189 Ch. 189 'Find A Way To Save Flynn'

"Sir Zehell, when are you going to let Flynn go? A few days ago, Merylin was wondering about Flynn's whereabouts."

Zehell did not answer Niken's question at all and only gave a brief head shake.

"I can't free him. Once the slave emblem is removed from his body, he will become a wild daemon who hunts the human's soul. He wouldn't stop as long as he wasn't killed. Besides, he's dying. Sooner or later, I have to kill him."

"You can't do it. How could you do it?"

"Niken, it would be better if you didn't tell the princess about Flynn's condition. Not knowing sometimes is better than knowing it. Let the princess think Flynn lives somewhere than she knows Flynn's life is like living in hell for hundreds of years."

"But…"

"Niken, that's the best." interrupted Zehell firmly without being refuted.

Niken lowered her head felt helpless to hear the stern answer from the man. Her heart ached, realizing she couldn't save Flynn from his misery.

She could save the prospective baby mermaid inside the special incubator. Still, she couldn't help the two mermaids who were already dying in the basement cell. She already accepted that she couldn't save the two mermaids, but Niken couldn't take the fact that she couldn't help Flynn.

Kazuto felt the gloom of his inamorata, so he grasped Niken's hand tightly to give her mental support.

"Niken, we can't save everyone at once. Look at the bright side. You've done a lot for this country. You succeeded in returning the evil mermaids to their original state. The greedy lord has been dragged down and replaced by a wiser person. The local people rejoice and set a day to celebrate the return of the mermaid kingdom's glory. You should feel proud of yourself. Let go of the daemon and let him find his peace through death. He also won't be able to live happily if he is left alive."

A daemon was very different from a human and a spiritual nation. Daemons were born from human-eating demons, and their hearts are corrupted with a desire to destroy.

Flynn was indeed an odd daemon because he has never eaten a human soul or any other soul in his entire life. That's why Flynn can hang out with Merylin and Niken because his heart and mind were still pure.

But the moment he killed the Elementalists and ate their souls for revenge, Flynn had changed. The sleeping demon inside of him woke up after tasting human blood. This demon would never return to its slumber as it will try to control Flynn not to stop eating human souls.

Flynn becomes a human-eating daemon, and his character was not much different from the vitality eater Daemon. It's just that the devil inside Flynn could still be held because he has a slave emblem on his back.

However, once the slave emblem was removed, there was no doubt that Flynn would become a complete demon. Conversely, if the emblem was not erased, Flynn will die within a few days.

His mental and physical body was unable to survive and gradually suffered damage. Only by eating a living human soul will Flynn be able to recover. But… they couldn't possibly let Flynn eat human souls, right?

Niken leaned her head on the shoulder of her lover. Looks like what Kazuto said was true.

No matter how much she desired to save everyone without exception, she wouldn't be able to save all of them.

"Okay. I understand." Niken replied briefly without looking straight at Zehell.

"Alright, then. I will let you rest. Over the past few days, you have struggled to change the views of local people about mermaids. Enjoy your day."

Lionel also followed Zehell out to leave the lover birds alone.

Kazuto and Niken sat in Niken's room in silence without feeling awkward. At times like this, sometimes words don't really matter, but being beside each other matters more.

The two of them enjoyed each other accompany without anyone noticing that two pairs of foreign eyes were watching them.

Both of them wear the same mask as Zephyr's, which means they were the elite Ace force members. However, no one knew if the two were mix-blood wizards like Zephyr or a metal Elementalist.

"Are you sure that girl is the one?"

"That's right, once I felt that criminal aura, I found that girl is giving off the same aura. Do you think our target has found a new vessel?"

"It is impossible. Why was he looking for a new vessel when he had found someone who matched his might? But… we can't rule out the possibility of that girl becoming the vessel."

"That means our target will return to using that girl?"

"Maybe. If that was true, then that girl would have to die. Does Captain Zephyr know about this?"

"Fortunately, not yet. The captain had returned to the southern country when our target's aura appeared. He didn't notice it."

"Good. We can't let him know. His heart is too soft even though he is a hunting captain. He will never be able to hurt people who have no certainty of contact with our target. Looks like we have to handle this problem ourselves. Find out when the girl is leaving and investigate her companion's background. There are too many magic users here, so we have to be careful in our actions."

"Yes, sir."

***

Niken has indeed decided to give up Flynn's departure. It was like that, but...

Apparently, it was difficult for her to let Flynn go. She knew Kazuto, and the others wouldn't be able to help her.

No. They wouldn't help her think of a solution, so she asked Aqua because she knew that only the girl was neutral and not very protective of her.

"You want to find a way to help Flynn?" Niken nodded her head while looking at Aqua with an expectant look. "It's impossible."