The Ki Master and Siblings

I started to half expect it around the third round.

At first, the black-haired girl who had been shamelessly cheating began to tremble again gradually and was looking at the white-haired girl.

So I briefly entertained the thought that the two might be on the same side.

‘It was an accurate thought.’

And this thought of mine was precisely correct, and when the fifth round ended, I pretended not to look and turned my head slightly, and I became certain when I saw the two exchanging conversation by moving their mouths.

That these two were on the same side.

However, that alone didn’t completely dispel the suspicious smell I had been catching from the two girls.

A feeling based on the sense that something else was hidden, not just ending with the two cheating together as allies.

But when I was inwardly struggling, not knowing exactly what that was, at the edge of my vision watching the dealer, I caught the black-haired girl’s hand unnaturally creeping under the table.

An ordinary person might not have seen it, but my current form, Yujia, is a ki master, a derivative job class of the hand-to-hand fighter.

A ki master not only has a much wider normal field of vision than ordinary people, but can also grasp areas not visible to the eye through the flow of ki, so it could be said they see a full 360 degrees.

Therefore, the girl’s hand I caught. What was grasped in that hand was a single scroll.

And although all others couldn’t hear the sound buried in the surrounding noise, at least I could hear the sound of that scroll tearing precisely, and I could immediately know what it was the next moment.

Woong───

A gate opening behind the white-haired girl and black-haired girl, accompanied by a terrible demonic energy scent.

And the moment I saw the two girls trying to turn around and enter that gate at an incredibly fast speed, my arm was already moving.

‘This demonic energy mixed in the gate is undoubtedly from demons. And not mediocre demons, but high-ranking ones.’

The gate cast by demons that opened when the scroll was torn, and the two girls trying to jump into that gate without hesitation.

There was only one conclusion that could be drawn from these two things visible right now.

That these two are demons transformed into human form.

Therefore, my arm that moved along with thinking in a split second grabbed the napes of the two girls who had put their feet in the gate and pulled them out, and while holding and leading them, I whispered in their ears.

This scene was exactly the same as what happened in the underwater kingdom when I wasn’t by Myu’s side.

Although they say they let them go then because Myu, who had received fatal injuries, was the only one who could fight, it’s different now.

Unlike then, now.

“You didn’t think I’d let you go just like that this time too, did you?”

Because I was here.

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“Morgan!!!”

“Yes, I’ve already prepared.”

The moment I pulled out the two trying to enter the gate, I finished whispering to them and called out Morgan’s name.

Then Morgan jumped out from among the spectators, holding only two of her five swords, and ran towards the gate.

Glancing briefly, it seemed she had come after setting up a temporary barrier by covering the remaining three swords with magic power and planting them around Libby.

A perfect execution of orders.

“Hup!”

Kiiing───!

With Morgan’s sword strike swung towards the gate, the gate cleanly split in two and disappeared, and the spectators gathered around began to scatter in confusion at the sudden commotion.

“Aaaaargh!! What’s going on?!”

“Guards! Call the guards!!!”

“Kyaaaaa!!!”

People scattering in all directions, moving away from the table where we were.

Before I knew it, even the dealers were fleeing outside the casino along with the people.

Although there were plenty of shouts to call guards, how could there be soldiers in an entertainment district with such poor public safety that they would hush up even murder cases?

At best, the casino had its own private soldiers because many people gathered there, but for some reason, they were nowhere to be seen, so the cries to call guards were useless.

And although I felt sorry for making them flee in the sudden commotion, once I knew the two girls were demons, it was better that the surroundings were empty.

Therefore, I didn’t try to calm or stop those fleeing and left them be, and when all the people had disappeared outside the casino, I threw the two girls I was holding in my hands to the floor.

Bang clang clang──!

“Ugh…!”

“Kuh…”

The two made unladylike groans as they were thrown to the floor.

But that was only for a moment; they quickly got up from where they had fallen and took fighting stances.

The white-haired girl pulling out a long sword from her dress, and the black-haired girl reinforcing her fists with demonic energy, no longer even trying to hide it.

Seeing them like that, I also took out and put on the gauntlets I had set aside for a while.

“Looks like you don’t even think of hiding anymore? Seeing how you’re oozing demonic energy like that.”

“We’ve already been caught anyway. And if you face an opponent you can’t guarantee victory against in such a situation, it’s only natural to give it your all.”

“We don’t intend to be taken down easily.”

The two affirming without hesitation to my words asking if they were demons.

But while affirming my words, they tensed their bodies as if ready to react if I made even the slightest movement.

Then the fighting spirit and killing intent emanating from the two.

I opened my eyes slightly at their aura sharply piercing my body.

“You’re quite something, who are you? As far as I know, there aren’t many demons who give off an aura like yours.”

I was speaking sincerely. At least as far as I felt, only demon executives gave off such an aura.

So how could I not be surprised when two girls I’ve never seen before were emitting an executive-level aura?

“……”

“……”

So I asked the two, but seeing them remain silent, it seemed they had no intention of answering me.

Then what can I do? I’ll have to subdue them in battle and find out afterwards.

I had no intention of letting them go easily, as there was a mountain of things to find out, such as their purpose for coming here, what they did here, what their identities were, and so on.

‘And if possible, I might be able to try it on living enemies for the first time today…’

Removing the skin I had been practicing until recently and returning to the ‘original form’.

Since it was the original form that I hadn’t properly battle-tested yet, I was planning to use it in this actual combat if possible.

So hoping they wouldn’t fall easily, I quietly looked at the translucent status window that popped up in front of me and began to chant the release.

“Oh, they are executives. They seem to have changed with magic, but don’t they look like Ar and Pensia?”

“…What?”

If it weren’t for Morgan’s voice that I heard before I could finish chanting the release, I would have returned to my original form.

“Wait, what did you just say?”

For a moment, wondering if I had misunderstood, I asked Morgan, who had just spoken, and Morgan, who was surrounding the two from the opposite side of me, said once again with a calm face.

“The white-haired one is Ar, and the black-haired one is Pensia.”

“…Really?”

“Without a single lie.”

Morgan nodded with a confident expression, as if she was really certain.

Wondering if those words were really true, I turned to look at the two girls in front of me with an awkward posture.

“……”

“……”

Although it was clearly the same silence as before, I unconsciously covered my mouth at the emotions showing on their faces that they couldn’t hide.

“This is insane…”

No matter how much they didn’t want to be discovered, to think they would infiltrate by completely transforming into women?

Of course, the effect was really excellent to the point where even I couldn’t tell their identities, but isn’t this a bit too much?

In my case, it’s because Iriel forcibly put me into my daughters’ bodies, but surely they could have come up with other methods besides turning into women.

Even if it was the Demon King’s order, couldn’t loyal executives who have served for hundreds of years change that one method?

Therefore, upon learning their identities, I couldn’t hide my shock at the ‘indescribable feeling’ that came over me, and this ‘indescribable feeling’ of mine was accurately conveyed to the two through Morgan’s mouth.

“Cross-dressing… no, to think you’d transform into women.”

Morgan’s eyes seemed full of various thoughts, as if recalling the images of Ar and Pensia she had seen until now.

It seemed she had various fantasies due to her friendship with them as fellow executives.

But that was only for a moment; soon Morgan frowned deeply and opened her mouth to whisper softly towards the two.

“Really… you’re both the worst in many ways…”

“”It was the Demon King’s order!!!”

Morgan’s words mixed with disgust elicited indignant cries from the two who had been maintaining silence.

They’re pitiful in many ways… but we should fight first, right?