“There’s a possibility that a certain magic signal would be sent and a calamity would fall upon that girl’s frail body. Like a small cry would cause a massive avalanche. Chief, do not worry so much. It is fine to not look at me with such fearful eyes! I am simply pointing out the possibilities.”
Ivar Lodbrok’s body was trembling immensely.
It should be fine to stop treating him with this unamusing half-respect.
I changed my sarcastic tone to a clearly threatening tone.
“Oh pitiful vampire. Did you rage at the thought that Lapis Lazuli had betrayed you? ‘Let’s trample over this child who had dared to show her fangs to me’. Did you make that sort of decision? Aah, Lodbrok. You poor friend.”
I laughed.
“You had firmly guessed wrong. You were mistaken. Lapis Lazuli did not hunt me. Of course, she is a very admirable child, but is she capable of planning this kind of magnificent comedy……?”
I hunted her.
I kindly whispered in Ivar Lodbrok’s ear.
“From the beginning to the end, it was all your foolish misunderstanding. Lapis Lazuli had sworn her loyalty to you. But since she is a clever child, she knew full well that if she were to return to the firm, then under false accusation she would be purged. If the true miserable person was not that girl, then I didn’t know who was. Because of a single bastard bat, who lived their life thinking that they were a genius, she has fallen to being an exile.”
Ivar Lodbrok’s trembling became more violent.
I softly placed my hand on the other party’s shoulder.
“Thanks to you for making the wrong assumption, I was able to go through less trouble. Lapis Lazuli is a splendid child. I give you my thanks.”
“What does…… what does your highness want from this one……?”
“Oh. I simply want a slight bit of kindness.”
I gripped Ivar Lodbrok’s shoulder tightly.
“I truly did not release something like this Black Death. All you have to do is testify the truth. That is all.”
Do not present proof that would help make Paimon’s statement more persuasive.
It was a threat containing that meaning.
“Well……of course, you will also move around occasionally as my puppet. A price follows defeat, after all. Chief. I am an honest person. I will not place hypocritical words between us, like telling you nice things such as reassuring you that there will be no more misfortune from now on, and that it was fine to relax. Do you not think that hypocrisy is a discourtesy to others?”
“……”
“Many things will change.”
From the inside of your bones.
“I will give you many proposals that you cannot refuse, and you, in reality, will not be able to turn any of them down. You may occasionally have a sense of shame that you didn’t feel like a person, but like a beast trapped in a pig pen.”
Climbing up your spine.
“Occasionally you will display a rebellious spirit and resist against me. Shall I tell you how I will respond beforehand? Ah, I will not kill you. Really. I won’t even hit you. You can have my word. What I will do……”
To your skull.
“Is pluck the hair from your real body.”
Everything will be subjected to me.
“I will not take a lot. Every time you resist, I will only pluck a single strand of hair. Pluck, like that. Just playfully. That is all. How is that? Were you able to feel how generous of a person I was?”
“……”
“While appreciating your beautiful face. Pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck…… pluck.”
With a ‘hoo’ I blew into his ear.
Ivar Lodbrok shuddered like an aspen leaf.
This was why I couldn’t stop my enjoyment of threatening others.
“Hmm. I’m already looking forward to the day that you rebel against me. I can’t wait. But, I will endure it. I will gladly endure it. I have great patience, after all. You can feel relieved in that regard.”