That place where perverts who view humans as excellent prey or toys gather in droves? Since this had never happened even when playing the original game, Evelyn desperately denied the reality before her eyes.

Then, a system window that completely denied her denial popped up before her eyes.

[Hidden Quest ‘Escape from the Demon Realm’ has arrived.]

You have now entered the hidden area, the Demon Realm. If you find a rift connected to the human realm within the time limit, you can safely escape. However, if you fail to escape the Demon Realm within 48 hours, your body will be consumed by demonic energy. If you succeed in escaping, you will gain the authority to create a hidden skill.

F*ck. Really, the Demon Realm? To think that a time-limited quest would be given in such an extreme situation. She was so shocked by the word ‘Demon Realm’ that she barely noticed the sentence about the hidden skill.

But she didn’t have much time to lament her situation this time either. After confirming there were no magical beasts around, Evelyn moved toward what she assumed was the entrance to the forest.

The only thing she could rely on was the ‘navigation’ feature, a gift from the developer, but…

[Path guidance and mini-map usage are not available in hidden areas.]

…only a hopeless message returned. This was practically pushing her to her death. Unable to use the navigation feature, Evelyn began to diligently search around. But no matter how much she looked, there was no sign of the rift that had dropped her.

Just as she thought she was fortunate not to have encountered any magical beasts, a chilling growl of “Grrrr” came from very close by. Evelyn, so startled that her limbs nearly froze, barely managed to raise her head to look at the source of the growl.

Beyond the thick black undergrowth, dogs with three heads, appearing to be at least 2 meters tall, were glaring at her with flashing red eyes. She could see the ground sizzling and burning wherever the drool from the dogs’ mouths touched.

‘Just when I thought I had avoided the bait ending.’

It seemed her fate was to end up in the belly of a magical beast after all. As she watched the pack of dogs lowering their bodies as if about to pounce on her, seriously considering whether to just give up on this life, suddenly the skill that was virtually her only hope in this moment flashed through her mind.

“Purification!”

White light burst from Evelyn’s fingertips and struck down upon the three dogs charging toward her. The dogs backed away, making whimpering sounds at the sacred light that suddenly filled their vision. Perhaps because this was the demon realm, the power wasn’t as strong as in the empire.

However, it seemed to have inflicted considerable damage as blood dripped from the dogs’ eyes. Just as Evelyn was about to flee from the dogs, she was blocked by someone’s firm chest.

“……!”

“This is interesting. I was wondering why I could feel the energy of that b*stard Helios in the middle of my garden.”

To think a human-like thing would be wandering around here!

Though it was a completely different language from the imperial tongue, it was naturally translated, perhaps due to player privilege. Evelyn, holding her stinging nose and stepping back, looked up at the tall man. She could see the ridiculous level of muscles on the half-n*ked man’s tanned skin. One hit from those fists would likely be fatal.

The tense Evelyn glanced at the two horns protruding from the top of the man’s head. Below them were two eyes so black that the pupils and whites were indistinguishable. The red hair wriggling over the man’s shoulders, upon closer inspection, consisted of writhing snakes.

Evelyn’s back became damp with cold sweat at the sight of the man who looked anything but normal.

“Um. This was a garden?”

“Can’t you tell just by looking? But what are you? A human speaking the demon realm language?”

The man’s head tilted at a chilling angle as he stubbornly insisted that the forest, which looked like an abandoned ruin to anyone, was a garden. Licking his lips with a blue tongue, he scratched under the chins of the staggering approaching dogs and said.

“And a soul from another dimension at that. I’ll have quite a feast for once. My energy has been quite low lately. Is this a gift Gallios caught for me? Where is Gallios?”

She had the sad premonition that this ‘Gallios’ the man was talking about was the raven that had kidnapped her.

“You look every bit like a demon. Wouldn’t eating a human like me, who was born with Helios’s strong blessing, give you indigestion?”

Evelyn’s tearful attempt at persuasion to somehow survive was, of course, completely ineffective.

“Since you hurt my dogs, I’ll give you a specially painful death.”

Are all demons like this in character? Evelyn tried to gather her remaining mana to attempt the purification skill again, but the man before her was one step faster. The demonic energy that burst from the man’s body wrapped around Evelyn’s entire body like ropes.

“Stay still. Before I chew you alive right here.”

Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, but raw meat is really not appealing. Suddenly treated like raw meat, Evelyn immediately shut her mouth. Her whole body ached where the demonic energy touched, but she endured it for now. No, she had no choice but to endure.

‘My mana won’t budge at all.’

Would she really meet her end as a demon’s snack? If she died here, would her real body in reality die too? She wished everything was just a dream.

While all sorts of dark thoughts swirled in Evelyn’s mind, the man, presumed to be a quite powerful demon, entered a massive gray castle leading his dogs. The man-eating flowers filling the castle’s backyard drooled as they looked at her.

“No. This is my food.”

“Kkiruruk.”

“I’ll catch something separately for you later. Anyway, the human realm will soon fall into our hands entirely.”

Having promised the flowers and dogs that he would let them feast to their heart’s content when that time came, he entered the castle carrying Evelyn. A woman, presumably a butler with horns sprouting from the crown of her head just like him, walked toward him and bowed her head.

“Have you already finished your walk, Lord Satan?”

…Huh? Satan? The ruler of the demon realm?

Her head spun at the realization that she had somehow landed in the front yard of the final boss’s house.

“I picked up something quite nice. I’m planning to eat it tomorrow morning, so prepare it well.”

“Yes, understood. I will have it cleaned thoroughly and processed. Would you like it cooked medium as usual?”

“Yeah. Preserve the texture as much as possible.”

Satan, who openly treated a person like a human steak, handed her over to the demon butler. The woman, who had kept her head bowed respectfully until Satan walked away, looked down at her with eyes full of contempt and disgust.

“I don’t understand what Master finds so delicious about these filthy things that he keeps sending out Galios to catch them.”

At these unexpectedly welcome words, Evelyn nodded vigorously.

“I agree with that opinion. Wouldn’t eating me cause you to get sick?”

“But since Master wants to eat you, I’ll just wash you thoroughly and roast you in hellfire so he doesn’t get sick.”

Ignoring Evelyn’s words completely, the butler demon muttered to herself before ordering the waiting demon maids dressed in maid uniforms.

“Wash her thoroughly and send her straight to the kitchen. I’ll contact Rick in advance.”

“Yes, Butler.”

She had to escape this place before being dragged to the kitchen or whatever it was. But whatever Satan had done to her, her mana wouldn’t budge at all, even though she had been released from the demonic energy.

Even as she was being dragged to the bathroom, not giving up hope, she quietly murmured ‘Heal,’ only to see a desperate system message appear before her eyes.

[You are currently in a state of intoxication from Satan’s demonic energy. Magic use is impossible until this status effect is removed.]

Just wait. Once I safely clear this game, I’ll bombard it with one-star reviews and all sorts of criticism. But first, I need to avoid the ending where I become Satan’s breakfast. Escaping this place filled with man-eating flowers on her own without being able to use magic was impossible.

‘D*mn system.’

Humanly speaking, shouldn’t they have included skills like self-healing? She’d heard that most of the historical Saintesses who appeared in the Empire were capable of self-healing. Her healing skills were only powerful when used on the male leads. After all, the main purpose of players playing this game was to mix bodies with the male leads under the pretext of healing them.