The thug leader, who thought he had seized the opportunity, ran at the fastest speed of his life.
In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of Emily and Xilina.
Of course, the thug leader still didn’t realize that he had just made the most regretful decision of his life.
When he was only a few meters away from Emily, he really believed he was going to succeed!
“!”
But Emily was startled by the thug leader suddenly charging at her.
After all, both Emily and Xilina had almost no guard up, thanks to Natalie’s protection.
Actually, even if they had been on alert, it wouldn’t have made a difference given their combat ability.
Any random thug could easily overpower the two defenseless girls.
If Natalie hadn’t used telekinesis to forcibly bring them out of the mansion to watch, Emily would never have left the mansion to see this so-called “excitement.”
As the thug leader closed in, Emily knew that even though Natalie’s focus was on torturing the other thug, she wouldn’t relax her protection over Emily and Xilina.
But Emily couldn’t rule out the possibility that Natalie might let the thug leader attack her just to “play” with her.
After all, Emily really couldn’t understand Natalie’s thoughts.
She always came up with whimsical ideas to “torture” her.
And Emily still believed that in Natalie’s eyes, she was nothing but an insignificant slave.
So when she realized the thug leader had gotten this close, Emily was still a little panicked!
Yet the moment that thought crossed Emily’s mind, the thug leader’s body suddenly froze in place.
Though Natalie would indeed “play” with Emily’s feelings and body on a whim,
it was always her doing the “playing.”
Natalie was so possessive that she wouldn’t even allow any other male to get near Emily.
How could she let a scumbag like this thug leader lay even a finger on Emily?
“Damn it!”
Realizing he couldn’t move, the thug leader panicked.
He struggled with all his might to break free from the telekinesis, but no matter how hard he tried, his body remained completely still.
Knowing he was doomed, the thug leader was filled with regret.
He had been just a few steps away from grabbing Emily and using her as a hostage to survive!
But in truth, even if he had managed to press a knife against Emily’s neck and take her hostage, it would have been useless.
As long as she was within Natalie’s field of view, her telekinesis could activate instantly.
No matter what the thug leader did, Natalie could freeze him in place immediately.
“You’ve got some nerve, kid!”
After immobilizing the thug leader, Natalie tossed the other thug she had been torturing away like trash, her gaze locked onto the leader.
Faced with Natalie’s overwhelming pressure and murderous intent, the thug leader trembled all over.
A warm liquid had already started flowing uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Emily instinctively took several steps back.
Even though they were several meters apart, she still felt disgusted.
“I won’t let you die easily!”
With that, Natalie killed all the other thugs on the spot in an instant.
She was so furious that she had completely lost interest in them.
Now, all she could think about was torturing this scumbag who had targeted her “lover!”
In a way, the thug leader had actually saved his underlings.
Natalie had originally planned to torture each one to death one by one.
To die so painlessly was, for those thugs, a stroke of luck.
“Spare me! I… won’t… dare again!”
Knowing he was done for, the thug leader stammered out a plea for mercy.
But there was no way Natalie would let him off just because of that!
Toward people she had no interest in, Natalie was utterly cruel.
The next moment, one of the thug leader’s hands was violently twisted off by telekinesis!
“Aaaaaaah!”
Watching his arm spray blood, the thug leader could only scream.
He couldn’t do anything else.
He couldn’t even collapse from exhaustion.
He was forced to remain standing under the telekinetic restraint.
‘Wow… that’s brutal.’
Watching Natalie’s savage display, Emily realized she was a true Demon King.
Because Natalie had never shown this side of herself in front of Emily.
After all, Natalie couldn’t bear to hurt Emily, and she was afraid of scaring her.
Under normal circumstances, she deliberately avoided being too violent.
So Emily never really had a concrete sense that she was the Demon King.
Now, facing the scene of Natalie torturing the thug leader, Emily averted her eyes, too scared to keep watching.
This kind of picture was far too frightening for someone as timid as Emily.
She even suspected she would have nightmares tonight.
Xilina, meanwhile, had her eyes tightly shut and her hands pressed down over her long fox ears.
Even though the thug leader was her enemy, this scene was too terrifying for a little girl like Xilina.
For the next ten-odd minutes, there were only the thug leader’s screams and pleas for mercy.
Halfway through, he was completely drained, and his pleas became almost inaudible.
When Emily finally looked at the thug leader again, he had completely vanished from this world.
As if he had never existed at all.
Having vented her anger by thoroughly torturing him, Natalie looked completely refreshed.
And with that refreshed expression, she met Emily’s frightened gaze.
Seeing the fear in Emily’s eyes, Natalie immediately realized her mistake.
‘Shit… I couldn’t hold back and revealed my true nature in front of Emily! That idiot saintess who even sympathizes with demons—seeing me be so cruel to this guy, will she hate me? No, she probably already hates me! Damn, why did I lose control and make the goodwill I’d finally built up drop again!’
Of course, Emily was indeed afraid of Natalie, but not because she had tortured the thug leader.
Emily wasn’t some “saint” who had to protect everyone.
The title “Saintess” had only been forced on her by God.
So while Emily thought Natalie’s torture of the thug leader was a bit excessive, she didn’t sympathize with him at all.
After all, Xilina’s parents had been killed by him.
He deserved death a thousand times over.
In fact, this death actually felt satisfying to Emily!
The reason Emily was a little scared now wasn’t just because of the sight of Natalie torturing the thug leader.
It was mainly that she worried one day she might end up like him— tortured to death by Natalie once she lost interest in her.