Volume 9 Chapter 472: Kerklav Academy At Peace After the War and Reunion of the Royal Five Swordmaidens
Translator: The Light
Edits by Grandia
South of the Coristel Human Continent, within the borders of the Gabriel Empire, in the important southern Austin City, down in the dark dungeons of the dark s.p.a.ce underneath the Kerklav Academy campus, at the final circular arena in the deepest depths, Bella met a Demonic Swordsman and a Fallen Holy Maiden of the Darkness Church. Bella was wearing a black knight’s heavy armor and a black helmet over her face. Other than her blue eyes and long golden hair, the other party could not see her features at all.
“Grand Duke Bellina, aren’t you a knight? How can you enter a dark s.p.a.ce? And how did you find out how to get through the gates that only our Darkness Church knows how to get through?”
“My apologies my lady, but I can’t comment on that topic. But of course, if you are willing to take off your disguises and show me your faces, it’s not impossible for me to tell you.”
“Enough talking to her, let the Grand Duke see the power of our Darkness Church!”
Bella had wanted to stall for time by chatting, but she didn’t expect the Fallen Holy Maiden to see through her ploy. The exchange between both sides did not last long before it was cut off. With a demonic sword in each hand, the Demonic Swordsman came over with a black and white sword in each hand. Her swordsmans.h.i.+p was very quick, and in this dual-wielding state, she might even be much stronger than the Radiant Church’s Holy Swordsman Cynthia.
Bella did not try to evade her. Instead, she faced her head-on. She had a black energy s.h.i.+eld around her body that came up just in time to stop the several dozens of slashes the Demonic Swordsman sent her way. Fierce sparks rose up from the clash of s.h.i.+eld and blade, but it was unable to break past Bella’s defensive barrier. The Fallen Holy Maiden who was watching from afar took out her black magic wand and tried to summon nearby Demonic Beings to come to their support.
“Come out my servants. Give me…What’s going on?”
The Fallen Holy Maiden looked around in confusion. Her summoning failed. Someone else had interfered with her summoning ritual. She could only see that the dark dungeon in the distance had turned into an internal war of the Darkness Church. Members of the Darkness Church belonging to the Demon King faction led by “Dark Holy Maiden” Liz and “Netherworld Holy Maiden” Livina were invading the dark s.p.a.ce.
Liz and Livina, both dressed in dark sacrificial robes with the Demon King’s symbolic blood-red armband pinned to their right arms. There were also the Darkness Church’s priestesses who came with them, dressed just like the dark nuns on the Fallen Holy Maiden’s side. They were all wearing dark cloaks over their naked bodies.
The difference between both sides is only whether the blood-red armband signifying the Demon King was present or not, and the Demonic Beings on both sides have already clashed in the dark dungeon. For a moment, flitting shadows could be seen all over the dungeon in an unbreakable fight. After receiving Bella’s message, Liz and Livina were summoned over along with her other followers using the Demon King contract to fight directly on a large scale.
Both sides belong to the Darkness Church and are originally close in strength. However, with the help of the Abyss Spiritual Insects at the Demon King faction’s side, they quickly suppressed the members of the G.o.ddess faction. The Kerklav Academy girls imprisoned in the dungeon were confused as to what was happening and could only hear the sounds of the battle. Since they were blindfolded, they could not see what was happening and could only wait for the fight to end.
The Fallen Holy Maiden was unable to summon any Demonic Beings because she had been interrupted by the two other Darkness Church Holy Maidens. After Liz and Livina entered this s.p.a.ce, Bella has already gotten a three to two advantage in numbers. The Demonic Swordsman and the Fallen Holy Maiden knew they had lost the upper hand and their figures quickly disappeared into nothingness. This is the teleportation magic they prepared from the very start. Bella could not stop them and could only watch the two disappear.
Even though the Demonic Swordsman did not use her full strength, she seemed to be able to sense the disparity in power between Bella and herself. Even if Bella did not attack her, if she could not even break Bella’s barrier, that means there’s no possible way she can beat her in a real fight.
