“Hmm. It’s true that you have only strength of a human being now. That’s what makes you enough to loose your footing…. How cute.”
Asmo was so happy that she pushed my face into her breasts.
She has been sucking in as much s*men as she can …… and I’m terribly sluggish and sleepy because of it.
“I’ve siphoned off your uncontrollable libido. Do you still have time to enjoy your fantasies of attacking other women?”
“…. I can’t.”
“No matter how much you retain your human form, you’re still majin inside. The strength of your desire is not something that can be easily controlled. Even if you were to have intercourse with your beloved wife every night, holding back would only cause unnecessary distractions. I recommend you to immerse yourself in what you want for a few days.”
“I can’t do that when I live as a human being. …… But I guess that’s what happens when you hold back too much. It’s a problem.”
I managed to speak in the tone of a majin, but just opening my mouth is all I can do …
“It’s not convenient to spend time as a human, is it? If there’s a woman you like, why don’t you just put your hand on her? There isn’t a woman in the world who wouldn’t be delighted to be loved by you, my lord.”
“I have no mercy for women who have turned against me, but … I will not be willing to attack a helpless woman. I’ve decided not to.”
“You are still holding on to the feelings you had when your predecessor, Lucifer-sama was still alive, aren’t you? You are a lawful person. But that’s one of the things that makes you so attractive.”
“But this is how I almost lose my grip on reason. It’s a bad habit of mine. …… Asmo, get away of me.”
I was released from the majin girl who obeyed meekly, and I sat down on my bed.
I don’t really want to remember the time when my predecessor, Lucifer was alive. The result of me destroying that thing is the demon race’s rampage was quelled.
But before that, there were times when I gave in to my impulses and went to the limit of tyranny. There had been a time when I had laughed and enjoyed torturing mere humans.
Remembering these things, I said in a relaxed voice.
“Asmo, thank you. Thanks to you, I feel better.”
“No, it is I who should be thanking you. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to fully enjoy your energy. It would be best if we could make love for another night or two, or half a month, a month, a year or more.”
“This body will dry up in the first day. Give me a break.”
“You exhausted from all the kissing. It’s no wonder. I think it’s better to teach Rena a little more of art of seducing. I’m sure you’ll feel better once she’s able to absorb your energy.”
“Have you met Rena yet? I thought she would be back here by now.”
“Yes. I made contact with her while you was working hard on the reconstruction of the city. I asked to borrow you for a while.”
“…… She’s going to get frustrated if I don’t take care of her later.”
“It would be better to do so. What if you spend the night with that child?”
Asmo, who had put her head on my shoulder, said in an amused tone.
I would have liked to be engulfed in this atmosphere, but thankfully I wasn’t in the mood for that right now.
“Well, then, Asmo. Why are you in this land of Mildiana?”
That’s what I’ve been wanting to ask her for a while now.
If it’s usual her, she’s always sitting on her throne in her opulent palace, enjoying the taste of the finest fruits that grow around the palace.
“You know that my kind visit the empire from time to time, don’t you?”
“Oh. So you just miss the taste of humans once in a while. …… Just out of curiosity, you’re not overdoing it, are you?”
“Of course. I am obeying my lord’s commands to the letter.”
Asmo is also a majin who controls sexu*l desire.
Her subordinates are made up of incubus and succubus called lewd demons.
After I destroyed Lucifer, I forbade the demon race from eating people.
However, I have not forbidden lewdness, because they feed on human energy, not the body itself.
However, if they sucked up too much energy, humans would naturally die, but Asmo has told them to refrain from doing so.
I don’t want them to become accustomed to the taste of humans, so I’m limiting the frequency of their visits to the empire.
“I’ve been informed by one of my dependents that there have been a series of suspicious events in the western territories of the Empire.”
“The west? What exactly are you talking about?”
“Do you remember that there are many temples in the Western Territories?”
“Of course. Of course I do, although that was more than 500 years ago.”
The western territories of the empire are within a stone’s throw of our Tenebrae demon nation.
It is a fierce battleground that will be placed in the midst of warfare first when the empire dispatches its heroes or when we demons invade the empire.
Among them, the fortified city of Granden, which awaited us after we broke through several fortresses, was the capital of the west and a key defensive location.
If this fortified city falls, it will be a great victory for the demon tribe.
And we, the demons, have been sent heroes several times since nearly a thousand years ago, and we have invaded Granden several times in retaliation.
