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TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0001.txt | Torture Princess
1
Innocent Victims
Thanks to the efforts of the Torture Princess and her servant, the fourteen demons were successfully defeated and slain.
Humanity’s desperate fight had finally reached its conclusion. But the battle left the world acutely wounded, like a chessboard with cracks running down its s... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0002.txt | Torture Princess
“First, ’tis wholly unclear what actions you intend to take hereon in search of this salvation of yours or what have you.”
Elisabeth raised her forefinger.
The black varnish on her nail glittered as she spun it aimlessly around in the air.
“Even if you tell me to become your servant, I have no int... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0003.txt | Torture Princess
2
The Little Lady’s Choice
Officially, the underground tomb’s sixth floor didn’t exist.
Everything past it was blockaded off by a colorful barrier, and the architecture took a turn for the bizarre. But once Kaito and the others ascended the seemingly endless staircase and returned to the fifth flo... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0004.txt | Torture Princess
3
Something Left Behind
The gold petals and white light dissolved together to form a solid, cylindrical wall. Then, immediately afterward, it crumbled. The fragments gently melted, transformed into droplets, and crashed against the stone floor. When each one landed, it sent a small crimson splash ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0005.txt | Torture Princess
“Your grumbling really is getting irritating, mister. Why don’t you make like a corpse and shut the hell up.”
“You’re sitting in the saddle; you’re in no position to talk!”
Kaito put forth no shortage of effort in making his objections known. Jeanne’s honey-blond locks fluttered in the air as she ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0006.txt | Torture Princess
4
The World’s End
Someone once said that the world has no end. The world is round, they proclaimed, and as such it has no terminus.
Someone once said that the world has an end. It’s like a waterfall, they proclaimed, one that swallows up anything and everything.
Someone once said that the world ha... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0007.txt | Torture Princess
5
The Grave Keeper’s Zealotry
“Oh, no, it isn’t fine at all. It’s super not-fine. But we all have to do what we have to do. I serve at the pleasure of God and the Holy Mother. The tomb’s seal is broken, and the end is nigh. Soon, the living and the dead will both return to ash. We’ll be just fine ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0008.txt | Torture Princess
6
Searching for Answers
Now that they knew that the Butcher had escaped, they had to act fast.
Leaving the warm, comfortable campsite behind them, Kaito and the others plunged once more into the world of ice and snow.
The air shimmered and sparkled as it had before. The snowflakes were unchanged, ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0009.txt | Torture Princess
7
Her First Love
“You all were perfectly able to pursue me. Thus, the converse should be true as well, no? I find it truly, truly sorrowful, you know, that we should meet again in such a way.”
The Grave Keeper launched into a sudden monologue. Words came pouring from her mouth with no preamble or ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0010.txt | Torture Princess
There existed something that Kaito Sena had never thought about.
It was something he’s stubbornly ignored time and time again.
For instance, there were all the people who’d been forcibly turned into underlings. For instance, there were the people whose pain had been used to pacify a demon. ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0011.txt | Torture Princess
The paladins didn’t move. The way they refrained from counterattacking implied that they’d been given orders not to beforehand. Instead, they stood up in unison and raised their arms horizontally over their chests.
Turning to face the Grave Keeper’s corpse, they bowed. Their postures seemed... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0012.txt | Torture Princess
As they ran, Kaito cast a fleeting glance backward.
Only Jeanne and Izabella remained atop the ice.
Alone, the golden Torture Princess gazed down upon the dying woman.
She gazed down upon the person who, by all rights, she should let die.
She gazed down upon the first woman she’d ever loved.
“I’ll... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0013.txt | Torture Princess
8
The Butcher’s Story
Kaito and the others ran atop the narrow pathway that sat between the two fissures. Bottomless abysses lay on either side. One wrong step and they would be swallowed up by the unknowable darkness.
They dashed quickly but carefully. The dark blob in the distance slowly but sur... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0014.txt | Torture Princess
* * *
It was a declaration pregnant with unfathomable madness and a terrifying degree of volition.
In the next instant, crimson and gold flower petals began pouring out from her palms. The two hues swallowed up the Torture Princesses.
Elisabeth tried to summon a torture device, but petals rush... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0015.txt | Torture Princess
9
In the Midst of Demise
His voice solemn, Vlad began speaking.
It was no fairy tale. The entire situation had been a farce.
“It all began when the Butcher sold me the demon meat entrusted to him by the Saint.”
With that, the man responsible for part of the world’s reconstruction had set the ball ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0016.txt | Torture Princess
“We need to inform Lady Vyade Ula Forstlast of what we’ve learned.”
