The Incompetent Noblewoman Marries the 'Devil of the Far East' as a Substitute Bride—Told by Her Parents to 'Die in Place of Your Sister,' She Left the House, but Her New Family Turned Out to Be Wonderful and She's Happy - Episode 1.12
I was given a large room.
It seems you can use it freely.
Right now, there’s only a fluffy futon in this desolate but very spacious tatami room.
“Sigh…”
“What’s wrong?”
The bodyguard, Akino Akino, asks me.
Beyond the shoji, I saw the figure of Akino Akino.
“Somehow, it feels like there’s no sense of reality…”
I married in the Far East instead of my sister, met Lord Satoru, and now I can live in such a large mansion.
The environment I’ve been in until now is so different that it somehow feels unreal.
When I wake up, I wonder if I’ll be back in that cold house again…
“If you’re having trouble falling asleep, perhaps a warm drink or something…”
It was then.
“Get down!”
Boom…!
Is this… gunfire?
“Ugh!”
“Akeno Akino-san!?”
Open the shoji… and be speechless.
Akino Akino was… bleeding from her right shoulder.
“Huh, what…?”
“Miss! You mustn’t go outside! It’s a night raid!”
“Eh… yasyu… eh?”
Amano-san takes me inside the room.
“Sōjirō! The direction of Ushi-Tora!”
“Got it! Big sis!”
The Aojiro-kun, who was in the garden, is rushing outside with incredible speed.
Night raid… In other words, someone has attacked.
Sojiro-kun went to defeat the attacker…
“Ah…”
Thickly…
My hands were stained with dark red bl00d.
“Akeno Akino-san!”
“Miss… are you… hurt…?”
Akeno Akino, who is lying on her back, weakly asks.
Ah, ah…
“What, what should I do… I, I’m hurt… there’s, there’s bl00d…”
“This much isn’t a big deal… you know. Don’t underestimate the recovery ability of a demon.”
“Oni…”
“Yes, my supernatural ability is… Shōjō. The power of the flame demon… ugh, ahhh!”
Akino Akino-san lets out a scream.
At that moment…
Flutter, softly.
The cloth that was covering her face falls off.
There was an ogre there.
Bright red skin and dog-like, ferocious fangs.
Vertically split pupils.
“Scary… isn’t it? We… [Parasitic] ability users… take on such monstrous forms… cough!”
“Akino Akino-san! Pull yourself together!”
I embrace her shoulders.
Bl00d… no, it won’t stop…!
“It’s no good… It seems they were shot with a bullet infused with a powerful curse of death. They must have found it quite bothersome that the Ichijo family was gaining power.”
“Don’t talk! Ah, what should I do…?”
Akino Akino-san.
The older sister who was kind to me.
I’m going to die… I’m going to die…
“Don’t cry… my lady. I’m… happy. Because I can… die for someone important to Satoru-sama…”
“To die… no! I don’t want to! Please don’t die! I’m begging you!”
If this person dies, Satoru-sama, Sojiro-kun, and all the black-clad people…
Besides, I’m also… sad.
“Are you really crying for someone like me… a red demon monster…?”
“You are not a monster! You are… my… precious person!”
I closed my eyes and pressed my forehead against hers.
Great God, Noir-sama.
Please… help this person…
It was then.
Ka…!
I felt a strong light.
When I opened my eyes…
A strong light was enveloping us.
What… is this?
“Warm… light… what!?”
Akino Akino suddenly opened her eyes.
And then… I saw.
“Ah, Akino Akino-san!? Your… body…”
“Body… Huh? No way… Is this…?”
The light settles.
Suddenly, Akino-san sat up.
What was there was… an ordinary human.
Until just now, Akino Akino-san was a red-skinned, horned… demon.
But now it’s different.
Standing before us is Akino-san, who has the same human form as us.
Skin as beautiful as snow.
The canine teeth that had grown like those of a wild dog returned to their original size.
The horns that were growing from my head have also disappeared.
With her reddish-black hair, she was truly beautiful… there was a human woman.
“My powers… I can control them!”
“Control…?”
“Yes! The reason we had monstrous forms was because the demon powers hidden within us were too strong to control!”
We… so that means the other black-clad people must have also had distorted forms like Akino.
So, including you, Sojiro-kun, everyone was hiding their faces and… hiding their skin.
“Not all of us with special abilities can completely control our powers! But now! I can completely control mine!”
Swoosh…
Steam is coming out of the wound.
“I melted the bullets with Shōtoku’s heat. And with the demon’s regeneration ability, my injuries are back to normal!”
Ugh, ugh, ughhhhh.
“M-Miss!?”
“Thank goodness… thank goodness…”
Sniff, sob… Akino Akino-san is safe… Ugh, I’m so relieved…
“Miss… thank you very much.”
Squeeze, Akino Shuno hugs me tightly.
“Thanks to you, I was saved. You are a lifesaver.”
I was able to help Akino Akino. I was able to be of service to someone…
“Even so, milady, your power is truly remarkable. To think that you can not only negate abilities but also [weaken and control them]…”
Honestly, the fact that Akino Akino-san looked like a red demon, that her appearance changed, that her abilities were weakened…
All of that… didn’t matter at all.
Akeno Akino-san is safe. That’s all… I was just happy about that.
“Young lady, you will become the savior of us [parasitic-type] ability users.”
“Sniff… what does this mean…?”
“Some of us, including the black-clad ones, have become monsters because we couldn’t suppress the power of the youkai. But… if we have you, everyone can return to their original human forms. This… is an amazing thing, you know? Wait, my lady!?”
I lost consciousness while listening to Akino Akino’s words.
She must have felt relieved that she was alive.
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