“Liz, Livina, are you trying to betray the church?! To think you dare work with the Sarnia Duchy!”
“Your G.o.ddess faction has always been trying to suppress our Demon King faction. From the very beginning, there was no such thing as who is betraying whom, we are going to act on our own wills…”
The Fallen Holy Maiden did not say anything after that. Following her disappearance with the Demonic Swordsman, the members of the G.o.ddess Faction all retreated and disappeared as well, and thus this place came under the control of the Darkness Church’s Demon King faction. After that, “Dark Holy Maiden” Liz and “Netherworld Holy Maiden” Livina both half-kneeled behind Bella and bowed to their Demon King.
“Liz, Livina, you don’t have to learn the tedious etiquette of the Radiant Church, it’s not that important.”
“My Lady Demon King, these are the rules, we can’t be too casual.”
“Fine then. First, help me put this place under control. I’ll tell you how to release those girls and mentors later when I’m out.”
“My Lady, those cells have…”
“There are Demonic Beings stationed there, right? I know. You don’t have to follow. If I can’t even deal with a demon then I don’t deserve to be your Demon King.”
Bella walked to the doors of the two secret rooms. She was able to detect the presence of a strange Demonic Being as soon as she neared this place. Dark dungeons in other dimensions created by the Fallen Holy Maiden and the Demonic Swordsman would generally have a stronger Dark Demonic Being stationed in them to act as wardens. The warden that Bella did not see along the way should be located in these last two cells.
Bella did not directly break the door either. Using her Demon King abilities, she probed around a little and found that one of the two cells is fake and is fitted with a self-destructing magic array that will be activated as soon as the door is opened. The destruction power is strong enough to instantly obliterate the entire dark s.p.a.ce. The Fallen Holy Maiden has calculated even the very last step, but she didn’t expect that Bella could use her Demon King ability to probe and could detect that the fake cell didn’t even have a person in it.
Bella walked to the door of the cell that held the two princesses and could hear their heartbeats. However, the Demonic Being guarding it is a little tricky to deal with. It was a slimy type of Demonic Being. As soon as the door is opened, that guy will jump out and drag whoever opened the door inside. Bella did not open the door immediately. Instead, she turned her right hand into the Demon G.o.d’s Claw and directly stabbed it through the wall.
“This demon’s level is high, but unfortunately, an unintelligent being is no cause for fear. Your energy is mine now.”
A strange red light was emitted from Bella’s right Demon G.o.d’s Claw and she sucked dry the demon guarding the cell directly through the wall without even breaking the door. The Demonic Being which had its energy sucked away reacted too slowly and was sucked dry without anything left. This energy-absorbing ability is a special one belonging only to the World Destructor Camp’s Demon and Evil G.o.ds and is specially used to suck out the energy of other demons for their own use.
After that demon was silently killed off, Bella opened the door and saw the remaining two of “Royal Five Swordmaidens” of the Gabriel Empire, Second Princess Karin and Fifth Princess Krylo. Second Princess Karin has black hair and black eyes and she has a more eastern air about her, different from the other princesses. Just like the sword-wielding miko shrine maidens in j.a.panese manga, she wore her black hair up with a red hair tie.
Karin also has the soft type of beauty that eastern girls had. Based on Princess Kriss’s memories, this second princess generally enjoyed wearing clothes similar to the kimono back on Earth and also used a katana as her sword. She also liked drinking tea. This made Princess Kriss think back then that she might be a transmigrator herself too. It’s a possibility that she may have transmigrated from j.a.pan.
However, after several investigations done by Kriss in secret, she found that it was just a coincidence. Karin is no transmigrator, and those preferences are all just coincidences of time and s.p.a.ce. Second Princess Karin’s nickname is the “Fallen Sakura Swordsman”. Before Kriss “changed”, she was the second strongest among the Gabriel Empire’s royalty, second only to the “Moonlight Swordsman” Grand Princess Kliveny. If she’s locked up here, then the strength of the Demonic Swordsman that defeated her should at least be at the level of Grand Princess Kliveny.
