How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 289

“You foresaw the current situation and sought out someone to ask for help in case of emergency.”

“……Pardon?”

Well, whatever. Yoon Han actually came to me and delivered information thanks to her, so it’s not all a lie.

Of course, those who don’t know the truth have no choice but to believe it, and circumstantially, it’s somewhat true that Princess Resilia’s side brought me in.

“As expected of Her Highness the Princess!”

“I never imagined she would have such insight.”

“…….”

The Princess can’t even speak, looking back and forth between me and those who look up to her.

I just shrug my shoulders appropriately.

Just pretend to be the contributor to this rescue for now.

What I want is money, after all.

Fame is best saved for when it’s most important.

That’s Aileon’s success strategy.

‘Whenever you step forward, you need a shield.’

I need a human sandbag to block the barrage of annoying questions aimed at me.

Anyway, I’ll pass the response to annoying things on to the Princess and focus on what I need to do.

“Then we need to get out of here first.”

“……Huh? Aren’t we already safe?”

Come to think of it, they, including that prince, don’t know the current situation yet.

I slowly shook my head.

“Unfortunately, the situation is still ongoing, and this is just a brief respite.”

And as if to prove my point, a tremendous explosion echoed from somewhere! The force was enough to make this place shake.

It’s probably the aftermath of a large-scale area magic.

Then it must be Cruse.

“See? It’s still dangerous, right?”

When I asked as if seeking their agreement, everyone’s mood immediately sank, and they quickly nodded.

“Y-yes, let’s get out of here quickly.”

“Yes, yes. Then please line up in order and follow me. I’ve already secured an escape route.”

I already know a suitable secret passage, and if I lead them there, I can leave the rest to them.

My role is just to guide them there.

‘I need to get them out quickly… and move immediately….’

In the meantime, another explosion echoed, as if constantly ringing an alarm for me.

* * *

I’ve secured and sent out the hostages, so now only the villains should be left here.

‘Then in the meantime… shall I take care of another errand?’

I ignored the outside and began exploring the underground passage of the Imperial Palace.

I mustn’t forget my real purpose.

It’s not about helping the Princess or the Empire.

‘If what the Fire Spirit King said back then is true, there seems to be something useful here….’

A countermeasure that wasn’t introduced in the original work, like the magic I learned from Ashilla or the magic sword Killmuris.

Acquiring that additionally is my immediate goal. I want to secure it while taking advantage of the chaotic situation.

After the incident is over, no matter what excuse I make, they won’t let me search the Imperial Palace.

“……And there’s something else to do before that.”

Sighing, I gestured, and the shadow spirit Fluorite, once summoned, stretched out shadows like a net and infiltrated all directions.

Pushing into every gap, behind pillars, under ceiling decorations.

And the moment it caught something.

“Jackpot! Hmph! Did you think I wouldn’t know someone was hiding!”

Fluorite’s shadow is tenacious.

Since it’s based on my spirit power, it would take at least someone equal to or surpassing me to cut it off.

“Come out right now!”

Contracting the shadow and pulling it in, it broke through the wall with a crash! and a man was dragged out.

An alien humanoid creature with wings and a tail.

It’s Epileot.

“Ugh… your summons are rough. Seriously, aren’t you being too harsh? Don’t you have any intention of pretending you didn’t see me?”

“As if I would, after you tried to stab me in the back?”

I was sure he was nearby because, until now, only that guy’s location was unknown.

“That’s… too much!”

At the same time as Epileot finished speaking, he stretched out his arm and emitted a red aura.

Blood magic.

He’s trying to attack using his unique, unpleasant magic as a weapon.

“Where do you think you’re going…….”

I drew Killmuris and lightly swung it, extinguishing the blood magic.

At this point, the total amount of my energy far surpasses that guy’s.

There’s no need to deal with him using petty tricks.

“Did you think you could win if you fought me?”

“Tch… you’ve increased your power even more……. You’re a really disgusting guy.”

Clicking his tongue, he sprayed his magic towards the shadow binding his body.

Fluorite’s shadow broke, and at the same time, he spread his wings and jumped to the ceiling.

“Sorry, Aileon, but I don’t have time to play with the likes of you!”

“I agree. I was about to say the same thing!”

Epileot tried to escape without looking back, but he made eye contact with me, who reappeared through his escape route.

I used the movement skill, Yeongbo [a teleportation-like skill].

“Damn…… I can’t use teleportation…….”

“I can use similar techniques.”

He clicked his tongue as if he was in trouble and raised his arms as if to guard, and at the same time, I covered Killmuris with a thick aura and struck down.

Crash!

The impact was so great that it felt like the underground of the Imperial Palace was collapsing, and he was slammed into the floor.

‘He doesn’t die easily, as expected.’

I clicked my tongue, thinking it wouldn’t matter if he died, and slammed the sword down on him.

Stabbing the sword into the wings of the guy who was still struggling, perhaps still trying to escape.

I’m mobilizing all the means of containment I can use.

“Ugh! ……That’s too much. When did I ever see you become so venomous?”

“You’re out the moment you annoy me, you idiot.”

I have no intention of letting him go this time.

I won’t hesitate to get information out of him, or eliminate him here so he can’t do any more crap.

“You need to tell me for sure this time. What are you aiming for?”

“……That’s an obvious question, Aileon. It’s a really meaningless question.”

