Chapter 21 - Volume 3 (2/2)
The witches responded faintly Although my facial expression was stoic like before, it was not the same impassive expression as before I sincerely cleaned all 11 witches
Thefrom the witches was all moved onto my clothes, so noas the one that was filthy I took roup, Witch Hu her shoulder twice, I remounted my horse
“Let us depart”
“Set forth!”
Farnese shouted
The soldiers ere enthusiastically ridiculing us could not stop our march As if they were embarrassed, they lowered their heads The bottohtly and dispersed in mid-air
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[A kind and merciful decision!]
[Witch Humbaba’s affection went up by 3]
[Witch Stheno’s affection went up by 9]
[Witch Euryale’s affection went up by 8]
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Looking up at the words that broke apart like a flurry of snow, I s well, so was there really a need for it to complimentmore to add, after all
Lapis spoke
“95 points, your highness”
“Ara? That score is subtly suspicious What are the grounds for the deduction in points?”
“A , is he not? This one was concerned that your highness would becohtly considerate Since re 5 points, this is this one’s hness”
Sure
Good for you!
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▯Demon Lord of Benevolence, Rank 9th, Paimon
Eian Plains, Demon Lord Allied Forces Garrison
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“What should we do, sis……?”
Sitri asked with a teary voice
We quietly watched Deo by with his troops in tow There was nothing we could do This lady’s plan of provoking Dantalian, in order to someway or another delay the start of as thus a co Sis Pai h”
“No It’s not your fault Sitri The other party hadhim since I had heard a rumor that he cherished his subordinates, but for his expression to not shi+ft even once……”
Mythat this lady, no, not only this lady but all of the De swept up by Dantalian’s pace did not disappear Was it merely this lady as mistaken?
It was fine to consider Dantalian’s reputation to be the absolute worst He had declared an outcast as his fiancée(This is illegal), al), and furtherhold, had fallen In the public eye, the assessment of Dantalian was horrendous A fool blinded by love, a filthy debauchee……
However, this lady thought differently
There was no other choice but to think differently
Within half a year, Dantalian was able to rise up to one of the highest positions a the richest individuals in the demon world If that man were a fool, then that would be ier to start this upco been invaded Was this a coincidence?
If anything, should one not look at this backwards?
That that e to appear like a fool and a parvenu
“……”
My face became stiff
If this lady’s intuition was correct, then that wouldaround with the entire demon world at his oill To always achieve what he desired, while at the sa that achieve to appear as if it had flowed like that because of luck There were a countless number of people who fail but pretend to have succeeded However, people who have succeeded but acted as if they had failed were rare Furthermore, the occasion where that act would be carried on and continued was even more uncommon
If we don’t deal with hiht?”
Sitri looked at me with a worried expression on her face
Oh dear, it seems this lady’s face had unintentionally beco ties of my lips and formed a natural smile
“Yes, I am fine You are very kind, Sitri”
“Ehe”
Once I stroked her head, Sitri rubbed her cheek against ht, I sent away every soldier as in the vicinity of irl With a pitch black cloak wrapped around her entire body, the spy lowered herself to one knee
“Did your highness call?”
“Yes Was there any inconvenience on your way here?”
“Ahah, it’s alright Sir Dantalian’s ca party, so the security is lax There were no cuparty, is it……?”
“He threw a banquet saying that everyone did a good job for h the snow and rain for a week Since alcohol and boarwild Norirl naht by Sir Dantalian and is currently pouring him his drinks That’s why this one was able to sneak out easily—”
“……”
That wasa banquet
Although Dantalian otten past the situation from this afternoon, the likelihood that Dantalian’s soldiers were still harboring in their h The banquet was held to disentangle their frustrated minds
Indeed
Dantalian was not a foolish fellow This lady’s instincts arning her as so
In the world, so with a million to one chance could always occur The path that Dantalian had walked until now could truly be nothing more than a coincidence A method to identify whether it was an inevitability or a coincidence did not exist for this lady If the ability to discern whether so was an inevitability or a coincidence was not available, this lady tended to lean towards it being an inevitability
That hy I had bribed the spy in front of me
“Show me the evidence that you claimed could slander Dantalian”
The spy took out a pocket watch from inside her cloak and laid it on the floor As soon as this lady flicked her wrist, the pocket watch floated to her hand Since this spy’s stratum was so low that it could be compared to that of an outcast, in accordance with the laws in the demon world, direct contact with her was forbidden
“Is this a Me it to 12, 7, 5, 4, 2 ,3, and 11 will do”
“This lady is looking forward to seeing what sort of content lies within this”
I turned the hour hand of the pocket watch according to the sequence the spy had stated
A white smoke leaked out from the watch and a video was projected onto the fuure appeared within the scenery displayed on the sirl, who he had eneral, in his arms Witches could be seen as well
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— Turn this place into hell
— Aha? By ‘hell’, does master mean?
