The Elf Problem and the Knight's Return
The first order of business: resolving the elf situation. I had confirmed the strength of Queen Luna and successfully recruited the half-elves, including Sola, into my multi-level marketing scheme. Now, whenever they felt the itch, they would bring their friends to the dungeon, and those innocent elves would find themselves pinned against the walls, falling into corruption.
"Let's eat before we continue. First off, welcome, elves. It’s not much, but please, eat your fill. That way, you can be stuffed to the brim before you head back home."
I had invited the elves to Las Vegas. They were wide-eyed at the spread—a feast prepared with human ingredients and enhanced by my own culinary knowledge. Since they had stepped outside the forest, they had all taken on a fruity scent.
"U-um, excuse me. What is this?"
"Ah, that is called a Robo-tang. It’s excellent for restoring vitality."
"...And this squishy thing?"
"Ah, that is a Lime Jelly. It’s a jelly with aphrodisiac properties."
"Then what is this bread with the yellowish, thick, and sticky liquid inside?"
"Ah, that is called a Cream Puff."
I had sliced open the bread, hollowed it out, and stuffed it to the brim with cream. They didn't know what kind of cream it was, or what it was made of, but...
"The Master says it’s custard cream flavor!"
"I-I see."
Ryun, the queen of the legion, wanted to share her own special snack. I gulped as I watched the cream smeared all over their lips. The bread in front of me was just ordinary bread, but the cup next to it was filled with freshly squeezed, rich chocolate milk.
"Eat up and fill your bellies well for the journey back."
"Thank you. Mmm... this is delicious. Um, by any chance, could I have one more?"
Sola had devoured her bread and wanted more. I glanced sideways at Ryun, who handed over her own bread with a complicated expression.
"...Cream is quite rare, so it’s hard to get a lot of it. Please understand, sister."
"......I had misunderstood you. I’m sorry, Ryun."
Sola blushed, took the bread Ryun offered, and took a large bite. She shivered with delight at the taste of the cream filling her mouth. As the cream dripped from her lips, Sola wiped it away with her finger and sucked it clean.
"......."
I hadn't planned it, but I never expected to feel such a sense of depravity. I gave Ryun a thumbs-up where the others couldn't see, and Ryun made a small loop with her fingers, moving them back and forth.
"But you know," Luna said, picking up a piece of bread and shaking it as she noticed something strange. I gulped, fearing the worst, but Luna just giggled at the four elves who had reached a silent consensus.
"You see now why I keep coming out here, don't you? Hehe. Don't you feel like you've been losing out on your whole elven life? Why didn't I know about this until now?"
"You said there were no men. You lived for hundreds of years without knowing about sexual intercourse, so of course you'd be hooked once you felt the pleasure."
"...? It's not exactly like that?"
Luna immediately denied my assumption. I chewed on her words, trying to guess the hidden meaning behind them.
"Master." Ryun poked my thigh with her finger. "Are you worried that Luna-unni might have been with another man?"
"Yeah."
"Don't worry about that. She hasn't been with a man. Not with a man."
"......?"
They had sex, but not with a man? Luna put down her bread and fidgeted with her fingers.
"Ryun is an adult now, so it's okay to say, right? Sometimes, elves who know about that sort of thing do it with each other. I'm the same way. Otherwise, how would I have known how to move my hips when I first did it with you?"
"......What did you do it with?"
"My mother."
"......."
At Sola's blunt remark, Luna awkwardly stuffed the bread into her mouth. I imagined Sola's mother, and then imagined Luna and her scissoring in bed, and a chill ran down my spine.
"...Ah, I think I did something wrong."
"What do you mean?"
"I think I ruined the lily garden."
I couldn't help but feel a sense of regret, but still, the union of yin and yang was the best way to Las. I downed a cup of chocolate milk and finished my meal.
"Eat some snacks before you leave. And if you take a slime shower, it’ll wash away everything on your body, so don't worry about leaving any traces."
"I guarantee it. Did you even notice when I was coming and going? Hehe."
"......."
No one would ever catch them for their acts with the demon race. If the four of them kept the secret, they could play whatever perverted games they wanted here and never be found out when they returned.
"T-then, um..." Sola clenched and unclenched her fists, bowing her head as she asked me and Luna, "C-could you, um, get the orcs to..."
"You really know what's good. Galahad, call all the uncles."
After all, tangerines are best when shared.
The free city of Las Vegas embraces all beings. Under the freedom granted by Las Vegas, the elves cast off their chaste and pathetic elven corsets, tanned their skin, and unleashed their desires to their hearts' content. While some elves fell for the orcs' members, there were also human men buried between the feathers of harpies. While the elves were tasting Galahad as a dessert for being dark elves, I moved to Las Vegas to find my son-in-law and guest.
"You've really set up a newlywed life here, haven't you?"
In one of the empty houses in Las Vegas, the newlyweds and Andras had built a nest together. Since they hadn't done it in the dungeon, the human man—Gei—had worked his hips hard, even if he hadn't seeded Harpyia. The scent of his night-blooming flowers filled every corner of the house.
"So, Gei, have you thought about it?"
"...If I accept this deal, I would be betraying humanity."
Gei knelt on one knee before me. It was the posture of a knight swearing loyalty to his lord.
"I will betray them. And..."
Gei knelt on both knees this time. He stretched his hands forward, bowed his head, and prostrated himself before me.
"Please give me your daughter!!"
Gei bowed so deeply his forehead hit the ground. I could feel his sincerity in that moment. Gei had truly fallen head over heels for Harpyia's feathers.
"Tsk. You lack sincerity."
But I couldn't be satisfied with such a light bow. If Ryun was the queen, Andras was the concubine—both were my subordinates, and since he had taken their daughter Harpyia as well, a single bow wasn't enough to earn my recognition.
