Let the Whales Fight, This Shrimp is Leaving! - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10
The Angel calmly reached into the next page of the book and pulled out a new sword. This time, it was a slender rapier.
Clang! Cling!
The Angel swung the blade with the elegant grace of a fencer.
The Demon fiercely parried the strikes with sharp claws, thrusting deep into his opponent’s guard.
“All you ever do is spout pathetic hypocrisy!”
“Have you never heard that even hypocrisy is a form of goodness?”
“Always putting on such lofty airs!”
“Vulgar creatures like you wouldn’t know the first thing about elegance.”
As the two otherworldly beings traded blows, the room fell into utter ruin.
The windows were already completely shattered, and the floor looked as if it would need to be torn up and entirely replaced.
‘At this rate, the whole mansion is going to collapse!’
I had chosen the wrong place for the summoning.
If I had known this would happen, I would have done it in a corner of the garden or out in the woods!
“Wait a minute!”
Garing fiercely, I threw myself right between the Angel and the Demon as they traded vicious strikes and insults.
I didn’t have anything resembling a plan.
I was just letting the chips fall where they may, fully aware that it was reckless, pathetic, and downright stupid.
But what else could I do? I had already abandoned everything.
“Stop this!”
“Idir!”
“Hey, you!”
Seeing me suddenly barge into the fray, both the Demon and the Angel froze in visible bewilderment.
The Angel, who had been about to drive his sword into the Demon’s chest, hastily dropped his weapon. Conversely, the Demon, who was in the middle of attacking the Angel, couldn’t slow his momentum in time.
The Demon swept me up in his momentum, and we tumbled across the floor together.
“Ugh!”
My body skidded, and my vision spun wildly. Yet, no real pain followed.
“……?”
When I came to my senses and lifted my head, I found the Demon wrapping his arms tightly around me, looking thoroughly irritated.
“Are you trying to get yourself killed? Where do you think a mere human is shoving herself into!”
I looked up at him with a dubious expression and asked.
“Were you just protecting me?”
“Does it look like I tackled you for fun?”
The Demon snapped back.
Meanwhile, the Angel stepped closer and casually nudged the Demon’s shoulder with the tip of his boot.
“Get away from the human, you filthy creature.”
The Angel pulled me to my feet from where I was half-crushed under the Demon’s frame, setting me down right beside him.
With a single wave of the Angel’s hand in midair, a massive circle of light materialized.
“Hey, you piece of—!”
The Demon was shouting something from outside the barrier, but his voice didn’t carry through.
This, too, must be the Angel’s power or magic.
When I mindlessly reached my fingertips out to touch the light radiating from the circle, the Angel caught my hand.
“It is dangerous to touch, Idir.”
He turned me around properly to face him. The gaze looking down at me was quite cold.
“You have acted foolishly.”
Yet, the rebuking voice was gentle. The Angel Sariel let out a soft sigh.
“Since I summoned a Demon, will I be punished with death?”
“Did you not hear me earlier?”
When I asked, the furrow in Angel Sariel’s brow smoothed out slightly.
His hospitable demeanor felt a bit foreign.
“I came to grant you one more chance before you commit a true sin.”
“What is the baseline for this ‘sin’ you speak of?”
“It refers to striking a bargain with a Demon to gain your desires, thereby surrendering your soul.”
“If I say I will bargain with the Demon, do I end up like that?”
I pointed at Deyan, who was currently pinned to the wall.
“Idir. You can only be this reckless because you do not know the true nature of Hell.”
Sighing quietly, the Angel admonished me with a hint of exasperation.
“Your prayers have undoubtedly reached us. Every soul that commits a sin will surely pay its karmic debt, so release your wrath and reclaim your life.”
What predictable platitudes.
I folded my hands politely as if in prayer, then let my eyes crinkle into a soft smile.
“I want the culprit to pay for their crimes by my own hands while they’re still breathing.”
Angel Sariel fell silent.
A brief hush swept through the space between us. Before long, a solemn weight settled into Sariel’s eyes.
“That is a foolish thought.”
“You’re right. It is foolish.”
“Idir.”
“Then will you help me, Sariel? Punishing sinners is an Angel’s duty as well, is it not?”
“…….”
For all I knew, he might view me as an insolent human and tack on an extra charge for contempt.
But what of it?
I was standing at the edge of a cliff. My only options were to bite the approaching beast or plunge into the abyss.
“Well?”
“Help you? Like hell he will.”