— I can s froreed and hypocrisy
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Is that…… a es around them, it seeuards were collapsed on the ground Dantalian grinned towards the witches
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— If they are pigs, then it would only be appropriate for thesty, and yet, why are they striding so boldly along the streets? What are you to do when these pigs are arrogantly trying to imitate people and shove their noses everywhere?
— Naturally, you have to is!
— Only people can possess slaves It seeainst theto handle slaves
— Please give us the order We shall ht!
— Yes The cohter those bastards without giving them the chance to even screah down your heart and hesitation take over your hands As you are lords of all creation, with the authority granted to you all by the Goddesses, slaughter these livestock for our extensive cause
— As you coan
Shooting through the night sky, the witches killed every last huht as slaves were put to death Thehell, and people burned between the fla while dumbstruck
“What is this……?”
“The scene of the slaughter that Sir Dantalian had ordered”
The spy responded
“Although the rumors say that Sir Dantalian had picked up Miss Farnese, andering around aimlessly, by chance Ahah That is actually a lie Sir Dantalian had personally gone to rescue Miss Farnese as confined within the slave hter……?”
“Since there can’t be any evidence”
This lady became speechless
For that reason alone
The ardless of their race or age, the witches got rid of every figure that caht There were even the trehtered
The screaether It blended together like smoke Endlessly, endlessly……my eyes Until the video had ended This lady could not contain the tragedy in her eyes
“……Is this not fabricated?”
“Fabricate a video of this size? Surely your highness is joking- Even if soic to imitate the core individuals, Sir Dantalian and Miss Farnese, then what about the rest of the people? Does your highness think that hundreds of ic to hed
“Ahahah, if that were true then a ruhness should knoell since your highness Pai than this one, but utilizing hundreds of es in secret is impossible Additionally, the screams from the children are extremely realistic, so to consider that as an act is—”
Slap
The spy fell to the floor The spy, as slapped by round Because this lady could not bear it any longer, while forgetting everything about the demon world laws, I kicked the spy
“Aha, ah hah haha……ahahahahahah……”
Even while being kicked, the spy continued to laugh What could possibly be that funny? Could the sight of innocent children being killed be nothing hter was detestable The sound of giggling unpleasantly latched onto my skin This lady stomped on the spy with more force in order to strip herself of that unpleasantry I felt disgusted athired so believed that they were pure at one point
The bunch who had sold their souls
The absolute botto inferior
The prostitutes of souls
With her face planted into the ground, the spy grinned
“Your highness-? It is fine to vent your anger, but didn’t your highness hire us since you needed this sort of evidence-?”
—Witch
The head of the Berbere Sisters, the possessor of the Triphyllous Badge, Witch Humbaba
Even after her platinum blonde hair was covered in dirt, she did not lose her ah Whether witches laughed norhed when they were feeling anguished, their laughter was constantly the sa
“……You are a bunch who should not have been born into this world”
“We hear that often-”
“Is there truly no feeling of sorriness for the lives of others in your izes, but we’ve already sold our souls—?”
It seeh people considered it regrettable that we could not converse with beasts, beasts did not care about being unable to converse with people Si a conversation with us people
This lady took out a pouch of gold and tossed it The ave off a le, Humbaba immediately turned her head towards the sound She embraced the pouch as if it were the loveliest child in the world
“Your highness’ kindness is immeasurable Thank you very much Hehe”
“I put in half the aold”
“……Half-?”
