LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 278
278th Episode. Summer Rest – Combat Ethnicity (2)
Within the Divine Empire, various nobles exist, each managing their own departments. Among them, the Daniel family dominates the guards and the courts.
Erte Daniel is the only son of that family.
In society, Erte Daniel is known as an honest heir, a noble who does not neglect his judicial duties.
However, he has an inherent flaw.
Since the age of seven, he has been aroused by images of women, even tearing them apart to lick them.
At such a tender age of not even ten, his inexplicable paraphilia manifested.
As time passed, Erte’s urges intensified.
The family head became desperate to hide it, but the more he tried, the more Erte’s lust spiraled out of control.
Eventually, he developed a bizarre hobby of kidnapping women to rape and then preserve their corpses.
Though he is outwardly considered a noble of the legal realm, in truth, he is nothing less than a wicked criminal worse than a demon.
Nonetheless, the head of the family, his father, tried to thoroughly conceal Erte’s tendencies.
To avoid anyone catching on, he even sought the help of Emperor Kamain and Elder Enviel.
Thanks to them, they managed to keep it under wraps, but ultimately, the truth was bound to be revealed.
As time passed, the ability to keep secrets weakened.
It was only a matter of time before the long tail was stepped on, so the head took measures to hide Erte.
-Please just stay quietly in Rube Town, understood? You must remain quiet.
He could not interfere any further; Erte had to behave himself in the empire’s largest resort, Rube Town.
However, Erte was not one to just sit quietly.
In a state dictated by his unrestrained lust, words could not reach him.
He ended up using money to hire thugs and began his “hunting.”
Coincidentally, Rube Town was flush with “prey.” Most of the young, beautiful women were dressed in swimsuits, making the town a target-rich environment.
So, Erte thought.
-This place is paradise.
Though he had licked images and statues since childhood, they were no longer sufficient to satisfy him.
He wanted the soft breast of a real person, not the rigid chest of a statue.
Rube Town, undulating with excitement, was paradise itself.
Thus, the type of woman he aimed for was tall and mature.
He wouldn’t even look at younger girls.
But as time passed, he grew increasingly bored. Although many of his desired types were everywhere, they now felt common.
Gold alone didn’t satisfy his desires anymore; now he wanted dazzling diamonds.
Then, while he was troubled, a thug brought him a photo.
The moment Erte saw that image, he saw the light.
-This is it…!
A pink-haired woman with a mature, glamorous figure was captured in the photo.
In a sky-blue dress, the peaks of her breasts stood proud, stirring his protective instincts to an extreme.
That image was enough to leave him entranced, making the term ‘goddess’ feel appropriate.
-Skhhhh… Hahhhh…
He was drooling to the point of momentarily forgetting to breathe.
Erte wanted this woman.
Though she wasn’t wearing a swimsuit, he had never felt such lust before.
She was significant enough that he had to capture her.
He used various spells, including the teleportation technique passed down from his family.
Identifying the woman from the photo, he searched around town.
And then, he teleported someone whose face matched that of the woman pictured to this place underground.
-Now she’s mine… mine!
Having finally succeeded in teleporting, Erte was overwhelmed with joy.
However, there were a couple of annoying pests hanging around, slightly dampening his excitement.
Yet one of those pests looked rather useful.
A captivating girl with black hair and red eyes. Though not as stunning as the woman in the photo, she had a decent figure.
-But who’s that guy…
There were two pests, and the other was a brown-haired boy.
According to his subordinate, he was the boyfriend of the woman in the photo.
At this realization, a grin crept onto Erte’s face.
If such a beautiful woman had a boyfriend, taking her from him would add a certain thrill.
Erte pulled the woman outside of the barrier to rape her in front of the boy.
Teleportation and barrier spells were Erte’s specialties.
And the most pleasurable moment in life was about to happen right before him.
But…
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“Am I really pretty?”
Mary, having reverted to her childlike form, left Erte, the man known as such, dumbfounded.
His expression gradually stiffened, and he began to look like he was about to cry.
The emotional collapse felt like a towering stack he’d built falling apart.
“W-where did that beautiful woman go…?”
“Uh? That’s me! How do I look? I’m awesome!”
“….”
Oblivious to another’s feelings, Mary shrugged her shoulders and bounced happily.
It was obvious what that blond tanning thug was feeling.
Expecting glamor but discovering a tiny little kid instead left him shocked.
“Ugh… Ueek!!”
Erte, the ringleader of the thugs, precipitated into vomiting.
He seemed to feel enormous disgust upon realizing that the mature figure of Mary was entirely a facade.
“Why are you suddenly like this? Want me to pat your back?”
Totally unaware of Erte’s mood, Mary’s comforting was something else.
“Why!! Why is this happening!!!”
Erte suddenly exploded in an insane scream.
He shot glances of utter contempt and hatred at Mary, but she didn’t flinch at all.
“I wanted a goddess… I wanted a mature goddess, and this is what I get!!!”
Mary, having heard this, calmly replied.
“I’m a goddess, aren’t I! A mature woman! How about that?”
“Don’t joke with me… Don’t joke with me!! Aaaah!!”
He had met a few others consumed by paraphilia before.
The Erte before him was no different from them.
At this rate, perhaps this was a specialty of sorts?
Those who made prey of sentient beings couldn’t possibly think normally.
“Oh? A bug!”
Perhaps because they were underground, there were plenty of bugs crawling around.
Mary suddenly drooled and grabbed a bug skittering on the ground.
The thugs watched uneasily, half wondering what she might do.
