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Half a month has pa.s.sed since I came to the demon king castle. Thanks to my purging, it"s peaceful inside.
Starting with the snow leopard race, I got to every single traitor.
I"ve been killing everyone who pulled pranks that I couldn"t overlook, but today"s the last notable target I have to take care of.
To be frank, I want to deal with everyone that wants to harm Eve, but the governing will be affected if I just go executing people for even the smallest sins.
Well, seeing the idiots be gruesomely executed, will probably silence the others that were only doing minor things.
I should finish my last case.
"I"m, I"m sorry, I just did it on a whim! It"s true, please, believe me!" (Wind weasel chief)
The chief of the wind weasel race pleaded desperately in front of the throne Eve sits in.
How sad. The wind weasel race was one of the first three races that I judged to be innocent in the star rabbit race"s village, and I really thought they were our comrades.
I didn"t want the iron hog race, flame horse race and wind weasel race to betray us, and it pains me to execute one of them.
However, I can"t just overlook them.
These guys sent an a.s.sa.s.sin to Eve.
I throw the a.s.sa.s.sin"s freshly severed head in front of him.
Seeing that, the wind weasel race"s chief falls on his bottom.
"Hiii, ahhh, uuuuu." (Wind weasel chief)
The demon king is supposedly invincible against demons and monsters, but really, the demon king can only make others listen. A demon king can lose their life if they receive an attack from a blind spot, or while they"re sleeping.
There"s no way I can forgive them.
Unlike the snow leopard race, the wind weasel race has the appearance of a two-legged weasel, so I can"t make them into my toys, and they"re beyond saving.
"Demon king Eve Reese-sama, direct knight of the demon king, we, we have always been working together until now! Without our workings, demon king Eve Reese-sama would not be here! Please forgive my single error, I just gave in to the urge! Please, we are comrades of war, right!?" (Wind weasel chief)
Eve is making a poker face, but she"s extremely agitated.
She"s trying to say something, but her voice isn"t coming out.
… This weakness is her flaw, but also a lovely part of her.
Setsuna, Freya, Kureha and Ellen would be able to settle it easily.
However, Eve can"t, and I want her to stay like that.
So, I"ll do it instead of her.
"You"re the one that tried to kill her, despite being so-called "comrades of war". If the a.s.sa.s.sination succeeded, what would you have done? You probably would"ve been laughing with demon king Eve Reese"s head in front of you. Give up. You"re going to die incredibly brutally…… take him away." (Kearuga)
The elite guards appeared and took him away.
Although the chief started struggling, the elite guards punched him to silence him. Even though he"s the chief of one of the top ten races, they"re treating him like a criminal without any honour.
I created these elite guards in these past few days.
I made small changes to their body with【Transformation Heal】, optimising them to suit their own fighting style.
On top of that, I removed every single illness or injury that would affect their performance and enhanced their muscles, skeletal structure and reflexes.
As for their minds, I used drugs and brainwas.h.i.+ng to make them swear absolute loyalty to Eve and me.
I made them in case something were to happen to Eve while I was away.
Underestimating their loyalty, some people tried to bribe the guards, but the guards reported the names of the fools who tried to do so.
However, I did make a few of them pretend to be bribed and ordered them to circulate the information we"re fine with circulating.
"Everyone, this is all for today…… I have a request. Don"t let me do any more terrible things. I don"t want to do these things, and I"ll only do them if it"s necessary." (Eve)
All the races there prostrated themselves before her.
This is the end of the purge.
There are no more criminals that committed major crimes.
As for the people I"ve overlooked, I"ll send them a letter with Eve"s name engraved on them, and say that I"ll forgive their minor crimes for now. However, I"ll also say that they"ll end up like the snow leopard race and the wind weasel race if they go any further.
Of course, if they don"t go quiet from that, I"ll have no choice but to destroy them.
Afterwards, I gave Eve plenty of love in her room.
When tough things happen, Eve always seeks for me without even waiting for night to come.
In those times, Eve is pa.s.sionate and has more fun than usual.
We"ve even done it in the demon king"s throne when no one else was there. That really turned me on.
