The Devil Who Grants Wishes

Ooh, ooh…

Even though I’ve been through it once, I can’t stand it. I want to do something cool right now, but I can’t listen to what this body thinks it’s shallow.

No… It’s my body… It’s my body, so why can’t I move as I please?

‘…By the way, I don’t know where else this is.’

Looking around, I saw a scene similar to the one before my eyes.

The room is a mess, and it is quite dark because of the lack of light. A stench of all sorts of things, including the smell of dust and mold, pokes his nose without mercy.

No, to be more precise, should I say that it is made sweeter rather than poked at the nose…?

But my body smells like this and I feel so calm. For the devil, a place like this really seems like a sniper.

…I don’t know how many times I’m talking today, but I’m really going back.

‘Let’s see, whoever called me-‘

“OMG…”

…Is it this woman?

Although weak, Matthias was level 24 in his own way, and this woman is just a simple civilian no matter how you look at it. I’m not joking, wouldn’t it be level 1?

Not only that.

Beyond simply having a low level, it is literally in a state of moribundity right before death.

During that time, he starved so much that he was completely dried out, leaving only the skin of his bones, and his hair and skin were so brittle that it was barely even straw.

Above all… the energy of life is extremely weak.

It would not be strange to say that he died immediately.

Even considering that no magical reaction was felt from the woman, it seems that this woman did nothing.

‘Then why am I here… is it a desire?’

In Noah’s setting, demons appear in front of victims who want to fulfill their wishes even if they sell their souls, and take their souls in return for making their wishes come true. Even if the victim does not use the demon summoning magic, the devil will automatically appear in response to the victim’s desire.

The only possibility is this.

This woman wanted to achieve something by selling her soul, and in response, I appeared.

…No, I didn’t even want that?

I just wanted to quickly lock myself up in the snowy mountains in the north and watch the situation for a while…

“Really… really showed up… really…”

Inwardly, I was puzzled by the situation I was in, but the woman who had just looked at me and flinched, finally opened her mouth.

You really did show up… I guess this woman really called me.

Did you want to achieve something by selling your soul to the devil?

“Do you want a contract?”

“Yes, yes… Demon, I have a favor…”

The woman who said that, bowed her head and greeted me even though her body wasn’t strong enough.

…Write, I’m heartbroken.

No matter how much you want to achieve, it is always better not to borrow the power of the devil.

Seeing him so poor… maybe he’ll ask for money? No, my health is so bad that it wouldn’t be strange if I died right away, so I could beg for my life—

“-What are you doing?”

At that moment, a woman who was suddenly dying took something out of her arms and immediately held it to me.

At first, I was just curious about what he was doing, but when he found out what he was doing, his curiosity quickly turned into anger.

“wah wah…”

skinny newborn baby Even the soul is a child of this woman.

Babies should normally have chubby cheeks, but this kid doesn’t have anything like that.

He was so hungry that even the sound of crying was so weak.

Hand the newborn baby… to me, the devil…

“…a sacrifice?”

No matter how you think about it, the only answer is this.

He made a pact with the devil, and in return he would give him a newborn baby, not his own soul.

…Huh, I’m a fool for having a pity for even a moment.

Still, killing like Matthias is a little bit, so I’ll just ignore it and leave-

“Lucia… Please take care of me… My soul is free-“

soo much

Then, suddenly, the woman barely puts the newborn baby on the floor with her shaky arms, and then she loses strength and collapses as if the rope of a puppet is broken.

uh…?

“…”

dead.

I didn’t see it wrong. definitely dead

At the same time as the cardiopulmonary function stopped, the woman’s soul abandoned her body and escaped.

Even if he died at any time, his health was not strange, but he died so quickly in the blink of an eye… What, what the hell…

Even more creepy is the woman’s soul.

“…are you waiting to take it?”

In general, when a living creature dies in Noah, its soul comes out of the body, and it scatters like ashes and disappears after a while… Although the end of the woman’s soul changes to ashes, it does not disappear completely.

In exchange for his soul, he is making a deal with the demon me to raise this child, Lucia.

