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

out the orb wasn't actually that

channel my mana towards where the orb was located and I

since we've signed the mana contract it didn't matter if I gave her the core back or not, lest she completed the five-year deal with me, she

core to her back when we signed the contract,

The reason was simple.

waiting for a moment

outside, it looked as though I was trusting her and

law 43 - work on the hearts and minds

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

case

made her feel special increasing her favorability

psychopathic, I didn't really care. I needed to do what needed to

become my piece, this was the

was no hero. Sometimes, for the sake of

point of being a saint if it only led to a future where the

a hero,

off of me, I'm sorry, but I

get their hands dirty for the sake

-Baaam!

of nowhere a

explosion was coming from,

aftershock of the battle is

has caused the

probably took it as a provocation and hence why the aftershock of the attack reached all of the

...that was good though.

laxer this place was. By distracting the demons inside of the castle and redirecting their attention towards the fight, it would in turn allow for Angelica and

those lines, glancing

"We should go"

"Yes"

my steps and glancing

"Angelica walk before me"

to

much move

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

was enough to somewhat move around the castle without much

somewhat, that didn't mean we were just brazenly moving around the

No.

someone stopped us and questioned

-Gulp!

I took out

be hella

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

I couldn't change my skin pigmentation, it

was wearing, I tried my best to distort my features to look

of seconds of molding,

should be enough, do I look like

me,

"...not really"

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 there would be too many loops in my plans

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

"Alright, let's go"

Irritated, Angelica responded.

"Don't rush me human"

you don't really

"Viscount rank?"

has the

her eyes lit up, Angelica quickly moved

"Let's go"

my head as

"What a child"

...

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

place where the

important there as only the first and fourth floor were

the castle and our goal was to reach the fourth

our goal

"Let's go"

"Mhm"

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