Eve fell asleep, so I kissed her forehead and left the room.
In my own room, I read a letter that came from Buranikka, the town where demons and humans coexist.
I have a base in Buranikka where information from Ra.n.a.litta and the Dioral Kingdom get sent to the demon king castle.
"Ellen"s amazing." (Kearuga)
I read the report Ellen sent me.
She already seized the entire Dioral Kingdom. She"s also making a system where there would be no problems even when she"s absent, and it seems like it"ll be fine if we meet up in half a month"s time.
Furthermore, she also wrote about the Grantsbach Empire.
From the flow of people and goods, she said they"re most likely preparing for war.
As expected of her. Even though she wasn"t told about what"s happening behind the scenes in the Grantsbach Empire, she predicted that from just the information she gained.
I write a letter to the feudal lord of Ra.n.a.litta, telling him to teach Ellen everything he knows about the Grantsbach Empire"s movements.
Ellen should be able to take the correct actions with the right information.
Other than that, Ellen even gave me advice for cleaning trash inside the demon king castle in her letter.
The reason why my cleaning has gone so smoothly so far is mostly because of her advice.
Ellen"s plans are always efficient since she excels at making tactics to fold and tie people"s hearts down.
"Apart from that…" (Kearuga)
I received a letter from the feudal lord of Ra.n.a.litta and the informant.
The feudal lord of Ra.n.a.litta sent me additional information about his own take of the Dioral Kingdom"s reconstruction state and the Grantsbach Empire"s movements.
The informant wrote that there a person who was thought to be Bullet was in the Grantsbach Empire and that that person bought the most expensive boy on the black market.
Those two pieces of information are connected, which means Bullet must be in the Grantsbach Empire, and that he has something to do with the war.
There"s no way he would buy an expensive boy as a fugitive, so he"s probably being treated as a guest in the Grantsbach Empire.
Trying to not a.s.sociate war with it is harder.
"Well then, what to do." (Kearuga)
The fastest, easiest thing to do would be to enter the Grantsbach Empire.
Bullet gets tired of things easily, and he"s fussy about his tastes too.
There"s no way he would be satisfied with just one young boy, so he"ll definitely buy more. If the informant keeps staying on watch, I can ambush and attack him.
Otherwise, I could attack his base.
Smas.h.i.+ng up his new collection would be amusing.
I try not to involve people that aren"t related to my revenge, but boys that are in his clutches are just broken obedient pets.
It must be painful for them to keep living like that. Killing them will save them. I"m saving people while also damaging Bullet, so I"m killing two birds with one stone.
Apart from that, I could move to Ra.n.a.litta or the Dioral Kingdom, make preparations and then ambush him.
… No, I probably shouldn"t do that.
He might do something with the【Philosopher"s Stone】.
I should take measures as fast as possible.
After collecting a bit more information, I"ll enter the Grantsbach Empire.
I write three letters and make the elite guards send them to the base in Buranikka.
All that"s left is for my subordinates in Buranikka to do well.
Well then, I"ve got nothing to do now.
Should I watch the wind weasel race"s execution?
The wind weasel race worked hard during the war so I won"t make them go through something tragic like letting a dog eat them bit by bit every day.
I"m just going to have their race kill each other.
This is a popular execution method in the demon king territory, where naked criminals get imprisoned in a colosseum ring.
A barrier is made so they can"t get out of the ring.
They all fight until there"s only one person remaining, and that last person gets sold as a slave.
If they don"t kill each other, they"ll just all happily starve to death.
I"ve never seen it before, but I heard it"s pretty gruesome since they"re not allowed to use weapons.
Even the people that say they won"t kill anyone, definitely kill their friends to be released from their dehydration and hunger.
It"s quite an interesting idea, but it"ll only get exciting a few days later, so there"s no point going to see it right now.
As I thought about what I should do, I heard a knock on the door.
It seems like the elite guards came.
"Direct knight of the demon king, the thing we talked about earlier has been completed." (Elite Guard)
"Hou, that was faster than I expected. Let"s go." (Kearuga)
Since I"ve been overworking myself recently, I prepared a reward for myself.
