Chapter 58 : Chapter 58
Chapter 58 : Kissed
『Uh… why do I keep feeling a chill down my spine? Is someone talking about me?』
Our dear Miss Demon, of course, had no idea that she was being doubly gossiped about by her angelic little sister at that moment.
She had to focus on the battle at hand, or… it would’ve been all too easy to get carelessly flung off by Little Cer!!!
No way around it—despite Doggo-chan’s massive, mountain-like size, its movements were anything but sluggish.
It raised one paw high, and with a “whoosh,” it tore the giant Corpse Bearer diagonally from the waist into two halves!
The lower half, detached from the control of the main blood-red orb, was instantly crushed under Doggo-chan’s paw.
The Corpse Bearer’s boasted regeneration ability didn’t help in the slightest; the severed limbs didn’t even have time to sprout flesh buds before they were thoroughly obliterated by Cerberus.
And now, the giant Corpse Bearer, stripped of its mobility, was nothing more than a lamb awaiting slaughter—Cerberus pinned its upper half firmly with one forepaw, its three massive heads rearing high.
Blazing Hellfire surged instantly from Cerberus’s mouths, and the [Magic Immunity] effect was utterly useless against the soul-burning Hellfire.
After all, [Magic Immunity] resisted magic released through constructed magical pathways, whereas Cerberus’s Hellfire was a [Trait] or rather a [Talent], somewhat akin to the sacred fire of Heaven’s guardian beast, the immortal Phoenix.
“This… this is impossible!!! I’m not reconciled!!!”
The black-robed man, his soul scorched, let out agonized wails, but his voice was soon drowned out by the “whooshing” sound of the flames.
The entire giant Corpse Bearer gradually turned to charcoal under Cerberus’s Hellfire, and the air filled with a strange scent of burnt protein.
Hmm, and the charred smell of overcooked meat…
“Woof woof~”
Having ended the battle with the Corpse Bearer in an almost crushing manner, Cerberus lowered its heads and gently set Iphilia and Aimiya back down.
It affectionately nuzzled Iphilia with its three enormous heads, each dozens of meters tall, letting out happy whimpers.
“Hey! Wait! Waaah!”
“…”
But Cerberus overlooked Iphilia’s frail little arms and legs.
Though I could tell Cerberus was holding back, it still managed to knock our Miss Demon flat on the ground.
By sheer coincidence, Aimiya was right behind Iphilia, so she inevitably fell straight into Aimiya’s arms.
“Mmph!”
A fragrance of lilies hit my nose, and Iphilia’s face went “whoosh” red.
She hurriedly tried to push Aimiya away, but the other had already taken advantage of her distraction to wrap her in an embrace—even with her injuries not fully healed, Aimiya’s strength was not something Miss Demon could contend with.
“Aimiya… too close, too close…”
Iphilia felt her cheeks burning like fire, her heart pounding as if a nimble little deer was leaping inside.
She shakily lifted her head to look at Aimiya’s face.
At that moment, Aimiya didn’t show her usual sly expression; instead, there was an unprecedented gentleness, paired with that pure angelic aura unique to her.
Iphilia felt that if this went on, her nose might start bleeding.
“Iphilia-chan, thank you for coming to save me.”
“N-no need to thank me! We’re friends, isn’t this only natural? Besides… mmph!”
Before Iphilia could finish, Aimiya suddenly leaned in and kissed her, silencing the words still in her mouth.
“!!?”
Iphilia’s eyes widened, hardly believing the situation.
The warmth and softness from her lips melted her heart with every moment, and an intense wave of shame made her want to push Aimiya away immediately.
But her body refused to obey, staying frozen in place, even faintly showing signs of going along with Aimiya.
“Hmm~ Let’s call this—Iphilia-chan’s reward for saving me~”
After a long while (actually just two or three seconds), Aimiya slowly lifted her head, grinning cheekily at Iphilia, whose brain had already crashed.
She watched as Iphilia’s cheeks went from a slight flush to a scalding red…
“Aaaaah! Aimiya, what are you doing?! A reward’s a reward, but why did it have to be a kiss on the lips!? Waaah—that was my first kiss, you know!”
“Ehe☆~”
Watching Iphilia, now practically a steam engine hammering her own chest, Aimiya’s face showed a hint of mischief—yep, just as expected.
In the past, whenever she went a bit too far—like that time she pinned Iphilia on the bed—Iphilia would explode on the spot, looking like she was ready to blast her with magic! But now, after sneaking a kiss, Iphilia was only showing this shy, girlish reaction.
Thinking back to how Iphilia had acted a bit off when she came to save her… hehe, maybe the road to pursuit would be smoother than expected.
But suddenly, Iphilia, mid-fist-hammering, seemed to remember something.
Her gaze turned blank as she looked at Cerberus, who was obediently lying nearby but had witnessed the entire scene.
With a dark expression, she made a throat-slitting gesture at it.
『If you dare tell Stinky Old Dad about this, you’re done for. I’ll definitely stew you for dog meat.』
“Woof woof woof!”
Faced with Iphilia’s hotpot threat, Cerberus’s three massive heads hurriedly nodded back and forth.
Its body then slowly dissolved into countless red particles and vanished.
With Iphilia’s threat, it absolutely wouldn’t dare mention this to Satan upon returning.
Satan or Iphilia, who was more important? Come on, obviously… Iphilia was the most important! Who was Satan? Not familiar, Cerberus really wasn’t familiar! At most, Cerberus might listen to Typhon. Satan? What was that?
“Hehe~ Iphilia-chan looks so cute when she blushes~ Don’t be so shy~ You hug me every night when you sleep, don’t you? We’re already that close, so what’s a little kiss?”
“Aaaaah! Stop talking about it!”
While Iphilia was furiously waving (flailing) her hands (playfully) at Aimiya in protest (teasing), there was suddenly a faint stir in the nearby pile of charcoal.
A disheveled black-robed figure slowly crawled out from the ashes, instantly catching Iphilia and Aimiya’s attention.
Bro, this pervert stalker with a corpse fetish is still alive? Is he a cockroach or something?