I Reincarnated As An Evil Duchess - Chapter 123
Translator: Nabi
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Chapter 123
Everything was within her grasp.
The tempting emotions of that delicious-looking human begged to be eaten, moistening her lips that had been starving for decades. Yet, it was snatched away right before her eyes… all because of that d*mn half-demon old man and that woman!
Morgan glared at Rupert, who was being led out of the territory with burning eyes of anger and desire, as she was walking towards the prisoner carriage alongside them.
‘…If only I had devised a slightly better plan and executed it better! Then, all of his intense emotions would have been mine!’
Morgan deplored everything and, at the same time, felt a hunger for the price of the contract that had slipped through her fingers just as it was within reach.
If only things had gone well for a little longer, she could have taken even more from him, but it was disappointing not to have even obtained the price of the contract because everything had been ruined.
Furthermore, if she were to be taken away like this, they would be under the watchful eyes of those d*mn paladins with divine powers, and she would only be able to leave this prison after the deaths of all those who knew of her existence but even their descendants.
The thought of being unable to savor human emotions for such a long time made the regret even greater.
‘…D*mn it. Now that it’s come to this, I should at least collect the price of the contract.’
Before spending a long time in prison, she needed to satisfy her hunger somehow.
Morgan greedily licked her dry lips with her tongue, murmuring behind the cloth that sealed her mouth. Then, her swamp-like, emerald green eyes shone brightly as she stared intensely at Rupert being led away in front of them.
“…Ugh!”
“What’s wrong? What’s happening?”
“Aaaargh―!”
At that moment, a strange vine-like pattern of green leaves emerged on the back of Rupert’s hand, which was bound by the rope before it began to creep up his body gradually. Like a dark green snake climbing a tree, the pattern split into two branches, with one branch moving towards Morgan and the other slowly inching towards Rupert’s heart.
As Morgan smiled enchantingly, Rupert instantly collapsed in excruciating pain right where he stood.
Seeing this, Captain Oliver quickly tried to alleviate his suffering by patting his back, but the green vine, the evidence of the contract, only grew thicker on Rupert’s body. Despite the fact that the paladins rushed forward to sever the vine connecting the two and used their divine powers, the more they tried, the louder Rupert’s screams became.
‘…D*mn it, Morgan!’
That was when Merlin, who had been watching the scene, muttered a short curse and hurriedly moved toward Rupert.
Time was running out, and he had to act quickly before that magic consumed Rupert entirely. Raising his hands toward Rupert and Morgan, each with a determined expression, Merline muttered a short incantation.
“Ugh!”
“Captain Oliver! Sir Lucas!”
“Sh*t! Is there another sorcerer here?!”
“Protect His Majesty the Emperor! We must not let them approach His Majesty at all costs!”
However, a gust of wind seemed to push away Oliver and Lucas, who were holding onto Rupert and Morgan.
Merlin glanced at Emperor, who had opened the window of the luxurious carriage that had been caught off guard by the sudden commotion, with Grand Duchess Blaine leaning on his shoulder, along with the knights who had quickly assumed a defensive stance in response to the magic he had cast.
In his heart, he wanted to immediately release the barrier spell he had placed and approach Morgan, but revealing himself at this moment would likely result in sanctions from the paladins before he could even attempt to do anything.
Of course, he wasn’t afraid of their power. It was simply because time was running out to stop the curse while dealing with them. Merlin remained silent and lightly waved his wrist, creating a barrier that prevented Rupert and Morgan from approaching.
‘This… the curse of the contract is already in effect.’
When Morgan forcibly progressed the ‘contract’ that had been engraved on Rupert’s body with her magic, and as a result, the contract transformed into a curse.
Once a contract was established, the witch who made the contract couldn’t cancel it, nor could it be nullified by another wizard’s magic. The contract would relentlessly pursue its objectives, even more greedily than its master desired.
In other words, it was meant to take more from the contractor than originally agreed upon. For instance, it could be the contractor’s soul or even their life.
Furthermore, the contract didn’t stop there. Once it devoured the contractor’s body, the next phase, the living ‘curse of the contract,’ would greedily seek the lives of nearby living beings.
‘You probably didn’t realize whether you’re a wizard or a witch, harming human lives eventually leads to becoming a monster, Morgan.’
In the end, a witch, blinded by greed, ruined everything… and it was precisely the ‘human’ who had provoked their greed and brought the situation to this point.
Nevertheless, with great magic came an equal price. Humans often got intoxicated by the immediate gains and forgot about the weight of the obligations that would follow.
Just like that man.
Absorbing Rupert’s emotions, Merlin quickly reached out with his hand towards the curse that was rapidly burning towards his heart, fueled by the increasingly flourishing vines.
‘…I need to put both Morgan and that man into eternal slumber before they’re completely consumed by the curse.’
Merlin, muttering that there was no other way to stop the rampaging curse, loosened the barrier he had created and attempted to cast a spell of eternal sleep on both of them.
“Uuaaaakkkkk! Minase―! Louise―!”
“….!”
It was then.