It was a kind of example, so if Granden fell, the war would be over. If the Empire loses that fortified city, it will be forced to defend the Imperial City, so it will not bother to send additional troops.
Although Granden had been hit by war many times, the measures taken by the humans against the demons were not as foolproof as one might think.
They have deployed famous sorcerers in temples all over the west, and when the demons invade Granden, they will use strong anti-magic warding and magic-depleting techniques from a distance to obstruct us.
“Belphe told me that he had a hard time with the remote technique from the temple. I’m sure it was very hard for him because his dependents were mainly goblins and orcs with little resistance to magic.” (Theodore)
Belphe is one of the seven pillars that support Tenebrae. The official name is Belphegor.
He has no talent for magic, but he is a belligerent demon king who uses his overwhelming swordsmanship to the utmost of tyranny. He can be considered a hardliner among the royals.
“I miss him. He was the only one who was foolish enough to go out into the battlefield in high spirits as a retaliatory measure against the heroes who were sent to him, and in the end, he came back without bringing down Granden.” (Asmo)
“He was unbeatable against swordsmen and beastkin, but when it came to magic power,……, oh, I’m sorry. I was so nostalgic that I broke off the conversation. Please continue.”
“Yes. There have been reports of a string of deaths in temples throughout the west.”
“Did they die in some unusual way?”
“That’s more annihilated than unusual way.”
“It’s not unusual, it’s annihilation.”
Asmo continued in a matter-of-fact tone.
“It’s not just the priests, but the congregation, everything. Everyone who was there was killed. There have already been three such incidents. The number of victims is said to be no less than a hundred.”
“Do you have any credible information?”
“My men heard it from a priest in a church they know very well. It was about a month ago that these incidents began to occur. It was just about the same time you arrived in the Empire.”
“…… I see. I didn’t know that was the case.”
“I’ve already heard the details of the case that you led to solve from Lumiere, who has returned to Tenebrae. That exciting angel kept jumping to the topic of meeting you at every turn. I had to correct the trajectory of the story every time, and it was very difficult.”
“That’s the kind of woman she is. …… Please forgive her.”
“Well, I enjoy talking to her in general, and I don’t hate her.”
Asmo in front of me is the same way in terms of temper, but this one is still better because she can control herself.
“It’s not a matter of urgency, but I thought you should know about it, so I came to you…. Well, the main purpose was to get your energy, after all.”
“… Aah. I appreciate it. However, I’m only a student at a military school right now. It’s difficult for me to go and find out what’s going on directly.”
“I can investigate on your behalf, but the one who guards the west is that great hero, General Claude Duras. I saw him for a moment when I came to Mildiana, and he returned my gaze almost simultaneously. He might has noticed that I was a demon, even though I had suppressed my seducing power. I was so careless. ”
“I thought it was unlikely that anyone would be able to tell you apart from an ordinary human woman, even in your majin form, but the Empire’s war potential may truly be something to be reckoned with.”
Asmo is on the moderate side of the royals.
She doesn’t mind fighting, but she doesn’t like it either. There are more enjoyable things to do than that. That’s what she always says.
And it’s not that she’s bad at fighting. Once she gets serious, she is so strong that she can be unbeatable.
I can’t leave her wandering around the empire too much. If something were to happen and her power were to get out of control, an entire city could be destroyed.
“That’s why it’s a little difficult for me to move. I will continue to collect information from my dependenta as often as I can, but I think I will return to Tenebrae.”
“It would be better that way. You’ve informed me well this time.”
When I pet Asmo’s head, she purred like a spoiled cat and then hugged me.
“I hope you will return to Tenebrae soon. The rest of the royals has already heard of your presence here.”
“I need to find out what the ‘Goddess’ first.”
“Oh, what an unfortunate.”
Muttering so, Asmo gently kissed my cheek, then let go and instantly transformed into a bat.
“Then, my dear. It will be time for Rena to come back soon, I leave. Have a good night.”
“Um. Have a good night too.”
She flapped her black wings and slipped effortlessly through the walls of the room, disappearing into the darkness of the night.
I was left alone in the room to think.
I wonder if the disturbing incident in the western territories has anything to do with the Final Droplet incident in the last days.
It is unlikely that all the people in the temple were killed.
Among the priests who guard the temple, there are some who are so strong that an ordinary soldier would be unable to stand up to them.
The strongest of them are no less powerful than the special students of our school.
There is no way that a mere bandit or night thief could kill them all. ……
There is a good chance that there is some big force at work here. It’s a good idea to be cautious.
