I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 96

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96. Demon Lord (2)

Finally, Ryuie escaped from the punching and focused on the topic of conversation.

“Demon Lord?”

“Isn’t that what they usually call a ruler that all humans fear?”

Benito stuck out his tongue with a cheerful face. It was the first time such a playful and mischievous expression looked so detestable.

Ryuie pushed away Mos’s head, which was still trying to cling to her, and stood up.

“You’re going to give me the Empire?”

“Because of the oath, Rkultu promised the Empire to Yosua. But I like you better.”

Ryuie crossed her arms as if telling him to go on. And Benito did exactly that.

“Did Agasa, Rkultu’s eye, and those Republic fellows explain all of my plans?”

“Partially. To think even gods engage in fratricidal conflict. How pathetic.”

“To be precise, I want to completely sever all of Rkultu’s influence on this place. I want to make this solely my land.”

At Benito’s words, Ryuie recalled what the envoy had said.

‘They destroyed all sacred objects and temples, driving out the gods’ influence.’

If Ryuie wanted to kill Rkultu, the method would actually be simple.

All of Rkultu’s belongings were well-preserved and guarded by the priests.

But Agathos was a god who had infiltrated in hiding.

Because he dwelt in chaos, he couldn’t be distinguished. Even the sacred objects sunken in the swamp were all thought to belong to Rkultu.

‘He’s troublesome to drive out, isn’t he?’

“I’m currently preparing a sanctuary. When you kill Glem and bring back Yosua, we’ll sweep away all the other countries together.”

“Hmm. Not bad.”

Ryuie snorted and agreed.

“But I still haven’t heard where you’ve hidden Yosua?”

“He’ll tell me as his dying words. Glem was greatly devastated when he learned that I created his body.”

Benito spoke as if it were someone else’s business.

“Well, he had resolved to kill a god and live by avoiding the oath, but even that turned out to be fake.”

A truly pitying sound leaked from Benito’s mouth. But his lips didn’t move at all, making it quite eerie.

Ryuie suppressed the thoughts that were rising.

“How did you bring me here?”

“I had been keeping some of your hair! I found what was left here and there in the temple together with the maids.”

“Ah.”

How disgusting.

Ryuie tore off and scattered what little affection remained for Mos. Now it truly seemed there was nothing left to fall off.

Ryuie smiled brightly and propped her chin on her fist.

“I’ll consider the proposal. But from now on, get my permission beforehand when summoning me like this, okay? It puts me in a bad mood.”

“How can I get permission beforehand when I can’t meet you unless you’re asleep?”

“Can’t even a god do that?”

“It would have been possible if you had remained in the Empire. You’ll be returning soon though.”

Benito approached Ryuie and knelt on one knee.

“And I’ll give you a small gift from me.”

The moment Benito’s hand touched Ryuie, she opened her eyes.

“Ryuie!”

The countless stars and universe disappeared, and finally she could see the ordinary ceiling and Glem’s head full of worry.

“Haa.”

The tension released from her stiffened body and her back finally straightened properly.

‘I’m back.’

With her lips twitching in a comfortably relaxed state, Ryuie just lay there for a moment, looking up at Glem.

Her body didn’t seem to hurt, but Glem kept examining Ryuie with a very worried expression.

“What happened?”

“Why?”

“Your hair has all grown back.”

Ryuie’s hand quickly shot up to her head.

The hair that had been burned and lost here and there during her time with Glem had somehow all returned, wrapping around her fingers luxuriously.

“…Aha.”

Ryuie’s brow furrowed.

‘Rkultu has no interest in humans so he can’t fix things like this, but you can, is that it?’

The god’s gesture of affection was truly trivial.

Ryuie listlessly twirled her hair around her finger.

“Pretty, isn’t it?”

“…Did another god visit you while you were sleeping?”

He could have just said it was pretty.

Still irritated by his clumsy side, Ryuie wrapped her long legs around Glem’s waist and pulled him down onto the bed.

“Ugh!”

“Yeah. I guess we’re being watched.”

Ryuie, who was holding Glem tightly with her tingling legs, leaned against his broad back and whispered.

“But we’re going to solve it anyway, so what does it matter?”

“…Yeah.”

“Are you thinking carefully about how to die?”

For a moment, Glem’s body flinched, and Ryuie could feel it completely in her arms. Between the rhythm of lightning crackling and making him twitch, Glem’s low voice could be heard.