Just then, a dense, dark smoke enveloped our surroundings.
A fiercely distorted voice echoed right beside me, and someone suddenly snatched me up by the waist.
“Those damn pigeons can’t meddle in human affairs because of their bloody regulations.”
The Demon, having breached the Angel’s barrier, kept his arm around my waist and rested his chin on my shoulder.
“In short, they’re nothing but a bunch of good-looking, useless fools.”
His dizzyingly sweet voice brushed against my eardrums.
With smooth, suggestive movements, the Demon lightly stroked my flank and the nape of my neck, as if caressing a lover.
“So, Idir. Beg me instead.”
Within the black mist, the Demon’s magenta eyes gleamed.
A sense of jeopardy that made me feel as though my throat could be torn out at any moment, paired with a seductive allure that made me forget reality, shook me to the core.
“I will grant you your revenge. In exchange……”
“Your boasting is severe, Beval.”
Whoosh!
Along with a sudden gale, the black mist cleared completely.
“Tsk.”
Clicking his tongue, the Demon turned his gaze to where the Angel was, unsurprisingly, standing.
He glared at the Demon, his blue eyes burning with a quiet intensity.
“Idir.”
The Angel’s gaze locked onto me.
“That fellow is lying to you entirely.”
“Lying? As if I couldn’t handle a trivial matter like revenge!”
“You cannot.”
A smirk curled the corner of the Angel’s lips.
“The Demons have lost their power right now, haven’t they?”
What did that mean?
My eyes widened as I whipped around to face the Demon, Beval.
He was biting his lip in frustration, glaring daggers strictly at the Angel.
‘No way.’
An ominous feeling set my heart pounding hard.
Had everything I did up until now been in vain? No, it couldn’t be. He was lying, right?
‘Tell me it’s not true, you bastard Demon.’
As if sensing my gaze, his slit-like vertical pupils shifted toward me.
“That—that’s pure slander.”
“…….”
“It’s true. I haven’t lost all of my power.”
“Which means you did lose some.”
“Just hear me out.”
The Demon scrambled to make an excuse.
‘A Demon who can’t use his power.’
I had absolutely no use for such a thing.
Quickly stepping in front of Sariel, I dropped to my knees and pressed my hands together.
“Sariel.”
“…….”
“Please forgive my foolishness. I will repent.”
“……You are a calculated child, Idir.”
“I’m just quick at math.”
“Hey! At least listen to what I have to say before you run off to him! I still have words left!”
The Demon shouted from behind, but I didn’t even pretend to hear him.
“I won’t listen to the whispers of a Demon ever again.”
That was a close call. Forget revenge—I refused to have my soul snatched away only to end up pinned to a wall.
Even while begging Sariel for forgiveness, my mind was spinning at top speed.
‘Didn’t Sir Nemanic say earlier that he would help with my revenge?’
Should I start by verifying the validity of that declaration?
Maybe I could fix his predicament with the nails to put him in my debt, or use Holdin as a hostage again……
‘Ah. Giselle has probably already dealt with him.’
Then the hostage strategy was out.
While I was busy sorting out the situation, the Demon firmly grabbed my shoulders.
“Damn it! Once the order of Hell is restored, I can handle revenge or whatever else you want!”
I was forced to face the Demon’s visage once more.
“I could blow this entire continent to smithereens!”
“That would be inconvenient. Since I’m currently standing on this continent.”
And I want my revenge right this second; I couldn’t care less about the order of Hell or whatever.
At my reaction, the Demon bared his teeth and growled.
“It’s only because some son of a bitch disrupted the order. Whoever helped him, he absorbed a massive quantity of souls and fled straight to the Human Realm.”
“If an order can be shaken that easily, is it even worth having?”
“Don’t argue semantics with me.”
The Demon pointed out the facts with sheer irritation.
“Because of that bastard, crossing over to the Human Realm was impossible, but you happened to call us out just in time.”
Discerning my inner thoughts, the Demon extended a new offer.
“Once I hunt that piece of trash down, I’ll grant whatever you ask. I won’t even need your soul.”
Hmm.
‘Is the Demon seriously begging me right now?’
I rose from my spot and glanced sideways at the Angel.
“I take down that bastard, and you get your revenge.”
“Idir. Do not listen to him.”
“Divine punishment only applies when you sell your soul to a Demon. If I don’t take your soul, there is no issue at all.”
“You must not accept, Idir. Did you not just repent?”
The Angel shook his head toward me, his expression turning grim.

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