Divine Protection: The Pride System

Episode 41: Countdown to the Next Story

Red blood splattered the room. One corpse of a middle-aged man had fallen on the cold floor.

His head was loose from his body like a puppet whose head was removed. Clearly visible in the dying seconds of the middle-aged man, a darkness had charged over and slashed at his head.

His eyelids opened, but there was absolutely no light of life in his eyes, the man died with a puzzled expression.

Red blood whistled from his neck that was no longer connected to the rest of his body. However, despite seeing that terrifying scene in person.

The Devil still smiled softly with a big smile of happiness.

“Umu, good technique.”

Nodding softly, Rogant raised his voice first with admiration on his face.

His white hair shone brighter than the thousands of golden sparkles in the place.

Her bewitching smile had lured many lives to death just for her selfish happiness.

To the right of the amazed Rogant, stands a beautiful and seductive woman with nine bright blue foxes behind her, Kizuna Miko.

He was a leader of the prostitution business in the red light district, and also someone who had devoted himself to happiness.

“Haahh~” He sighed tiredly, “Yeah, Even though it surprised me a little, but... Well, it's a good technique. Looks like you've grown a lot, Meily-chan.”

Getting a warm compliment, Meily puffed out her chest of queen with pride.

She spoke in a seductive voice unlike her childlike appearance.

“Haha~ That's obvious, because Meily has been practicing a lot.”

“Hoho, well, it looks like your training with me is paying off. In that case, I'll add the schedule.”

Kizuna said, her eyes were closed next to her with a seductive smile, but she was now smiling like an ignorant big brother.

“Eeeh~ Meily does not like, it is very tiring. So, Meily does not need an additional exercise schedule.”

Although she sulked in a tone that did not reveal the side of a girl, for Kizuna and Rogant it was a little cute because she was a child.

They both laughed. Seeing that, Meily bulged her cheeks in annoyance.

Finished laughing, Rogant said.

“Yes well, we better get back to business again. Kizuna, can you clean up Terota-san's corpse?”

Kizuna bowed respectfully, “Deliver me, Mr.”

He slightly blushed as he said it, his nine tails dancing behind him.

It seems like she likes herself who can be relied on by the man she loves.

“Nee, Rogant, what about his family? Would we rather kill too?”

Meily asked, she leisurely sat on Rogant's lap.

“No.” Rogant said casually, “Very unattractive if it is like that.”

Meily tilted her head in confusion, Rogant smiled like a demon as he continued.

“Use that coin to determine who is entitled to life, and who will die.”

Meily's eyebrows shot up, Kizuna also noticed that, the two of them turned their eyes towards the piece of gold coin lying on the floor.

The coin is Lavendel royal currency which is referred to as noble gold, there is a bird's head engraving behind the coin.

According to the legend of the kingdom of Lavendel, such is the carving of the divine Garuda bird that once saved the kingdom.

Thanks to that service, now the bird has been remembered and carved on the gold coin.

However, now, the gold coin carving Garuda admired and loved, is currently being used to determine one's destiny.

The perpetrator smiled, it was a smile that belittled all forms of life and death.

“Use the same method we did to Terota-san, do you understand?”

Meily replied enthusiastically, “Meily understood!”

“Then, what about his organization, Mister?” Kizuna asked, she smiled.

“Umm..”

Rogant put his hand on his chin making a pose like he was thinking hard.

After a few seconds of thought, the young man replied with a gentle smile on his inhuman face.

“How about we just burn it?” He proposed a suggestion, “I'm sure it won't be a problem if we burn, else the organization is already mine.” Further.

“You're right.” Kizuna nodded in agreement, “Then, I will hire some experts to do just that.”

Also, Kizuna's words closed the curtain from the end of this conversation, Meily was still sitting on Rogant's lap.

While the busy Kizuna immediately left the basement. But, in that moment also—

“Ah, Kizuna!”

Rogant calls out to her, a jolted Kizuna stops on the street and turns her gaze towards the man she loves.

Rogant smiled, “By the way, I was getting interesting information about >Temple of Life<. I want us to discuss it together.”

Kizuna's eyes widened, her tail stiffened, her ears twitched as she caught the word 'Together' from Rogant's lips.

—{Bersama— That means just the two of us!}, He thought, both of his cheeks flushed red, he blushed shyly to his ears.

His heart was pounding very hard, his chest felt very warm and comfortable.

He did not understand what kind of feeling he was now feeling.

However, only one thing he understood. Right now, he was really very happy, he was feeling happy.

... That's all that matters

His nine tails danced very quickly behind him, he felt embarrassed, so he lowered his head.

With a faint smile, Kizuna returned Rogant's invitation in a nervous voice.

“I-Yes... L'm... Understand, Mr*~*”, he's really so embarrassed that it came out of his head.

Rogant who was not aware of Kizuna's shyness, he just nodded in satisfaction, “Umu, I wait inside my room later.”

After that, without saying anything more, Kizuna bowed her head and left the place with almost bursting emotions.

[Master was truly an insensitive man. I'll add this as your cheating point.]

A woman's voice came from inside Rogant's head.

Thanks to the woman's words, Rogant frowned with a puzzled look on his face.

“Did I do something weird until it added points... Umm, cheating is mine?” He hesitated a little to ask.

What cheating points? He himself never knew about it either. But, since he was a genius, he was convinced that it must be something unpleasant.

Before replying, the woman inside Rogant's head let out a long sigh as if disappointed in his slightly foolish Master.

[... Master, inviting another woman into your room is already considered an act of 'Cheating'.]

Rogant tilted his head, he was still confused, “Why is that?” Ask, innocence.

Pride System sighed once more, her Master's innocence in the field of romance really made it a hassle.

Rogant looks like a Junior High, or maybe an Elementary School kid. He probably only knew about ABC love.

[Are you just pretending to be innocent? Or you're totally plain. Even if I use my analytical skills, I still do not understand.]

Rogant was getting more confused, he narrowed his eyes staring into the empty room. Think hard to find out the meaning of the Pride System.

After which, he nodded slowly and said, “Forget it.”

As the two of them continued to talk, Meily who was on Rogant's lap had spent three sweets at once.

As time went on, they all went home together.

The house is located behind the kingdom of Lavendel in a dense forest, inside there you will find a wooden house standing under the moonlight.

Arriving there they are both greeted by Kizuna with her temple girl clothes.

As they had planned, the organization's mansion caught fire, several members of the Terota Bizel family were savagely killed by Meily who immediately left for her residence.

And another one, about Rogant and Kizuna talk about interesting information >Temple of Life< went smoothly, but it ended up disappointed for Kizuna.

Because he was too nervous to be in a room with Rogant alone, he could not concentrate at all.

His face flushed to the ears, as Rogant proposed a suggestion. He could only answer 'Yes' out of nervousness.

Nothing strange happened. After all, they fell into a dreamland and waited for tomorrow to come.

The days continued to pass peacefully as if they were just an illusion of the past.

Without all living things knowing, the seasons have changed.

They all say goodbye to winter and welcome to spring.

It is time for the Rogant group to continue their journey to >Temple of Life

—However, unfortunately, what awaits them there is suffering and destruction.