Chapter 268 – The World of Dreams #05

The embarrassment the alter ego felt was a very legitimate emotion.

Deprivation of prestige built up as a demon. Because her escape her from being human was like a choice to lose everything she had.

“If I choose this, I will become a helpless human being. No matter how hard you try to live a long time, you become a short-lived species that cannot exceed 200 years?”

Not just life. The physical weakness and physiological needs of the human race are very inconvenient and inefficient in the eyes of other races, especially the demon race.

Most of all, you lose your dignity.

In this world, it’s not all about being strong or powerful. If you don’t have the potential or the level that matches your authority, you won’t be able to bring out all that you have.

“No matter how powerful you are, you can’t use it properly if your level isn’t up to it..? But if I lose all dignity…”
“That would be very weak. Wouldn’t it be impossible to use even 10% of the power you have? That much is predictable.”

If the alter ego accepts the contract, if it loses the status it was born with as an alter ego of the Demon Queen, the descendant of the Demon King and the highest rank among the Demon Tribe, and becomes a human.

Will weaken No matter how powerful the authority and the magic of the Dream Queen are, if the vessel to contain them is small, it will be difficult to handle.

“Even though you know that, are you telling me to give up your status?! Then I won’t be of much help in the future…!!”
“If you don’t want to give up, don’t give up. Instead, the way to solve it peacefully is just disappearing. Keep your choice?”

However, that was the circumstances of the alter ego, and it was not something that Artin knew.

In the first place, the reason Artin tried to save her alter ego her was not because he needed her strength her, but because he sympathized with her bitterness her.

Case? If you make a contract, you can just hand over the status of the demon you received to Sirka, and if you don’t make a contract, you can kill it and steal it, so there is no difference and there is nothing to lose .

Besides, this is also for the alter ego.

“As I said before, I have no intention of making you a dream queen, nor of using you as a combat agent, I am just trying to give you a real life.”

Unless Artin accepts living as a dreamer, the alter ego will now have to challenge new things in order to live a new life as a human.

“It will probably be hard to death. Maybe no one will notice even if you try… But then I’ll help you.”
“…Really?”
“I’ll promise.”

In the process, he has an obligation to help pursue a different identity from Lilith, his alter ego. You have to believe that you can change.

…Just as Zorba and Xiaomei helped Yang Hee-min in the first round, and Senia teacher trusted her.

“I have decided. I will make a contract with Artin.”

The alter ego with a determined expression raised his head and clenched his fists.

“I will sign a contract with Artin and become a human, so I can live my life as I want!”
“Good idea. Human life is not as inconvenient as you might think. I might be strong enough.”
“Yes! Right now, I will have to lose my temper and suppress my strength, but later I will become as strong as my body and live doing all the things I want to do!”
“Oh, do you have a dream already? What?”

Seeing the alter ego, which was Yang Hee-min, accepting a new life much faster than he did, Artin innocently admired it, and the alter ego nodded vigorously.

“Joo-Yuk-Rim! Filling my own castle with various men and having them wait on me! Like most human nobles!”
“…What are you talking about? Most human aristocrats don’t enjoy such a state orphanage, do they?”

When Artin was perplexed by the alter ego’s stupid goal, she looked at Artin with rather strange eyes.

“Yes? However, according to the memory of the main body, most humans wish for something promiscuous, such as a burial ceremony or endless stamina, when they meet Lilith, right?”
“Yeah, it’s because Lilith is a member of lust, right?”
“That’s right, Artin also made a judicial training! Did she already hear that women should count with two hands?”

At that, Artin had no excuses. In fact, to count the number of women in the harem now, isn’t it not enough with two hands?

Artin, who had nothing to say, instead pushed his alter ego her towards the contract and showed his annoyance her.

