Chapter 569: The Hero Climaxes in Defeat Again Today[R-18] (56)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 569: The Hero Climaxes in Defeat Again Today[R-18] (56)
The moment I learned Nerzaka had awakened, I set up a temporary base in a quiet village far from Valen. I even had to forcibly shake off the princess, who annoyingly insisted on coming with me.
But days passed, and nothing happened.
This bastard, why is he so quiet?
Even the Kaisern Kingdom was strangely silent. Despite their territory being ravaged, there was no sign of a counterattack.
I was lost in thought, taking turns violating the bound and wailing Valen mother and daughter on the bed.
-Squelch! Squelch!
“Hnngh…! Master… Your cock… is deep inside my baby room…♡”
“Ahem. Who said a semen toilet could speak?”
“Eek…! I-I’m sorry…!”
I roughly grabbed the panting woman's cheek and muttered inwardly.
If what Eldarion said was true, the dragon should have appeared before me in a rage by now. And yet... it's still quiet?
I wondered if it had all been a lie. The thought that I might have simply been mistaken also crossed my mind.
Just then, the door burst open and Ha-young came in.
“Dad! There's news!”
Ha-young, who had been handling external affairs in a form identical to mine, reverted to her original girlish appearance as soon as she stepped inside and smiled brightly.
“What is it?”
“The war is over. It seems the Holy Kingdom intervened. And the princess sent a messenger telling you to return to Valen Castle quickly.”
I frowned.
“The princess?”
“Yeah. It looks like something serious happened in the capital.”
“What, did the king suddenly kick the bucket or something?”
“I don't know about that.”
“Tsk, what a pain. Can't be helped. Hey, aren't you going to tighten that pussy properly?”
I reached out and roughly slapped the eldest daughter of Count Valen across the chest.
-Smack!
“Heeit…♡ I’ll tighten it…♡”
Her belly, swollen and heavy with child, twitched for a moment. Soon, I felt something clinging to the tip of my glans.
“Hmm, it's about to be born.”
I forced open her cervix, shoved my cock deep inside, and ravaged her insides with rough thrusts of my hips.
-Pound! Pound! Pound! Pound!
“It's coming♡ Nngh…♡ Ooooh…♡”
The moment I was about to cum, I pulled out my cock and sprayed my semen over her swollen belly.
Soon, the flesh of her pussy parted, and a pink slime oozed out from between her legs.
The small slime's form soon began to change. Flesh formed, hair grew, and a face took shape. Before I knew it, a girl with the exact same appearance as Ha-young had opened her eyes.
“Daa…?”
Ha-young wagged a finger.
“Hey, little sister! That's my face, change into something else!”
The newborn daughter stared blankly at her older sister for a moment, then nodded. Her body shimmered and changed again, transforming into the appearance of a completely different woman.
“Including her, how many have been born so far?”
“If you include the two still inside those women over there, that makes nine in total.”
“Hmm… As expected, with so few host mothers, the numbers aren't as high as I'd hoped.”
“Well, this should be enough to help you out, Dad. It's about time for me to go back, too.”
“Alright. I'll summon you again when the time comes.”
“Okay! I'm heading back!”
In that instant, Ha-young's body was enveloped in light, and she vanished, reverse-summoned.
All that remained was the newborn daughter. She tilted her head, looking up at me with innocent eyes.
I stroked her hair and muttered.
“While your younger siblings are being born, go play with your mother over there.”
The girl nodded and replied quietly.
“Okay, Dad.”
As soon as she said that, she rushed over to Valen's eldest daughter, who was still trembling and leaking vaginal fluid from the climax of childbirth. Her small lips latched onto the woman's breast as if by instinct, and she began to gulp down the flowing breast milk.
The eldest daughter's eyes rolled back as she let out a sobbing moan.
“Heeit…♡”
I watched the scene with interest before slowly approaching Count Valen's wife and youngest daughter, who were still clutching their full-term bellies and gasping in pain.
