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“Hmm. Is this where she spends her time?”

Arbes muttered as he slowly looked around Hera’s room.

Hera’s bed. A blanket. A pillow. And a doll that looked quite cute.

I was slowly looking through everything from one to ten, feeling her traces.

‘This is my first time feeling like this.’

A strange feeling of a pounding heart.

But I didn’t dislike it at all.

I had a feeling that I might become addicted to it.

He was born with the fate of a demon lord and had a desire to kill.

The only pleasure he had was the sight of flesh and internal organs being torn and blood spurting out, and the sound of screams of pain.

But after meeting Hera, that desire slowly changed and turned into a desire to conquer Hera for himself.

Moreover, now that the demon had withdrawn his power, the desire to kill that had been by his side his entire life had disappeared in an instant. What filled that empty space was this strange, inexplicable sensation.

That is why Hera asked for a promise to stay by her side for the rest of her life as a condition for what she wanted.

Luckily, she accepted readily.

My heart was pounding softly at the thought of spending the rest of my life with Hera.

‘I guess I should get married someday.’

I could see that the others were also aiming for it with fire in their eyes, so I guess he didn’t think it would ever be completely his.

But I didn’t care at all.

Every good king takes many wives.

In fact, she was closer to being a unique genius bitch than a great king.

Still, Hera was worthy, for she satisfied her wives better than any other king.

However, the aftermath of having multiple wives…is entirely her responsibility.

Given their vicious nature, they must howl like beasts every night.

It’s all her fault, the price she paid for carelessly bewitching others.

It would be right for her to take responsibility.

‘I wonder which wife Jim will have.’

If you think about those women Hera looked at with passionate love, you’ll probably be pushed back quite a bit.

But it was okay.

The fight isn’t over until it’s over.

There’s no way I could lose to those stupid people-

“Lily!!”

A sudden shout was heard.

I frown and turn my head away, feeling my excitement interrupted.

Having the same hair color as the warrior.

A woman with a thick air was panting at the door.

Let’s lower our gaze naturally.

I couldn’t help but react instinctively to the massive mass I had never seen before.

‘….I don’t like it.’

Even a succubus wouldn’t have a body like that.

I don’t know who it is, but I’ve never seen a human being so alert.

“..Who are you?”

A woman with a thick aura looked at him with her eyes wide open.

“That’s what she said. Who are you?”

“I’m the older sister of the owner of this house… What about you?”

..Fuck.

The owner of this house is none other than Hera.

I had a hunch. As expected, it seemed like someone related to Hera.

If he was a character who was entangled with her, he would definitely fall for her.

‘This could be dangerous.’

I couldn’t help but instinctively raise my guard against the appearance of a fairly strong opponent.

“Are you curious about the identity of this woman? If you are willing to pay the price, let me know.”

The woman’s green eyes opened wide.

But that was only for a moment. Soon the woman shook her head and began to look around.

“That’s not important right now. Have you seen a girl with the same hair color as me living here?”

“Are you talking about the warrior?”

“Yes…! I have something to tell Lily. It’s urgent.”

“The warrior is not here. It was a waste of effort.”

“….That’s it.”

There was a look of frustration in the woman’s eyes.

What is going on that makes you so upset?

“I’ll tell you and tell her. What’s so urgent?”

The woman, who had been hesitating for a long time over her words, took a deep breath and spoke as if she had no other choice.

“Tell Lily. Hera was taken to the Empire.”

“……What?”

These lowly races.

Who dared you take away?

*

The strength of the horses led by the 1st Knights was outstanding.

I arrived at the palace in an instant.

In fact, it was almost like being kidnapped.

‘I don’t think there’s any need to tie it up..’

They tied my arms tightly with magic tools, as if telling me not to even think about running away.

In fact, I thought I could break it if I put my mind to it, but I also felt like I could never defeat Godric and the First Knights of the Imperial Palace on my own. I concluded that it would be better in many ways not to do it.

“My lord! I have captured the woman.”

As I entered the audience room, Godric brought me before the Emperor.

As I was blankly staring up at the Emperor, Godric grabbed my shoulder and forced me to my knees.

“Ouch..!”

Godric’s voice came along with a sharp pain in my knee.

“Do you dare to be on the same level as the Emperor?”

“…you really..”

As the resentment against him was building up, the Emperor focused attention by striking the throne with his hand.

Then everyone in the audience room began to bow their heads to the Emperor, but I, who was not used to this situation, looked up at him blankly, and the Emperor looked at me once and waved his hand and said.

“I have something to say to this woman, so everyone get out.”

“Your Majesty! It is too dangerous to be alone.”

Godric jumped to his feet and shouted.

It must have been a remark made out of concern for the Emperor. Unfortunately, his words only irritated the Emperor.

“Are you not going to listen to my orders?”

Godric’s eyes fluttered open, then he closed them and lowered his head.

“I’m sorry.”

“Everyone step back.”

As the Emperor spoke again, everyone around him immediately left the audience room.

