Chapter 461.

Chapter 461.Chapter 461. An Exciting Night with Two Girls Outside the City: The Alleged Haunted Castle. (4/10)

“Then where is she? If you tell us that then we’ll be able to trust you.”

“Heh... heh... heh... don’t... make me laugh... little mortal... Do you think... a devil... is a fool? Once I... tell you... you plan... to run... and not sign... then leave with... the information... you wanted the most.”

“Tsk.”

“Is that true Rosa?”

“Of course, I never had any intention to really let you sell your soul to a devil Dawn. What sort of friend would I be if I allowed that?”

“Yuh mean yuh were willing to go as far as trying to deceive a devil... for my sake?”

“Duh, that’s what friends are for. If you’re not even willing to trick a devil to help a friend out then you can hardly even call yourself their friend.”

“How cute... NOT... for showing me... something so repulsive... this deal... is canceled...”

“Wait! Don’t go!” Rosa called out frantically.

“What... is it now... little mortal? My patience... wears thin.”ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

“Instead of Dawn selling her soul... let me sell my soul in place of hers.”

“Rosa! What are yuh saying! Yuh can’t do that!”

“Oh? You wish... to take her place?”

“Yes.”

“Stop!”

“Alright... if that’s what... both of you want.”

“I’ll sell my soul. Yuh don’t have to do this Rosa. I appreciate that yuh’d go so far, I really do, but I... wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I let yuh do that.”

“Relax, it’s not a big deal.”

“If yuh... try to sell your soul Rosa... I’ll kill myself... and everything will have been pointless,” Dawn spoke resolutely.

“Kill yourself? There’s no way you’ll really go and do that.”

“I’ve got a revolver in my car, it would be over in an instant.”

“Even if doing so would only make your dad sad and make him end up even lonelier?”

Dawn let out a heart-wrenching groan, “Ugh... I... I’d...”

“See? You wouldn’t be able to do it after all.”

“I’d still do it.”

“Oh? Why would you go that far to stop me? It makes no sense. You’ve known your dad your whole life and only known me for two days.”

“Because... your... uh... an... important friend. There’s... Ran too. It... wouldn’t feel right. It’s my problem, and... I want to do something myself to solve it. If it means selling my soul to open up a path to achieve that, I’ll do it.” Dawn had been presented with an easy way out by Rosa, but took it upon herself. Sacrificing something of hers to get what she wanted.

I suppose it was a test of character of some sort. Would she be fine with sacrificing others to achieve her dream? Or would she pay the price herself, choosing to suffer to make her dream come true? If it was the former, I’m sure Rosa would have been disappointed.

“Your dad will be sad if he finds out you went and really sold your soul to try and get him and your mother back together.”

“What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.”

“I see. Then... you’re going to sign the contract?”

“Yeah.”

“For whom are you signing it?”

“Great Devil, that was your true form just now, right?” Dawn asked nervously.

I stood up and headed to the exit as I spoke into the radio, “Your mother... is a surgeon... at the hospital... you visited recently. That should be... more than enough... to find her. With this... our transaction is complete.”

“What? Huh? A surgeon? Wait!”

I turned off the radio, returned to the second floor, and posted up outside the door.

“Rosa, what happened to the contract?” That was the first thing I heard from inside the room when I posted up outside the door.

“It seems that devil might have taken it before he left when we got distracted by the spider.”

“I see... so the spider took it. Maybe it was that devil’s familiar.”

The door suddenly opened up, Rosa stepped out first and said, “We’re done, we successfully summoned a devil.”

“Sure you did.”

“We really did. It was really here,” Dawn adamantly attested to that, fully convinced the entity she conversed with had been a devil.

“Right. Whatever you say. Anyway, where’s your mother according to this alleged devil?”

“Uh... the devil we summoned said she’s a surgeon at the hospital yuh took me to.”

“That sure is a coincidence. But can you really trust that devil’s words so easily? What if he was making shit up?”

“He knew my mom’s name without me even telling him though.”

“I see. I don’t think it’s a good idea to stick around here for very long. We should probably leave soon.”

“Already? But we only just got here. Are you scared after hearing about the devil we summoned~?” Rosa teased.

“I’m not scared. There’s a lot of mold in here, being exposed to that mold for an extended period of time isn’t good.”

“Sure, sure, just admit you’re scared~”

“I said I’m not scared.”

“Then why don’t we investigate the source of the phantom footsteps you heard before we leave and see if anything... or anyone is here?”

“I was just hearing things earlier.”

“But... what if you weren’t? We can’t say for certain unless we look, right?”

“I already checked out the entire second floor while I was alone and found nothing.”

“But you didn’t check all of the first or third floors, right? And what if there’s a secret basement or hidden rooms in this castle that you missed?” She looked strangely excited when she mused over the possibility of there being a secret basement or hidden rooms.

“I doubt there are any hidden rooms.”

“There could be a torture chamber or something. Wouldn’t it be cool if we could find it?”

“What the hell do you want to find a torture chamber for? Are you planning to torture someone?”

“Yeah, I totally want to torture you~” Rosa moved close to my ear and whispered alluringly, “To tie you down to a chair and do it until you’re begging for me to stop~”

I ignored Rosa and asked, “Dawn, what about you? Don’t you want to leave yet?”

“Uh... I think it’d be fun to keep exploring.”

“Too bad for you, looks like it’s two to one.”

“Haaaaah.” I could only sigh in resignation. We came here in Dawn’s pickup truck after all, even if I wanted to leave alone, I couldn’t.

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