Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 221

Cyril let his Aunt Bonnie become a casualty from the Vampire Outbreak in his previous life and he didn’t want it to happen again in this life.

Now that he learned that she only has three months in her life again, instead of stopping the cause of death, he thought that extending her lifespan might be able to do it.

“Done, Mr. Contractor. You are becoming a very good customer to me, Cyril Vermont.”

Xagan couldn’t hide his happiness after completing such a huge deal with Cyril.

“Well, you should give me a discount next time.” Cyril replied.

Because a huge amount of his lifespan was taken in just a few seconds, the disappearance of warmth in his body became a lot easier to notice…

He really feels like he’s turning into undead at this moment.

“You know I can’t do that. However, I can at least tell you that even if I increase someone’s lifespan, it doesn’t mean she’ll live that long. It’s the complication brought by the rule of Death.”

Cyril went silent after hearing Xagan’s advice.

‘Long lifespan doesn’t mean you can live that long?’

He thought for a moment before nodding his head in agreement.

It does indeed makes sense. After all, a strong young man that has a bright future ahead can die because someone took his life, or because of an accident, or maybe he decided to just commit suicide.

Even if their bodies can practically allow them to live for a very long time, it is still up to that person to protect them from harm.

This is definitely the essence of the rule Xagan was talking about. It’s not difficult to understand at all as he easily accepted it.

“I understand… It does make sense now, Xagan. Anyway, I have to make sure that nothing will just suddenly cut short Aunt Bonnie’s life. The Demon Servants should be enough for that.”

“Do you have any more requests?”

“There is none so far. In the meantime, I’ll have to really bring more Demons out. If there is more outbreak, there is more need for helpers. There is a lot of genius Awakened that hasn’t been Awakened yet. Our Country is too vulnerable right now. There are only a couple of S-Rank that can be trusted. The others are still too inexperienced…”

“Haha… It’s like you are very experienced against high-rank monsters, Contractor.”

“Well, even though I was only dealing with weak monsters before, I’m still dealing with monsters that are stronger than me. Right now, I’m a strong Awakened dealing with weaker monsters…” Cyril said with confidence as he decided to release the other Demons inside the Sealed Artifacts that Selma brought out while he wasn’t here.

***

“I wish to thank him… What do you think I should give as a gift?” A young man asked his classmate after getting out of the hospital.

“Oh… Good timing, Kyle. I heard that our teacher is also thinking of giving him a gift. So we decided to just give her some money and have her buy the gift for all of us. After all, it might be difficult for him to receive so many gifts at once. Who knows, he might’ve saved thousands of people. If all of them gifted him something, they wouldn’t fit his house at all.”

“Haha! That’s a good idea. I’ll tell Miss Yumi…” Kyle said as he decided to inform their teacher about it.

Soon, Kyle met with his Teacher. There are no classes for the next few weeks so he has to meet his teacher to where she’s always staying, the library.

Kyle knows that the largest public library is here in the capital so even if he didn’t contact her, he knows that he can find her here.

It was indeed quite easy as the lady in her late twenties is being ogled at by several people. Kyle just have to follow the direction they are glancing at and he easily found his teacher.

“Ma’am Yumi… It’s good to see you here. I heard that we will be providing our rescuer with a gift. I know that not even the best doctors are capable of resolving Aura Poisoning, he must’ve paid a price for that.”

“You’re right. I’m just reading a book regarding that. He did not only save one student at that time but all forty of you. It was incredible.”

Yumi replied as she closed the book she was reading.

It’s titled The Awakened Aura Fundamentals. The Aura Poisoning was briefly discussed as something incredibly dangerous and only those with specific potions, artifacts, or talent, can survive after getting affected by it.

Not only that but there was also no precedence about an Awakened healing a group of people affected by Aura Poisoning so Yumi realized that the person who saved them wasn’t simple. Perhaps one of those secretly being nurtured by the government.

“I was thinking of giving him a unique Artifact. I will be purchasing on behalf of our class.”

“Right… I do not have much with me but I’m willing to spend some from my savings.”

“Any amount will do, Kyle.”

In truth, Yumi can just purchase the gift alone but she knows that her students would also like to give something to the person who rescued them. This is why she thought of just gathering any amount of money so those with a tight budget wouldn’t have to worry too much.

“Ma’am Yumi, can I ask what kind of Artifact is it?” Kyle asked as he followed Yumi returning the books she have finished reading.

“It’s a monster figurine. I was told that the figurine is a monster that was sealed and turned into like that. It can be a good or bad item depending on the Awakened who has it. But since he’s strong enough to save you all, I’m sure that he can handle it. I heard that strong Awakened likes unique Artifacts that can’t easily be found in the market after all.”

“Oh~ I actually never heard of that. As expected of our teacher. I hope he’ll like it.”

***

After celebrating the new year, Cyril has finally released a total of 20 Corruptor Demons and 10 Immolator Demons.

There are only a total of 45 Titled Demons in Vastroth Clan’s Arcane World so Cyril still has 15 more to save.

There are still 5 Immolators, 8 Destroyers, and 2 Harbingers left in the Arcane World.

Luckily, after the powerful demons left, the destruction of the Arcane World slowed down by a lot as Selma could finally heave a sigh of relief.

After all, they do not know what will happen to them after the Arcane World. Will they be sent out to the human world and cause an outbreak? Will they be destroyed together with the Arcane World? Or will they wander around the void through eternity?

This is one of their greatest worries so now that they have a way out, they are all looking forward until they can free themselves from their bindings with Cyril as well.

Anyway, Cyril promised them that the years of serving him can be lowered as long as they have accomplished an incredible feat while serving him.

“Amaris… There are too many demons now. Fifteen of them are even stronger than you.”

“That’s a lot better, Master. Even if you face against another Dragon, you wouldn’t be easily suppressed with this number.”

“That’s true. But anyway, what’s the difference between a Corruptor and Immolator?”

Cyril curiously asked.

The Demons still looked at the same after all. They are humanoid creatures that are mixed with various animals and insects.

They are completely unlike Xagan whose original form is really like that of a powerful demon that can be seen in books and movies.

“Cy! Come here! There is a delivery under your name.”

As Cyril was hanging around in his Crystal room, he heard his Aunt call him and soon found the delivered box to him.

He thought that it was from a friend but the sender didn’t sound familiar at all.

“From Specter Academy’s Year Three Class Two.” Cyril paused for a moment as he tried to remember the Academy.

“Ahhh… They’re the ones in the shelter.”

Cyril finally recalled as he opened the sealed parcel.

“This…” Cyril found a familiar black figurine with an image of a horned monster. Needless to say, as soon as he picked it up, he felt that the item is indeed similar to the other figurines he has.

He didn’t have a chance of using those figurines yet since even if he unsealed or activated them, they will not just follow his orders and he still has to show his authority. It is quite a tedious job so he decided to just keep them in his Dimensional Storage Space.

“Yumi Pearson…”

Cyril muttered as she found the letter for the teacher he met previously. She’s even requesting to meet with him and left her number.

Anyway, he decided to keep just save it on his phone as he might need to contact her someday.