Playing the Perfect Fox-Eyed Villain Chapter 206

Episode 206. Secretly Greatly (3)

I looked at the flowing red liquid on the table.

It is a liquid that has the aroma and flavor of black tea, but contains a poisonous substance.

Even if it were a normal person, it would be a strong poison that would cause a burning pain in the stomach just by drinking it, and soon after, the body's abilities would stop.

If I didn't have the 'Mana Blood' that could even control 'Magi', I would have gone straight to heaven the moment I drank this.

'… … But still, if you ask me if I would drink for the performance.'

Of course I didn't drink it. Am I crazy? I knew it was poisoned, and I drank it.

There is a famous saying in this world.

'Knowing and doing are two different things!!'

No matter how much I know in 'theory' that this poison is useless to me, what kind of lunatic would pour it directly into their mouth?

'I just called Angelica out from inside my mouth.'

If I do that, Angelica will absorb the 'venom' and I won't have to take a gamble.

'But you know.'

Thanks to that, Angelica's condition seems to have become strange.

Krrrr, kikki──!

With a strange laugh, Angelica began to rock back and forth.

Even the eyes that were glued so close to the body seemed to be smiling.

'I don't think something is normal?'

An unknown sound kept coming from Angelica, whether it was the sound of teeth grinding or a strange laugh.

However, despite the appearance of a person who seemed to have a brain freeze, her aegyo was still there.

The thing that was writhing around my whole body felt like a puppy asking to be petted.

'Are you drunk?'

Drinking poison and getting drunk. It was something I couldn't understand, but how could I know the physical structure of a 'demon'?

I turned my gaze away from Angelica, who now seemed drunk, and turned to Gennin, who was trembling while looking at his teacup.

Meanwhile, the voices coming from outside became quiet. It seemed like Zahat had sorted things out.

“It’s gotten quiet.”

Probably, it wasn't Zahat who was affected. It was probably the private soldiers prepared by Genin and the members of the Dawn Society.

“Isn’t that so?”

In response to my question, Genin turned his gaze to the fragments of 'Angelica' in the glass. The boy's eyes were shaking back and forth without any direction.

My reflection in that guy must be that of a smiling executioner who can't communicate.

'What can I do?'

You brought this upon yourself.

As I stared at Gennin, the color of 'fear' began to storm over his head.

It's been a long time since I've seen the color 'purple', which means fear, shake so fiercely.

“What would you like to do?”

“What, what are you talking about……?”

“Would you like to empty your glass?”

Genin took a deep breath as he ran his fingers over the surface of the glass containing the fragments of 'Angelica'.

“Otherwise, would you please tell me about the conversation you had with the Patriarch?”

Drinking 'Demon' means death to those who are not 'vessels'. Even without knowing that setting, no one would be stupid enough to commit suicide by eating Demon.

“I will tell you! I will tell you everything I have said to the Patriarch…!”

Yeah, that's right.

While looking at Genin, who nodded hurriedly, he also retrieved the 'Angelica' that had gone into the glass.

“What were you thinking when you did something like this?”

It was a simple question.

The fact that Gennin showed such radical actions is in itself proof that there was an order from the 'Patriarch'. I arranged this meeting with Gennin to ask him exactly what the order was.

“If I tell you everything, will you spare my life?”

Genin opened his mouth with a cowardly expression to negotiate.

“It is possible.”

“A, is that a possibility?”

“But, please know that if you don’t say anything, there’s no chance of that happening.”

Gulp.

The sound of Genin swallowing his saliva could be heard from here.

“Te, Lord Tenelon wants all the bishops cleaned out!”

You want to clean up your bishops?

“You are talking about bishops who are hostile to you.”

“Oh, no. I literally said all the bishops.”

All the bishops.

The Genin who is saying this is probably a 'Bishop' of the Dawn Society.

'Of course, if you swore obedience, it wouldn't be included.'

If you really wanted to replace all the bishops, you wouldn't be cooperating with the 'Patriarch' like this.

'But, it's still strange.'

That's why Tenelon suddenly did this.

At least I thought that they would get rid of me, the thorn in their eye, after the 'Bishop Selection'.

'Are you also feeling anxious because the swordsman has returned to the system?'

Even Tenelon became unable to hear the 'voice'.

According to the game's settings, only the 'vessel' closest to the 'demon lord' can hear the voice of the demon god.

“Whew, it’s hard, it’s hard.”

While I was gathering my thoughts in deep thought, Pelkor and Zahat, who had finished their work outside, entered the mansion.

Even though they had been through a fierce battle, there was no sign of fatigue on Zahat and Pelkor's faces.

