Ch.202Brother NPC Prepares (4)

At the moment Jack returned after the trial ended.

“…Ugh, this stupid descendant. Was he trying to kill us?”

I understood that the guy who had been shouting at us to die as I ran carrying the two women wasn’t actually trying to kill us.

He must have been startled by the tentacle demon that suddenly emerged from the ground targeting us, and attacked with full force without being able to control his strength.

In fact, the aftermath of that idiot descendant’s attack didn’t engulf us but became a wind that shot upward into the sky.

If he attacked without thinking that far ahead, I’m starting to think that moron would have been better off never being born.

“Ugh… What now… Darling, where are you…”

“…Luxuria?”

Naturally, Luxuria who had been in my arms and the saint Ira who had been on my back were both scattered by the aftermath of that attack.

I limped toward the voice I heard nearby…

“What kind of state is this… I’m supposed to be the strongest demon, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.”

“Ha. Think of it as surviving because you’re the strongest. Besides, even your disheveled appearance is quite beautiful.”

“Hehe. Really?”

Apparently unable to resist the aftermath and blown away, she was hanging upside down from a tree, grinning at me, and I slowly lowered her to sit on the ground.

“I don’t see the saint. Wait here for a moment.”

“…Ira? She was on your back.”

“All three of us were blown away by that idiot descendant’s punch. There wasn’t even time to hold on.”

That descendant, who would have thought he possessed such power. No, if he had such power from the beginning, why did he put us through all this trouble? If he had just quickly subdued Luxuria whose body had been taken over from the start, the situation would have ended more cleanly than this.

I turned these thoughts over in my mind as I began searching for the saint who had been blown away.

…Damn, that forest keeper has smashed every tree around here. I’ll need to call woodcutters and the guard to clear everything away as firewood and plant new trees—I was thinking about the cleanup when…

“……”

“She’s unconscious.”

A woman with attractive rose-red hair was leaning against a tree, collapsed with her eyes closed.

I could confirm that her life wasn’t in danger by the rise and fall of her ample chest.

Ha, do I have to marry this woman and have children with her too, or else that cursed descendant won’t be born? But she’s a saint—how am I supposed to handle this?

Currently, the continent is in turmoil with demons like Luxuria, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and their minions along with monsters. This woman, being a saint, is surely traveling to fight against those who threaten people.

Even if I somehow managed to win her over, it would be impossible for her to live with me here in Mount Ponia.

“Well, I’ll think about it later.”

I pick her up and head toward where Luxuria is. Hmm, for a woman who wields that massive hammer, her body is more delicate and much lighter than I expected.

“Wow~ Princess carry.”

“You were getting the same treatment until just now.”

“Ehehe. I got it first.”

I set the saint down next to her as she grins with a deflated voice, then sit down myself. Luxuria twitches her body, forcing herself to move, and collapses toward me, dropping her face onto my lap.

She just made a strange “oomph” sound… Doesn’t that hurt?

“…Give me your lap.”

“Are you that exhausted?”

“I could recover right away if I used my power, but I’m a demon who values mood.”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

As she turns her light head on my thigh, she lies there looking up at me with a broad smile. I wonder what makes her so happy when she’s all battered.

“Hehe~ Isn’t it nice? Me, a virgin for over a thousand years? Despite having several times the sexual desire of other living beings, I’ve been holding back until now. Finally, my love and desire are being fulfilled. Even now I’m throbbing because of the smell between your legs.”

“…Do I smell?”

“Yes. A good male scent.”

Although Luxuria is telling me it’s a good smell, I find myself unconsciously sniffing my own body out of concern.

Hmm, I was fighting until just now, so I might smell of sweat… Perhaps I should wash more thoroughly today.

As we continued our trivial conversation, Luxuria slowly moved her arm and began reaching for my face, and I naturally brought my face closer to her.

“…I told you mood is important to me, right?”

“Hmm? You did.”

“But being so close to you while I’m in this weakened state is getting hard to bear. I think it’s better to do it before my reason flies away.”

