After Work, I Brought Home a Devilish Beauty - Chapter 43
Inside the laboratory, the pungent smell of chemicals lingered in the air.
Chiba stood before the sealed door, gently rubbing her chin as she searched for a solution.
There has to be a way…
Think…
Think…
“…What should I do?”
“…How do we get out of here?”
Before she could organize her thoughts, Yuichi’s nonstop shouting echoed through the room.
“Help!”
“Someone help us!”
“I don’t want to die here!”
His cries made it impossible for Chiba to concentrate.
Finally, she turned around with an annoyed look.
“…Would you stop yelling already?”
Yuichi looked back at her.
“It’s better than sitting around doing nothing!”
“Maybe someone outside will hear us!”
Chiba sighed.
“…Unfortunately.”
“Even if you scream until your throat gives out…”
“No one is coming.”
“So you might as well give up.”
Yuichi immediately turned toward the two demons.
“…Seriously?”
“Are you two really just going to stand there?”
Receiving no answer from Chiba, he shifted his hopeful gaze toward Lucifer.
He’s the Demon Grand Marshal.
Surely someone like him has a solution…
That was what Yuichi believed.
Unfortunately…
Even Lucifer slowly shook his head.
“…I’m afraid not.”
For the first time…
Yuichi felt completely hopeless.
Not far outside the laboratory…
Alice quietly hid behind a corner.
She had watched Chiba and Lucifer enter the room.
Originally…
She intended to sneak in after them.
But before she could move—
Jebecarred suddenly appeared.
Why is he here?
Suppressing her surprise, Alice remained hidden and silently observed.
Jebecarred walked to the laboratory entrance without hesitation.
He calmly shut the heavy door.
Then…
He locked it.
Every movement was smooth and practiced.
As though he had planned this all along.
Afterward, he remained standing outside.
Waiting.
Guarding.
Alice frowned.
Does Jebecarred know Yuichi was kidnapped?
If he did…
Then he was almost certainly working with the masked man.
That possibility sent a chill down her spine.
She patiently continued watching.
Only after Jebecarred finally walked away did Alice cautiously step out from her hiding place.
From the moment she arrived…
Alice had already heard Yuichi’s desperate cries for help from inside the laboratory.
But while Jebecarred stood guard…
She hadn’t dared approach.
Now…
The opportunity had finally come.
All I have to do…
…is rescue Yuichi.
Nothing else matters.
She slowly walked toward the laboratory door.
Then…
She stopped.
Her hand froze before touching the handle.
Because she suddenly remembered something.
Yuichi wasn’t the only one trapped inside.
Chiba…
And Lucifer…
Were in there too.
If she opened the door…
She would also be freeing two demons.
“…”
Alice bit her lip.
She couldn’t decide.
At that very moment—
Click.
A mechanical sound echoed beneath her feet.
The ground suddenly lit up.
An enormous magic circle spread across the floor, surrounding the entire laboratory.
Alice’s face instantly turned pale.
“…What?”
To ordinary humans…
It might have looked like some elaborate movie special effect.
But Alice knew better.
She recognized it immediately.
“A magic circle…”
One that existed only in Anstertandin.
She had heard stories about it.
Once activated…
It generated inextinguishable flames capable of consuming everything trapped within.
The fire spread slowly…
But it could not be extinguished by any means.
Even a powerful high-ranking demon would eventually perish if trapped inside long enough.
Because of its overwhelming cruelty…
The spell had long ago been forbidden throughout Anstertandin.
No one was allowed to learn it.
Yet somehow…
It had appeared here.
Alice couldn’t help thinking of the masked man.
Who… exactly is he?
She looked toward the laboratory door.
There was still no movement inside.
Why haven’t they escaped yet?
It’s only a door.
Lucifer should have been able to break it apart with a single punch.
If they remained trapped much longer…
They would all die.
Yuichi.
Chiba.
Lucifer.
“…”
Alice clenched her fists.
Should I save them?
Her heart and her convictions pulled her in opposite directions.
If she opened the door…
She would be saving demons.
If she walked away…
Yuichi would die with them.
“…Honestly…”
“What are you idiots doing in there?”
After a long moment…
Alice let out a deep sigh.
She still didn’t know what the right choice was.
But she understood one thing.
If she hesitated any longer…
There would be no one left to save.
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