Fifth Princess Krylo, also nicknamed the little princess, bears the t.i.tle of “Phantom Swordsman”. She is a pink twintails loli pet.i.te loli type beauty. Other than her overbearing chest measurements, her other features are in line with the other loli-type beauties. From her lovely face and those pure pink eyes, you could see that she was an ordinary loli beauty all around and was a far cry from her ident.i.ty as an imperial princess.
The fighting ability of Krylo is not that high. She belonged to the rare summoning-type swordsman that can summon phantom beasts to a.s.sist her in battle. This swordsman system is also considered an unusual type. Out of all the princesses, she had the best relations.h.i.+p with Princess Kriss. Even after Kriss’s “mutations”, which caused her to have heretical silver hair, Krylo still did not reject Kriss. It can only be said that this loli princess belonged to the natural airhead type and didn’t take these things to heart.
Both princesses are also completely naked. The energy in the dark s.p.a.ce had long corroded the clothes on their bodies. When Bella came in, the two princesses were huddled together and s.h.i.+vering. Since Bella was wearing her black knight’s battle armor, they could not tell if she was friend or foe for a moment.
“Princesses, please don’t be nervous. This subordinate is Grand Duke Bellina of the Sarnia Duchy, just a nameless Dragon Knight. You may call me Bella. I came to save you.”
“Wonderful! Big Sister Rin, someone finally came to save us!”
“Don’t be too careless, Krylo. She may be from the Darkness Church here to talk us into surrendering.”
Bella did not even try to explain herself. She just flashed over and picked up the two princesses. She was very strong so it was no problem for her to carry both princesses at once. The two princesses were soft all over. As soon as Bella picked them up, she could feel a coldness on her hands coming over from them. The Fallen Holy Maiden of the Darkness Church had put an evil curse on them.
“Wait, you’ll get hit like this too! The Darkness Church has cursed us. You’ll get affected even if you’re really a Dragon Knight!”
“Don’t worry, Princess Rin. This level of a curse is useless against me. Just put your trust in me and let’s go!”
Princess Karin stopped speaking as a tacit agreement to Bella’s behavior. She was thinking to herself, you’ve already picked me up, you wouldn’t let go even if I refuse, right? The curse on her body was quickly sucked away by Bella and dealt with. Following the successful rescue of the two princesses, Kerklav Academy and the entirety of Austin City are now completely under the control of the Sarnia Duchy’s guards.
The demon battle happening outside of Austin City has also ended. The Darkness Church’s G.o.ddess’s summoned Undead Scourge are simply dregs in battle before the Darkness Sacred Region’s Sky Demons and Armored Demonic Warbears. They didn’t have to fight for long before the troops of the Undead Scourge’s side were completely wiped out.
After the war, Austin City’s peace was temporarily restored and martial law was lifted. Only Kerklav Academy still remained in a closed state. The female elite students returning to the academy are responsible for guarding the interior of the campus while the boys were temporarily stationed outside. The girls who had been imprisoned by the Darkness Church and were just rescued from the dark dungeon in the dark s.p.a.ce are still weak and will need to recuperate for a while.
The girls staying in the school have been arranged to recuperate at a large open-air balcony in the academy. The best way to restore their vitality after being in a dark s.p.a.ce for a long time is to sit under the afternoon sun. They weren’t directly exposed to the sun in order to prevent sunburn to their delicate skins from the hot summer sun in the southern continent however. Bella had installed a transparent barrier above the balcony which can weaken more than 80% of the sunlight s.h.i.+ning in; it just can’t be seen by the average person is all.
The girls weren’t wearing any clothes. As soon as they were saved, they were brought up to the balcony and placed in various alluring poses under the sun like dolls. The dark nuns sent by the Darkness Church’s Demon King faction led by Dark Holy Maidens Liz and Livina posed as the Sarnia Duchy’s female soldiers to help Bella “treat” the girls.
