soldiers. They say they are experts at dealing with demons.”

Evan tried not to laugh at Eddie’s words. He didn’t know that, as he said, there might be really strong soldiers waiting. So, Evan and Eddie passed through the thick door and reached the secret space.

Evan said, passing the torch to Eddie.

“From now on, get out of here using any excuse. Okay? As quietly as possible. Without any doubt.”

Eddie nodded his head. Evan gave Eddie a pat on the back and then moved his feet toward his darkest stairway. The old floor was covered in mud and moss and smelled damp.

*******

The faces they saw every day were the same helmets and torches, no one came to visit them, and even those imprisoned were silent. A soldier in thick armor was sharpening an ax and staring at the ceiling, and in the break room other soldiers were playing cards or yawning and flirting.

“Keugh… ! Ugh… !”

Succubus Kelly twisted her body in her chains. The incantation marks on her chains were draining her powers and channeling her powers deeper into her crypt. Kelly said to her soldiers, squinting her eyes.

“Milia-sama… ! I won’t let go… !”

“Under!”

The soldier laughed at Kelly’s threat. The soldiers who were playing cards also began to giggle while facing each other. Said Kelly.

“What is funny? Mi-If Millia-sama comes, the likes of you… !”

“That’s stupid. The moment you were caught, you were abandoned by that slut.”

Kelly opened her eyes and twisted her body. As she increased her strength, she naturally pulled her chains back. Kelly endures her vertigo as she struggles to somehow attack them.

“Don’t insult Milia! Do not call him with such filthy epithets!”

She was furious that she had insulted her milia, and her soldiers were amused by the fact that her powerlessness was as good as her actions.

Haha! How stupid! This is not insulting that slut! I am criticizing your incompetence!”

Kelly gnashed her teeth. She wanted to kill this soldier right away, but her body didn’t have the strength. It was because whenever she forcibly raised her mana, her strength drained away, as if a drink were being sucked out.

The soldier laughed at Kelly, brushing her wide nose and her thick lips. Kelly turned her head away to avoid meeting the man’s grim face. Said the soldier, waving her own helmet.

“If you were a really useful bitch, shouldn’t you have come to rescue me as soon as you got caught? Uh! The very fact that I left you alone until now! It proves the futility of your years!”

“No… ! Yani!”

Shouted Kelly, shaking her head. She believed in Millia. She was sure that Milia would not abandon herself over something like this. She was Mylia, who had guided her since she was a very young demon.

There was no way she would give up on herself for one mistake.

“I mean no… !”

“Admit it. No one is coming to rescue you! You will only become a sacrifice to our Lord Ahthila and suck away your mana!”

“No!”

Haha!”

Haha!”

“Oh, I mean no… !”

Even outright denial was a mockery to the soldiers. The soldiers, sporting her thick muscles and her ferocious appearance, watched Kelly weep. She was constantly drained of strength, cut off from outside news, and constantly being ridiculed, so that even the most stalwart of demons had to lose her sanity.

Her fear that maybe really her Milia had abandoned her was tormenting her.

Kelly tried to contain her crying. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes tightly, and shook her head rapidly. One of her soldiers crouched down on her back to face her Kelly.

“What. Are you crying?”

“What is it, a bitch called a succubus is crying?”

“Hey! Look at this! This kid is really crying! A succubus after all! Water is overflowing all the way up and down!”

Haha!”

Haha!”

There’s no way to withstand their insults when you’re tied down. His body was destined to be destroyed if he drew out his rage, and he was destined to die even if he stayed still. Milia wasn’t coming to rescue her, and her laughter echoed.

In her desperate situation, Kelly rebuked herself for her reckless behavior, and she struggled to swallow her tears somehow.

The laughing soldiers slapped each other on the back and turned face to face. Blue light flashed above the head of the soldier standing with his back to the stairs, and an ax flew.

Kwajik!

The soldier, whose head had been cut in half, walked forward, fumbling through the air, before collapsing to the ground.

“Miss Millia!”

Shouted Kelly, grinning broadly, and her soldiers hardened her face and raised their weapons. Evan drew a V and said to Kelly.

“Hi.”

“…Ah.”

A look of disappointment and a sigh passed across Kelly’s face.

“Hey, I’m here to get the fuck. It’s so damn good.”

Evan has his heart broken.