12 – Yeongju System

The distance to Perstun was considerable.

There were a few more villages in between.

Amel intended to take it slow.

“(…I surrender.)”

It was because landlords from other Territories had appeared, trying to steal the spots left vacant by the Bear King and the Wolf King.

The Snake King had declared surrender after being defeated by Makia.

Meanwhile, Polia, Leila, and Molly were advancing towards Perstun with the Beast-Humans.

Amel, seeing this on the [Map], was surprised but didn’t stop them.

“It’s turning out like this?”

There was a reason.

Normally, she would have stopped them, but [Electricity] couldn’t reach outside the Territory.

However, she could somehow manage to include the area just outside the Territory within the range of [Electricity].

But it wasn’t even necessary.

The three of them occupied every village they saw and planted a flag.

The crude drawing that Amel had initially adopted as her symbol was planted as a flag on the [Map], increasing her Territory.

It increased by the number of villages occupied.

The Territory of the villages that became her Territory wasn’t that large.

Still, it was enough to extend [Electricity] to the next village.

In this way, they rapidly occupied villages, reaching the outskirts of Perstun.

“Why are they in such a hurry…”

Unlike Makia, she couldn’t synchronize her senses completely.

If she increased the intensity of [Electricity] any further, their bodies wouldn’t be able to handle it.

She could only grasp what was around them. Everything appeared as silhouettes, which didn’t hinder her support.

But she didn’t know what they were talking about.

Still, well,

“It’s fine. They’re doing well.”

Why stop them when they want to do what they want?

At this rate, they might even invade Perstun.

Surely, they wouldn’t directly start a fight in the city, would they?

Hmm… I don’t know.

It’s giving me a headache.

“I need cuteness.”

“I am not cute.”

“You are cute.”

Amel hugged Makia in the carriage.

So tightly that her large breasts were crushed.

Makia, feeling that presence on her back, frowned and was bothered by the softness.

“To be this drunk after just one cup.”

“I’m a bit weak to alcohol.”

“It is not good. It disrupts public morals.”

“Since when does a beast care about public morals? You’ve become quite Human.”

“Humans are practically in heat every day.”

“Are you talking about me?”

“Aren’t I?”

“I won’t deny it.”

“Please deny it.”

Leki retorted.

The carriage followed the occupied villages.

Occupied villages began to appear.

There was a low fortress wall.

It was different from the mountain villages protected by landlords.

When they arrived at the village, it was the Humans who opened the gate, but it was the Beast-Humans who controlled them.

The Humans, with trembling faces, let the carriage escorted by the Beast-Humans inside.

The expressions on the faces of the people visible through the window were quite a sight.

“At this rate, I look like an invader.”

“You are not just like one, you are an invader.”

“That’s too much.”

She hugged her tightly.

She had said before that she could hug her as she pleased.

She put that into practice.

Actually, she didn’t have any particular thoughts.

She just wanted to hug her.

Soon, they stopped in front of the Village Chief’s house, and Leki stepped forward to talk to the Village Chief.

Amel could hear what Leki was saying to the Village Chief.

“If our Darling says a word, the Beast-Humans won’t harm you. I’m from a Human village like you, so you can rest assured about that.”

Still, the Village Chief didn’t seem relieved.

It was just a stroke of good luck amidst misfortune.

Still,

“Well then, we’re busy, so we’ll be going.”

“A-Are you leaving already?”

He was uneasy about them leaving.

“We won’t harm you. Right, Captain? If any damage occurs, things will get very difficult for you.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

The captain of the Beast-Humans who had occupied the village answered respectfully.

Leki returned to the carriage, and the carriage left the village.

Amel stared out the window at the flag embroidered with the lightning mark before letting out an absurd laugh.

“Makia.”

“Yes.”

“Do you know you look like a very sulky child right now?”

“….”

Makia, who was being hugged, slid down the chair as if she didn’t want to be.

Amel pulled her back up.

Makia’s head bumped against Amel’s large breasts.

“….”

“Ah, comfortable.”

Her breasts were heavy.

Now that her Magical Power was gone and she couldn’t easily receive the help of [Electricity], they were even heavier.

Just by looking at Leki’s expression, Amel could easily guess what kind of face Makia was making.

By the time the carriage reached Perstun.

The firmly closed city gates opened.

“The city is really weak. Why didn’t you eat something so weak?”

“Fortress walls are meant to defend against large enemies, so defending against small enemies is only for equally small opponents.”

“So, there wasn’t enough power inside the city to defeat those three?”

Perstun was occupied.

By the hands of those three.

Polia, Leila, and Molly. With the support of [Electricity], they could face even the highest-level Sword Expert.

They could even buy time against a Sword Master.