That’s the only space left for him and me.

“Jim calling you must be confused.”

I could only look at the emperor in bewilderment.

“…Yes..Thank you for coming to me so suddenly.”

I had never met a king before, so I had no idea how to bring up the subject.

“It’s okay. Feel free to talk.”

As if he had noticed my feelings, the emperor rested his chin on his hand and spoke.

“……Yes.”

“We don’t have much time, so let’s get to the point.”

Could it be that he was crushed by the heavy power of the emperor?

A drop of dry saliva ran down my throat due to the unnecessary tension.

“They told me to hand you over to the Demon World. In return, they promised me a six-month impenetrability period.”

“…….Huh?”

“We have made a pact, so we can’t lie to each other. Don’t worry ”

what?

no.

Where on earth should I feel safe?

The demon world wants me?

..why on earth?

My head was spinning with the unexpected story.

‘…What did I do to the Demon World?’

At best, it was an attempt to seduce the Demon King.

..Of course, the story actually progressed and we ended up recruiting the Demon King to our side.

Ah. And Sephir was also taken from the Demon World.

Even though it wasn’t intentional.

….hmm

‘…..It’s worth finding.’

Although it wasn’t my intention, I was able to capture their king and one of their key forces.

It occurred to me that from their perspective, I might be seen as the biggest threat.

“Half a year of peace in exchange for one person. In that time, our empire will be able to regain its momentum.”

Varus looks down at me with a sinister smile.

“..Did you accept it?”

“Well, what would it have been like?”

The Emperor answered my question with another question.

I looked at him, who was smiling darkly, and spoke to him.

“I guess you accepted it.”

“Hmm. Half of it is correct-”

“And then he’ll hit you in the back of the head.”

The emperor’s eyes opened wide.

And soon, instead of smiling gloomily, he looked down at me with an interested face and asked.

“The back of the head. How could you possibly do that?”

What do you think?

I’m saying this because I know your personality.

Emperor Varus.

A king who cannot be called a good man, but is definitely not a bad man.

He is good at tricks and sometimes shows a wicked side, but when it is crucial, he shows a strong side.

In some ways, he can be said to be the wisest king.

So he readily agrees to the Demon’s deal?

Absolutely not.

“His Majesty the Great Emperor…wouldn’t he abandon his people?”

Wrong. Varus is a man who would make small sacrifices for the empire.

The reason I say this is because I just don’t want to arouse unnecessary suspicion.

“Hahaha! You trust Jim too much. But I don’t feel bad about it.”

The emperor, who had once laughed heartily, soon erased the smile from his face and looked at me with infinitely calm eyes.

“You’re right. I don’t know why they want you, but I can’t fall for the tricks of those evil demons.”

He stroked his beard once and continued talking.

“Jim intends to use you as bait.”

“Bait?”

“Yes. When I hand you over, the demons will come out with a fairly large army. The leader who commands them will also come out.”

He keeps silent for a moment and then speaks again.

“The meeting point is the border between the demon world and the human world. There, we will launch a surprise attack and subdue all the demons. ”

“Kidnapping…you say?”

“Yes. We will take the survivors hostage. Even if the hostages don’t work, we can torture them to extract various information.”

I couldn’t help but be surprised by the emperor’s bold remarks.

You want to kidnap a group of demons and torture them?

If that happens.

“There’s going to be a war.”

Even if a demon has a strong individualistic nature, he won’t stay still if his own allies are attacked.

If that happens, it won’t even escalate into a big fight.

However, the emperor was not surprised. Instead, he had a calm expression.

“Didn’t you know? The war has already begun.”

“Huh?”

“Invasion of the Academy. Invasion of the Imperial Palace. And the destruction of the Western Region. The Demons have already issued proclamations several times. There is no more fighting to be avoided”

I knew the Academy had been invaded.

Because I experienced that vivid disaster firsthand.

But… the western region was completely destroyed?

I know that Masin took power from Arbes. Did he do something right away?

“Don’t worry. Even though I said it was bait, it’s not possible to hurt ordinary citizens. I’ll be thorough-”

At that moment when the emperor spoke.

“Your Majesty…Your Majesty!”

As Godric, who had previously gone out, opened the door and came in with an urgent expression, the Emperor’s face frowned greatly.

“What is it, Godric? I told you to stay out.”

Godric’s body froze for a moment at the Emperor’s cold voice, but he immediately shook his head and approached the Emperor.

“Now is not the time!! Outside.. Outside now-”

His words were cut off.

Kuwaaang–!

There was a loud explosion at the door, accompanied by a sound that made the earth shake.

A fierce, flickering flame blasted Godric across the sky.

The emperor suddenly stood up from his throne.

A single silhouette appeared in the thick smoke where the explosion had occurred.

“I tried to live a good life because of Hera….”

Her voice was so familiar.

“There are so many things I want to kill right now.”

Athena.

Her eyes were burning with anger, engulfed in flames.