Volume 9 Chapter 520: Secret Contact Between the Parties before the North-South War and Bella’s Personal Plans
Translator: The Light
Edits by Lord Immortal Ed
At the capital of the Gabriel (Swordsman) Empire, Gabriels City (Sword Capital), downstream of the Claudine River at the base camp of the Southern Alliance, Belizegra Fortress commander’s camp. Bella returned to the base camp after sneaking in a snack to see the messengers of the various forces visiting one after another according to their agreements. As for the infection that had yet to dissipate in the capital, Bella had concealed that fact on purpose.
Emperor Alfred the Third’s messenger had come bearing a personally written letter from the emperor. He hoped that Bella would issue a statement of support to the emperor and lead the Southern Alliance army in expelling the rebel forces of the Northern Alliance. As a reward, Bella would be crowned prince after the successful defense of the capital. It was a much higher rank than the grand d.u.c.h.ess.
Bella was not sure if Alfred the Third Emperor was currently normal or if he was infected. She did not express her decision on the spot. Bella just rejected the emperor’s envoy with the excuse that the food supply of the Southern Alliance was yet to stabilize and that she needed to rearrange her troops and whatnot.
Bella had never been interested in blank checks. Besides, Emperor Alfred the Third’s harem had already been emptied out by her. Not only his daughters, but she had also even s.n.a.t.c.hed the emperor’s women over to the Southern Alliance. Kriss and the many other imperial princesses, Empress Deborah the Fifth, and a large number of his consorts were on the Southern Alliance’s side. In fact, there was nothing the emperor had that could interest Bella.
The messenger of the Northern Alliance was more direct. You could tell from the look of this slick old man that he was a veteran in the political arena and was used to negotiations. He brought a map with him. A red line was drawn between the north and the south, and the amount of land for each of the factions was cleanly divided. According to the proposal of the heir, Prince Daniel, as long as the Southern Alliance recognized him as the heir to the throne, the area that the Southern Alliance controlled would be turned into a special administrative region with a high degree of autonomy under the premise that they did not split up.
“Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina. As long as you support Prince Daniel’s suggestion, the crown prince has promised to offer additional land equivalent to three small duchies to the Southern Alliance on the border. Princess Kriss, seeing that you are siblings, please help His Highness Prince Daniel for once!”
“As far as I know, old man, your Northern Alliance messengers have also entered the palace to seek an audience with His Majesty Emperor Alfred the Third. You’re not trying to sell us out, are you?”
“You’ve misunderstood, Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina. This must be a mistake. That person must have been an imposter! Our Northern Alliance always acts in an open and honest manner. We would never try to collude with the enemy in secret.”
Bella did not continue speaking her mind about what the Northern Alliance’s messenger told her. In fact, Bella had a mole in the Northern Alliance reporting secretly to her the whole time. Among the original three great families of the empire, the Ignaz family, Grand Duke Ignatius, patriarch of the Ignaz family, had secretly fallen to Bella’s side at last. He had betrayed a lot of important information about the Northern Alliance to her.
According to the latest information she received from Grand Duke Ignatius, the Northern Alliance had sent many envoys to the imperial capital, Gabriels City. They secretly conducted meetings with Emperor Alfred the Third in the palace. Before the Southern Alliance had begun making any concrete moves, the Northern Alliance was already making small moves in secret.
For example, the Northern Alliance tried to conceal their military preparations so that they could land a fatal blow on them while the Southern Alliance was not looking. However, they did not antic.i.p.ate that the Ignaz Family had long betrayed them. Bella was just putting up an act now and was going with the flow of the Northern Alliance’s performance.
Princess Kriss did not say a single word throughout the entire ordeal, only smiling and nodding without making any statements. She had already given full responsibility to Bella and was here just as a mascot. Bella had long been the only person who could decide on the military dynamics of the Southern Alliance. After speaking for half a day, the messenger, who could not get a definitive answer from Bella or Kriss, had no choice but to leave with an awkward look on his face. The answer that Bella gave him and the emperor’s messenger was the same: she would sit and watch the situation for a while.
The last messenger she was meeting today was from the Gabriel Empire’s oldest guardian family, the Hilikas family. The twin young mistresses of this family, Calman and Cahlia, had joined Bella. To tell the truth, Bella had little interest in the other members of their family. Even though they had sent a Sword Saint-level expert, in Bella’s view, it didn’t matter. If they weren’t a beautiful girl, she’d ignore their profession just the same.
“Grand d.u.c.h.ess Bellina, we have heard that the various young mistresses of the princes’ families and the three great families are in your camp, alongside several princesses as well. We are wondering if you are willing to send them back. Their families are willing to pay a handsome ransom.”
“Your Excellency, are you misunderstanding something? Beauty is only for the strong. What’s more, it’s not like I kidnapped them. If you don’t believe me, go and look at them yourselves. They all look fine and dandy, and their skin is even glowing. Do they look like they are forced?
