The Devil Who Grants Wishes

“Oh, oh… Demon, please give me strength.”

“It’s power…”

“Yes, give me strength! For that purpose, you are free to leave my soul…!”

Why the hell are the majority of bastards making wishes to the devil these guys?

Modern people see someone who is really good at something and joke and compliment them, saying, “I sold my soul to the devil,” but this is really a worldview with demons, isn’t it?

This means that in Noah’s world, the person who makes a wish to the devil is either in a predicament like Lucia’s mother and made a wrong decision, or is just an idiot who can’t tell the truth.

And this one is probably the latter.

An ugly feeling full of lust was emanating from his body.

‘…As expected, it’s not good.’

I don’t quite understand.

The vast majority of people who want power have very bad souls, but what do they all think that their souls are of great value?

Even if you give me strength in exchange for a soul, I can’t give you as much power as the trade has to be fair, so why do you have so much baseless confidence?

[Irene, have you ever seen people trying to sell their souls to the devil?]

[Uh… yes, I’ve seen it a lot. But why is that all of a sudden…]

[It’s just a trivial question. The vast majority of those who try to sell their souls to gain power are weak and of poor quality. Do you know why?]

[Isn’t that obvious, isn’t it? A person with a good soul grows in harmony with the body through hard work or other reasons. If the quality of the soul is low, the body cannot grow properly either.]

Irene’s words are very persuasive.

Even if I’m strong enough, I want more power, or there are exceptions like me, who has a human soul but a Faust body… Except for a few such cases, Irene’s words continue to win streak.

Of course, since the low quality of the soul and how to use the power are two completely different things, whenever I hear a request for power, I always ask how it will be used.

I have no reason not to help you if you want power for the right purpose, for the just purpose.

“Yeah… What do you want to do when you gain strength?”

“I want those who despise me to realize my existence… No, I want to kill them altogether! I will sacrifice their bodies and blood to the devil, please!”

And, as always, those expectations are betrayed.

…I was looking forward to it.

No matter how ugly emotions are emanating from his body, I asked him why he wanted power as there is always a possibility, but again, expectations were just expectations.

“Can you bear any pain?”

“of course!!”

I mean, it’s really weird.

When you make a wish, they say that you can endure any kind of pain, but if you give them that pain, they ask you to spare them.

If you dig hard in the mine, you will get the power you want. That’s enough to lift dozens of kilograms of stones with ease.

Alright, it seems that this wish has also been successfully resolved, so let’s go home soon.

………….

Keying-

“Dad!!”

As soon as I opened the portal, Lucia suddenly popped out of my sight and greeted me with a smile as always.

When I was young, I just hung on my legs or grabbed my hand, but now I’m tall enough that I try to carry it on me.

“Lucia-sama, you can’t do that. Please keep your dignity.”

“Korokke, what’s wrong, you say you’re going to be a father.”

“…it’s not Dad, it’s Faust. And Faust didn’t say anything.”

“If you don’t deny it, it’s as good as allowing it, what?”

And the child who saw such Lucia also scolded Lucia by showing the same scene as always.

At first, Aigo was just a butler I had set up to prepare for when Lucia was in danger, but at some point, she also took on the role of a tutor to educate Lucia.

If the content of the education was strange, I would have intervened and stopped it immediately, but there was no need to stop Aigo’s education as it was the end of dignity, basic common sense, culture, and magic. How surprised I was when Lucia suddenly greeted me politely and boasted by lit candles at the tip of her finger.

Anyway, thanks to Aigo’s dedication, Lucia grew up to be a mature 17-year-old girl despite my lack of care.

“The snow is still there.”

“Uh… are you still talking about that? It’s really good.”

It would have been great if the snow had returned to its original state.

Even if he moved to a new place where he could absorb mana almost every year, and continued to release mana through the use of magic, Lucia’s red eyes did not return to their original state.

It seems that once colored, it cannot be undone.

Every time I look at Lucia’s red-tinted eyes, it makes me feel like I’ve done something bad to Lucia.

If she had taken care of Lucia from the beginning, she would have grown up as a cute girl with black eyes and dark hair.

Of course, the red-eyed Lucia is cute enough, but I can’t help but get confused because I feel like I’ve taken away the future that Lucia would have moved on—

“…What.”

