59 Chapter 9 1 : Marriages, numbers 1, 2, and 3 (2/2)
”We can do so again, right?” (Haru)
I opened my mouth to say yes, but her lips covered mine before I could speak, her tongue entering my mouth greedily. With that, the ceremony was over, but there was still more to do, namely, two more weddings, one to Char, and one to Mae. They went about the same, save for the uproar over my identity, so I'm going to skip those. I'll just say that Mae got married in a well-tailored brown suit for some reason, an ornate sword at her waist, and that Char, ever the exhibitionist, got married in a teal blue... uh... well, I can't really call it a wedding dress, so much as something resembling a semi-sheer strapless nightgown that barely hid the important parts. Actually, even those were exposed if you saw them from the correct angle, in the case of her nipples, from below and a bit to the side, for other parts, it was only when she spun quickly that you could get a glimpse, and then they couldn't be seen long enough to get a good look.
The wedding reception included three massive cakes, plenty of other food and drinks, and musicians playing several different songs, including the national anthem of the human lands in celebration of the third princess getting married, but also songs suited to dancing (and/or anthem spells), such as Firelight Flight, Whirlwind Waltz, and I even, on my own, played the Song of Silence. That had several people wondering what I was doing, but the musicians who heard it understood and most were in awe of my skill at playing that. However, for the songs where I wasn't playing them, I was often dancing with my new wives and/or other people, often chatting, well, answering questions, while doing so.
”So, what's it like being the Demon Lord? I'd imagine it's not that easy, considering that you have to manage the entire territory of the demon lands” (Earl... hell if I know his name)
”It's pretty easy, actually. I have enough skilled aides that they can handle everything by themselves. I make the policies, the big picture stuff, and they put it into action and handle the minutiae. I also handle the foreign relations, I guess. Most of the time, I'm having fun as an adventurer, though that might be over, more or less, now that my identity has been revealed?” (Ryuu)
”How'd you meet the two other girls, Mae and Charlotte?” (Baron somethingorother)
”Well, they were my roommates at the adventurer training school, alongside Elise, who you can sorta see hiding in the corner there... excuse me, I gotta help her out, she's really not a fan of public gatherings, but many people seem to be attracted to shy girls like moths to a flame” (Ryuu)
”You're so nice and pretty, I wouldn't have ever dreamed that you might be a demon or the Demon Lord. I'm going to have to rethink my entire perspective on what they're like” (Another Baron)
”That's the case with most people in the human lands, actually. Have fun trying to make a better perspective to see things through!” (Ryuu)
”So, I heard about this adventurer party of seven the other day, called The Demon Lord's Harem. Is that three wives and four mistresses for you?” (Duke he never introduced himself)
”No, that's me, three wives as of today, and three more who will become my wives once we go back to the demon lands and get married there, because that's where they were born and raised for two of them, and the third decided she wanted to be married there too. I'm not entirely sure as to why she did, however” (Ryuu)
”Not going to ask her?” (Duke)
”Eh, she's always been a wanderer since she was born, in a way. Since she has wings, it'd be easier to get married there, so I guess that's the reason, and I see no reason to ask if she doesn't bring it up herself” (Ryuu)