500th Time Reborn, A World Only Known By Women: The Karma System

Before I had fully fallen asleep with Elfinia, who was cuddled into me, I laid a few traps and warnings. I was almost certain that one of the cult members would try something tonight, and I was not disappointed.

I wasn't really sure what time it was when the bell went off in my mind, waking me up, but I didn't move or open my eyes. Instead, I rolled on my back from Elfinia casually and activated the Mana Runes in my eyes. This allowed me to see the person that was trying to close the door quietly or at least the outline, so I became a cat, slipping out of the blankets.

The woman was in a dark cloak, and she turned around to look at me in surprise but then looked at the bed. I dashed forward, got behind the woman, then transformed back before she knew what happened, and covered her mouth as I placed a paralyzing spell on her. The woman went stiff in my arms, but I heard movement at the door.

I quickly lifted the woman up and then set her facing the corner, and then I leaned her into it like a stiff board. Then I silently moved to the side of the door that had hinges and waited with excitement, hardly believing my luck.

The door opened, and another figure crept in, and I grabbed her right away, using the same spell, but it was much harder to make it stick. It was like the person was using her own magic to fight back, but that was pointless against me. The spell finally set in, and then I turned the woman around in my arms but then snickered as I looked into a shocked and frozen face.

Titania's shocked and frozen face. I quickly undid the spell, and Titania's face unfroze and instantly went to a scowl, but I put a finger to my lips and pointed to the bed and then the corner.

Titania's scowl did not lessen, but she pointed to the door, and I nodded with a smile as I went to the corner, picked up the cultist, and stuck her under my arm. I quietly left the room with Titania, only hitting the cultist's frozen face on the door frame once, splitting her lip, but I healed it.

"Do you not check to see if a person is an enemy before stunning them?!" Titania demanded in a harsh whisper, and I nodded.

"Every time. You end up getting stabbed less that way. A better question is, why are you coming to my room in the middle of the night?! I literally just paralyzed this idiot, and then you come creeping in! I told you that I was worried one might attack tonight!" I groaned but then placed a strong seal on my room to keep Elfinia safe. "Come, you can help me with this shit disturber so I can get back to sleep. I only got a few hours last night."

"Do you even need sleep?" Titania asked as I started to look around at the rooms, my Mana Runes still active.

"No, but that isn't the point. I like to sleep, and I like being cuddled into cute women when I do it," I explained as I walked over to a room that was empty and used a thread of Mana to unlock it.

"You think that is a cute woman? She treats you and everyone else like garbage," Titania said as we entered the room, but I gave her a look.

"And you have a problem with cheating to get your way, right? Goldy is a gambling despot, and Tallia can be haughty. You all have a quirk that is less than desirable, but you are all more than that one thing. Elfinia is cold, but she has always been like that. Do you think that it is easy for her just to change? Don't you think that after being like that for so long, people might not take you seriously when you try to be sincere? Would you not scoff at her?" I asked, and Titania looked away as I closed the door and lit some candles.

I laid the cultist down on the bed as Titania remained silent and looked down at the plain-faced woman. Nothing special, but Melly wasn't either, so it seemed that this Joselyn was just trying to get average-looking people as members to blend in better.

"So, I am going to release you, but do not try anything. I will kill you just as easily as breathing without lifting a finger, so do not test me. I have some questions, and you have some answers. I want to hear nothing but those, and only when I ask a question," I warned. This woman had snuck into my room, and I knew that she had no intentions of suggesting a threesome, so I would treat her like she had tried to kill me.

I released the woman, and she did not move her body, just her eyes as she looked up at me in fear.

"Name?"

"Shelly."

"Why did you come here?" I asked, and the woman looked away.

"To kill you on Joselyn's orders," Shelly said, but then she looked back at me like she had more to say with an almost pleading face.

"What else do you want to say?" I asked, and tears filled her eyes.

"Please kill me after you are done questioning me," The woman requested, and then turned her head to look at the wall. Her words caught me off guard, but I shook my head.

"No," I said, and Shelly's head snapped back to me, but I put up a hand. "I will not be letting you go either. You will be placed under house arrest until I have this all sorted out. Why are you so keen on dying?"

"If I fail, Joselyn will give me to one of the demoness to become a plaything. They are not like Grimora; they are real evil creatures. I am actually glad that you didn't kill her. She was going to become a plaything for Bellazibub, according to Joselyn, when the Demon Queen was summoned, but now you have her," Shelly said, seeming to relax some.