Back in Elisabeth’s castle, Lute gave a quiet murmur. Odds were good that his subordinates had made it back safely and given their report on the chaotic situation, but Lute was the only one of them who’d seen the pillars up... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0017.txt | Torture Princess
10
The Mad King’s Decree
Mankind’s royal castle had gotten caught up when the demonic mass of flesh had attacked the castle, and it was currently still destroyed.
In fact, the Capital as a whole had sustained serious damages, and the plans to rebuild it hadn’t even been fully formed yet.
Even so, ... |
TorturePrincess_1190 | section-0018.txt | Torture Princess
* * *
Then the boy who had once died meaninglessly in another world made his grand declaration.
“…Just for now, I’m king. So obey me.”
In that moment, as the world crumbled, the Mad King was born.
And as he was, the desperate battle to survive in the world of the two pillars began. |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0001.txt | Unnamed Memory
1. The Call of the Soul
Five witches lived in these lands.
The immense power these abnormal beings possessed granted them endless life spans.
Pushing beyond the limits of any known mage, this quintet of women came with unthinkable might.
For all those who lived in this world, the witches lurking i... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0002.txt | Unnamed Memory
2. Thinking of You
“Mages are dangerous, so don’t get close to them.”
This was a phrase mothers often said to their children. It was something kids heard from most adults.
Luly asked, “Aren’t they human, too?” only to get told, “They look human, but they’re filthy creatures who defy the gods.”
She... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0003.txt | Unnamed Memory
At that, Oscar wanted to shout out. But when he tried, he found that his voice had been silenced. No matter how he tried, his body refused to move, too. That kiss just now had bound him with magic.
Tinasha suddenly leaped off the floor and launched herself at the man. She threw her arms around his ... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0004.txt | Unnamed Memory
3. When the Abyss Formed
“Aeti, you’re going to be my queen. Do you know that?”
“Yeah… I know,” the little girl said, nodding hesitantly. The boy’s face changed from stern to smiling in an instant. That sweet smile reassured Tinasha somewhat.
She hadn’t intended to do anything bad. She’d just had ... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0005.txt | Unnamed Memory
4. The Shape of Emotion
If he closed his eyes, he could still see it so clearly—the sight of his mother in agony, engulfed in flames.
Nearly ten thousand soldiers marched through the Asdra Plains, a landscape with nothing to entice the eye but the thick forests that flanked it. The plains were not... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0006.txt | Unnamed Memory
5. The Side of Me Unknown to You
The boy stood frozen before the gates to his city. He’d returned from running an errand in the next town over. The streets looked no different. They should’ve been bustling with people, however. The boy couldn’t spy a single person out on the thoroughfare. Shops we... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0007.txt | Unnamed Memory
6. The Dream Is Over
“Aeti, where are you?”
He called her name.
The spacious castle of Tuldarr was formed entirely of cold stone. The people who walked its halls were like crafted dolls. No one turned to look at him. They didn’t see him.
With one exception—her.
“Aeti?”
Lanak peeked into an alabast... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0008.txt | Unnamed Memory
“Ahhh… I knew it!” Pamyra cried in consternation, and Renart sighed. The stones were infused with spells originally meant to form a protective barrier around Tinasha. Despite her power, she still required concentration for the incantation to divert the five magical lakes. That was why she needed a ... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0009.txt | Unnamed Memory
7. Teatime
“All the magical lakes really cleared away completely. It’s amazing.”
“That was my goal from the start.”
One week after Tinasha awoke, King Oscar had handled almost all the remaining post-battle cleanup, and Farsas Castle was completely back to normal. Amid that backdrop, two witches we... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0010.txt | Unnamed Memory
8. Ocean Blue
It was a rather sunny day, so much so that it was uncomfortably warm, even inside. The witch had just brewed tea in the king’s study, and she repeated the words Lazar had said to her, “What? Birthday?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s two weeks from now.”
“Whose?”
“Mine, of course,” Oscar cu... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0011.txt | Unnamed Memory
“If there’s a kraken, then that means there’s someone who summoned it,” Als reasoned.
“Most likely. But I don’t understand what their goal is. The attacks seem completely random,” Tinasha answered.
“Can you kill it?” Als asked.
“That might be difficult unless we can get it to stay above water for m... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0012.txt | Unnamed Memory
“…What?” Tinasha exclaimed, left behind with a heart that wouldn’t stop pounding. As she massaged her chest, she muttered, “But…I just dried your clothes…”
Reust left Farsas the next day. The witch offered to teleport him, but he refused firmly. As his retinue of attendants and guardsmen mad... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0013.txt | Unnamed Memory
9. Nighttime Serenade
“How much of these stories are even real?” muttered the king at his study desk. The witch was up on the ceiling with a thick spell book open before her. She didn’t know what “these stories” referred to, and she floated down while still upside down to look over Oscar’s shoulde... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0014.txt | Unnamed Memory
10. Moon Fragments
A vast, pale-blue sky stretched out overhead.