Huazed down at the witch
“I will give you the re half once the task is completely over”
“That’s a little bit different compared to the promise that this one had heard previously-……”
“Dantalian had personally wiped the dirt off of you all earlier today, and yet, you all had betrayed that Dantalian Do I have even the slightest reason to place my trust in you?”
“Mhness is correct”
Huer visible because of the wide brim of her hat
“But at least the other proht, I will petition for every witch that had participated in this war to receive a Leaf Medal You’ll then be a veteran in possession of a Quadriphyllous Congratulations”
“Ahaha That is a great favor”
The witch beahtly The medal with a leaf shape on it was proof that an individual had devoted oneself to their kind in a field of war No matter how many times one were to participate in a civil war between Deranted a leaf Asto becooing to iven a leaf
Regardless, people of the low class were originally unable to receivethe extremely rare cases Despite that, just like they had done now, these witches were able to soh constant repetition of betrayal and trickery One’s honor should be established by one’s self and not by relying on others, and yet…… They were a despicable group
This lady waved her hand
“I do not wish to see you any further Get out”
“My apologies for sullying your highness’ eyes”
Humbaba wrapped herself in her cloak and left Just like she had done when she arrived, her footsteps had no sound while leaving as well It felt as if she was still somewhere in the quarters because of her noiseless footsteps
“……”
This lady silently stared at the pocket watch The proble evidence Unfortunately, it is clear that this video will not have any particular use in bringing the war to a halt Currently, the person holding the lead position for the advocacy of as Barbatos Even if Dantalian were to be accused, Barbatos would heed it no mind and execute the war anyway However, even if it was unable to stop the war then……
My worries beca about the destiny of the ones born as monarchs, this lady’s head became numb I shared the responsibility in the proclamation of war, and yet, only the lives of the soldiers will be taken away through it My heart pounded by the thought that no matter what occurred, I will remain alive
Awar must be prevented……
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▯The King of Peasants, Rank 71st, Dantalian
Eian Plains, Demon Lord Allied Forces Garrison
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“I heard you personally wiped clean some witches You crazy bastard!”
Barbatos spoke
The words shouted after barging in here abruptly during the ht was that
I put down hed
“Thank you, Lapis You may leave now”
“……”
Lapis, as helping ht with documents, left without a word While Lapis was my woman, I was Barbatos’ man, thus Lapis behaved as if she were invisible while in front of Barbatos, and Barbatos treated Lapis as if she were not there The distance between Barbatos and Lapis was too vast for them to connect with each other for the reason that they shared the same man Once Lapis left the tent, I spoke
“Rumors spread quite fast”
“I’ back Ten to one, I’m certain that incident was one of that bitch Paimon’s schemes”
“Probably That’s why I endured it”
“It’s impressive to say you’ll endure it and actually be able to endure it If it were ht in her face Dantalian, you’re a big shot”
As if so was funny, Barbatos cackled She was the type of person to not tell people why she was laughing, and I was the bastard who didn’t disregard it and made sure to ask as so funny
“What’s so huether”
“It’s hilarious since the upright guy who believes in witches just looks like a retard Hey, do you want to know soents around that bitch Paiht? She’s the type of bitch who pretends to be pure and coy while doing everything she wants, after all If I don’t spread observers around her, then sheesh, I can’t feel reassured”
Barbatos grinned
“Well, that bitch probably has agents planted around ht now Do you knoho just went into that bitch Paiazed at Barbatos Excluding the white candles placed on top of the table, there were no other sources of light in the tent When the candle light treardless of that trerimly I shook my head
“That isn’t possible”
“How innocent That’s cute”
“……Huh to know their na that bitch Paimon’s tent they disappeared into your camp”
“Give er
“Eat shi+t, Dantalian I won’t give someone like you evidence Whether you believeyou’ll have to decide on your own My duties were finished the moment I didn’t turn a blind eye towards thisthose words, Barbatos left casually There was no farewell It was truly like her to not give a refined greeting, and si that she had started on a whim I became as aard as a preschooler as suddenly faced with a drawing paper that was forcefully given to hi to deal with this?
