Chapter 106: Dire Decision

Nero and Korybant walked through the hallways. Nero was walking fast ahead, and Korybant was trying to catch up to Nero. Although he always made sure not to set his foot on Nero's shadow and walk behind Nero.

Korybant wanted to ask where they were going, but he had no tongue to speak.

As Nero and Korybant were walking, Leto and Asteria ran into him.

They both immediately bowed down to Nero and looked at him, "We were looking for you."

"What a coincidence. I was looking for you two, too," Nero remarked.

"We have a request—" Leto stopped when she saw Korybant, who was in Norox's body and immediately hid Asteria behind her.

"Why is this man still alive?!" Leto shouted.

"Don't worry. It's not that shit," Nero reassured.

Asteria peeked from behind Leto's shoulders and said, "It's not him."

Leto sighed in relief and bowed down to Nero again, "I apologize for my behavior. It's just I hate this man so much that I got angry after looking at him."

"It's fine. Don't worry about it. In fact," Nero glanced at Korybant and said, "Feel free to torture him if you want. He won't die without my permission."

Asteria and Leto stared at each other with a puzzled look on their faces and shook their heads. 

Nero raised his brows and asked, "So you were saying something?"

"Yes!" Leto and Asteria bowed down and requested, "Please take us with you."

"Huh?"

After a brief pause, Leto looked into Nero's eyes and said, "We spent our whole life waiting for you, and we both dedicated our lives to you. So please—"

"Wait, wait!" Nero stopped them and looked back at Korybant. "You may go now," he ordered.

Korybant's face was clearly saying 'Where to?'

Nero placed his hand around Korybant's shoulder and took him to the balcony. Nero showed him countless dead bodies and asked, "How is the view? Do you like it?"

"Mmm mm!"

"Oh! My bad. I forgot you can't speak," tightened his grip on Korybant's shoulder and said, "Write it with magic."

Korybant formed a magic circle and wrote something on it. 

Nero squinted his eyes and said, "It's been ages since I read or spoke hell's language."

Nero placed his hand on his chin and read what Korybant wrote: "It is more hideous than hell."

Nero raised his brows and scoffed as he patted Korybant, "Come on. You are exaggerating. Hell is more beautiful than this."

Nero glanced back to see Leto and Asteria looking at him with weird gazes. He cleared his throat and said, "Korybant, I want you to gather all the bodies in one place."

"...!" Korybant exclaimed.

"Just dig up a deep hole and throw everyone inside," Nero rephrased himself and kicked Korybant from the balcony.

He then sighed and walked to Asteria and Leto.

"We want—" 

Before Leto could speak, Nero interrupted her and said, "Unfortunately, I can't grant your wish."

"Why?" Leto's face showed apparent sadness and disappointment. "Is it because I am tainted?"

"No, nothing like that." Nero sighed and continued, "I am on a journey, and it's filled with many dangers. I promised your ancestor that I would destroy his evil descendants and protect his kind ones. So I am afraid I can't take you with me."

"But we… we lived for you…" Asteria stated.

Nero pondered for a while and said, "Alright. But I can take only one of you. So decide who wants to join me on my journey."

Leto and Asteria stared at each other with a concerned and anxious look on their faces.

The reason Nero couldn't take both of them was there has to be someone staying behind to inherit the throne. If the throne was left uncrowned, the other kingdoms might try to attack and steal the throne.

"I don't want you to rush because this journey will be filled with dangers, and it's going to be a hell of a long journey."

Of course, Nero was just trying to test their dedication. Although the journey was indeed filled with danger, but there was nothing Nero couldn't defeat.

"So take your time deciding on who wants to join me. I will go get a bath."

Nero had no need to take a bath as he could just purify his body using magic. But he wanted to give some time to Leto and Asteria to think. And he was also feeling like taking a bath to relax himself after the bloodshed he had done.

Nero glanced around and asked, "Where is the bathhouse?"

Leto told Nero the directions of the royal bathhouse. Nero told them to decide before he came back and went to take a bath.

After strolling in the palace for a while, he finally found the royal bathhouse.

"This palace is bigger than I thought," Nero muttered as he opened the door of the bathhouse.

He glanced around and closed the door behind him.

"It's clean."

Nero sighed, then snapped and his clothes disappeared.

He sat on the pedestal and started washing his body.

"The water is cold. Just as I wanted."

Nero was taking a bath and thinking how dreadful his demonic powers are. The bracelet still had half of the pearls left, but his demonic powers were on the rampage.

"I can't wait to find a way to take this bracelet off my wrist," Nero said with an evil smirk on his face.

Nero wondered how Emilia and Sophia would react when he would introduce a new girl to them.

'Who would get more angry? Emilia or Sophi?' he wondered.

After pondering for a while, Nero came to the conclusion that Sophia would get more angry.

'Emilia didn't get angry and accepted Elise without even saying anything. But Sophi was upset. Although she was upset because she thought I was ruining Elise's life by making her committed to me.'

Nero smirked widely and muttered, "It's going to be fun seeing Sophi's reaction.'

Nero had no idea; he wasn't aware that Emilia was influencing him. Emilia sometimes deliberately made Nero angry, so he would go rough on her. And now Nero was thinking the same.

As Nero was thinking about his future plans, the bathhouse's door slowly opened with a creak.

Nero immediately activated his God's eyes and looked at the door only to see Asteria was standing at the door, fidgeting as though she was seeking attention from him.

"Uh… what?" Nero asked.

Asteria entered the bathhouse and closed the door behind her. She took off her clothes and hung them to the wall— though she was wearing a petticoat and slipshort panties covering her thighs.

"I am here to wash you."

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