I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

66 – Festival-6

“Okay. Let’s walk and talk.”

You have to settle the matter with her. I walked down the street with Olivia.

“You know how long I’ve been waiting. I hope you come to a conclusion soon.”

Olivia urged me. The streets are gradually getting dark.

“Because it is not a decision to be made so lightly. Since you have dabbled in black magic even briefly, I think you know how unreasonable the request is.”

“I know that, but…”

“If you refuse my offer, I may have to kill you with my own hands.”

You must be cool-headed.

Whatever choice she makes, I have nothing to lose.

If Olivia agrees, it will definitely be a benefit as it will increase the power I can use as I want.

Even if she refuses, there is no way she can spread this information. Even if she did something like that, no one would believe her.

You can know, but you can’t share it with anyone. Maybe I should have accepted her offer a long time ago.

“…?”

I stopped walking. From afar, it seemed like the sound of someone being hit was heard.

“This bastard…!”

Except for the fact that this is Córdoba, this is one of the things that often happens.

Several young men surrounded one child and were beating him.

No matter how rich a city is, there are bound to be vagrants. Although there was no light, my eyes could recognize their clothing.

It’s not clothes that make you look wealthy. A pickpocket or vagabond wearing a blanket.

“I need to help. Shall I do it?”

“No, wait.”

No matter how much of a vagabond he was, it was strange to hit someone on a street with no light like this.

Only people like me or Olivia can identify someone in this environment, but the light is at a level that would make it difficult for ordinary people to identify what is in front of their noses.

Children may have bright eyes at night, but this is still too much.

“…It’s too much.”

It was like that. It was too much.

No matter how quiet the night before the event is, it is still a city street.

There must be people patrolling with torches or at least one or two clumsy street lights.

It was strange.

“…It’s a trap. Prepare to escape.”

There is no consistency. There was no reason to come all the way here and ‘secretly attack’ me.

However, Kazot’s plan did not always work out as expected.

‘Were more than two executives involved in this operation?’

When the team in charge of the project was divided, the method of solving the problem was also bound to change.

Through steady build-up, there may be executives who try to build up the frame that ‘Wade is evil’ and then use that to take me down and gain additional benefits.

However, at the same time, there may be executives who think, ‘If the target is sufficiently isolated, wouldn’t it be enough to just use lethal force to assassinate him?’

“Get out. As quickly as possible.”

“Why?”

“Look carefully. It’s acting. The people who are hitting the woman are not focused on the woman.”

The beating itself was real. In the first place, there was no need to plan to drag us in with a ‘fake beating’.

It wouldn’t be difficult to save a bunch of decent vagabonds and a child who would become a scapegoat.

“Can you see the tension?”

It is not the tension that comes from ‘someone is seeing this violence.’ Their eyes were half directed in this direction, and half were directed somewhere other than the woman.

The voice is also like that. The voice cursing and insulting the victim did not contain sincerity.

“Pretend you didn’t see anything and come back out slowly.”

“But then, that kid… even if it’s just an act, shouldn’t we help him?”

Olivia was also watching me.

If she had been craving fame, she would have jumped at the girl who was hitting her at all costs.

She may have a sense of justice, but she also wants to gain the honor of ‘saving a woman who was being unfairly beaten!’

But she didn’t do that.

“I’ll take care of that, so let’s go back to the castle.”

I concentrated my mind and checked on Claire’s well-being.

‘Is it safe over there?’

Perhaps, they are valuing the power of the ‘Dark Priest’ highly.

When killing a dark priest who is loved by God, you must be prepared to fight against the ‘demon archduke who is served by the priest’ who attacks with all his might.

They might be trying to deal with me first.

‘Hmm…’

The magic energy was scattered. The darkness of the moonless night hid my demonic energy in the darkness.

I turned around the alley. There, people dressed in black were standing in a group.

“Wade. This is…”

“He’s not a great guy.”