Clouds streamed past and filtered the heat of the sun, shielding those below.
Amid this gentle afternoon, the clang of metal clashing against metal echoed throughout the castle courtyard. The clear sound rang brightly. At times, it w... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0015.txt | Unnamed Memory
11. Green Vines
The wide underground cave was stuffy and damp.
Revered as sacred ground, the hollow had long been kept a secret. A young man clad in blue gazed at murals that illustrated major moments in history. His sword was already wet with blood, red droplets dripping off the tip.
For a time, ... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0016.txt | Unnamed Memory
“I’d like to know that myself,” Oscar said, pulling the witch into his arms as he swam the rest of the way across the cold spring. When they reached the shore, he hoisted her up first before getting out of the water himself.
Muttering complaints all the while, Tinasha dried their clothes. As she di... |
UnnamedMemoryVol2_866 | section-0017.txt | Unnamed Memory
12. The Same Dream for a Time
After doing much more than he had planned, the first thing Oscar saw when he returned to the fortress was his old playmate on the verge of tears.
Lazar was at the front gate to welcome his king back, and his knees almost gave out under him when he saw Oscar.
“Y-Your M... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0001.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
1. The Song That Is No Lullaby
It is waiting.
Waiting for that one last straw to undo all the rewrites. Waiting for a sign to begin the revolution.
The world anticipated its opportunity, at the mercy of all the pins stuck into it.
The blood painted the wh... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0002.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
2. Monochromatic Flowers
Of the twelve mystical spirits Tinasha commanded, she always had three summoned. All twelve took turns as these watch guards, stationed on the northeastern border with Tayiri, in the capital, and on the southern border, respectively. Usu... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0003.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0004.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
The girl slipped through the moonlight undetected. It took her longer than anticipated in the castle city, but three hours later, she finally finished making the rounds of all the crucial points and teleported back to the mansion.
Valt was waiting for her ... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0005.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
3. The Pride of the Past
Whispers influenced people. They heard what they wanted to believe and let the honeyed words sway their hearts.
Valt knew that this couldn’t be dismissed as a weakness. It was natural for people to cling to hope as long as they lived. Hu... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0006.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
4. At the End of a Memory
Tinasha was not a child for very long. Her position and the tumultuousness of the era did not permit it.
She couldn’t rely on anyone or trust them. All around the young queen enthroned under extraordinary circumstances were people who e... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0007.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0008.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
Tinasha peered into the abyss and was assailed by an abrupt sense of familiarity. “Is that…? Does that lead to the root of all negativity?”
During Cezar’s attack on Farsas, a giant snake had emerged from a sea of negativity located outside their plane of existenc... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0009.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
5. Once upon a Time, with You
He had a dream of a very long time ago.
Screams echoed from the hallway.
That was highly abnormal, considering this was Farsas Castle, capital of one of the Great Nations.
He blinked his eyes open from his nap in the lounge during a... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0010.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
6. Born as Irreplaceable Copies
“Valt, did you fell asleep?” someone asked, shaking his shoulder and jostling him awake from his position slumped over the table. The girl who roused him was gazing down with concern in her green eyes.
Her gaze finally brought him... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0011.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0012.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
“I’m so glad I could come to this time period,” she stated, meaning every word.
Legis smiled. “I’m delighted that I could be of service. I wish you all the happiness in the world.”
He bowed deeply to her before leaving for the coronation. Sunlight streamed in fro... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0013.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0014.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
As long as Eleterria existed, Miralys’s soul would fracture. There could be no yielding here.
“Valt,” called an anxious voice in his head. It was the girl he wanted to shelter from everything. His one and only. If he could free her, it didn’t matter if he ceased ... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0015.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
7. Fate’s Compensation
“Awaken.”
That whisper made the girl look up. She couldn’t see a thing around her. There was only cold, watery darkness, and she was crouched in the middle of it. Her dark eyes scanned the surroundings.
There was no indication of what she’... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0016.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
Intermission A Lost Fragment
Clasping the young child’s body to her, the woman wept.
The child was cold and lifeless.
Dead. Lost, irrevocably.
She sobbed for this life that could never be recovered. No price seemed too steep if it could mean the little one’s ret... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0017.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
8. The Gray Room
“I wish I could have watched you all a little longer,” someone said, and Oscar came to.
Evidently, he’d lost consciousness for a moment. It felt like he’d been sitting in this little gray room talking to an unfamiliar young man forever.
He didn’... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0018.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
9. Where the Story Goes
Somewhere in a city not far from a forest near the national border, a boy sat with his chin in his hands and a bored look on his face in the dining room of a little inn. Sulking, he muttered, “Ugh, I wanted to go to the castle city. I wan... |
UnnamedMemoryVol6_871 | section-0019.txt | Unnamed Memory, Vol. 6: Death of the Nameless Story
If I didn’t exist, you’d find someone else to love. No one is irreplaceable; birth or death is insignificant.