Perhaps the difference in skill was enormous.

'Aren't you trusting the poison too much?'

He looked at Gennin with a bewildered expression, then turned his gaze back to Zahat.

“Have you all taken care of it?”

“For now, I’ve cleaned up everything that’s visible. This is it.”

With a groan, Zahat wiped the blood off his staff sword and spoke.

“Why are there so many people blinded by paganism? If someone saw it, they would think it was the state religion of the empire.”

I agree with that statement. Although the 'Dawn Society' is said to be an organization that operates under the surface, I sometimes think that there are too many of them.

“Phe, Pelkor!?”

Genin looked at Pelkor, who had come in with Zahat, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“Yes, aren’t you a monsignor? Why are you here…….”

Felcor scratched his head, embarrassed.

“Well, that’s what happened.”

If you were going to say it so coolly, was there any need to act embarrassed?

“What have you found out, Yurian?”

“I’m finding out now, Lord Zahat.”

First of all, as more and more people started to look at me, I quickly took 'Angelica' back to my body.

Although they are people who don't mind being shown, I don't want to get caught in the strange situation of growing a 'demon' inside my body.

“If we’re going to do this, wouldn’t it be better to pull out at least one fingernail before we talk?”

It was Zahat who was spewing out terrible words with an indifferent expression.

'Come to think of it, this gentleman was a former soldier.'

Anyway, Genin is already overcome by fear. If we talk to him for a bit, he will surely confess soon──.

'hmm?'

I took a look at Gennin's face. Instead of the trembling expression he had before, he had his head bowed down as if he were falling asleep.

What's even stranger is…

'I can't see the color of fear.'

I feel uneasy.

I don't know about anything else, but the 'fear' seen in "The Color of Negation" never disappeared easily.

“Ugh, ugh…… ugh…….”

And that feeling of discomfort wasn't just a feeling.

Genin's two eyes, which had raised their heads with the sound of bubbles, had no focus whatsoever.

In addition, a foreign energy emanating from the body.

'Magi.'

It is certain. What flows out of Gennin's body is magic.

“What the heck, why is he like that!?”

“It looks like they’ve taken measures to prevent useless information from leaking out.”

Zahat, who was quick-witted, observed Genin's condition and made a decision in an instant.

“Ugh, gurgling…….”

Gennin continued to cough up phlegm. He had been unconscious for a long time, so it was safe to assume that 'Gennin' himself was dead.

'Demonization is happening.'

As I thought about that, I pulled out my Moon Sword to end Genin's life before he turned into a 'demon'.

'huh!?'

But before I could even swing it, 'Angelica' rushed at me first.

– Kick, kick, kick!

Angelica bit the neck of Genin, who was being demonized, with a voice close to mockery. A handful of blood sloshed out from the guy's neck, and the body that had been writhing due to 'demonization' gradually began to become quiet.

'This guy did it even though I didn't ask him to.'

Perhaps, it is the influence of 'poison'. It means that he became a dog after being drunk.

– Heh heh, heh heh!

He became a real dog.

Angelica, who had defeated Genin, returned to my feet again and was acting cute, asking me to pet her.

It was like watching a dog throw a discus.

“You, Sir Yulian, surely that is…….”

“Hmm.”

The problem is the two people looking at this situation.

Pelkor was looking at 'Angelica' in confusion, and although Zahart was blind and couldn't see her, he seemed to recognize 'Angelica' as an auror.

“Demon… isn’t it?”

– Kyaaaaaaaah!

When Pelkor pointed his finger, Angelica glared and growled, as if she didn't like it.

There is no real dog.

“It’s a demon. It’s definitely a demon.”

“Oh, what the heck? This isn’t the first time I’ve seen you!”

Unlike Pelkor, Zahat felt calm despite feeling 'Angelica'.

“This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it.”

“Then, when did you see it!?”

“I haven’t even seen you for the first time, you idiot.”

“……What does that mean?”

“How can you see when you can’t see? Tsk.”

That's the correct answer.

However, judging from Zahat's attitude, it seems he had 'guessed' it to some extent.

“It seems that Lord Zahat knew something about it.”

“How could I not know?”

With a single swipe of his cane sword, Zahat showed a look of difficulty.

“The auror I deal with has advanced to a point where it can’t keep up with things like color matching and exploration.”

In other words, Zahat pretended not to know that there was a 'demon' inside my body.

“I was waiting until you told me. As I said before, I have no intention of being rude to my benefactor.”

Consideration of his own. I felt like thanking Zahat for some reason, but when I saw Pelkor's dumbfounded expression, I became more interested in that.

“I was the only one who didn’t know… Me?”