There he lay, with his arms wide open, resting like a king.
Even though he had never ever lifted a sword in his entire life, he was gifted genetically and had a great body.
Rose froze when she saw Noah. She was surprised because this was the first time she had seen him naked... almost naked. He was still wearing a towel.
"Close that door," Noah ordered lazily, seemingly tired after waiting for so long.
Rose took a moment to respond, quickly placing her thoughts aside and closing the door behind her.
"Did you enjoy making me wait?" He asked, nonchalantly, clearly knowing that she could never answer such a question.
He then continued, "So, have you made up your mind?"
In truth, she had made up her mind, almost, at least she thought she did, but coming here made her realise one thing, she wasn't ready, not completely, when she had never done anything like this.
Her body trembled, her heart raced as if it had forgotten how to beat normally.
'Am I doing it right?'
In that moment, she asked herself a question, to not regret this decision in the future.
"So you still hesitate, huh? Fine, I am not a demon, you know. This is your last chance. Go back right now. I won't care about the bet at all. But do remember this that I will not help you a bit in your revenge at all. You are on your own on that. Go ahead and die if you so please."
'This should be enough for her to make a decision. I am not a bad guy, really. I know I am evil, but I have good intentions too, I am willing to help her here. If she goes her own way, even if she reaches the peak of the Domain stage, she cannot have her revenge.'
Rose bit her lip. She had to make a decision right now, whether she becomes a slave for him or will she go her own way, where she herself knows, she can never win.
"... do you promise me?" She asked, her voice almost a whisper.
Noah, with his heightened senses did hear her, but he wanted her to ask him more clearly. He wasn't going to give her what she wanted after waiting for so long.
"What? Speak loudly, I didn't quite hear you."
Rose clenched her fist; she also knew he could hear her. Before she would have believed him, because she thought he was a mortal, but now she knows the truth, but still she did not react and asked again,
"Do you promise to help me in my revenge?"
"And how exactly do you want me to aid you in your revenge?" Noah asked back, he wanted to make her realise herself about the kind of aid she is asking from him.
'Why is he being like this now? He clearly said he would help me before.'
"With the army of the dukedom..."
"With the army of my dukedom? That's quite a price you are asking for that body of yours, don't you think? I am only the next heir of this region; I am not the duke himself. I will need permission from either the duke or duchess to order my army. You think they will give me permission to use our soldiers just to get revenge for a mere maid who has no worth at all?"
In truth, he can get the permission, not from the duke, that won't happen unless he dies, but he can definitely get the permission from his mother, but that's not the topic here.
The thing is, why would the army of a dukedom be sent just to get revenge for a mere maid?
Even the soldiers themselves might not fight in that war.
When this realisation hit Rose, she understood what he meant.
'So this is another torment for me.'
Maybe not.
"Oh dear, don't fall into despair once again. I asked you to submit to me, not to the dukedom, so why are you even bringing the topic of using the army of the dukedom? You should have asked me for the revenge, don't you think?"
Rose opened her eyes a little and stared dazedly at Noah.
'But you are weak.'
That was the brutal truth here. She knows he has power, but can also tell that he wasn't much stronger, she was able to follow his movements in that battle, except for the end.
"Will you help me with my revenge then, my lord?"
Yet, she cast her real thoughts aside. If he can increase his power without letting anyone know, then he sure has some methods, right? With that thought, she decided to wager all of her faith in that.
"Hmm, I wonder about that. Should I? How much do you know about that person? You think any ordinary person is enough to wipe out your entire family?"
'Of course, he wasn't ordinary. In fact, he isn't from this world, either. So no one can match his strength here.'
"I mean, you aren't that dumb, right? Even if I use all the soldiers of this region, even the people who can at least fight, then they will all end up dead along with the strongest person here, the duke himself."
"What?!!"
That information did shock her. The duke was the strongest person in this region and one of the strongest in the whole world.
'How can it be?'
"I guess you did not know, huh. There are many things about this world you don't know about Rose. There are so many mysteries here that you might never uncover. For instance, that person you are eager to get your revenge on, isn't from this world at all. His actual strength, surpasses that of a Domain stage user. And for your information, nobody in this world is actually in the Domain stage yet."