“Oh, really?”

That means he’s still doing okay.

I lightly dropped lightning on him. His screams and the smell of burning flesh sting my nose.

“I don’t know when you’ll feel like talking.”

“……Haha. You’re cruel. Is that what a righteous guy would do?”

“That’s someone else’s story, and I’m just a passing citizen.”

So I have nothing to feel guilty about.

After staring at him like that for a few seconds, he finally pretended to raise both hands to his head as if surrendering.

“Okay, I’ll tell you. So won’t you let me go?”

“No way. Just stay pinned down and talk.”

“You have no mercy…….”

He clicked his tongue as if it was annoying and started talking.

“As you know, the goal is to bring in all sorts of guys and cause accidents.”

“I know that much. But what’s the benefit of that?”

“Benefit? Hahahahahahahaha!”

He suddenly burst into laughter for some reason.

His wounds tear open because he laughed so hard that his body shook, but he doesn’t care.

“Were you curious about what kind of wealth I enjoy by doing this? Or did you think I would gain some kind of power?”

Don’t fall for it. It’s cheap provocation.

I know a lot about that guy.

Until he gained enough power in the second half of the original work to be unmatched, he was a demon who manipulated many people with that attitude.

“……But there must be something you achieve.”

“……Certainly. I can’t deny it. Is that what you’re curious about, stranger?”

“Skip the unnecessary introduction and just talk.”

“Ouch, ouch, ouch…… Ugh…… You’re so impatient. Okay. I’ll tell you.”

Epileot smirked.

“If we do evil, this world will be maintained.”

“……Huh?”

I expected all the other words.

I thought about various cases, such as wanting to gain power or wanting to stab someone in the back.

But the most inappropriate words came out.

“What kind of bullshit is that…….”

“Do you think it’s nonsense? Well, I guess so. To you, we’ll just be seen as a group that disrupts the world.”

Rather, he mocked me.

“Looking at your face, it seems like you’ve never even thought about it. Did you think that if you killed all the guys like us, the world would be peaceful? The idiot fighting the vampire over there seems to have the same face.”

“……You. What is your identity?”

Clearly, these words exceeded the scope of what the character Epileot would say.

He clearly understands the identity of this world.

Maybe even more than I do.

“Identity…… Isn’t it enough to be just a villain? It shouldn’t matter to you.”

“Just tell me. I need to hear it.”

“I’ll answer anything else……. For example, what will happen after you kill all the villains.”

As soon as he said that, his body blurred and disappeared.

“What?”

There’s no way I’d miss it.

When I quickly turned around, he was still sitting there, battered and annoyed.

“Don’t worry. I don’t have the ability to escape from you anyway. ……At least not for me right now.”

“……So you know.”

“Of course. More than that, did you see Ernil Alfrence after all?”

There’s no need to answer.

But he’s already convinced, so he shrugged his shoulders without listening to me.

“Indeed. If you’ve witnessed that far, you’d understand to some extent. How twisted it is.”

“…….”

“Be happy. It’s thanks to you. Thanks to you messing up the schedule indiscriminately, it started to twist one by one.”

“Were you created that way too?”

“No, it’s a little different.”

Epileot sighed as if he was fed up with something.

“I’ll tell you even though you know. I also know how this damn world ends. And what happens to me.”

“……Is it the same case as Ernil?”

“Didn’t I tell you? It’s different. In my case, they deliberately made it that way. Because they needed someone who would cause accidents no matter what when you were running around.”

“They……?”

Epileot didn’t care and only said what he wanted to say.

“Listen carefully, Aileon. What maintains this world isn’t damn peace. It’s the blood and fear that flow enough to fill the river. And chaos. It is maintained when it is full.”

“……What nonsense.”

“Does it sound like nonsense? You should know. At least, has the world you know ever been peaceful?”

“……That’s.”

I couldn’t say it.

“Those who are steeped in greed exploit the citizens. The streets are full of thieves. There are disgusting vampires, and there are guys like me.”

He himself is proof.

Epileot pointed to his hideous body.

According to the original work, Epileot is not a creature born normally.

A creature created by some for evil purposes. A single race created for hatred and chaos.

Despised by humans and despised by other races.

Because he doesn’t belong anywhere.

That’s why he wants the destruction of everything.

“As long as there are guys like me overflowing, this world will be maintained. But…… if it disappears.”

Disappears? For some reason, that meaning sounds like something else.

The end of the original work.

When all the villains disappear, the world becomes peaceful, and the story ends.

“They’ll give up on this world having no hope. In other words, peace is the end.”

“……I can’t understand.”

“Then I’ll say it like this.”

Epileot pointed at me.

It’s just a simple gesture.

“You probably killed some corrupt merchant first when you stayed here, right?”

I remember. It was probably a minor role. But how does he know that?

“As a result, that merchant couldn’t do some more evil deeds. In various ways, that had an impact, and in the end, humans on the scale of a village were able to survive. Oh, you did a really good job.”

……Impact?

“Besides that, it seems like you took in other races and gave them jobs. You have a really good heart. As a result, the activities of those guys will have various impacts and change the lives of humans in about two territories.”

He claps.

But it doesn’t sound like praise, but rather mockery.

“Those who should die don’t die, and the chaos that should arise doesn’t arise. And there are guys who don’t want that to be desirable.”