Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3: Lineage of the Maou
We, having had a blast at the beach until it got dark, driven by Lilith-san, went by car to the lodging hotel
“Er me for a while”
“Yes, what is it?”
“Aren’t there any other monsters around here? Even in the beach there were no other visitors besides us…”
“Yeah This place is a demesne[1] of us demons No one has been entertained here apart from you”
“…? But, a while ago, I think I saw some monsters in the sky that resembled birds…”
“I beg your pardon It see, I ent monsters… Monsters able to adopt hu theical beasts[2]”
“I see”
As if our conversation hadat the nearside, turned back
“… Since we are at it, there’s so I should explain to the little sister The difference between zohouls lies in what the succubus has just mentioned
Though, properly speaking, there are no less of a thousand differences between both races fro it with easy to understand words, it coent zombies”
“Wow Is that so?”
To tell the truth, I also hadn’t heard about the difference between ghouls and zombies
I see
To Zonhouls with zo treated as an animal
That is, that’s the reason Zonets mad
“Manami… chan, have you listened?”
Despite being the chance to better the way Manami calls Zonmi…
“… ZZZ”
“Wha, she’s sleeping!”
I’d say, that’s because she was frolicking at the sea
The youngest group of Mana each other in the back seat
“… There’s no way Let’s explain it to the little sister on another occasion”
Seeing Manaave up
Returning to her original position, Zonain on the nearside
“It’s a pity for those sleeping but… People We’ll arrive soon”
“Could it be… Is that the hotel we’ll be staying at…”
“Of course, it surely is”
“… Haha This is great”
What appeared in our sights from beyond the as a fairytale-like scenery you wouldn’t usually see in the human world
The building in front of us… Rather than an hotel, it would be better called a castle
It had a classy air that es Europe
“Well… Let’s get down Froo on foot”
After waking up Manaot down as Lilith-san had said
The gardens of the hotel were so spacious that it seeolf like that
Furthermore, they not only were spacious, it looked like time and money had been spent in every nook, like the carefully planted and arranged trees or the uniquely shaped fountain
Like that, it see the scenery
Standing before the hotel (castle?), we opened the huge door with a dull sound
“““““Welcome home, masters!”””””
Next instant
There was a battalion of reet us
Moreover… Each one of theht here coirls aroundbeauties)
“They are like athered by their looks If so troubles you, feel free to command them as you like After all, we have personnel to spare”
“… Now, have you said as we like?”
The instant I asked, I felt stares overfloith killing intent coirls around me
“… Of course sexual requests are forbidden?”
“I-it’s not like I was asking with that purpose!?”
“… Why have you suddenly started talking like a tsundere[3]?”
Kyouko rebutted me with a cold stare
Is it you saying that?
“Quite right… I always tell theuests So… If that’s what Chiharu-sama really wishes, they may not be able to really refuse”
“Hoho!”
My cheeks softened unconsciously with the answer bri with romance as if in the dreams of any man
“Oniichan… Do you knoill happen if you do so like that?”
“Chiharu… Are you aware of ill happen to you if you do so like that?”
“Haru… You knohat’ll happen if you do that?”
“Yeah! I know! Since I know, please don’t tell me the same sentence the three of you…”
How regretful
As I’m under close surveillance by this lot, it sees from the maids[4]
So, putting an end to those delusions, I felt somewhat anxious
“… Do you feel unwell, Iris?”
Ever since entering the hotel, Iris has been behaving suspiciously, walking as if she were hiding behind us
Pale as a sheet, Iris' everyher usual brazen demeanor
“… There’s no issue Just a little fatigued”
“Is that so? If you say so…”
What the heck?
This uncoet rid of—
Is Iris really just tired?
Looking carefully, her petrified stance, as if hiding behind us, can be perceived as her being scared of so
“… It’s all right There’s no one here that’ll bring you harm”
It took me a while to notice that Lilith-san’s words were meant for Iris
With what intention has she said that?
Without finding a satisfactory response to what it was that she had seen, thinking in her oay—
In the end, ere led like that inside the hotel
× × ×
After that
As we had free time until the start of dinner, each one went their oay
Like that, being told by Lilith-san “I have so I want to show you”, I went to the hotel’s basement
In spite of the above ground facilities being a gathering of the newest things that are not inferior to those of the hueon from an RPG, it created a sharp contrast
“… It’s a considerably dusty place”
“Yeah Since this hotel has been reformed froo”
“… So it was like that?”
Is that the reason the exterior of the hotel is so castle-like?
“But then… This underground tunnel is the only thing that’s kept intact in the same state as back then”
“Why haven’t you refurbished it?”
“As this bases like rare valuable expensive antiques and uard the harmful traps have been installed That’s why… Not even us can carelessly remodel it”
“Erm… I’d have liked that you had told ’…”
Fearing harm, after that, I walked carefully down the stairs
Hey… What the heck?
While I alking, I realized one thing
That was that Lilith-san, alked beforeat all times a distance of just over a meter[5] from me
If I walked faster, she also walked faster, If I walked slower, she also walked slower
Since that gait wasn’t so, I unconsciously became impressed
“Just Lilith”
While ere going down the stairs, Lilith-san softly
“… Eh?”
