Erre saw the half-burned letter floating before her, brought into view by Yoon’s power.
“……I want to fall madly in love with the greatest man…….”
“Don’t tell me this part about the ‘greatest man’ means…”
“Yes. The strongest human being. We decided to interpret the ‘greatest man’ written here that way.”
Fuuuuuuuuuck……
This was seriously fucked.
‘So, to sum up the situation I’m in right now….’
One-line summary:
‘If I don’t seduce my former enemies and succeed in romance, I die. And reincarnation won’t be possible either.’
And on top of that, I’d be in 24-hour mission mode for two years.
“And what the hell is this imprinting thing?!”
“Do you even know what imprinting is? Our dear customer, you’re the best!”
“Are your front teeth sturdy? Want to see if I can imprint my fist into them?”
‘Imprinting.’
It was a symbol of love between high-ranking demons.
High-ranking demons possessed an instinctive bloodlust that made them want to kill one another.
That was why, when they found true love, they formed an imprint.
Once an imprint was formed, the two could share a portion of each other’s pain, emotions, and affection.
Put extremely bluntly…
‘I’ve even thought about dying alongside you.’
Because someone who lost their imprinted partner would live in agony until they eventually died.
In other words, it was something deeper than death and more intense than love.
The most-
‘Perfect bond.’
And I was supposed to form one?
“Considering the special nature of the wish, we narrowed down the candidates to the adult High Masters currently living in the Empire.”
“……”
So these were all guys I had known in my previous life……
‘The problem is that in my previous life, I was a warrior of the Nirm Principality, which was hated throughout the world.’
And since the Nirm Principality was practically the Nephilim Empire’s sworn enemy, none of the three had a particularly friendly relationship with me.
Besides, some of them would probably grind their teeth at the mere thought of Erre.
“Are you seriously telling me to go die? Why are the candidates like this?”
Yoon opened his eyes innocently and spoke with an utterly pure expression.
“Oh, you noticed?”
“……”
“I managed to contact the Demon Realm with great difficulty and explained the situation. As a result…”
There followed a long, unnecessary explanation about the terms of the contract.
“We came to this conclusion. If our dear customer succeeds in this contract, or rather, this mission, we’ll revive you for free without collecting your soul. But if you fail…”
“……You’re going to take my soul, the ‘sacrifice’?”
“Yes! I’ll say it again, dear customer. From our perspective, there’s no need for this mission to end in success. Besides, you conquered quite a lot of dungeons in your previous life.”
Erre frowned.
A ‘dungeon’ was a phenomenon in which portals connecting to other worlds opened.
Those dungeons were filled with monsters and rewards. And those dungeons came from the Demon Realm.
“You were a High Master in your previous life, dear customer. Even in our industry, everyone pays attention to the soul of a High Master. So if you fail the mission, this magnificent soul…”
Yoon smiled.
“Will be mine.”
Erre was silent for a moment.
“Come to think of it, Demon God. Didn’t you just say you were completely broke because you’d run out of magical power?”
“Yes!”
“Then what do you think would happen if you and I fought? Even if this body is pathetically weak right now.”
Erre raised her hand and created a sharp flow of magical power.
“I keep getting this positive feeling that it would be very easy to make you hurt a little.”
“Hah.”
Yoon spoke as if he found the whole thing ridiculous.
“Even though this is my first business trip to the human realm, don’t underestimate me. If we fought, then…”
“……Then?”
“Of course, I’d lose completely. I told you, I’ve exhausted most of my power.”
Smack!
Unable to hold herself back, Erre flicked Yoon hard on the forehead.
“Ow! That hurts.”
“You little brat. How old are you?”
“Fifteen.”
Erre immediately lost all fighting spirit.
“At least call me ‘customer.’”
“Yes, at least, customer.”
“……”
Yoon was an exceptionally talented fist-provoker.
“Anyway, you have nothing to lose if you just succeed in the mission. Bringing a dead human back to life is one of the most difficult techniques across all dimensions.”
“……”
“If you fall in love and form an imprint, you can enjoy this resurrection for free. Wow, resurrection is cheaper than death! The opportunity of a lifetime!”
Erre genuinely wanted to cover Yoon’s mouth.
“Then the imprint. How exactly am I supposed to do that?”
Once again, a status window appeared between the two of them.
When Erre flipped through the status window…
Two beautiful snake-shaped imprint circles appeared.
“This is the pattern for forming an imprint. You have to engrave this pattern onto your body and the other person’s body. Once the requirements are fulfilled, the pattern will turn red.”
