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.

need to know

orb wasn't actually that

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

gave her the core back or not, lest she completed the five-year deal with me, she was still

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

The reason was simple.

for a moment like

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

work on the

her to wholeheartedly follow me, I had to appeal to

case the

flowery words, I made her feel special

sounded manipulative and perhaps borderline psychopathic, I didn't really care. I needed to do what

fully become my

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

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

the world wanted a hero, they had

they desired a hero off of me, I'm sorry, but I couldn't grant them

their hands dirty for the sake

-Baaam!

me out of my thoughts, out of nowhere a

the explosion was coming from, squinting

of the

guess Angelica revealing herself once again has caused the

a provocation and hence why the aftershock of the attack

...that was good though.

By 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 time when moving

glancing at Angelica

"We should go"

"Yes"

glancing at

"Angelica walk before me"

to walk before me

much move around

both externally and internally, it was safe to assume that no one would particularly

having Angelica prove that she was a demon was enough to somewhat move around

Angelica being a demon helped somewhat, that didn't mean we were just brazenly moving around the castle with

No.

to be careful when moving around. If someone stopped

-Gulp!

precaution, I took out a

be

expand and become larger, I quickly changed my clothes to the ones of the orc that I had met at the entrance at the back of the castle and wore

couldn't change my skin pigmentation, it

face, or more specifically the mask I was wearing, I tried my best to distort my features to look more like that

a couple of seconds of molding,

should be enough, do I look like an

at me,

"...not really"

even a little

you

good enough for

to reduce the chances of getting caught. I wasn't actually planning on fully copying an orc as that would take

was good enough. Glancing at Angelica I quickly urged her to

"Alright, let's go"

Irritated, Angelica responded.

"Don't rush me human"

really care about reaching

"Viscount rank?"

to has the item that you're

as her eyes lit up, Angelica quickly

"Let's go"

I shook my head as a smile appeared on

"What a child"

...

was rather simple, there were four floors with the bottom

where the

there was nothing important there as only the first and fourth floor were important as

the castle and our goal was to reach the

our goal

"Let's go"

"Mhm"

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