CH 54.1

“Ku-uhk!”

The boy’s small body soon dropped helplessly onto the floor. The sight of him shriveling black from head to toe was utterly terrifying and grotesque. Julia involuntarily ceased to breathe at the instinctive feeling of such repulsion.

“It hurts! It huuuurtttsssuughh!”

“…”

“AAAAHHH!”

“How noisy.”

Nevertheless, Bael did not end it there at all. The fire magic that had just swallowed Paimon eventually turned into a red spider that was just like the size of a house. It bit off Paimon’s neck with its sharp mouth before straight injecting its venom. The boy, who had been rolling around while screaming, ultimately stopped thrashing about.

A hellish sort of stillness ensued. Julia’s shaky gaze slowly turned towards the pieces of rubble that scattered randomly all over the floor. Kimaris then carefully enveloped her trembling shoulders.

“He’s not dead at all. As long as the demon’s heart is intact, they can simply recover to normal.”

“But—cough, what about the memories then?”

“What are you talking about…”

“Even if the body recovers—cough cough.”

Julia stopped her words abruptly. Before she even knew it, Bael had already landed on the ground while staring fixedly at her. Kimaris exerted more strength to his arms as if to protect Julia, but the more he did that, the darker Bael’s eyes had become.

“Right, that’s quite fun too.”

“…”

“In the human world, those who are greedy for their Master’s things are simply called traitors.”

Kimaris, whose face hardened in response, shoved Julia’s back before tucking in her disheveled skirt.

“Don’t worry about Paimon. Just go inside. I can feel that Agares and Lerazier are already nearby.”

“Ah, ugh—cough!”

But still, Julia didn’t utter anything as she sat down. She could feel a burning pain that was gnawing at her windpipe. She must have inhaled the hot fumes as she was currently suffering burns in her airway.

“Cough, cough! Ah…”

Her body, which had been coughing really hard, was pulled upwards all of a sudden. Bael’s red eyes straight away scanned through Julia’s face. As he saw her up close, she instantly turned white and looked like she would just collapse in no time.

The King’s gaze soon fell upon Kimaris, who displayed such hostility from behind the key. Bael proceeded to hug Julia proudly before he gently brushed against her slender body. The key’s waist twitched every time his fingers had touched it.

“You have a lot of greed, but you don’t even know how to protect her.”

“The only person I will ever apologize for is Julia.”

“Whatever. Just take a good look instead.”

Bael forced Julia’s chin upwards and immediately swallowed her lips. He pressed his way through the flesh that got hardened in panic before licking her tender skin with his tongue as if he was trampling all over it.

A trembling breath slowly hit upon Bael’s face. The feeling of it had fueled Bael’s desire even more. His throat rose and fell wildly while a low moan began to echo from the inside of his own vocal chords. He had already fallen for and in fact, immersed himself in Julia before he even knew it.

Bael’s large palms continued to knead her bottom with such obvious intent. Julia, who was struggling to accept the kiss with her head bent due to their considerable height difference, suddenly trembled her eyelids.

“Haa, uhng…”

The sharp scratching pain on the inside of her neck had disappeared as she kissed Bael. Her breathing, which had been brutal before, returned softly as per usual and her coughing stopped leaking out as well.

As she watched the wounds on her palms and knees healed after their previous love affair in the field not too long ago, she learned that her wounds would disappear if she just shared an intimate act with Bael. As a matter of fact, even when she had suffered a huge cut on her neck while trying to avoid Berith, she got healed without a single trace right after she had a relationship with Bael.

She tapped on Bael’s tongue to indicate that it was already enough. While his body flinched, Julia naturally escaped him and curled her eyes softly.

“Thank you, Demon King. Were you just trying to heal me? Thanks to you, I’m feeling much better now.”

“…”

Bael looked down at Julia’s innocent face in silence.

When he stopped, she tilted her head and could eventually hear the incoming sound of several distant footsteps. As Kimaris had said earlier, it seemed that Agares and Lerazier were approaching soon.

“Ah, finally!”

As she was relieved by the appearance of those familiar subjects, she quickly turned around and rushed towards them. The two men who got left behind glared at each other while not knowing what kind of expression they were truly making on their own.

* * *

Amidst the maze-like underground of the Devil’s Castle, a baby dragon that had not yet reached its adulthood was howling. A sharp scream echoed through the damp stone walls, but it did not leak outside at all.

Bael didn’t even need to use his own hands. Even without him, the other demons had already participated in Paimon’s torture by choice. More than double the number of demons during the previous interrogation of Revenna and Kimaris had been there in Bael’s place.

“This kid is still wet behind the ears, but actually dares to touch his own Master’s thing.”

“Let go—let go of me! I’m going to kill all of you!!”

“The human that you attacked is the woman who has been favored by the Master.”

“In addition, she is also the key to the crystal ball that contains all the Demon God’s power. There is absolutely no way that you don’t know of that. It hasn’t been long since Berith died as a result of treason, so I kind of question this guy’s real purpose.”

“What nonsense! As long as this body is freed from here, all of you… AAAHHH!”

Immediately after, another nail was driven into the palm of his hand and Paimon’s shriek as well as the rattling sound of chains pierced through their eardrums.

Bael, who was simply sitting in the seat of honor, leaned against his chin and looked down with pleasure as Paimon screamed in pain. Realizing what the King had truly wanted, the demons stepped out even more boldly than before. It was yet unknown if Paimon would still be forgiven, but even in a situation where his death was confirmed, there was nothing else to fear.