It was an unsettling-looking centipede and a worm.
However, Mary…
Slurp—
“Yum~ it’s delicious!”
She slurped it down like a bowl of udon noodles.
Mary, who treated bugs as snacks, was definitely not in her right mind.
“W-what is that!”
“Ueek!”
Even the thugs, who boasted of their baseness, felt nauseated by her eating habits.
Erte’s expression grew ever more intense at the sight.
What he thought was a beautiful woman suddenly felt like a mirage conjured by a monster.
“Get that girl away from me now!”
At that command, the thugs began to push Mary away.
“Want to eat this? It’s really good.”
“Shut up! You psycho girl!”
“Get away! How disgusting.”
What could possibly be tasty about that? The thugs shuddered at the thought.
But then they noticed something fallen at Mary’s feet.
It seemed to have come out with her when she teleported out of the barrier.
“What’s this?”
“Is this what the girl was holding?”
It was a journal suitable for writing up stucco designs.
Curious if it might be a bug dictionary, just as they were about to open it…
“Don’t touch that!!”
Luska suddenly raised her voice.
Everyone startled at the rough sound echoing from inside the barrier.
Everyone wondered what caused Luska’s sudden fiery shout.
“That… hand it over.”
“Huh?”
“Now!!”
Luska pointed at the journal the thug was holding, shouting.
The thugs felt oddly amused at her lost sanity.
“Hey, bro, check this out.”
“Um…”
Erte, who had been shocked a moment ago, began to calm down a little.
Having received the journal, he observed Luska intently.
Just moments before, she had seemed like a vigilant dog, not letting her guard down.
But seeing her flustered now created a new gap in her charm.
“Quite cute.”
What amplified the charm of that girl was undoubtedly her shyness.
For instance, exposing a secret she didn’t want anyone to know.
Erte soon grasped what that point was.
“Do you want this?”
“Just… hand it over.”
As Luska fidgeted, Erte smiled, as if he had guessed correctly.
This would put him in a vulnerable position against the enemy.
“Why are you acting like this all of a sudden? Shouldn’t you be calm right now?”
“Do I look calm right now? How important that is…!”
I pointed out her misleading behavior, but Luska refused to comply.
If it was that important, she should have kept it safe.
By the way, what could be in this journal that made her change so much?
“The more it gets suspicious, the more I want to know. Hehehe!”
With a peculiar laugh, Erte opened the journal.
To be honest, he was curious too.
Seeing that spectacle, Luska jumped up, trying to get out of the barrier.
Bang! Bang!-
Luska began pounding the invisible wall formed by the spell’s borders with her fists.
However, it was utterly ineffective.
“Useless. That wasn’t just my magic, I used the power of the latest magical devices to create that. Even the head of the magic guild or the imperial knight captain couldn’t break through it easily.”
“Don’t…! Don’t!!”
“Alright, then shall I read it?”
Though the girl’s cries were heard, they were but calm sounds to Erte.
If she screamed, he could feel his protective instincts kicking in even more.
Afterwards, raping her would bring even greater excitement.
Erte casually turned to an appropriate page and began to read.
“July 26. In a few days, it will be his birthday.”
“Eeeek!”
“Only I know the secret of his birthday. I was lucky to ask his parents during last winter break.”
“Stop!!”
Erte began to read the journal clearly, word for word.
His mocking pronunciation caused Luska to scream the entire time.
“I can’t tell anyone. I bet that ice prince and the bug-addicted kid don’t know either.”
“Ah….”
“Hehehe, now he’s mine. From the moment we started sharing a room, the result was already determined. Now, I will hold onto him for life.”
Ice prince probably refers to Jenny.
But what? Holding onto him for life?
To assume ‘that guy’ refers to me feels… strange.
So Luska had this side to her as well.
Read more.
“July 28. I lost the birthday present. He likes to fish, so getting him a fishing rod would work, right? So I thought and bought a fishing rod.”
“Ah… that part…”
“I had even won a scholarship and stuck close to the department head… But it seems my efforts were in vain. I searched everywhere by scent, but it was useless.”
So, that’s why Luska had worked around the Cage Department Head.
Did she get paid, feeling like a part-time job?
Thanks to that, it seems she naturally developed a connection with the Cage Department Head.
“Now I’m out of money. It was quite expensive, so I can’t buy it again. I should have avoided buying something with a heart on it just to express my affection.”
A fishing rod with a heart on it?
At that moment, I swallowed hard.
Something resonated with me.
“Ah~ what should I do? My precious affection… what to do…”
Swoooooooooooosh-!!!!!!
Ka-krackkk-!!!!
At that moment I was admiring the journal’s content, a tremendous sound echoed.
Like thunder roaring close to one’s ears, everyone was startled, and Erte, in shock, threw the journal away.
“What’s happening all of a sudden!”
“Brother! Over there…!”
The noise came from within the barrier.
There stood a girl who had torn through the barrier with her bare hands and torn it apart.
‘Holy sh*t…’
Both they and I were stunned at the sight.
A barrier that could not be broken even by the prowess of an imperial knight captain, she had ripped it apart with her bare hands!
“Heh… hehehe… Hahaha… Hahaha!!!”
With red eyes gleaming ominously, Luska chuckled nervously.
That figure was beyond human.
The girl’s tremendous shame awakened the monster sleeping within her.
Luska, twisting her neck like a ghost, spoke.
“You shouldn’t have crossed… that line…”
Something… a BGM for execution began to play automatically in my head.
Surviving as an Academy Scammer.