“…I still don’t quite understand what you’re talking about, but I get what you want.”

I turned her position around and laid her back down, putting us face to face.

And as her hand touched my cheek again, I slowly brought my face closer to hers.

“Luxuria. Earlier I confessed in a strange way, but let me say it again. I love you. Stay by my side forever.”

“…Fufu. There might be one condition for granting that request?”

Smiling like a mischievous child, she added a condition to my confession as she pulled my face closer, and at a distance where our noses touched and our breaths mingled, she slowly moved her cherry-like lips.

“Every night. You and all your women must spend the night with me. I’ll try to give you alone time about once a month, but once I’m unleashed, no one can stop me now.”

I find myself unconsciously swallowing as I watch her run her hand over her voluptuous chest while speaking in a seductive voice. Hmm, it seems the name “Lust” isn’t just for show.

“That’s something we should decide after properly talking with the other women. Miho and… whoever else might join us in the future.”

“…Fufu. Shouldn’t you at least lie and agree at this point?”

“Don’t be silly, I don’t lie to my women.”

The conversation ended there, as I too found it difficult to hold back after watching her repeatedly almost lick my lips with her tongue while her eyes glowed seductively.

So, I brought my lips to hers…

-Whoosh! Thud!!

“What?!”

Just before our lips met. I saw Luxuria’s pupils widen as they looked at something other than me, and before I could realize it was a reflex action from surprise, she grabbed my neck and flipped me over.

With a strength that made me wonder if this was the same person who had been helplessly following my lead until just now, I fell defenseless.

-Squelch!!!

The sound of flesh being pierced, followed by the sound of retching and liquid splashing on the ground like rain struck my ears.

I raised my head in surprise to look at Luxuria who had thrown me aside…

“D-damn it!!!”

I immediately jumped up from the ground and threw a full-force punch at the floating “tentacle fragment” with only eyes remaining in the sky, bursting it.

Damn! Wasn’t it completely dead from that descendant’s attack?!! You idiot!! If you’re going to clean up, do it properly!!!

As the tentacle’s eyeball completely disappeared, it seemed to squint as if mocking me, but I didn’t even think to pay attention to that as I landed on the ground and immediately ran.

Damn, damn!! Damn it all!!!

“…Cough!!!”

“…I-Ira…?”

“Saint!! Saint!!! Wake up!!!”

Lying down, Luxuria had spotted the tentacle floating in the sky before I did. I immediately understood that she had thrown me away to protect me from its attack.

But she couldn’t avoid it herself, so normally Luxuria would have been pierced by the “machete” the creature threw.

However, that was…

“Cough!! Cough!!! Ugh… I-I was… trying to learn… how to kiss…”

-Thud.

“Saint!!!”

“Ira!!!”

The saint, who had regained consciousness at some point, had thrown herself in the way to protect her.

The blade of the machete had pierced her chest, causing her to lose a tremendous amount of blood and collapse to the ground, and I quickly reached them.

“W-what the. Shit!! Why is my tentacle demon even…?!!”

“Saint! Stay conscious! I’ll take you to the village right away! Holy power!! Can you perform emergency treatment?!”

“…Cough. No. Completely… cough…”

Hearing that her holy power was completely depleted, making even self-healing impossible, Luxuria’s face contorted.

“Y-you idiot! Why did you do that?! Why did you protect me, you fool!!! I’m a demon, remember?! I won’t die from something like that…!!!”

“Cough… You’re the idiot. Right now, because of the holy power I used on you, your demonic energy isn’t returning, is it? I can see you can’t even heal external wounds. Did you think I wouldn’t know?”

“Ugh?!!”

“So that’s how it was. Anyway. I’ll take you to the village immediately. Saint, hang on a little longer. There are doctors and potions in the village. You’ll surely recover…”

“…No. Cough!! It’s… impossible.”

The saint shook her head weakly as she looked at Luxuria and me with her weakening violet eyes.