When I first saw it, I didn’t think that someone as dangerous as I remembered was hiding under that mask.

“…”

I glanced at Olivia.

She is strong. But I can’t fight while protecting her.

Among those assassins, there may be someone who uses the power of darkness. If so, there may be a variable. Something unfortunate might happen.

I wasn’t 100% sure that Olivia would be safe.

“Haaa!!!”

I didn’t even ask who I was. The assassins rushed at me.

“Olivia?”

I drew out my demon energy, created a gust of wind, and lightly knocked away the assassins who were rushing towards me.

“Yes, yes!”

Olivia was looking at me with her trembling eyes. I grabbed her hand roughly and lightly pierced her palm with my fingernails.

“I’ll show you. Decide now.”

“…What?”

“Will you serve me?”

The choice was now in her hands.

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Olivia thought everything was going according to her plan until they were walking alone together at night.

No matter how late the night is, there is no way there will be at least one inn. Once he starts having a drink or two, he will definitely give in to his urges.

I will allow it. It will be acknowledged.

The huge blessing that Claire received will also be shared with Olivia.

That’s enough. She just needs to fight under his protection, move with him, and gain honor and stability.

Because Wade is strong. All you have to do is follow him. By his side, it is safer than anywhere else in this world.

This will be even more so after gaining his trust and power.

I believed so.

“Haaap!”

The assassin rushes in. Olivia struggled to strike away the assassin’s sword.

“Oh my!”

Her armor had been taken off. The high-quality armor that had protected her body every time she fought was no longer there.

No matter how trained her body is, the mana-mixed sword of an equally trained warrior is bound to be sharper than her flesh.

If it is even slightly torn, your life is in danger.

Moreover, she was completely unable to concentrate on the assassin in front of her.

‘Ahh, ahhh…’

The universe is standing behind her.

It is infinitely dark. It’s endlessly wide.

Cordoba, the continent, the sea. There was something connected to her that was so huge that it made the entire space she was living in look like dust.

No, it was him.

‘What is this…’

I couldn’t believe they were the same person. Wade wasn’t just a person who was a little stronger than others.

Even his body could not receive all of his power.

It’s a hole. A small hole in the embankment blocking the sea.

The water leaking out of that hole was huge enough to destroy the village and submerge the entire land, but the real thing was behind it. The sea of demonic energy, infinite fear was there.

‘Is that… Serving?’

It’s scary. I felt like I could understand why he was trying to hide this.

Just looking at that makes me go crazy. The mere fact that something like that exists in the world fills me with endless fear.

“Ugh!”

We fought desperately. The assassin in front of me was strangely strong, but compared to the ‘being’ Olivia had her back against, it was funny.

I was more afraid of seeing that than being hit by the sword. Wade’s face in her memory became blurred.

‘…Wade.’

And she remembered what he had done.

‘…’

We must overcome fear.

Wade did not change. What he did did not disappear.

Whatever its identity, Wade’s actions were, no matter how you think of them, human actions.

The incomprehensible being is not an infinite sea of darkness. It’s a person. At the very least, it is a being that tries to act like a human.

‘Then…’

After finding her leisure, Olivia examined her own situation.

‘It doesn’t matter if you reject it.’

I will not kill you. If the Wade she had seen so far was the real Wade, she wouldn’t do something so cruel.

‘It doesn’t die.’

“Ugh!”

One assassin fell to Olivia’s sword.

Olivia glanced around nearby and could see that numerous assassins were standing on the street.

‘What I… Want to do.’

Serving is a dangerous thing.

This is not a joke. Wade is not an ordinary human being.

Once she declares that she serves him, all her thoughts and actions will be subordinate to him.

Like a dark priest who worships the demon prince.

‘Claire, this…’

Olivia had to choose.

She had to consider deeply what she had to give up and what she could gain when she accepted his rule.

“…Okay.”

The female knight made a decision.