Yoon’s words sped up.
“In other words, grab this like this and pull it all the way—then implant it into the other person’s body. Of course, since the condition is falling in love, getting the other person’s consent is absolutely essential. That concludes the explanation of the terms.”
Yoon bowed his head.
“At least, dear customer, put some strength into your stomach and hang in there! It’s a difficult mission, but you have a pretty decent chance of succeeding. Then I’ll take my leave. If you call me when necessary, I can give you advice a few times, so use your rights wisely!”
The last thing Yoon showed her was three question-mark buttons beneath the imprint pattern.
Apparently, pressing one of them would summon him, the administrator.
‘Very reassuring.’
That was when—
“Stop.”
Erre spoke.
The silver dagger Erne had used for the ritual was suddenly in her hand.
She spun the dagger once before holding it against Yoon’s neck.
“Is that really everything?”
Yoon’s expression stiffened.
“Are the conditions for clearing the mission really just forming an imprint? Erne’s wish was longer than that, wasn’t it?”
Besides, the important parts had just flown past like a storm.
“There isn’t a single scammer among people who rush through the terms and conditions.”
Erre spoke softly.
“I think this status window only shows limited information. Don’t you?”
“……”
“Your customer here is the type who carefully checks every condition before signing a contract.”
Wow.
What an impressively perceptive customer.
Yoon’s lips curved into a round smile.
“And you know what? I suddenly became genuinely curious.”
“……”
“What happens if I just kill the god? Then I wouldn’t need to clear this mission either, would I?”
She had never killed a god before—
“But I think that sounds pretty good too.”
Yoon felt a chill run down his spine.
Such high intelligence, the soul of a former Master, and on top of that, a soul with this kind of charm…
“So delicious…”
Yoon muttered without realizing it.
Smack!
And Yoon got hit again.
“Ow!”
“You’re really something for a kid.”
“By human-world standards, is someone like you called a boomer?”
“I don’t know about that, but someone like you is called a fist-provoker.”
“Geez. It’s our instinct to want to possess a beautiful soul when we see one…”
“Is that so?”
Erre’s tone suddenly became warmer.
“Ah, fine. I understand, so I’ll give you a bonus service. Calm down.”
“A bonus?”
Erre stopped.
Snap.
Yoon snapped his fingers.
One more line appeared on the status window.
(Reputation / -100 / 1000)
What the hell? Why was her reputation negative?!
“Ha. Don’t tell me…”
“That’s right. Erne’s original wish was, ‘Become the perfect lady and fall in love with the greatest man.’”
“So I need to obtain a social status or reputation comparable to the candidates before I can clear the mission?”
“You could say that. Surely you’ve figured it out by now?”
Yoon’s body began to turn transparent.
“Those really are the only conditions, so don’t worry. Then, I really will be going now.”
And Yoon scattered away like the wind.
‘So in the end, raising my reputation is a sub-mission?’
Erre bit her lip.
‘If I hadn’t noticed something strange about the terms…’
Even if I luckily succeeded in this ridiculous mission by falling in love and forming an imprint…
‘I could have ended up dead because I failed to fulfill the actual conditions.’
In her previous life, Erquana was someone who feared no obstacle and conquered every dungeon without fail.
The Crimson Witch.
And a brilliant military commander.
But her current situation was…
‘Twenty-four hours. Mission mode all day long. And the mission is…’
A love or romance mission.
‘Ha. This obstacle is… unbelievably new and horrifying.’
A shabby detached residence.
In the desolate garden in front of it.
Erre sat at an outdoor table and slowly organized her thoughts.
‘The High Masters the Demon God mentioned as candidates. I know all of them.’
High Masters were those who had achieved nine magic circles.
In other words, a High Master swordsman with nine circles was called a Sword Master, while a High Master mage was called a Mage Master.
Magic circles were a power that rippled around the body and strengthened the person who possessed them.
Swordsmen converted that power into something called aura, while mages refined it into mana.
‘Anyway, there’s no need to make a big deal out of the term High Master. They’re simply the strongest mage and swordsmen in the current world. There are three of them.’
Erre wrote down the three names in order and everything she knew about them.
1. Crown Prince Kiers de Loiard.
2. Tower Master Duke Ciel de Hesran.
3. Count Raizen Luo of the Great Merchant Guild.
‘First, number one…’
Crown Prince Kiers.
A young and handsome twenty-six-year-old crown prince.
