Chapter 178: A Deal with the Devil (56 Bonus 24)

Regarding everything that had befallen Kreti.

Herbert could only shake his head and sigh: "Miss Xie Shen's luck really isn't all that great."

She just happened to bump right into Nie Nasha's biggest sore spot, and then got thoroughly dealt with.

That scene, wow—

Two words: thrilling.

Six words: damn fucking thrilling!

Just think of the two keywords "tentacles" and "binding."

If it weren't for the fact that this scene, when described, really was a bit too thrilling, Herbert would be very willing to give everyone a detailed account of it.

First wrap like this, then bind like that, and then this and that… wow!

One can only say that Nie Nasha truly lives up to her name as Miss Xie Shen—even on the path of binding, she possessed such astonishing mastery.

After everything was over, Herbert cast a reverent gaze at the shadow beneath his feet; he was just short of saluting her on the spot.

Master, I want to learn this!

Although Nie Nasha hadn't done anything, the spiritual shock inflicted upon the Young Lady was incalculable.

Then he walked over to the Young Lady sprawled on the ground and gently patted her cheek.

"Hey! No sleeping here, wake up—"

Kreti had already been forcibly knocked unconscious halfway through Nie Nasha's punishment.

One could only say she truly wasn't suited for combat—not only was she trampled by Flora, even Nie Nasha in her current state could easily handle her.

Noob!

Herbert lightly slapped both of the Young Lady's cheeks for quite a while before she slowly came to.

She slowly opened her eyes and stared blankly at Herbert, who was squatting beside her.

Huh?

"You're awake. You've already become a girl."

"Me, a girl, what…"

The Young Lady stared blankly for quite a while before finally coming fully to her senses and slowly sitting up.

"Just now, what happened? I, exactly… hmm?"

After saying half of it, she froze completely, sitting dazedly in place.

And just when Herbert thought Kreti was about to explode, he found her expression growing more and more delighted.

"Huh!!?"

"Huh?"

Herbert blinked as well, not knowing what her unusual reaction meant.

Laughing out of extreme anger? A smiling tiger?

"Herbert, what did you do to me?"

"I, I didn't! I didn't do anything!"

"Hmm? Wasn't it you?"

Kreti's excited expression faded a little, and she gave Herbert a suspicious glance.

She stood up and stretched her joints, saying oddly:

"If it wasn't you, then why does my body feel so relaxed?"

After waking up, she found that her entire body felt incomparably relaxed, as if someone had given her a thorough massage.

She stretched her body vigorously, letting her shapely figure rise and stretch before Herbert, and let out a comfortable little moan.

"Mmm—ha!"

So good!

"You don't remember anything about what just happened?"

Herbert realized at this point what had happened.

Huh? She actually doesn't remember anything?

She was clearly screaming so loudly just now…

"Remember what? If you know something, then why don't you tell me."

Kreti frowned oddly, feeling Herbert's attitude was very off.

"You don't remember, then that's that…"

Herbert thought for a moment, then firmly shook his head: "No, you'd better not know. Some things, it's better not to know!"

How am I supposed to tell you that you were just tied up and put into all sorts of turtle-shell bindings?

You'd be embarrassed to hear it, and I'd be embarrassed to say it!

Forget it, forget it, let's just treat it as a little secret between us.

【"Hehe, simple as that!"】

"You really are a weirdo."

Although Herbert's reaction made Kreti feel somewhere in her heart that something wasn't quite right, the comfort of her body still kept her from taking these small matters to heart.

Forget it.

Comfortable is enough.

"Right, did you come find me because you had something to say?"

The Young Lady sat back down on her bronze Wang Zuo, looking down haughtily at the youth below.

The wind stopped, the rain cleared, and she felt like she was on top of the world again.

In her current peak state, the pride in her heart swelled continuously.

And Herbert, as the only witness who knew what she had just experienced, did not quibble over the matter.

He merely cast her a look of pity, shook his head, and sighed.

"Forget it, forget it. I won't lower myself to bicker with a fool."

"I came to find you because… ah, right."

Interrupted unexpectedly by Nie Nasha, Herbert finally remembered his business at hand and took out a grey crystal from his bosom.

"This is those souls we talked about before."

He tossed the crystal that had absorbed the nobles' souls directly out, throwing it in front of Kreti.

"Oh?"

The demon Young Lady caught it easily, sensed the amount within, and widened her eyes in surprise.

"Oh!"

"I didn't expect you actually did it, and there are even this many…"

Feeling those "noble" souls, she couldn't help but lick her lips, her smile incomparably bewitching and sinister.

"I thought you were just saying it back then."

Before leaving, Herbert had found Kreti and asked her for a crystal capable of collecting souls.

The demon had asked the mortal what exactly he wanted to do, and the answer she got was—

This youth wanted to collect every noble soul he himself had killed into here!

At that time, the demon had only felt this Holy Knight was talking big, never believing he could truly be so ruthless.

"I'll leave them to you."

Herbert didn't explain anything, saying lightly:

"You can absorb their souls, that's fine, they are your reward."

"But before that, you need to ask out everything that should be asked. Can you do it?"

After killing those nobles, he had preserved their souls for the purpose of digging out more clues.

Why did the great mage of the Witches' Association reach his hand into the Frost Crystal Kingdom—was it really just because he liked other men's wives?

One-sided words, just listen to them.

What the truth was, he still needed to judge for himself.

"Hehe, of course I can."

Kreti grew even more excited upon hearing this task, giggling charmingly with delight:

"Whether it's the wealth they've hidden, or the evil deeds they've done over the years, I can ask it all out for you."

"Don't worry, even which noble lady they had a crush on as a child, I can tell you every detail!"

Herbert also laughed, shaking his head: "That won't be necessary, I don't want to know that much."

"Haha! That won't be up to you then."

"Then that's that."

Herbert nodded, originally turning around to leave, but stopped his steps upon thinking of something.

He turned his head back, winked at Kreti, and asked with a smile:

"I've given you all these good things, shouldn't you show some appreciation too?"

Herbert had really only meant to crack a joke, but unexpectedly… Kreti actually thought about it for a moment.

"Mm… it does seem you've lost out a bit."

"Mm?"

You're really going to give it!

(End of this chapter)