The girls on the balcony were all blus.h.i.+ng and shy. Being in a group activity such as sunbathing naked is a bit too shameful and was simply “public execution”. Many asked for some clothes to cover themselves with, but they were “mercilessly” refused by the dark nuns and could only sit under the sun this way.
“Spread your legs, don’t hold your chests. We’re all girls, what are you shy about! If you don’t listen, we’ll have a boy come in to treat you instead!”
“Raise your chest, don’t keep your head down. Seriously, they’re clearly quite big, so what are you all shy about?”
Under the “bullying” of the dark nuns, the girls were posed into various provocative positions on the balcony at their mercy, allowing Bella, who was at the highest point of the balcony, to enjoy this wonderful scene for free. Right in front of her was a large bed where Second Princess Karin and Fifth Princess Krylo were. They were both sitting helplessly on the large bed in a spread-legged kneeling position.
The two princesses are at a loss for words. Bella’s recovery method was too erotic. In addition to being naked, they were also at the mercy of their own sisters, who were also naked. Princess Karin had both hands behind her back and had them held there by Grand Princess Kliveny behind her. The little loli princess, Krylo, also had her arms behind her back and was being pressed there by Third Princess Khalifa.
“Big Sister, please let go! What are you doing!”
“Little Sister Rin, be a good girl and don’t move, Bella is going to heal you.”
“Big Sister Khalifa, don’t squeeze on me! You’re holding me too hard! It hurts!”
“Don’t be naughty, Little Sister Krylo. If you’re naughty again Big Sister will have to punish you, so just be good and let Bella treat you!”
Both Princess Karin and Krylo had no idea if their sisters had been cursed or controlled. To think as imperial princesses, they would obey Bella, who was only a grand duke of the empire! Bella stood before them, similarly naked. There was an imperceptible hint of dominance s.h.i.+ning off her fair snowy skin under the sunlight.
Out of instinct, the two secured princesses could feel that the similarly-naked Bella was “very dangerous”. Even if they were all girls, she was still a dangerous character. Bella grabbed the potion and climbed on bed with a nasty grin on her face. She felt very excited to see her prey who could not move. All four princesses are now their real selves. None of them are impostors.
These princesses are all going to be partic.i.p.ating in the Emperor’s matchmaking event, so she will put her own mark on them before it begins. That feeling would be the best. Bella popped open the potion and poured it into her own mouth. Then, she applied the potion all over the bodies of Karin and Krylo with her tongue.
“Sorry for making you wait, princesses, let me apply the medicine for you now. Don’t move around or I’ll have to do it twice.”
“Grand Duke Bella, please! Don’t use your tongue! It feels so strange and ticklish. There…Not there!”
“Don’t suck…Mine isn’t big, you…You can go suck on Big Sister Rin’s! Don’t bully me!”
“Quiet, both of you are patients right now so just enjoy the treatment!”
The platform was built very high so the other girls on the balcony could not see the embarra.s.sing side of their princesses. Otherwise, the girls of the whole school would have been brought astray. They were now posed by the dark nuns into all sorts of strange and humiliating poses and had no time to pay attention to other things. Basically no one was paying attention to the pleas for mercy of the princesses.
Just like that, Bella bullied the two princesses Karin and Krylo in front of their sisters. From the shy expression on their faces, Bella knew they would soon fall in love with this feeling.
Kriss was here as well. She was standing in a hidden corner at the tallest point of the balcony and secretly observed how Bella bullied her own sisters. Kriss wasn’t jealous at this scene. She had bullied her own little sister, Fourth Princess Khalifa, in the past with Bella and had “prior experience”.
In Kriss’s point of view, if all her sisters “fall” with her, then when it comes time to oppose the Emperor’s political marriage, they can all become supporters. So, she did not mind this too much. She was more concerned about how they were going to get to the capital afterwards. According to the latest information she received, the road to the capital was already a crisis-ridden “road to h.e.l.l”.