Relationship with Erre in her previous life: Worst enemy of all.
(Trait: Their enmity is mentioned in academy textbooks.)
(Trait 2: The bastard who started the war that killed me.)
In short:
A revenge-obsessed, efficiency-driven lunatic.
In her previous life, Erre was a high-ranking officer of the Nirm Principality.
Right before she died, she had somehow ended up holding a position roughly equivalent to that of a general.
‘So of course, Kiers and I fought like hell.’
They fought when Kiers infiltrated the Nirm Principality as a spy.
They also clashed during the three conflicts between the Nirm Principality and the Empire—conflicts important enough to appear in academy textbooks.
‘Yeah. You and I are officially recognized by the entire world as enemies and rivals.’
And this guy was a little crazy in the head.
He had participated in the ‘Carnival’ of Nirm’s gladiators—a death game where people risked their lives—just for fun, and had even won it.
‘He absolutely despises me. So the moment he realizes that I’ve possessed this body…’
He was the type who would arrest me, torture me, and execute me publicly all over again.
Obviously, I should avoid getting involved with him.
Immediate rejection.
‘Then number two. Ciel.’
The young duke of the Empire who had recently become the Tower Master.
Relationship with Erre in her previous life: Complicated.
(Trait: When Erquana infiltrated the Magic Tower as a spy for a year in her previous life, she took everything she could and escaped.)
(Trait 2: He is obsessed with Erquana.)
In short:
A seemingly angelic man who, the more you got to know him, revealed himself to be a deeply twisted lunatic.
‘He’s out too. I already have a grudge against me.’
Ciel had adored Erre and followed her around.
Unfortunately, Erre had deceived him.
‘Sorry. When I was carrying out my spy mission, the lives of ten of my subordinates were being held hostage.’
In any case, they hadn’t had a good relationship in her previous life, so he was deleted from the list too.
‘Then finally, number three.’
‘Count Raizen Luo, owner of the Great Merchant Guild.’
(Trait: We never had any serious conflict in our previous lives. We had a few minor encounters, but nothing particularly memorable.)
(In short: A good reputation with unmatched business acumen.)
Raizen was the young head of the Luo family, one of the Empire’s prestigious noble houses.
There was one particularly notable thing about him.
Well, he was a handsome man of mysterious appearance, a mixed-blood descendant of people from the Eastern Continent.
‘And his mother was a princess from a small kingdom in the Eastern Continent, wasn’t she?’
Aside from that, he was known as an elegant man with an excellent eye for art.
His social standing was somewhat lower than the previous two…
But this man was by no means ordinary.
‘This man. He’s the guild master who controls the distribution of magic stones…’
The most valuable byproduct obtained from dungeons was magic stones, a source of energy.
And being the guild master responsible for distributing those magic stones was an incredible position.
‘He’d need a mercenary force practically equivalent to an army, along with an enormous amount of money.’
Only the Magic Tower or the royal family possessed enough power to own dungeons.
‘They had to deal with the monsters trying to escape from them and fend off all sorts of factions seeking the byproducts.’
In other words, this man who owned the Great Merchant Guild responsible for magic-stone distribution was…
‘Stronger than a gangster, more meticulous than a cartel, and possessed of the power of an elegant noble.’
And as for his personal life…
‘No rumors of being a pervert, unmarried, no major scandals…’
Rather, he had a reputation for being elegant, so perhaps his tastes were simply too particular.
‘Conclusion: He’s a man worth considering.’
Then Raizen really was the only viable candidate…
‘If I want to meet him, I suppose I’ll need that, too?’
That was when—
Bang!
Milla approached and slammed a teacup down in front of Erre.
“It’s tea time, so why are you sitting outside? Honestly. If I don’t bring you tea, you’d better not start screaming like some princess.”
Erre looked at the back of her hand.
Tea had splashed onto it.
“Ah.”
Erre frowned.
Milla glanced at it…
and pretended not to notice.
“Drink it quickly. I want to clear this away.”
Come to think of it…
‘At this point, I can consider my information gathering complete.’
The only reason she had tolerated this insolent maid in the first place was to observe her surroundings.
“Drink it quickly?”
Erre slowly rose from her seat.
Milla flinched.
“What’s with that expression? Why are you smiling?”
Erquana, the infamous villainess, had spent her entire previous life being unwillingly used by villains.
But that didn’t mean…
‘that I’m a good person.’
Especially—
when it came to teaching an insolent subordinate a lesson.
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