“I will gather special men like Artin into my harem! Crown Prince and Prince. The archmage’s apprentice and the hero…”
“All right, now sign the contract! How long are you going to wait? We have to get out of Tartarus quickly!”
“Now, wait a minute! I mean I don’t even have a name yet! I have to decide on a name before I sign it!”
“Jijijijijijiji! I’ll give you a pretty name later!”
“… A promise?”

Hold on. When Artin hurriedly grabbed the alter ego’s wrist and forcibly disrupted the contract, pink smoke spewed out towards the alter ego from the magic circle created by Mephisto’s power of the contract.

“Hehe… Does this make me human? It’s so amazing… Hush?!”

The figure wrapped around him was just like sweet cotton candy, and when he poked it with his finger, the alter ego was startedled.

The moment your finger lightly touches the smoke, it is a delicate feeling between pain and pleasure, along with the sensation of being sucked in. Should I say it’s close to a tickle?

The alter ego, who twisted his body at the strange feeling, later noticed that his status had disappeared a little.

“Uh, Artin-sama… ? Isn’t this dangerous…? It’s just being human, right?”

Artin, who was watching the scene in silence, met his alter ego’s eyes and nodded his head with an awkward smile.

“Sure, there’s little risk? Maybe.”
“Maybe…?! Ooh, why are you suddenly using such a disturbing word? Isn’t that safe!?”

I do not know. Mephisto’s authority itself had been experienced through Violet in the 3rd round, but it was the first time in this way to lower the opponent’s dignity.

Mephisto’s power of contract, once fulfilled, exerts power that is incomparable to any artifact, magic, or power… But, unless you’ve tried it once, uncertainty always exists.

“Calm down. What makes up most of your existence is the nature of Lilith, a descendant of the Demon King. I couldn’t help it because I needed the power of a transcendental figure equal to Mephisto to completely erase it. Besides, are are there any problems yet?”
“No problem?! Then you come and touch me! How unpleasant is this painful, strange, subtle feeling?!”

The voice of the alter ego, which had been squealing, changed to a weak moan. As the pink mist completely covered the alter ego, a tickle resembling pleasure and pain began to attack the whole body this time.

“Higuk♡ It hurts?!Hehe♡ Hehe…!”
“Five…”

What Artine admired was not because of the excited moans that delighted his ears, but because the physical changes of the alter ego, which had begun to be properly absorbed by the pink mist, were so obvious that it was visible to the naked eye.

The pink hair that resembles Lilith gradually turns to gold. The protruding horns, symbolizing the demons, melted into powder and flew away, and the pointed ears gradually shrank and turned into normal round ears.

Finally, the fog that swallowed up all the wings and heart-shaped tail absorbed all the demons and returned to the magic circle of the contract.

“Hehe..Hehe…”
‘Have you been successful? It seems Magi is gone…’

When the fog disappeared, the clone was lying on the floor, groaning and flinching.

Although the state of the alter ego was strange, it felt like a complete human being to Artin.

Although the voluptuous body and beautiful face unique to the Nightmare remain the same, the Power of Charm, the representative power of the Nightmare, is not felt at all.

“It sure seems like a success… Hey, wake up. The ceremony is over.”
“Uuuuu, are you done?”

When Artin, who raised up the unconscious alter ego, casts a spell to purify the spirit, the focus slowly began to return to the hazy eyes of the alter ego.

“Yeah, seeing that the sex law works, I’ve really become a human now. How is it, how does it feel to be born again?”
“Strangely… My whole body is in a state of excitement, I am hungry and my head hurts a lot. Are all humans like this?”
“My body is probably from the fog, my hunger is probably because I haven’t eaten a single human meal yet, and my head… It’s because I was beaten a lot earlier.”

When he was a dreamer, he was an alter ego who subconsciously replaced the aftereffects of having his head his smashed with pleasure, but since he became a human, he seemed to have to feel the pain as it was if he was n’t conscious of it.

But what can I do? Just as there is a bullshit saying youth is because it hurts, pain is an inseparable relationship with humans.

