Free Web NovelEver since the King of Demon Kings was confirmed slain by the humans, the mourning birds took only three days to spread news of her death to every corner of the land.
The construction of towering buildings may take years, but their collapse needs only an instant.
“Since that Demon King died at Mount Aisa, demons have never united. Only slaves remain, absolute obedience...”
Hua Shiyu furrowed her brows. Her clear ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ gaze at this moment carried hesitation. “As a pure-blooded human, by rights, even if I do not spit upon a Demon King, an absolutely hostile being, I should not be feeling anything akin to respect...”
“Not a single monster is worth a damn.” Rania had no patience at all for the pink-haired shorty’s opinion. “Now, whenever I hear the word ‘monster,’ I feel disgust.”
She had not forgotten that her Master went missing after clashing with the demons, and nearly everyone believed her Master had not gone missing but had sacrificed... Recently, she had once again foolishly trusted a pitiful little human girl, helped out with good intentions, and then what was revealed?
That pitiful little human girl was a monster in disguise, a mysterious monster strong enough to fool even her, a Named Hero!
Rania was furious.
Furious at being so weak. Three years ago, or now, she was still the same idiot who could do nothing.
Always deceived.
Seeing her disciple’s face turn unpleasant, the arrogant Vieya restrained herself slightly. She knew full well who the real culprit was behind this situation.
To say she felt no guilt would be a lie. Right now Vieya did not even dare to meet the eyes of her little disciple who had been kept in the dark.
“Guilty conscience” probably referred to me, right?
With a heavy sigh in her heart, the last person Vieya wanted to face now was her own disciple. She would keep her loli-form human identity, but she would not keep the current fabricated identity.
In the script Vieya had written for herself, it was her loli-form self who would be the protagonist of this play.
As the protagonist, she would appear as a new human Hero—she was certain the current Hero seats were not full.
When the entire city was shrouded in darkness and on the brink of despair, she, the protagonist, would appear, returning with a never-before-seen Hero’s power.
By then, all misunderstandings would be resolved, and those tied to her loli identity would not be saddened.
After the bitter lesson of sacrificing everything last time, this time, she had to succeed.
Who said only those who stand in the light count as Heroes?
Right?
Breathing out deeply in her heart, Vieya was filled with determination.
But...
Her current identity was not the protagonist of the play, but the monster appearing as the boss in the script—the monster capable of bringing despair to humans.
Thinking of this, Vieya, confused, looked at the grim-faced people. In her gray eyes seemed to be hidden worry:
“It seems something big happened outside, shall we go take a look?”
When everyone fixed their eyes on her, she immediately raised her hands. “Don’t worry, I know you suspect me. So, please put handcuffs on me.”
“I will actively and fully cooperate with your work!”
Saying this, Vieya willingly put her hands together and extended them toward the pink-haired shorty.
“Go on, cuff me. If you’re still not reassured, ankle shackles can be used as well.”
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Hua Shiyu was startled by the suspect’s sincerity. Did the suspect not know that once fitted with the special handcuffs and ankle shackles, both monsters and humans would be reduced to the strength of a three-year-old child?
So confident?
“Well then, since big sister requests it so sincerely, little sister has no choice but to comply～”
With a face full of feigned difficulty, Hua Shiyu used Vieya’s offered hands to push herself up from the ground, even rubbed her waist, and snapped her fingers.
Snap!
She gave a slight smile toward the Tribunal Chief, who squinted like an old fox.
“Boss, hurry and present our best set of cuffs to this pretty big sister. Don’t bring anything too cheap or ugly～”