"I shall demonstrate it for you myself. Lift your head and watch closely. This is..."
I stood on my hands and performed a bow.
"...the Grand Bow."
"......."
I held the pose for about 10 seconds and returned to my original position. Gei gulped at the overwhelming display of etiquette I had shown him.
"You see, I offered this to my father-in-law who allowed me to have the most beautiful succubus in the world."
"I will correct it immediately...!"
Gei struggled to change his posture and performed a Grand Bow to me. ...He didn't really have to follow suit, but seeing him actually do it, my anger subsided a little. I was a bit heated that he had eaten the mother-daughter combo even though I had given permission, but since he wanted it so sincerely and had various uses, I decided to put him to work.
'I need real knights if I'm going to build a knight order under Eila.'
If orcs rode unicorns, both would go into heat, which was a disaster. I finally understood why the rule of thumb for white horses was humans, and for wolves, it was orcs.
"Let's straighten our posture, Gei."
"Yes."
Gei and I faced each other with flushed faces. I quite liked his handsome, muscular body. With a sturdy lower half, he wouldn't disappoint Harpyia or Andras.
"If you ever betray my legion, I will take Andras and Harpyia back. Then, you know what happens to the two of them, right?"
"I will ensure that never happens."
"Good. That is how it should be."
I reached out my hand to Gei. He hesitated but grasped my outstretched hand. His grip strength was almost on par with mine in my normal state.
"When you return after completing your mission, can I look forward to the day we eat Andras together again? Next time, you take the bottom, and I will take Andras's mouth. Until then, hold onto Andras tightly so no one else can take her but me."
"......Gulp."
Gei's hand trembled as if the mere imagination made his mouth water. I patted the back of his hand and called for Eila.
"How long are you going to hide behind there? Come out."
"......H-hello, nice to meet you."
Eila emerged from the wall, wearing a guard's helmet with a mustache woven from Andras's feathers. Gei stared at Eila intently, his eyes widening.
"...Lady Aries?"
"...How did you recognize me at a glance?"
"Your voice is impressive... W-wait, no way."
Gei's jaw dropped in shock.
"The woman who was screaming in the square... was you, My Lady?"
"Yes, it's her."
I grabbed Eila's waist and squeezed her breasts. Eila felt awkward being molested in front of an acquaintance, but she looked quite cute that way.
"P-please don't, Master."
"Oh my."
"I'm warning you in advance, I'm not giving her to you."
"......I see, I understand what you mean. It is a pleasure to meet you. You have met a good lord."
"...Hmm."
At Gei's greeting, which carried several meanings, Eila removed her feather mustache. After a brief introduction, I picked up the steel sword Eila was carrying.
"Now, for the operation, you have only one task."
I handed the hilt of the steel sword to Gei.
"Cut off Andras's head, take it, and escape to Spica Castle."
Spica Castle was currently in an atmosphere even more depressing than a funeral home. The kidnapping of the priest Francis—Guinevere Pisces. The disappearance of the knight Gei—the seventh son of the House of Cancere. Besides them, over a thousand humans in the barony alone had died or been captured by the Demon King's army, and not a single one had returned alive.
The Baron in charge of the Virgo territory didn't even have the strength to be hysterical.
"The territory is ruined."
He had tried desperately to save the place that was already failing, but there was no helping the appearance of a dungeon, which was no different from a natural disaster. Those who were slightly wealthy began to flee one by one to the neighboring Leo Marquisate, and as the number of guards dwindled, refugees from Zabyaba began to crawl over the castle walls.
—This territory is finished.
Two attempts at subjugation had failed, and the third, funded heavily by the Pisces family to hire adventurers, had been wiped out. As the days went by, the enemy grew stronger, as if they had been hiding their power all along.
'If I don't have something like a Holy Sword, I can't win.'
Baron Virgo recalled the legend of the Holy Sword. The legendary sword said to be somewhere in his territory. If he only had that sword, which could only be wielded by a pure virgin, wiping out the monsters would be a piece of cake.
'Should I go look for it?'
Truly fortunately, and miraculously, Baron Virgo knew the whereabouts of the Holy Sword. His late father had squandered his fortune searching for it, and in the end, he never found it, leading to the downfall of the territory.
'Now, that is my only hope.'
And the one to raise the sword of hope high would be none other than Baron Virgo—himself. Once he became the wielder of the Holy Sword, the territory would prosper as if nothing had ever happened.
'But it's a dangerous place.'
Who could he trust? Unfortunately, Knight Gei was now a ghost. The only ones left were the mustache knight.
"My Lord!!"
Just then, he burst through the door. The Baron was glad, but his heart sank at the appearance of someone entering without knocking.
"...What is it?"
"I have returned alive!!"
"...Who? Did my late father return after finding the Holy Sword?"
"Sir Gei has returned alive!!!"
The Baron jumped to his feet. He opened the terrace door and stepped outside, toward the cheers of the people. Wooooaaaaah!! In the middle of the main street, a wounded knight, holding the head of a black bird-headed monster, was walking with difficulty, his legs trembling. Covered in blood from head to toe, he swayed as if he were about to collapse at any moment, but his direction was straight toward the Baron.
"......Sir Gei!!"
Seeing the chipped steel sword, the Baron realized it. He had returned alive. The Baron ran in one breath and greeted Gei barefoot.
"......I have returned alive, Baron."
"Welcome back!"
The Baron ran to Gei and hugged him tightly. Whether they were residents, refugees, or adventurers, the reunion of the knight who had risked his life for his master and the master himself served as a spark of hope for the entire Virgo territory.
"......."
Knight Gei, however, only felt his eyes grow cold at the Baron's embrace.