Chapter 35: [Intermission] Flies and Cockroaches

“Are you sure about this? Why here?” Lilith turned to me and asked.

“It’s kinda a quest you need to do..” I said with a lisp. I wasn’t lying but--

Liliath raised an eyebrow, but didn’t question the dubiousness of what I said.

-- This was a prank. 

Speaking in specifics-- revenge.

Liliath pointed her hands at the shelves stacked full of dusty boxes, I crooked a smile. Oh boy, she’s going to flip out. I didn't think she’d fall for my trap. MUAHAHAHAHA.

Anyways, to understand what in the heck I was doing and the incidents that led to this, we must first go back to the event that sparked it all.

“A bug.”

I heard Liliath’s voice when I was drawing. Looking up at her, I saw that she had been staring at a weird round bug crawling on the science reference book she was reading. Yup, Liliath is heck diligent, props to her for that.

Seeing her intense stare that seemed to burn a hole into the bug itself, an idea came to mind. 

“Hey Liliath, you remember how you told me creatures are generally scared of you? How about bugs? Why isn’t that one scared?” I feel like that bug, which flew into the living room and of all places it could have landed, it just had to land in front of her. It’s like it had been planning to do so right from the very start, dragging her out of focus and stealing the limelight. If the book were human, I'd feel pretty bad for it.

“True, then the conclusion must be that these ‘insects’ have an indescribably low intellect. Now that you’ve mentioned it, it does seem to be the case..” Liliath contemplated. “I want to try something.”

She pointed her finger at the oh-so-innocent bug that was crawling on her book. A moment later, I saw the bug fall to the ground.

“What did you do?” I put my sketchbook away and came closer to her-- or closer to the bug. 

It seems that the not-so-innocent bug had died.

Well, I suppose that’s what you get for distracting her huh, little buggy?

“I merely directed a pint of bloodlust at it, it seemed to have died from the inability to tolerate,” Liliath too observed the bug.

Bloodlust-- 

Ah right, I remembered Liliath using it the last time we went to the summoner’s department. I bet the guy with the smile must have been totally soaked to the bone-- in a bad sense. Hopefully the smile didn’t digest him...

I turned to Liliath, we looked at each other, our faces barely inches away.

And I must say, in this position where we were both bending our bodies as if prostrating just to take a good look at the dead bug-- it somehow felt incredibly awkward..

“You two look intimate~ So...what are you two doing?”

“”NOTHING!””

At the little devil’s sly voice, we both shot to a straight sitting position.

 

*

“Look! Look!” from a distance, I saw the little devil idiotically poking the flat ground with a stick she found-- or so it seemed

Liliath whose attention shifted away from magic practice looked over in curiosity. Likewise, I too wanted to know what was so great about poking a mosaic tile.

I learnt that the little devil wasn’t vandalizing the mosaic tile on the ground by smacking it with a stick, she was instead, harassing the ants moving in a no-longer single file.

“Insects again..” Liliath remark, “It appears that insects in this world are rather weak.. that’s fortunate.”

WEAK?! So you’re saying that there are insects in your world that are capable of killing people? Like giant spiders or praying mantis?

I shivered at the thought.

“Big sister Liliath, can you create a small ice wall to separate the ants?” the little devil pleaded in a cute tone. What a devil she was to try and disrupt the lives of these pitiful ants. But well… I mean, I may or may not have had my share of fun in the past-- spraying insecticide at those pesky bitches that tried to infiltrate the kitchen.

Liliath thought for a bit before pointing her finger at the ants.

They shot into a frenzy. Some of them dropped dead on the spot, other’s ran wild and tore at each other’s little flesh.

“Wow! I didn’t know you could do that!” The little devil said in astonishment, her eyes shining.

“It’s just a little bloodlust to confuse them, that’s all,” Liliath made a not-so-friendly smile. I found it eerie.

I understand how Liliath is cute, innocent and all-- but recalling that she’s a demon lord that sometimes exalts her sadistic qualities-- 

You get what I mean..

 

*

I was half eating, half paying attention to the obnoxious fly flying around the kitchen.