Blood was overflowing from her chest where the machete had pierced, and she continued to cough up blood.

Yes, even I, who has killed bandits and pirates many times, can tell that with this much blood loss, she doesn’t have long.

“…I was happy… to become friends with Luxuria… It’s… easy.”

“Ugh!! W-what are you saying!! We’re still friends, aren’t we?! Don’t die!! Don’t say such stupid things and show some grit!! You’re a saint!! The daughter of God!! Hold on with some kind of miracle…!!!”

-Slide.

“…Lu…xuria… Jack… is… human… isn’t… he?”

Seemingly without even the strength to cough anymore, she spilled garbled words while vomiting blood and painfully moved her hand to place it on Luxuria’s knee, and as Luxuria shook her head denying that she should die, the saint lowered her eyebrows and smiled slightly.

“I have… a… request.”

“No, I won’t do it. I’m a demon. I absolutely won’t… accept a request from a saint…!!!”

“…Be friends with… the other saint candidates too… Get along well… with humans… Live differently… from the other Seven Deadly… demons…”

“…Hey. Hey? Ira. Hey!! Hey!!! Heeeey!!!!”

Her words were never completed. With her violet eyes, now lifeless, still directed at Luxuria, Saint Ira breathed her last, and Luxuria buried her face in the pool of blood on the saint’s chest and screamed as if seized by madness…

“Waaaait stooooop!!!”

“Yes… Huh?”

“Munch munch. Huh? Suddenly?”

I was quietly listening to “the events of that day” that Miho had heard about in the trial, but I finally couldn’t hold back and shouted.

Chikuyo, who had been listening with great interest, seemed displeased that Miho’s story was interrupted and glared at me slightly while chewing her tail, but as soon as our eyes met, she buried her head between my armpits and hid her gaze as if nothing had happened.

Wait, is that tail a substitute for popcorn? Are you watching a movie? No, listening to a radio drama?

“Why? Did I explain something wrong?”

“No, you explained it too well. I thought you were doing a reading.”

“Then, why…”

“No, you said Luxuria died. Why did the s-saint suddenly die?!”

When I asked about the story of Luxuria’s death, Miho began to explain all the content she had heard, and by the middle, I was preparing myself thinking, “Oh, she died protecting our ancestor from that tentacle before they kissed,” but suddenly the saint retires?! Even if some time paradox or whatever doesn’t apply, isn’t this too mind-blowing?!

Then, who gave birth to Ira and me? Don’t tell me our ancestor became a hermaphrodite?!!

“…H-hermaphrodite? Can humans become that?”

“That’s why I’m asking, because they can’t.”

“Hmm… First of all, I think the saint did give birth properly?”

“…She gave birth after dying?”

“No, she was alive?”

“Huh?! What are you saying…”

“I mean, didn’t the demon Luxuria do something to save the dying saint?”

“Yes. That’s what big sister said.”

“…A demon perfectly revived a dead person?”

“Yes. At least that’s what I heard from the saint and the forest keeper…”

“…You met the saint in person?”

“Oh? Didn’t I tell you?”

At my question, Miho tilted her head and then said, “Ah, I didn’t tell you. I properly greeted the saint. She has the same hair and eye color as Lady Ira,” and then continued speaking to me.

“Since Jack seems to be having trouble understanding, let me just tell you the conclusion…”

“Waaaait!!!”

“Huh? Big sister?”

“Now what’s with you?”

This time Chikuyo interrupted her words, quickly got up from between my armpits, covered her ears with both hands, and slowly began to move away.

“I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want to just hear the ending! Later, I want to hear everything properly!”

“Oh, okay. I’ll tell you everything later, big sister.”

“……”

In the end, Chikuyo covered her ears, climbed up a tree, and quickly distanced herself to the point where we could hear the sound of the wind being cut, then started watching us from afar, and I decided to stay with Miho to hear just the conclusion.

…Yeah, I guess if you hate spoilers, you might react like that.