The Reason I Got Engaged to My Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter 76

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Episode 76

Dassiel’s explanation went like this.

Demon servants exist in a spiritual state without physical form.

So demon servants have patterns they use whenever they need a physical entity.

If you carve it into the caster’s body with a blade and perform a ritual, the demon servant can temporarily possess the caster’s flesh.

I listened up to that point and then asked.

“By any chance, does magical power remain if you carve that pattern into your body?”

I suddenly recalled Seria’s red eyes that I saw at the charity party.

Even the holy relic she possessed.

‘She must have been carrying the holy relic to hide her red eyes.’

But contrary to my expectation, Dassiel shook his head.

“No, when a demon servant leaves the body after being inside, there’s no particular effect.”

“…”

I furrowed my brow.

Seria, the Crown Prince’s fiancée who contracted with a demon servant.

I definitely felt that a demon servant must have possessed her body at some point.

Her insistence on wearing long opera gloves even on summer days until recently. The red eyes I briefly saw, the holy relic she mercilessly snatched from my hands…

‘But recently she’s been exposing her arms again.’

If that’s the case…

I thought for a moment and asked Dassiel once more.

“Then can you hide scars and such with magic?”

“Hmm? Well… that’s possible, right? It’s not difficult magic.”

Dassiel nodded readily.

‘That’s it.’

I nodded briefly and then met eyes with Ransel.

“…Seria is suspicious after all, isn’t she?”

Ransel, who had heard about Seria’s suspicious activities from me, seemed to have formed the same hypothesis as me.

‘It’s certain.’

Seria influenced Cael’s death.

As Count Chadde said, regardless of what kind of person Cael was, it was absurd for Seria to face him alone.

But if a demon servant had possessed Seria.

If she used magic in that state… and gradually stole Cael’s life.

“Why? Does it seem like a demon servant was the culprit in that Eagle Incident thing?”

Then, Dassiel, who had been tilting his head, asked.

‘I’m not sure about the Eagle Incident… but probably so.’

When I just nodded silently, Dassiel waved his hand as if that couldn’t be the case.

“Those things are much inferior to even me. You humans don’t really know what demon servants are, right? They’re beings without physical substance. In the Demon Realm, they’re just treated like scraps.”

As Dassiel said, I didn’t know much about demon servants. Probably all humans would be the same.

Since the human world and Demon Realm had been hostile to each other for thousands of years, there wasn’t much related information.

‘Still…’

It was certain that Seria had contact with a demon servant. She couldn’t be unaware of what Enrif had done.

“I understand for now.”

After reaching that conclusion, I stood up.

To avoid being consumed by magical power, I would have to keep holding hands with Ransel, which was honestly a bit awkward, and even aside from that, I wanted to leave this slum teeming with demons as quickly as possible.

“Hey hey, wait a minute. Don’t go yet.”

But Dassiel seemed to have more to say, as he quickly grabbed us as we were about to leave.

I tilted my head and sat back down. Was there more information to share?

“Buy some mastones before you go.”

“…”

He was just trying to be a quack, no, a mastone peddler.

Dassiel dragged over a wooden box with great effort and set it down on the table with a thud.

“We’re all just trying to make a living, aren’t we? I gave you high-level information that humans would never know, so spend at least this much money before you go.”

At his shameless voice, Ransel spoke with an incredulous expression.

“You spilled everything because you didn’t want to be dragged to the Naval Base, yet you’re acting generous…”

“Hey, you buy some too. I’ll give you a special half-price deal.”

He was saying this knowing that Ransel couldn’t use mastones because of his ability.

Ransel turned his head with an expression that said it wasn’t even worth responding to.

Excited about making money, Dassiel, now flushed, took out a green mastone from the box.

“Now, let me explain this first.”

I opened my eyes wide and looked at the mastone.

Since I’d been feeling the usefulness of the disguise stone lately, I had become somewhat interested in purchasing mastones.

“This is called a protection stone. It protects your body from physical attacks. However, it does limit your range of movement somewhat…”

“Ah, I already have that one.”

When Marsha was extremely worried after hearing about the fake identity plan, the solution to appease Marsha was exactly this. A protection stone.

The protection stone I bought along with the disguise stone protected my body as Dassiel said, but limited my range of movement. For someone like me who couldn’t do physical work anyway, it was a negligible penalty.

“…Is, is that so?”

As if he didn’t know I was already a customer, Dassiel blinked and then showed a business smile again.

“Then you won’t have this one, right? It’s really rare.”

Dassiel took out another mastone from the box with scattered movements.

‘He’s trying hard.’

Chris used to act exactly like this when he’d make a big fuss over nothing while selling to young ladies.

“This is called an opportunity stone.”

Dassiel showed me a silver mastone with a subtle pearl-like glow.

“Opportunity stone?”

That was the first time I’d heard of it.

“Exactly what it sounds like. It gives you an opportunity right before death. If a protection stone is used before being attacked, this one is used after being attacked.”

Dassiel said with a grin.

“The biggest advantage is, while protection stones can only be used against physical attacks, opportunity stones don’t have to be just physical attacks like being stabbed by a sword. They’re effective against curses, poisons, and such things too.”

He continued with a wink.

“Oh, but there’s exactly one drawback.”

“What is it?”

“If you’ve already used an opportunity stone before, you can’t use it again after that. So, you only get one chance to come back to life when you’re on the brink of death.”

Hmm, well. Without such restrictions, who in this world would die from accidents?

It was a reasonable enough drawback, so I nodded quietly.

“That’s fine. I’ll buy it.”

“Good.”

The grinning quack skillfully packaged the mastone and tapped on a calculator.

“As soon as you exit the alley and turn right, you’ll see a bank, where you can get the money…”

“No, put the money on his tab. It’s compensation.”

I casually pointed to the darkest spot between the alleys.

Caldeon, who had been crouching and cowering, suddenly lifted his head.

“Me, me…?”

“Did you really think I’d just let you go?”

“…Boss, let me see that for a moment.”

Caldeon hurriedly took the calculator from Dassiel’s hands.

Soon his eyes widened as if shocked.

‘That’s understandable.’

I had purchased three opportunity stones worth almost the price of a grand estate.

Caldeon, who had been looking at the calculator with disbelieving eyes, spoke to me in bewilderment.

“Even if I work my ass off here for a year, I can’t save up this much money.”

“So what?”

“….”

In the end, Caldeon signed the purchase agreement while crying, and I was able to get three opportunity stones for free.

“….”

It was a bit awkward having the man whose job it is to catch illegal mastone deals watching from the side, but I still completed the mastone transaction without backing down.

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