Volume 6 Chapter 383: The Removing Of The Rebel Crisis At The West Of The Manasvir Empire
Translator: The Light
Edits by Lord Immortal Ed
The region near the granary within the rebel warlord Prince Bilberg’s base camp at the western district of Macnadix City, the Manasvir Empire’s capital. Bella was currently disguised as the young mistress of the Bilbergs, Miss Martha. She was putting on an act as she rode the snow-white warhorse back to the granary. In fact, she was doing such a good job that even the soldier escorting her did not notice that she was an imposter.
Coincidentally, Bella was also a Dragon Knight. This meant that it was not difficult for her to impersonate the blonde Dragon Knight, Martha. Furthermore, none of those soldiers were bold enough to confirm how her eye color had changed from red to blue. Hence, Bella successfully arrived at the front doors of the granary. This time, as she had the key, she managed to enter without any problems.
This granary was able to stock enough supplies for more than a million soldiers and was incredibly large. It was split into two separate areasâ??the inner and outer storage. At this point, the inner storage was already filled to the brim with food supplies, and even the outer storage was nearly full. According to the building’s plans, the food supplies inside this super-sized granary would be able to keep one million soldiers well-fed for two weeks. If they did not manage to take the imperial city within this time, Prince Bilberg’s army would have no choice but to retreat.
Bella walked along the mountains of food supplies and ventured further towards the inner storage. The supplies within the outer storage were merely the tip of the iceberg as most of them were still stored within the inner storage. This meant that in order to destroy the granary, Bella needed to start from deep within.
Most of the soldiers had been a.s.signed to guard the outside of the granary, leaving only a small handful inside. The main bulk of those guards remained inside the guardhouse along the path that connected the inner and outer storages. According to her intelligence reports, the general in charge of guarding the granary was Prince Bilberg’s son, Bildak. He was Dragon Knight Martha’s older brother.
Bildak and Martha did not have a close relations.h.i.+p. Although Martha was a Dragon Knight, her older brother was a cla.s.sic wastrel and did not have much skill. Although he had inherited his father’s scheming wit, Bildak only learned from his father’s playful side. Either way, the siblings were like strangers. If Bella was not impersonating her, Martha would never seek out Bildak on her own.
The granary doors could be opened from both sides, using a key from the outside and a switch from the inside. Based on this, it was clear that Prince Bilberg favored his son, Bildak, and Martha’s key was actually unnecessary. Thinking about this, a bold idea suddenly struck Bella. She decided that she would make Martha her proxy and allow her to take Prince Bilberg’s place instead.
Emperor Manas the Eighteenth of the Manasvir Empire had already been killed more than a decade ago. In fact, none of the direct heirs of the royal family had managed to escape the same fate. When everything calmed down, Bella could only allow Empress Manya Felan to hold down the fort within the empire. However, it would be absolute chaos if the four warlords did not cooperate with her. Right now, other than Prince Ernest, who did not have any children, the daughters and adopted daughters of the other three warlords were already under Bella’s control. This was an invaluable opportunity.
The guards’ area in the middle of the granary was not difficult to find as Bella could see it, even from afar. The strong stench of alcohol wafted towards her. When Bella walked in, all she could see were guards lying haphazardly around the room in a drunken stupor. This Bildak was the worst. As the general in command of the granary, how could he lead his team to make merry and enjoy alcohol? If he was not Prince Bilberg’s son, in any other camp, he would have been punished by military law.
As Bella continued to venture into the guards’ area, she noticed that this was now basically a place to indulge in wine and debauchery. Other than the drunken guards, who were sprawled all over the ground, they were also accompanied by many scantily dressed dancers who wore nothing more than a thin piece of cloth. Those dancers were currently gathered together as they performed a sensual dance.
Bildak was dressed in a suit of light armor and was seated at the large table’s host position. Beside him were two fully naked dancers serving this wastrel and pouring him wine. That guy was pretty much a “gentleman”, and he clearly had his ways with women. There were already a few exhausted dancers lying wearily on the ground after reaching the peak of pleasure.
