“Didn’t you just say you wanted to teach me a lesson? Huh? Big brother?”
Liyakade slowly walked up to a motionless shadow.
This was the Dark Guard who had called her “little sister” earlier, and Liyakade, in return, now addressed him as “big brother.”
“Big brother, exactly how do you want to teach me a lesson?”
Liyakade narrowed her eyes, a pure and innocent smile hanging on her small face, her tone sweet.
If one only looked at her expression, it would be impossible to connect her to the demon who had just committed such cruel acts.
However, no matter how pure the smile or gentle the tone, all the Dark Guard felt was a chill of fear.
“No, I wouldn’t dare! I wouldn’t dare!”
The Dark Guard suddenly felt the pressure on him lighten a bit.
It seemed he could speak now, but he was even more terrified, because earlier, Liyakade had let one of them speak only to swiftly kill him.
Now that the pressure had lightened, it meant his own death was not far off.
“Hehe, I still prefer your arrogant, unruly attitude from earlier, big brother. Since you’re so scared, why don’t you tell me what that purple smoke you used really is.”
Liyakade let out a light laugh, then continued questioning the Dark Guard.
After asking, she didn’t forget to tap her cherry lips with a jade-like finger and add in a playful tone:
“Oh, and big brother, I can tell when someone is lying. I hope you don’t lie, or else I’ll have to teach you a lesson.”
After hearing Liyakade’s added remark, the Dark Guard felt a chill in his heart.
The words he had used to provoke Liyakade earlier had now come back like a boomerang, striking him heavily.
As a Dark Guard, his dignity did not allow him to betray Vidar, but as a person, after witnessing the brutal deaths of his comrades, his spirit was on the verge of collapse.
He didn’t know if Liyakade had even more vicious punishments to torment him.
After all, this thing was of the Demon Race.
What if the Demon Race had even more terrifying interrogation techniques?
Then he would truly wish he were dead.
As for Liyakade, she actually couldn’t accurately determine if the other person was lying.
She could only sense whether they had emotional fluctuations.
Usually, people have emotional fluctuations when they lie, so she just used that as a reference.
Moreover, after Liyakade had displayed her formidable strength and extreme violence, most of the other Dark Guards were already scared out of their wits.
Their emotions were already in a highly unstable state, so judging lies through emotions was no longer possible.
Liyakade said all this just to pressure the others, to scare them so they wouldn’t dare lie or refuse to speak.
After all, she had already detected the Magic Restriction planted inside the Dark Guards earlier, so it wasn’t strange that she could now tell if they were lying.
The Dark Guard fell silent, seemingly still in a mental struggle, but Liyakade was already growing impatient.
“Not talking? Even now you still won’t betray your master? What a loyal dog. I’ll count to three. If you don’t talk… I won’t kill you, I realize that killing you outright is too merciful, too easy for you. I’ll teach you a good lesson instead, just like you wanted to do to me earlier.”
After Liyakade finished speaking, her countdown began.
Liyakade’s countdown was like a death warrant.
Her soft, sweet girlish voice was like a death knell, striking fear into every Dark Guard’s heart.
This Dark Guard’s heart was filled with only fear.
‘Why am I so unlucky? Even if I died like Lei Ke Si or the two before, that would be okay—even if my death was ugly, at least it would be quick, and I wouldn’t have to suffer more torment. And in Liyakade’s eyes, even that kind of death was considered merciful. I don’t dare imagine how horrifying the torture she mentioned would be.’
“I’ll talk! I’ll talk!”
The Dark Guard felt that this second was exceptionally long.
In that second, his life flashed before his eyes.
After all, Lei Ke Si had already exposed who their master was.
Even if everyone present had strong wills and didn’t reveal any information, Liyakade could still go directly to Vidar to find out.
Vidar was just a noble.
He hadn’t undergone the Dark Guards’ training and had a lower threshold for threats and torture.
If he fell into Liyakade’s hands, he would definitely confess everything quickly.
‘Since Vidar is already exposed, I might as well confess here and now. Maybe I can even buy myself and my brothers a chance to live.’
‘Right! I’m not just doing it for myself. I’m doing it so my brothers can live! For all of them to survive, it doesn’t matter if I betray my morals and bear the shame of betraying my master!’
And so, the Dark Guard quickly convinced himself.
“Milady, this is—”
Before the Dark Guard could finish speaking, Liyakade slapped him across the face, sending him reeling.
His head rang and he nearly lost consciousness.
“Who told you to call me that? Call me what you called me earlier.”
Liyakade looked at the Dark Guard, whose vision was darkening, and couldn’t help but smile slightly.
She seemed to enjoy tormenting these humans.
The Dark Guard was dazed from the slap.
The girl before him—no, rather, a demon in a girl’s skin—this capricious demon seemed to take pleasure in tormenting others.
Even if he did call her as she wanted, she might still find another reason to torture him.
But now, he could only do as Liyakade wished.
“L-little sister…”
Slap!
“There’s no emotion in your voice. Can’t you call me like before, with that lecherous tone, and don’t let your voice tremble.”
The moment the Dark Guard called out, Liyakade slapped him again.
Just as he had thought, she found another reason to be dissatisfied.
She just wanted to torment him.
But even so, the Dark Guard dared not be negligent.
He quickly composed himself, suppressed the fear deep in his heart, forced down the tremor in his voice, and put on a forced smile as he looked at Liyakade.
“Th-then is this okay… little sister?”
At this point, Liyakade was finally satisfied with the Dark Guard’s performance.
She nodded with a relieved expression, signaling him to continue.
“Yes… little sister, this purple smoke is a powder ground from a plant called Purple Vine Grass. You are knowledgeable, so you should know what it is, right?”