…I misunderstood, and very seriously.

[…!]

When she tries to leave with only Lucia in her arms, the woman’s soul visibly shakes.

There is a widespread myth among the people that the devil can grant a wish a little strangely, but he will surely keep the contract.

Not only me but also Faust lamented the woman’s folly.

…not stupid.

Why the hell are you trying to believe in the devil?

“Let me make your wish come true.”

[…!]

“Your soul? Did I look like a demon who needed a lowly soul like that? The price is… Yeah, this dilapidated house. The contract has been made, so take it easy.”

The woman’s soul, who had been anxious until just now, was relieved to think that I had signed a contract normally.

…in fact, there was no contract at all.

It was just a lie that I uttered as much as I could because I did not want to receive a soul, but the woman simply smiled innocently and was satisfied and then disappeared.

“Ugh…”

“Yeah, let’s go.”

It’s not enough to become a devil, so now I’m even taking care of children.

Wow… Things are going so fast, I’m dizzy, dizzy.

………….

He confidently answered Lucia’s mother, but a big problem arose.

I don’t know how to raise a child.

No, it’s not just a baby, it’s just a newborn baby.

“Uh… uh…”

“…”

I don’t even cry

Lucia, who is staring at me with those puffy eyes, is clearly terrified, but is not crying.

Literally, the energy has run out. Even crying takes energy, so Lucia chose to just stay still.

In order to restore energy to the child, it is best to feed it to the full, but…

‘…what can I eat?’

Fortunately, it is not completely suckling.

Looking at the age of the body through magic, it is roughly one year after birth, and if so, it is enough to digest baby food.

Uh… Can I make a very thin soup with vegetables, grains, meat, etc.? Don’t salt?

If so, you need to get them first… Where the hell do you get them?

Once I focused my mind, I could feel the presence of many people around me, so Lucia’s house is in the city.

So, if you roughly open that door and go out, you can get something to eat in the city… But the problem is that I don’t have money.

How do you buy things?

[This is… I’ll use it someday if I throw it away.]

Then, all of a sudden, a memory of Faust flashed through my mind. Not the Faust when he was a demon, but the memories of Faust as a human.

…yes, that’s right.

If you don’t have money, you can sell things.

hey hey

‘Oh…’

Just like Faust did, he swings his hands to create a subspace portal that connects to the warehouse space in the air. There are a lot of miscellaneous things because I just put in all the vague things, but there are a lot of things that can make money if I sell them.

It’s a new thing now, but Faust, who has the ability to freely use space magic to this extent, lacked what the hell was there to summon the devil, Won.

‘Let’s see… is this enough?’

When I focused my mind on the subspace warehouse, I saw a lot of things that could be used for money.

There are too many jewels that are too round, black, and enchanted with various types of magic, such as bloodstones used as equipment enhancement materials in Noah, necklaces and rings.

Uh… um… you can’t sell this, can you?

I don’t know where this place is yet, but at least I know that if an item that is that powerful is released on the market, there will be chaos.

Yeah, I’ll just have to sell some of the gems I’ve been saving for magic.

No matter how much I think about jewelry, it seems like big things will happen if I sell it.

‘Lucia will go with you.’

You never know what will happen if you leave the baby alone. Not even malnourished?

I’ve been buying food at the best, but if it’s a lucky day… Ugh, I can’t even imagine.

Fragile-

“Appearance… This should be enough.”

Using a polymorph, the appearance was made as close to a human as possible.

Of course, if you look closely, there are oddly pale and cracked skin, too awkward eyes, and the devil’s mana that comes out by itself even if you block it, but there are many places where you can get caught, but still, you can see it openly and up close as much as you put on a huge robe with a mana blocking enchantment on it. If you don’t give it, it’ll be fine.

“Uh… uh…”

“I’ll give you something to eat soon.”

Lucia in her arms, whether she is hungry, lets out a weak moan.

Usually babies cry when they’re hungry… I’ll have to feed them a lot.

From the outside, it looks like it’s about a year old, so it’s okay to feed them baby food.