I Became the Demon King of Lust

When we arrived back at the mural, we found that there were still those three there.

However, the mural had changed compared to before.

There were now two red lights that had been lit up on the mural in different parts of it.

If I had to guess what these were…I would say that these corresponded to the area bosses that they had talked about earlier.

As the three of them stood in front of the mural, they revealed calm and indifferent expressions.

That was until the magical girl suddenly revealed a slightly worried look.

She took a deep breath and asked, "Is it really alright doing this? What if they find out that we did this?"

The young man with the pompadour also slightly knitted his brows hearing this, but the young man with the shield said with a faint smile, "It's fine. All that is happening is that they will be trapped for a bit. It won't affect them at all, other than maybe a little discomfort."

The magical girl knitted her brows more before saying, "How do you know that? What if there's something about these traps that we don't know about?"

The young man with the shield gave a shrug before saying, "The Awakener Association was the one that prepared this dungeon for the exam, they wouldn't do anything too harmful since there are important people taking this exam. In a worst case scenario, we can just leave it to them to save them."

The magical girl still deeply knitted her brows, but she didn't say anything in response to this.

It was clear by the look on her face that she was disturbed by all of this.

The young man with the shield revealed a sharp look before saying, "You know that as long as we defeat the dungeon boss, everyone will be freed. Are you getting cold feet now?"

The magical girl didn't say anything at first, but then she said in a soft voice, "And if we can't?"

The young man with the shield slammed that shield on the ground before saying, "You're the ones that wanted to work with me and now you're doubting yourselves? What was the point of working together if you're going to get cold feet now?"

The magical girl didn't say anything. Discover gems at m|v|l|e|mp|y|r.

Instead, it was the young man with the pompadour that came forward to say, "Enough, there's nothing to gain from arguing. We'll defeat the dungeon boss and that's that."

The young man with the shield just gave a snort as he said, "Remember your place. As long as you do what you need to do, that is all that matters."

Both of them revealed ugly expressions after hearing this, but neither of them said a thing in response to this.

The young man with the shield gave another snort before moving away from the two of them.

The young man with the pompadour looked at the magical girl for a bit before coming over to support her. He helped her stand as he asked, "Are you alright?"

The magical girl didn't seem to hear him at first, but then she said, "I'm fine. Thank you."

The way that the two of them were standing made it very clear that there was something between the two of them.

It was very different from before where they had acted as if they didn't know each other.

The young man with the pompadour looked at her with a complicated look which made it clear that he had other feelings for her, but he took a deep breath and said, "You shouldn't have acted that way earlier. You know that it would just make him angry and we can't afford to do that."

The magical girl lowered her head without saying anything, but there was no expression on her face.

It was almost as if whatever he had said didn't register with her.

But in the end, she still said with a sigh, "I know, but I had to try."

The young man with the pompadour shook his head and said, "You made it too obvious that it wasn't you that was saying it, so of course he would figure it out."

These words did sound a bit too harsh, so he added, "But that doesn't matter now. The only thing that you need to worry about now is how to handle the dungeon boss. You don't need to worry about anything else.

This young man with the pompadour revealed a hurt look.

He knew that she had been forcing herself when she had spoken with those harsh words earlier.

She had wanted to dissuade them with those harsh words, but it had failed in the end.

The young man with the pompadour knew that it hurt her more to act that way and say those words…

The magical girl gave a nod in the end and moved to the side.

He wanted to follow her, but he knew that she wanted to be left alone right now.

So in the end, all he could do was reach a hand up before bringing it down and standing there with a lost look on his face.

That lasted for a few seconds before the young man with the pompadour took a deep breath and muttered to himself, "I will protect you."

After saying this, he went off to a corner by himself to prepare as well.

But unbeknownst to them, there were two people who had watched everything happen.

After seeing them all settle down, I couldn't help revealing a strange look.

I was aware that everyone had their own circumstances, but this…seemed a bit too heavy for me.

I didn't know what the circumstances between them were, but it was clear that the young man with the shield…was threatening them in some way.

Long Shui Ling turned to me and asked, "Should we help them?"

I looked at her for a bit before saying with a shake of my head, "No, it's too dangerous."

She revealed a slightly unwilling look on her face, but she gave a nod with a sigh to show that she understood.

I also gave a sigh after seeing this, but I still said, "Let's get ready for when the door unlocks."