Chapter 49
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 49
Chapter Title: Lich Mage Reilly
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With agony came darkness, and her consciousness faded away.
She was definitely dead.
Just as humans return to nature upon death, a mage blessed by mana was meant to return to mana.
Her soul, stripped of its flesh, began merging with the mana.
The pain of her body vanished, and she felt freer with each passing moment.
Nothing could disturb her now.
She wanted to drift forever in the warm embrace of mana that cradled her so gently.
It pained her to leave Kina behind, but she had no desire to leave mana's bosom.
As she merged with the mana, she saw something seize her ankle.
What?
Who dares disturb my peace?
She opened her eyes and looked down.
Eh?
A red aura burst from Reilly's corpse, taking on a form identical to hers, grasping at her foot as she was about to be swallowed by mana's embrace.
No.
Not this.
How much more humiliation do you plan to inflict on me?
Reilly desperately clung to the mana.
I can't go back.
I won't suffer that pain again.
This place is good.
This place is...
Reilly spoke to the mana that held her so tenderly.
Mother, please protect me.
But mana, equal to all, offered no voice.
It simply embraced her in silence.
That was when it happened.
Her body, which should have been dead, opened its eyes.
Not the deep blue eyes like a lake that she once had, but eerie golden ones.
The body that had opened its eyes slowly gazed at her soul.
At itself, connected to the form made of red aura, another Reilly.
Eyes devoid of emotion.
Her body watched her with cold, observing eyes, then extended a hand.
As if beckoning her to come.
Reilly's soul watched the gesture calmly, feeling an inexplicable pull she couldn't explain.
Her soul, not yet fully fused with mana, still had a strong connection to her body.
Just the sight of her body standing and moving on its own made her soul mistake it for being alive.
Even though it drew no breath, and all vital functions had ceased.
No. I can't go.
If I go there...
I'll disappear.
The thought that it would be irreversible dominated her mind, but her body wouldn't obey.
As if under hypnosis.
Her soul slowly approached the body standing there dead.
The closer she got, the more the red aura from the body eroded her.
Consciousnesses mingled.
Her emotions twisted.
All the thoughts she knew in life tangled and warped, granting a new mind.
She felt herself fading.
The edges of her vision blackened.
Her awareness blurred.
Yet it sharpened too.
As if being born anew.
Reilly's soul was reconstructed from the bottom up.
Just as she reached the body.
Reilly's soul fully assimilated with the red aura version of her.
The assimilated soul embedded itself into Reilly's chest as a red gem.
A blood-red gem appeared on her snow-white chest.
A dead body couldn't contain a soul.
So the vengeful spirit born of her hatred in life became the new vessel, linking soul and body.
Thus, Reilly was complete as a lich.
"......"
Her darkened vision returned.
Her mind, nearly fused with mana, cleared.
Mana and magi flowed into her simultaneously.
Two energies that should never blend united within her, who possessed a human soul and undead flesh.
"Ahh......"
She dispersed the mana and magi into the air, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. Then she realized belatedly that she didn't need it.
It would take time to adapt to her changed body.
Reilly turned her head.
The Demon King watched her with a gentle smile.
The one she had hated most in life.
Even now, seeing him made her chest boil.
A powerful pull tugged at her.
Kinship, perhaps?
It resembled what she had felt toward her blood kin in life.
What did the old me call this feeling?
Digging through her memories, Reilly opened her mouth to the Demon King.
"......Father?"
Father, huh.
Not a word you'd expect from the one who had just ravaged and defiled her moments ago.
Even if part of her body had regenerated because of me.
"Father is too much."
"But I can't find a word that fits. Brother is similar. Would you prefer Brother?"
"......Call me Demon King."
"But that word can't express what I'm feeling now."
She was more stubborn than expected.
"Loyalty is an emotional pull too. Understand it that way."
"Loyalty...... Understood, Demon King."
She nodded like a robot learning a new word.
I stroked her pale skin, devoid of emotion.
It was cold.
Too cold to feel like a human body.
"Cold."
"This is warm."
Reilly took my hand and pulled it to the gem embedded in her chest.
The red gem pulsing like a heart was hotter than an aroused woman's nipple.
Here lay Reilly's soul, wrapped in a shell of hatred.
"Is Reilly's soul contained in this gem?"
"Yes."
"If it's shattered, do you die again?"
"It's fine as long as regeneration is possible. For reference, it can self-repair even if 90% is destroyed."
As long as it wasn't completely obliterated, she was invincible.
"Fascinating."
As I stroked the gem.
"Hnnngh!"
Reilly, standing emotionlessly, trembled violently.
"Are you alright?"
"Y-Yes, I-I'm f-fine, hnngh! It's j-just pl-pleasurable excitement, and since it's connected to my soul, hnnngh! It's n-normal, there'see!! No problem."