“At this time, it doesn’t hurt anymore, right? Are there any other abnormalities?”
“Yes! Is this what it feels like to live as a human being? It’s very strange that it’s a creature that isn’t always in heat…”
“There will be more interesting things in the future, but you shouldn’t be surprised already. Is it not?”

Still, it seemed that being human wasn’t such a bad thing. When I was a dreamer, I was an alter ego who felt omnipotence and strange boredom, but when I became a human, everything felt new and unfamiliar.

In fact, this is a space he created himself! It was a very good feeling to see the alter ego in full swing, Artin.

“What can I do from now on? Shall we start with my name first? I like a name that looks like a beautiful flower!”

Perhaps it was because he felt elated by the unfamiliar feeling, when the eager alter ego asked with sparkling eyes, Artin first took out a robe from his inventory and handed it to the alter ego.

“First, change your clothes… “
“Change your clothes! What next?”
“I have to get out of here. They’re still fighting outside.”
“Ah. Right.”
“Let me out quickly. Because I think the other kids will scold me for being late.”
“Hey, wait! It’s the first time I’ve used authority in human form…!”

As the alter ego touched the space and manipulated something, the crude but powerful world of Tartarus was shattered like a broken mirror.

White light begins to fill the cracks in the broken space. The moment that light covers the entire space, the Tartarus created by the alter ego will completely disappear and return to reality.

‘I was going to kill him when he came, but in the end he went back with an extra hump.’

Suddenly, in Artin’s mind, the images of lovers sighing, asking if he had flirted with another woman, passed by, but he tried to ignore the uneasiness in his heart.

If everyone explains well, they will understand and accept this unavoidable situation.

…Maybe.

*

There was a lot of noise in front of the captain’s office on the St. John’s. Gabriel.

“We have to turn the boat around, sir, we have to run away too!”
“G-G-Calm down, everyone. Oh, hasn’t something happened yet?”

At the sharp cry of a female student, Professor Urdan Helik, the head of the 1st year lead department, broke into a cold sweat and put on a troubled expression.

If it was just one student, he would have sent it in moderation, but it was because there were close to dozens of students in front of the captain’s office now.

“Everyone, everyone, stay calm. Huh? Seo, the teachers are also digging and figuring out the situation…”
“Are the teachers not feeling it? It’s a demon, because a terrifying demon has appeared here!”
“It must have been summoned by a lich from the demon king army! They must be thinking of making us sacrifices and offering them to the demon king!”
“The knights of the empire and the warriors of the kingdom are on the verge of annihilation! Everyone will die like this!!”

Artin and Karen disappeared, and the warriors and knights had reached their limit in earning time through the crystal ball or the window, and the students were already in a state of low morale.

Of course, there are three corps commanders. There are three corps commanders who have to prepare for the annihilation of the army even if they face only one, while the fleet’s troops are infinitely insufficient.

At least, the heavenly horse, considered one of the strongest in mankind, and the student council executives did not collapse, so the atmosphere like a thin ice sheet where there were no riots or panics, changed completely with the appearance of Mephisto.

This is because the transcendent presence of the great devil was enough to suppress the enemies and at the same time erode the minds of the weak and inexperienced students and drive them to temporary madness.

“Ah, ah, word came that the demon was a high-level demon summoned by Miss Violet. Uh, so calm down and everyone go back to their seats and rest.”
“Are the high-ranking demons strong enough to defeat all of those corps commanders? So, why haven’t we been fighting until now? It’s just buying time!”
“Right! Please send it back! I, you wouldn’t want all those people to die either!”
“Those who live must live! If we die like this, you will kill us! We must quickly turn the boat around and escape to the academy, sir!”
“Oh, it’s troublesome…”

I couldn’t even speak strongly. In fact, there were no major errors in what the students said.

If it weren’t for the Heavenly Demon or the elite of the student council out there, if those fighting alongside them weren’t the best fighters from each country, Professor Urdan Helik would have taken the idea of ​​​​running away seriously.