It’s simply that a person loves another person. They love everything about them, feel grateful that they could meet them, and feel like that person saved... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0001.txt | Unnamed Memory
1. Shellwork Memory
“Once I’m dead, you’ll know for the first time what I was and what you are.”
“What, Father?” the young man asked, stunned by his father’s sudden declaration at the dinner table. He paused while bringing a spoonful of soup to his mouth. “What’s this all about? Why are you talking... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0002.txt | Unnamed Memory
“Oh!”
Inspiration abruptly struck Tinasha, and her head snapped up.
Surely this feeling is the final piece to undoing the curse.
The desire to leave something behind. That was what the curse placed on Oscar had desired all along. Inside the spell woven by the Witch of Silence’s own distinct language... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0003.txt | Unnamed Memory
2. Moon Crystals
It revolved slowly in the air with a solid artistic beauty.
Strands and lines were woven together so minutely. It was the height of intricacy, and Tinasha reached a finger toward it.
Two spells intertwined, canceling each other out, just like what I saw back then.
The opposed force... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0004.txt | Unnamed Memory
3. Returning the Promise
Last-minute appeals came rushing in one after another, and by the time Oscar could reach a stopping point, it was late in the afternoon.
He glanced at the clock and frowned. “Damn. Practice with Tinasha—”
Then he stopped, remembering that she had left Farsas. Not missing ho... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0005.txt | Unnamed Memory
4. The Crystal Orb’s Enchanted Sleep
With a clear tinkle, the teacups shattered.
“Oh no… I broke them,” Tinasha groaned.
The mystical spirit seated across the table from her made a disappointed face as she regarded the broken pieces. By appearances alone, she was a beautiful woman in her midtwentie... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0006.txt | Unnamed Memory
“Get used to it,” Oscar replied, his words succinct but full of affection, as he savored the feeling of his bride in his arms.
Neither of them paid any mind to the shocked citizens all around them.
The king of Farsas had chosen this awkward woman to be his partner in life. His wish was that she woul... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0007.txt | Unnamed Memory
5. Contagious Hopes
The little room was just as gloomy and dark inside as ever.
The young man who was the owner of the estate sank into a chair, a letter from the outside world in his hand. It was only one sheet of paper, the message brief and concise. He gave it a glance and then ignited it in his... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0008.txt | Unnamed Memory
6. Bloodless Scars
Morning light prickled at her eyes. The breeze coming in from the open window stirred her long black hair.
Such brightness was wholly unwelcome. Instinctively, she curled up and pulled the pillow over her face. She tried to fall back to sleep, but someone tapped lightly at the ba... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0009.txt | Unnamed Memory
Tinasha looked at the spirits on either side of her and snapped her fingers. “All right then… let’s do a little trial.”
In response, the two spirits teleported to other points around Simila, so that they formed a triangle with Tinasha.
Tinasha stretched out her right hand, palm facing up.
“Despair t... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0010.txt | Unnamed Memory
Valt scowled. Before he could do anything more, however, the door flew open with a bang.
“Simila is gone! What are you going to do about it?!” boomed a man in extravagant robes. Rage colored his face.
“As I told you, that’s not my responsibility,” Valt replied.
The man was about to hurl more abuse a... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0011.txt | Unnamed Memory
7. A Happy Kind of Sadness
“Marry me,” the man said, and the woman hearing these words opened her eyes wide. Reflexively, she glanced behind her, but the pair were alone in the tiny forest clearing. He was talking to her and no one else.
Unfortunately, he was a nobleman. She threw him a pained look... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0012.txt | Unnamed Memory
8. Finding a Seed
She awakened.
Not inside a physical body, but as a conceptual entity.
Still, she was awake.
She took a breath, came to life, and sifted through the records.
She wanted one person alone.
And so she began to create a consciousness in accordance with her own specifications that would... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0013.txt | Unnamed Memory
9. The Present According to the Future
The pale azure light of the moon shone down onto the earth. Amid the all-immersive dark of night, a town to the northwest of Tuldarr’s capital city slept deeply.
Apart from the occasional distant howling of a dog, all was still. Silence reigned.
However, somet... |
UnnamedMemory_Vol5_869 | section-0014.txt | Unnamed Memory
10. Half of Eternity
Seated in a chair, Aurelia closed her eyes. Travis put his hand on her forehead. “You seriously can’t just undo the seal like that, you little runaway. What am I gonna do with you?”
“You’re the one who wouldn’t come home,” she said, sulking.
“I’m strong enough to take care of m... |
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