F-Rank Puppeteer!! But I'll be Queen, and I'm not a narcissist!!!!! Chapter 279: Contract Between Nymphs

"Nerina..." I say the na of this nymph, one so powerful she managed to partially invade Evelyn’s spiritual plane.

"Hello, your na is Arial, right?" She smiles at , tilting her head. I can feel the danger just from looking at this thing. Evelyn doesn’t even know the risk she’s taking being near her. Compared to this woman, I’m like a bucket of water next to the ocean.

"What do you want with Evelyn?" I ask her aggressively. She’s wild—I can tell from her scent. Unlike most nymphs, who are "alluring" with pleasant slls and an inviting aura, this woman slls of blood and death. A stench that serves as a warning of her danger, showing she doesn’t follow the standard hunting thods of nymphs, even if her prey is still the sa type.

"Nothing much. I just found this fragile Demon Queen interesting. But hey, we’re all nymphs here, aren’t we? How about I propose a deal?" Nerina speaks with a confident smile as she steps closer to .

"I don’t want anything from you—" I try to pull away, but before I realize it, she’s already behind , grabbing hold.

"Ghhmmm!!" She shoves two fingers into my intimate parts while my legs tremble. I feel her infecting my magic with hers as she squeezes my right breast hard.

"Co on, little Arial. We’re the sa type of nymph—both water-based. And while lakes and oceans aren’t even comparable, I’ll accept the fact that you’re here."

"Let go!" I try to push her away, but she shoves her fingers deeper, making fall to my knees, gasping.

"What do you think of my magic? Sweet, right? I have a rather unpleasant presence, so the best thod I have for attracting and keeping my prey with is making my magic addictively pleasant."

"I-I want a deal..." As soon as I say it, she releases . I grip the ground, panting. I look at my legs, seeing how soaked I am down there. It’s humiliating that soone as strong as never stood a chance against this aberration of nature.

"I see you’re clever. A deal... well, let’s go over the terms. This girl, Evelyn—she interests quite a lot. She’s like a feast to my eyes. And you want to protect her from . Rather selfish on your part."

"But let’s do this instead: tell everything you know about this girl, and in exchange, I’ll share my progress with you."

"Wait, what?" I look at her, confused. Share? She’d really do that when she has a 100% advantage? She wouldn’t even need to attempt a deal.

"I like cute girls like you two. Besides, Evelyn seems to have gone through so terrible things. I’ve never seen anyone with such broken, fragile emotions. It’s a surprise she’s even alive. People like that usually turn to suicide."

"And I know that well because I’ve seen many throw themselves into the sea, asking it to end their pathetic lives..." She says this almost drooling.

"You... are a pervert..." I mutter with so disgust. She likes suicidal people. Truly a woman with strange tastes. It’s true that many nymphs kill people and even drive them to death, but specifically liking people drenched in sorrow is pretty weird.

"Oh, co on, it’s not that bad. Besides, many co to end their lives in my arms. Obviously, I’d develop a taste for it. And I’ve never seen anyone more depressed than Evelyn, so she’s very attractive. Like I said, a feast."

"And I don’t want to see Evelyn killing herself. Don’t confuse things. Besides, from what I can tell, you seem to have great interest in this girl too. So I thought, how about we join forces to make her ours?"

"..."

"My power is fragile. I can completely block a being’s mories, but only as long as they don’t fight against it. The mont Evelyn resists , she’ll rember everything."

"So it’s easier to handle her with your help. You’ll help keep her from fully awakening her dormant mories. I need information to know what I should avoid saying to Evelyn or how to steer away from her questions."

"Like I said, I’m not too greedy. I can share Evelyn with you without issue. I follow the philosophy that having half is better than having nothing. After all, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, don’t you agree?" Nerina speaks with real intensity.

’She’s good...’ She’s actually convincing . I already wanted to have Evelyn for myself anyway.

"Fine... I agree to that... but it’s impossible to win Evelyn’s heart. She’s a dragon, and she’s already given her heart to her wife. She’ll never give it to anyone else."

"Heee? That’s boring... but that’s fine. Just having her body and emotions is enough, isn’t it? Since when do nymphs like us need anyone’s hearts?" She gives a dangerous smile.