“I will not stop anyone who wishes to leave with you, but you are also not allowed to force them if they are unwilling. I think my base camp is much safer than the imperial city. What do you think, Your Excellency?”
The first proposal the Hilikas family’s envoy had was for Bella to send back the young mistresses of the great imperial families in her hands. In their opinion, Bella might be trying to play them as hostage cards by keeping so many young mistresses under her control. Naturally, Bella remained unmoved in front of the demands of the Hilikas family. Even more, the beautiful girls had recognized Bella as their mistress. They only hoped that after the chaos was over, Bella could leave their families a way out. In exchange, the young mistresses offered their all to Bella, doing whatever pleased her.
The Hilikas family’s envoy was speechless. Despite being a Sword Saint-level expert, he was constantly pressured by a sense of powerlessness and frustration at his inferiority in front of Bella. The impression that Bella gave was that of a terrifying expert far surpa.s.sing the super Sword G.o.d level experts. Who knew what sort of spell these girls were on, but they were all at Bella’s beck and call. To try and get them to personally say they wanted to leave Bella and get away from here was simply impossible.
Finally, the messenger of the Hilikas family left the reception hall without any answers. The Hilikas family only hoped that Princess Kriss could withdraw from the political unrest and wait for the results of the mess in the capital. Bella was also unable to accept this proposal. She already had a great number of troops at the border; it was not that easy to get her to retreat now.
“Bella, what do you think I should do? You aren’t trying to get me to become queen or something, are you?”
“I thought about it, Kriss. The best choice is for you to ascend the throne. The other princes are incapable of deciding the future of this country. But don’t worry, I will support your decisions.”
“Bella, I’ll discuss this with Big Sister Kliveny and the others first. I’ll give you my answer later today.”
Kriss was uncertain about becoming queen. She wanted to consult with her sisters first. Bella respected her choice and allowed her to do so. In fact, other than Kriss, the other princesses in the Southern Alliance had already jumped over to Bella’s side a while ago. When Kriss went to discuss with them, the result was obvious. None of them were opposed to Kriss becoming queen. It was only a matter of a time before Kriss made a final decision.
While Kriss left to talk with the other princesses, Bella planned to get an important piece of information—the detailed layout of the empire’s harem area. The Darkness Church’s G.o.ddess Faction was active there for more than ten years, so they should have left secret pa.s.sages and whatnot.
The last time Bella infiltrated the secret pa.s.sages of the imperial city’s harem, they had gone through the underground waterway and unintentionally came out from the holes dug by the Demonic Ratmen. This time, it was hard to say whether they could still find Demonic Ratmen or not. Fortunately, she knew people she could seek answers from, and Kriss just happened to be away. With a wicked grin on her face, Bella walked into the room temporarily set up to be the commander-in-chief’s secret room. This was a secret place that only Bella had the key to; it was another evil room for Bella to use to bully girls.
On the large bed in the secret room covered in warm tones, all three Holy Maidens of the Darkness Church, Livina, Liz, and Leah, were present. They were sitting on the large bed, waiting for Bella’s arrival. The girls were already covered in strange wet stains over their fair bodies. They were unable to stop themselves from holding each other and getting tangled up for a little before Bella arrived.
The papal heir of the Darkness Church, Lisnell, and Demonic Swordsman Lisner were also here. These two sisters were holding and kissing each other’s cheeks. In front of Bella, they didn’t look like senior members of the Darkness Church at all. Rather, they were more like servants waiting for their mistress to come dote on them. When they saw Bella get on the bed, they all moved over to service her.
Bella reached out to hold the two sisters, Lisnell and Lisner, in her arms so that the soft jade bunnies on their chests were pressed against her body. As for the remaining three Dark Holy Maidens, Liz and Livina were on Bella’s left and right, holding one of her thighs each and ma.s.saging them with their soft chests. This sort of evil breast ma.s.sage was something Bella taught the Holy Maidens of the Radiant Church to do back then. Now, it was time for the Holy Maidens of the Darkness Church to try it out.
The Holy Maidens of the Darkness Church were clearly better at this than the four Holy Maidens of the Radiant Church. They quickly mastered this evil servicing ritual. The solemn-faced Fallen Holy Maiden Leah was pressed between Bella’s legs, rubbing her most mysterious garden with Bella’s in perfect contact.
“You girls are really good at this. If not for the fact that you’re untouched here, I’d have wondered if you’d done it with a guy before!”
“Mistress Bella, we haven’t been used yet; you are the first one. Please don’t doubt our loyalty, okay!”
When they saw Bella’s wicked gaze, both Lisnell and Lisner quickly begged for mercy. After seeing the special treatment received by the beauties confined to the highest level secret royal garden, they realized that it was safest to be at Bella’s side. Right now, faced with Bella’s domineering behavior, they had no courage to even resist.
Bella didn’t dally any longer either. She had the senior members of the Darkness Church all lie on the large bed, facing their smooth backs and bouncy b.u.t.ts to Bella. Holding a special cane, Bella slowly stroked their bodies with it. The girls had already been blindfolded with pink cloth strips; they could not see what Bella was doing. They could only s.h.i.+ver in this humiliating position on the bed.
