18. The contract of greed
Normal people are not demons, nor do they want to be demons.
After all, this is a creature that sounds annoying, and no matter what it does, it will be defined as "evil", and no one wants to do it.
Therefore, you can know without books that people who will become demons naturally experienced something, and at the end they were invited by the demon king to embark on the opposite path to heaven without hesitation.
Among these demons, the demons of the Seven Original Sins are the most well-known, and each of them has extremely bad personalities, arrogance, anger, jealousy, laziness, gluttony, greed, and lust. These seven demons are rarely liked by humans.
However, no one has ever thought about why they have become such virtues.
Lucifer's arrogance was innate, and as the highest angel, she naturally would not kneel to Adam, so she saved this arrogance until she became a demon. This is the only thing people know about the past of a demon. The other demons are ......
"I'm not going to apologize, Lilith. ”
Hearing a sound from nearby, Mamun stood up on the "carpet" of roses that had been blown away by the wind.
If you just look at her now, she is actually a very kind and beautiful woman.
It's just that the undisguised cunning at the corners of her mouth that she brought with her quickly immediately destroyed this kindness. So, she's now the greedy Mamon, not the Mariana.
“......”
"Don't look at me like that, I was aiming to shoot through that portrait. Ma Meng stretched out his hands, "You have to stand in the way, blame me?"
"I don't blame you, I'm sorry. Lilith lowered her head, "I was a little uncontrollable before, and I actually used that kind of thing...... I was just trying to ......"
"Don't, don't, if you apologize, I must have been the one who was beaten. Just be careful, that kind of power isn't a good thing. ”
Ma Meng patted the petals on his body, "Since you're here, have you figured it out and come with me to tear up the portrait again?"
"That's what I'm going to ask. Lilith stepped forward, "Do you still want revenge ......now?
"Stop, let's not talk about that kind of black history. Mamun shook his head, although the top is still strong, but there is no longer the original cunning, maybe this is the Mariana who became a demon, but there is no way to achieve her original purpose.
"I'm tired, I want to kill, and I want to kill real people. I can't look at a painting anymore. But I'm afraid that the old immortal man has turned his bones into ashes in the soil...... Oh, so it's human. ”
“...... I'm going to help you. ”
"How can you help? If you want to help me, the best way is for you to go in now and tear the painting for me, and now I can't help it when I see that man. ”
......
“...... Really, what the hell am I doing? Suddenly, Ma Meng smiled bitterly, "Is it difficult for Sister Lu Xi to talk about it all day long, and I also treat you as the real thing?" Lilith, come here!"
"Huh?"
"Alright, come here. ”
As he spoke, he grabbed Lilith's hand very hard and pulled her to his side, and the roses around him were blown up by the wind and scattered in the air and fell on the two of them.
"You're the first human to tell me to talk about it, and the last. Sister Lucy said it very well, so ...... Sign a contract with me, little witch. ”
Wrapped in a rose petal, Mammon slowly closed his eyes.
...... Do you want to kiss it? But it doesn't seem like there's such a way to make a contract at all, even if it's after the summon has already appeared, it's not a kiss. Otherwise, the first kiss of the sorceress would not have existed at all.
However, Mamun seems to be serious, can it be said...... Is there really a way to do it?
"Mammon!! you...... What are you doing!"
In the distance, there was the roar of Lucifer, no, it was the roar of a great demon king.
"Hush. Mammon smacked his lips, "Why not be late." ”
Huh?
......
"Mamun !!"
"Aha, you're so embarrassed. Mammon hurriedly spread his wings and flew into the air, and circled in the rose forest with Lucifer, who was on fire, "Don't be so angry, Sister Luci, it's just that completing the contract in such a romantic place has to end with a little novelty." ”
"That's why you kiss my lover!?"
The petals were blown into the air by the strong wind brought up by the two demons, and Lilith, who was standing there, also noticed Mammon, and had a different smile than before. Although this is still accompanied by cunning, he can at least face his past calmly.
Isn't it possible to solve things that are obviously boring and shared?
The rest of the Witch's most important portrait of Mamun was not treated coldly by the Witch, and although the Witch did not know why, she seemed to have forgiven Mamun for his actions. At the witch's insistence, Lilith, who was already preparing to return to the ship, agreed to stay here for another night.
How much is this witch who doesn't show up and doesn't sign up for a word, looking forward to the arrival of the guests.
Because she always felt that being stared at and eating would make her feel like a seeping relationship, Lilith still hastily settled her lunch and slipped out alone.
The dense rose garden has almost constituted a giant labyrinth, and Lilith may have run out of luck a few times before, but this time she has undoubtedly lost her way in this garden.
There were red roses everywhere, and petals that had almost turned the ground into a stall, and the servants on the island were only a few, and now they were not around at all, so it was not easy to find an exit from this labyrinth.
Just as Lilith was about to use her magic to fly out of the labyrinth, she suddenly saw a pavilion-like building behind the turn of the flowers in front of her, and there seemed to be someone sitting there.
Through the hidden roses, Lilith saw the woman sitting there drinking tea...... No, it's a young girl.
The little girl, who looked to be seven or eight years old at most, was dressed in a complicated but lovely dress that was indeed suitable for her age, with long golden hair hanging down on the back of her head, and a crown on her head, looking like a little princess.
Lilith didn't remember that the witch had introduced her, and that there was such a little girl on the island, and that she had never been seen by everyone.
Could it be that this is the witch herself? But it's hard to imagine that the voice of such a little girl is actually a girl of about twenty years old.
"You, hello. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Lilith decided to go up and say hello, because the other party had stopped moving and seemed to know about her arrival.
“...... Well, sure enough. ”
The little girl blinked her big blue eyes and silently moved back as Lilith approached.
...... Is this hating yourself?
“...... I'm sorry. The little girl apologized after this, "You should just sit across from me, I always feel that you are a little scary, and I didn't want to show up because of this." ”
While Lilith was still thinking about the meaning of the little girl's words, the little girl was already saluting Lilith: "It's not the first time we've met, I'm the master of this island, Elizabeth." ”
Is this little bit the witch of this island?
"That portrait ......"
"I've been like this for a while, but after a while, I'll be back in the same way. Elizabeth said, "Thank you very much for what happened before, you have protected my father's portrait for me. ”
"Nothing. ”
The atmosphere was silent for a while, although Lilith also had some questions she wanted to ask the little witch in front of her, but because it might be the relationship between the other party, she was not embarrassed to speak.
“...... Oh, that, I've always had a question. ”
Elizabeth sat uneasily for a moment before she said, "Is it true that one of your guests on my island said that some magicians can summon the souls of people who have died?"
“...... Well, but that's dark magic...... Because black magic can't be used casually, ......"
The magic Elizabeth refers to is a kind of black magic, which is basically a spell that pulls the undead back. However, this kind of magic does not have a high success rate, and it has long been disallowed.
And the little witch was so expectant, with an undisguised pleading expression on her face, that she had probably told Lilith her answer.
“...... Don't you have three demons? You must be a very powerful summoner, so...... If possible, I'd like to see Lord Roland. ”