If You Want A Cheeky Seductress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 105

Elise’s family had lost everything and died while fleeing the capital, but it wasn’t Viktorian IV’s fault.

Duke Heilis had embezzled funds multiple times, the worst being the money meant for relief efforts. Because he stole the relief funds destined for plague-stricken regions, countless people died.

Duke Heilis’s crime deserved execution, but Viktorian IV, softened by pity, merely stripped him of his title and sent him into exile.

‘So you blamed us for that. You blamed us for the entire Heilis family’s death.’

Just when had Elise begun living with a knife hidden inside her heart?

No—that wasn’t what mattered.

‘Will I be brainwashed? Will I someday lose myself, forget what happened to my family, and start worshipping Elise like a god?’

Lanien thought that was exactly what would happen.

He’d already started feeling glad whenever Elise appeared before him recently. He’d found himself praying more and more often for her to show up quickly.

‘I’ll… end up acting for Elise. Using the black magic fueled by the mana brimming inside me, I’ll do whatever Elise desires.’

He hated it.

Lanien would rather endure torture for the rest of his life than serve Elise. Yet, on the other hand, he also harbored a desperate wish to do anything necessary to escape this torture and be free.

Torn between these two impossible choices, Lanien wept in despair—and his sobs delighted Retrotchika immensely.

From Lanien’s display of weakness, Retrotchika could tell he was slowly being molded exactly as intended.

Though Lanien’s resistance and will had proven stronger than expected, delaying the process, he was gradually breaking down. By the time spring passed and the year turned, Lanien’s hair had turned white from anguish and torment.

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