Betrayal was a social response which occurred when a single contract was not fulfilled adequately However, I have never infringed on the contract shared between h I did not doubt the fact that betrayal was an obvious occurrence in the world, I was suspicious because I believed that a betrayal without reason could not exist A sudden thought occurred to nal?
I quietly exited my tent and headed towards the witches’ quarters The witches had built a large tent for theether I wondered if they were controlling the teic since the inside of their tent was hu around with each other and entangling their bodies with one another Even after seeing me enter their tent, the witches did not put on their tops
“Ara, Master? What brings you here on this night?”
“Did ourbodies and has corant us your Royal Grace—?”
The witches giggled A against one another and licking the others’ skin A strong flowery fragrance emanated frorance was so thick, I could not distinguish whether I was breathing throughwaterboarded by extracts The heaven and earth on all four sides were being enveloped by the winter,the world white, but the witches had separately ht district
I clicked ue
“It appears this place isn’t a military camp but a licensed quarter instead Do I have to pay an entrance fee?”
“Of course not Our master is alelcomed”
“Tsk, these obscene fellows……”
I sat down anywhere that felt convenient The witch as suddenly sat on byshould be fusing together in order to forirls see around with other indecent fellows”
y), lewd, and indecent all start with the sa to the witches as the with only other wo concerned when this isn’t the first or second ti that Master had done in order to supple obscene, disorderly, and slovenly-?”
“Be quiet You girls are being too bold since you are not even concerned about dying by a sword on a battlefield, but instead, you’re preparing to die by coition first Hurry up and go put on so serious to discuss, that is why I have come all the way here myself”
The witches pouted and draped clothes over their shoulders In truth, it was an outfit that wasThe nape of their necks ide open and their chests were co themselves while into teasethem any further, so I let it be
The witches adjusted their clothes slowly They seemed to think that if they did that, then I would turn into an ani their ridiculous behavior, I let out a snort, and once I did so, the witches grumbled with a face that displayed discontent At any rate, these fellows did not know their liazed at Humbaba who posed as the leader of the witches
“Is there any inconvenience while residing in the ca to eat and a place to sleep, so so like inconvenience couldn’t possibly exist-”
“I am worried since you all used to be abused coar felloho mistreat or beat you?”
“Yes The people who abuse us are normally nobles, but as your lordshi+p already knows, there are no nobles in your camp, and even if there are, only minor nobles who stink of piss on the faradually became darker
There was no chance that their lord would coht just to inquire the There was a sequence in conversations, so a groundset down, the witches orried about what sort of talk was going to come next Once I closed my mouth, the tent becaer a pleasurable warmth but just plain heat instead I spoke
“I heard that you girls betrayed me Why did you do it?”
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“I do not wish to quibble over the iiven Tell me the reason behind the betrayal”
Over the tent, the sound of an owl hooting could be heard The witches’ tent was thin so the sound of the bird felt nearby It was forbidden for witches to wear or use the leather of animals That was the law in the demon world The tent wasceased, Humbaba spoke
“This one shall atone for the crime with her death”
“I asked for the reason of betrayal Would I not need to know so able to detery or not? There would be noif you were to die on your own”
“We craved money-”
“Money? If you desired for money, then you could have asked me, could you have not? You all should knoell that I possess so eable”
“As there is nothing enial to us Rather, doing spy work is more efficient and clean”
“Oh, these imbeciles”
I placed my hand on my forehead My brain started to hurt
I understood that since these witches lived their entire life being scorned by the other races, the only place they could put their trust into wasa pro as it was not a business relationshi+p, betrayal was a peasant’s destined fate It was heartrending to see these girl use their destiny as an excuse
“And so? Did you get soot half the pro betrayed me, you were embezzled half the amount?”
I was taken aback
“Dear God I already knew that you all were imbeciles but I did not consider you would also be a bunch of pushovers If you’re going to stab someone in the back, then do it properly Just what are you doing?”
“We heard that Miss Paimon was kind towards even peasants, so ere a bit hopeful But it turned out that she was less kind than the ruhter really coht now?”
The witches’ shoulders trembled
I pressed them for answers in order to find out what infor It really is nothing’, and the criory of