The Author's POV

Chapter 183

After separating from Silug and Kevin, glancing at the ring on my finger I softly said.

"Alright, Angelica you can come out now"

-Fwa!

Following my voice, black smoke rose from my left finger and Angelica's figure slowly materialized before me. Opening her eyes, Angelica glanced at me and softly said.

"I'm ready"

Smiling, out of nowhere, I threw an orb-like object in her direction.

"Here"

-Plack!

"Huh? What's this?"

Catching the orb with her hand, Angelica tilted her head in confusion as she observed the black orb in her hand.

"It's your core"

Noticing Angelica's confusion, I smiled.

"..."

Taking a couple of seconds to process the object in her hand, opening her eyes wide and looking at me, Angelica's voice raised a few pitches.

"Ah?"

Seeing Angelica's reaction, raising my brow, I teased.

"What? You don't want it? If you don't want it I'll gladly take it back"

"No, no, no, I'll take it"

Shaking her head, Angelica quickly placed the orb in her chest.

-Shua!

Shortly after, as if made out of water, the orb directly melted into Angelica's body.

-Fwua!

As the core melted into her body, a terrifying red hue enshrouded her body giving her regal and majestic presence.

After a couple of seconds, slowly opening her eyes and turning her attention back to me, with a skeptical look on her face Angelica asked.

"...why are you giving it to me?"

Thoughtfully placing my hand on my chin, I shortly replied.

"Mhh, let's just say that I'm trusting you"

Taken aback by my answer, Angelica didn't know how to answer.

Being a demon and coming from a place where everyone would screw you over at the simplest mistake, the word 'trust' was not something Angelica was very familiar with.

There was no such thing as trust amongst demons and so Angelica was naturally unaware of how it felt to be trusted by someone.

...yet that all changed today.

For the first time in her life, someone had said that they trusted her. Moreover, it was the same human that had enslaved her and made her work for him for five years.

...it was weird and made Angelica feel odd.

Although she wasn't sure how she was feeling right now, deep down, just a little part of her felt grateful.

Turning her head away from me, Angelica softly muttered.

"...I see"

Seeing her reaction, unaware of what she was thinking, I kept a simple smile on my face.

Everything was a lie.

Of course, that wasn't the truth.

didn't need to

orb wasn't actually

to do was channel my mana towards where the orb was located and I was able to quickly pull

didn't matter if I gave her the core back or not, lest she completed the five-year deal with me,

given the core to her back when we signed the contract, but

The reason was simple.

waiting for a

her and make it seem like I trusted her. On the outside, it looked as though I was trusting her and making her feel important, but in reality, I was merely trying to appeal to her so that she would let her guard down

- work on the

if I wanted her to wholeheartedly follow me,

this case the

I made her

I sounded manipulative and perhaps borderline psychopathic, I didn't really care.

to fully become my piece, this was the

before, I was no hero. Sometimes, for the sake of the future, I had to do things that

a saint if it

the world wanted a hero, they

they desired a hero off of me, I'm sorry, but I

to get their hands dirty

-Baaam!

me out of my thoughts, out of nowhere a muffled explosion rang in the distance shaking the

of where the explosion was coming

like the aftershock of the battle

guess Angelica revealing herself once again has caused the orc chief to attack

took it as a provocation and hence why the aftershock

...that was good though.

inside of the castle and redirecting their attention towards the

glancing at Angelica

"We should go"

"Yes"

my steps and glancing

"Angelica walk before me"

to walk before

pretty much

given the current situation of the castle both externally and internally, it was safe to assume that no one would particularly pay too much close attention to

prove that she was a demon was enough to somewhat move around the castle without much

were just brazenly moving around the castle with no

No.

to be careful when moving around. If someone stopped us

-Gulp!

took out a

will be

I quickly changed my clothes to the ones of the orc that I had met

I couldn't change my skin pigmentation,

or more specifically the mask I was wearing, I

a couple of seconds of molding,

enough, do I look like an

at me,

"...not really"

even a

if you look

enough

precaution I took in order to reduce the chances of getting caught. I wasn't actually planning on fully copying an

at the part from far, it was good enough. Glancing at Angelica I quickly

"Alright, let's go"

Irritated, Angelica responded.

"Don't rush me human"

you don't really care

"Viscount rank?"

place we're going to has

eyes lit up, Angelica quickly

"Let's go"

Angelica's reaction, I shook my head

"What a child"

...

rather simple, there were four floors with the bottom floor being the

where the treasury was

as

goal was to reach the

where our goal

"Let's go"

"Mhm"

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