“Well, Sword Masters are surprisingly rare, so if there isn’t a Master, it would be impossible to stop those three.”

“Were those three that strong?”

“That’s assuming they have my support. Haa~am.”

She was a bit tired.

She had been concentrating on sending [Electricity] to a place outside the Territory.

Thanks to that, they were able to occupy Perstun, but if she hadn’t helped, they would probably have been surrounded and killed.

‘Still, they managed to pull it off.’

She liked their initiative.

The carriage reached the Lord’s Castle.

Or rather, was about to reach it.

“Please come to your senses now?”

“I will.”

She rubbed her eyes.

She came to her senses.

But she couldn’t completely erase the sleepy look.

Amel got out of the carriage and entered the Lord’s Castle, guarded by knights, but their faces relaxed as soon as they saw Amel’s face.

Pathetic guys.

How can you let your guard down just because someone is pretty?

It’s utterly pathetic.

The dampness in their eyes was blatant.

As a fellow man, she could easily see what the men were imagining about her, and her body shivered.

“….”

Makia watched all of that.

She thought about asking later.

It wasn’t the time to ask now.

Entering the Lord’s Castle, she saw Polia, Leila, and Molly surrounding the Lord on the Lord’s Seat, along with the Lord.

And the knights surrounding them with their swords drawn.

Polia had a sword to the Lord’s neck, so no one could move.

“Amel!”

Polia took the sword away from the Lord’s neck and waved her arm wildly.

It was at that moment that the knights moved.

She was really clumsy in these kinds of situations.

Amel raised [Electricity].

A visible distance.

A distance that felt within reach.

The four, Makia, Polia, Leila, and Molly, with the support of [Electricity], quickly moved with their hair standing on end.

One hit, one kill.

The knights fell with each strike, and it didn’t take more than a few seconds for them all to fall.

It seemed there were no High Knights.

‘Well, if there were, those three wouldn’t have been able to subdue the Lord.’

The three of them would have had to combine their strength to fight the High Knight, and it would have taken time, so the other knights would have protected the Lord.

It was more accurate to say they were lucky.

The Lord of Perstun looked haggard.

Even more so as Amel approached.

“I’m sorry.”

“W-What?”

“I didn’t originally intend to be this violent, but we’re a bit in a hurry. Of course, you wouldn’t have lent it to us even if we had asked nicely, so we would have taken it by force anyway.”

“What… are you talking about?”

“The Territory, I mean.”

Amel looked down at the Lord of Perstun with a slightly tipsy face.

The Lord, who was kneeling, couldn’t get up even though no one was stopping him.

Amel’s tipsy face seemed to look down on him slightly.

“I’ll just borrow it for a while and return it.”

“How can I… not believe those words?”

“You have no choice but to believe them, right?”

“….”

The Lord, whose Territory had been subdued by just three people, couldn’t say anything.

“And I also heard that you’re capturing Beast-Humans and making them give birth to bastards… stop doing that.”

“T-That’s right. It was the Beast-Humans’ scheme…!”

“….”

That’s not true.

“However you take it, it’s up to you, Lord, but I won’t return the Territory until you stop that business, and even after I return it, if you start the business again, I’ll take it away and give it to the Beast-Humans.”

The Lord of Perstun blushed and shouted at that.

I don’t know, I can’t hear you.

How dare you.

“This is all for world peace.”

She turned her back.

She yawned.

Amel had something to do.

A nap.

And the Sealed Land.

She briefly checked while falling asleep.

The Territory had grown quite a bit.

The development was fast, but since it’s a game anyway, there must be parts that were made to be that way.

She looked at the state of the city of Perstun, and it was a mess in many ways.

The public order was bad.

Criminals were rampant.

How did they even manage to run it in this state?

‘Can’t the Lord see the [Lord System]?’

If he could, he wouldn’t have left it this red.

Seeing Perstun with alarms going off everywhere made her laugh in disbelief.

Seeing that they had made it this bad even with such an easy-to-see operating status, the Lord probably couldn’t see the [Lord System].

Amel distributed manpower within the controllable range.

Some didn’t move because their loyalty was extremely low.

Well, it’s not unreasonable that they wouldn’t follow since it was a Lord’s Seat that was forcibly taken.

‘So, this is how it works?’

Amel gradually understood the [Lord System].

If you want to control the knights with the [Lord System], you have to build up their favorability, right?

Then…

‘Are these guys like that?’

She could manipulate some of the knights.

Mainly the knights who had directly seen Amel, and their thoughts and feelings were filled with content about falling in love with Amel at first sight.

Even though their own Lord was in that state, they were like this.

Amel’s favorability towards these knights dropped to -100.