Although Bildak had short blonde hair and was rather good-looking, Bella did not have a good impression of him. Somehow, she felt that he was not someone dependable. Excluding Bildak, other generals had also joined in on the fun. They seemed like the group of unsavory friends whom he had grown up with. At this moment, they were all inebriated, and each had a dancer in their arms while they did unspeakable things to them. As Bella continued to hear bouts of strange sounds coming from the banquet, she nearly wanted to kill Bildak.
Bella was a girl who used to be a different gender. She was a normal male in her previous world, so such a scene was extremely impactful and almost seemed to trigger some memory within her. Bella fought the intense urge to kill Bildak as she strolled casually into the banquet, found an empty seat, and sat down.
“Uh, what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be on high alert outside? You should not have left your post on your own accord. If anything happened to the granary while you were here, will you take responsibility if Father asks who’s to blame?”
Bildak was initially too shocked. This was the first time he had seen Martha leave her post like this. Within moments, he quickly began to reprimand Martha. This came so naturally that it appeared as though this was not the first time Bildak was doing something like this. He was relentless in his scoldings. Bella took in the sight of gla.s.ses thrown all over the ground and was rendered speechless. Did that guy not have any sense of shame? After all, he was the one hosting this feast of indulgence, yet he still had the cheek to blame Martha for leaving her post.
The real Martha would have gotten riled up and would have either left fuming or retorted with a few snarky remarks of her own. However, Bella was different. She simply sat there shamelessly, completely ignoring Bildak’s incessant scoldings and refusing to budge at all. Since she was not the real Martha, Bella could not imitate her voice. There was a chance that Bildak would immediately see through her if she spoke. If she remained silent, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.
Unexpectedly, after scolding her for some time and realizing Bella was refusing to leave, Bildak did not back down at all. This was the first time he had seen Martha act in such a shameless manner. Since he knew that he was no match for the Dragon Knight Martha in a fight, he had no choice but to mirror Bella’s actions. In the end, he simply ignored Bella and continued to enjoy his wine.
The atmosphere suddenly took a strange turn. Bella just sat there silently, without even taking a sip of a drink, and stared at Bildak as he continued to indulge himself. To those not in the know, they might even think that the siblings were so close that they managed to achieve such a level of chemistry.
Before long, more guests joined in the party: two young adults dressed in the Kristoff Empire’s official robes, accompanied by a few guards. Bella was a little upset, though. Had she known this earlier, she would not have gone through the trouble of stealing that stupid key. All she needed to do was to be patient for a little longer, and she would have made it in anyway.
Those two envoys from the Kristoff Empire appeared to have been sent by the secret empire supporting Prince Bilberg. Bella was sure that something was wrong with them, as she could detect the scent of a demonic being coming from them.
A flicker of panic flashed through their eyes when the two envoys caught sight of Bella, who was fully dressed in her Dragon Knight’s gear. They clearly thought that since Bella was here, their ident.i.ties had been revealed. However, Bella remained silent and merely sat there, observing the demonic beings’ every move.
“Mmm, your empire still has the best dancers. This batch is exceptional, unlike most of the promiscuous women from my empire. They did not last long at all.”
“General Bildak, you’re too kind. Our kingdom has no lack of pretty women. If I may be so bold to ask, this Dragon... I mean, may I know who this honorable Dragon Knight is?”
“Just ignore her. She’s just my good-for-nothing little sister, Martha. Treat her as the background. By the way, let’s get down to business and discuss our partners.h.i.+p. My old man has already given me full authority over this matter.”
After all this time, this batch of dancers had been a gift from the nation of a.s.sa.s.sins in the west, the Kristoff Empire. The initial plan had been to offer them to Emperor Manas the Eighteenth. However, they had given them to Prince Bilberg instead, which was equal to acknowledging him as the new Emperor of the Manasvir Empire.