’Should I really accept this?’ I’m genuinely afraid of this woman. She could kill right here inside the spiritual plane. I have to be careful.

"First of all, Nerina, Evelyn must never feel like she’s betraying soone. So you have to be very careful about what you offer her. If you want Evelyn’s body, and deep down she feels like she’s betraying sothing, she’ll try to rember. She’s very determined—I can vouch for that."

"...I see. So what I need to do is..."

"Use her sadness." She and I say it at the sa ti. The only way to connect with Evelyn is to make her accept things through her own sorrow. For example, if Evelyn is sad and you kiss her, she’ll accept it, because Evelyn numbs her sadness in two ways.

Either with lust—usually alone in bed at night with toys—or by crying. Outside of that, she sotis drinks wine, but that’s occasional when the stress is too high.

"What are the danger zones?"

"...Evelyn has great lust, but only in private. That cos from two factors: her romance with her wife and her extre need to accumulate treasures."

"If you satisfy her desire for wealth, Evelyn will seek comfort in lust whenever she’s sad. That’s the fastest way to obtain her body. But we must never do it directly, because she’s skittish about it—personal experience talking here."

"I see, I see. That’s interesting... but tell , who is this wife of hers?"

"She’s a woman nad Esther. And Evelyn has been very sad about her recently because Esther was poisoning her to kill a baby Evelyn didn’t even know she had."

"So even though Evelyn forgave Esther, she was still sad and disappointed. But now, without mories, Evelyn only has the pain without knowing she’s already forgiven that treacherous cri."

"This woman, Esther, huh? She sounds dangerous... and treacherous. I know a bit about dragons. I understand you now. Dragons in love can’t abandon their partners no matter how much they’re hurt."

"Yes. Besides, the frequency with which Esther and Evelyn ’played’ together was at least four to seven tis a week."

"Quite frequent. Seems the door to Evelyn’s body is her desires... As for treasures, getting them will be easy..." I grab Nerina’s hand, and she stares at , confused.

"...Please... just don’t hurt Evelyn, okay?... she’s already suffered so much..." Having consud Evelyn’s emotions, I understand how much she’s suffered, and I don’t want to see her in pain anymore. It’s strange. I don’t understand why I care, but I don’t want to see her hurt.

"Why does it matter? Does it really matter whether we hurt that girl or not? We’re nymphs. Since when does sothing like that hold value?" I take out a fragnt of feelings I’ve kept to eat.

"Eat this. It’s Evelyn’s emotions."

"..." She takes it suspiciously, but not caring if it’s dangerous—or perhaps thinking I’m no threat—she puts it in her mouth and swallows. But in less than two seconds, tears stream down her face.

"Haaa... wow... this... is intense... I’ve never absorbed sothing’s feelings before... I feel sad... and... sothing hurts." She gives a broken smile, a mix between her own grin and Evelyn’s sadness.

"It’s... disgusting."

"Yeah, it is." I agree with her description. Evelyn’s sadness is dense and disgusting. Clingy, too.

"But it’s addictive."

"I agree with that too." I agree with her again. No matter how disgusting it is, eating that bundle of sadness and jealous love that Evelyn carries is strangely addictive.

"Alright... I understand now. You’ve been eating this every day?"

"Yes, for so ti now." She and I are starting to understand each other. In the end, she’s right. We’re both the sa type of nymph and think similarly.

"Okay... Arial, you’ve convinced ... I won’t hurt Evelyn. The plan’s still on, but I’ll be gentler with her."

"Haaa..." I let out a sigh of relief. I don’t know why, but knowing Nerina won’t hurt Evelyn makes my "heart" feel lighter, as if the worst of the situation has disappeared—even though this thing is still here.

"If we’re making a deal, I’ll give you all the information about Evelyn’s life that I know. But besides wanting to participate, I also want sothing else. Help recover at least one core."

"You’re an ocean nymph. You must have more than enough Hikishin." I want to recover at least one of my cores before asking Evelyn to fulfill our deal and build a body for .

"...Deal." She extends her hand, and I shake it. Even though I flinch a little, the agreent doesn’t make her bizarre aura disappear.