In response to Rupert’s agonizing cries, which were too unbearable to endure, as he called out for Louise, life returned to the eyes of Grand Duchess Blaine. The sight she saw was Rupert writhing in excruciating pain beyond the carriage window she was riding in due to the backlash of the contract.
At that moment, Louise pushed away the Emperor’s comforting hand that had been holding her and leaped out of the carriage. Then, as if forgetting all the resentment and hatred from moments ago, she ran towards the agonized Rupert enveloped in the vine-like dark green magic.
“Ru, Rupert!”
“Aaaaaaaarrrgh―! Uuuuaaaakk―!”
“N, no! Rupert!”
“Louise, no! Oh, Captain Oliver! Quickly, quickly restrain Louise!”
“Yes, Your Majesty! D*am it, what are you all doing?! Restrain Grand Duchess Blaine immediately so she can’t approach him!”
As Oliver ordered all the knights except those holding Morgan to restrain the Grand Duchess, the knights immediately rushed to hold Grand Duchess Blaine, who was running towards Rupert, and shouted loudly.
“You must not get any closer, Grand Duchess Blaine!”
“Let go of me! Rupert―!”
“Louise, please!”
“Your Majesty, please leave the Grand Duchess to us and get in the carriage now! It’s dangerous here!”
“No! Where would I go and leave Louise behind?!”
“Your Majesty!”
Oliver, who had been wearing a troubled expression while facing the resolute Emperor, suddenly turned as if he had just remembered something.
“D*mn it! Hey, you there! Ho inside the mansion immediately and summon Duke Persen and the Persen knights! With the forces we have right now, we can’t oppose the rampage of that witch or even an unknown sorcerer!”
“Yes, Captain!”
Grand Duchess Blaine’s resistance was fierce as she desperately struggled to push aside the knights who were blocking her way, trying to approach Rupert.
Biting the hands and arms of the knights holding her back from reaching Rupert and kicking away the knights grasping his legs, all she could see was Rupert calling for her in deathly agony with her tear-filled eyes.
And there, amidst Grand Duchess Blaine, who was desperately calling out, and the Emperor, who embraced her tightly, along with the guards trying to restrain her, the knights running into the mansion to summon Duke Persen and the Persen knights, Morgan’s eyes, once emerald green, gradually darkened as they savored the byproduct of the ‘curse of the contract’ flowing into her body with an ecstatic expression.
It was truly a scene akin to a piece of hell.
‘D*mn it! If only Grand Duchess Blaine hadn’t approached!’
Because of the Grand Duchess, Merlin had missed the right moment to cast the spell of eternal sleep. He licked his lips as he watched the writhing vines of the curse between the barriers he had created.
The vines that had already wrapped around half of Rupert’s body were now only a finger’s breadth away from his heart. The ‘curse of the contract’ would soon ruthlessly consume either Rupert’s soul or life, and afterward, according to the contractor’s greed, it would stretch its cursed hand in search of another prey.
It couldn’t go on like this.
Merlin, after confirming the distance between Grand Duchess Blaine, who was being held by the knights, and the two trapped inside the barrier he had created, hurriedly weakened the magic barrier before casting a spell of eternal sleep on both of them.
“More magic is coming again!”
“D*mn it! Paladins, reinforce the barrier with divine power! The Emperor and the Grand Duchess must not get hurt!”
“Yes, Captain!”
Thanks to Merlin’s magic, it had made the knights forcibly drag the Emperor onto the carriage while the knights who were holding Count Blaine shouted and gave orders to each other.
As soon as the barrier weakened, Merlin’s spell was cast immediately, flying towards Rupert and Morgan. Simultaneously, the weakened barrier was breached, and the vines broke through, heading straight for Grand Duchess Blaine and the knights closest to them.
“D*mn it!”
Merlin turned his head in marvel at the vines, which, contrary to his expectations, had not lost any of their strength as they headed towards the two.
While Rupert was affected by the spell of eternal sleep, it seemed to have no effect on Morgan, who had grown stronger as she secretly gnawed away his soul. She now gazed directly at Grand Duchess Blaine with her darkened eyes.
Merlin urgently waved his hand to summon his staff.
To stop Morgan and protect the Grand Duchess, stronger magic was needed. Then, he hurriedly chanted the spell and cast an even more powerful slumber spell.
“Sh*t! Protect the Grand Duchess!”
“Escort Grand Duchess Blaine to the carriage!”
Meanwhile, the vines rushed rapidly toward the knights and Grand Duchess Blaine.
Upon the vicious sight, the paladins immediately cast a divine barrier towards the Grand Duchess, but due to the knights being scattered while protecting the Emperor, the barrier was unable to stop the powerful witch’s curse magic and shattered.
The vines were now even more ferocious as they devoured even the divine power.
Like a living snake, they reached out from Grand Duchess Blaine’s withered hand that had fallen towards the fallen Rupert and began to crawl up her heart in an instant.
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Translator’s Note: Hello, it’s Nabi! I’m the translator of this novel ପ( ๑•ᴗ•๑ )ଓ♡ If you like the novel and would like to support me, please feel free to click the button below to go to my kofi~! Thank you so much for always supporting the novels I work on, even if you don’t buy me a coffee, I really do appreciate it a lot. ❤︎
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