“Alright, now tell me the entire layout of your Darkness Church in the imperial city’s harem area. You will all be punished if your words don’t match up.”
After she said that, she put on black cat-ear earm.u.f.fs on all of them. This sort of interrogation play where they were unable to hear anyone else was unusually evil. Lisnell and the girls didn’t even have the opportunity to match their information.
Bella temporarily tore off the pink blindfolds from their faces and grabbed their chins. She made them answer her one by one while looking straight at her. None of the Darkness Church’s beauties dared to look directly into Bella’s domineering and aggressive eyes, but they couldn’t avoid it even if they wanted to. Bella would not give them the chance to shut their eyes or turn their heads away.
Very soon, the girls all spilled the beans. They had indeed built a large number of secret pa.s.sageways in Gabriels City’s imperial city area. The exit was located in the harem area, near the empress’s Star Rain Palace. Due to a large number of Birds of Paradise flowers being planted there, it was a restricted place for men.
These pa.s.sageways were exactly the thing Bella needed. She wanted to set up a plan of attack by occupying their base directly. There were a whole lot of genderless demons among the demon army. The secret pa.s.sages left by the Darkness Church could not be used by the soldiers of the Southern or the Northern Alliance, but the Darkness Sacred Region’s demons would have no problem. As a last resort, Bella did not rule out using this scheme.
“Mistress Bella, we’ve already told you everything! We weren’t lying. Can we switch to a different position?”
“No can do. You girls look too beautiful in this pose. Just lay there and don’t move. Let me give you some good loving.”
Watching the girls in this seductive pose, Bella was long unable to press down the urges in her heart. Bella had secretly activated an Image Crystal. This was the very tool Bella used to record herself doing evil things with the senior members of the Radiant Church last time. Now, the Darkness Church would not escape Bella’s clutches either. The most real and most loose sides of these girls would become part of her collection.
“Mistress Bella, isn’t that an Image—Ah, please stop! I won’t object to anything, Mistress!!”
“Lisnell, you talk too much. Come, look here and smile! Otherwise… I’ll have to punish you!”
The beauties of the Darkness Church were much more vigilant than their Radiant Church peers. They soon realized that Bella was recording them. The Darkness Church used Image Crystals often, so they were much more familiar with it than their peers in the Radiant Church. However, realizing this wouldn’t solve anything; it would only make the Demoness Bella even more evil.
Faced with Bella’s b.u.t.t spanking punishment, Lisnell and the girls were completely helpless. They were forced to abide by Bella’s evil instructions, a.s.suming a variety of humiliating poses and complying with Bella’s recording. Bella was like a professional AV director directing this “Other World p.o.r.no” with the Darkness Church’s senior beauties as the actresses.
This was the first time Bella had experienced this sort of director roleplay, so she was unusually excited. Under her professional guidance, Lisnell and the girls performed an array of challenging poses, satisfying the strange thoughts in Bella’s heart. She felt accomplished, and an even more bold idea emerged in her mind. Some day, it would be nice if the high-ranking members of the Radiant Church and the Darkness Church could come together for a “family photo”. A recording of that would be absolutely astonis.h.i.+ng.
“Big Sister Mistress Bella, what fine interests you have. Why don’t I come again later? I won’t interrupt you girls, so please, continue!”
“Come back here, Noesha. You’ve already interrupted us. You… I can’t lend these big sisters to you for now. Just tell me if there’s anything you need!”
“Is that so? What a shame! Anyway, this is the situation. Just now, Betty finished a.n.a.lyzing the composition of that infectious gas and also researched a potion that can inhibit its effects. She specifically asked me to come over and tell you this.”
While Bella was having fun, Time s.p.a.ce Demon Noesha, the evil loli, had unexpectedly come in. Upon seeing the strange scene in this room, an excited look emerged on the face of this erotic loli. Though thanks to Bella’s timely intervention, the evil thoughts in Noesha’s mind were nipped in the bud.
If she hadn’t interfered, then it would have been bad for Lisnell and the girls. Noesha was a super demoness who could train even Empress Deborah the Fifth and the consorts. No n.o.blewoman was any match for her, much less the inexperienced beauties like Lisnell and the girls!
Bella reached out and gently knocked the backs of their necks, causing them to fall unconscious. Then, she left the secret room with Noesha. It was inconvenient to talk about business here since both she and Noesha were super s.a.d.i.s.ts. If they saw the tempting looks of Lisnell and the girls, they wouldn’t be able to help themselves from doing bad things.
“Big Sister Mistress Bella, you’re still too gentle. You’re going to be at a disadvantage in front of the top ten Demon and Evil G.o.d sisters in the World Destructor Camp. All of them are even better at this than I am!”
“We are here for business, Noesha. We can talk about this next time. Did Betty really manage to create an antidote? If it fails, will it end up forming a new type of virus?”
“Big Sister Bella, are you doubting the abilities of us Chaos Bringers?”