The Damned Demon

"Y-Your Highness…" Jenna was startled, and seeing him come out of thin air, she realized that the queen must have given him at least the Master access to this castle. She knew only with such privileged access could one teleport anywhere within this castle.

But why would the queen give such special access to this good-for-nothing cripple? Jenna couldn't think of any reason but seeing him talk and the way his dark yellow eyes were no longer lifeless as before made her feel like she wasn't looking at the same person. Those eyes were seemingly drilling into her, and she didn't know why she was getting so nervous.

Even if he remembered the things she did to him, it was not like he had any proof to have her killed. Without any power of his own, his words wouldn't have any value despite being a Royal Consort.

And considering the reason Kookus told her to bring her here, she felt she had nothing to worry about.

"Your Highness, this lowly one is glad you are well now," Merina said with a respectful bow, though her body still seemed to subtly shake in nervousness, not knowing if the Royal Consort remembered the bad things that happened to him on her watch.

She wanted to fall on her knees to confess, but she couldn't do it for the sake of a certain someone.

"As ordered, I have brought these two here, Your Highness," Kookus said with a wide smile, though his expression became a bit taut when he quickly glanced at Merina.

Asher was welcomed by the strong gust of wind as he stood on the battlement. He looked towards the east and saw an endless expanse of land and a magnificent yet archaic city with demon people going about their daily lives. It seemed lively and larger than he expected.

The skies were dark and cloudy as always, and one could spot large active volcanoes in the distance.

The two maids were wondering if he was going to say anything when Asher finally spoke, "It might be a miracle that I am no longer mentally crippled, but after waking up, even though I don't remember much, I happened to remember certain things that…displeased me."

Jenna firmly pressed her lips together, though she still didn't feel like she had to be worried.

However, Merina couldn't just endure it and said in a trembling voice, "Please forgive me, Your Highness. What I did can—"

"Hey, hey. No need to apologize. I just remember vaguely, and all I know was that I didn't feel good about it," Asher said as he turned around and waved his hand, making Jenna wonder what he was going on about here.

"Anyway, it was in the past, and since you two will be serving me for the coming days, I feel like we need to have a good relationship with each other. Am I not right?" Asher asked with a friendly smile, making Jenna inwardly scoff, thinking that she couldn't believe she got worried for a second over this fool.

"Of course, Your Highness. This maid had been going through a very hard time personally, which could have affected my service. But I can promise that going forward, I will serve you best to my capabilities," Jenna said with the best smile possible. Even if she didn't like to serve him, she couldn't afford to bully him like before, especially since he seemed important enough for the queen to give him Master access.

"Your name is Jenna, right? I think you might be my favorite maid, especially since you are pretty," Asher said with a lazy smile as he put his arm around her neck, making Jenna feel flattered.

Seeing him getting so chummy with her, she thought that she could at least get some benefits from him using her body. She was too old to attract anyone powerful. So why not consider the only prospect she had?

Kookus was blinking in disbelief as he thought, 'He is into crooked maids with a loose tongue? Man…I didn't expect him to have such a fetish…Tsk, still, why did he have to pick that crone? Now she will bully me again…ahhh….'

Asher's gaze slowly turned towards the east and looked down the parapet, which consisted of crenels that were so low it barely reached his knees. The weather was cold but standing here, one could feel subtle warm air brushing past their face.

"I am in a good mood right now, and I have my wife's permission to gift something to my favorite maid. Now look towards the east and tell me how much land you want," Asher grabbed her arms and made her stand near the parapet as he showed her the vast plains in the east.

Jenna had her eyes glint with greed and excitement, unable to believe this fool was really going to gift her so much. She certainly has to invest more time in her makeup from now on.

​ Merina and Kookus were shocked that the Royal Consort was being so generous to someone who had tormented him.

Was he some kind of masochist? Kookus could only guess and wondered why his fate had to be tied to such a weird guy.

"This maid wouldn't dare to dream of getting your favor but…If Your Highness insists, I will be happy with just the land near the waters," Jenna picked out the best spot possible as she already began to dream of her luxurious future.

Asher nodded with a smile as he stood behind her, "Okay, you can have it…" His smile suddenly turned cold, "In hell!"

"AHH!" Jenna's eyes widened when she suddenly felt his feet kicking her back, making her lose her balance as her hands desperately flailed in the air to prevent herself from falling over the parapet.

"NOOO!!!!" She screamed as her body began to fall through the air. But what horrified her was a large open furnace used to get rid of unwanted waste.

And the worst part was she wouldn't even die from just the impact of the fall because this east battlement was only a few meters tall.

*THWANK!*

"AHHHHH!!! HELP ME!!!!!"

Her body crashed on the red-hot furnace as her shrill screams of pain and despair echoed, but nobody seemed to hear her cries. It seemed that at this time, nobody needed to be around this side of the castle, unfortunately for her.

Her skin and flesh were melting away rapidly, though, for her, it seemed like an eternity. Just a moment ago, she thought her future was set, but who would have thought that the retard whom she had stepped on for all these years would be kicking her to her death.

Merina gasped as she covered her mouth, not expecting the Royal Consort to kick that woman to fall to her death…a very unpleasant one at that.

Even Kookus gulped, hearing the screams, and took a quick peek at her body that was getting consumed by the furnace, only to look away with a disgusted and terrified look as he saw Asher's back.

"Ah…what a pity. Right before I could reward her for her years of service to me, she accidentally fell over from excitement, tsk, tsk," Asher shook his head as if he really felt pity about what happened and turned around with a subtle smile as the screams began to die down.

Merina's teeth were chattering while Kookus was scared stiff, unable to find the energy to even move a muscle.

Was the Royal Consort planning to have them killed for turning a blind eye to his sufferings? If he did that to Jenna, what would he do to them?