Chapter 53: Demonization

“Who!?”

Irina Zi questioned into the darkness.

She felt that someone else had broken into her mansion.

Because Field had already lost her ability to fight, and Liyakade was under her absolute control.

Thinking about it, this situation could only occur if someone else had entered.

Could it be someone sent by the royal family to secretly protect Field?

It didn’t seem likely.

If it were someone protecting the princess in secret, they should have appeared long ago, and openly at that, directly taking Field and herself away.

There would be no need to hide like this.

“Liyakade! Hurry over and protect me!”

Irina Zi also felt abnormally afraid of this inexplicable situation.

She could sense something in the darkness staring at her.

She quickly took a few steps back, even throwing the person she had called her beloved to the ground, not caring whether the existence in the darkness would attack Field.

“Liyakade? Are you still not coming over?”

Irina Zi called out again the name of the slave she considered utterly low and vile.

She needed this slave to protect herself, to save her own life.

But this time, the so-called slave would no longer respond to Irina Zi’s orders.

“Heh, am I not right beside you?”

Liyakade’s voice came from behind Irina Zi.

Her voice, compared to before, was less calm and carried a bit more madness.

Irina Zi’s back instantly went cold.

She hadn’t even noticed someone coming up behind her.

She hurriedly turned, but the moment she twisted her head, a fist smashed heavily into her abdomen.

It was Liyakade.

The pain made Irina Zi bend over, feeling a surge of force inside her.

Her face twisted as she opened her mouth, but no words came out.

The blow to her abdomen made it impossible to breathe, let alone make a sound.

She trembled as she looked up at her attacker.

A pair of crazed, scarlet eyes stared back at her.

It was definitely Liyakade’s face, but somehow, it also felt different.

“How… could you…”

Irina Zi clutched her abdomen, enduring the pain as she tried to back away.

She looked at Liyakade in confusion.

She didn’t know how Liyakade had managed to attack her, and the pain made it nearly impossible for Irina Zi to speak a complete word.

“Nothing to wonder about, is there?”

Liyakade waved the Contract in her hand.

It was something she had snatched when attacking Irina Zi earlier.

In the next second, the Contract was shattered into pieces by an invisible force.

“How… is this… possible?”

Everything before her eyes overturned Irina Zi’s understanding.

Those who signed a Contract should not be able to attack their master, nor destroy the Contract themselves.

Yet Liyakade had accomplished both with ease right in front of her.

At that moment, the clouds blocking the Moon gradually dispersed.

Silver moonlight shone through the broken windows into the dark corridor.

Irina Zi’s pupils widened.

The Liyakade before her had changed completely.

She looked almost identical to the self Liyakade saw in her dreams.

The only difference was that only one horn remained on her head.

“De…mon… Race?”

Irina Zi stared at Liyakade in disbelief.

Fear enveloped her, and she wanted to escape, but how could Liyakade give her that chance?

Even though Liyakade and the others had achieved their goal and broken the Contract, Liyakade didn’t seem willing to let Irina Zi go so easily.

Several Blood Blades shot out in the darkness at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.

Irina Zi instinctively mobilized her Magic Power, forming a Water Shield in front of herself with the last of her strength.

But the Blood Blades pierced through it instantly, as if nothing stood in their way.

Several lines of blood burst from Irina Zi’s body.

“Ah!”

Screaming, Irina Zi collapsed to the ground, blood streaming down her face.

She knew her level was no match for Liyakade.

But even though Liyakade had suffered many wounds earlier, her attack was still so powerful.

Irina Zi’s defense had no effect at all.

In truth, Liyakade’s injuries had already begun to rapidly heal during her conversation with Korim.

Whether it was burns on her body or the wounds Irina Zi had just inflicted, they were quickly fading.

“Don’t… don’t come any closer! Someone! Help!!!”

Irina Zi used the last of her strength to cry for help, calling for guards below to save her.

But they had all been stationed at the mansion’s entrances, and her screams were unlikely to reach them.

She had originally wanted to create a space where no one could interfere, so she could torment Liyakade in front of Field as much as she liked.

Now, this very space she created had turned against her.

“Ah—”

Irina Zi screamed again.

Liyakade stepped on her knee, stomping down hard and shattering the kneecap.

“Heh, didn’t you like putting stone slabs on my legs? Didn’t you want me to break Alice’s legs too? Why don’t you taste what it’s like to have your own legs broken first?”

Irina Zi propped herself up on the floor with both hands.

The excruciating pain made sweat pour from her forehead.

Liyakade showed a twisted smile, still unwilling to stop.

The next moment, Irina Zi felt a cold sensation on her shoulder.

Something extended from behind Liyakade, piercing through her shoulder and lifting her body, nailing her to the wall.

“No, don’t kill me.”

Irina Zi’s breath was already in chaos.

She pleaded weakly with Liyakade.

“The Contract is already broken.

What more do you want?

Don’t… don’t kill me.

Otherwise, you’ll regret it.

I am the Chancellor’s Daughter, and the people of the Kingdom… will hunt you down…”

“You tormented me for so long—how could I let you off so easily!”

Hearing Irina Zi’s words only made Liyakade angrier.

There was no trace of remorse in Irina Zi’s voice, only more threats.

She felt no guilt for her actions.

It was only because Liyakade now held her life in her hands that she temporarily acted meek.

“Aren’t I your first… friend?”

At this moment, Irina Zi even shamelessly played the emotional card.

“Wasn’t it me who bought you out of that loveless, unloving… home…?”

“Haha? You call that a friend?

You only saw me as a tool!”

Liyakade laughed at Irina Zi’s shameless words.

At this moment, she completely empathized with the main character of the original story.

Irina Zi had only ever treated Liyakade as a tool.

Yet now she was claiming a deep bond between them.

What a load of crap.

Black and red Magic Power gathered on Liyakade’s claws, as if the next second, she would crush Irina Zi’s head.

“Stop!”

At some point, Field, despite her injuries, had stood up.

Leaning against the wall, she slowly moved to Liyakade’s side and gripped Liyakade’s blackened wrist tightly.

“It’s enough.

Killing her will only bring more trouble.

We’ve already achieved our goal, haven’t we?

The rest—let the Academy and the Kingdom punish her.”

Field looked at Liyakade’s scarlet eyes with concern.

“And besides… if you kill her, you can’t come back.”

Field stared intently into Liyakade’s eyes.

Earlier, to prevent Irina Zi from noticing they hadn’t truly fallen out, Field hadn’t taken Liyakade for exorcism.

She hadn’t expected this detail to become so important.

From Liyakade’s use of magic and changes in her body just now, Field had already determined that a Demon Race had taken the opportunity to invade Liyakade’s mind, and Liyakade had chosen to accept that Demon Race.

If Liyakade tasted the act of killing, she would undoubtedly be devoured completely.

At this moment, Field could only hope Liyakade would control her murderous intent and not be tempted any further by the Demon Race.

“Fine.

Actually, I didn’t intend to kill her either.

I was just a little angry and wanted a small bit of revenge.

That’s all.”

“Eh?”