The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 85: Interrogation

She, not understanding anything, just swallowed unconsciously, as to what that white liqquid was, well it’s a trade secret.

Gluuupb....gluuump...gluuup

Now honestly, I didn’t have anything specifically planned for her, other than to avoid her tragedy I don’t know her, and neither does my alternate self.

But this girl happens to be the younger sister of one of the few people my alternate self considered true friends, I’m paying for the favors my alternate self owed, to Maximilian the crown prince of this kingdom, and at the same time somehow paying something back to my alternate self who gave me so many things, and memories.

But when I saw his window of statuses, race, abilities and blessings, I realized that he was an even bigger pile of trouble than Eira or Cordelia. However, since I had no intentions towards her, I’m simply going to keep her alive.

I’m not prejudiced against demons; even when they attacked the academy yesterday, I know from memories that demons and humans aren’t that different. There are always bastards who deserve death and innocents who deserve to be saved.

It’s just a matter of perspective, and I’m absolutely neutral. Well, even so, this is now not as simple as I expected.

I wanted to know if what I knew was correct, even my alternate self only heard from her from Max that she was extremely biased.

But I had no doubt that he at least believed her to be that way. So, without letting go of her collar, I began the interrogation, which would decide how to deal with her.

”Tell me why you attacked William?... no lies.”

”Ugh..., who are you?, what’s going on?, do you know who I am?”

Oh, what is this, second-rate villain lines. Maybe it came out of reflex due to the unexpected situation. I wasn’t surprised by his attitude.

While Max was a siscon, he was no fool and knew what his sister was like, I knew something like this could happen. So I took on my original appearance, not only to see his condition, but to get information out of him more fluidly.

”Let’s see I do know exactly who you are, Aurora Luminaris, illegitimate daughter of the royal family of this country, right? Now, tell me the reason for attacking William? Again, no lies.”

”How do you know? Arggh, hahaha, well, I can’t tell you anyway. Just kill me if you dare. You think you’ll get away with killing a daughter of the royal family, even if she’s illegitimate?”

Her words sounded nothing but cliché, so I took the same attitude and played along.

”Oh! no!!, how scary... now tell me, do you know who I am? Let me give you a hint: your family would do anything to hide the events if I kill you and any excuse would be enough. Take a good look at me, who do you think I am? Tell me if your family would do anything if I kill you.”

”What, impossible. Unless you’re from a ducal family, and even then, you couldn’t...wait, are you Seraphina.... Seraphina Silvercres?”

This was like a dramatic play, though only I was acting. But I made my point clear.

”Bingo! You got it right. Unfortunately, no prize. Now answer my question.”

”I already told you I can’t answer. Just kill me already and get it over with.”

”Oh, come on, don’t be so dramatic. Are you that loyal to demons or something? I made you drink something that voids any contract. So you can speak freely, the only thing that will kill you is me if you don’t talk. I assure you we can come to an agreement, if you don’t lie and tell the truth.”

”Impossible, something like that shouldn’t be possible...humm..... I was sent by demons...”

”Yes, I know that. Go on, tell me the rest.”

At first he refused to believe it, but she seems quick witted and quickly realized that my words were true.

”Yes, I can, yes I can speak. I’m free, I’m finally free of those fuckers!!!.”

”...”

It seems my words awakened something in him or her. ’Damn it, if you’re a woman, stay a woman, don’t confuse people..... You know what, it doesn’t matter. Act the way you want.’

I couldn’t complain about what she was doing; after all, I was doing the same thing.

Going back to her, it seems that the contract prevented her from even saying that she had been sent by someone, so she was surprised to be able to say anything. But I couldn’t waste any time and put some force into my grip.

”Aghh.”

”Good, it looks like you already noticed that you’re not tied up. Now tell me who sent you and the reason, as well as your thoughts. Don’t even think about lying, I can tell if you do. Depending on how you answer, I’ll decide how to treat you.”

In fact, I can use my lust eyes to see the body’s responses and notice if she lies. Not to mention that I have detailed information about her thanks to a hardened siscon. Also, by holding her by the neck, I can feel her lies clearly.

”I was sent by the demons of the Eternal Night realm. I didn’t want to do it. My mother was a spy, she sold me and they made me sign many restraining contracts.”

Her eyes were teary as she confessed, and I felt that what she was saying was true. Maybe now that she doesn’t have the contracts, there was nothing stopping her from betraying, and certainly if she said it so easily it means she was being coerced.

Also, as far as my alternate self knew, this girl’s mother had died. But by connecting the dots and her race, I think I’m getting the drift.

The truth is that if she answered that she was a volunteer or that she was on the side of the demons, I would rather kill her as she would be a hindrance, and Max would have simply fallen victim to this girl. It was better to remember her as his little sister than as someone who betrayed him.

”So you were forced to kill William?”

”Yes.”

I’m a little surprised at the information about William, it should be a secret and no one besides the higher ups in the kingdom should know about it, besides the ones he himself has said like an idiot.

’I wonder why no one warned him.’

Like when he introduced himself, when we first met, but if I think about it, it’s not weird, since who would believe a random guy something like that?

Since in this kingdom having that blessing was equal to being a member of the royal family, and he was only the son of a knight, for him to be blessed directly would be too shocking an event. It was better to believe he was illegitimate. Well, I continued with the interrogation.

”Were you the spy who gave information to the demons about the barrier and other things, like the instructors casually having a meeting?”

”Yes, but I’m not the only one, there are more, but I don’t know them.”

”The reason you attacked today was because they failed in their mission yesterday.”

”Yes, the demons who controlled the contract contacted me and they were very angry. They asked me to attack the student named William.”

In fact, their attack should have happened in the middle of the year, so the fact that it was the day after the attack means that they were definitely connected. With this I realized that the kingdom was the culprit.

”Okay, let’s move on: what do you think of your brother Maximilian?”

”What does that question have to do with it?”

”Don’t ask, just answer.”

”Well, I adore him. He’s the best brother I’ve ever had and I always loved being his little sister.”

”I warned you with no lies”.

I squeezed his neck, as I felt he was lying to me. I found it funny that he was less cooperative about this than before.

And that made me realize that even if I didn’t threaten her, she would definitely sell them eventually now that she’s not tied to the contract.

”Ugh... well. He’s an annoying brother who always makes me call him big brother, even though he knows I don’t like it. But I actually kind of like him, since he’s the only one who would talk to me among my siblings.”

Hum, that’s not a lie and aligns with what I knew. Maximilian told my alternate self that his sibling love is one-sided and that he simply couldn’t bear to leave her alone in a castle where she was oppressed and discriminated against.

His little sister did not reciprocate, even though he knew she had a good heart. I don’t know about her good heart, but it doesn’t seem to be going bad. Even if her blessing had the ability to cover up her lies, it would not affect me, as with my blessing I would be absolutely protected from her.

These blessings often interfere with one’s mind. Sure, it’s a blessing, but the goddess of supposed purity is of very high rank, while hers doesn’t seem to be a strong god, maybe something like the god of lies... which reminds me:

”Well, that’s true. Tell me, are you sponsored by some god or is your blessing by inheritance?”

”How do you know so many things? Ugh.”

”I ask the questions here.”

”No, I am not sponsored nor was it bestowed upon me. It was inherited from my mother’s side. It’s from the god of illusions.”

Well, that’s good. It means it’s not very strong, so it couldn’t affect me, although the god of illusions is close to the rank of the goddess of purity.

Well, with that I think that’s it. Finally, I took a contract out of my bag, and when she saw it, she turned pale and started to struggle. I don’t think she likes contracts, but hey, I have to have insurance.