owlsbooks Chapter 1038 The Last Routine 217
Chapter 1038 The Last Routine 217
Chapter 1038 The Last Routine 217
This guy... insulting her like that only gives her pleasure, doesn't it?
At this moment, Aqua ran back and said unhappily, "It's too troublesome to remove the curses one by one, and it seems that some people have been cursed again as soon as they were removed."
"But we can't just leave it like this, can we?" Kobayashi sighed helplessly.
“That’s right,” Darkness said very seriously, “If the number of Duem in the city increases, my reward will decrease!”
"No way!? If the responsibility were on us, we'd be in big trouble!" Kobayashi scoffed at this, then asked the goddess beside him, "Hey Aqua, how can we turn these people back?"
“Hmm…” Aqua pondered for a while, then said, “Indeed, cutting off the source of the curse is the best way.”
"The source of the curse..." Kobayashi sighed, rubbing his forehead. "I guess I'll just have to go back to that ruin again."
After all, they released the curse at the altar in the ruins, so we have to go back and check it out no matter what.
"Ah!" Darkness said in a serious tone, "In order to reclaim the peaceful town with satisfactory rewards, we have no choice but to cut off the source of the curse!" On the surface, she was doing this for the town, but in reality, she just didn't want her rewards to be reduced.
We returned to the deepest part of the ruins.
“I knew it was here.” Aqua sniffed the air and nodded, saying, “The aura of curse is overwhelming, it’s nauseating.”
Huihui also shouted, "I feel someone calling me! Hurry up and go deeper! Punishment awaits me!!" She seemed extremely excited, even a little too excited, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her Darkness II.
"Really..." Kobayashi sighed, but just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed something amiss. "Hmm? What's that deep inside! That's—"
A woman appeared before them. She was extremely petite, almost the size of a palm, but dressed provocatively and carrying a small leather whip, looking like a queen. Upon seeing Kobayashi and his companions, she bowed respectfully.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Master... Isn't it dazzling to have entered such a depraved world, you pig..."
"Pig, pig... Ugh!"
Darkness, who had been insulted, was overjoyed. Kobayashi couldn't help but twitch his lips, then looked at the puppet that had inexplicably appeared in the deepest part of the dungeon, and sighed, "Sigh...so, this guy is the culprit of the curse?"
"It's punishment." The doll seemed to have her own thoughts. She explained, "To please all the pigs, I've activated the curse. Well then, Master, I've kept you waiting... The punishment time has come!" She suddenly lashed out with the small leather whip in her hand, her expression turning ferocious, making her look like a raging queen.
"Punishment...?" Darkness blushed, but said seriously, "Interesting, let my body experience what it's like—"
"Shut up!" Kobayashi shoved a hand over her mouth, yelling, "This isn't the time to say things like that—"
But before he could finish speaking, Huihui suddenly knelt down in front of her, pleading, "Please! I'm ready to be punished! Come on, give me the best punishment!"
"Megumin, cheer up!" Aqua rushed over to help her up, saying, "You can't lie on the ground preparing! Divine Healing!!"
She cast a spell to try and drive the doll away, but it easily dodged it and lashed out with its whip, causing the two to cry out in pain.
"Damn doll... It would have been fine if I were alone, but you actually attacked my companions..." Darkness glared at the doll with a hostile expression, but soon became excited again and said in a sharp voice, "If you're going to punish someone, punish me alone!"
"It's all for your own selfish desires!" Kobayashi rolled his eyes in annoyance.
Darkness drew her knight's longsword from her waist and shouted, "Duem... I'm enough! Haaaaah—" With that, she charged towards the doll. However, as everyone knows, Darkness's attacks never hit. But whether intentionally or not, the doll did not retaliate after dodging Darkness's attack, much to the disappointment of this perverted female knight.
Before Kobayashi could react, the puppet suddenly appeared beside him, whipping him and causing him to cry out in pain.
Darkness quickly asked, "Are you alright? Are you okay?"
"Ah, it's just a scratch." Kobayashi grimaced as he touched his arm, saying involuntarily, "It would be more comfortable to take the attack all over my body."
"That's good, it seems like everything's alright," Darkness said with relief.
"No way!?" Aqua stomped her foot angrily and said to the two of them, "No way, nothing's wrong!? Even Kobayashi turned into Duem!?"
However, Kobayashi had already fallen completely in the trap. His eyes were filled with obvious pink hearts as he said, "Give me...give me an even stronger reward! Attack me, my foolish queen, even more fiercely!" Then he pounced on the doll like a madman.
"Trying to monopolize the reward, how cunning!" Huihui rushed forward, not to be outdone, and shouted, "Your Majesty! Don't give it to Kobayashi, give me more rewards!"
"No! I deserve the reward! Come on, Your Majesty! Whip me with that whip!" The two argued over this whipping, neither willing to back down.
"How could this be!?" Darkness stared at the two in astonishment. She quickly shoved the goddess beside her and said, "Aqua! Quickly break the curse on them!"
"Even if I break the curse each time, there's no progress. If we don't defeat that guy soon..." Aqua was getting impatient. This curse seemed to be persistent; every time it was broken, it would quickly re-infect her. There was simply no way to get rid of it.
The puppet floated in mid-air, laughing triumphantly, "Cry! Cry your heart out! Sit down!!"
“…I said.” At this moment, for some reason, Darkness also felt a pang of conscience. She even pleaded with Aqua, saying, “Should we defeat her no matter what? Why not just bring this doll back to the mansion—”
"Of course not! Cheer up, Darkness!!" Aqua was also getting anxious, and she stopped the perverted female knight from having such thoughts.
"Kneel down! Sit down!!"
The doll queen attacked the two of them.
