Chapter 370: Hero (1)

1.

Bianca Belleli leaned back on her sofa, shaking the wine glass in her hand with an elegant gesture.

In front of her was a crystal ball, showing a scene of Jack, covered with blood, being dragged away by a witch.

“Huh? Is that it?”

Needless to say, Bianca was a strong witch.

From her self-essence magic, her battle prowess, to the countless artifacts she had...

There weren’t a lot of witches who could be her match in any of those regards.

The number of witches she had buried and stole artifacts from were easily in the double-digits.

But, the most terrifying thing about her was that she would always try to prepare herself thoroughly to face her opponent, even if they were a helpless witch that was significantly weaker than her.

Also, she normally wouldn’t risk her life to do the job.

Instead, she’d use someone else’s life.

Even if her opponent wasn’t a grand witch, but a male witch who had just turned into a witch, she would never let her guard down.

She’d analyze her opponent thoroughly before starting her hunt, just in case that she was blindsided by some kind of ‘miracle’ that would only occur once in a ten thousand chances.

That was why she gave that slave named Jack a sealed orb that contained a Homunculus in it.

The Homunculus was capable of possessing someone’s body and taking control of their consciousness.

While it wasn’t as strong as other notoriously-named Homunculus, Bianca thought that it would be decent enough to take care of things

But, Shin Siwoo was significantly stronger than she expected.

Seeing the way he moved, she could tell that Duchess Tiphereth had trained him.

“He’s stronger than I expected.”

“Uu...uuu...uuu...”

Nearby, Ea was also staring at the crystal ball, her eyes were full of hatred.

Even though her reasoning had turned clouded, and her intelligence deteriorated to the point that she could only act like an obedient pet dog, she still couldn’t get her eyes off the man reflected on the crystal ball even for a moment.

She can only drool around like an idiot usually, but it seems like she hadn’t given up her hatred towards that man.

Her hatred runs deeper than I thought, hm~

“Ea, you’re dirtying yourself again. Come here.”

“Uu...uuu... M-Master...”

Bianca took out a handkerchief from her bosom before wiping the drool that flowed under Ea’s chin.

The latter instinctively hugged Bianca before clinging to her, refusing to let go.

In truth, Bianca found this particular circumstance unfortunate.

Not long ago, the witch called Ea Sadalmelik was completely ruined by her.

Her red eyes that once shone with venomous glint had turned cloudy as if she was inflicted with Down Syndrome, and she had turned into a vending machine of lust that would spurt out all the juice with a single press of a button.

Maybe I shouldn’t have taken away her freedom and injected all those aphrodisiacs into her...

Oh, how I miss her angry look...

Sigh... Whatever, there are still things that I could enjoy from her.

Seeing her like this excites me too anyway, albeit in a different way...n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Although, if I grow sick of her later...”

I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.

Now, about the male witch.

He’s quite strong for his kind, huh?

I need to collect more data about him, that’s for sure...

But first, I’d need to drag Duchess Tiphereth away from him, or else I wouldn’t get anywhere.

After that... It’s going to be fun, hehe...

“Ea, come here. Why don’t we go to bed together now?”

“Y-Yesh... Master...”

Bianca grabbed Ea’s wrist and went to the bed with her, carrying a syringe with her other hand.

2.

The incident that happened today blew up a little.

It went without saying that the daily newspaper, Canard, covered the incident from the beginning through the end under the headline ‘The Rebellion of Jack the Cutter’.

The outline of the incident that was reported went as follows;

‘Jack the Cutter, taken over by a Homunculus, slaughtered his colleagues, the Ten Foremen. He assaulted the apprentice of the Yesod Family in the process, but he was promptly vanquished by Countess Yesod herself.’

There were a few things that were different from what actually happened.

First, the newspaper didn’t say anything about the thug’s attempted gangrape towards Diana.

Second, the countess was the one who was credited instead of Siwoo.

The reason for the first one was simple.

But...

“...”

Strangely enough, her heart felt calm.

Thanks to the man who had saved her life in that moment of crisis.

Shin Siwoo...

Right before she was about to cross the river of no return...

He appeared like a knight in shining armor and defeated the group of vicious thugs effortlessly.

It was truly an unexpected turn of events.

She also came to know that his brand wasn’t located in the normal place—the womb—but his left eye.

A mere rookie who hadn’t inherited a brand (yet was somehow proficient in Witch Board).

That was her first impression of him.

And that was why she had expected him to get into the same predicament as her the moment he tried to step in.

“...”

Diana recalled what happened back then.

The situation was pretty much a blur because she was panicking, she couldn’t remember all the details, but...

She could recall the words that he said the first time he came into that warehouse...

‘What are you guys doing?’

‘Lay a finger on the young lady, you will all fall before my magic, you filthy maggots...’

Huh? Did he say that?

...Should be close enough, no?

After that, she remembered some brutal things happened as blood splattered everywhere.

Then, she was being held hostage by the most vicious thug of them all.

She remembered him saying...

‘Trust me, Ms. Diana. Even if I have to give up my life, I will save you.’

Yeah, that one should also be close enough.

After saying that, he used his magic to save her from the vicious thug.

Then, the vicious thug turned into a Homunculus.

And that terrified Diana to no end.

He could beat those thugs with his magic for sure, but it was a different story when it came to the Homunculus.

Then, out of nowhere, a beautiful-looking black armor enveloped his body.

It wasn’t the crude and rustic armor that one often saw in books or illustrations.

But rather a refined-looking armor that fit his body perfectly, as she could see him moving his joints in such a natural way.

When he heard the vicious thug try to threaten her with dirty words, he immediately snapped back with some gallant lines.

‘She isn’t interested. Why not worry about your head that’s about to be lopped off your neck instead?’

‘Is that all? My turn.’

After that, he dispatched the Homunculus with a dazzling set of movements.

Well, actually, she could only see black flashes and the Homunculus got blown away so suddenly, but she could tell that his movements were dazzling.

It was simply unbelievable.

A man who she thought of as nothing but a rookie witch swung a large spear around and beat up a seventeen-eyed Homunculus with ease.

“Huu...”

Then she remembered how she started to cry like a baby in his embrace after everything had ended.

Thinking back, it was quite embarrassing, but she remembered how all of her fears and worries disappeared when she did that.

After she was done reminiscing about all the twists and turns that she had experienced today, she could feel her eyelids turning heavy.

It was quite the long day, she was exhausted both physically and mentally.

“...”

What happened to her was terrible.

It was the first time in her life that she was exposed to such thick malice directly like that, and also the first time she had ever been in such a dangerous situation.

For the first time, she learned how ugly and scary the ‘sexual desire’ in someone’s eyes could be. She still could feel the stinging sensation in her skin.

But she wasn’t afraid of it anymore.

Because she knew that beyond her closed eyelids, there was a huge light that would dispel the thick darkness for her.

Even if she were to have a nightmare, he would come and save her.

Before long, only the sound of Diana’s peaceful, rhythmic breaths could be heard from her bedroom.