Chapter 25: She Smiled to Me Complacently (1)Translator: Night Fury
Apart from this, another thing that had troubled me for a long time might also be solved.
After the Enchanting Magic Ritual had disappeared, those inexplicable affections those girls had to me should also disappear too.
I had thought that it was just an elementary Enchanting Magic Ritual. However, now that I knew how huge this ritual was, I realized that I must have underestimated its effect before.
Which meant, if they all had fallen in love with me because of the magic ritual, right now their loves to me should have already vanished.
Magic time was over and I would no longer be a charming boy. Before, I had always looked perfect to them due to the magic ritual. Now, they must see me as an ordinary boy who had no sense of presence at all.
In this way, none of them would be obsessed with me… Also I felt a bit pity about that, I really got relieved.
After all, it seemed too despicable to let others fall in love with me with the help of Enchanting Magic Ritual.
“All right, all right, all right, I know you are a decent man right now. Stop showing off.”
“When have I ever shown off…” Everyone would feel uncomfortable being loved by others because of some tools. After all no one liked fake love.
“All in all, those girls’ affections to you are just because of the Enchanting Magic Ritual… That was only your assumption, or your expectation, Jun Jun.”
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Even though that was just an assumption, I had confident that it was very close to the truth.
“How can you be sure that it is the truth? You boys can never guess what the girls are thinking! Ha ha, I don’t think they will leave you after you changed another magic ritual. Do you wanna make a bet? I bet that they won’t leave you. None of them will! If I win, you’ll owe me one hundred times. How’s that sound?”
“Sorry, I’m not a gambler. I can never ignore the chance of losing the bet no matter how slim it is… Also, one hundred times of what?!”
Nana inserted her index finger of her right hand into the circle which was made by her left hand and said,
“Of course is this~ Come on, you have already tasted it. Stop pretending to be ignorant~”
“We have already done it dozens of times and you are still not satisfied?… Your desire is like a bottomless pit…” It seemed like the rumors about how the enchanting demons would drain the men might really be true. Even if they were not able to suck the vital essence, they would still suck something else out of men…
“We are in your dream now anyway. You’ll gradually forget everything we have done here. Therefore, dream is the most unconstrained place.” On these words, Lili put on a look as if she was a dreamy kid with light flashed in her eyes.
How changeable was the expression on her face! Sometimes she was enthusiastic like fire, sometimes she was cold like an iceberg, sometimes she was innocent like a child… Well, most of the time she was just a psychopath.
It was almost like she was not able to control her own emotions.
“Although I should be considered a twenty-six-years-old human girl, but our measuring method of time is quite different from the one in the human’s world… Jun Jun, you were right before. I am an old woman indeed. My mind is already old… too old to chase my dreams… Ha, so I’ll only watch those girls fighting for love~”
“… You seem to love watching me being involved in a murderous battle!”
“Ho ho ho~” Nana only laughed without saying anything. She even started to hum a song with her head wagged while walking around the magic ritual to the front of the mirror. After that, she opened her arms with the center of her palms toward the magic ritual.
“In a word, Enchanting Magic Ritual is not a good one. Even Enchanting Demon like me don’t use that ritual very often.”
“Huh? Why is that?” I had thought that every Enchanting Demon would use the Enchanting Magic Ritual at random. Or say, wasn’t that the special skill of them?
“Our race has the enchanting characteristics in ourselves. Only those useless ones would lure others with the aid of outside force. Moreover, not only would this Enchanting Magic Ritual create enchantment to others, it would also make the one who employs the ritual be in a lust. All in all, it does more harm than good. Thus there is already no one who actually uses that ritual now.”
“You are right… The feeling of forming evil thoughts in my mind without knowing about it still scares me.” It was like being manipulated like a marionette.
I became not like myself anymore… “So what kind of magic ritual do you want?”
“Eh? What, what kind of magic ritual?” I didn’t get her abrupt question at the moment so I just repeated Nana’s question like a moron.
“Are you an idiot? I just told you that I would change another magic ritual for you! So what kind of magic ritual do yo want?”
“Ah, I can choose?”
“It will be settled in your body. Of course, you can pick it for yourself.”
“But I don’t know any kinds of magic rituals…”
“Just tell me what kind of effect are you expecting. If I can help you accomplish that, I will set up a magic ritual for you. If not, I will ask you to change another one. You might not believe this, but I was graduated from the Magic Ritual Major!”
“Magic Ritual Major… There is a school which teaches magic specifically?” Like Hogwarts that Harry Potter had come from? Or Luna Nova Magic School where all the witches were trained?
“It was neither of them. I have gone to the demon training school in the Demon World. You are looking at the top student from our school right now! Also, I have passed the examination to the most famous school in the Demon World, the ‘Demon Cultivating School’ which have produced twenty-two Demon Kings! Also, I was the graduate in the seat of honor of the Magic Ritual Major!”
“Demon, Demon World… Demon Cultivation School…” Where had my common sense gone?
Behave myself! I could never taunt her… I … just couldn’t!”
Why did such a famous school have such an ordinary name! Demon Cultivating School? That sounded like a kindergarten for the demon babies!
Moreover, she had mentioned an examination. Did they have examinations in the Demon World?
So where was the Demon World? Under the ground?
“Nope. That is the territory of hell. Demon World is above the ground… Ah, Jun Jun, you don’t know about what the Inner World is, right? That is a special and unknown space like the Black Street, but only in a larger scale. The land of our world is probably as large as the Eurasia.”
“What… How could you utter something so shocking in such a breezy tone…?” I had a feeling that all the common senses I had as an ordinary people had just collapsed.
“Aye, we just began to chat again. I just couldn’t help talking to you when you are around me… Anyway, I am a master of magic ritual. So I should be able to meet your requirements. Moreover, I am able to create a trebling compound large magic ritual. Therefore, you can make three requests.”
“Three?”
“I recommend a Summoning Magic Ritual or Intensity Magic Ritual. They are practical and have no side effects. However, you are the one who should make the final call. I’m just making a proposal.”