Ch.49Dragon Clan and Demon Clan (2)

# Dragons and Demons (2)

The atmosphere of the Legion Commander meeting was completely shattered, to say the least.

This was all because of Twelve, who had tactlessly challenged Lilith, who was essentially a parachute appointment.

Moreover, Belphegor was in an even worse mood because despite Lilith entering as a parachute appointment, she had been achieving remarkable results.

What a fine niece she was.

Diligent, intelligent, and hardworking.

Though even to his eyes, there were a few instances where she seemed somewhat careless, but that’s what parachute appointments were like in the first place.

Belphegor had been nurturing Lilith with a generous heart.

With the ambition of eventually dumping all his work onto her.

“If you’re so dissatisfied, then verify it yourself! Yes, anyone can make baseless accusations! Don’t show your face before me until you find clear evidence!”

“However…!”

“You talk too much! I’m also relieving you of your position as Legion Commander! From now on, your name is ‘However’!”

“Kuk!”

“If you understand, withdraw, Colonel However. This is a place for meetings between me and the Legion Commanders!”

“…I apologize.”

The former Twelve, now Colonel However, left the meeting hall grinding his teeth.

The other Legion Commanders felt terror seeing how an already tacky name had become even tackier.

Next time, it could be them in that position. And ‘However’ was actually on the better end. It could be even worse.

Under the Demon King’s reign of terror, the Legion Commanders swallowed dry saliva and remained silent.

“Hmph.”

With Belphegor’s snort, the blue flames that had been burning throughout the meeting hall instantly subsided.

An overwhelming performance that didn’t even allow the thought of resistance.

It showed just how powerful the current Demon King Belphegor was, considering this was merely part of his emotional expression.

‘Aunt… could she always do that? I thought she was just physically strong.’

And this was the first time Lilith had seen that power.

There was a completely different dignity from the Aunt Belphegor she knew in her childhood.

No, her appearance hadn’t changed much… though Lilith was taller now…

Come to think of it, she used to be a fairly solid person back then, but at some point, she started showing signs of boredom, which Lilith found strange.

But with that much power, seeing fragments of that strength that could overwhelm all the Legion Commanders alone.

‘I suppose it’s natural to feel boredom…’

Lilith finally understood the current Belphegor.

Not the immature aunt she remembered, but the Demon King itself.

‘Ugh… I don’t want to work.’

Lilith felt tears welling up, perhaps due to the uncomfortable atmosphere.

***

Perhaps because Glacies Magic Tower mainly researched water, freezing, and stopping? Esmeralda was amazed at the tower’s burn treatment, which performed better than the Divine Church’s potion.

“Our expensive potions are worth their price too, Hero. How dare you compare the Divine Church with a mere magic tower?”

“Sometimes I find your twisted inferiority complex pitiful.”

“Would you call it pride instead?”

“Sure, that much. My heart aches when I see your insignificant pride.”

“…”

Esmeralda thought Eirene’s obsession with the Divine Church’s status was pitiful.

Well, considering its past glory, it wasn’t strange for Eirene to have a complex about the current Divine Church, which was just slightly ahead of the magic tower.

“Sigh… No matter how much you try to pick a fight, I won’t provide the Church’s potions.”

“I never asked for them. Just how materialistic do you think I am?”

“Well, if I hadn’t seen you secretly packing food at parties, I might not have thought that way.”

“…You saw?”

“Of course.”

A beaming Eirene and Esmeralda with a rotting expression.

Right, the rich can live off their name for three years even after going broke. Esmeralda had no reason to pity the Saintess of the Divine Church.

“So? How is Lug’s condition?”

“His brain is soaked in mana from magic. Millia really went too far. I didn’t expect her to do this much.”

It seems Millia did something to Lug while Eirene was unconscious.

While Millia was summoned by the Tower Master, Eirene tried to check what had happened, but… there were so many spells cast simultaneously that it took time.

“Well, fortunately, there’s no major issue. No brainwashing or suggestions, it seems like just a ploy to make him lose consciousness.”

“Wow, the complete opposite of you?”

“Indeed. If I had touched him, I would have made him only look at me.”

“Haha, if you touched Lug, a demon, he’d probably become an idiot?”

“Right? Huhu.”

Esmeralda wasn’t agreeing. She was telling her not to do it.

But now that she realized that for Eirene, making Lug an idiot was synonymous with making him only look at her, Esmeralda couldn’t even laugh.

‘Eirene really is dangerous.’

The deeper her affection for Lug grew, the more Esmeralda felt that Eirene’s love was heading in the wrong direction.

Practically on par with Millia.

