The priests, who were looking at each other with stern words, finally withdrew.
Beril saw confusion flowing between their gazes but ignored it.
When she arrived at Vainka, she would walk a completely different path from them.
“…….”
Vainka’s knight seemed somewhat surprised as he looked at Beril.
Ah, those eyes again. Deep green pupils.
Beril, with tense hands hidden among the folds of her dress, spoke to the knight.
“Shall we go?”
“I will escort you.”
The knight bowed his head. He then extended his hand.
Beril placed her trembling hand upon it.
“Return to the temple. I will contact you separately.”
Beril did not forget to speak clearly to the attendants. Otherwise, they would follow the carriage like some pitiful humans.
“……Understood.”
The attendants, deeming refusal impossible, finally withdrew.
The start was good.
“Then, I look forward to working with you.”
Beril spoke to Vainka’s knights.
― Thump.
A carriage appeared, not extravagant, but neatly adorned inside.
A new smell. Is it unused?
In the midst of such thoughts, the door closed. It was a wellmaintained carriage, so no creaking sound was made.
“We are departing.”
The knight’s voice was heard from outside.
Vainka’s carriage shook less than the temple’s.
He seemed like a considerate driver.
An evil being that was taking away the saint, yet he was like that.
It was strange.
(This is a time separator.)
Shortly before the temple’s carriage entered Vainka’s territory.
Belered von Vain was in his office.
Didn’t they say that demons are faithful to their desires and love extravagance?
With a faint sneer, he thought of it.
Being faithful to desire is correct, but loving extravagance is another matter.
He did not like anything unnecessarily extravagant. Unless there was a need.
“The saint’s carriage is entering the realm of the night.”
A report came in. Belered’s interrupted thoughts were suddenly drawn to the mirror.
A familiar face, seen enough to grow tired of. A neatlooking man with black hair, dressed in a white shirt, appeared.
White might be a suitable color to stand out in the eyes of demons, but he did not care.
In this place where everything was black to avoid the eyes of demons, he wore bright and white clothes at will.
Because he knew such things could not harm him.
I won’t die to a mere demon.
No, my ‘end’ is not to die to a demon.
― Oooh!
When he saw his deep green eyes reflected in the mirror, his eyes emitted a mysterious light.
The inner demon, Belered von Vain.
Demons each have their unique abilities, and his unique ability was the ‘eyes that see the end.’
He could see the end of any state or object, but usually, like now.
“…….”
Belered read his end through his eyes reflected in the mirror.
It was always the same. Seeing his end where he lacked the necessary power to survive and eventually turned into a demon and died.
A beastlike death, losing reason and raging to die.
He scoffed at himself. From the time he realized his ability, he had always seen his end.
And that made Belered a fearless demon.
I won’t die before I become a demon.
That strong belief led him to victory on any battlefield.
Because he won’t die in wars. Even in epidemics, he won’t die.
The reason his followers won victory among the demons fighting for territory was also thanks to that ability.
It was enough to conquer other demons with strong force and certainty that he would not die.
So he welcomed this visit.
“The saint is coming, they say.”
He laughed.
He won’t die anyway.
Even if the saint designated this place as a demonic house, his end didn’t change.
Then the saint was nothing more than a plaything to him. What pleasure would that human bring him?
“I thought the temple was just a shell.”
Holy power? He knew that such a thing was left in humans, albeit twisted and dried up.
But the idiots who were now sitting as priests only bowed their heads, calling him “Your Grace, the Duke,” even as Belede passed before their eyes, never even considering that he might be a demon.
They were fools who could not even feel the curse of God.
And yet.
“Is the saint really a saint?”
How did they choose this Vainka at once?
‘Vainka is not.’
‘Could there have been some mistake?’
People thought that Vainka couldn’t be a demon when three families were pointed out as possibly being demons in the first place.
That’s because Vainka was a founding meritocrat family of the Empire.
Belede himself, who had exploited humans’ firm belief that a demon could not help humans when this Empire was founded, knew it better.
Yet they singled out Vainka. And they chose it without a doubt at once.
“How is the gate of Hell going?”
The demon reporting about the saint bowed its head.
“It’s the same. A lot of power is needed to open it, but as you know, the power generated by humans is barely enough to survive.”
At those words, Belede held his forehead.
The gate of Hell was closing more and more. If the door closed completely, they would be cut off from the beings in Hell. They might even die.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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