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

out the orb wasn't actually that

to do was channel my mana towards where the

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

back when we signed the contract, but

The reason was simple.

was waiting for a moment like this

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

law 43 - work on the hearts

wholeheartedly follow me, I had to appeal

case the

I made her feel special increasing her

really care. I needed to

her to fully become my piece,

said before, I was no hero. Sometimes, for the sake of the future,

all, what was the point of being a saint if it only led to a future where the

the world wanted a hero, they had

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

dirty

-Baaam!

thoughts, out of nowhere a muffled explosion

the direction of where the explosion was coming from, squinting my eyes I instantly understood

seems like the aftershock of the battle is reaching all the way

revealing herself once again has caused the

probably took it as a provocation and hence why the aftershock

...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

along those lines, glancing

"We should go"

"Yes"

glancing at Angelica,

"Angelica walk before me"

Angelica to walk before me was

was a demon hence she could pretty much move around the

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

that she was a demon was enough to

being a demon helped somewhat, that didn't mean we were just brazenly moving around the castle with no care of the

No.

stopped us and questioned us,

-Gulp!

an extra safety precaution, I took out

be hella

the orc that I had met at the entrance at the

couldn't change my skin pigmentation, it

fingers on my 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, glancing at Angelica

do I

at me, Angelica shook her

"...not really"

even a

you look

enough for

the first 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 as I did not sign a contract with

as I looked at the part from far, it was good enough. Glancing

"Alright, let's go"

Irritated, Angelica responded.

"Don't rush me human"

really care about

"Viscount rank?"

has the

my response as her eyes lit up, Angelica quickly moved

"Let's go"

shook my head as a smile

"What a child"

...

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

the

was nothing important there as

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

our goal

"Let's go"

"Mhm"

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