Inside the gigantic centipede’s body, where not a single glimmer of light could be found.
Due to its sheer size, I initially felt like I was entering a long tunnel.
“Ugh…”
However, as the flames erupted within the body illuminating my surroundings, I couldn’t help but retch with an unpleasant feeling that twisted my insides.
Unlike the dark, shell-like exterior that felt almost inorganic, the interior of the centipede was covered in a pulsing, fleshy scarlet akin to that of mammals.
The squirming and pulsing walls, along with the slimy, squishy sensation felt beneath my feet, made me acutely aware that I was inside a colossal creature.
Perhaps that’s why an instinctive sense of disgust surged within me, making me want to escape from this place, but I shook my head and dismissed the thought immediately.
Why had I come all the way here in the first place?
I had a job to complete, didn’t I?
Moreover, thinking about my colleagues outside who were buying me time, I couldn’t afford to waste a single moment.
So, I forcibly swallowed back the bile that had risen to my throat and moved deeper into the centipede’s body.
[To have come this far, you’re a brave girl.]
Of course, the owner of this home wasn’t just going to let me trespass without a word.
Who knew where they had crawled out from, but a horde of lustful witch dolls blocked my path.
I spoke to the lust witch, murmuring through the dolls’ mouths as if I was utterly fed up.
“I guess I am a bit fearless. Unlike some who just run away in terror without even thinking of fighting back.”
At that, the dolls’ expressions twisted collectively.
It seemed to hit a nerve for someone who had been fleeing deeper into the centipede since I had entered.
[You damn girl, I won’t let you go that easily!]
Perhaps that was why the dolls, their faces contorted with rage, charged at me.
“Who is it that should be saying that?”
It was simply laughable.
Compared to the foes I had fought until now, the dolls controlled by the lust witch were far too weak.
Hwaruk, flames bursting forth from my body.
The dolls that had rushed at me moments ago turned to ashes in an instant, leaving no trace behind.
[Ugh…]
These dolls couldn’t even fulfill the role of binding my feet.
Realizing that, fear reflected on the dolls’ faces, a fear that I knew the lust witch had felt.
“…Ha.”
The fact that the lust witch was feeling fear made me chuckle softly.
It was absurd.
To think she could still commit such horrible acts against others, even while feeling fear herself.
So, I murmured quietly in anger.
“Try to run with all your might.”
Yes, then you should die in fear.
Having killed the people of the city and seized their beloved ones, you who have manipulated and toyed with the hearts of the people, it’s only fitting that you are hunted down by your own terror.
With that sentiment, I proclaimed toward the lust witch lurking behind the dolls.
“No matter where you run to, I will find you and kill you.”
With those words, I began to advance, burning the dolls in my path.
No matter how many dolls appeared from seemingly endless hiding spots, they never once managed to halt my steps.
Only the screams of the burning dolls remained.
Every step I took transformed the surroundings into a hell of flames as the human-shaped figures burned and screamed.
And as that hell expanded, drawing closer to the lust witch, I could feel the growing terror manifesting on the faces of the dolls.
Yet, not a shred of compassion stirred in my heart.
For Jessie, who lost her brother.
For Florene and the members of the Dolos Family.
For all those who had suffered at the hands of the lust witch.
Only a desire for revenge and wrath hardened my heart.
If you knew fear came creeping closer, then you shouldn’t have acted that way in the first place.
If you didn’t want to be plunged into hell, you never should have committed such acts from the start.
Mumbling those thoughts, I continued to set fire to everything in order to throw the lust witch into that hell.
How much had I burned?
It seemed that all those once numerous dolls were now gone, and there were no more enemies blocking my way.
Just as I thought I was almost close enough to see that damned witch’s face, something caught my eye.
“…Ah.”
I had come to realize something I wish I hadn’t.
Where the lust witch had sourced such a vast number of dolls, and how she acquired them.
“Seriously, this fucked up…”
That place was a factory.
A factory where countless dolls were produced, and female dolls with swollen abdomens birthed new dolls.
A breeding ground where newborn dolls were mechanically nurtured by love-lacking hands.
The birth of a new life should be a blessed and dignified event.
But here I was, in a horrific mockery of humanity’s sanctity, created merely by one being’s greed, and I couldn’t help but let curses escape my lips.
This place shouldn’t exist…
As I struggled to look away, wanting to incinerate the factory, the dolls within seemed to charge at me in a desperate attempt to stop me.
“Stop it…! Don’t touch the baby…!”
“Aah…! Our baby, our baby.”
Even amidst the dolls’ cries urging me not to touch the babies, I didn’t hesitate.
Having experienced it firsthand, I knew those words were just meant to elicit guilt.
