Chapter 6: Can she still be considered human?

“Master, this little girl looks over-composed. I suspect she is plotting something.”

Eileen looked at the Princess on the seat, her eyes filled with suspicion.

Before Atiste could speak, Lilian spoke up first.

“I wouldn’t dare. Right now, I can only be at Master Atiste’s disposal, so I will definitely not have any unnecessary thoughts.”

She was lying.

She clearly had many thoughts.

After all, she wasn’t even afraid of death; she was even looking forward to what Atiste would do to her.

At the thought of this, the restlessness in Lilian’s heart became stronger, so much so that she couldn’t hold it back this time, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

“Wow, she’s actually smiling?”

Atiste exclaimed.

“I didn’t lie to you, Master. She must be planning something.”

Lilian explained hurriedly,

“I… I’m not planning anything… don’t talk nonsense.”

“Understand your situation! You are a hostage! You’re not here to drink tea!”

Eileen criticized harshly.

“But… but I just can’t hold it back…”

“Huh? Hold back what?”

Lilian stopped pretending and said with a flushed face,

“The chance for close-range communication with Master Atiste~”

Eileen was furious and immediately shouted,

“Shut up! Master is mine! Don’t you dare get close to him!”

Eileen smelled the scent of an “enemy.”

“Why are you so agitated? You couldn’t possibly like Master Atiste, could you?”

Although Lilian’s eyes couldn’t see, she sensed Eileen’s thoughts through her reaction.

Eileen flusteredly tried to hide it.

“You, you, you, you, what are you saying? I am Master’s Exclusive Maid, so he belongs exclusively to me. It’s perfectly logical!”

“It seems you’ve never dared to confess to your Mas—mmph!”

Before Lilian could finish, Eileen immediately covered her mouth with her hand.

“Master! I want to poison her mute! Please allow it!”

“I do not allow it.”

“Master! You’re mean!”

“I am not mean.”

“Master! You’re a villain!”

“I am indeed a villain.”

“Master! Stop talking and hurry with your ‘Artistic Creation’! I don’t want to hear another word from her!”

“Eileen, why are you so impatient? This isn’t like you.”

“Any—anyway, don’t listen to her nonsense!”

“That is natural, my Eileen. I won’t listen to the words of a ‘material’.”

Eileen let out a sigh of relief but didn’t dare release her hand from Lilian’s mouth for fear she would talk too much.

“To be honest, the sight of you two beautiful women pressed together has quite an artistic atmosphere,”

Atiste said, nodding in approval.

Indeed, an elegant maid in a black and white maid outfit, possessing an ageless face, and rarely showing a flustered appearance.

She was covering the mouth of the captured Princess who had just been crowned—to be precise, she was now the “Queen.”

Her appearance went without saying; royal blood, excellent genes, and her luxurious clothing made her look even more “artistic” while tied to the chair.

Combined with the fact that she was the kidnap victim yet showed no sign of panic, the scene looked extremely absurd.

“The absurd is art.”

Atiste took out his specially made “Golem Camera” and recorded this moment.

It was a small square box that could be held in one hand, designed by Atiste to mimic cameras from Earth, with a “lens” at the front for recording images.

Magic power was stored inside to save the images captured by the lens.

After pressing the shutter button, a magically generated “photo” would emerge from the bottom of the box.

Unfortunately, Atiste’s photography skills were amateur at best; he had blurred the two great beauties.

“Messed up, tee-hee~”

Atiste decisively burned the failed work.

“Master Atiste is so cute.”

“… Is that something a Princess with noble upbringing should say?”

Eileen couldn’t help but complain.

“In front of Master Atiste, I just can’t help but want to act spoiled~”

“You… you really should just die…”

Eileen couldn’t take it anymore.

This enemy with zero combat power was more terrifying than the most vicious foes!

“Eileen, don’t ruin my good material.”

At that moment, Lilian was secretly rejoicing.

‘Hehehe… Master Atiste said I am his material. Does that mean he recognizes me as his possession? Yay!’

Before being caught by Atiste, Lilian would never have had these thoughts because life in the Royal Palace was boring to her.

Even though the Emperor approved of her and most nobles favored her, she found it meaningless.

But by Atiste’s side, her sealed personality suddenly “awakened”!

She just liked the feeling of not being treated as a human!

“Master Atiste… marvelous… You truly are a great god with such accomplishments!”

Lilian couldn’t suppress the fanaticism in her heart and confessed directly.

Atiste didn’t understand.

“Huh? What’s this about gods and ghosts? I’m an artist.”

Eileen broke into a cold sweat.

‘Thankfully, Master is dense enough and didn’t understand Lilian’s meaning at all.’

Eileen was planning how to eliminate Lilian.

Two tigers could not share one mountain unless it was just Eileen and Master alone!

Excess clutter had to disappear!

Lilian was that excess clutter!

“It doesn’t matter, Master Atiste. You can do whatever you want with me! Just like you said, I am your ‘material’.”

Even though her eyes couldn’t see, Lilian could feel Atiste’s grand image.

This feeling of not being treated as a human by another was something she felt for the first time in her life.

Whether it was a lack of harsh reality or a strange personality, her love for Atiste had been engraved into her body since who knows when.

From the moment she was captured by Atiste, Lilian’s body and soul belonged entirely to him!

No, even earlier!

This wasn’t just admiring the strong; there were many strong people in the world.

In a sense, Lilian was strong herself.

But only Master Atiste was special!

“Hehe… hehehehe…”

Lilian had never been this happy in her life.

Seeing Lilian’s face flushed with excitement, Eileen felt a wave of nausea.

“How can there be such a perverted person… can she even be considered human?”

Atiste seriously analyzed her.

“Strictly speaking, she is for now, but after the Ritual is over, she will no longer be human, but an artwork!”

“Master, you seem determined to succeed with this ‘creation’?”

“Yes, I definitely won’t fail this time! I have obtained unique material in this world! She will surely become the most shining artwork in the world!”

“Come… Master Atiste~ I am ready!”

“Good! Very spirited!”

Atiste took out the “Crystal of Thousand Facets” and placed it in front of Lilian.

The colorful, dazzling crystal actually floated to her chest on its own without any magical reinforcement.

This was a situation that had never occurred before.

“Good, as I expected, the ‘Crystal of Thousand Facets’ really chose her! This is it!”

Eileen also broke into a sweat at this moment.

This was the Demon King’s heart.

If it really fused with this Princess who had no magic power, no one knew what would happen…

Everyone waited for the answer to be revealed…