I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 75

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75.

After confirming the contamination of the river water, Caroline and Lloyd began setting up barriers at the beginning and end of the river to start purification.

Lloyd, who was in charge of the section where the river ended in case it might spread to the ocean, sent light attributes toward the sea along with purification.

Fortunately, the water contamination flowed more slowly than the river’s current, as it required pouring dark magic directly like the plague.

Caroline and Lloyd, who possessed light attributes, could see the dark magic, so they didn’t face much difficulty in purification.

Of course, this completely exposed Lloyd’s light attributes that had been hidden until now, but the Imperial Court could no longer raise their voice after being destroyed by the Demon God.

Once everything was settled, they would try to regain their power using Lloyd’s light attributes, but we wouldn’t just stand by and watch, so it wasn’t much of a concern.

Moreover, Greim, who was working with us on everything, was the interim High Priest and would become the next High Priest, so the Imperial Court would have no reason to raise their voice about the imperial family being born with light attributes.

The problem was the Empress.

“The Empress will definitely order the dark sorcerer to kill His Highness.”

Theor nodded at my words.

“The Unnamed Countess and I are taking turns standing guard. His Majesty the Emperor has also assigned two shadows to His Highness.”

The Emperor must also be feeling the threat of death, but seeing that he sent two of his four shadows to Lloyd, I thought he also considered Lloyd’s safety extremely important.

Anyway, I had bound Pandeum to the Emperor’s side because both needed to survive for proper imperial succession, but Lloyd’s safety was more important to me than the Emperor’s.

If Lloyd died, Perioze’s Sister would surely collapse.

“Please minimize any damage. I’ll find out whether all this is the Empress’s doing or the Demon God’s doing first.”

“…Do you think the Demon God could be controlling the Empress? Just what kind of being is the Demon God?”

Theor asked with a serious expression.

“Well, simply put, it doesn’t feel much different from Pandeum. It’s a being that’s been sealed for a long time, so it’s actually more narrow-minded than Pandeum in many ways. What it wants is simple. For the world to be ruled by demons, not humans.”

I said that the reason demons hadn’t yet attacked numerous civilian homes like in a war was probably because the Demon God hadn’t properly broken its seal yet.

I said we needed to understand which of the two the dark sorcerer would follow first, and what direction things were really heading as a result.

“But meeting all three of them directly would be dangerous.”

“I know. That’s why I’m going to observe for now. Just a little observation will show who’s leading everything.”

Once that became clear, stopping them would be easy too.

The Empress’s ultimate goal was to put Oslo on the throne, and the Demon God’s goal was to turn This Land into Demon’s Land.

And the dark sorcerer joined hands with the Empress because he wanted the path of dark magic he had walked to be recognized like other attribute abilities.

Perhaps the Demon God was also moving the dark sorcerer with similar lies as the Empress.

At my words, Theor thought about something for a moment, then spoke.

“The Empress currently has nothing else she can do without the dark sorcerer’s power. And the Demon God doesn’t absorb all the souls it devours into its own power, but makes the dark sorcerer’s power grow. With that, the dark sorcerer is gradually breaking the sealed Demon God’s power.”

So this was asking whether we just needed to catch the dark sorcerer.

“That’s true, but catching him isn’t easy.”

Even in the original story, the dark sorcerer would revive the Demon God in critical moments, step back, and use the Demon God’s power.

Though he ultimately lost his life to Lloyd’s wind blade, he had a natural ability to hide his body, so if we didn’t drive him into a situation where he had to appear, we might not even catch a glimpse of him.

As I was thinking this, Theor said to me.

“I’ll set a trap on my end.”

My eyes widened at that.

“You’re going to make the dark sorcerer appear before us?”

At my question, Theor nodded a couple of times.

“I’ll create a trap he can’t help but appear for and lure him out. Then I’ll bind his hands and feet.”

After that, we could seal the Demon God again and depose the Empress with the evidence we’d gathered so far.

