That girl was –––– Yumina Carrise, it was the true nature of the curse placed on her.
Her upper body is covered with hard scales, and the lower half of her body is in the shape of an ugly snake.
Only the beautiful long silver hair that she inherited from her mother, and the same blue eyes as her father that complimented her, are still the same, but such a thing, didn’t give her any comfort now.
“Please, succeed……!”
Yumina performs the summoning magic, as if praying while clenching her fist tightly.
Being betrayed by her companions, from that day when she was cursed, Yumina crossed the sea, quietly hiding in this far away forest immersed with demons, and continued to study about curses every day.
She can’t even live in the city in this figure, let alone meeting her parents.
Most of the time, she asks for her death.
Yumina was so frustrated that she clenched her teeth strongly.
“…………”
However, the days of such research were only until today.
If the summoning magic that she’s doing now become successful, she might be able to return to her original human figure.
Such a sliver of hope, was contained in this summoning magic.
The reason why she used summoning magic, was because of Lamia’s birth.
This creature called Lamia originally, was classified as a phantom demon species that does not exist on this continent, and in the days of ancient times when the Demon King was still alive–––– in that ancient era, the Demon King used the summoning magicians who were his aides, which was said to be the ones that connects the gates of this world and the underworld, and summoned them.
In other words, in order to break the curse of Lamia, it’s not from the magic of this world, it’s from the magic of the underworld ––– possibly, such knowledge was a necessity.
However, there is a major drawback to this summoning magic.
That is, she can’t choose what she wants to summon.
Whether a demon or a snake appears.
It was such a terrifying thing, that she wouldn’t know until she summoned it.
Nonetheless, she still has to do it.
Yumina’s resolution had already been determined.
She would rather die, than be in this figure forever.
Yumina was determined to do so.
That’s why, she even started working on this contraindicated summoning magic.
A torrent of purple magic fills the hut, and makes crackling noises like an electric current.
––––Come!
The moment Yumina raised her gaze from the magic circle, he appeared.
A boy in a black coat with black hair has appeared.
Yumina was taken aback in dismay.
The one who was summoned, was an ordinary boy.
This is obviously a failure.
No matter how anyone looks at it, they’ll think so, too.
However, she felt a strong will in the boy’s eyes.
This boy is out of the ordinary.
This was Yumina’s intuition.
It’s a sharp intuition that has developed abnormally after her turning into this figure.
That intuition was saying.
That this boy, is a hero ––––
“I made it. Are you my master?”
The boy’s voice was imposing.
It was full of confidence.
And most of all, his visage was of Yumina’s liking.
“Tha, that’s right! I’m Yumina, your master!”
Yumina immediately returned his words.
“If that’s the case, say your wish. I’ll grant you only three wishes.”
“Ca, can you make those three wishes come true?”
“Ah, as long as it doesn’t exceed the power of God……”
Looking somewhere far away, the boy replies sadly.
“A,amazing……”
In other words, this boy has the power equaling a God.
Yumina noticed that her body was trembling.
What is this guy.
With this, a ridiculous person has been summoned.
This happens to those who can’t fool themselves as being the master, or better to say…… No, she realized that she’s below him.
Yumina gulps her throat, and told the boy her wish.
“Ple,please! Turn this ugly figure of mine into a human! Please return me to my original human form!”
Yumina said her wish, as if she was praying.
This will finally free me from this ugly appearance.
To have angered the boy who would be comparable to God, Yumina was frightened and held her head down in the form of a dogeza.
However.
“You are ugly!? In what place!? Just now you, turned all the monster girl fans in the world into enemies, you know?” (TN: Weird, that’s what I thought too)
“…………”
To be frank, she didn’t understand the meaning of it.
However, she could only understand that her wish was denied.
“No, what are you talking about!? This body! Don’t lie to me!”
Yumina displayed her own disgusting body, but the boy didn’t move at all, and he also furthermore said.
“No no! that’s because it’s generally cute!”
“Cu,cute, such……!”
Yumina, who had never been told by anyone other than her parents that she is cute so straightly in her life, that alone made her face red.
“Have you changed your mind?”
“Ah, no, this is a different matter.”
“Is that so.”
Then the boy begins to groan with his arms folded.
“Honestly, I don’t mind leaving you like this, but…… well, that is …… surely, I wonder if suddenly being a monster girl is a little high of a hurdle for an amateur …… That’s right, even me at first, I was such an innocent young man, like a beautiful girl who was embarrassed about a light novel’s front cover and went around in circles in a bookstore for no reason! Yup yup!”
Apparently the boy, was convinced by himself.
Yumina looks up, and gazes at the boy.
Then, he offered Yumina something like a small vial.
“Go on, try drinking this. It may perhaps solve that.”
The boy passed a vial of white liquid to Yumina, as if he was handing out water.
“……”
For a little while, Yumina alternates her look between the small bottle she received and the boy.
This vial containing poison–––– she didn’t think that.
Even if that were the case, she was prepared to accept, even that.
When Yumina drank all the contents of the vial she received from the boy, its effect appeared immediately.
The scales on her upper body disappear like it was a lie, and her snake-shaped lower body transforms into her original human form.
It was such an unrealistic event that she’s been dreaming of.
“……. Uhmm, this drink is, the heck ……”
“Ah, that’s an elixir. It’s something that I got from the goddess a while ago.”
At the young man’s words, Yumina was surprised.
Elixir.
It was a distant dream of sages, a fantasy potion.
It was the ultimate potion that no one had ever succeeded, in making.
Even though that alone is amazing, this young man, said that he got the elixir from a goddess.
As Yumina assessed, this boy seems to have something to do with God.
However, at the same time, it is no better than a divine treasure, and Yumina was in dread that the boy had handed such an elixir so easily over to her.
If you are given something, there is an absolute need of compensation for it.
Equivalent value of such a thing was frightening.
Yumina reflexively, looked at the doorway of the hut.
In order to escape from here.
“…………”
But in the end, Yumina didn’t run away.
She quickly relaxes the power which she has inserted into her limbs.
She didn’t realize that she couldn’t escape from this boy.
It was just a simple story, Yumina was ashamed of her own stupidity.
She understood it.
If you summon him using summoning magic, and got your own wish granted, then there’s always be a price to pay for it.
This time, it can be said that she just misunderstood the compensation.
Despite this, Yumina tried to escape.
She was too self-centered, and it was such a more selfish idea than the ones who betrayed Yumina.
That’s right. He lifted my curse.
He solved such a curse of mine, that wouldn’t be able to be solved forever, with my own power.
This is a favor that cannot be returned even if I serve him for a lifetime.
Yumina grips her hand, firmly and tightly.
Then, there was only one thing for her to do.
Yumina press her knees against the ground on the spot and bowed her head to the boy, while wiping away the tears flowing down her cheeks.
“…… Milord. Thank you very much for releasing the curse placed on me previously. …… Please confer me the compensation for this time. “
I will follow this person, for the rest of my life.
At this point, Yumina’s mind and body, belonged to the young man.