While Bella was still deliberating if she should simply kill the three of them now, a dancer carefully edged over to her and knelt beside her. They did not have much experience with serving women. Since they were not sure how to proceed, they decided to do what they normally would to please a man. The dancer slowly undressed and pulled the sheer cloth off her body, fully putting her gorgeous figure on display in front of Bella.
“I... I don’t need this. Just accompany them instead.”
“Dragon Knight, please help us. The two envoys who had brought us here have already been... Now, those two are demons in disguise.”
In reality, the dancers were coming to seek help from Bella, as she was now their last hope. The envoys who had escorted them here had been killed by demonic beings on the way here. Then, those demonic beings a.s.sumed their ident.i.ty and continued to make their way here with the dancers. In order to remain alive, the dancers did not dare to say anything until they met Dragon Knight Bella. They finally mustered up the courage to seek help. If the Dragon Knight was to refuse them, there was nothing else they could do except silently resigning to their fate as s.e.xual playthings.
The dancer had secretly pa.s.sed on this piece of important information by writing it on Bella’s palm. As Bildak was still here, they did not dare to say anything openly. The dancers had no choice but to use more covert methods to tell Dragon Knight Bella everything they knew. Once she received the message, Bella continued to remain silent. However, her finger was moving subtly on the dancer’s palm in an attempt to rea.s.sure her.
“General Bildak, this is extremely important. If you could lead us somewhere more private, such as the inner storage, that would be the best. We have some information that is for your eyes only.”
“If that’s the case, then alright. I will come back and have my fun with these pretty girls later. Come, let me take you inside.”
As Bella was present, it was not convenient for Bildak to mention certain things in front of her. He had no choice but to lead those imposter envoys further within the granary. The moment Bildak left, Bella got up and pushed those drunk generals aside, freeing the dancers pinned under them.
“Dragon Knight, thank you so much for your help. Weâ??”
“Leave, as quickly as you can. Since those demonic beings did not place any tracking magic on you, it is up to you to decide if you want to return to your own country or go somewhere else.”
After scrounging up some clothes for the dancers, Bella handed them a group teleportation scroll that would send them directly to the Angelos Duchy in the east. Those dancers could choose to live within Bella’s duchy temporarily or to transit through to their next destination after taking some time to consider their escape route.
Bella made sure that the grateful dancers had all left through the teleportation arrays before walking out of the guards’ area. She had only taken a few steps into the inner storage when she caught sight of Bildak, who had just been stabbed to death by the demonic being’s outstretched tentacles at the doors.
Bildak’s face was permanently frozen in an expression of shock, obviously still in disbelief that he was already dead. The demonic being that had stabbed him was currently transforming into his visage. It seemed as though their plan had been to replace Bildak. However, it was difficult for them to make a move in front of the Dragon Knight, so they had to find a way to lure him outside in order to execute their plan.
Bella looked at the open inner storage doors and did not bother to waste any time with them. Instead, she immediately retrieved a large, yellow bottle of highly concentrated corpse oil and tossed it in their direction. The liquid landed all over the two fake envoys. Before the demonic beings managed to make head or tail of the situation, Bella lit a match and threw it onto them.
The corpse oil instantly caught fire, and the flames shot up into the air. It did not take long for the fire to spread throughout the granary. As those two demonic beings were not particularly strong, they were quickly swallowed up by the flames. Usually, the doors of the granary had a magical barrier to fireproof the area. This meant that if Bildak had not opened the door, they might not have lost so much. At least, they could have saved most of the supplies that were within the inner storage.
Bella took advantage of the chaos in the military camp after the fire and successfully snuck away. She did not even stop to consider if any of those knocked-out drunk generals could make it out alive. For an entire day, the fire raged and burned Prince Bilberg’s dreams of becoming the next Emperor to ashes. The flames grew so strong that there was no way Prince Bilberg could hide it.
Once they knew that their supplies had been destroyed, the million-strong army retreated without putting up a fight. Their supplies now were only enough to last them for a day. At that moment, Prince Bilberg’s commands for them to charge forward fell on deaf ears as his soldiers ignored his orders. Before they could even fight against Bella’s Abyss Demonic Beings, they had already retreated from battle.