“I think I should have said it to you before, but… Just call me Lilith, please, no honorifics If I tell youthan being ravished by cattle… Since, in the end, it’s a job requested by my benefactor Kanae-sama…”
“… Is that so?”
I feel that, if only a bit, I’ve learned a part of her background
Despite being a total man-hater, for the reason “since it’s my job”, she’s forced to adopt a subservient attitude towards a man
This is nothing other than , but that may be the reason why, until now, she has behaved so aardly
“Lilith”
“… Uh”
“Lilith!”
“… Guh!”
“Lilith?”
“… Ng”
“…”
Why is it?
Despite having said it’s hu, each time I call to her I think she puts on a pleasure-filled face
Could it be that this person… She has in fact a fetish?
“Er you without honorifics for no reason…?”
“…”
Once I suggested that, Lilith-san dropped her shoulders as if she was a little dejected
“I see Chiharu-sa I cannot refuse… You dare to restrict my options…”
“Of course I don’t plan to do that I ht?”
“What the heck do you raced as if you had forced ue”
“… No, I didn’t ask with thata nosebleed?”
“… Wha”
Right after I pointed that out
Lilith-san’s face turned beet red and she got flustered
“Th-th-this… It’s not what it see Turning humiliations received from men into pleasure… It’s decidedly not that!?”
“… Hah, is that so?”
In the first place, getting a nosebleed by having dirty thoughts is a trope froing by this girl’s reaction, there’s no doubt
“Here A hankie”
“… Th-there’s no need I have mine”
Saying that, Lilith-san turned back and started briskly walking by herself
Mmm Lilith-san may say that, but I feel that it’s still a bit too early to leave honorifics out
While thinking that, I once again went down the stairs, chasing after her
× × ×
“Well We have arrived Our destination lies at the other side of that door”
Have we been walking for around 20 minutes after that?
Pointing at the wall in front of her, Lilith-san said those words
“What door… No matter how you look at it, that wall before us looks like a dead end”
“Is that so… To the eyes of an outsider itmore than a wall… But if I press here…”
After Lilith-san pressed a part of the brick wall, in the next instant
With the sound of soht and left
“I see A hidden door?”
This is looking more and more like a typical RPG
Still wary of the traps, I walked through the hidden door
And, what caht—
“Is this it? The thing you said you wanted to show me…”
It wasn’t like after the hidden door there was a treasure in gold and silver
It wasn’t like there was a huge monster
What laid there was a regular small room
No, to be accurate, it doesn’t seem to be any different from the human world
For having expressly co till here, I’d say it lacks impact… What a let-down
“Yeah This could be considered to be the den of the former Maou”
“!?”
Just as I heard Lilith-san words, I feltstiff in an instant
The king who rules over the Netherworld—the Maou
Even though up until now I’ve regarded that existence as son countries, recently I feel that the frequency hich I’ that word has increased all at once
“… Why is such a thing here?”
“… The reason is as I explained a o
This hotel was originally reformed from the castle of the Maou For said reason, it’s nary a wonder even if so remained
“Surely… That’s possible…”
At least, I’d like it if you explained that to me beforehand
I’d say it’s bad forI wish you'd put yourself in my shoes when you are suddenly told “this is the Maou’s room”
“… What’s drawn in that picture is the countenance of the former Maou
The 34th Maou—Cruel[8] There are no words to describe the greatness of his achieve a fanatic of the huht ineering revolution”
“…”
I see
So the fact the scenery at the Netherworld didn’t differ uy
“… He’s more ordinary than I expected”
That hat I honestly felt when I saw the man in the picture
If we talk about the personal ih I picture him as a character with a more sinister and wicked face, the one in the picture, the pair of horns growing froular old man you could find anywhere (?)
“Surely… You cannot say his looks are good even as flattery
However, there’s one legend about Cruel… I heard he was popular with the ladies at such a level that it looked like a love potion was emitted from his body [9]”
“… You joking?”
I’ullible
That this… Old uy on legendary levels, how can it be[10]
“Incredible… That’s the kind of face you have right now
By the way, it’s recorded that the Maou Cruel, in the 300 years he ruled over the Netherworld, has in fact married 14 wives and left more than 20 heirs”
“Fourt…”
Is this old man for real?
Grrrr Hareivable[11]
“Even so… Being popular with the ladies has its merits and its demerits
It’s said Cruel le mistake in his whole life… And that was all of the wo about
Was it about twenty years now? This constitution that granted him excessive popularity with the Netherworld ladies was a curse, Cruel tragically le woman moved out of jealousy”
“…A-are you serious?”
I take back my words
Isn’t it the best to have everything in moderation?
You can even die froirls… I don’t think that way out of envy
“Then, since Cruel has died, what kind of person has become the next Maou?”
As I went and asked, Lilith-san put on a ently shook her head,
“Unfortunately… That still hasn’t been decided”
“… Eh?”
“It’s as I told you just a while ago I told you the sole mistake Cruel made in his life was his women troubles that left him with too many heirs
After Cruel’s death… A bloody war unfolded between his more than twenty heirs to see who held the title of next Maou
Especially, the dispute between those who oppose the changes in the Netherworld and the supporters of the constant peace up until now increase day by day in violence