Shaykh examined Evelyn through the layers of curtains, finding this human very special. She neither cried nor cowered, there was no look of fear on her face, nor was there the slightest hint of nervousness in her gaze. From the first step she took into this castle, she behaved calmly, even freely, from the beginning to the end. She looked at her fellow humans as if she were looking down on crumbling flora and fauna, and in the face of demons as if she were treating beasts that were understandable and relatable, and therefore not scary. ...... So what is she trying to do now? Is it luring a demon? Evelyn waited a moment and saw several thick black tentacles rustling out from behind the curtain. She laughed a little, not surprised - how could she say that a human saying to a demon, "Would you like to touch my skin?" was, in turn, akin to a cat laying on the ground with its belly spread out, saying to its human owner, "You can touch all you want. You can touch me all you want
The first thing Shaykh sees when he wakes up is still Evelyn. She was still sitting on the cushion outside the curtain, as if she hadn't taken a step away, well-behaved like a pet whose owner was out and honestly watching the house - in Shaykh's eyes, all humans were pets, and pets were only differentiated by being cute or not, obedient or disobedient. Evelyn's delicate form was hidden from view by the layers of curtains, but the demon's eyesight had always been superior, so Shaykh observed her figure, her movements, and the expression on her face with precision. Evelyn is fixing his hair. Since she didn't have a comb, she could only insert her slender fingers into her soft hair, combing it one by one, carefully, so as not to get knots in it. The serious look on her face just showed some fatigue, as if she hadn't rested well, and when she lowered her eyes, her raven-feathered lashes would follow suit, looking as if she were asleep. Evel
The two powerful, terrifying demons were like wild beasts that were about to hug each other and tear each other apart, their gazes confronting each other and their breaths entwining, and for a time, their terrifying auras and pressures forced the entire frail and old castle to become even more shaky. In such a tense moment where no one dared to relax easily, neither the Demon Archduke nor the Demon King's eldest son noticed the movement of the only living human beside them. Of course, the very self-aware Evelyn was unlikely to do anything that would draw too much attention from the demon. She just gingerly picked up her cushion and dusted the dust and gravel off of it, then carefully backed into a corner and finally sat down quietly - she didn't want to be caught in the middle of a battle between two demons, and a little bit of shelter was a little bit of shelter. She sat on a cushion stained with a bit of fine gray, her back against the crumbli
Evelyn agreed quickly, without half a second's hesitation, and with a cheerful expression on her face, as if she wasn't dealing with a blood-bathed demon, but an elementary school teacher who had asked her if she wanted to go on a spring trip together. Of course, there was no reluctance in Evelyn's mind - she'd found the trick with demons, which was not to say no and to be as submissive as possible. That could be really easy for Evelyn. Having gotten the answer he wanted, Agarez, as if he had lost interest in her, quickly averted his gaze from Evelyn's face, as if he intended to ignore her - just as he thought in his own mind that he wouldn't have even looked at Evelyn if she hadn't had a special relationship with the most powerful demon of them all! . He stood up. By now, the skin on his face had been repaired, the damaged flesh tissue reappearing smooth and fitting over the near-perfect bones of his face, the regenerated skin free of any lingering bloo
Agarez reacted immediately. He flipped his wrist, and the crescent-shaped blade instantly changed direction, the sharp tip aimed straight at Baymont - a belligerent demon who, Evelyn thought, would have leapt at the chance to fight even without his own provocative words. Baymont, unmoved by this, glanced at Evelyn with slight amusement. Evelyn reached out her hand and carefully gripped the hilt of the scythe at her side, softly soothing him, "Um ...... sorry, I was just kidding, please don't take it seriously." Agarez wasn't supposed to care what she said. Taking whoever he wanted to take, fighting whoever he wanted to fight, and surely stepping over the bodies of whoever he wanted dead, Agarez was born to ignore the words of others, to see them as meaningless noise - but this time he actually stopped moving. Evelyn gripped the hilt of his blade, attempting to stop him with a tiny to negligible amount of force. The demons who had attempted to stop Agarez were all dead -
Baymont ponders this while acquiescing to Evelyn's over-reliance on his behavior. Yet Evelyn nestled quietly in his arms, without a trace of fear on her beautiful white face. If Baymont had been able to watch her expression and look into her eyes, he would have recognized at once that the tenderness, the closeness, and the dependence she showed were all lies with ulterior motives. Evelyn thought calmly that her guess was right, Baymont could indeed find her by the mark on her. If Baymont could do it, then Irzey's other sons should be able to as well. If that was the case, escaping would be a pointless endeavor. Because she would be found on the trail anytime, anywhere. ...... And, Baymont has grown to care for her. Evelyn hadn't been so sure before-after all, Baymont had always been aloof, as if indifferent to whatever was going on-but now she had finally come to a judgment. what Baymont had shown, what he had defended to her, had gone beyond the bounds of duty. And he's
Baymont guessed so. When he came back to his senses, he realized that the stone he had squeezed in his hand was emitting a miserable wail, with several more ugly cracks in it, almost on the verge of becoming shattered. Baymont stared at the stone that had never resounded with a woman's voice, and made a silent mental judgment: perhaps, he was hoping to be desired by Evelyn. But what is it because of? Baymont was suddenly caught in a mist like no other, and Evelyn's face and figure were hidden behind it ...... or she was the mist itself. It was at this point that Vanessa approached him with a look of lust. "The Queen she ...... has been a little strange lately," Vanessa said, "refusing to eat or talk. I don't know why humans are like this ...... Do you know why, Lord Baymont?" Before Baymont could think briefly, he made the instinctive reply, "I'll check it out." ...... Baymont pushed open the door of the tightly closed room and stepped inside. He'd just taken a st
Evelyn has always believed that physical contact leads to closer proximity. And indeed it did. After that hug and snuggle, Evelyn had a vague sense of a more subtle change in Baymont's attitude toward her. The two of them don't spend much, if any, time together; Evelyn has always been alone in her room, protected by layers of attendants as an important legacy, while Baymont is busy working, preparing for the next succession ceremony, where the consul must be responsible for inviting the twelve demon archdukes who are at odds with the Demon King-although five of them have already been killed by Agarez. -even though these twelve demon archdukes have been slain by Agarez to the point where only five remain. They would meet only occasionally, in empty corridors, or at the corners of silent staircases.Baymont was always alone, and Evelyn tended to be followed by Vanessa or some other demonic squire.Evelyn would smile gently at him, as she had before, and Baym