Chapter 418: Encounter of Evil and Evil ver.2 2

Chapter 418: Encounter of Evil and Evil ver.2 2 Encounter of Evil and Evil ver.2 2

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“Hiyau!?”

To think that a jester was standing in her room!?

Pilitza, terrified, let out a strange cry and scrambled backwards at an incredible speed, still sitting on her butt!

“Hiya, hiya! Gooood eveniiiiiiing!”

The mysterious jester greeted the terrified Pilitza in a rather friendly manner, smiling.

He spun around once, then raised his right hand slightly.

A dancing, cheerful movement.

His baggy and overly decorated attire, along with the buns on the sides of his head, swayed.

“Hieh! Hieh!? N-No... nooo!?”

But no matter how friendly his attitude was or how funny his movements were, scary things are scary.

Pilitza, her back against the wall, hugged her shoulders, trembling.

But the jester, paying no mind to Pilitza’s state, strode over to her, lifted her chin, looked into her eyes...

“Yes! Look into my eyeees!”

And then, he made his eyes glow green!

“Huh...? ...Ah...”

The moment she saw that green light... Pilitza’s thoughts started to become hazy, as if a fog had descended upon her.

It’s a feeling like dozing off in a comfortable bed.

Her fear gradually faded...

“Heyyyy, you... ‘State your name’.”

“Pilitza...”

“‘Tell me your favorite things’.”

“I... luxury... Um, handsome men... um...”

“Yes! That’s enough... Aaalright! Then you can wake up now! Yes!”

Snap!

The jester clapped his hands cheerfully.

And the pleasant feeling enveloping Pilitza vanished.

All she felt was the piercingly cold air of the cell, the musty smell, and the rough feel of her prison uniform.

“Tch...”

Pilitza, once again aware of the constant discomfort she felt, frowned.

“So? Who are you?”

And after clicking her tongue, she asked the jester, who had suddenly appeared in her cell, his name.

The fear she had felt earlier had vanished for some reason.

All that remained was the unpleasant feeling of having her personal space suddenly invaded.

“Yes, yessss! I’m everyone’s idol, the delightful, delightful Chubos-kun!”

“Th-The unpleasant, unpleasant Chubos-kun, huh? What are you doing suddenly appearing here? This is trespassing, you know?”

Pilitza clicked her tongue repeatedly at Chubos, who was dancing around cheerfully.

And then, Chubos started dancing with jerky movements, in sync with the rhythm of her tongue-clicking!

“Aaaah! Enough!”

Frustrated, Pilitza threw the wooden soup bowl that was rolling on the floor at Chubos with all her might!

The soup bowl flew straight towards Chubos’s head... it flew... but it got caught in the buns on the sides of his head and stopped!

What’s going on!?

“Ahahahaha! Now, now, Pilitza, don’t be so irritable! Your cute face is going to waste!”

“Even when I’m irritable, I’m cute!”

“Wow... But, but, smile! I think you look even cuter when you smile!”

Chubos said that, ignoring his own annoying dancing.

Pilitza’s blood pressure rose even further, hearing his words!

“Digging stones every day in a dim, underground tunnel! Sleeping in a cold, smelly cell with a thin blanket! Tasteless food! No handsome men! How am I supposed to smile in this kind of environment!?”

Thump, thump, thump!

Pilitza shouted, stomping her feet in frustration.

Chubos grinned at the sight.

His mouth, sloppily painted with lipstick like a child’s drawing, twisted, revealing his crescent-shaped white teeth.

And then, this jester...

“Ta-dadadadadada-tadaaa! I have good news for you Pilitza-san! Congratulations, you have been chosen by the ‘Ring of Happiness’!”

He suddenly said that.

“Huh?”

Chubos spread his palm in front of the dumbfounded Pilitza.

And then, he clenched his fist, twirled his wrist, and then spread his palm again.

And suddenly, there...

...A ring with a shining green jewel... appeared.

“Eh...”

