Dungeon Monsters Keep Offering Sacrifices

48 – The Devil’s Sweet Whispers

The inside of the restaurant was decorated with colorful colors and lights.

Sunlight shining through the crystal window gently filled the quiet interior.

A bright bouquet of flowers was decorated in the center of the table, and enchanting dishes were placed around it.

The butler approached the table and specified one dish.

“This is a dish made with ‘black peel’ caught from Diyat Lake. I hope it suits your taste, princess.”

It was a fish dish.

It was also a luxurious meal made with only the highest quality ingredients.

The beautiful atmosphere and gorgeous food made me smile.

But as Irena looked at it, only depression was reflected in her eyes.

“… Yes, Thanks.”

Irena, the princess of the Kingdom of Seil, answered helplessly.

She knows that those foods are poison that will one day entangle her.

The butler who offered him food was also someone from the aristocratic faction.

They wanted members of the royal family to behave more extravagantly.

We continued to encourage that to happen.

It was like that just looking at the dish in front of me.

Where did they suddenly get such high-quality ingredients?

If you take this, the rumor will soon spread.

Princess Irena’s extravagance has reached its peak.

As Irena hesitated for a moment, her butler slowly approached with a smile.

“Well… “If it doesn’t suit your taste, will you bite it?”

Even if you don’t eat it, you can’t stop the rumor from spreading.

They’ll probably just act like they’re being wasteful.

Nevertheless, Irena stood up.

“I don’t feel well today. “I’ll just go now.”

I absolutely did not want to be here.

Everyone was her enemy except her father and her bodyguard.

She left the restaurant quickly, wanting to go back to her room.

“Are you okay? Princess.”

“Ah, Lord Lennon. Are you okay.”

The person who helped Irena, who was staggering, was her bodyguard, Lennon.

Lennon walked toward Irena’s room while supporting her.

Before he knew it, he had arrived in front of Irena’s door.

“If you need anything, just let me know.”

Lennon bowed and said.

“I’m fine, so don’t worry. “I want to be alone today.”

Lennon obediently walked away at her words.

Only after Irena confirmed that Lennon was gone did she enter the room.

The inside of the room was quiet.

She headed to the window where the sunlight came in. She then drew the curtains to block out all her light.

In a room where only she exists.

She was dark and quiet.

She glanced around and began to pull out something of hers from under the bed.

“Is this really going to work?”

All the items found under the bed were unusual.

A red candle, a dead rat carcass, parchment with unknown letters written on it, and even some jewels and gold.

Finally, a book made of black leather.

It was a black magic spell book.

There are many different books in the royal library.

Among them, what caught her eye was a black magic spell book that said it could summon the devil.

Of course, I wasn’t sure that this was real.

I just brought it because I was a little curious.

Even if it wasn’t, she had nothing to lose in her situation.

But what if this is real?

It’s a really small possibility, but if it’s real, it’s a different story.

“If only I had the power….”

At least if you have awakened Mana.

Or if you had a talent for swords.

The current location may have changed.

But unfortunately, she was an extremely ordinary person.

It was clear that even if she became queen in the future, there would not be much change in her current self.

If you’re not careful, you’ll end up living a life of being dragged around by nobles.

She did not consider the possibility of not being able to become queen.

Anyway, the noble faction wanted a scarecrow king, and she was the perfect candidate for the next king.

Wow-

Irena clenched her teeth.

You only live once anyway.

Therefore, she was willing to try anything if she could change the current situation.

‘The princess has no talent for magic. ‘You can feel the mana first.’

‘Swordsmanship with a woman’s body. The princess is physically weak, so you can just stay still.’

A lot of sarcastic comments.

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If my father, the king, had said he had power, would he have said something like that openly?

That’s probably not the right answer.

This was the reality of the powerless.

Irena seemed to have made up her mind and began placing the items she had taken out one by one on the floor.

She first unfolded a piece of parchment full of unknown letters.

Looking at the black magic spell book, she arranged the rat corpse, candles, jewels, and gold on the onion ruler in the same positions as in the book.

Finally, she lit the candle and bit the end of her finger.

“… ….”

Drops of blood formed on the tips of her fingers.

Irena suppressed a little bitterness and began to drip blood onto her parchment.

And soon.

The candle that had been burning red began to emit a blue flame.

The blue flame began to grow bigger as it consumed Irena’s blood, melting not only the rat corpse but also the jewels and gold on her parchment.

* · * *

“Huh?”

An alarm rang on the smartphone.

I confirmed it right away.

– Special mission occurs!

– There is someone desperately asking for help.

– Would you like to lend a helping hand?

It was a special mission.

“Are there a lot of missions these days?”

I immediately clicked and checked the details of the mission.

– Those who want to make a contract with the devil

– Princess Irena of the Kingdom of Seil has asked for a helping hand. Dispatch dungeon monsters to help Princess Irena.

– Reward: Increased favorability of Princess Irena

Who wants to make a contract with the devil?

Isn’t the title too provocative?

Okay, let’s say that’s true.

“… “Isn’t the reward too salty?”

The only reward is an increase in favorability.

I thought for a moment.

This mission was different from previous tasks.

It was not about dungeons or monsters, but about helping people like me.

Although the reward was less than a rat’s tail, I was interested.

“It’s the Kingdom of Seir…” .”

I’ve heard that there is a princess in the Kingdom of Seil, but I don’t know exactly who she is.

There was no need to know.

“But wouldn’t it be better to help?”

