Chapter 111: Afterwards
[Ding!]
[Both, [Devour] and [Soul Devour] have finished processing their als.]
[You have received 20,400 EXP and 16,500 Soul EXP and
15 Stat Points.]
’That’s him taken care of~ Now to deal with everything else.’
With the criminal now dead and devoured, I left the room and went back into the entrance lobby area and saw both the nobles the nobles and the elves talking. And as I got closer, I could tell that the elves weren’t particularly happy, but weren’t being overly aggressive with the nobles due to their status.
"Look, we wanted a show so she did one at our request, besides you only ca here to see the execution, and she did that!" Runaq said, clearly annoyed that he was even having this conversation.
"Did she have to do such obscene things though?!" The female elf scread.
"I just told you, yes, she did, because we paid her to!" He shouted back.
He then turned his head and saw that I’d co out of the room and smiled. "Oh thank goodness you’re here. Can you please explain to them what you did and why."
The two elves turned to
with a clear aggression towards .
I tensed up slightly at their intense stares and asked, ’What exactly is the problem?’
The woman fud and said, "You weren’t supposed to pleasure him! You were supposed to just kill him!"
’But I did kill him.’ I responded, slightly nervous due to their attitude reminding
of my trauma.
Her face turned red in anger as she scread, "You weren’t supposed to eat him though! Just brutally slay him!"
Her screams reminded
of that man, no, that monster. Then again... I did just eat such a monster... And what I did to him could also be seen as monstrous, I guess it just depends on your perspective.
I then sighed and did my best to explain myself, ’First of all, I killed him as I was supposed to, I wasn’t told to kill him a certain way. Secondly, I asked to do this specifically so that I could eat him, that’s the only reason why I’m here. And lastly, I promised to put on a show for them after telling them that I’m a succubus. Happy?’
As she read the text I created, explaining my reasoning to her, I noticed that the others were slowly shuffling away, and before I could stop them, the elf spoke up.
"That ans nothing!" She screeched.
’I’ve already told you what you want to know, whatever gripes you have now an nothing to
and are a complete waste of ti.’
The woman trembled with rage, clearly wanting to say more but knowing that if she caused a scene, she would be punished for it.
I sighed and decided to try and comfort her to a certain degree so she would leave
alone, ’Look, if it makes you feel any better, I used my power to drain him of his life force, that’s why his fur turned grey, and I assure you that it certainly wasn’t a pleasurable end, not with his life literally being ripped out of him.’
She seed to calm down after that, saying, "W-Well, it does make
feel a bit better, b-but still!"
’I’ve already explained myself, I’m not doing anymore. If that’s all, I’ll be going now.’ And with that, I left the building and returned ho, leaving the nobles to deal with the rest.
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I ca back ho and learned that Cythistia had gone out to do her job healing the city, so I went back to reading, sothing that I’d turned into a bit of a hobby. But this ti, instead of reading a story, I instead chose to read a smithing book.
I got a few of the ones that contained so of the more in-depth guides to smithing as a profession, helping
increase my knowledge and beco a better smith.
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I spent a couple of hours there reading and learning new techniques until Cythistia ca back and brought
to dinner.
It was just the two of us today as rest of her family was busy with their own work.
"So, how did it go?" She asked, of course referring to the execution.
’It went fine, t a couple of nobles who watched the show and a pair of elves who weren’t too happy with the way I perford the execution. Well, one of them didn’t like it, not sure about the other one as he stayed quiet.’ I told her.
"All was fine though I hope?"
I simply nodded my head in response.
"That’s good then, and have your cravings disappeared?"
I again nodded.
"Good. When do you think they’ll return?"
I took a mont to think. It’s been so months since I first arrived here in Athenela, so probably a similar amount of ti.
’Around five-ish months or so perhaps?’
"That’s a lot longer than I thought it would be. Though that’s not necessarily a bad thing."
The conversation then drifted away from that topic and we engaged in so small talk whilst we finished our dinner.
And as we were finishing, Cythistia ntioned an upcoming event.
"Oh! Right, I almost forgot!"
I was curious as to what she was referring to s I asked, ’Forgot what?"
"While I was out working, I noticed that the city was putting up so decorations."
Now that she ntioned, I rember seeing a couple of banners on the way back.
She continued, "And that reminded
that the festival is coming up!"
I tilted my head in confusion. What festival?
And as though noticing my confusion, she explained what this festival was.
"This festival is the ’Winter Advent’ which is the coming of winter."
"Eh?" The what? Winter? I haven’t seen a single sign of winter since we got here... Then again, we should be in fall by now.
"Ah, right, you probably haven’t experienced or heard of this before, have you?" She mused.
I shook my head.
"Well, to put it simply, it’s sowhat of a curse on these lands. What I an by that is that spring doesn’t slowly beco autumn, and autumn to winter, no, winter just happens. No sumr or autumn, no ti to adjust, just BAM! It’s cold now."
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Okay... So it just becos winter?
’Why is it like that?’ I asked.
"Sothing to do with the demons that invaded the forest. Their presence here has warped the seasons so that we only get two of them. It may be a bit annoying but otherwise nobody seems to care all that much. And sure, the sudden temperature changes are irritating, but you get used to it pretty quickly."
"Huh..." That’s... interesting? ’Wait, why did you bring this up anyway?’
"For one, so that you were prepared for the sudden change in the climate, and two, so that we could spend so ti there together as a couple!" She smiled enthusiastically.
I smiled also, as this would be the perfect ti to give her the gift I’m planning on making for her.
’So when is this festival starting exactly?’ I asked so I could know how much ti I had left to make the gift.
"Umm..." She thought for a second, counting on her fingers, "In roughly three weeks."
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’That’s... Less ti than I’d like, but I’ll manage sohow.’
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’I hope...’
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