Pilitza, looking at Chubos who gave up arguing, nodded in satisfaction, and then, once again, gave a command, infused with the power of the ring.

“‘Chubos, I give you the honor of becoming my servant. Serve me with all your heart and soul’.”

“...H-Hah!!”

Chubos knelt on one knee, bowing his head like a vassal.

(...Oh shiiiit!! I screwed uuuup!!)

But!

This Chubos... was panicking inwardly!

(’Last Dream ver.2’ is designed to cancel any commands that harm us, ‘Soul Poachers’... it’s designed that way... BUT!!)

Chubos glanced at the “Princess” in front of him.

This “Princess”, apparently tired of standing, has now created a throne with the power of the ring and is smiling arrogantly, resting her cheek on her hand, using the throne’s armrest.

(It doesn’t judge ‘Become my servant’ as a ‘harmful command’!? This is a blind spot... Ggh, I can’t move freely!)

Despite his panic, Chubos quickly considered several options.

One is self-destructing.

Discard his current body, send his memory data to their base, the ‘Ark that Traverses the Void’, and start over.

To be honest, this is the quickest solution.

(No... I can’t! I can’t do thaaat!)

But Chubos immediately rejected that idea.

Because he just recently failed and discarded his body.

And now he failed again?

He can’t report that to Mama! It’s too embarrassing!!

(So... does that mean I have to play along with this princess game for a while...?)

The true purpose of ‘Last Dream ver.2’ is the same as the original ‘Last Dream’.

To grant the “Compatible User’s” wishes one after another, and in the end, siphon mana resources, involving the surrounding area.

However, ‘Last Dream ver.2’ has reduced overall output compared to the original, and proportionally, the amount of mana it can collect is also reduced.

In other words, he has to distribute more of them...

So, being restricted here as a servant is a major setback for Chubos.

“Now, Chubos, listen carefully... Today, I was finally able to regain my true form... but! There’s still something missing! Do you know what it is?”

Pilitza doesn’t care about Chubos’s inner turmoil as he desperately searches for a solution, kneeling.

She asked Chubos, her eyes narrowed, covering her mouth with a luxurious fan, newly created and studded with jewels.

“U-Um... money?”

Pilitza’s gaze is cold.

“A-A handsome prince?”

Pilitza’s gaze is cold.

“Th-That’s it, delicious food!”

Pilitza’s gaze is cold.

“Hah! A castle! You need a castle, right?”

Pilitza’s gaze is cold.

Pilitza, shaking her head as if exasperated, finally broke the silence and spoke.

“The answer... is ‘everything’.”

(What a fucking perfect answer!!)

Chubos cursed inwardly.

“Therefore, I must ‘take back’ everything! Putting things back where they belong. In other words, everything to me!”

Pilitza laughed triumphantly, completely intoxicated with a sense of omnipotence!

“So, Chubos! First, we’ll take control of this prison! After establishing a base here, we’ll take control of the underground town, then the Deswaar Duchy, then the Teenidys Kingdom, and gradually expand our dominion! ‘You’ll do it’! Do you understand!?”

“Hiii!? W-Wait, wait, Princesssss!”

What a reckless command!

Even Chubos was outwardly panicked, and protested!

“Princess, you have that Ring of Happiness! So why don’t you use its power! Then your wishes will come true right away!”

And after saying that, he grinned.

That’s right, that’s what he’ll do.

Make this greedy woman grant her wishes non-stop.

Then the ring’s power will quickly deplete, and the mana siphoning phenomenon will occur.

And then, Chubos will be quickly freed from this “Princess”!

However, at this suggestion from Chubos,

Pilitza snorted and rejected it.

Then, with a pout, she said!

“Don’t be foolish. A princess doesn’t do things herself. She has her servants do everything for heeeer!”

(Th-Th-This, this, this, thiiis bitcccchhhh!!!)

And so, deep underground, at the northernmost tip of the Teenidys Kingdom...

The conquest of a nation, by a ‘princess’ and a ‘jester’, has begun!

The is the last side story of this arc.