The Eternal Debauchery's

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"i'm curious. What kind of secret are you hiding that you tried to kill yourself without hesitation?” I asked while looking at the elves with a smile.

The elves gulped nervously. Their eyes trembled in fear, and their faces turned pale.

"Impossible…! W-Who are you?” One of them stuttered.

“Oh, correct. I forgot to introduce myself.” I said before taking off the hood that covered my face.

As soon as the elves saw my blue hair, their expressions froze.

“I think you already know who I am, right?”

“... Claus Quintin.” One of the elves said in disbelief.

“Shocked?” I smile.

The elves looked at me in disbelief, surprise, and fear.

As spies working in the Arcadian Empire, they knew a lot about the Imperial Family. Even more than a few nobles.

So, they know about me too.

However, they probably never imagined I would be this strong.

“Well, now that I've introduced myself, don't you think you should tell me your name too? you should also tell me what the two twelfth layer elves are doing here? ”

The elves looked at each other in silence. One of them then looked at me and sighed.

“What's unexpected. The thought of Prince Claus hiding his power so deeply. But, Prince Claus, does it need to be like this?”

"Oh?" I wonder at his words. "What do you mean?"

“I know that maybe we offended you when we were trailing your group, but I can swear by my race that we did not plan to kill you or harm you. We're just two men in the middle of a mission? ”

Really true? Do you think I'm an idiot?

"And what is your mission?" ask me while smiling.

“... We are after a fugitive elf and we know he is on human soil. We then followed in his footsteps up to this town, and when we saw your exchange with another group, we thought it was suspicious, so we followed you. ”

I thought for a moment and nodded. “Your camera seems decent.”

The elves heaved a sigh of relief.

“... Unfortunately for you, I'm pretty good at detecting lies, know?” I then grinned in a mocking tone. “And your lies, my friends, could not be clearer.”

My words immediately made the elves pale.

Although they did not know if I could actually tell the truth from the lies, they could sense that I was not deceived by their ruse.

And actually, it's very easy for me to know if someone is lying or not. I just need to look at their soul fluctuations and it will reveal everything.

Of course, some strong people could easily control these fluctuations. As for Immortal? Heh, each one of them is an ingenious old fox who can lie without blinking.

But the two elves in front of me are not strong enough or Immortal. So, they can't lie to me at all.

“Now, will you tell me the truth?” ask me with an ice-cold tone. "Or should I get it out of your mouth in my own way?"

The elves fell silent at my words. But soon, one of them laughed self-deprecatingly.

“It seems not only your strength is terrifying, prince. It seems like there is no point in lying to you. Even so, you should forget about getting something out of our mouths. We won't tell you anything, no matter what you try. It's better if you kill us. ”

I raised an eyebrow. “You suddenly calm down. Aren't you afraid of being tortured?”

The elf smiled disdainfully. "Torturing? Hahaha, very much a joke. We, noble elves, would never give up on such a thing. Worldly pain alone is not enough to bend our ideals.”

“Ho...” I said with an interested expression. Seeing the expression of fanaticism on the elves in front of me, I really wanted to test the truth of his words.

I have learned a lot about torture in my few lives, and although I rarely use it, I wonder how long I need to make this elf give up if I use some of my tricks.

Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of extracting confessions through torture. It's boring, and there's nothing fun seeing a stranger screaming in pain.

Plus, Katherine's right next to me right now. If I torture the elves, I'm sure my points with him will fall.

So, after looking at the elves with a funny expression, I nodded.

“Maybe you are right. And even if I'm sure it makes you divulge your secrets in the end, I'll probably need a lot of time."

I can feel the elves relax a little. Clearly, despite their hard front, they were afraid of being tortured.

However

“Fortunately, there are some easier ways to learn what I need to learn,” I said.

Then, I reached out my hand, touching their forehead.

The elves were surprised. They looked at me confusedly, trying to guess the purpose behind my actions.

But in the next second, their confusion turned into astonishment.

And then, it turned into fear.

"Stop!" One of the elves shouted in panic. "What are you doing!?"

“Just get the information I need,” I said and use my wish to force them to shut up. I have Katherine beside me, so I don't want to make this too bad.

But even though the eyes could not speak, their fear was clearly visible in their eyes.

Their expressions twisted in fear, as if they were looking at a demon. They could feel something invading their minds, peering into their memories and uncovering all their secrets.

The feeling their memories extracted was extremely frightening. Although I used a painless method to read their memories, the terror the elves felt was probably worse than any pain they could feel.

Even Katherine looked at me confused. Even though he didn't know what I was doing, judging from the expressions of the elves, he knew it wasn't good.

But he said nothing.

He only watched as I continued searching through their memories meticulously.

And soon, I found what I wanted.

Information about the two elves, their purpose in the empire, and why they were spying on us.

But then, I frowned.

Because I just found something weird.

… Looks like I stumbled onto something bigger than I expected.

Without a doubt, I dug deeper into their memories.

To find information about the elves' plans.

But to my surprise, I discovered several layers of defense within the elven soul when I reached this point.

I'm a little surprised. So I added the soul blast technique earlier, it seems like the elves in this world are experienced in soul techniques.

Even so, such a defense was completely useless against a person like me.

With my understanding of souls, their defense was like a piece of paper.

In an instant, I broke through this defense as if they did not exist and began to see the memories behind them.

But at that moment, my expression changed.

The elves' souls started to self-destruct!

Without hesitation, I exert more power from my soul, trying to interfere with self-destruction.

But despite my efforts, the souls of the elves were immediately shattered into pieces, spreading completely.

What is–

“Is that another Immortal? Is that him?” I whispered to myself.

I never expected to find a clue about him so soon.