The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me

“Eugh… Ahhh…”

“………”

As usual, the negotiation ended quickly.

The former goddess, who had charged at me with a smug expression, was now lying on the vault floor, clutching her stomach and drooling profusely.

“Stop it… Please stop…”

“…You were the one who attacked first, and now you’re asking me to stop?”

When Eclipse first attacked me, she had some confidence, probably because she believed in that the “great one” still existed.

But she crumbled far too easily.

Though she used some weak dark mana, I didn’t even need to use Stellar Mana—just the negotiation table in my hand was enough to subdue her.

What kind of confidence did she have to think she could challenge me?

“Ahhh… It hurts…”

“Hmm…”

There’s still something strange about this.

As far as I know, she was supposed to be in the Imperial Palace’s dungeon being tortured.

So why did she suddenly appear in the secret vault underground?

I guess I need to continue the negotiation.

- Click…

“Eek…”

As I folded up the table I’d been holding and looked down at Eclipse with cold eyes, she cowered in fear, covering her face with her hands.

“Do you want more? Or will you answer my questions truthfully now?”

“I-I’ll tell you everything… P-Please, just stop…”

When I gave her a reasonable offer, Eclipse crawled over and placed her head at my feet, trembling as she spoke.

“I-I’ll do anything you ask. Should I… lick your feet?”

“No.”

“I-I’ll do whatever you want…!”

I frowned and pulled my foot back, but Eclipse clung desperately to my leg.

“M-my sight is ruined, my stomach is a wreck, and I think one of my legs is completely shattered…”

“…”

“I-I’ll be done for if this keeps up…”

Her tearful pleading was pitiful to see, especially since she looked almost identical to the Sun God.

But still.

“… So?”

“Heuk… Hee…”

The creature before me is one of the sources of all evil, comparable to that damned Eye.

After all, wasn’t it her who brought that Eye into this dimension in the first place?

She’s not someone I can pity or show mercy to.

She caused not only me but this entire dimension to suffer.

- Shink…

“Stop talking and just answer my questions.”

“…!!”

Keeping my cold expression, I pressed the table against her neck.

Eclipse quickly nodded as her eyes widened in terror.

“Who’s behind you?”

“Huh? W-what do you mean…”

As expected, she tried to feign ignorance the moment I asked.

“…Kehhk!”

“There won’t be a second warning.”

“Huh, hrrk…”

I slapped her cheek with all my might before asking again.

Eclipse, clutching her reddened cheek, started to cry.

“Who helped you escape the torture chamber and gave you extra dark mana?”

“…T-the one.”

“Hmm?”

“N-no, that person… That thing.”

Then, in a voice mixed with sobs, she whispered to me.

“The one with the creepy eye… You know who I mean…”

What in the world is she talking about?

“A while ago, they suddenly appeared out of nowhere… and freed me.”

Could the ‘creepy eye’ she’s talking about really be that person?

“And… they gave me extra power too…”

“…Nonsense.”

“I-it’s true!”

As I watched Eclipse desperately continue her explanation, I sighed and revealed the truth to her.

“You should know better. That being’s power…”

“That being already lost to me.”

“…What?”

“The final battle is over. I won, and they lost.”

Upon hearing that, she fell silent, her face showing a dumbfounded expression.

“It was months ago.”

“Ah…”

“You wouldn’t have known since you were locked underground.”

As I lifted her chin to meet my gaze, Eclipse, who had been spaced out, began to sweat profusely.

“A-amazing… Hero…”

Then, with a desperate look in her eyes, she started flattering me with all her might.

“I-I surrender. There’s no way I can go against someone as superior as you…”

“….”

“You’re kind, Hero… So you wouldn’t do anything bad to someone who surrenders, r-right?”

“…”

“I-I’m really useful, you know? I used to be a goddess, so I know a lot, and I can do anything for you!”

I started to feel nauseous.

“I-I never liked that creepy eye guy either… From now on, I’ll serve you, someone far more superior…”

- Smack!!

“…Kehhk.”

I slapped her cheek once again, and this time she collapsed to the floor.

Despite that, she still tried to crawl toward me.

“Y-yes. If you want, I’ll be your punching bag for life…”

She then grabbed the edges of her ruined stomach with her hands.

“Y-You like hitting stomachs, right? You can punch me as m-much as you want. I’ve been tortured a lot recently, so I can take a b-beating.”

