Chapter 10: Is this the right choice?

The place I was summoned to was, as expected, in the middle of an underground area.

Before my eyes, a dark space stretched endlessly along damp, wet walls.

It didn’t look like an underground prison to confine a specific being, so it felt like a secret passage connecting buildings.

It seems like a passage that only Leticia uses. As I looked around, I asked.

“Where does this lead to?”

“The academy.”

“…The academy?”

“To be precise, it’s a passage connected to my room in the academy.”

It’s the same thing. Without even a slight change in expression, Leticia spat out indifferently. A short answer that

only said the main point. But it was enough to solve my question.

Aha, so it was a passage connected to the academy.

Seeing Leticia speaking casually, I also lightly passed it by, thinking, “I see.” It was okay information to tell a demon

who hadn’t even officially contracted.

And, according to the setting, Leticia is a teacher at the most popular academy in the Empire, so it wouldn’t be strange to have a secret passage.

……Something seems to be wrong with the point.

Leticia was also the sorceress of the former hero’s party and the eldest daughter of the Lisyantus family, which ruled

the entire North. It was not strange at all to have a personal laboratory or room in the academy.

Even more so if you’ve built a secret passage. This is none of my business.

I don’t know what happened to the heir position and why she’s working as an academy teacher, but Leticia wouldn’t

have given up the position of the next archduke.

Because she was a woman with greed and ambition, Leticia Lisyantus that I know.

I secretly raised the corners of my lips.

She was a woman who had firmly nailed it down since she joined the hero’s party, saying that she wouldn’t even give

it to her terribly cherished younger sister, so it was unexpected that she became a teacher.

Naturally, I thought she would return to the North and become the new master of the North.

So, when I heard that Leticia appeared as an academy teacher in the sequel, I had expectations, but on the other

hand, I thought that they were really good at destroying character settings.

‘If I had known this, I should have watched the story that I didn’t watch because I was afraid of spoilers.’

I let out a groan.

Who would have known? That I would be kidnapped twice in the name of possession.

I wanted to ask if she hadn’t become an archduchess, but since we don’t know anything about each other except our

names, I couldn’t ask abruptly because I thought she would think it was strange.

If I talk about family-related things from the beginning, I might be suspected, so should I start with stories unrelated

to the family and get closer?

As an awkward silence continued, I sighed and stared at Leticia’s back, then spoke first.

“You have a very unique taste. To think of summoning me in a place like this.”

“Don’t you think it’s a perfect place to summon a demon? What would happen if I summoned something like a

demon in the middle of the city?”

It’s a sarcastic tone, but Leticia snorted as if it wasn’t even funny. Certainly, it was a problem if an uncontrollable

demon ran amok in the middle of the city.

As she said, if it’s a place like this, no matter how much it rampages, it won’t harm the city. In other words, she said

that she had considered all of that before attempting to summon.

I just shrugged at Leticia’s answer. I didn’t say anything.

So the two of us walked, relying on the torches attached to the wall that seemed to go out. In fact, it didn’t matter if

there was no light because I, with the blood of a vampire mixed in, not to mention Leticia, also had good night vision.

But it’s better to have light than not to have it.

With a sullen expression, I silently walked through the underground sewer, following her. Then, I frowned with one

eyebrow as I saw the dirty sewer water mixed with various pollutants flowing from the side.

I still couldn’t believe that she, who hated dirty things terribly, tried something like demon summoning in a place

like this.

‘She wasn’t a woman to do something like demon summoning in the first place.’

What the hell is going on? Can a person’s personality or spirit change as time goes by, as well as their face becoming

more mature? I shook my head, comparing Leticia I last saw before parting and the current Leticia.

It’s not comparable.

When I was first summoned, I didn’t feel much difference, so I immediately recognized Leticia, but when I looked

closely, the two had quite different atmospheres.

Nevertheless, she was Leticia Lisyantus that I know.

The real Leticia Lisyantus that I know, not some bum wearing a shell.

If it wasn’t real, there would be no need to make such a wish, and I wouldn’t have tried to make a wish by

summoning a demon.

I hid my expression for a moment, shuddering at the thought of the madness and obsession that had been

smoldering in Leticia’s eyes as she asked if she could bring a person or soul from another world.

I will pretend to be ignorant for the rest of my life, even if I know who is the target of that madness and obsession.

No, I don’t even want to know.

Because I was the only person in another world who ran away after taking Leticia’s first time. She must have interrogated the hero, Leo, who is the only one who knows the truth, to find out why I disappeared.

He wouldn’t have been able to hide it even if he tried to, because they all saw Damian Radius disappear into particles right in front of their eyes.

It was obvious that Leo was robbed of all the information he knew by Leticia, the Saintess, and the Elf. From there,

They would have found out that I was a human from another world.

I apologized in my heart as I imagined the poor friend’s appearance, who had been thoroughly robbed of everything inside and turned white.

