It's only natural that Oni-kun is stunned.
Oni-kun has also lost himself to rage and committed slaughter before, but that was entirely because he was consumed by that rage.
It wasn't something he did of his own volition.
But in my case, I did it willingly, by my own choice.
I did it in the heat of the moment.
But I don't regret it, and I have no intention of reflecting on it!
Besides, compared to what I'm about to do, everything I've done up until now has been child's play.
Oni-kun keeps opening and closing his mouth, apparently unsure of what to say.
The vampire girl shifts uncomfortably in the awkward atmosphere her own words have created.
Hmm.
I suppose this is as good a time as any to declare my intentions.
Whatever path the two of you choose to walk from here on out, that's for you to decide.
I won't interfere.
But only so long as you don't get in my way.
"From now on, I will continue to commit massacres."
That much is certain.
I won't be carrying them out directly with my own hands, but I am one of the masterminds behind the large-scale war between the Demon race and the Human race.
There will be far more casualties than in the war between the Sariera Kingdom and the Divine Word Church that I stirred up—that much is guaranteed.
And among those casualties, I will most likely kill the current Hero with my own hands.
That's the one thing where I need to interfere with the system, so doing it myself is the most reliable option.
If the Hero leads a massive army to attack, I may end up wiping them all out along with him.
Depending on the circumstances, it wouldn't be strange for me to single-handedly deal with an entire army that the Hero is part of.
A real massacre.
Well, either way, whether it's direct or indirect, it amounts to the same thing—I will have caused a massacre.
"What you think of that is entirely up to the two of you. But if you try to interfere, I won't show any mercy. If you don't interfere, then live however you like."
I make this declaration while half-opening my eyes to look at both the vampire girl and Oni-kun.
My gaze alone is enough to terrify anyone.
In this world, the only ones who could probably resist it are the Demon King and Kuro.
If someone still challenges me even after knowing this terror, then their resolve must be the real thing.
In that case, I'll honor that resolve by going all out to crush them.
I show no mercy to those who oppose me.
Even if there's an insurmountable gap in our fighting strength, I won't hold back in the slightest.
I know of cases where the weak have survived despite overwhelming disparities in power, eventually climbing to the very top.
I'm talking about myself, after all.
That's why I won't let my guard down just because someone is weak.
The weak, precisely because they are weak, sometimes manage to slay the strong.
That's precisely why I'm calmly pushing forward with my preparations—making sure things become truly insurmountable.
Whether they're strong or weak, it won't matter.
To fulfill my conditions for victory.
After all, I'm a spider.
Just as prey has already lost the moment it gets tangled in my threads, I set my traps in advance.
Right now, I'm in the process of building my web.
Wide, wide—extending my threads across the entire world.
Arranging the stage to suit my convenience.
"I'm not saying you need to come to a conclusion right away, but you should start thinking about which side you'll take."
Depending on what choices the vampire girl and Oni-kun make, I'll need to adjust my scenario accordingly.
To bring the stage closer to a perfect state.
To eliminate any potential risks as early as possible, so they don't interfere even slightly with my plans.
The vampire girl, judging by how she's acting, probably won't side against me.
But with Oni-kun, I can't say.
From my memories as
There have also been many things in this life, and I'm not sure how those have changed him.
I've given my warning.
Now I'll watch and see what he does from here.
Ah.
Talking is exhausting.
Actually, haven't I been talking too much since a while ago?
At this rate, I'm going to wear out my throat from all this talking.
My throat isn't built to handle more than ten words a day!
Maybe I should head to Japan and pick up some throat lozenges?
Or at least something to drink to moisten my throat.
Oh, there are a bunch of canned coffees at D's place.
Come to think of it, I've never once tried coffee.
I'm not sure it would actually help moisturize my throat, but whatever—let's go with it.
I pull a can of coffee out of my storage space.
I pop the tab and take a gulp.
Puaaah.
It's black.
So D's a black coffee drinker, huh.
"Huh? Wait a second—is that canned coffee?!"
Oh.
Crap.
I shouldn't have drunk that in front of the vampire girl and Oni-kun.
Talking too much must have dulled my ability to think clearly.
Now, how do I smooth this over— Hm?
THUD!
"Huh!? What—what just happened!?"
Wha...t...?
Wh...ere... am... I... what... is... hap...pen...ing...?
"Master!? Are you okay!?"
Lo...sing... the... abil...ity... to... think... can't... form... words... proper...ly...
Emergency situation detected. Main body's cognitive functions severely declined. Physical anomaly detected. Due to the abnormal situation, external intervention by sub-bodies to eliminate the anomaly in the main body is being initiated. Confirmed that a specific substance is affecting the main body. Elimination process started. Elimination process halted. Adverse effects detected in the sub-body assigned to elimination. Judged not to be a critical functional impairment. Recovery expected over time. Main body temporarily isolated in a pocket dimension. Policy changed to await recovery.
"Huh? She vanished."
"Was that spatial magic or something?"
"What was that all about?"
"She seemed to go weird right after drinking that coffee..."
"Coffee. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that spiders get drunk from coffee—no way that's actually what happened, right?"
"No way. It couldn't make her collapse like that."
"She went down so suddenly it was startling, but if she managed to use spatial magic on her own, she's probably fine?"
"Dunno."
D: "To self-destruct before I even get the chance to go after her. Every single time, she cuts straight through my expectations from an angle I never saw coming."