Hadrian and his fellow Nobles don't stand on my side because they owe sothing; they chose to join themselves because they don't want to be on the losing team. I accepted them because they can't do any harm. I am well aware of the fact that they are using , therefore, I also make them work as paynt.
Luckily, they have a good sense of business, so they accepted my order without complaining. The event was yesterday. Now, I am back at Verniculos after making sure that everyone who lives in the territory I liberated has my Geas. It wasn't hard to convince them to have it. I only needed to tell them that it was to notify us if any of them was in a danger.
Of course, Celia also played a great role to convince them. In their minds, she is the saint person who will never lie to them. She is willing to go against her family to fight for what is true, so her lying is highly unlikely.
None of them knows and considers that she has fallen and it wouldn't even matter even if they did. Like her, their God has abandoned them, so they would just think their God has gone mad should they do.
"Ka-ahk! Ha-ah! I can't…breathe!"
As soon as I get to the Training Field, I find Winerva kneeling before Valeria while clutching her stomach. She has just received a solid kick to her solar plexus. She is in great pain if her expression is any indication. She is entirely focused on how to suppress it—so much so that she doesn't realize she is drooling.
On the other side of the Training Field, Lunea is sprawled on the ground. Blood is coming out of her joints and she is looking at them in disbelief and astonishnt. It must be her first ti having her limbs mangled like that. it makes wonder if she will develop trauma toward the battlefield after this.
I watch the scene silently for a few seconds in amusent. I can't tell how much they have grown but none of them is crying, so I will say Valeria has done a good job.
I was wrong, though. The mont Valeria moves one of her feet forward, a haunted look appears on the face of the girls. They look at her in horror before crying like a lost child. In between their sobs, they ask for her rcy and a tiout. This scene makes worry that all of them have PTSD now.
"I think it is enough for today," I remark, attracting the girls' attention, who, from their expressions, didn't realize I was there until I speak.
"Layland!"
Bewildering , they approach like rabid dogs. Winerva ignores her pain and runs at , anwhile, Lunea uses Wind Magic to throw her body at .
I catch the latter who reached first before returning the hug of the forr who needs it badly. They are crying even louder now. I don't know whether they are glad to see or they are regretting coming to since it worsened their pain. Either way, I comfort them to the best I can, which is not much.
"They are weak. Their will breaks easily," Valeria remarks as she walks toward . "I am slightly disappointed and massively surprised that they accompanied you on your journey. I bet they didn't do much for you."
"We were just lucky to encounter weak opponents," I reply.
"You are strong—that is why they were weak. These girls, however…they need to keep themselves together, so they won't die early." Shaking her head faintly, she asks, "Where are your slave Warlord and the fallen Holy Maiden?"
"I left them at Brontes."
She seems slightly surprised as she tilts her head slightly back. "Aren't you afraid that the Temple might go after her? I thought you would keep her close to you."
"It's fine. The only crazy about Celia's heart is Brianna. Now that she already has a safe place, she won't urge the Temple to get it for her."
"What about Mark? He doesn't want to die, does he?"
"My informant said that he replaced his heart with a Holy Relic. I only know about it that much but I am sure he no longer feels that he needs Celia's heart."
Valeria hums to herself for a few seconds before solemnly saying, "He is planning to die—that desperate friend of yours. The outco of the fight between you two will either be you fail to kill him and die together or you manage to kill him and maybe still die."
"That doesn't sound fun."
"You sound ecstatic, though."
Saying nothing, I smirk. As if she can see through my mask, Valeria shakes her head faintly. Looking down at the girls that are sobbing as they hug tightly, I sigh lightly and then tell Valeria that I am going to bring them to the infirmary. She nods her head simply, says that she will be waiting in our room, and then disappears into thin air.
I change the girls' positions and carry them like two sacks of potatoes on my shoulders. Walking to the infirmary, I cause them to groan lightly in pain with every step I make.
"Your intestines ruptured, Winerva. I am surprised you haven't coughed up blood yet."
"They are not the only ones—my liver and kidneys did too. I already coughed up a lot of blood for the past three hours, so I don't have any more of it to cough up."
Winerva's response makes understand why Valeria did what she did. I was wondering why she didn't hold herself back and worked on the girls' techniques; it turns out that she did that because she wanted to improve their pain tolerance, which is very lacking.
"I am surprised that you are still alive."
"That's what I said," Lunea chis in. "Anyway, you will reward us, won't you?"
"Sure. What do you guys want?"
Lunea chuckles mysteriously and I can't help blinking at that. She was sobbing in pain just a few minutes ago—I wonder where her pain has gone to.
"We will tell you—ah! Don't shake my body!"
My experint proves that the pain is still there as she tears up after I shook her body quite violently. Hence, I conclude she could chuckle like that before because her excitent made her forget her pain.
My experint brings amusent and dread. It is fun to know that I can make her cry again with just a simple shake but, on the other hand, I am worried about what she will ask since she is so excited about it that she forgets her pain.
I ignore the thought as soon as I reach the infirmary. Unlike the other facilities in the castle's complex, it is located within the castle because it is run by a certain kind of Demons, who can barely fight and is highly valued because of their ability.
Creak.
Opening the gigantic door, I am soon greeted by the sll of herbal dicine. It doesn't sll like the hospital but I can imdiately say that I don't want to be in this room.
"Hello, there. Are these two the patients?"
Turning my gaze from the Warriors sleeping on their beds to the beautiful female Demon before , I nod my head lightly. "Yes, I need you to treat them, so they will be able to participate in the war tomorrow."
"That will be easy." The female Demon smiles lightly and then gazes at sultrily. "What about you? Do you need so treatnt too?"
As she winks, I realized why so Warriors like to spend their ti in the infirmary. The Succubus running this place surely has an irresistible charm.
"Nah, I am good." Of course, their charm doesn't work on . "Just take these girls with you. Careful, though—they are whiny."
The Succubus seems taken aback that I don't have any reaction but she is professional with her job, so she imdiately orders another Succubus to take Winerva from my shoulder. She takes Lunea from my shoulder afterward but she does it clumsily; thus, causing Lunea's mangled hand to slap my mask off my face.
Clack! Clack!
"Ouch, my hand!"
"Oh, no—clumsy ! I am so sorry!"
The Succubus looks terrified after what she did. I wave my hand nonchalantly and then pick up my mask from the ground.
Looking at her, I say, "You should apologize to this girl instead. She is the one you hurt, not ."
Poof!
A tail suddenly pops out of her back and her colleague's, surprising slightly. As I look at them wondering what happened, I notice that their gaze on is a little bit "dangerous."
"What is your na, Warrior?" the Succubus who is holding Lunea asks.
"It's CU," I answer.
"CU?" she wonders. "CU what?"
"C u later."
Snapping my finger, I teleport out of the room, leaving the pair of Succubi astonished. I walk to my new room while thinking about what the two Succubi might do to should I stay. Succubi have an absurd urge to enter people's minds. I don't want to have anyone invade my mind, so I was slightly terrified by their gaze earlier.
I only heave a sigh of relief after I enter my new room. I can feel Valeria's familiar presence and it makes feel safe.
"The Succubi in the infirmary are crazy, I tell you. It was only my first ti yet…"
Standing alluringly before the bed is Valeria with a see-through robe that barely hides her sinful figure. I nod my head appreciatively as I think about the fall of Antares to prevent myself from getting excited.
"Let loosen you up for tomorrow," she says.
"Well, it won't be easy, I tell you," I say with a smirk.
"Let's do it rough, then."
I have a perfect line for this situation. Before the fall of his enemy's Kingdom, the Demon's bride falls into his bed.
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