Chapter 1 - I am a professor. Not a war hero.
Chapter 1 - I am a professor. Not a war hero.
How am I?
The moment he heard those words, an impulse surged through Klaus to kick his chair back, lunge at the Demon King in an instant, pin her against the wall or the bed, and ravish her right then and there.
He had held countless women and had sex more times than he could count, but he had never experienced a woman like Yulia, nor anything as stimulating as her body.
Even Yulia's uncle had been intoxicated by her beauty and tried to violate her.
Even the various races of the Western Alliance acknowledged her beauty, calling her a rose laced with deadly poison.
And don't even get him started on her skin; Yulia was a succubus who could swallow most men in a single bite—it was no exaggeration to say she was a sexual masterpiece.
And now, a woman like that was sitting right in front of him, seducing him by asking how she was.
She would let him possess the Demon King; she would grant him something no one else in the world could.
If this were his first regression, he could guarantee that Klaus himself wouldn't have been able to resist that temptation.
He would have been like a dog in heat, swinging his member and fucking the woman's pussy like a madman.
'Crazy, she really is the Demon King. She's lethal—too lethal, that woman.'
Honestly, isn't this cheating?
He didn't know about now, but in a few years, there wouldn't be a single area—be it power or intellect—where she wasn't overwhelming.
And on top of that, she was sitting there, exuding a sweet scent that bewitched men, with a beauty that most beauties wouldn't even dare to compare themselves to.
Calm down, calm down. I can't start acting like a maniac already.
That's just a teaser; something big is coming soon, so I need to prepare for that...
"How am I, Professor Klaus?"
If a polite student had been sitting in front of him just a moment ago.
Now, the Demon King herself was sitting there, having cast all that aside, determined to take whatever she wanted.
The way her head was tilted, the way she sat with her legs elegantly crossed, and on top of that...
Tak, tak, tak-.
She undid the top button of her cadet uniform, revealing her white, delicate nape.
Then she undid one more button below that, showing off her dizzying collarbone line.
That should have been enough, but she undid yet another button, finishing it off by showing a glimpse of her shoulder and cleavage.
'...Fuck.'
This picture, this situation, this standoff.
It wasn't just once; he had experienced this many times, and he had already explored this woman more times than he could count.
Despite that, his member was fully aroused, swelling up as if it were about to burst through his pants.
'I usually don't hold back and just fuck everything, so my body has become conditioned to automatically prepare for ejaculation the moment I see Yulia. This is fucked. I don't even know if I'm the one doing the training or if I'm the one being trained.'
Yulia knew nothing and remembered nothing.
To begin with, she was a normal living being for whom this life was the first and last.
But Klaus had the past, the previous regressions where he had shared intimate relations with her many times and explored each other's bodies to his heart's content.
Naturally, both his head and his body had no choice but to react accordingly.
"...What are you doing?"
If things went on like this, he would be swept away by that wave.
He had to be even more tense because, in several of the regressions where he tried to make Yulia his own, there had been times when he couldn't resist her temptation and ended up causing an incident.
He deliberately acted even more furious, lowering his voice like a beast growling.
I am angry, I am not in heat, I am sending this woman away from here in one piece. For now, for now!!
"Professor Klaus."
"Didn't you say you were the Demon King? The existence known as the monarch of the Eastern Demons. But what is this? Is it some sort of racial code for demons to spread their legs and wait when they want something?"
"...."
"I'm disappointed. This is ridiculous. Even if the fairies made such a proposal, I never expected the demons, let alone the monarch of the clan, to show such behavior, to say such things. Are you mocking me now? Are you trying to ridicule someone who was used to the fullest and then kicked out?"
"...."
"Are you really the Demon King? I'm asking if the real Demon King is somewhere else, and you're just a decent-looking woman they slapped a disguise on and shoved into the academy."
"...Perhaps that might be the case. In fact, I might not be the Demon King."
Whew. Klaus let out a sigh of relief inwardly.