“Use a gun.”

“Why?”

“I don’t want it to be hard for you when you kill me.”

Was he worrying about Ryuie even until the moment he died, like a fool?

‘Ah.’

Since then, Ryuie had been letting Glem embrace her or kiss her, leaving him be.

Even until today.

Meanwhile, she unconsciously continued to maintain the gun she had brought.

“I’m running low on bullets.”

Ryuie said, rolling an oiled steel ball between her fingers.

The gun she had personally modified by mixing magical tools couldn’t use ordinary bullets.

“I heard there are many guns in the Republic? Let’s take a look while we’re there. If we’re lucky, there might be bullets we can use for this.”

“You cannot carry weapons until you enter the capital.”

The Republic’s envoy said firmly. Ryuie held up the pure white gun barrel and put one hand to her cheek.

“Huh? What’s this?”

“Since there are no bullets, we can continue to let the young lady keep it. We’ve already confirmed that the specifications are different too.”

Ryuie, who had been pretending to be innocent, quickly stopped the act.

‘Even though I practiced quite a bit, I still can’t pretend to be a completely different person as terrifyingly well as Benito.’

Ryuie, who had interlaced her fingers over the gun muzzle, alternately looked at the envoy who was ignoring her and Glem who glanced over every 30 seconds to see if anything was happening.

“Ha.”

Usually, death row inmates don’t watch the gallows. They probably don’t even know their executioner’s face.

But Glem looked directly at her every time Ryuie drew her gun, even while being tense.

It was a posture of resolutely accepting it.

Each time, Ryuie felt as if something was boiling up inside her, breaking her ribs.

‘I should search his body sometime. If he keeps acting like that, he might have written a will in advance.’

It would definitely have unnecessarily apologetic words written on it and where Yosua’s body was hidden.

And maybe words of love too.

Ryuie glared at each piece of clothing Glem wore with an even more burning gaze than before.

If only she could strip all of that off.

And if only she could find it inside.

Glem, perhaps misunderstanding Ryuie’s heated gaze, suddenly covered his chest and turned his body around.

As if emphasizing that her interests weren’t in that direction.

‘Even so, I can only see your butt and thighs better.’

Ryuie, who let out a long breath looking at his body that was twice as solid and broad as others, spun her gun and slung it over her shoulder.

‘Mos is useless since his purpose is just to see me one more time, and Benito absolutely won’t tell me anything important.’

Although she was dragged into this space in her dreams every night, Ryuie was gradually getting tired of that too.

Agatos delivered information about the situation at the temple as if he were Ryuie’s spy.

He convinced the nobles and priests who had been brought as hostages that all of this was actually a plot by the Republic to bring down the Empire.

He spread rumors in the capital saying that divine punishment should be brought down upon those who don’t know the gods, heightening anxiety.

Also, when asked if Glem could return to Yosua’s body when he died, he answered that of course he could.

But Ryuie noticed that Benito wavered slightly at that question.

“However, you must send me a signal before you kill Glem. Otherwise, he’ll lose his soul at the moment of death and won’t be able to return to Yosua’s body forever.”

‘A lie.’

Ryuie already knew that if he died in Glem’s body, he would really die.

Glem was desperately trying to hide it, and Benito was the same, but Ryuie could instinctively tell.

Because they were both lying.

Glem was doing it to free Ryuie from the oath.

Benito was doing it to bind Ryuie with the oath again.

‘Agatos, whose goal is Rkultu, definitely needs my marriage with Yosua.’

Perhaps the god had already planted some device in Glem’s body.

The reason Ryuie didn’t immediately kill Glem was partly because these suspicions weren’t resolved.

It was definitely not because she had any other lingering attachments…

“You love Yosua, don’t you?”

As Benito’s words came back to her, Ryuie felt her breathing become disturbed for a moment and pressed her lips tightly shut. She tensed her body, not wanting to let anything escape.

If she could listen to her heart, it seemed like she would only hear continuous screaming. She wanted to scream until her throat was torn right now.

Her head was so noisy that nothing seemed like her own voice.

She wanted to be liberated.

‘What if I just really became the demon lord?’

Ryuie’s eyes, which had become dark and cold, sank deeply.

‘Finally betraying you.’

I want to break your unwavering love that never changes no matter what I do, making it impossible for you to betray me.

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