Chapter 101 - Chapter 98: Episode 96 - Bianca
I expected Mother to hunt me down for letting Miel out of prison, but the punishment stopped at stripping me of my noble status and kicking me out of the house.
When I told her I'd accidentally let Miel go, she looked at me with suspicion, but she clearly found it impossible to believe I'd done it on purpose.
In her mind, there was absolutely no reason for me to save Miel.
Perhaps because she couldn't fathom why I would intentionally help her, I got off with a lighter sentence than expected.
She said she'd settle the debt for my service to the territory as the second daughter.
I was a commoner now, no longer a daughter of the nobility.
It didn't bother me much; I'd already known I wouldn't be inheriting the title anyway.
My interests lay elsewhere.
I was desperate to find him—the one who had captured my heart.
Finding Seon-ah was more important than anything that had already come to an end.
However, I stumbled upon news of his whereabouts through an unexpected rumor.
Less than two months after I rescued Miel from the Arandel Lord's dungeon, I heard a definitive rumor about what had become of the Seon-ah I was searching for.
He, who had been dragged away by the Royal Knights along with his mother...
had become the Demon King's consort.
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I remembered how he used to scramble beneath me.
My womb trembled at the memory of Seon-ah, pushed to his limit, letting out hot breaths and shaking like a leaf, drenched in pleasure.
The desire to make this male my mate—that was the only thing filling my head.
That thought remained unchanged.
I couldn't forget the charm that had awakened the sadism sleeping within me.
The expression on his face, steeped in pleasure and pain every time I pressed down on his waist to ravish him, never got old, no matter how many times I recalled it.
He, who used to be ravished by me.
He, who I thought would be used as a sex slave by the Council.
Was now in a place I couldn't reach.
The fact that the toy I could play with as I pleased had become the Demon King's consort...
I couldn't believe he had become the consort of the Demon King, the sun and savior of the Demon World.
Even so, I wanted Seon-ah.
I didn't give up.
No, I couldn't.
Because I wouldn't find another male anywhere who could make a female so happy.
I rescued Miel to steal him back.
There was only one reason I kept Miel alive and in my clutches.
At first, I intended to use her as an assistant to win Seon-ah back.
However, a month after Seon-ah was dragged away by the Royal Knights, Miel became useless.
To be precise, she became less useful.
Miel, who should have been hiding her identity and living as a mercenary to build up our strength, started rolling around, letting out frantic moans due to the shared pleasure as Seon-ah was ravished by someone else.
From then on, Miel couldn't live a normal life.
Even so, her utility hadn't completely ended.
I was only keeping her alive because, as long as we shared the same Yin Mark, she could be used as a vital clue to track Seon-ah's life or death.
That was a fact Miel must have realized to some extent as well.
In any case, a bounty was placed on her not long after I rescued her.
My mother, the Lord, found out Miel had escaped and put a bounty on her head.
Without knowing I was the one hiding her, she ordered bounty hunters to bring her in dead or alive.
Bounty posters were plastered all over the Demon World, but no one could find her.
Is there a saying on Earth like "it's darkest under the lamp"?
After I rescued Miel, once her utility dropped, I locked her in a basement warehouse within the territory.
Since taking her around could have led to her being caught, I was just raising her myself in a secret place.
I was so excited whenever I saw Miel in the middle of the night.
You might misunderstand, but I wasn't into girls.
Seeing Miel flowing with love juice and moaning in pleasure and pain reminded me of how Seon-ah must be getting treated right now.
One day, while imagining that scene and picturing Seon-ah, the news that he had become the Demon King's consort made my world go dark.
I worried that the mercenary life I'd lived until now would go to waste.
Eventually, I started looking for other ways.
If I couldn't go and bring him back myself, I thought, what if Seon-ah came to this territory instead?
There was a high possibility he would return to this Gate, which would have been close to his home on Earth.
If so, waiting for the day he would come to this territory seemed like a good plan.
Because I couldn't lead my mercenaries to the Royal Castle myself.
It didn't matter how long it took.
During that time, I lived as a mercenary and built up my strength.
I thought I had become somewhat strong by living as a mercenary for a little over four years, crossing the line between life and death, but I realized that was a delusion.
I couldn't beat even one of the four Royal Knights in front of me.
It seemed impossible to win, even if my entire mercenary group of twenty rushed them.
That was why I tried to lure Seon-ah out with words.
First, I had to create a point of contact.
I needed to talk about something he would be interested in.
Perhaps the simple fact that Miel was alive and not executed would give him quite a lot to think about.
I felt I should let him know who I was first.
Since Seon-ah had been screaming for me to ravish him for four months, I figured he wouldn't use his guards to harm me.