“Look, are you okay?”

Then, suddenly, Lucia turns her face to me.

I wanted to do something all of a sudden, but I did this to show that my eyes were okay.

Obviously, except for the color, it’s fine. It’s beautiful, too.

“what’s the matter?”

‘It’s a new thing, but it’s really ugly.’

Of course, I’m not talking about Lucia’s eyes. I look at my face reflected in my eyes and say it.

In the past, when Lucia was an innocent child, she always played polymorph and did her best not to be surprised, but at some point, Lucia said she wanted to see the real dad instead of the polymorphic dad, and the group was like now in front of Lucia. This led to the result of not using morphs.

Of course, when Lucia saw my true form, at first she was so surprised that she burst into tears, but that seems to be a thing of the past.

You’ve gotten so used to me that it doesn’t matter if you get close enough to touch your nose like this.

“…Okay, go away.”

“Isn’t that an expression you don’t know at all?”

“hurry.”

“eww…”

Wow, once you get used to it, you can even recognize the expression on your face.

As much as I, Faust, was a man who had fallen into a demon, I look very human, but the devil is still a demon.

If there is a living creature, just looking at me naturally raises a sense of rejection and fear, but since Lucia has been watching me since she was a child, she doesn’t seem to feel such a thing.

gun gun-

Having been rejected by me, Lucia, who was far away, gave a slightly sullen expression, then turned around and suddenly ran to the kitchen.

Seeing that, I reflexively turned my head to the window, and the sky dyed red in the sunset greets me.

Ah, this… It’s about time.

“…”

Looking at Aigo standing next to him, Aigo slightly closed his eyes and lowered his head as if he had no face.

Up until now, Aigo taught Lucia everything. From trivial common sense to culture and manners, it is literally everything.

However, even such a child, Lucia’s indiscriminate attack of affection towards me and this could not be resolved.

“Come on, this. Come on.”

it’s a meal

Lucia, who ate only what I gave her from a young age, came to eat only what I gave her after reaching this age.

In the meantime, Aigo and I have tried desperately to correct it, but to no avail, and the result is this.

I hold in my hand a sandwich I just pulled out of the kitchen.

“Come on, feed me.”

“…take it.”

“Come on, feed me.”

I am very stubborn today.

Usually, I just give it to them and they eat it, but today they make a lot of demands for food.

“…Eat yourselves.”

“Eat, give me.”

“Lucia, now slowly—”

Keying-

While holding a sandwich in hand and arguing with Lucia, suddenly another summoning magic circle begins to appear on the floor.

Summoning magic circles appear unexpectedly in the first place, but today it is especially embarrassing.

No, you just came home, the second in a row?

huh…

“…”

Lucia had just had a smile on her face, but as soon as she saw the magic circle drawn under my feet, her expression quickly cooled.

Seriously, I’m in a bad mood, but I’m afraid Lucia is going to die.

“…don’t go.”

“yes…”

Still, knowing that I can’t help it, Lucia doesn’t get angry or annoyed.

I just nod my head with a droopy look and accept the sandwich I handed to him.

Ummm… Sure, twice in a row was bad. I’ll have to buy you a present later.

**********

Meanwhile, when Faust leaves, the atmosphere in the house sinks as if it had ever been. But no one finds it uncomfortable.

Failed again…

Indeed, there is no choice but to

Faust-sama, who I’ve been watching all this time, isn’t like that.

“Coroke.”

“…Yes, Lucia-sama.”

“Why don’t we try something different next time?”

Having recognized the essence of Lucia-sama early on, I tried to educate Lucia-sama to fit Faust-sama’s family and alter ego.

Knowledge, common sense, etiquette, magic, literally everything.

“…I’m sure Faust will hate it.”

But… the education failed.

Without Faust-sama, Lucia-sama behaves in line with the first volume, but if Faust-sama is present or has Faust-sama in mind, she doesn’t.

“No, you’ll like it.”

“that…”

“I said you’d like it.”

“…Yes, Lucia-sama.”

You are acting really out of control.

No persuasion, no compromise works.

“The way of appealing to innocence seems to have the opposite effect by omitting all the sweet water and rather making a bunch of young tea. Okay, next time, let’s appeal to the grown-up.”

Only the red eyes are shining.