I’m sorry, my friend.

They’re all women with tempers, and there’s no me to stop them in the middle, so I could imagine what happened

without even having to imagine.

Poor Leo.

It was the first time I felt sorry for Leo’s face, who came back exhausted every night until we parted ways.

If I die from overexertion before you, make a tombstone for me.

You bastard, you’re showing off. Others would be envious if they heard that. Don’t worry, the hero’s body is strong,

isn’t it? You won’t die easily.

That’s why it’s more painful, you bastard. Being strong is not an advantage.

Ignoring the hallucination I heard in my ear, I stared at Leticia. It was clear that she asked if she could summon a

human living in another dimension in order to summon me.

If I had been summoned as a woman, and not in a new body, but in my body on Earth, I would have no power to

resist and would be locked in the confinement route… Sigh, it’s terrible just to imagine.

I didn’t care much about Leticia’s personality changing.

That wasn’t important right now. Come to think of it, isn’t it possible for a person to become obsessed with one

person to the point of madness as time goes by?

It’s a disease to make a fuss just because the personality has changed a little when there are possessed people.

It’s not like Leticia is the only one like that. Humans were living creatures that could change if there was a trigger. I

took a breath, thinking positively.

The problem is me.

The problem is whether I can handle the aftermath if my identity is revealed.

If I officially make a contract like this and my identity is revealed, my life is over. The confinement route is basic, and

I shuddered at the thought that I might be subjected to something worse than that.

I’m not saying I haven’t thought about whether Leticia might be a possessed person like me. I asked her about a

product that only people who lived on Earth would know, but the answer was that she didn’t know.

“If it’s a product that demons use, I’m interested. Can you bring it from the demon realm because you can be

resummoned?”

“…I’m following you because I have nowhere to go. It seems like you’re already planning to use me as a shuttle?”

“If you’re going to act as a maid, you have to put up with this much. If you have a complaint, kill me in your own way

and run away. It’s a perfect place to dispose of a body, and it’s perfect.”

But the curse I put on your heart will be activated and you will explode and die with me. Leticia said, touching my

heart.

The addition of a slight twist of her lips into a smile.

I shut my mouth at Leticia’s words. I don’t know if a curse is embedded in my heart, but since I haven’t officially

made a contract yet, I can become a free body if I kill the summoner and run away.

But the woman in front of me is not an ordinary woman.

With my current specs, it’s a woman who makes me question whether I can even inflict a proper wound, let alone

injure her. As I said before, attacking is death. I’m not in the habit of gambling when I can’t win. I gladly announced

my defeat.

“I’m not in the habit of fighting battles I’ll lose. I can’t kill you anyway because I’m bound by summoning magic, so

calm down.”

“…You’re good at joking. Can’t demons live for a while even without a heart? Even if your heart explodes, it won’t be

a problem to kill me.”

“It’s not a joke, it’s real. How can I beat you, the wise sage of the noble hero’s party?”

“What, you knew. By the way, you’re flattering me. Well, whatever. Let’s talk about the contract when we get back to

the room. You don’t have any complaints, do you?”

“Of course not.”

Seeing me smiling brightly, showing my white fangs, Leticia muttered, ‘So you were a vampire…’ and narrowed her

pretty purple eyes as she met my gaze.

And she put her hands on my cheeks.

Flinch.

Leticia’s hands were as cold as ice. I was surprised by the sudden action, but I soon adapted, and I deliberately

lowered my head and looked at her.

It was a distance where we could kiss if we moved one step forward, so this time, Leticia’s eyes widened.

“You…!”

“Why are you so surprised? Do I look like someone you want to see?”

It was a question with a fixed answer. It’s an obvious question that doesn’t even need an answer. Of course, Leticia

will say that I don’t look like her. It’s strange to say that they look alike when their appearances and even their

genders are different.

Leticia, who looked at my face carefully, narrowing her eyes for a moment, twisted the corners of her lips.

As I expected….

“……Ha. You do look a little alike.”

Huh?

“You look f***ing alike. That’s why I get annoyed when I see your face.”

The answer of Leticia, who slowly opened her mouth, letting go of my cheeks, was different from what I expected. I

thought she would insult Damian, saying not to insult him. I was even prepared to be hit.

When I made a bewildered expression at the unexpected words, a smile spread on Leticia’s lips.

“You like active women. You know how to seduce even women, are you sure you’re not mixed with the blood of a

succubus, not a vampire?”

I didn’t even have time to ask what was similar. Leticia left only the words she wanted to say and turned her back

without any regrets.

And she stopped walking after walking forward and asked me, who was standing blankly.

“What are you doing, aren’t you following me?”

“…Ah, no. I have to go, yes.”

I guess I’ll have to postpone checking my stats and skill window again.

I grumbled and hurriedly followed Leticia’s back to the room. And I would come to regret this later. I didn’t know at

this time that I should have run away, let alone the contract.