Gabriella could clearly feel Isabella wavering.
This was obviously her weak spot.
Even though the two of them were only putting on an act right now, Gabriella knew exactly how real the Demon King’s love for her was; real enough to become a vulnerability.
Isabella would never be like those wicked monarchs who loved toying with others, smirking coldly while manipulating Gabriella,
making her slaughter her former comrades, like Holy Queen Simona.
Even when dominated by the Evil God’s emotions, Isabella hadn’t participated in the battle against the Ice Saint; yet she still poured massive amounts of [Shadow] into her kin for their sake.
Gabriella thought to herself:
She really isn’t a qualified Demon King at all.
And definitely not a qualified Evil God.
True [Evil] should skillfully exploits every resource at hand, dominates all its kin, forces me and the humans to kill each other, then continues conquering new territories and new humans~
Even if Isabella hates war, she still shouldn’t shrink back at a moment like this.
At this rate, she’ll never become a real Evil God.
She’d be frightened by a tiny little memory, even though she keeps saying she’ll actively turn me into her kin.
What an idiot.
This won’t do.
Gabriella gently released Isabella’s body.
Several pitch-black shadow threads emerged from the black ring, writhing like tentacles that coiled around her left arm, crawling up her beautiful shoulders and neck.
As her body arched slightly, Gabriella let out a cute, breathless moan, as though darkness was brewing inside her.
Under the moonlight, her skin grew even whiter, almost as if she were turning into some eerie vampire.
The pure white stockings on her legs were instantly corrupted by darkness; intricate patterns appeared on the garter gently squeezing her thighs; not dangerous at all, only accentuating her perfect curves.
A black cross-star appeared in the depths of her eyes.
She turned back and spoke to the still-stunned Holy Queen in a mocking tone:
“Since Simona refuses to obey my master’s command, I’ll just have to make you submit by force~”
There was no particular emotion in that voice; just a controlled kin carrying out the orders implanted by her master.
A silver-white holy sword materialized in Gabriella’s hand.
Yet the blade was entwined with black vines, and at the hilt glowed a single crimson eye; as though the Evil God had lodged its pupil there to monitor and control her power.
“Gabriella?! Damn you, Evil God!”
Seeing Gabriella’s current appearance, Holy Queen Simona instantly understood.
The Demon King had awakened part of the Evil God’s power.
To control the saintess, to ensure no rival remained in this world, she had corrupted the saintess’s power into this fallen form!
Simona had originally wanted to save Gabriella.
She knew that Elsa, Tina, and Gabriella had all fallen into the vortex of demonification and corruption,
yet she never imagined the Demon King would already twist Gabriella into such a depraved state.
Just like Simona herself five years ago.
If that demon named Liya hadn’t suddenly vanished, Simona might now be exactly like Gabriella; no, perhaps even worse…
She might already be a full demon, possibly even the Demon King’s vanguard, conquering the Church and all of humanity.
That was why she understood; truly empathized with; the terror of being dominated by demons.
Even after regaining one’s sanity, the slightest misstep could drag you back in forever.
“Lady Gabriella, snap out of it!” she tried to awaken her.
“Anyone who interferes with my master must die miserably. But I can give you one last chance, Simona~”
Gabriella tilted her head and smiled.
“Have you really forgotten? How much training you endured to become like this, how much mental domination… Exactly how she tormented you…
Isabella is your enemy!”
Simona still refused to give up.
She stepped forward, hoping Gabriella could regain her reason and break free from the Evil God’s control; though she knew it was nearly impossible, she still clung to a sliver of faith in the Silver-White Sword Empress’s willpower.
Yet Gabriella’s next words almost made her give up completely.
“As my master’s [Apostle], I don’t need to think about such things.”
“Wha…?”
Shadows writhed and slithered across Gabriella’s body.
“I remember everything master did to me; brainwashing me, toying with me; but she is my master.”
“I love my master.”
“Simona, you have no right to judge my feelings for her.”
Before she realized it, Gabriella had said all of it out loud.
When she first began using [Shadow], a part of her heart had still hesitated.
Because using this power meant temporarily surrendering her mind to the Evil God; she really might over-act and end up offering herself completely to the Demon King.
Yet this time, she felt she could no longer hold back.
That idiot Demon King still doesn’t know I have all my memories.
And I haven’t found the right moment to tell her.
Lately…
Gabriella had started to think that even if the Demon King learned she remembered everything, Isabella wouldn’t suddenly do anything drastic to her.
After all, she’s an idiot who can’t even release the slightest bit of demonic malice.
Even when recalling the Evil God’s rage, she doesn’t dare hurt her wife in the slightest, as if cradling her in the palm of her hand.
Honestly, that’s exactly why I’ve started to like her a little.
As for falling… I’ll deal with that later.
Gabriella understood: the Demon King wasn’t good at acting, and didn’t want to act.
So before they left, Gabriella had told her to just be herself.
Under no circumstances would Gabriella let her beloved Demon King feel wronged again, nor let herself toy with her feelings anymore.
“Master~ ah… ahh…”
Suddenly, the sensation of being dominated by darkness returned.
As expected, once she……used [Shadow], her mind would gradually empty, unnecessary thoughts and pointless resistance slowly fading away.
“I understand, Gabriella.”
Her master’s voice came from behind, gently caressing her ear.
That voice was impossibly clear; when she spoke, every other sound in the world seemed to vanish.
It was her master’s [Command].
I must obey and carry out my master’s will.
Gabriella let out an expectant hum.
The Demon King embraced her from behind once more, fingers brushing the patterns that symbolized her fall.
“Ah… nnah~”
As even stronger [Shadow] burrowed into her fair skin through those fingertips, Gabriella’s pupils dilated then rapidly contracted.
She closed her eyes; her delicate body trembled lightly, as if; having accepted all the darkness; she had lost the very last instinct to resist.
So good.
I love master’s power so much.
Carry out master’s command.
Eliminate master’s enemy.
“Crush the human in front of us.”
“Mmm~ Master’s command is everything~”
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