“There are two gates to Hell. Essentially, if you open the gates of Hell through the Opening Ceremony, both gates will react and open.”
Beleled nodded in agreement.
“Ah….”
This was really new information. So, if the gates of Heaven open, do the gates of Hell here close?
Thinking so, Beril once again looked back at Beleled.
“?”
Beleled tilted his head slightly, looking in her direction. Didn’t this guy say he was focused?
“If you’re curious about the gates of Hell, this record should help.”
Helbas handed her a book.
[Our Land, Batiom]Our Land? Does it mean Hell?
Beril began to cautiously flip through the book that seemed so old it might crumble at any moment.
[Animals that spontaneously generate in Batiom are generally influenced by magic, making them unnaturally large……]The book seemed to cover the environment beyond the gate as well as flora and fauna. But Beril stopped at one sentence in the middle.
[……Its meat is similar to beef in the human world.]Beef. Why did that word stand out?
“……I have been eating it a lot lately.”
Not just eating it a lot, almost every meal had been beef. No, it had been nothing but beef.
Beril began to recount her meals from the morning. Only the side dishes next to her beef steaks varied; the main course of beef hadn’t changed.
No wonder beef seemed a bit overwhelming in the morning. Beril tilted her head slightly.
“Beleled,”
Do demons naturally like beef? She was about to ask, but then closed her mouth.
It’s not a very important question to ask someone who’s working—
“Yes.”
……But the answer came too quickly. Beril looked at him again.
Nothing seemed to have changed at his work desk since earlier.
“Work?”
Beril folded the original question she intended to ask. Beleled raised an eyebrow to that question and reacted a beat later.
“Ah.”
Then he lowered his gaze back to his work desk. However, the movement of his pen slowed down.
He seems to be having trouble concentrating.
I must hurry and take a look around before leaving. Beril scanned her surroundings. The Hellgate said to be underground weighed on her mind.
If only I had a map, then maybe I could visit later…
Would Dekarabia be willing to guide me if I ask? Beril tilted her head in thought.
“Are you looking for a map?”
Belred’s voice reached her ears. Somehow, Helbas had fetched a map from somewhere and was extending it towards her.
“Ah, thank you.”
Beril hesitated after receiving it. Both Orobas and Yubar had strictly managed the mansion’s maps.
Normally, they would create a map to be memorized only by insiders, concerned it might leak to outsiders, and then burn it.
But Vain has just put the map on the bookshelf like it’s nothing?
“The Hellgate is here.”
Moreover, Helbas even pointed out the bottom section of the unfolded map. Beril’s gaze was drawn to it.
At a glance, the mansion’s map looked complicated. In short, it was a map that even showed secret passages.
“……Ah, it seems the Hellgate is the only thing underground.”
Beril noted the location of the Hellgate and averted her gaze. She didn’t want to give the wrong impression if she looked too closely.
“Access is unrestricted. There’s a rumor that magical energy flows abundantly nearby, so there are those who frequent it.”
Helbas folded the map while Belred spoke. Beril turned to look at him again.
His desk for work remained unchanged from earlier. In other words, he had not been doing any work.
“Perhaps—”
It seems I’m getting in your way. Beril was about to say that, but stopped herself.
There was no Belred at the desk. Where had he gone?
“If you’re curious, it would be best to go and take a look yourself.”
Belred’s voice came from right behind her.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
