Chapter 17 - Volume 2 (1/2)
Chapter 4 – Baroque Game of Truth or Dare<hr>▯Weakest Demon Lord, Rank 71st, Dantalian
Empire Calendar: Year 1505, Month 9, Day 17
Dantalian’s Demon Lord Castle vicinity
“A person who appears to be a noble is escaping Lord, is it fine to not pursue hirave von Rosenberg A high noble who’s contending for precedency in the northern region of the Habsburg erave here, then the consequences would beco”
I declared
There was no reason for us to distinguish ourselves more than necessary yet
‘The rank 71st rice fish Derave in the ee scandal Instantly gaining the attention of the entire continent Factions earnestly vigilant towardsI did not wish for
The Earl of Rosenberg’s territory was located on the border area between the human and demon world
In order for the demon armies to invade the humans, and the human armies to invade the demons, this was the path that both sides had to cross over first If ere to thoughtlessly touch this danger zone, then ould be waking up a sleeping wolf
Staying loas the right choice here
“Although we may have won here, if you looked at it objectively, this is not an ito that, I have lost , the other demons will most likely ridicule me”
A De an overwhele in troops by 3 times the amount
I planned to make that into how people evaluated me
In conclusion, while I was a parvenu who had luckily sold the black herb in order to beco fools who had accepted a half-breed outcast as uise tactic, then I didn’t knohat it was
I laughed with satisfaction
“Thatjob To think he would blow upthat he would at least pillage the herbs fro beyond that instead How splendid”
“Nothe world is, the only Demon Lord ould be happy that their Demon Lord Castle was destroyed is your lordshi+p”
Miss Farnese spoke in a du lady thinks that the other Demon Lords will look down on your lordshi+p corateful if they do belittle me”
That was exactly what I wanted
“Think about it, De Farnese Margrave von Rosenberg could have easily mobilized a force of 10,000 soldiers However, the actual aht with hiht infantry and cavalry, at that Howme to have done this?”
But it was thanks to that, I was able to survive
If the rave had led a massive army of ten thousand soldiers to invade my castle, then I would have been helpless to defendwith money, it still required time to draft troops It would require several h troops to even come close to 10,000 If ere unfortunate, then ould have had to recruit troops for 6 rave von Rosenberg had stoppedtroops at one thousand An escape route was created there The rave’s carelessness had allowed me to preserve my life
“It is a rule that even lions put their all into hunting rabbits That rave did not know of this simple truth, which lead to his own de a rabbit, is it……? That is quite the profound line This young lady shall keep it in mind”
“How commendable As a reward I shall press your crown”
“Ah—, ackackack—, but on— We achieved victory like your lordshi+p wanted, but why is this young lady being kneaded agaaaaain……?”
Give up From now on, this little lady wasto this unbearably squishy feeling of her head I shall dote on you as much as I did my second half little sister
After the battle was over, we had captured a considerable amount of prisoners Around 600 of the 1,000 eneht and surrendered Since it was bothwith post war matters, ere perplexed
“Does your lordshi+p have a facility to accommodate prisoners?”
“What do you expect from a Demon Lord who just had their Demon Lord Castle destroyed?”
“Mo like this, let us just get rid of theed my shoulders I had no reason to refuse
600 humans were dealt with on the hill that day
While looking down at the sight of the slaughter happening before us, we shared a friendly conversation(is what it’s called, but read as kneading punishment) The prisoners wailed and pleaded for us to spare thenored it
“Ah, now that I think about it”
I re important
“De Farnese You have not committed murder with your oo hands before, have you?”
“Mo into details then yes, your lordshi+p is correct”
“I reco The difference between killing so soain the experience beforehand, then you will not end up in a delicate situation later on”
“Indeed That makes sense”
Laura De Farnese nodded her head and proceeded to go down the hill She received a long sword fro it at a prisoner’s neck in one sle hit, she had to swing the blade 5 to 6 times
With the prisoner’s head in her left hand, Miss Farnese trudged her way back to where I was She looked atlady didn’t really feel any noteworthy eer heart than I iined”
In my case, I was quite shaken up after my first kill
I could still distinctly re killed my two kidnappers I was in my 3rd year of eleh, in truth, the person to have incited that kidnapping was one of my father’s concubines
At the time, one of ! Your faive me!’