If they genuinely cared for the babies, a pregnant woman wouldn’t throw them to the ground while trying to stop me.
So, I clenched my teeth and burned the dolls rushing at me from the factory.
Yet, I could not shake the feeling of disgust.
If they had only been more threatening, it might have been easier. But the swollen dolls were heavy, and the still-growing dolls had weak arms.
However, I couldn’t just leave the unthreatening dolls alone.
“Fuck… fuck…”
I cursed as I had no choice but to torch the factory and the dolls.
As I set fire to the factory,
–Kiiiii!!!
With a great wailing, the ground shook as if an earthquake had struck before settling down again.
The centipede writhed in agony as I burned inside.
While this wasn’t the first time I had felt such tremors, this time, a slight problem had emerged.
“Uwaaaah!!!”
“Huwaaaah!!”
Because of the earlier tremors, the infants that were resting in the cradles made of flesh in the corner of the factory tumbled out and began to wail.
If someone asked why I didn’t burn those babies even after burning all the other dolls, it was simply because they hadn’t attacked me.
…And I couldn’t bring myself to burn those defenseless infants.
Nonetheless, I couldn’t waste any more time, so I started to head towards the location of the lust witch, leaving behind the infants on the floor.
But…
“Huuh… Uwaaaah!”
The babies, wailing as if they were about to breathe their last, kept catching my eye.
I couldn’t ignore their cries at all.
“…Hah.”
I hesitated from charging at the lust witch and momentarily went to where the babies lay.
Fortunately, the floor was soft and fleshy, so they weren’t seriously hurt despite falling.
“Huwaaah!!”
“Waaaaah!!!”
As I approached, the babies wailed even louder.
Perhaps it was because of the flames wrapped around me that were hot.
I had kept my body encased in flames ever since I had entered the centipede’s body, wary of unforeseen dangers, but I extinguished the flames to soothe the babies and picked them up.
“Aww?”
“Okay, okay, you’re fine now, stop.”
Even though they had been crying so heartily, utilizing my experience from volunteering at the orphanage, I gently cradled and rocked the babies until they eventually stopped crying.
“Gyaaa! Awww!”
Seeing the joyful smiles break out on the babies, I couldn’t help but smile back.
Yeah, even if they were being manipulated, what wrong could these newborns, unable to harm others, have done?
They simply had the misfortune of being born in such a place.
Poor little things.
Suddenly feeling pity for the happily smiling babies, I thought about how nice it would be if I could take them with me when I left.
Although they weren’t human, I believed Sylvia could resolve that issue somehow.
Even if they were born to be used as dolls, I wanted them to live as people.
“So wait here a little while longer. I’ll take care of things and come right back.”
With that, I murmured and gently laid the babies back in the cradles they had fallen from.
The babies, not wanting to be left behind, reached out to me with small whines.
I smiled as I lightly stroked their heads.
In response to my actions, the babies beamed and…
And then, with a poof, they exploded.
“…Ah.”
While I called it an explosion, it wasn’t damaging; it was merely the remnants of the babies, who had been laughing moments before, splattered all around.
“…Ugh, hah.”
I clenched my blood and guts-stained hands, briefly inhaling deeply while…
“Uwaaaaaaaaaah!!!!”
I shrieked out in resentment and fury.
I would kill her, I would definitely kill her!
To what extent does she play with the hearts of people?
Rage surged within me.
My raised emotions felt as if they would incinerate my body.
It was so hot, so hot, so hot!!!
Wait… why is my body feeling this ridiculously hot?
[Aha! So naïve! Letting your guard down out of sympathy! Are you really that stupid?]
At that moment, a mocking voice rang out.
[No matter how much you have an advantage against me, have you been underestimating my powers? Do you think I came to fight a witch unprepared?]
It was strange.
It was hot and painful, and yet, paradoxically, I felt good.
As my mind was filled with a muddled sensation of pleasure, the voice spoke again.
Who were they again?
It sounded familiar.
[Inside this nest, everything falls under my domain! The air you breathe and the blood of that little brat you’re covered in all soaked in my powers! If you had continued to wrap yourself in flames, it might have been different, but now that it has permeated your body, you can’t resist my powers!]
I tried to think back, but nothing came to mind.
I didn’t know.
My head felt filled with heat, imbued with feelings of ecstasy.
My rationality melted.
It melted away.
Into a gooey state.
A sticky, sloppy state.
The voice, whose was it again?
I had to recall it.
Not now.
It feels good.
It feels good.
It feels good.
“What are you doing? Bow down.”
Only after seeing the figure that appeared before me did I finally remember who the voice belonged to.
“Y-yes… Master…”
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