Reincarnated and Regressed Villain - Make heroines beg for forgiveness - Chapter 206

Chapter 206: Chapter 206- Changes.
‘?!’

Suddenly taken aback by Drishti’s words, Malphas halted his fingers while drawing a circle on his palm, realizing he had been seen through much sooner than anticipated. He loosened his hands, conceding defeat.

“I apologize, Lady Drishti,” Malphas murmured, nodding slightly, his eyes glancing towards the direction from which he had just escaped.

“Weren’t you all wanted to deal with me?” Drishti asked with an amused expression. Already aware of the reason behind the Demon Queen’s war against Titanora.

“Aren’t I right?” she turned her sharp gaze towards Malphas, who suddenly felt a force binding his body.

“No… It was an orde…” Malphas tried to reject the accusation, but his mouth moved on its own, uttering words beyond his control and revealing the truth but he struggled, managing to suppress his voice with sheer will, even going far as to harm himself.

Drishti watched as the demon bit his own tongue off, understanding that the famed loyalty among demons had prompted Malphas to take such drastic steps to avoid revealing the full truth.

But no will can stand against absolute strength.

“Reveal it, Demon,” Drishti commanded, her voice reverberating with an authority that altered the space around Malphas, With a tone holding visible pressure running rampant across his very being.

“It was an order from the Demon Queen to attack you,” Malphas admitted, feeling his bitten tongue regenerate and his suppressed voice spill out, beyond his control.

“Why?” Drishti inquired further, pressing on. Malphas’ body was completely bound, the air solidifying around him with clear binds holding him still, allowing only his mouth freedom without any control.

“Because you were linked to the one behind sending Belial,” Malphas revealed, his hands struggling to break free before he could disclose more crucial information yet everything was futile.

‘…This kid,’ Drishti thought, her smile vanishing as she glanced at the young man immersed in conversation with Regina. The clear distance between them revealed her coldness at being used as a scapegoat here.

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“My Liege, do you want me to kill that demon?” Regina stepped forward, followed by two cloaked figures. Though they looked straight ahead, they remained on guard, their bodies surrounded by dense mana, prepared for any surprise attack.

“No, but was it Lady Drishti?” Ryuk inquired, puzzled by their late arrival, with a hint of understanding in his voice.

He had already ended a whole conversation with the demon, who should have been considered an enemy since the moment the Demon Queen declared war.

But no, Malphas came and now went too, without getting attacked.

“Indeed, Lady Drishti used her Authority on us,” Regina explained how they were all immobilized at a crucial moment, lacking any control until the conversation ended, and they arrived just as things began to turn ugly.

‘…this woman,’ Ryuk thought, lifting his gaze towards a direction where he could clearly see a tornado or cyclone of mana condensed in one place, a clear warning for others to stay away from the source of that enormous energy—Drishti Devereaux.

Looking towards the forests, he discerned that Drishti was there, which meant Malphas was also beside her.

Of course, Ryuk wasn’t able to sense Malphas’ presence due to Malphas’ strength providing him a facade to hide from Ryuk’s senses.

But it wasn’t the same for Drishti, who didn’t need to hide her presence and intentionally revealed it with a more dominating aura, letting the surrounding mana rampage around her.

“Liege, please give me that box. I will get rid of it,” a cloaked figure came forward, offering to dispose of the box offered by the Demon Queen without any consideration of etiquette.

Indeed, shouldn’t she offer the aphrodisiac with her hand instead of sending her messanger?

“…Leave it,” Ryuk denied, intending to analyze the remnants of demonic energy left by the demon queen on it.

Naturally, this was also why he chose to touch the box instead of the glass bottle, allowing him to extract the energy signatures from the bottle for future use.

‘?!’

“I-I see…” The cloaked figure, hesitant, backed away with small steps, while everyone else’s eyes focused on the young man who had decided to keep an aphrodisiac.

Indeed, they couldn’t judge someone’s preference for using aphrodisiacs for a better experience, but they all glanced at their commander, conveying a single thought: Commander, please suggest to the liege not to drink the whole bottle at once.

‘….’ Regina, her gaze fixed away from everyone there, finally glanced at the man beside her and informed him of the details, “Liege, that devil’s name is Malphas, and he is the right hand of Demon Queen Morana.”

“And?” Ryuk, noticing Regina’s awareness of the demon’s name, inquired with clear curiosity, focusing on her words.

“He came here to search for you without knowing it was you,” Regina glanced at Ryuk, both of her eyes taking a peek at him as he continued to smile.

“You’re smart, you know, Regina?” Ryuk teased, standing in the dimly lit night with moonlight casting a soft glow on his face, surrounded by several cloaked figures.

“Not more than you, Liege,” Regina reciprocated his tone, looking ahead, observing the scenery of broken rubble and dense forest illuminated by the soft moonlight.

“Did you check upon Valhale?” Ryuk inquired about the health of the old man whom he had provided some rest to heal his brain and redirect his thoughts in a direction favorable to Ryuk’s interests.

“He seems stubborn enough to not break even after all this time,” Regina informed, observing the scene in front of her as a woman’s figure started to materialize.

It was Drishti Devereaux arriving after a brief conversation with a demon and sending him to his way with some message for Demon queen.

“Lady Drishti, Do you think he will surrender?” Ryuk inquired as the woman approached him with elegant steps and a mesmerizing smile on her face, holding the soft glow of moonlight in her deep amber eyes, her black hair strands dancing in the air, fluttering with the breeze disrupting the sight yet holding allure enough to break anyone weaker than Legendary Rank.

“If you mean death by surrender, then yes.” Drishti said as she arrived, glancing at the two individuals standing in front of her. One was a young man with striking deep eyes like hers, wearing a black suit with his hands in his pockets, while the other was a woman in a military outfit, one eye covered behind a mask hidden by her hair.

‘….’ Ryuk understood Drishti’s clear intent: to convey that old people, meaning the Founders, were capable of bearing pain beyond limits, even to the point of death, showing the strength they possessed as a whole to push forward without any control.

“Though, you can tell me what you want. Maybe I can fulfill your desires,” Drishti stopped a few steps away from him, her lips forming a small curve that soon turned into a smile, enough to quicken anyone’s heartbeat.

“…..” Seeing how, even after orchestrating a death battle between him and Malphas, Drishti acted nonchalant and began using her words to probe her interests, he approached her with confident steps, stopping just short of where their breath mingled in the air. With a sly grin, he leaned in close, his voice a soft murmur near her ear, his hand casually tucked in his pocket. “Oh, I think you already know what I want.” he began, “but the real question is, How far are you willing to let me go?”