Perhaps I was more shocked by that statement than I was at my murders
People blinded by love were bound to do so crazy
My father had closed his eyes eternally unaware of the truth of this incident I had purposely stayed silent on my side It felt like I would be a snitch if I told hi That was my view back then
I did not want to borrow the hand of my father
I would personally punish the one who threatened er to fight in their stead
At the age of 10, was the raved intolady wishes to make this prisoner’s head into a skull and keep it”
Miss Farnese hugged the head and spoke
“For one reason or another, this is the first person this young lady has ever killed It is alady was able to discover thathistory on one’s own iswatch on the history of the past Thus, this fellow’s head shall be the first sacrifice to carve this young lady’s name into history…… I desire to cherish it preciously”
“Well, is it not fine? A hobby of collecting skulls is rather sophisticated so it is re lady knew your lordshi+p would understand”
It was not like I understood her exactly
I was respecting her
After Laura De Farnese had given the order to clean up the postwar outcome—I had passed this task onto her because it was extremely tiresome to do anizing documents in the quarters at the rear end of our forces Once I entered the roo and stared at me
“……”
“……”
The moment I was about to open my mouth, she took the initiative
“This one is disappointed”
“……”
“—This one was disappointed”
Lapis Lazuli put down the stack of paper
And glared straight at hness had treated this one like a cohness was to be treated as a companion of authority, never did this one desire for a lovers relationshi+p chained down to one another Why did your highness carelessly try to steal this one’s game and prey?”
“……I ahness say that your highness loved this one?”
I nodded hness still love this one?”
“Surprisingly, it seems so”
“……Haa”
Lapis Lazuli let out a sh
“Let us establish rules”
“By rules, you mean?”
“Do not ask for affection from this one, and this one as well, will not yearn for affection frohness and this one is taking hold of power in the demon world In order to achieve that, a cold attitude that is capable of going through blood and tears is necessary”
“I agree cos have becoers on her forehead and closed her eyes
“Love is nothing e of ehness to truly consider this one as a woman is a surprise Before this one is a woman, this one is a mere peasant succubus ishes to secure success”
“Lala I have so this matter as well”
I smiled faintly
“I ae attached to their erettable, but you are not in the position to be so confidently reproaching izes, but this one is unable to understand what your highness is talking about”
“Are you not in love with me as well?”
“……”
Lapis Lazuli slowly knit her brows
“Is your highness sane? There is a lios”
“Think carefully If I were to fall into being a slave to love, if anything, it would be beneficial for you If I were to be bound, made to submit, and forced to kneel by each and every one of your words, then eventually, you will take a position more superior to Demon Lord Dantalian Thus, on the day that I obtain the seat of power, you, having already placed reatest authority, would you not?”
Lapis Lazuli shut her reider
“But you did not do so No, you were unable to even entertain that notion Instead of feeling delighted at the sight ofover you, you felt displeasure Why do you think that was so?”
“……”
A long period of time passed
A certain shock was contained within Lapis Lazuli’s blue eyes As if she itnessing an overwhel natural landscape for the first tiht This one had no reason to refuse your highness’ courtshi+p Why would this one……”
“That is because you love rew closer by thatsomeone else, we love authority more Therefore, we love the person who also loves the same authority as ourselves Like how a musician would be attracted to their lover who appreciated music Like how a poet would be attracted to their lover as infatuated by poems……”
Exactly the saly yearned for authority as much as themselves
Towards the person who understood asdrawn together was inevitable
“Lala I love the you, who loves authority”
“……”
“Your cold tenacity, your htest bit of carelessness and tolerance I love them all However, at the moment you lose your pure aspiration towards your lust for power, I will love you no longer”
“……This one understands”
Lapis Lazuli’s eyes slowly beca so other than authority as precious, this one had felt disappointment towards that Because this one had perceived that the part of your highness that this one loves aning”
Lapis Lazuli closed her eyes
Slowly, as if she was trying to appreciate so
“So this is…… my love”
“That is so”
Another step
“We are the same The two of us both love authority the ard power, an uncontainable rage stirs inside of us”
“What your highness has said is correct Authority has the priainst this”
Lapis opened her eyes
Lala’s usual cold gaze was there
“Although this one does adize In the end, your highness is not more precious than authority”
We are the same
A step closer
Perhaps it wasn’t appropriate to refer to this emotion as love
It was not love
It was not friendshi+p
The sa the fact that a person perfectly akin to myself existed in this world
Not like Laura De Farnese, who had only recently stood up on her own, but two people who have already discovered thenized who the other person was, and confirmed their kin
Up until noas a unique race in my oorld
Only I existed, and I alone formed another type of humanoid race distant from other homo sapiens
But now, I had met Lapis Lazuli and discovered the second of my kind
In other words,
Love for hu a love for humanity that consisted of solely us two
“Do you knohat is the best part about being a Demon Lord? It is the fact that I barely have to sleep There was a ti over so asleep and havingthe final step closer towards her
We had finally reached one another
“Nor the things in one’s life, so like dreams was not needed However, I’m a bit different Dreams not only made my life feel useless, but it made it powerless as well I have always been swept up in this eh it may only be by half, this one is still a succubus”
Without anyone having to take the initiative
She and I slowly drew our bodies together
While I wrapped my arm around her back, she moved her own arm aroundaround each other
“This one can control your highness’ dreams”
“You shall hness perfect And this one as well, shall becorew closer
Our breaths too, grew closer
“You are h attention, if we do not forget what race we are originally from, then not a relationshi+p where we reveal each other’s flaws, but a relationshi+p where we cover each other’s shortcohty authority
Solely for a reater authority
Thus, not a fiancée, but—
A partner
The two of us were partners
“Lapis Lazuli I love you”
“This one too, loves your highness Lord Dantalian”
Our lipsin my ear
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[You’ve sincerely reached a communion with the other party!]