Aqua gasped and dodged away, her face filled with fear. She shouted angrily, "That was dangerous! You perverted doll! Darkness, stop this guy!" She yelled at her companion.
"I'm reluctant, but there's no other way." Darkness said with a look of reluctance. Seeing her companions troubled by the Doll Queen, she could only shout, "I'm going, Aqua!! For the pride of a knight, and for my true fetish!!"
She charged forward, colliding with the Doll Queen, and the two remained locked in a stalemate. Few could match Darkness's strength; she hadn't expected him to be so formidable.
The doll queen tried to break free, but couldn't. She said fiercely, "You want a reward, don't you... Now, let me go!"
"Stop messing around...!" Darkness, having made up her mind, wouldn't let go easily. At this moment, she also noticed something strange and quickly shouted to Aqua, "Aqua, there's a button on the back of this doll!"
"Without a doubt, it must be the stop button!" Aqua exclaimed excitedly, then shouted, "Pressing it will definitely stop it! Let's take this opportunity to show her what the 'Wrath of God' Fist' really is!"
"Don't press it, don't press it, you want a reward, don't you!?" The Doll Queen panicked a little. She kept saying this, but no one was fooled by her or listened to her.
Darkness, equally disappointed, said, "If we hadn't met in this way, we might have become friends... What a pity!" With a resolute expression, she acted, then shouted at Aqua, "The button is pressed! Aqua, now! Attack me too!!"
"The Fist of God——————"
Aqua, who had been waiting for a long time, didn't hesitate to punch the Doll Queen, hitting Darkness as well, who let out a terrible scream. Light enveloped the entire dungeon, emitting a bright glow. Thus, the Doll Queen was sealed, and the curse of Duem was lifted. The people in the city turning into Duem... in retrospect, it all seems like a lie, but—
The morning after the Doll Queen was sealed away.
Aqua stretched and yawned as she entered the mansion's hall, sleepily saying, "Haaah, good morning. Yesterday was really tiring. Is breakfast ready yet?"
"Hey Darkness, your master is starving, isn't he? Or perhaps..." Kobayashi, lounging casually on the sofa, said with a smirk, "Before you eat, you want my affection?"
“Darkness is so slow.” Megumin frowned slightly as she looked at Darkness and said, “It’s like he’s doing this on purpose as punishment.”
"Yes, yes! I'm sorry...! I'll go prepare the food right away...!!" Darkness excitedly ran towards the kitchen.
That's right. I don't know if something's wrong, but Kobayashi and Megumin have become very harsh, or rather, Dues would be a better description. Although the contrast in their personalities is quite drastic, Darkness likes them very much, even adores them.
Aqua found it strange and couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, saying, "This is... the smell of a curse?"
She never imagined that even though she had purified the doll queen, the curse hadn't disappeared and had even transformed from Duem into Dues, which was truly astonishing.
It wasn't just the two of them; everyone else in the town of Axel was the same.
“Listen up? I am your master,” Duster said arrogantly. “Therefore, you are responsible for paying off all my debts, understand?”
"To team up with me for quests, there's one condition," said Mikami Hibiki, her gaze equally disdainful, "Absolute obedience to me. Disobeying... will be punished, you know?"
"You just need to listen to what I say. Your bodies and minds belong to me..." The mohawk-haired man said this domineeringly, and everyone turned into a domineering CEO, acting as if he didn't want what the other person said, but what the other person said.
Aqua felt fear and dread, and involuntarily murmured, "This is Dues's curse...? Could it be that back then—"
[The button has been pressed! Aqua, now! Attack me too!!]
"—Was pressing that button a curse that turns me into Dues!?" Aqua screamed, covering her face in despair.
And the other side.
Like a queen, Megumin said harshly to the perverted female knight, "Darkness, from today onwards, you are a pet, just like Domino. You should eat on the floor."
“Okay, I’d love to!” Darkness readily accepted, overjoyed.
Aqua immediately broke down, screaming, "Seriously, what's going on?! Waaaaaahh ...
"Don't cry, Aqua... no, you should still cry. Seeing you cry, hehehe..." Kobayashi said with the same wicked grin, seemingly enjoying seeing Aqua cry.
When Aqua saw the monstrous Kobayashi, she trembled all over, attracting Darkness's attention.
"What's wrong, Aqua?"
"...Let everyone return to normal." Aqua suddenly said this calmly, her expression calm but very serious, completely unlike her usual carefree and silly expression, making her seem very unfamiliar.
Upon hearing her words, Darkness exclaimed regretfully, "Do we...do we want to go back to the way things were...!?" Then, she quickly added, "Please, don't say such lonely things. Continuing like this won't—"
"Hey sow, did I say you were allowed to speak? Answer with a pig's squeal." Before she could finish speaking, Kobayashi uttered such vicious and venomous words.
Huihui also made a demanding and rude request to Darkness, saying, "Give me a shoulder massage after dinner. If you do a good job, I'll give you a reward."
"Ugh...!!" Darkness looked incredibly happy, her arms wrapped around her chest, her face flushed and her body weak, and she exclaimed, "I can't take it anymore! I knew there was no need to go back to normal!"
"It's necessary! If this continues, even bubble tea won't be enjoyable!" Aqua didn't want her companions to develop such personalities, so she forcibly dragged the only remaining companion with a normal...not-so-normal personality, towards the dungeon. "Alright, Darkness, let's go to the ruins!"
To prevent Darkness from succumbing to her desires, Aqua threatened her, saying, "If you don't get ready soon... hehe, you'll be in big trouble, you know?"
"Yes, yes—!" Darkness readily accepted, and followed Aqua with joy as they walked toward the ruins. Afterward, everyone returned to normal, but then seemed a little lonely.
(End of this chapter)