Chapter 48
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 48
Chapter Title: Libido and Appetite Are Directly Proportional
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Why on earth wouldn't he just rape her?
Ren repeated that thought several times a day.
On the first night, it was common sense among monsters to tease a girl's womb through her pussy until she went into heat, then pull out a massive cock and force it in, breaking magical girls and turning them into breeding vessels.
Most went that way at first—holding out with their pride and sense of duty—but eventually, they were trained into cum dumps that only knew dick, reduced to machines for bearing children.
So she had braced herself for it.
She had no freedom even in death, so at least she had to protect her honor.
But after that day, Latheus came in every night, showed her his cock, and that was it.
His question: Do you want to fuck?
Her answer: No.
Every time, he casually pulled up his pants and left, as if there would be a next time.
It was entering the seventh day of that routine.
"Lady Ren, breakfast is ready."
"The chef who accidentally put human flesh in your food last time has already been dealt with, so please eat without worry."
"...I see."
She glanced down at her outfit.
It was no longer her usual kimono.
A dress fitted for this Western-style demon castle.
But it was nothing like human dresses.
Silk that plunged deep in the back to bare her spine, slits tracing her breast lines, and a skirt hem so thin and short that a slight step would reveal her upper thighs.
And no panties at all, as if they were deemed unnecessary.
It felt less like "clothing" and more like "restraints."
The first time she received that outfit, Ren's face burned with shame.
As a daughter of the Kurokawa family, she had no desire to wear something so vulgar.
But Latheus laid down a condition.
"Wear this, and you can roam freely inside the castle."
At first, she planned to refuse outright.
Roaming "freely" in this hellish castle wasn't true freedom anyway.
But...
'...You need wings to fly. A bird without wings is just food.'
She couldn't fly, but she needed space to flap.
Demons were a race that birthed mostly males.
That's why all the servants in the castle were women, and some might even be other races hostile to demons.
'There might be an escape route. Or someone who could help in secret...'
On that slim hope, Ren accepted the "dress."
The first day she wore it, her face burned.
For someone who had lived bearing the Kurokawa name, putting it on crushed her pride.
But survival came first.
Escape over honor.
After that day, she wasn't watched inside the castle.
In exchange for the outfit, she could roam the interior relatively freely.
The maids didn't trail her everywhere, and she could take different corridors now and then.
So today, too, Ren donned the dress the moment she opened her eyes.
Even wrapping that skimpy scrap of fabric around her body brought a surge of shame, but she'd grown used to it.
No—she had to get used to it.
Even as she followed the maids' guidance to the dining hall, her mind raced through "escape routes" as always.
'Demons only birth males... all the maids are female... If I seduce one, maybe I can get a lead.'
But...
Nothing came from exposing her body like that.
The maids' responses were thoroughly cold, and she found no secret passages, no accomplices, no clues to escape.
"Um, Sylvie, right? About what I mentioned before..."
"I'm sorry, but I can't join your escape plan, Lady Ren."
"Wh-what?! Sylvie, you said you were sold at a human auction three years ago and brought here! Don't you want out? Don't you want to see your parents...?!"
By the time she reached the dining hall, the long table was already laden with food.
But Latheus, who usually arrived first, was absent today as well.
Ren used those gaps to speak to the castle maids countless times.
Trying to enlist their help for escape.
But the reply was always the same.
"I'm sorry, Lady Ren. The people who sold me at the human auction were my own parents."
"...What?"
"Not just me—all the maids here were hurt by humans like that. We were on the brink of ruin back then, but Lord Latheus bought and saved us. I'm sorry, but we can't take your side."
They even claimed they were happier here.
No one fell for Ren's coaxing.
Each time, her heart grew more confused.
Her mother had always taught her that monsters were "evil beasts." Mother's words were always truth.
Yet now, these "beasts" were hailed as saviors by the maids before her eyes.
"How is it? Does the food suit your taste?"
Ren let out a deep sigh and stabbed her fork in.
Another bust today.
Screw etiquette—this whole setup made her sick.
Normally, a lord's wife shouldn't touch a fork before her husband arrived, but fuck that.
She needed stamina to escape.
Who knew when an opportunity might come? Running on an empty stomach would just kill her.
She was chomping down a huge mouthful of meat when...
The door opened.
Maids in outfits that fully exposed their pussies and nipples bowed deeply in greeting, and Latheus entered through their midst.
Drenched in cold sweat again today.
Dressed as if he'd just thrown on his suit and arrived.
Ren didn't even glance at him.
What did he want?
She was eating, and there was no reason to talk.
"Nom nom nom!!"
She chewed and swallowed extra loudly on purpose.
The maids started glancing nervously, but Latheus sat across from her without a word and began eating too.
"At least your appetite is back. I was worried the first two days here when you wouldn't eat a thing."
"Nom... It's not appetite. Nom... This is energy storage. Nom... And you'll regret feeding me this steady supply of energy."
She shot him prickly glares while stuffing food nonstop into her mouth.
Food was fuel for revenge.
But there was a fact she didn't want to admit even to herself.
—It's delicious!
For the first time in her life, Ren was eating as much as she wanted, however she wanted.
Raised as the next Silver heir of the Kurokawa family, "meals" meant "dignity."
Muscles only to a certain point, fat strictly controlled.
Countless days starving, not even allowed a sip of water.
As a child, she'd once vomited from holding back tears.
But now.
Just slapping on the excuse of "for escape," and here she was, gorging until her belly swelled.
That fact disgusted her.
She shouldn't feel happy.
No, she wasn't happy. Absolutely not.
Lying to herself like that, fork in hand—
Thud.
Her hand stopped.
A soft, clear voice cut in.
"So... how's the escape plan coming along?"
"?!"
Her breath caught.
A chunk of meat lodged right in her throat.
...This bastard knew everything.
"Lord Latheus... if you'll excuse me."
Among demons, the stronger the bloodline, the lower the odds of producing heirs.
So higher-grade demons instinctively harbored intense libidos.
An instinct etched for the survival of their kind.
Orcs were the prime example.
On the day of their "mating rite" when lust peaked, they'd go mad hunting for sturdy fucktoys their cocks wouldn't break.
Ren had only read about it in books.
And now, the demon before her—Latheus—was proving it.
As the meal wound down, he shifted in his seat casually, as always.
One maid approached, impaled her pussy on his thick cock, and silently rocked her hips to fulfill the "obligatory fuck."
Latheus looked indifferent, like he was just masturbating solo, while the maid did her utmost atop him.
To Ren—who hadn't even reached female climax beyond that one "belly bulge" last time—the sight was intense enough to flush her face.
She always looked away, but today she couldn't tear her eyes off it.
The shock of her escape plan being exposed.
And Latheus's gaze fixed straight on her for the first time.
The mix made her heart race oddly.
Latheus chuckled for the first time in front of her, then spoke quietly.
"I have a proposal. I'll expand your roaming area from inside the castle to the outer courtyard. In exchange..."
Ren jerked her head up.
"N-not whatever that maid's doing!!"
A moment of silence.
Latheus didn't seem disappointed—rather amused—as he added,
"Then... how about just sucking it?"
"...Pardon?"
"Whenever my libido makes me hard, use your mouth to drain my cum. Or if that's too much, jerk it off with your hand. That should be enough... to widen your area."
'...With my hand?'
That... might be doable.