CH 33

After Queen’s old memories finished playing, I was in a bright white void.

Only Queen is here, cuddling close to me in her mid twenties form…..

It appears I’m still in the spirit world.

“As promised, I’ll remove a [Shackle], Darling”

Queen takes the spiritual body of the onmyouji known as Ashiya that I had absorbed within myself from out of thin air and opens her mouth wide before eating it whole.

“That’s bad for your stomach”

I speak with a sigh,

“Yeah, but this isn’t enough to give me a stomachache I think? If they weren’t Darling’s fated enemy then it would be better to just squish him”

Certainly, if I wasn’t oblivious to the existence of magic at the time, I wouldn’t have fallen for such a simple trap.

“With this, the curse that was cast on Darling has been removed, so I figured I’d take this as one or my rewards or something”

The way she narrows her red eyes and licks her lips is strangely erotic.

“It can’t be helped, don’t worry I’ll properly reward you this time”

Thanks to those precious metals, my wallet is full.

No matter how great of a glutton Queen is, I should be able to manage.

“Yaaay! Then maybe I’ll ask for the sweets of this worldー”

I watch the delighted Queen,

“Then, wait a moment”

She rests her hand gently over my head and speaks an incantation.

“This will probably please that parent and child with the eyes but….. the one closest to Darling is me so I definitely won’t lose”

Queen rests her head on my shoulder while speaking.

My body slowly awakens and when I open my eyes, I find myself still in the Lithomanmari Trade Associations branch manager office.

Queen shines a pale light and begins to disappear.

Our eyes meet and she winks at me before her body vanished and turns back into a chess piece.

I’m concerned about Ange but I have no choice but to reorganise and prepare so that they won’t be able to run away again.