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.

she didn't need

orb

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

the mana contract it didn't matter if I gave her the core back or not, lest she completed the

could've already given the core to her back when we signed the contract, but

The reason was simple.

waiting for a moment like this to

the perfect chance to appeal to 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 against

43 - work on the hearts and minds of

like Silug, if I wanted her to wholeheartedly follow me, I had

this case

her feel special increasing her favorability

I didn't really care.

wanted her to fully become my piece, this was the

I said before, I was no hero. Sometimes, for the sake of the future, I had to do things that I would've never

if it only led to a future where the demon king swallowed

world wanted a hero,

me, I'm

to get their hands dirty

-Baaam!

a muffled explosion rang in the distance shaking

explosion was coming from,

like the aftershock of the

again has caused the orc chief to attack even more

and hence why the aftershock of the

...that was good though.

distracting the demons inside of the castle and redirecting their attention towards the fight, it would in turn allow for Angelica and I to have an easier

glancing at Angelica I

"We should go"

"Yes"

steps and glancing at Angelica, I

"Angelica walk before me"

reason I asked Angelica to walk

was a demon hence she could pretty much move around the castle without

of the castle both externally and internally, it was safe

just having Angelica prove that she was a demon was enough

mean we were just

No.

stopped us and questioned us,

-Gulp!

took

will be hella

I quickly changed my clothes to the ones of the orc that I had met at the entrance at the back of the castle

couldn't change my skin pigmentation,

or more specifically the mask I was wearing, I tried my best to distort

of molding, glancing at

should be enough, do

looking at me, Angelica shook her

"...not really"

even a little

you look

enough for

place, this was merely a precaution I took in order to reduce the chances of getting caught. I wasn't actually planning on fully copying an orc as that would take too many resources and

as long as I looked at the part from far, it was good enough. Glancing at Angelica I quickly urged her

"Alright, let's go"

Irritated, Angelica responded.

"Don't rush me human"

guess you don't really

"Viscount rank?"

to has the item

my response as her eyes lit up, Angelica quickly

"Let's go"

shook my head as a

"What a child"

...

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

place where the treasury was

as only the first and fourth floor were important as they were

of the castle and our goal was to reach the fourth floor. The highest and most secured area of

where our

"Let's go"

"Mhm"

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