If I use it and find it satisfactory, I"ll have Eve enjoy it too. I don"t think Eve has used one before.
I carry the cub kitsune that was sleeping on my bed.
"Goshujinsama, where are we going?" (Guren)
"Guren, we"re going to the bath. It"s a natural hot spring. I found a hot spring below the demon king castle, so I had my subordinates make a bath out of it." (Kearuga)
I used alchemy magic to dig it out and make the foundations, but I forced them to do the finis.h.i.+ng touches and the troublesome parts.
I heard that capable people had been gathered to make it, so I"m looking forward to it.
"Good job! Guren loves baths! Take her, quick!" (Guren)
Guren loves baths.
I remember her happily enjoying it and dog paddling in it at Ra.n.a.litta.
Now, let"s go.
I want to feel good too.
The underground hot spring exceeded my expectations.
Warm water was gus.h.i.+ng forth into a bathtub made of high quality, smooth rocks giving off a black gloss.
"It"s a hot spring! Kitsune, full speed ahead!" (Guren)
Guren jumped out of my arms and swims in the warm water happily.
I follow after her.
This is a good bath.
From what I saw with my【Jade Eye】, it seems to be good for recovering from fatigue.
Herbs with a relaxing effect float up in the water.
It"s warming me up and giving off a refres.h.i.+ng smell.
"I"ll have Setsuna and the others enjoy this once they get back." (Kearuga)
"Yeah. It"s wide and it feels good." (Guren)
Setsuna and the others are raising their levels outside.
Us heroes levelled up in one go, but Setsuna"s level is still low.
It"s been her daily routine recently to raise her level outside the demon king castle.
Feeling tired from swimming, Guren started lying back and floating.
I pulled her towards me and ma.s.sage her.
Guren"s weak point is the base of her tail, so I ma.s.sage her while concentrating on that part.
"The hot spring is good too, but goshujinsama"s rubby-rubby is the best. This is paradise." (Guren)
She"s so tired that she"s just floating in the bath.
"Hey Guren, did you know the ma.s.sage will feel even better if you"re in your girl form?" (Kearuga)
"Really?" (Guren)
"Yeah, since there are points that kitsunes don"t have, so if you go in your girl form, I can make it feel even better." (Kearuga)
Guren"s kitsune ears stretch out.
She took her girl form without being cautious of me.
Despite looking young, Guren actually has a lot of grown parts, and she has an unworldly beauty too.
She"s a lot more feminine than Setsuna, and I can"t get enough of the imbalance between her childishness and her s.e.xiness.
Her skin lets my hand stick to it, and she smells good. It"s the type of smell that draws in men.
"Guren gives you the right to ma.s.sage her as much as you want!" (Guren)
"As you wish. Is that what I was supposed to say?" (Kearuga)
"Yeah!" (Guren)
Starting with the base of her tail, I even go to a dangerous area and stimulate her erogenous zone.
"Ah, nn, that part, feels warm." (Guren)
"I see. That means it feels good." (Kearuga)
She doesn"t hate it no matter where I touch and her voice is gradually becoming s.e.xier.
Ma.s.saging a pure girl like this has a sense of immorality, which is nice.
"Goshujinsama, you"re amazing. Guren feels hot from the insides of her body." (Guren)
I"ve made her completely ready from the ma.s.sage and the hot spring.
Well then, I guess I"ll be tasting Guren"s body soon.
I continue ma.s.saging every part of her body, from the outside to the inside.
There"s nothing cuter than a stupid child. That was the moment I first understood the meaning behind that phrase.
Twenty minutes later, Guren was completely drained of her strength, and she was making intoxicated eyes.
She"s leaning on me and it doesn"t look like she can stand up.
I carry her in my arms and take her out of the bathtub. Guren rubs her tail against me. This is my first time seeing her behave like this.
"Goshujinsama, it felt too good that Guren doesn"t remember anything." (Guren)
"Then let"s do it again tomorrow. Hopefully, you remember it properly next time." (Kearuga)
"Yeah, can"t wait." (Guren)
Guren"s eyes are that of a female.
Seems like the training went well. I"m going to keep training her from now on.