Interesting.
Even a corpse feels pleasure.
"Can you move this gem's position?"
"Yes. But it can't be removed from the body."
"Doesn't matter. I intend to place it deep inside you."
"As you command."
"Having it exposed is like begging to be targeted."
I slowly trailed my finger down to her navel, pointing at her womb.
"Put it here. Inside the cradle that bears new life. This cradle will protect your soul."
"Excellent idea, Demon King."
Reilly closed her eyes.
The red gem on her chest sank into her body.
Soon after she opened her eyes again, vitality emanated from her lower abdomen, where her womb should be.
"Spread your legs."
"For sex? But Demon King, my body can't feel sensations, so such acts are meaningless..."
"Dare to question me? You kept that insolent personality, I see."
"My apologies."
Reilly sat on the bed and spread her legs.
"No vital signs, so it'll be tight. If possible, apply lubricant separately..."
Loyalty is good, but she talks too much.
I'll need to fix that habit later.
"Don't worry. That fluid will come from your body itself."
Reilly's pussy was still slick from earlier juices, so inserting my cock wasn't difficult.
Her pussy was astonishingly cold.
"But I'm undead...... Hnnngh!!!"
Reilly, about to argue, threw her head back and shuddered.
???
A question mark appeared on her face.
A reaction of utter incomprehension.
I thrust my hips again.
"Oogh!"
Each time I thrust, Reilly's hips bucked.
Her face remained pale and unchanged, but her lower abdomen around the gem flushed red.
The contrast of white and red gave a bewitching allure.
"Oooogh! Oogh! Hnnnngh!!"
Contrary to her earlier certainty that she felt nothing, Reilly was reacting far too easily.
Unbelievable for a dead body.
Seeing her react so wildly whenever it touched the gem made me think of placing it in her womb.
I hadn't expected such a strong response.
"Hnnngh! Haaaahng!!!"
Reilly climaxed.
Spraying her juices.
"Th-this incomprehensible reaction....... Hnggggh!!!"
Had the gem's placement created vital responses?
Not only was she leaking juices, but her cold pussy had warmed up.
"This will do nicely."
I felt like I was about to cum soon.
"Hnnnngh!!"
The moment I ejaculated inside her.
Reilly let out a lewd cry and convulsed.
Only her lower abdomen flushed red, her expression unchanged as she panted—it felt different from other women.
"Th-thank you for using me."
She made a mechanical smile.
After I finished cumming, Reilly sucked my cock clean to the root.
I stroked her head as she swallowed the semen, then beckoned to Kina, who was comforting herself alone nearby.
"Ah, Demon King......"
Kina happily embraced me.
"Do you want more of me?"
"Yes, Demon King. I want to stay by your side forever......"
"Then swear it."
"Swear...?"
"Swear you'll never betray me. No matter what."
"I can! I can do it right now!"
Kina chanted the spell confidently.
It was a binding curse.
If she betrayed me, the mana circles within her would shatter completely.
"There. Now hold me. Give me your cock."
"Good girl."
I embraced the two mages, admiring them.
The blue-haired mage had become a golden-eyed lich.
The green-haired mage had lost all her humanity.
Considering the 200 soldiers who came with them were simply dead, this was a happy ending.
"Kina."
"Yes, Demon King."
"From now on, you're in charge of managing Reilly."
"Manage... her?"
"She can't act naturally like before."
She felt no pain, so who knew what she'd do to herself.
She had intelligence, so she wouldn't self-destruct, but still.
"Now, I have a mission for you both."
I stroked their heads as I spoke.
"Return to the capital and report that nothing happened here."
"But the Mir soldiers are dead."
"Don't tell Mir. I'll handle that."
"......Understood."
"Complete the mission well, and you'll receive ample rewards."
Kina's eyes sparkled.
Reilly showed no particular emotion.
She merely caressed her lower abdomen silently, twitching now and then.
Knock knock.
"Your Highness, Lord Sage has arrived."
"Let him in."
The guard opened the door, revealing the king's office.
Sage. Descendant of the hero.
The woman upon whom the hero's power had descended became the chosen one to fight the impending disaster.
Her short silver bob haircut and mystical purple eyes emphasized her extraordinary origins.
The only woman who could enter the king's office wearing the circlet proving her heroism and with the holy sword at her waist.
Sage Ron Blair.
Having finished her training today, she had come at the king's summons.
"You called for me?"
"Ah, yes. Our kingdom's mages came looking for you."
And Sage saw them.
The kingdom's mages standing beside the king.
"Long time no see, Herooo."
They smiled sweetly and waved at Sage.
In that gesture, Sage felt an uncanny discomfort.
'What is it? This ominous feeling?'