Chapter 82
"Y-Y-Y-You bastards have no shame at all, do you?! Ganging up on someone who can’t move—even animals wouldn’t sink this low!!! This is unforgivable!!!"
Zeren, who had just been punched away by Yukari, screamed at the top of his lungs. Something resembling a head sprouted from the flesh lump. Ugh… visually revolting…
"Did you think we wouldn’t investigate your record, Zeren? We’ve confirmed you ordered your subordinates to carry out ‘disciplinary action’—read: brutal beatings—on anyone who displeased you."
"Th-That was training!!! That subordinate was useless trash!!! He wasted my time!!! I did nothing wrong!!!"
"Hah! Don’t make me laugh. That ‘useless trash’ was on the verge of death when they hauled him to the hospital. Bit extreme for ‘training,’ don’t you think?"
"A-And it wasn’t me who did it!!! They acted on their own!!!"
"Enough with the excuses. Pathetic. Let’s end this."
"STOP—!!!"
Lord Albert bisected him in a single stroke. He was even noisier than I expected. His whining was exactly like my old boss—utterly exhausting.
"Y-You… Minato!!! This is fate!!! A hundred years too soon, but I’ll make you pay for what you did to Rigur!!!"
"Rigur’s alive, isn’t he? Why fixate on me?"
"Because of you, Rigur awakened to some disgusting fetishes!!! You warped my little brother’s tastes!!! I’ll never forgive you! I’ll kill you!!!"
"Honestly, he just… kinda figured it out on his own."
"And this—all of this—is your fault too!!! The day I fell into the Abyss, the curse of immortality—everything!!!"
"Lord Minato, do you know something about this?"
Zeren raged while Minato shrugged. Lost, I turned to Minato for context.
"Long story short, his little brother Rigur used to experiment on humans to create chimeras. After some… incidents, I took him in as a servant. But then—"
"Mhm, mhm. And then what?"
"Well… how do I put this? He kinda discovered crossdressing. Became a full-blown ‘trap.’"
"‘Trap’?"
"Now he’s cuter than most girls. Wanna see a pic?"
"Oh, sure!"
Minato showed me a photo on his phone—a stunningly cute girl (outwardly, at least) grinning and flashing a peace sign. Pale pink eyes, waist-length pastel hair, petite frame, and a maid outfit worn with such ease that no one would ever guess otherwise.
"Wow… she’s—he’s—ridiculously cute."
"Right? Big Sis Cecelia made him try the maid outfit as a joke. At first he hated it, but now he’s way into it."
"Fufu~n. Rigur-chan’s super cute, right~?"
For some reason, Lady Cecelia looked proud. But one question remained—was this really why Minato’s life was in danger?
"Um, so… Zeren wants you dead just because Rigur got into this? That seems… disproportionate."
"First reason: Zeren’s a violently obsessive brocon. Rigur hated it. But Zeren’s convinced I ‘corrupted’ him."
"‘First reason’ implies there’s more?"
"Second reason: Remember how he’d knock up women and bail? One victim was a nobleman’s daughter. When the family demanded justice, his entire clan was sentenced to execution. That’s when I took Rigur in. Zeren? He pinned the blame on his own family and fled. Now he thinks I’m the reason they all died."
"Karma’s a bitch. So this is just misplaced rage?"
"After escaping, he was hunted by demon realm guards—us included. Cornered, he fell into the Abyss, a forbidden zone even high-ranking demons avoid. Officially, he was declared dead, but…"
"He survived, apparently."
"I crawled back from hell to kill you, Minato!!!"
Zeren’s hostility was palpable. At this point, it was undeniably a tantrum. The guy was peak scum.
"Then let’s send you back to hell."
Minato shifted into combat stance. The rest of us followed suit.
"Don’t underestimate me!!! I’m not the same as before!!! Lord Cloud’s power flows through me now!!!"
As he shouted, Zeren’s body began to glow. When the light faded—
"A… dragon?"
A gray-scaled dragon stood before us.
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