“…What do you want?”

Not being able to watch her pitiful state anymore, I stood up and asked.

“P-please, just spare my life.”

She begged desperately.

“I-I’ll shrink myself down… I’ll heal myself… Just let me live…”

“Hmm…”

At first, I thought I’d just send her off to meet the Eye right here and now.

But I just came up with a much better use for her.

“…Did you say you could shrink?”

“Yes! Yes!! I’ll be your perfect toy if you let me…”

“Then get in here.”

“W-what?”

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A few minutes later.

- Rattle, rattle…

“F-Frey?”

“Hero, what’s that?”

Glare and Roswyn, who had been keeping their distance, stared at the rattling black orb inside the glass jar I held with wary eyes.

“It’s nothing.”

“W-what about that person from before?”

“I handled her.”

There was no need to explain that I had trapped one of the sources of all evil inside a glass jar I found nearby.

The two girls in front of me were too innocent for such an explanation, so I brushed it off.

“Hmm…”

Still, I had a few things to consider.

It didn’t seem like she was lying.

As far as I could tell, Eclipse’s testimony wasn’t false.

I’d have to confirm things with the heroines later, but for now, I couldn’t detect any signs of deceit.

So was it really that Eye that helped her?

The one who gave Eclipse some extra power and ordered her to steal the treasure left behind by my ancestor?

It doesn’t make sense.

That Eye should be suffering in hell right now.

Maybe it’s an imposter.

It could be someone pretending to be the Eye, borrowing its power to deceive.

That actually sounds plausible.

If the real Eye was still around, Eclipse wouldn’t have had such meager strength.

And considering how many people noticed the Eye’s existence during the Siege, it wouldn’t be hard to impersonate him.

I’ll need to pay a visit to hell soon.

Just in case it really is the Eye. And if not, well, I’ll see how it’s fairing in hell.

“One thing gets solved, and another pops up…”

After finishing my thoughts, I grumbled and opened the ancestor’s chest before me.

What kind of trump card was left inside?

- Creeaak…

I opened the chest with high hopes, but what greeted me was…

“Huh?”

It was nothing but something made of rubber.

First, avoid it at all costs.

“…What?”

A chill ran down my spine.

“Oh no.”

It’s too late to use this now.

No, it’s too late, please.

Please, Ancestor, help me.

“…Hero, it has three layers.”

“Huh? Oh?”

Before even inspecting the rest of the chest, I was already in despair.

Thankfully before I could spiral further, Glare came closer and pointed out something.

“S-she’s right?”

Indeed, there were two more compartments beneath the first.

- Click…

I had no time to waste.

I hurriedly opened the second compartment, and another message appeared.

If you can’t avoid it, enjoy it.

In the second compartment, there was a crystal bottle.

“Hmm, this…”

According to the instruction manual in front of the bottle, it wasn’t too bad, but…

It still didn’t solve the core issue.

“Please…”

With great tension, I stuffed the crystal bottle into my pouch and opened the final compartment.

If you can’t enjoy it.

With an ominous message came a musty old document, and for the first time, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Accept it.

“…This is it.”

Thank you, Ancestor.

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Frey carefully folded the document as if it were a priceless treasure and placed it in his pocket.

“Alright, with this, I’m set…”

“F-Frey? What’s that?”

Watching him, Roswyn tilted her head and asked with curiosity.

“…A solution.”

“Huh?”

“It’s something my ancestor and the first head of the Sunset family made… Something I really need right now.”

“The Sunset family?”

As soon as the name of her family was mentioned, Roswyn’s eyes sparkled, and she proudly spoke up.

“Hmph, of course. It had to be the Sunset family. Without us, you would’ve faced many difficulties.”

Roswyn didn’t even know what Frey had pocketed, but her regained confidence made her puff her chest out proudly.

“Hehe… hohoho…”

“…”

Frey quietly watched Roswyn, who covered her mouth with her hand, trying to stifle her laughter.

“…So, shall we go find a quiet place?”

“Hehehe… Huh?”

Frey approached Roswyn and whispered in a low voice.

“I need to fulfill the promise I made to you.”

“…!!!”

For a moment, Roswyn had a blank expression on her face, as if she hadn’t expected this, but then her ears turned bright red, and she shyly muttered.

“P-please be gentle… I mean—“

“…What?”

“…Please be as rough as possible.”

“…Oh.”

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