"I’m leaving for now, but I still don’t trust you. So I won’t let you have contact with Evelyn. However, if my trust in you grows, I’ll help you manifest your consciousness into a temporary body outside the spiritual plane."

"That way, your true essence will stay inside Evelyn, but your mind will be outside to help conquer Evelyn’s body."

"...Of course... I hope you keep your end and don’t do anything bad to her."

"I also hope you do your part correctly." She begins to fade, and the atmosphere imdiately becos lighter.

’Evelyn... I did my best for you...’ I did more than I should have, and I still protected her. So I deserve this little treat that will co from the deal. It’s my right. Though deep down, I hope Evelyn rembers Esther and regains her mories. But that’s sothing only ti will tell.

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Galaxy’s Note

Hello, readers! I’m here to announce so important things! Rember Chapter 108? It had an important note about the type of content in this work! If you don’t rember, I recomnd going back and reading it!

For a long ti, that Chapter seed like just a warning, and the content it described hadn’t happened until now. But starting with this Chapter, that type of content will occur!!

I’d already made it clear that Evelyn would have sexual relations with other characters as an emotional escape from her sadness, even though Esther is the main romantic target of the work.

Now we’re getting to that! I don’t want you to see this as NTR because it isn’t. The explanation for why it isn’t is already in Chapter 108. Instead, I want you to see it as self-sabotage.

Would the current Evelyn—hurt, wounded, and without mories—really be okay? Could she really resist two beings at the top of the food chain? In this work, nymphs are among the strongest types of monsters.

And now Evelyn will have to deal with two of them while struggling with her own confused feelings!! I don’t want you to see this arc as just sexual content thrown in out of nowhere.

As I said at the beginning of this work, all sexual content serves a purpose for context and narrative influence in the story.

So try to see it from the perspective of the situation! I also want you to be fully aware that most of the scenes that follow in this arc—the ocean arc—fall under the [Dubious Consent] tag. Evelyn won’t be raped; Arial did everything she could to make sure Nerina wouldn’t hurt Evelyn.

But Evelyn, without her mories and extrely sad, isn’t soone truly capable of giving consent, especially considering Nerina is a manipulator to the extre.

In this arc, we’ll explore many things, such as the nymphs, their attitudes and behaviors, and also Evelyn’s personal growth—sothing she’s never truly confronted within herself until now.

Evelyn is sad, and she’s been spreading her sadness in all directions. But has she truly fought against it? Honestly, no. She’s just been dragging her problems forward.

As Nerina said, Evelyn’s sadness is enormous. People with less would have already taken their own lives in this world. But every person is different, and Evelyn has her own determination.

So now, in this arc, Evelyn will have to confront a truth she’s always avoided: will she be a coward forever? Or, for the first ti in her life, will she face her cowardice?

If she chooses to be a coward, it ans never trying to rember, remaining forever in Nerina’s clutches, embracing false comfort and love in a gilded cage. Or will she choose to fight against the fear?

Will she choose to rember and confront her manipulative jailer? This is undoubtedly important for the work because it will show whether Evelyn has the will and courage to move forward against fear.

Or if she’ll cower and wait until Esther finds her and takes her off this island. Let’s face it—Esther will find her soday with her blessing. So Evelyn will need the courage to escape this sweet trap on her own before Esther cos to save her.

So, readers, this isn’t a spoiler. Whether Evelyn chooses courage or cowardice, she’ll still return to Esther. What remains for us is to see, wait, and hope that Evelyn finally decides that cowardice is no longer worth it. But you’ll only know which choice she makes if you keep reading.

The following content will be heavy, full of manipulation designed to break Evelyn’s will. So even if she fails and needs Esther to save her, will it truly be her fault for failing? Or will it also be Esther’s fault for breaking her so much that she needed to escape reality?

Although, in the end, Evelyn is also a nymph. So who knows who’ll truly be preying on whom in this deserted island? There are many possibilities, and that’s the fun of reading a psychological novel.

Well, I hope you’ve been enjoying the work so far, and we’ll see what the future holds for our queen. Have a great read ahead.