Chapter 1 (Part 1)

Skin so transparent it seemed translucent.  

Emerald eyes glimpsed through the blonde hair that hung down to the chin.  

If not for the two small horns protruding from the top of the head, one might believe this beautiful child was an angel fallen from the sky.

Around the neck of such a child was a sealing sphere, a symbol of slavery and a device to suppress the demonic power of demons.  

Holy beauty, small horns, a mark of slavery…  

Eryllis realized.  

That this child’s identity was Theorion, her favorite character from her past life.  

‘Of all worlds to be reincarnated into, it had to be Harem Fantasia.’

The memories of her past life returned around the age of five.  

Thanks to her long experience in fandom, she could calmly accept being reincarnated or possessed in a fictional world.  

The problem was that until she turned ten, she couldn’t figure out which work’s world this was.

Fortunately, the background of Harem Fantasia was quite manageable to live in. Moreover, Eryllis found herself as the young lady of a ducal family.

However, if the being in front of her was Theorion, the story changed.

Theorion’s first victim was the young lady of the noble family who enslaved him as a child.

Therefore, Hyunseo, no, Eryllis, couldn’t be happy despite longing to see her favorite character’s childhood up close.

To think she was destined to be killed by her favorite!

It was never revealed in the game what Eryllis did to Theorion or how she died.

But one thing was certain.

Her favorite character was the worst main villain and a pleasure-seeking killer.

Eryllis wouldn’t have been able to close her eyes peacefully.

She tightly clenched her sweaty hands.

Finally, regaining her composure, Eryllis approached Theorion.

Theorion was a ‘birthday gift’ that Eryllis’s parents had bought for their only daughter’s tenth birthday.

Eryllis does not want to blame her parents.  

She just,  

She just wanted to live.  

A ‘peaceful’ life with her new family in a new world, that is. To do so, she had to exclude Theorion from her life.  

The character Theorion was someone she could like because she saw him beyond the monitor, because he didn’t exist in reality.

She wasn’t bold enough to reform the main villain and pleasure-seeking killer. Of course, she couldn’t indulge in such themes because they didn’t exist…  

Oops. This is not the time to be thinking like this.  

Eryllis quickly came to her senses and reached for Theorion’s neck.  

Click.  

When Eryllis touched the seal sphere, the metal seam loosened.  

Only the owner can release the seal on the sealing sphere.  

“You’re free now.”  

Eryllis said.  

“……”  

However, Theorion’s reaction was unclear.  

Even though the restraints were released, he just stood there blankly.  

Does he not understand human speech?  

“Come on, freedom. I said freedom…! Freeeedom~!”

Eryllis repeated the word freedom in a loud voice and flapped her hands like a bird.  

After several minutes of expressing freedom with gestures, Theorion’s stiff legs began to move toward the direction of the forest.  

‘Did he understand?’  

Theorion slowly stepped back from Eryllis.  

‘Goodbye, Theo… Thanks for showing me your childhood appearance like this, and let’s never see each other again.’  

Sniff!  

Watching the back of her young favorite character finally disappearing into the forest, Eryllis wiped her tears.

Two weeks later.  

Eryllis was enjoying tea time alone in the garden.  

“……Why did you come back?”  

Eryllis asked with a face that had turned pale. She almost dropped the teacup she was holding.

Theorion, who had been standing there blankly, gently extended something.  

“A-a sealing sphere? Where on earth did you pick this up from?”  

“…….”  

His expression remained inscrutable.  

In Harem Fantasia, Theorion was expressive with his emotions.  

He would laugh madly, then suddenly turn serious as if not a drop of blood would come out even if stabbed,  

or pretend to repent his sins with tears and then attack the strategy characters, inflicting fatal injuries…

To put it nicely, he was emotionally expressive; to put it bluntly, he was a dual-personality psychopath.  

However, the Theorion in front of her showed no emotions. It was as if he had given up on everything.  

As if resigned to his status as a slave…  

‘Has he been wandering the forest alone for the past two weeks?’  

Seeing the scratches on his arms made Eryllis’s heartache.  

And then she realized.  

The current Theorion was, at most, a child around her age.  

Moreover, he was a demon.  

In the world of Harem Fantasia, demons had the worst reputation.  

After their ancestors almost destroyed the world in the past, they were labeled as a race that couldn’t control their impulsive instincts.

Because of this, even a demon character, one of the romance candidates, lived among humans, hiding their horns and wings.  

In unfortunate cases, like Theorion, they were captured at a young age and treated as slaves.  

‘In this state, it would be hard for him to survive anywhere.’  

She found herself blaming her past self for believing that everything would be resolved by simply setting Theorion free in her fear.  

‘Just until he can stand on his own. I’ll keep Theo by my side and take care of him.’

Eryllis took the sealing sphere from Theorion’s hand. Then she placed it back around Theorion’s neck.  

Demon slaves were considered the property of humans and couldn’t be treated recklessly by others. This would protect Theorion for the time being.

Theorion was a clever character. So, in a year or two, he would be able to hide his demon identity and blend into the human world.

“I’m sorry. It might be uncomfortable, but please wear it just a little longer.”  

“…….”  

“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you from now on.”  

Eryllis said with a very apologetic and pitiful face. Understanding her feelings, Theorion gently closed his eyes.  

As if he had been waiting for the collar to be put back on.  

***  

A year or two should be enough, right?

Eryllis’s prediction was off.  

To this day, ten years later, Theorion had not left the Garciel duchy. He even seemed to have no complaints about his slave status.  

‘What should I do?’  

It was while she was pondering Theorion’s situation and strolling through the courtyard. Eryllis’s feet, which were on the ground, suddenly lifted into the air.  

“Master~, here you are~?”  

“Ah. Theo! C-could you put me down?”  

When she raised her chin and turned her head, Theorion’s face came into view.  

‘Ugh, dazzling…!’  

A beauty so striking it could blind.  

Truly, the expression ‘an angel’s descent’ suits him.

Theorion, who had grown so large that he could easily lift Eryllis by the waist, now looked exactly like his original appearance in the story.  

Which means,  

It also signified that Eryllis’s death was imminent.