“Well then…”
I smiled slowly and placed my palm on one of the swollen bellies. A warm movement transmitted through my fingertips.
“Now, it's your turn.”
*
I ordered Marienne to take the Valen mother and daughters, along with the nine newborn slime daughters, back to the Alcladion territory first. I headed to the Valen territory alone, and as soon as I entered the castle, I saw the princess.
Aiyella's usual confident demeanor was gone, replaced by a somewhat broken expression.
“Marquis… You're late.”
I bowed my head respectfully.
“My apologies, Your Highness. I had more to wrap up than I expected, so I was a little late.”
“...I assume you've heard the news, Marquis. The war is over.”
“Yes, I have. Do you happen to know why it ended?”
“I only know that a serious problem erupted within Kaisern.”
A moment of silence passed. Aiyella's lips trembled, and a tear that had welled in her eye soon streamed down her cheek.
“My father… has passed away.”
In that moment, my body unconsciously stiffened.
The king is dead?
Just a short while ago, he was a man who boasted such vigorous health he seemed overflowing with vitality. A man far from illness or old age. It couldn't have been a natural death.
I deliberately feigned surprise and spoke.
“His Majesty… has passed away, you say?”
Aiyella looked straight at me with reddened eyes.
“That's right… I'll have to return to the royal capital to confirm the exact situation, but from what I've heard… someone attacked the royal castle with high-level magic, Hellfire. Fortunately, Duke Baran and the chief court mage succeeded in defending it, but…”
I muttered lowly.
“They couldn't… block it completely.”
Instead of answering, Aiyella closed her eyes and lowered her head.
While maintaining a worried expression on the outside, I was lost in thought.
There's a high probability this was Nerzaka's doing. I was sure he was targeting me, but he suddenly attacked the kingdom first? What... is that lizard bastard's intention?
I couldn't read the lizard bastard's intentions at all.
More importantly, this is a huge problem. Lucian may be the crown prince... but his foundation is weak. Although he has the support of the Royal Knights and some royalist nobles, the moment his greatest supporter, the king, is gone, that power base will immediately falter.
The kingdom was bound to be shaken. The high nobles would bare their claws to seize power for themselves, and divisions would arise even within the royal family.
The second prince, Leonhardt, and the third prince, Daniel, were particularly problematic. As I'd seen in the original story, there was Leonhardt, who ended up selling out his country just to fuck his own sister, and Daniel, a mama's boy who spent his entire life clinging to his mother's skirt.
The head of the noble faction, Duke Arduan, will undoubtedly try to put Daniel on the throne, using his daughter and the current queen, Bellatrix, as his backing. He'll mobilize every conspiracy and scheme he can think of.
On the other hand, while Lucian had a clear bloodline and justification, he lacked the military power and financial resources of the noble faction.
In the end, the kingdom will split into the royalist faction centered around Lucian and the noble faction pushing for Daniel, and a bloodbath will ensue.
A cold smile touched my lips.
*
I had planned to return to the capital with Princess Aiyella, but guests from the Holy Kingdom arrived, so I had no choice but to send the princess ahead with her escort.
The guests who arrived in Valen were none other than the Hero, Aaren, and his companions, Lien, Hilla, and Riette Schwartz.
I greeted them inside the castle.
Riette stepped forward, her sharp eyes piercing me.
“It's been a while.”
“It has been a while, Lady Riette.”
“'Lady Riette'... That sounds grating. Just call me Riette.”
“Very well, Riette. So… what business brings you here?”
Riette crossed her arms and stared at me for a long moment before speaking, as if spitting out the words.
“I looked around the battlefield on my way here. I found traces of a high-ranking demon. For something like that to be found near your territory… it's hard to see it as a coincidence. Do you know anything?”
I snickered inwardly.
…She must have seen traces of that 49th-ranked demon something-or-other.
