To My Beloved, I Present My Exquisite Nightmare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 179

Taking a human as a host does not violate the demons’ contract rules.

A demon could not enter into a formal contract—meaning one that secured the entirety of a human soul—more than once or twice over. It was impossible until the current contractor’s life expired and a new one appeared.

However, taking over a human host and claiming its shell was entirely possible. As Jimius had said, it was also true that one could scoop up and consume fragments of the soul that broke off during the process.

If the soul of a formal contractor was an elaborate banquet, then the soul acquired by taking a human as a host amounted to no more than one or two pieces of candy.

Deceptor was a stunningly handsome man whose looks could make eyes snap open in awe, yet Jimius held no interest in his appearance whatsoever. She remained unmoved by his subtle smile or the expression that looked down upon her with utter condescension.

As he slowly circled around her, Jimius felt as though she had been abruptly severed from the world and isolated entirely.

“You’re truly going to become my host? You’ll offer up your body?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“If I take over your body, your soul won’t last even ten minutes. Do you understand that?”

Jimius’s lips pressed tightly shut. Ten minutes. It really was a short span of time. Could she finish everything she needed to do within it? Could she relive every memory she needed to recall without a single regret?

‘Even if I can’t, I must.’

Jimius inhaled slightly of the stale air and spoke.

“I didn’t know before, but now that I do, it’s fine. I’ll accept it.”

“You’ll accept it, you say.”

Deceptor, arms folded, tilted his head back with an amused chuckle. Then, without warning, he thrust his true, hideously transformed, pitch-black form right into Jimius’s face and declared,

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