beast chapter 6

“Please look at my reproductive organ. The keyhole you seek is there.”

As she hesitated, cheeks flushed, Beelzebub closed his eyes and sighed deeply. A shadow of pain fell across his cool skin. “I’m trying not to show it, because I don’t want you to worry… but it really hurts. Please, help me….”

Ariette bit her lip. It was hard to tell if this serpentine man was toying with her or genuinely suffering. But did it matter? Whatever the truth, she couldn’t leave him like this.

“Then… excuse me.”

As Ariette approached, Beelzebub’s red lips curved subtly.

“Yes, my lady. Excuse yourself.”

His expression, a strange mix of playfulness and seriousness, made her uneasy, but she was already standing before him. It was a place her eyes couldn’t dare to linger, but she slowly lowered her gaze. Below his abdomen, everything was tightly bound with chains.

It seemed impossible to do anything. Just as disappointment flickered across Ariette’s face, sunlight filtering through the leaves landed on the black shackles. One spot on the chain gleamed unusually bright. Looking closer, she saw a tiny groove where his genitals should be. The keyhole.

She instantly realized how absurd her thoughts had been, her cheeks flushing crimson. He must have deliberately misled her. When Ariette looked up at Beelzebub with an accusing look, he feigned innocence.

“What?”

“…Nothing.”

The thought of just leaving him crossed her mind, but she swallowed a sigh and carefully leaned towards his lower abdomen. The location was a bit embarrassing, but it wasn’t as if she was actually inserting it into his real reproductive organ, so what was the big deal? Ariette took a breath and pushed the key into the hole. Twisting her wrist to the right, she heard a small click.

The chains binding his lower body loosened and fell to the ground. The vines wrapped around his ankles writhed like living things before retreating into the tree, vanishing without a trace.

Ariette’s lips parted in wonder at the strange and marvelous sight. Her gaze naturally drifted to the man’s bare legs, now fully revealed.

She unconsciously scanned his clean feet and firm, smooth calves, which looked impossibly pristine for someone trapped in a maze, then tilted her head as her gaze traveled upwards.

What’s that?

The tattered cloth barely covering his knees looked ordinary at first glance, but the two sides were different. The left was flat, while the right bulged heavily, as if concealing a thick club.

Suddenly realizing what that thick outline was, Ariette abruptly lifted her head. Her vision filled with his upper body.

“Huh?” A bewildered look appeared in her eyes. Astonishingly, his upper body was still bound.

In fact, with his lower body free, the chains and vines seemed to tighten around his torso, his reddened skin proof of the increased pressure.

“But, why…?”

Just then— Bang! A sudden firework exploded overhead. Before she could react, confetti rained down. Pink, yellow, and white particles burst forth, filling the air.

As a dazed Ariette brushed the confetti from her shoulders, something emerged from the dispersing, flower-like particles. Fluffy, white, cloud-like letters.

[Congratulations! You’ve finally unlocked the lock!
You are now qualified to clear missions.
So, what will your first mission be?]

Dum dum dum dum! The sound of a grand drumbeat from somewhere left Ariette dumbfounded. The floating letters scattered in the wind, then reformed, settling before her eyes.

[Mission! Melt the chains with your v*ginal fluids.]