Chapter 14.1 - Steinbeck Fief’s Current Difficult to Progress Situation Part 1 (1/2)
Ximengsi Continent’s southern part, the central region of Steinbeck Fief, Stanley City.
After Clyde killed the former Suzerain Andrew, he successfully obtained complete control over Steinbeck Fief. However, Clyde was the backstage manipulator. On the surface, the official new suzerain was Princess Saras. Clyde’s current status was the leader of the fief’s guard regiment.
“Clyde, is it fine to take this thing to Divine Realm? If you need it, I can say I found nothing here.”
“No need, Cynthia. It is fine for you to take it in order to complete your task. With my current strength, this prop is useless for me.”
“Then, I will return to the Divine Realm and report the completion of the mission. If you want to find me later, you can use this Valkyrie idol to summon me.”
Cynthia gave Clyde a miniature Valkyrie idol. That Valkyrie idol looked exactly like Cynthia as if it were her action figure. This thing could completely control a Valkyrie and symbolized the Valkyrie’s spirit. Normally, all Valkyries carried it on themselves so as to best protect it. Even facing a request from the God King, Valkyries would never hand over their idols. However, all kinds of matters had happened between Cynthia and Clyde; in addition, they shared a special contract; thus, handing over her Valkyrie idol was inevitable.
“Big Brother Clyde, since Cynthia has given you this, it seems she will not betray us. In the future, if you want to control other Valkyries, it would be best to make them hand over their Valkyrie idols. Of course, the God Race of this different world has Godkins of higher statuses, but all of them have sacred objects that function similarly to a Valkyrie’s idol.”
“Sister Lucifer, how do you know so much about the Divine Realm?”
“I know a bit due to a little investigating. Perhaps, this information will be useful for big brother in the future, right?”
After Valkyrie Cynthia disappeared in the teleportation magic array, Clyde’s younger sister, Bloodkin Lolita Lucifer, appeared in the visitors’ room. Basically, the matters of the palace had already been arranged. Princess Saras had begun to sort out the official documents left behind by the former suzerain Duke Andrew, and Witch Ista chose a quiet room as her exclusive room.
Inside the palace, beautiful maids bustled about. These beauties were once mercenaries or adventurers, but during the exploration of Steinbeck Fief, they had unfortunately been captured by Junior Demon Lord Duke Andrew and been trained to be obedient. Afterwards, Clyde had saved them and accepted them as maids in passing.
Since their mercenary groups and adventurer groups had been annihilated, if these hapless survivors returned, they would have to pay a huge sum as compensation in addition to living with the shame of being tainted by demons and the rumors that they sold out their bodies to maintain their lives. That huge sum of compensation was something they could not afford, so they resolutely chose to stay here as Clyde’s maids. Since they couldn’t pay the compensation fees even if they sold themselves into slavery upon returning, it would be better off staying here to avoid the creditors.