But it can’t be. The people out there are valuable human talents that no one can leave out.

Among them, there was even a saint and warrior who were chosen by the Heavenly Demon, a legend of the Republic of Korea and a hero of mankind, and a goddess.

“Seo, Seo, the saintess said. We will definitely win this battle, so believe and wait. I understand everyone’s uneasiness, but let’s pray to the goddess and endure. OK?”

The spirit of the dissatisfied students was dampened when even a saint and a goddess were mentioned.

No matter how pessimistic the situation is, if the Goddess directly helps the battlefield, we might win. Did that kind of hope start to spread little by little among the students?

“Don’t be silly, sir. This battle is already over.”
“Myu, Miss Muris?”

Among those students, a red-haired female student wearing her glasses stepped out with her energy.

Professor Urdan Helick was shocked to learn that the girl was the normally quiet and reserved Muris Ludwig.

“We’re not fools, it’s all because of Artin who disappeared after being caught by demons in the middle!”
“That, that, that… “
“It was strange when you think about it. It’s just a dungeon practice, and the student council moves even the best of each country? In fact, you already knew that demons would appear, didn’t you?”
“Is that true?! Did the teachers know that demons would appear?”
“Okay! You fools! This is because the academy deliberately walked into the tiger’s den with their own feet in order to bring Artin, who is like a hero and that fool!”

Forced by her father’s annoyance and forced to participate in a dungeon practice to meet Artin, Muris witnessed all of this mythical battle.

And she was sure. That it was all part of a well-made show.

“How could only two freshmen push the corps commander? With the blessings of the angels, the support of the church, and even the curse of the witches, I managed to win!”

Muris was sure that the original plan was to make the victorious warrior and his companion his a hero of mankind. And now that Artin is gone, there is only one reason why the academy is wasting time.

“We’ll be used here as bait to attract the attention of the demons! Until that idiot Artin comes back! Or to buy time until the proud warrior wakes up and can defeat the corps commander!”
“Is that really true, sir?!”
“Sir, I hate it! I don’t want to die here!”

As the barely calmed atmosphere returned to panic, the students clung to Professor Urban Helic and began to cry.

You have to turn the boat. You have to save us Isn’t it the duty of teachers to protect students?

Looking at the madness, Muris felt a small pleasure. In fact, it was she who instigated this group and dragged it all the way to her captain’s office.

If she spoke out on her own her, no one would listen, so she acted impulsively among students, gathering discontent and spreading fear.

As a result, she finds herself in control of the situation. If things continue like this, at least this ship they are on will be able to escape this sea!.

I’m not wrong. It’s the fault of the father who made this happen in the first place, the fault of the younger brother who disappeared like an idiot, the fault of the academy for not protecting the students, and the fault of the meager angels who couldn’t even get rid of the commander of the corps.

So, he is not guilty of anything.

“Somewhere it seems like a bastard is barking, what kind of nursing care slut barks whimpering without understanding the mood. Muris Ludwig?”

Such strong curses flew into Muris’ ears and stuck. Who would dare to say such demeaning things to a nobleman himself?

“Anyway, if these guys with no roots and low ranks form a group, they will think they have power. A group of rats is still a group of rats.”

The captain’s cabin opened and a woman walked out of it, inspecting her students and laughing at her.

She was a female knight with a bloody tongue that did not suit her arrogant appearance her at all, and she flashed a terrifying madness just by meeting her.

A woman like a rose, who is seduced by her beauty her and who inadvertently pricks her with thorns.

“Sh, Shion Idris…?”
“Yes, it is me, you gloomy country boy. Nice to see you after a long time It looks like your bad face is the same.”

Thinking of Muris, whom he met after a long time since childhood, the current Shion was very, very poisonous.

No, it would be more accurate to say that the color of the eyes has turned.

“Cut your eyes.”
“…”

At Shion’s frightening words, Muris calmly lowered her eyes.