Damn go die already!!!

Buzz. Buzz.

As if it could hear my thoughts, it landed on my nose. I waved my hand, it flew away. That said, I wasn't left unscathed. Some food particles flew up together with my sudden erractiness and made a mess of my clothes. The piece of vegetable I was holding on my spoon stuck on my hair.

Fuck.

“Pfffftttt. Ahahahahahahaa,” the little devil laughed.

“Novelle--”

Hearing my mom’s voice, her laugh stifled to a silent chuckle. Liliath, on the other hand, was thoroughly enjoying her food. I don't know what she did but the fly was avoiding her and the little devil’s food. It must’ve been the usage of a minimal amount of bloodlust.

I wonder if that was on purpose. Like.. what the heck? I didn’t bully Liliath or anything of that sort right? Don’t tell me she’s a sadist by nature?!

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For this meal, our sitting positions were swapped a little. Liliath was sitting beside Novelle, opposite to me, and my mom sat beside me.

“Jeez, I didn't think the fly would come this time around,” my mom said, accompanied by a troubled expression.

“Well, that’s because the fly likes mom's cooking too!” the devil flattered.

I pinched away the vegetable stuck to my hair.

“I have an idea, big sister Liliath..” Liliath leaned over, and the devil in question whispered something incredibly suspicious.

Nodding, Liliath looked at me and flashed me a troubled look as if to say sorry? Her eyes then darted around to chase the fly, her fingers pointed like a wand.

My guess is that she’s going to shoot down the file with superhuman accuracy. 

Liliath OP.

“Liliath? What are you doing?” my mom asked.

“It’s alright mom, Liliath is going to deal with the fly using magic, just watch!”

Finding it amusing in anticipation of the fly to die, I picked up my soup bowl and brought it to my mouth.

I downed the soup and at the same moment I saw something black flash from the corner of my eye. 

Hm? Bloodlust condensed into a projectile looks like that?

Finishing the soup, I placed the bowl aside to notice the stunned expression of the rest of them.

“What?” I asked, not registering the shock on their face.

My mom’s jaw slacked.

The little devil’s mouth grew to a smirk, her cheeks then puffed as if trying to hold back her laughter.

“I’m sorry Noel!” Liliath grimaced. 

“That was too perfect! Big sister, AHAHAHAHA!”

The fuck? What happened…

Bloodlust shouldn’t have a corporeal form then.. that black thing I saw..

I looked down at my stomach.

Wait..

I ATE THE FLY?!

I wanted to speak, but no words could form-- and it was then that the devil’s laughter burst through the kitchen.

At my expression it seemed my mom started to laugh too.

“I ate the fly..?”

“I apologize but it is apparently so…”

 

*

And that was what led to this revenge plot.. well.. not really. I really just wanted to experiment to see if it were possible for Liliath to drive away the cockroaches. 

The most popular place in the house where the cockroaches ganged up was the garage-- the part of the garage where we dumped unnecessary or broken stuff.

Liliath turned to me once more.

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure of it!”

I’m toootally sure… there was a task that required Liliath to use magic other than elemental magic. That’s why I thought to have Liliath just use bloodlust on cockroaches even though.. there were many, many other ways to clear this simple quest.

But honestly, my skin would crawl whenever I tried to recall that dinner. The fly should’ve died but-- I’m not sure if it should’ve died in my stomach. I heard before that flies would lay their eggs when they die out of reflex. That thought ate away at my mind, I was left nauseated the rest of the evening..

Liliath narrowed her eyes at the shelf, I took a step back.

Then it happened, one by one cockroaches started to fall off. It’s six legs wriggling about, overturned. I ran when a wave of cockroaches ran amok, scampering to escape.

Liliath’s scream resounded, and so did the ‘ding’ stating that the quest was complete.

“BETRAYAL!!!” 

An explosion of fire, the rest was history.

Liliath’s magic sure was useful.

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Author's Notes:

(20/11/2021): It was a nightmare to update all 35  chapters of volume 1.. my back hurts.. and I have to update it on Webnovel and Honeyfeed too..

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