Outwardly, I answered calmly.
“If you're talking about that, I dealt with it myself. However, I don't know why the demon appeared there.”
Riette narrowed her eyes for a moment, then nodded.
“I see… But the strange thing is…”
The eye visible past her eyepatch turned cold.
“Even ordinary humans were brutally slaughtered. Was that your doing, too?”
“Yes. As you know, Riette, we were at war with Kaisern. And as a noble of the Sievern Kingdom, I simply cut down the enemy. Surely, you don't intend to interrogate me for that?”
“That's not it. It's natural for you to kill your enemies. But…”
She said with a regretful expression.
“I just don't understand. Did you have to kill them so cruelly?”
I shrugged and answered coldly.
“What does cruelty matter in war? Thoroughly eliminating the enemy is the way to ensure the safety of our allies.”
Riette's expression hardened. Aaren, standing behind her, looked at me with a troubled face.
“Marquis… Still, was it necessary to be so brutal?”
I slowly shifted my gaze to Aaren.
This bastard… Drawing a line as soon as he switches masters? He learned the martial arts I taught him with my blood and sweat, and now he's just going to play innocent, is that it?
What an infuriating bastard.
“Aaren. If you run your mouth any further, I won't be able to hold back. This is a warning from your former master. And remember, this is a matter for the Sievern Kingdom. You have no right to interfere.”
Riette sighed and spoke again.
“Alright, we were out of line. But there's another reason we came here.”
“What is it?”
“The demons' movements are unusual. We've received intelligence that a large monster army is gathering near the Ice-Snow Mountains north of Kaisern, and we've also heard that high-ranking demons are appearing there in person.”
She paused for a moment, then looked at me from behind her eyepatch and added.
“And… we came because of a matter related to the Hero of the Kaisern Kingdom. I heard you're holding him captive. Can you hand the Hero over to us?”
I let out a smirk and leaned back deeply in my chair.
There's a limit to arrogance. It seems she's looking down on me because I've been acting like a pushover noble. And no matter how much she's my type… I can't stand some cunt daring to step up to me.
I glared coldly at Riette and began to draw out my aura.
“Hand over the Hero? That sounds like you're telling me to just give him up. Riette, do I look that easy to you?”
The air in the room grew heavy. Aaren flinched and put his hand on his sword.
Riette retorted without batting an eyelash.
“…That Hero is a crucial figure in the fight against the demons. No matter what crimes he's committed, his punishment is a matter for the Holy Kingdom to handle.”
I scoffed at Riette's words and shook my head.
“He is a war criminal and a prisoner I captured myself. You have no right to demand him without cause.”
I deliberately shifted my gaze to glare at Aaren.
“And Aaren… how arrogant. You dare put your hand on your hilt in front of me?”
In an instant, my hand moved faster than the eye could see.
-Thwack!
With a heavy thud, Aaren's head snapped to the side. He collapsed to the floor, blood pouring from his nose.
“Kugh…!”
I slowly rose from my seat, spreading my aura. As the air grew heavy and oppressive, everyone in the room instinctively held their breath.
“That Hero bastard will be executed by my hand as a criminal. If you want him, you can have his corpse after a formal trial and a verdict in accordance with the law.”
Riette let out a sigh.
“Marquis. Vanadel told me to tell you this.”
And then she added.
“Erebica.”
That one word brought back a memory I had forgotten.
Damn it… That's right. The holy land, Erebica. I blew it up myself.
In that moment, both I, who had been building up my solemn aura, and Riette, who had been speaking calmly, froze. Our gazes met and tangled in mid-air, and a strangely awkward silence fell. I cleared my throat and awkwardly sat back down.
“The Hero… I'll hand him over officially after the king's funeral.”
I tried my best to sound composed, but Riette looked at me with a smile playing on her lips.
“She said they'll reduce the sentence for the Erebica incident if you hand over the Hero.”