Looking at the miserable state Hadia was in, Emily naturally felt a great deal of self-reproach.
If it had not been for the sake of saving her, Hadia would not have ended up like this.
At the same time, Emily racked her brains, trying her hardest to think of any possible way to save Hadia.
After all, looking at Natalie’s current posture, she truly intended to kill the Hero.
While Emily was in such a state of panic, Natalie silently approached Hadia, who had just been subdued.
Standing before Hadia, Natalie aimed her hand directly at her.
Magic power condensed in the center of her palm, forming a sphere of light.
She looked exactly like someone prepared to carry out an execution.
Faced with Natalie’s actions, Emily naturally intended to do something, but her weak legs made her movements sluggish.
However, Emily knew that if she did not do something, Hadia would truly be beyond saving!
Emily did her best to suppress her fear and forced herself to stand up.
Of course, Emily’s small movements could not escape Natalie’s eyes.
Upon seeing Emily’s actions, Natalie felt a sense of relief instead.
After all, if Emily had remained collapsed on the ground because of her weak legs, Natalie’s plan would have been difficult to achieve.
If Natalie truly wanted to kill Hadia, she could have done it in an instant.
There was absolutely no need to walk slowly to her and deliberately use such a sluggish execution-style move.
It was all nothing more than a means for Natalie to force Emily to be obedient in the future.
To achieve this goal, Natalie did not mind letting the Hero — the one known as the “Bane of the Demon King” — escape once again.
Though up until now, Natalie had not seen at all how this Hero was supposed to be her counter.
Therefore, Natalie truly did not take Hadia seriously.
“This is the end, Hero! Even my mercy has its limits.”
After saying this, Natalie struck a pose as if she were about to use magic to kill Hadia.
In the next moment, Emily suddenly rushed between the two of them, spreading her arms wide to shield Hadia.
Of course, having taken this action, Emily was also shaking with fear.
After all, in Emily’s imagination, if her movements had been even one second slower, the only likely outcome would have been both her and Hadia dying under Natalie’s magic.
Emily had not expected that she would actually have the courage to take such an action, something she would not have dared to even think about in the past.
“Saintess? What are you doing? The only person I intend to kill is the Hero. As for you, I still have some interest. If you want to die, wait until I am no longer interested in you.”
Though she spoke those words, Natalie was actually quite happy.
After all, only then could she proceed according to her plan.
At the same time, however, Natalie felt a surge of jealousy toward Hadia once again.
Natalie knew very well how cowardly Emily was.
Yet Hadia, this useless Hero, could actually make the cowardly Emily go to such lengths!
Natalie felt a strange sense of anticipation, wishing Emily would do the same for her if she ever encountered something similar in the past.
However, it was also completely impossible.
‘There is no one in this world who could reduce me to such a pathetic state…’
“Lady Emily… please, get back quickly.”
Watching Emily’s actions, Hadia spat out blood while attempting to stop her.
But because Hadia was truly in a state where she had only one breath left, she naturally could not climb back up.
“Hadia… Demon King, what do I have to do for you to let the Hero go!”
“Let her go? This girl has caused me trouble time and time again. If I just let her go like that, what will happen to my reputation as the Demon King?”
“…”
“But, it is true. This Hero is simply too much of a waste! Whether she lives or dies, I really do not care much. If you have some way for me to maintain my dignity, I suppose I could let her go.”
“Maintain your dignity…”
“Yes. So? Saintess, do you have any way to achieve that?”
“This…”
In the face of Natalie’s words, Emily thought as hard as she could.
The only chip Emily had left was information about God, but that was something she could not reveal no matter what.
“It seems you cannot think of anything, so I, out of the goodness of my heart, will think of something for you…”
Seeing Emily’s bewildered expression, Natalie spoke up without any warning.
After saying that, she pretended to think on Emily’s behalf.
Finally, after a few seconds of hesitation, Natalie spoke the words she had decided upon from the very beginning.
“How about this, Saintess. If you promise to be obedient to me from now on and become a slave at my beck and call, I will let the Hero go. How does that sound? After all, if you voluntarily become my slave, I will be the only Demon King in the history of the Demon Race to have tamed a Saintess. That would be enough to maintain my dignity as the Demon King.”
Of course, making Emily an obedient slave was not Natalie’s ultimate goal.
After all, her final objective was to become Emily’s lover.
However, given the current relationship between the two, even if she used the Hero’s life to force Emily to be her lover, there would be no good outcome.
Natalie wanted Emily’s heart, so she planned to start as a slave and then gradually deepen their relationship bit by bit.
Moreover, the status of a slave was much better than that of a captive or a prisoner.
If she were a slave, Natalie would have a reason to keep Emily by her side at all times to cultivate their feelings.
“…That.”
Although the idea of becoming the Demon King’s slave gave Emily a shock, she thought about it carefully.
There really was not much difference between a slave and a captive.
Furthermore, the current Emily was already unable to resist Natalie’s orders.
If she did not obey, Natalie would simply use psychokinesis to force her to do it.
It was simply changing from being forced to being “voluntary.”
Of course, under normal circumstances, if Emily dared to voluntarily obey the orders of the Demon King, there was a high probability that divine punishment would descend upon her head in the next second, ensuring she would never find peace.
But these were not normal circumstances.
A Saintess was volunteering to become the Demon King’s slave to protect the Hero.
This sort of behavior perfectly fit the definition of a Saintess in the eyes of God.
In fact, if Emily refused to give up everything to protect the Hero, she would be the one to face divine punishment instead.
After all, could a Saintess who abandoned the Hero truly still be called a Saintess?
“…I understand. I promise you, Demon King! I will be your slave from now on!”
“!”
Hearing Emily say that, Hadia, who was slumped on the ground, became agitated.
But because she was heavily injured, no matter how agitated she was, she could only watch helplessly as Emily voluntarily became Natalie’s slave.
If looks could kill, Natalie would have died countless times already.
“It seems our little Miss Hero is still quite defiant, isn’t she?”
“Demon King…”
“Demon King?”
Seeing that Emily was still calling her Demon King, Natalie showed a somewhat dissatisfied expression.
Noticing this, Emily hurried to change her words.
“…Master, can you grant me one last request?”
“Speak!”
“Can I heal the Hero one more time?”
“Fine. After all, if this useless Hero dies halfway through, it would be a headache for me too.”
“Thank you, Master…”
After finishing her conversation with Natalie, Emily hurriedly healed Hadia once again.
In the next instant, as soon as Hadia regained her ability to move, she swung the holy sword again, aiming directly for Natalie’s head.
But just like before, Hadia was controlled by psychokinesis before she could successfully strike Natalie.
“Honestly, your part in this has already ended, Hero! It is time for you to leave the stage!”
With those words, Hadia’s body was thrown out by Natalie using psychokinesis.
She flew straight out of the Demon King’s castle, heading toward the distance.
Although Hadia attempted to resist the psychokinesis, it was useless.
She could only watch herself drift further and further away from the Demon King’s castle.
After flying for an unknown amount of time, Hadia crashed into the ground.
However, unlike the last time, the psychokinesis acted as a buffer before she hit the ground, preventing the fall from being too disastrous.
“Damn it!”
After landing, Hadia repeatedly pounded the ground.
Under Hadia’s strength, the entire ground shook violently.
Hadia tried to use this method to vent her emotions!
Thinking about how Emily would be ordered around by Natalie to do all sorts of disgusting things after becoming a slave, Hadia was extremely dissatisfied with her own incompetence.
She had clearly gone to save Emily, but now it was Emily who had saved her instead.
“Why can’t I do anything!”
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