For a moment, I was at a loss for words.

Would it really be possible to bind the dark sorcerer’s hands and feet?

No, what kind of trap was he talking about creating to lure him out in the first place?

“The dark sorcerer wouldn’t be interested in anything other than having his dark magic recognized as legitimate magic in the Empire.”

“That’s exactly what I’ll target.”

“…What?”

“We’ll spread a rumor that His Majesty the Emperor believes dark magic can quell all this misfortune, so he’s ordered all those who know about the previously forbidden dark magic to be brought to him.”

At Theor’s words, I shook my head and said it wouldn’t be easy.

“He’s notorious for being suspicious. That’s why he rarely shows himself. Would such a person reveal himself recklessly based on an uncertain rumor?”

“Of course he won’t come out easily. But the Empress will move in response to that rumor.”

“…!”

“The Empress will try all sorts of schemes to hide the dark sorcerer from the Emperor’s words. Unless the dark sorcerer is a fool, he’ll think the Emperor’s words are true based on the Empress’s actions.”

“Ah…!”

Theor said with sparkling eyes to me as I covered my mouth with both hands and kept exclaiming in admiration.

“When that time comes, the dark sorcerer will surely reveal himself to make contact with the Emperor. That’s when we’ll strike.”

At those words, I judged the probability of success was high and suggested we discuss this with the others, and so an emergency meeting was held.

Perioze’s Sister, Lloyd, Caroline, and Greim, who heard Theor’s plan, initially showed worried expressions that the Emperor’s safety could be endangered.

But when Theor said he wouldn’t leave the Emperor’s side along with Pandeum, and that he would create justification for us to stay in the Imperial Palace and protect the Emperor together, everyone looked relieved.

Without anticipating that this plan would later bring tremendous danger to us, or more precisely, to me.

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In the situation that was proceeding smoothly according to Theor’s plan, we all underestimated the dark sorcerer’s power.

The Emperor’s side spread the rumor, the Empress blocked that rumor and ordered the dark sorcerer to change his hiding place, and we succeeded in getting the dark sorcerer to reveal himself before the Emperor, so naturally we could only feel moderately relieved.

But the dark sorcerer had his own plan.

Seeing how he set up a barrier and began targeting Theor as soon as he had an audience with the Emperor.

If I, who was more sensitive to threats against Theor than anyone, hadn’t quickly used dark magic to block it, Theor, who was concentrating all his attention on protecting the Emperor, would have died with his heart pierced by the spear the dark sorcerer created.

But the defensive barrier I created with dark magic saved Theor, and only then did the others take attack mode against the dark sorcerer and bare their fangs.

“How dare you use your abilities before me!”

The Emperor scolded the dark sorcerer while being protected by the shadows.

The dark sorcerer, who covered his entire body with a gray cloak and hood, bowed to the Emperor and said.

“I must protect my own life, mustn’t I? I struck first just in case.”

Unlike us who were gathered together, he said that he didn’t bring the Demon God as promised and was alone, so it was natural to be cautious.

While he was talking with the Emperor, I scanned the barrier surrounding us with my eyes.

No matter how I thought about it, it felt unsettling.

The barrier made with dark magic writhed as if it were alive and moving, and somehow that sight made me think it wasn’t a barrier but the inside of a living creature’s stomach, making me want to eliminate the barrier surrounding us.

So while the dark sorcerer was talking with the Emperor, I began flowing dark magic into the ground.

Then I spoke to Pandeum in my mind.

‘This barrier feels unpleasant, so I need to get rid of it.’

‘I cannot enter that place, Master.’

Only then did I realize.

That I couldn’t see Pandeum, who should have been protecting the Emperor.

‘What?! Where are you right now?!’

‘Outside. It seems, Master, that you’ve entered the Demon God’s stomach.’

At Pandeum’s words, my eyes widened so much they seemed ready to pop out.

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