CHAPTER 312 - An unexpected turn of events.
Flowing, dark blue hair was tied in a long ponytail, reaching all the way down to her leg with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backward.
Her eyes were as violet as they could be, shining with an intensity that would make people feel that she was not someone they could compare to.
Her face looked smother than the smoothest silk out there; the pinkish tint on her skin only added to her charm.
Her body was a manifestation of men's desire, as she had an hourglass figure with D-cup breasts, which swayed with every step she took.
Her soft yet perky ass jiggled as she walked into the room from the small gap that was opened in the ancient door by using the mana in the gauge.
The gap was called small, but it wasn't actually small.
The ancient door was just too big; even a small gap in the door was enough for 2 people to enter the throne room while walking side-to-side.
That was just how big the door was.
For now, however, everyone was focused on the girl who walked into the throne room.
Her voice from earlier was still echoing throughout the hall since she used mana to enhance her voice.
*Creak**Thud*
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As the girl walked forward, the mana in the gouge ran out, causing the door to close automatically.
Alex had already noticed Azaroth's tense body; it was as if he was having a hard time.
It had been like that since the girl's voice was heard.
Alex frowned a bit before he turned to look at the girl in front of him, staring at her as she walked closer and closer to him.
He noticed the way her eyes moved toward Rohrg's frozen body, and he also saw the momentary relief that passed through her eyes when she found out that he was still alive.
'So, she is the main plot armor, huh…'
Alex muttered inwardly as he observed the girl.
He didn't use all-seeing eyes on her for now, as some people could find it inappropriate, and she hadn't been judged as someone whom he was sure to go against.
[Actually…]
But just as that thought passed through Alex's head, he heard Sophia's words, and his expression stilled.
'What do you-'
He wanted to ask her to explain what she meant, but he got the answer automatically.
[Antagonist quest: -
Quest objective: A discarded child picked up by the strongest being type of plot. Her objective had never been clear, as she is still in the immature phase and not yet a fully-bloomed protagonist. Deal with her in any way you want to.
Warning: She is not a protagonist! She is an antagonist (still in progress).
Quest reward: Depends on your approach.
Additional information: She is someone who doesn't even know who her father and mother are; all she knows is that her grandfather is the strongest being in the world, and she strives to achieve the same thing.
She is a monstrous talent, one that is born in a million years, yet on an unfortunate day, when she wasn't feeling very well, she was attacked by a group of bandits; if not for the help of Rohrg Ashenfang, she would've gotten seriously injured or killed.
Since then, she has been carrying the debt from that guy, hoping to repay it someday.
So, when she saw Rohrg in a concerning position, she rushed toward the throne room, not wanting to let him die.
Time limit: --.
Penalty: -- ]
'...'
Alex paused for a while before he sighed.
'Sigh…'
Here he was thinking that she would be just another plot armor; as it turns out, she wasn't just that, and she might actually be another headache.
'And she is supposed to be an antagonist??'
Alex looked at the girl as he questioned in a perplexed tone.
[It's still in progress, so whatever event she is supposed to go through hasn't happened yet.
That event would probably be her turning point.]
Sophia answered Alex's doubt, but Alex still kept looking at the girl.
An innocent yet mature face—so much so that it reminded Alex of Ann.
Then there was the air of purity she emanated; it was so pure that it caused the demons to bow their heads inadvertently, not wanting to meet her eyes, scared of putting a mark on her purity.
Yet Sophia said those words.
'You think she can turn into an antagonist??'
Alex just shook his head in disbelief.
She looked the type of girl who would commit suicide if something went wrong with her life; she was like a fragile piece of glass that was hanging on just because she had someone to support her.
Alex's eyes turned toward Azaroth, who was still wearing a tense expression, his eyes trembling a bit.
It was clear from the way she arrived and the words she said that she wasn't there to support Alex's decision.
But that would put Azaroth, as her grandfather, in a tight spot.
What should he choose?
Duty or family?
That was a decision most failed to make and ended up breaking from within.
[Alex.
Do you think there is nothing in this world that could motivate a weak-willed girl like her—who has no one other than her grandfather—to turn into the evilest entity from a gentle girl?]
Sophia, who heard Alex's question filled with incredulity, asked him another question.
'....'
Alex, who understood the implication behind that question, froze for a second before he once again turned to look at Azaroth.
'Isn't he the strongest being in the world?'
He asked again, but this time his tone was as serious as it could be.
Azaroth was a being that he wouldn't be able to harm even if he gave his all; Alex knew that.
So, the implication behind Sophia's words didn't make sense to him.
Didn't those words simply mean that there was another being as strong as him, if not stronger???
[Being the strongest doesn't mean that he is invincible.]
Sophia didn't directly answer Alex's question, but what she did was enough to give Alex an idea of what would happen.
There was only one thing that could make a gentle and soft girl like the one in front of him turn into something else, and that was the loss of the only being that she cared for—the being that was the pillar of her lonely life in this world.
*Thud*
"Seraphyra Voidheart greets the demon lord."
Alex's thoughts, however, were interrupted by the same girl, whose future looked dark in Alex's eyes.
She went on her knee with a thud and greeted Alex with the utmost respect.
There was not a hint of any negative emotion in her voice, and Alex knew that it was not fake.
He could see her emotions, and all of them were so real that he felt like his skill wasn't working perfectly.
'How can there be a person so pure even after living in a demon empire???'
Alex let out a long sigh before he answered Seraphyra.
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