I knew what kind of personality he had, even if only for a short time.
He was showing a naive appearance that didn't seem to have changed much even now.
"Can't you recognize me?"
I took off my hood so he could recall it clearly.
Those things he did with me would probably be memories he couldn't easily forget.
I thought there was no way he could forget the memory of almost dying while being ravished like crazy.
Even I still hadn't forgotten the situation where I could have died at any time when I was imprisoned by the Hwaryong Guild on Earth.
"The Lord's second daughter..."
Seon-ah looked at me with a surprised expression.
As expected, he recognized me.
Could he forget the fact that he was ravished until he was about to lose his breath for four months?
Even I had plenty of days where I had one-on-one sexual relations with Seon-ah in the room.
I wanted to ask what had happened in the meantime out of sheer gladness, but the guards' gazes were too stinging.
They showed their intention to cut me down immediately if I got any closer to Seon-ah, their hands hovering over the hilts of their swords.
I wanted to touch him, but in the end, I had to talk while staying far away.
Otherwise, I'd have to experience firsthand how many pieces those guards could cut me into.
"It's already been a few years since we last parted... What happened to Mother?"
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I asked about the well-being of his mother, Min-ah, but he kept silent with a dark expression.
Could something have happened to her?
Since Seon-ah was silent, I felt like this opportunity I'd grabbed with such difficulty would just fizzle out.
In the end, the succubus second daughter... Bianca, said what she needed to.
I dropped the light atmosphere and stared at Seon-ah with serious eyes.
"Seon-ah... I have something I want to tell you. Miel... is still alive... We were supposed to execute her that day, but we missed her. I'm sorry."
Along with the apology, I observed his reaction.
"It doesn't matter what happens to Miel now. I've already forgotten."
However, Seon-ah just said it with a blank face.
It was as if he had no interest in Miel anymore.
I knew well how much he had been tormented by her.
Due to Miel's brainwashing, Seon-ah had been on the brink of breaking, but it seemed he had overcome it in a few years.
Seeing him not even blink, I felt he had become mentally stronger.
"That's a relief. But you know, if you happen to want to punish Miel, come find me. After tracking her for a long time, I found a clue. There isn't much time left until the day I kill that bitch. I'm saying this because I want to share the exhilarating feeling when we punish that traitor."
Even so, Bianca told him the news about Miel as if doing him a favor.
I was hoping he would fall for it.
However, Seon-ah just looked at my face once and turned his head as if he had no thoughts at all.
"I don't know. But since you said you've tried for a long time, I hope you find Miel as soon as possible. Well then, excuse me."
Then, he moved his feet quickly, as if busy.
The guards followed him, maintaining formation to protect him.
Bianca didn't know he would react so indifferently.
What I felt from his calm behavior, as if it were all in the past, was that his old, weak, and dependent appearance had disappeared without a trace.
Even the sight of him going crazy while feeling betrayed by Miel had vanished.
It felt like someone's touch was supporting him.
Who could be the person who led his mind to mature?
It would probably be his wife, the Demon King.
My stomach started to ache.
I bit my lip so hard that blood came out.
It felt like my last hope was disappearing.
Bianca just watched his back as he went far away and turned into a dot.
Watching his back as he exited the main gate of the territory with the guards, I licked the blood on my lips.
I felt a bitter taste, not a fishy one, from the salty liquid.
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Seon-ah thought while returning to the Royal Capital.
If I were to make a child with another woman, wouldn't I end up giving my affection again?
It was a thought about whether an infinite vicious cycle would just repeat.
If even this failed, I felt like the thought that I acted for Yena would be denied as well.
I was agonizing over what I should do to make a child I would absolutely never give my affection to.
And Miel, whom the succubus second daughter mentioned, came to mind.
The things that the wicked and insidious sociopath golden-tanned succubus did to me were actually hateful enough that I wanted to kill her if I kept trying to recall them.
However, thinking about what I had to do after sending Yena to Earth, I didn't want to waste emotions, so I didn't think deeply about it because I didn't want to be swayed here and there.
'Ah... right, if it's a child born from that trashy bitch...'
I thought I would absolutely never give my affection.
Seon-ah was gradually adding flesh to the foundation of the plan he was building.
The difficulty of persuading Sophia was rising even more, but since it was a plan that even Sophia could be convinced of if it succeeded, Seon-ah racked his brain even harder.
Until his head started to ache.
Anyway, there was still a month left on the road from Arandel territory to the Royal Capital.
All plans would be completed within that time.
Seon-ah continued to make plans with a heavy heart.
To obtain a result where all of his family could be happy...