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Hero ~ Ch12

3rd Point Of View

At midnight, Sukuna decided that he felt the need to catch up on his reading. His knowledge of jujutsu has not at all increased over the past few days, because he'd always get distracted by that brat who calls herself his translator. He couldn't help but wonder how it was she or even her mother knew how to read Chinese. It was not an easy skill to acquire unless you've spent time in China. See? Again, distracted.

Sukuna sighed as he made his way to the scroll room. Judging by the fact that he and no other maid within the last few hours have reacted from (Y/n)'s cursed aura technique, he guessed that the brat has gone off-grounds again. Sukuna forced a few random workers of his to clean the throne room until it sparked simply so he could see if anyone would be affected by (Y/n)'s emotions during the day. But since he caught her in those fields over six miles away, nobody has reacted in any way to her cursed technique.

Naturally, Sukuna was suspicious. But upon arrival to the scroll room, he realised why. She was asleep. Her head leaned against the wall and her body slumped backwards, her eyes closed as she let out tiny soft staggered breaths. Sukuna chuckled. He wondered if she'd let herself fall asleep on purpose as that was a smart way not to spread her emotions. That and pouring all her concentration into her work which she clearly did by the fact that there were only three untranslated across left on the white shelves in the scroll room.

(Y/n) thought she could escape all her problems with a nap, but unfortunately for her, Sukuna enjoyed crushing hopes.
"Sleeping on the job? I should schedule another punishment." He chuckled evily, waking the girl up from her slumber. She woke with fear running through her veins, her heart beating uncontrollably.
"P-punishment? No, my lord. Please." (Y/n) begged sleepily, rubbing her eyes as she sat up from her slouched position.

Sukuna ignored the fear clawing down his throat as she woke up, trying his best to focus on satisfaction he felt from the fact that he'd caused that fear.
"I don't recall you begging me this much after I'd ordered your first few punishments." Sukuna mused.
"Because now it wouldn't just be me you were punishing." (Y/n) replied softly as she sat up, gently placing her ink brush down. Sukuna's brow raised in question.

"You're worried only for others and not yourself?" Sukuna then asked. That sounded absolutely stupid to him.
"Of course, they do not deserve to feel the pain of my punishment." The girl replied, innocently looking up at Sukuna. Sukuna narrowed his eyes at her.
"But it is not the punishment itself that you fear?" Sukuna questioned. (Y/n) shook her head at the man as she smiled lightly, a wave of admiration seeking into Sukuna's skin like poison. It felt disgusting.

"If it is you who requests the punishment then I know it is well deserved." The girl told Sukuna gently, making him scoff loudly in disbelief as he kneeled down to her height.
"Do you know why I burned your shackles to a crisp, girl?" Sukuna asked the girl with a raised brow, making her shake her head. "Because I believe that with power like yours, you could make a lot of lives miserable. And this temple has lacked such entertainment for a very long time."

"So what fun is it if you're actively trying to prevent their pain?" Sukuna growled.
"I cannot help it, my Lord. That is how my mother raised me." (Y/n) frowned.
"And here I thought she raised you to attend to my every whim." Sukuna grinned, sadism in his eyes.
"That came a lot later, my lord." The girl replied. In truth, her mother has only been in service to Lord Sukuna for just three years. But her adoration for him came another two before that.

"And how is it your mother came to be of service to me?" Sukuna asked the girl. (Y/n) then paused, as if she had to think about how to word this properly. Sukuna immediately noticed this.
"Your influence and power spread far, and exactly to where she needed it the most. My mother says that you were our hero. She admired you for years and so I developed that same admiration." (Y/n) told him truthfully.

"How conveniently cryptic." Sukuna chuckled, understanding that the insolent brat was hiding something. "Your mother knew that I kill for pleasure, correct? That I rape. I torture- that I thrive in violence and blooshed?" Sukuna asked with amusement. For a lady who apparently cared about the wellbeings of others enough to cafe her life with shackles, it seemed odd that she'd support a man who found pleasure in violence.

"She did." (Y/n) confirmed with a nod. She didn't elaborate enough to tell him that it was because of all those things that he'd managed to save her and her mother all those years ago.
"And what? She chose to turn a blind eye?" Sukuna guessed with an amused chuckle, cocking his head.
"She chose to trust in you and everything you do." (Y/n) replied, making Sukuna burst out into a mocking laughter.

"She sounds like a stupid woman." Sukuna mocked, making (Y/n) bite the inside of her cheek angrily. Her mother would have given her life for Lord Sukuna if he wished it. Her anger flowed through to Sukuna so very easily, making his skin hot with fury- a feeling Sukuna knew very well.
"Oh, did that offend you? Calling your mother stupid?" Sukuna grinned, revelling in the anger. It was nicer feeling her anger over fear.

(Y/n) clenched her jaw as she took a deep breath, knowing how her mother would feel about this interaction.
"If that's what you believe then my mother would have agreed with you, and if she agrees then I agree also." (Y/n) told him, forcing her eyes to stay locked on Sukuna- to show that she did not fear speaking the truth to him. And that's what this was, the truth.

Sukuna scoffed with amusement as he stood up, her nervousness fluttering within Sukuna's chest hard enough to know that she was putting on a front. He wondered how many of his servants have died of heartattacks by now.
"You must be delusional." He said. (Y/n) stayed silent, keeping her eyes on him with her hands interlocked on her lap. "But you know, I've never quite had a servant as you before. You seem to outrank even Uraume. I didn't actually expect your power to effect her the way it did. So odd morals or not, I believe this is going to be a lot of fun." He grinned.

(Y/n) gulped nervously, wondering what he had planned for her now.
"Tell me, have you unlocked all your cursed techniques?" Sukuna asked.
"All but my domain expansion, my Lord." The girl replied calmly.
"I see... this is going to be a lot of fun indeed." Sukuna cackled before turning on his heel and walking back the way he came. He no longer felt the need to read, only to prepare for some evening fun.

(Y/n) watched him leave with nervous butterflies fluttering in her chest, suspecting that the Lord was planning something...

(A.N ~ I hope you like it!)

Chapter 13 Quote Teaser :

"What? You want me to put on a show and give this whore a good time before I die? I suppose I've got another round left in me."