Considering her skill in scheming, Esmeralda thought she was just as bad, if not worse.

Of course, if she had known that Millia was planning to melt Lug whole and drink him, that assessment might have changed.

‘My stomach hurts…’

Walking a tightrope between Millia, who expressed her emotions raw, and Eirene, who schemed insidiously.

Esmeralda’s stomach started to ache just from mediating between the two, so she began to gobble down the cake she had secretly stolen from the party.

For a country girl like her, it was a sweet treat she could hardly ever taste in her lifetime.

It was so sweet.

“Kuhek!”

As Esmeralda was stuffing her cheeks with cake, she turned to the side with drowsy eyes at the sound of a death cry.

Lug had finally opened his eyes.

“Are you alright, Mr. Lug?”

“…I feel like you all are in my room every time I wake up recently. Is it just my imagination?”

“Maybe it’s just your imagination? Oh, do you dislike it?”

Even if you do, bear with it.

Esmeralda prepared such an answer as she asked.

“Well, it’s nice to see such beauties as soon as I open my eyes.”

“Ah, um… yes.”

But Lug was an honest man.

Aside from the fact that he was a demon and a spy, Lug was a man who rarely lied.

At his straightforward assessment, Esmeralda took a hit and stuffed more cake into her mouth.

It was already her fourth slice.

“Is that so? You’re in a good mood then. Huhu, I’m also glad that you’ve safely woken up, Mr. Lug.”

While Esmeralda turned her head with an embarrassed face, Eirene responded to Lug as if this was her opportunity.

That expression of pure relief was so beautiful that it seemed to express that one could only be deceived if they didn’t know better.

With that smile that Eirene had honed over many years, even Lug would have no choice but to blush.

However…

“I see. Thank you.”

Lug didn’t fall for it.

At his indifferent response, Eirene’s expression stiffened, and Esmeralda examined Lug with drowsy eyes.

The answer was surprisingly simple.

Lug simply wasn’t looking at Eirene’s face from the beginning.

“Um…”

“Mr. Lug, don’t you think it’s better to look at someone’s face when talking?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I got confused.”

Did he confuse her chest with her face?

Esmeralda snorted, and Eirene’s face reddened with shame.

Of course, whether Eirene’s face reddened with shame or not was a problem Lug couldn’t know as he was busy stealing glances at her chest, thighs, and so on.

“Well, you seem fine. You looked quite hurt during the fight earlier.”

“Ah, so you were worried about me. Of course. I believed in you.”

After tormenting Eirene with his gaze for a while, Lug eventually nodded with an indifferent attitude and spoke. His appearance looked quite serious, so anyone else might have thought Lug was genuinely worried about Eirene.

But it’s not just Eirene who’s present here.

[Note: He was disappointed that the exposure was gone.]

For some reason, his acting skills increased tremendously only at times like this.

Esmeralda shook her head, recalling Lug who maintained a serious expression while thinking about the feel of her thighs at the Divine Church.

‘If he had been half as good as that normally…’

They wouldn’t have had to exhaust each other.

***

The next day.

Millia returned with a haggard expression, perhaps busy with magic tower-related matters.

Even after the battle with Five, she had been running around diligently due to post-battle measures. She couldn’t help but be tired.

“Ugh, I’m exhausted… Lug, my chest feels heavy, would you hold it for me?”

“Carrying things is my specialty. Not for nothing am I a porter, so I’ll take responsibility for carrying Millia’s chest from now on.”

“Mr. Lug, if you don’t want to die, remove your hand? That’s sexual harassment.”

“If it happens with mutual consent, it’s not sexual harassment!”

“Fine, I’ll acknowledge that. Then let me rephrase. If you don’t want to die, take your hands off? Because I want to kill you.”

“Understood.”

Esmeralda gave up on persuasion.

What could be more convenient than simply overpowering with force?

Lug clicked his tongue in disappointment but had no choice but to back down.

He felt fear from Esmeralda’s gentle voice.

That was genuine.

Lug knew that even though she usually acted like a fool, she was razor-sharp on such matters.

After watching the now docile Lug, Esmeralda eventually shifted her gaze.

“Millia, you should be careful. No matter how comfortable you are with Lug, saying things like that will make him think you’re seducing him.”

“I am seducing him.”

“…”

“I am sedu… mmph.”

Esmeralda first physically silenced Millia.

A formidable opponent.

Warning her with her eyes, Esmeralda quietly observed Millia.

‘Something else has grown in the meantime?’

[Bioengineering Magic Lv. 1] [New!]

Unfortunately, Esmeralda couldn’t even begin to guess what purpose Millia had for starting to learn such magic.