Although the reward is steep, she is the princess of a country.

The opportunity to meet the royal family was rare.

Rather, if I became acquainted with the princess, I would gain many benefits.

My dungeon is currently located in the mountains near the Kingdom of Seil.

It was like a neighbor to the Kingdom of Seil.

That’s why the princess’s favorability will come in handy someday.

“Then who should we send?”

Actually, this was not a problem to worry about either.

There was always only one correct answer.

“As expected, Celia, you are the only one.”

Celia was immediately dispatched to the mission.

Tick-tick-

When I finished my errand and put my smartphone in my pocket, skeletons started making noise around me.

I was still in the F-class dungeon.

And the skeletons in the dungeon expressed their intention to submit to me.

Thanks to their characteristics, it wasn’t difficult to understand what they were saying.

I was curious about something and accepted their request.

“Um… “That’s strange.”

Currently, an F-class dungeon is in my hands.

And I felt like the energy of this dungeon was completely conveyed to me.

Because I also felt the energy of this dungeon, a question arose.

“Why can’t I feel Azmo’s dungeon?”

Azmo’s dungeon is also said to be on Earth.

But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t feel the energy in Azmo’s dungeon.

But it wasn’t like they were subjugated.

Because it still existed in my dungeon list.

“Hmm.”

What is blocking the energy of the dungeon?

Maybe I couldn’t feel the energy of the dungeon due to some kind of interference.

Stop worrying about that for a while.

“Well, it will work out somehow.”

I knew Azmo’s dungeon was still there, so there wasn’t a problem.

I decided to focus on my current concerns first.

The current management problems of the Skeleton Dungeon and how to fix Kang Jin-su.

Well, Celia will handle the mission well.

* · * *

Blue flames swirled around.

The flames that had soared to the ceiling quieted down and someone appeared in front of Irena.

“… Omg!”

She was a woman of incredible appearance.

From the large horns on her silver head, I could tell that she was not an ordinary person.

At the same time, I felt a tremendous force.

Even Irena, who could not feel her mana, could sense that she was not just a demon.

“Ah, devil… !”

It was just as written in the book.

I never thought I could really summon the devil.

The woman smiled brightly as she looked at Irena who was sitting on her floor.

“Oh my, you’re a cute girl, aren’t you?”

“… ….”

Irena was so shocked that she couldn’t say anything.

But the devil before her eyes tickled Irena’s ears with a soft voice.

“My name is Celia. “What did the pretty girl call me for?”

It was the devil’s sweet whisper.

* · * *

The unexpected appearance of the devil.

Although Irena was surprised, she did not do anything foolish to kick away this opportunity.

The other person was not an ordinary devil, but seemed like a tremendous being.

In a way, it was an opportunity.

Irena introduced herself as Celia.

She and she relayed several stories.

The current situation in the Kingdom of Seil, as well as the power struggle between the royalist faction and the noble faction.

What is her and her own purpose.

Among them, there were even stories that were considered taboo in the royal family.

There is even a story that his father, who leads the Kingdom of Seil, was not in fact the official successor.

“I see, that’s why you had a lot of worries.”

Fortunately, the devil listened to what he said.

Her kind appearance even made me wonder if the image of the devil might be an illusion created by humans.

“The late king had no successor. In the end, he searched for a collateral lineage and his father became his successor. As you can see, my father was crowned as king, but even though he became king, he only took the royal surname as his name.”

He was said to be a collateral lineage of the royal family, but in fact, he had a lot of commoner blood.

Karendia Dersail

So, even though he took the royal surname Dersail, he did not have a middle name.

In short, it meant that there was no root.

“Humans also live really complicated lives.”

Celia agreed with her words.

Irena knew that the nobles looked down on him even more because he was a king who was no different from a commoner.

And now the limit was slowly approaching.

The aristocratic faction was like a time bomb that did not know when it would explode.

And from the point where the White Church attempted to interfere with the Kingdom of Seil, it became even more rampant.

At that time, the sound of laughter reached Irena’s ears.

– hahahahaha.

I looked out the window and saw nobles shaking their wine glasses and laughing in the garden outside.

How dare you use the royal garden as if it were your own bedroom?

They were truly abominable.

After seeing them, Irena immediately made a decision.

“It doesn’t matter what you ask for in return. Just give me strength! “That is my wish.”

She wanted power so she could sell her soul to the devil.

Strengthening the royal system based on that power.

That was Irena’s goal.

“Are you a bold princess?”

Irena looked out her window with indifferent eyes.

She had one thing that stood out to her.

Count Derek is right in the center of the gathering.

Count Derek was one of the nobles leading the aristocratic faction, and he could be said to be the enemy of the royalist faction.

“If only that person disappeared….”

Irena looked at Count Derek and muttered without realizing it.

It was a very small self-talk, but it wasn’t Celia who couldn’t hear it.

“Let’s call this a gift before signing a formal contract.”

As Celia said that, she made a slight gesture.

Then something strange happened to Count Derek, who was enjoying a gathering in the garden.

“…… !”

Irena also opened her mouth at that slight change.

Count Derek lifted the knife stuck in the cake with a lost expression.

Short screams erupted from those around him, but Count Derek didn’t care.

Instead, he started swinging the knife in his hand around.

Red blood floated in the air.

Red blood fell on the green grass.

The gathering of those who had predicted their victory a little while ago quickly turned into chaos.

And Irena was watching this scene in the room.

“hahahaha….”

I was overcome by an unknown joy.

Her feeling was like refreshing.