[Lapis Lazuli’s affection went up by 50!]
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Instead of paying attention towards so like a notice , I pushed further into Lala’s touch
Her cool yet soft skin was pleasant
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A bit deeper
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While exploring each other’s war each other’s existence
I to myself, and her to herself, each person si its shadow
Avariciously
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▯Weakest Demon Lord, Rank 71st, Dantalian
Empire Calendar: Year 1505, Month 9, Day 21
Niflhei you canificance love has is that it reveals your weakness That people don’t grow stronger through love, but they grow stronger after throwing it away instead”
“……”
“Your words are half right and half wrong Certainly, Lapis was my weakness, and I too was Lapis’ weakness But that is it While the two of us share love, we do not make each other weak”
On the contrary, it was the opposite
“We only er without bounds”
Barbatos fell into a silence
While enjoying my wine, I spoke
“Our love may not be warm, but it is cold We h wetowards so We are firm, so we do not break, and in perfect order, we annihilate the enemy before our eyes That is our practice And it is also the reason e had returned to Niflheirave’s army”
“What do you mean?”
“The letter”
“What?”
I smiled
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“The culprit to have written that letter infor me of the invaders is none other than you, Barbatos”
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“……”
For an instant
Barbatos’ face froze
“Like I said, what are you talking……?”
“It was a simple test The culprit always returns to the scene of the cri this old and antique saying once”
With a soft gaze
As if I was stroking her with lanced at Barbatos from head to toe
“Whoever it was that had sent oodwill towards oing to appear, after all However, who could have known the detailed circu, and had the capability of acquiring such information? Barbatos, how vast does one’s information network have to be in order to know the exact information of the dispatched troops? The culprit ithout a doubt soreat power”
For exah to be rank 8th
So note of the military movement in the human side
So’s territory, since it resides in the border area between demon and humankind
“Yes Barbatos A person of authority such as yourself”
“……”
Barbatos opened her ained her mischievous expression
“……Aha, ahahaha I was curious as to what you were trying to say”
Her voice was composed as well
“Dantalian Of course, I’ awesome person, just as you said An information network in the human race, well, obviously I have that Since you never knohen those hu to try and start sorinned
Her acting ability was quite splendid As a politician, it was the ideal It wasn’t a coincidence that she was the leader of such a large political faction known as the Plains Faction
Her usual exaggerated actions that appeared frivolous, herof profanities into her words thatclothes with so much exposure that it made others troubled on where to put their eyes These were all calculated actions
A means to lure and manipulate another person’s mind as she pleased
“But that’s all, you know? I’ trivial like a ht now, I’d spit it right in your face in person Why would I send a letter like some narrow-minded fool?”
She had approacheda person who had absolutely no interest in my love life
She acted as if she was sincerely listening to my story
Therefore, I had said earlier
That Barbatos was a good woman
I have rarely ever seen a woh as this
Barbatos was able to develop her acting ability through the extensive 500 years of her life Certainly, it was a tremendous ability Aah, it was at the level that would h it wasn’t on ht below inal talent won over effort
My aptitude for acting could only overwhelm your efforts
“In the first place, if I did send you that letter, then there’s no reason forit like this Don’t you think so? In the end, you were saved thanks to that note”
Barbatos shrugged her shoulders
“Without that letter, you wouldn’t have known the ot done in Therefore, the person rote that letter is your savior Why would I throay the free opportunity to put you in my debt? That’s because I really didn’t send it”
Although it was plausible
It was a shallow excuse
“Barbatos That’s because you didn’t send that letter with the intention of savingI didn’t send it, but you’re still saying that?”
“You wrote that letter with the intention to simply ‘test’ me”
“……”
Barbatos had said tothat an actual useful rookie had appeared after such a long time, but isn’t he just a complete mental patient? Haaa, my fate is always like this……
— How the hell do I make this retard function like an actual person……
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How could she have known that I was a useful rookie?
Was it simply because I was able to make money off of the black herbs?
Barbatos did not know the inner details of what exactly I had done to become wealthy Was it otten Ivar Lodbrok in the palm of my hand? Luck and skill, which side was the source of my success was uncertain to her
Thus
By the tiht up those words, she had already testedthe news that the , Barbatos, you most likely wanted to see my ability once You wanted to see with your own eyes if I truly was a useful personnel You sent the letter, and then patiently waited to see how I responded to the invaders……”
The result was a pass
Derave von Rosenberg
Now Demon Lord Barbatos had decided that she would recruit Demon Lord Dantalian into her faction
Except, there was a large problem placed there
“Do you perhaps remember? The words you uttered the moment you came here yesterday”
“……No Since I’ useless”
“Then remember it now For this was not an uni shot Fro you had abruptly said toto break up with that succubus lover of yours, then I can help