CH 43.2

４３.2 An Unreasonable Demand

「The blood of that saint might be able to prolong those warriors’ life! No one will be forced to amputate their limbs due to their festering wound anymore! Moreover, Your Highness is also someone from the Reiju clan! I heard that you used ten human to treat your wounds during your combat training last week!」

That was an act that completely ignored the fact that the warrior of the night elf was dying and in the need of medical treatment.

And yet, this prince used ten people for the sacrifice of the transpose curse just for his training. No matter how high the status of the demon race in this kingdom, that was clearly an outrageous act!!

「Even though You highness already has the 【Transpose Curse】―― Are you going to rob us of the healing power of the saint too!」

Seeing Shidar who showed his passion toward his race, Jilbagias――

「… Ha~h. Kuku… HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!」

Laughed like a mad man instead.

Blue veins visibly throbbed on Shidar’s temple. He might punch the other party in the face if not for his identity as the prince of the demon kingdom. Even Vigne who heard their conversation while looking down on her feet was also doing her best to suppress the rage in her heart.

「… Woops, my bad. I guess I’m wrong for laughing at this situation without telling you the reason. Rest assured, I’m not laughing at your severely wounded brave warriors. My apologies for causing this misunderstanding―― I just can’t help but to laugh at your stupidity, Shidar.」

「May you allow me to hear the reason?」

Depending on his answer, the situation might get rough. At this point, Shidar didn’t even bother to hide his anger toward the prince anymore.

He already hit the limit of his patience. Normally, the reason the night elf served a demon race was for their family to prosper, not to become an object of mockery.

「You said that the healing power of this saint is the hope of your entire race, isn’t it?」

Asked Jilbagias as he pet the head of the saint who was snuggling into him, completely ignoring the disgusted face of Shidar and Vigne.

He then slowly thrusted one of his fingers into Liliana’s mouth.

「… Ku~n?」

Liliana cocked her head for a moment, maybe wondering why the prince did that but, she then licked his finger.

「Here the saint’s body fluid. Choke-full with healing power and magical power of light.」

Jilbagias extracted his finger that was already smeared with Liliana’s saliva from the latter’s mouth and said so with a wide grin on his face.

「Now try it for yourself. This so-called healing power… Take out your arm.」

Jilbagias stepped forward as he pointed his finger drenched in saliva. High elf’s saliva―― Was something disgusting for the night elf. And yet, despite their physical disgust, they had already tested the saint’s saliva and blood so many times before, and got burned by it instead.

But since it really can’t be helped this time. Shidar reluctantly rolled up the sleeve of his jacket.

Jilbagias then smeared his finger which was covered with saliva on Shidar’s pale white skin peculiar to that of a night elf.

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The next moment, a hissing sound arises from Shidar’s skin, telling both night elf that the saliva burned the skin.

「――GAH!!」

Shidar only reacted to the pain a moment later. And jumped in pain. Upon a closer look, the saliva smeared on Shidar’s skin boiled up, burning the skin beneath it.

「Just as I had expected.」

Said Jilbagias with a look of pity which was devoid of any of his previous contempt.

What he experienced just now shook Shidar’s mind. He was wondering if the saint wasn’t under a domination spell.

「Since I’m responsible for this wound, let me take care of it. 【Transpose】.」

Suddenly, a layer of magical power stretched from the prince, covering Shidar’s injured arm. The next moment, he felt as if the painful wound was peeled off from him―― With a transpose curse.

「… Woah, this is a painful one indeed. I see.」

The wound vanished from Shidar’s arms, instead, an ugly burnt scar appeared on Jilbagias’ arm right in the same position as Shidar’s burn wound from a while ago. The prince only frowned for a moment and then smeared the remaining saliva on his finger to his wound.

The wound healed at a rate that was visible to the naked eyes and closed up in just a few seconds――

「… Why?」

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Shidar muttered with a dumbfounded look on his face. He was wondering why it worked for the prince but not for him――

「It’s simple.」

Jilbagias returned to Liliana’s side and then hugged her naked body. The saint snuggled into the prince’s chest as she rubbed her cheeks on him.

「――Now let’s talk about the transpose curse. The origin of this curse is when the ancestor of Reiju clan can’t bear to see her child injured and wanted to replace her child and bear the injury.」

Jilbagias spoke while twirling Liliana’s blonde hair with his finger.

「At this point, it has already transformed into a curse that not only can heal wounds, but also inflict wounds―― Nevertheless, the root of that curse is the love of a parent to their child.」

「… Love.」

Both Shidar and Vigne exchanged glances as they heard the most unexpected words from the haughty demon race, and a prince on top of that.

「And then―― It became an ability that rivalled a miracle of the light attribute.」

A creeping sensation started running down Shidar’s spine, making him instinctively feel disgusted hearing the prince’s gentle vice.

He felt a disgust on instinctual level to the point that he just barely stopped his hands from plugging his ears――

「Now think carefully. One party is the people who want to kill her, while the other party is the one who wants to save her. Even a child knows which one she will choose, right? And let me remind you again that the root of her miraculous healing power is love. It’s a prayer to love and be loved, resulting in the miracle from heaven―― That’s the root of her power.」

Jilbagias looked into their eyes.

「I give love to this woman. I’m the kind of man who can’t just let go of a damsel in distress after all. Thus, I make her forget her pain and worry. And this woman answered to my love in return.」

In short, she lends her miracle of light to her beloved person.

The light of love was raining incessantly to the evil being who lived in the darkness.

But for the people that she hate, the light would become a light of destruction――

「Shidar, this must sound like a joke right? What she wished for is love, and yet you guys made her to feels like she lived in a hell on earth to get her power.」

Shidar and Vigne stepped back unintentionally. As if they wanted to escape from this place, unwilling to hear more of Jilbagias’ curse-like remark that struck their heartstrings and forced them to realize their grave mistake.

「That’s why I’ve told you that getting the saint to use her miracle is a simple matter――」

Said Jilbagias as he kissed Liliana’s forehead.

「――You just need to love, and to be loved by this woman.」

He laughed, albeit his laugh came far too late.