With Bella and Kriss’s interference, this rebel uprising had been silently quashed. Now, Prince Bilberg was the biggest loser. Losing those food supplies was not a serious problem. However, the news that his useless son had perished inside the fire was too much of a blow to that old man. Prince Bilberg only focused on the loss of his heir and did not notice that Martha, the daughter whom he had “picked up”, was nowhere to be found as well. He was too distracted trying to arrange for a new heir and obviously forgot about Martha.
As for the act of arson on the granary, Prince Bilberg had already sent his men to investigate the matter. Initial investigations had revealed that Bildak was the one who had hosted a banquet inside the granary that day. There was no way to find out how the fire had occurred after they had gotten drunk as Bildak was already dead. The other generals in the banquet had all gotten drunk as well. Although they had managed to escape alive, every single one of them claimed that they could not remember what had happened.
Making merry with alcohol and women in a restricted area like the granary and eventually causing a fire was an unforgivable crime. This meant that no one would be stupid enough to admit anything. Now that their backer, Bildak, was dead, there was no one to be their scapegoat anymore. At this point, silence was the best policy.
Inside a secret room on the fourth floor of the Christian Hotel in the eastern district of Macnadix City, the capital of the Manasvir Empire. Miss Martha, who had already been forgotten by Prince Bilberg, was kept here as a “special” trophy. Kriss had carried her onto a magical flying carpet and whisked her away without anyone knowing.
Now, Dragon Knight Martha’s hands were tied behind her back with thin purple ropes. Her pristine, porcelain, white body was restrained in the humiliating “kikkou s.h.i.+bari”. She was suspended in the air, and her tantalizing legs were spread apart and tied in the “M” position.
Bella, who had switched back into Princess Felia’s body, was standing beside Martha. She opened a few bottles of intoxicatingly fragrant, top-quality honey and began to slather it evenly on Martha’s pale figure. Martha could not even move a muscle and could only allow Bella to spread honey all over her body. At the same time, Bella was being naughty. She purposely placed more focus on Martha’s various erogenous zones and took the opportunity to caress her entire body.
“What do you think you’re doing? Stop it, it’s too weird. Let me go! I am a Dragon Knight. If you do not stop, I will not go easy on you...”
“Miss Martha, you are not the first Dragon Knight to fall in my hands. It does not matter at all. The main reason for bringing you here was for you to join in our fun.”
Bella took out a large piece of solidified honey and stuffed it into Martha’s delicate little mouth. The sticky sweet piece of honey acted like a gag and prevented her from saying anything. While Martha was filled with embarra.s.sment, Bella snapped her fingers, and two beautiful fully-naked pink-haired beauties walked into the secret room.
After Martha took a closer look at the two beauties, she was stunned. They were Miss Maschuter, the adopted daughter of the southern warlord, Grand Duke Yale, and Miss Louise, the daughter of the eastern warlord, Marshal Edwin. They had actually been imprisoned here by Bella, that demoness.
It was clear that Maschuter and Louise had already submitted to Bella. Except for the black leather collar around their necks and the bell attached to the collar, they did not have any restraints. There were obvious rope-like markings on their snow-white skin, probably remnants from when Bella had been fooling around with them earlier.
“Maschuter, Louise, this is Dragon Knight Martha. You should already be familiar with each other. Alright, all you have to do later is to lick off all the honey on her body.”
Earlier, Bella had ordered these two young mistresses to lie inside a large bathtub filled with milk. They had soaked in it for some time until they were fully covered in milk and their skin emitted a creamy scent. After that, they were pushed towards Martha, who was unable to resist. They would then use their soft tongues to lick the honey off her body.
Martha, who could not say a single word, was flushed red, her face heated with arousal. She was sandwiched between Maschuter and Louise as they licked her at the same time. Even if she was an arrogant Dragon Knight, she could not last long in the face of something this shameful. It did not take long before the licks had caused some strange reactions to stir up within her.
“Martha, wait here. I will come back to see you in a bit!”