Demi-human Girls Completion Manual Chapter 1522 - 77: The Eve of Confession (3)

"The one who helped me connect with Barbatos, although Barbatos does not know her, my current carefree nature is greatly influenced by her... Hmm, I must say, breaking away from that ’nature’ is truly liberating."

"Liberating, huh..."

Elliog squinted her eyes, not yet having sensed the relief in Sidi’s words. Sidi touched his chin and continued,

"My matters are secondary; the key is you, Elliog."

"Me?" Elliog looked at him and yawned again, "What’s wrong with me?"

"What’s wrong with you? Weren’t you just annoyed with that Paimon when you came in? What Fisher has is Paimon’s Favored Ones Mark, not yours."

"So, you want me to go back to my ’old ways’?"

"It’s not about old ways, Elliog..."

Sidi leaned against the wall, gazing at the waves concealed by the ∞ symbol outside, his eyes gradually becoming vacant as he continued,

"Barbatos and Agares might have been exploited by Paimon’s trickery. I believe you can see that point; you and Fisher are also striving to break this trick. But have you ever thought about what happens after this affair?"

"..."

Elliog remained silent, but Sidi kept speaking,

"Barbatos and Agares are still sealed away. For us, the seal of the Fake God is both a curse and a blessing, you know. Driven by nature, walking freely only brings pain to ourselves and others... You are among us, so, what about you after this affair?"

"Will you complete this affair and return to your seal as before, or do you want Fisher to use the Base to release only you? I suppose even if they wanted to release you, you wouldn’t accept it, would you? Otherwise, why did you sleep for thousands of years in your lair?"

Elliot’s expression had become completely blank, yet he did not refute Sidi’s words, simply crossed his arms and asked,

"What are you trying to say?"

"I’m trying to say, you’ve possibly overcome your nature in your heart; you’ve... conceded to Paimon."

Sidi smiled, lowering his head, hiding his face in the shadows, only the pink mist remaining, like two pink stars spinning in the darkness, incredibly haunting,

"You can’t depart from the seal’s body; you don’t want to leave in essence. You fear treading your previous ’old way’, so you went to the opposite extreme. I know what you’re thinking; Paimon can walk freely outside and has such a connection with Fisher, so compared to you, she indeed is more suitable to be Fisher’s Favored One. So, in your heart, you silently accepted the fact that she erased your mark...

Elliog still said nothing, just gazing at the palace outside, evidently agreeing with Sidi’s words, and even after he finished speaking, her expression remained unchanged.

Sidi turned to her then, paused before inquiring,

"Is this really what you want, Elliog?"

"..." Elliog shook her head while looking at the flames outside, saying, "Just a fleeting connection of a single night, this kind of unwillingness, even if I let go..."

"Do you think avoiding the old way by going to its opposite extreme is a solution?"

Elliog’s words were interrupted by Sidi, who smiled and raised a finger, then suddenly blinked, saying,

"I often have desires for Barbatos. He likes to earn compliments by pretending, and he hopes for my satisfaction sometimes. I no longer meet outsiders; Barbatos no longer yearns for his mortal world’s virtuous reputation. But this doesn’t mean we’ve completely abandoned our former selves. The more you pretend to be generous now, the more it might lead you back to the old way...

"You just lack experience; you don’t know the choice you’re making now is entirely useless. Do you want to try to be honest with him before everything comes? Or do you want to go against your nature, hand everything over to Paimon and concede?"

Elliog’s expression showed hesitation, seemingly struggling internally, until Sidi left the wall he was leaning against and walked deeper into Paimon’s palace, waving his hand while muttering,

"Don’t forget, what’s the next line after defeating the undefeatable~"

"The conqueror... cannot be conquered..."

Elliog murmured, her eyes like entwined fiery serpents gradually brightening with terrifying flames, her tail behind her still subtly swaying in her hesitation, carrying an ambiguous meaning.

In this quiet contemplation, all noises around her seemed engulfed by the inner silence, becoming silent.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Until long, long afterwards, the powerful heartbeat resonated from deep within her mind.

The once faint smell of niter in her nose suddenly became dense, like tainted with rust, trying to fill her senses through her seven orifices, intense enough to obliterate everything.

With the heartbeat came echoes like an auditory hallucination from the past.

She heard the roar of shattered swords, the growl of iron horses in the battlefield, the countless dreadful howls of the races.

She felt their fear, felt the intoxicating feeling of conquering them.

In those times, Elliog saw nothing, only hearing their pleas and howls amid the niter and blood stench.

They knelt before the towering Fire Pillars, chanting the name of this Demon God.

Until this fear and shudder passed down through their bloodlines, eventually written down amidst the passage of time as simple lines of text,

"Elliog"

"Duke, First Pillar of the Competitive Gate"

"Greedy and impulsive, fond of violence, war, speaks of Destruction"