The Book Of Flowers

Worse Than the Devil

-- Castle Lily, Room Rosalia --

Sounds of broken and falling items filled the room, followed by harsh blasphemy words

"It's useless!"

"sorry"

"Failure!"

"sorry"

"Basic moron!!"

Blasphemous words kept coming out of Rosalia's mouth as she threw one by one her things on the floor

Yael just stood in the corner as usual and put on a flat face, but his heart was irritated. How not?

First, he failed to do any of the commands given by his master. Second, now he had to deal with the anger of his master because only he was Rosalia's subordinate who was close to him now—remember that Vescal had been banished

"You only have one command, and that is to kidnap my sister, dead or alive...!"

"sorry"

Rosalia again scatters her things to vent her frustration

"He's just a kid! Why are you so hard to get!?"

"It's not my fault that he's being guarded by an Oberon, an Elf Squad and 2 fools"

Rosalia turned towards Yael with an angry expression

"So you want to blame him on them!?"

"... Sorry"

"Stop saying sorry! It makes my head woozy!"

He started again, Yael thought

When something that doesn't fit her plan happens, Rosalia will always act like this

He wondered why Veskal used to be able to withstand this nature. As long as Veskal existed first, he did not have to bother facing an angry Rosalia like this

But after Veskal is banished, he has to control Rosalia most of the time. He hates this, and most of his efforts are to just keep quiet while looking at Rosalia who keeps crazing

Likely, he would also be thrown away just like Veskal. He would not be disappointed or anything like that when thrown away. But, as a black mage, he would definitely become a fugitive if not under Rosalia's protection at all times

So, he had to choose between witnessing his mad master, or living on the run

Equally unpleasant for him, but it was better to have protection for his 'pleasure' than to be hunted down every time. After all, he had reason to remain silent with Rosalia

But, he did not know how to calm Rosalia down at all. The only advice he wants to ask Veskal now is how to deal with an angry Rosalia. Although he had to face the cursed gazes of the boy when they met again

"What you do every time it just makes the show unimportant. I doubt you even intend to follow my orders" Rosalia who tried to temper her anger said

"... Let's just say playing around with someone's life is my pleasure"

Watching someone run away in fear as death chases them. It was an amazing sight for Yael, especially when the person being chased put up a fight

And watched their frightened faces while at the sickle end of death despite trying hard to avoid it...

Jael let out a heavy breath as if she was aroused because of that

It's an exciting show. He called it a spectacular art

However, this master of his could not appreciate something he considered art. He just wanted to get things done quickly and 'efficiently'

Though he knew exactly Jael's ability, but still doubted him. But he wasn't wrong to say that Yael was just happy to play around in doing something

And knowing that, Jael thought again to deal with this matter seriously or not

"You can play around once in a while, but you have to understand which commands you should take seriously" Rosalia said as she covered her face

"... All right, princess. I won't repeat it again"

Yael lowered his head while smiling. He had at least understood enough, how seriously he was needed in all of Rosalia's plans

"I have to think of something..."

Rosalia slowly bit her finger while looking thoughtful

Yael just hummed in his heart, as thinking about things that were not important to him was not at all a thing he liked. He will leave all thought processes to Rosalia and Rosalia alone. The master himself was enough to do so

And Rosalia finished biting her finger

"... Get Darwin moving. He and his army will at least have a chance to do so" Rosalia muttered

"I'm sorry?" Ask Jael who is not listening well

"Tell Darwin to come and arrest the boy as collateral. Then let the Oberon live"

"..."

This was not important to him, but telling Darwin to make a move now was a crazy deed

Not to mention, Rosalia told him to arrest the boy?

The insanity. He did not doubt Rosalia's intelligence, but her thinking was madness

I have the power of a giant. My way of fighting was also completely abnormal and he could not handle it easily

And that's all I'm showing you if there's anything that dares to mean badly to his friends

"I'm afraid, it's going to be difficult princess"

"You refused!?"

"... No. gabe. But will you allow me to escape when the situation worsens, okay?"

"... Whatever. Make sure Darwin can survive. I still need him"

"With all my heart"

One more thing Rosalia had to say

"And make sure you kill those dogs if you can. I want him to vanish if need be because he has dared to switch sides..."

"Why?"

...

"For sheer satisfaction"

Jael just grinned at hearing his master. Especially when he realized that Rosalia was serious

And for the first time during that conversation, Yael bowed his respect to his master

...

Meanwhile, Damien's spy once again peeked at them from outside

His whole body is shivering. And when he saw this recording stone, he probably wouldn't hold it at all

Both men are scary. More terrifying than the devil. And the recording stone he brought this time had a terrifying recording from what he had imagined. A conversation he had just heard, was precisely recorded inside the magic stone

The conversation they had made felt like 2 demons who were determined to eat a human while planning to torture him

It's gruesome...

Without thinking any longer, he quietly went to report to Damien

'I have to be quick' he thought

But, he had no idea that Yael and Rosalia actually knew of his whereabouts. They knew it from the beginning, but they let him live

But he brought the recording stone this time. When she realized that, Rosalia looked very angry and turned to Yael

As if he had understood, Yael nodded his head slowly

"I get. I'll do..." Jael said in a cynical tone

"Make sure you can remove the eyes and ears of the insolent person. I also want his body on display in the middle of the city square later!"

"Haha! Calm down, princess. I got a little, 'creativity' in this thing"

Yael came out of the room and left Rosalia alone in her room

Rosalia smiled as she laughed and slowly, her laughter sounding louder and scarier

Two guys. No. gabe. Two creatures worse than the devil. Both have different properties, but are able to move in harmony

And they just got into a serious stage

Jael has absolute protection from Rosalia. With that, he could safely do anything as long as he carried out the orders from Rosalia

And he also gladly accepted his master's orders. Because most of them are orders to kill

Rosalia has a goal she must be able to achieve. Whoever gets in the way will be removed. And whoever's useful, he'll use it like a pawn on a chessboard

He doesn't need trust. He just needs success. As long as he succeeds, there will be no one else who can stop him

"Life princess"

He toasted to himself while laughing cynically again, dancing in the castle hallway while trailing the strangled spies in that place

......................

-- the Continent of Goeitias, night ---

I'm on guard right now

The monster that attacked us last night was not as much as last night, but I must remain vigilant with that black magician

We haven't been out of the forest area at all. And tonight we did not find a single cave for the night. So we had to sleep in the middle of this dangerous forest

Me and the Dark Elves had already made an antidote for those monsters, and the shield magic also served as a marker if the black magician entered the area

That guy's dangerous. Just like Rosalia. I don't know what bad things they'll do to Verdea and Veskal after his experiments on the ship that time

They cannot be forgiven. I will judge their evil deeds. Not only as a friend, but also as an Oberon for disturbing the peace of my domain...

Two people worse than the devil...

I'll make sure I can catch them both wet...!