He had managed to get through it well this time too; he had overcome the trial safely without knocking the woman down.
And as the next step, he encountered Yulia, who was wearing a self-deprecating smile.
Calming down his swollen 'Mr. Meat-Rod', and erasing the expression that had been genuinely shaken.
Klaus looked at the Demon King, who was still posturing as if she could manipulate a man's heart at will, yet whose expression suggested otherwise.
"What do you mean?"
"Exactly what you said, and exactly what I said. That I might not be the Demon King."
"Don't say strange things, Cadet Yulia. Your face has already been exposed, and most of the powerful figures on the continent know it. Your appearance isn't one that can be disguised just by trying. You are the Demon King. The absolute monarch of the Eastern Demons, you are the Demon King."
"What is a monarch? Looking down from above, embracing those below, ensuring they don't go hungry, and at the very least, preventing them from taking their own lives due to unfair circumstances. Isn't that what a monarch is? But I..."
Yulia looked down at her two hands and gave a self-deprecating smile.
Where did that haughty queenly aura from just a moment ago go? She suddenly looked pitiful, bursting with vulnerability.
"I don't even have the power to embrace and look after anyone. Is that a king? No matter how I think about it, it's not."
"Cadet Yulia."
"You see, I need power, I need fame, and I need authority. That's why I came to this academy, defying the opposition around me. To resolve the still-stagnant peace atmosphere in one go. To seek new relationships with the power players of the Western Alliance. If I can just do that, if things just proceed that way, my internal evaluation will naturally rise, and I thought I would be able to strike down with my own hands the arrogant ones who dare to toy with their monarch."
When he first heard these words, he was truly surprised.
Because that Demon King, that Yulia Agnesa, had poured out her entire heart to him.
As Klaus already knew everything about her, he could confirm that there wasn't a shred of falsehood in what she was saying, and he also realized just how desperate Yulia was at this time.
And he had dug into the gaps of that desperate woman.
As a result, Yulia's uncle, who had tried to toy with the monarch, was executed.
Yet, he himself had played the role of the real power player, bossing that Yulia around while she was right in front of him.
To be honest, he felt a tiny bit guilty, but what could he do?
Yulia was begging him to do whatever he wanted, saying she would support him with all her might, as long as he didn't leave her side!
"Cadet Yulia."
"You ask why I'm saying this? Because a moment ago, Professor Klaus, you told me your story without hiding anything. You can think of it as the price for that."
"Is there a guarantee that everything I said is the truth? There might be lies mixed in."
"There's no guarantee that everything I said is the truth either. There might be lies mixed in."
Sorry, but I've already read all your moves.
The truth that Yulia would never know even if she died; no matter what she was thinking, Klaus already knew it all long ago.
It wasn't just the regression; he also possessed a Mind Reading skill that allowed him to read the general thoughts of the other party.
It was a skill that had suddenly appeared as he organized who was like this and who was like that due to the repeated regressions, and it was one of his most useful skills.
- Activating skill 'Mind Reading'. -
- Currently, the other party is not telling any lies. -
Like this.
So, no one in the world could deceive Klaus; they only mistakenly thought they had.
If they got caught doing cute, foolish things while under that delusion, the men would naturally die, and if the women were decent, he'd use them for a while and then discard them, or if they were more useful than he thought, he'd use them just that much more.
This was how Klaus lived in his own world, from which he could never escape.
"...You want to drag me to the East, is that it? Cadet Yulia. No, Demon King Yulia Agnesa."
"That is correct. Commander Klaus."
"The reason?"
"As I said, my situation isn't very good. It's at a level more terrible and miserable than anything you could imagine. I need my own person. Someone I can trust, someone I can rely on, someone who is capable, and someone who can be loyal to me in the face of any temptation."
"Other than being capable, nothing you said fits me."
"During those difficult times, you fought for those who believed in you. That alone is sufficient proof of the kind of man you are."
"...."
"And you said it yourself. That you wanted to be under someone who could truly trust and support you. That that was the dream you had as a soldier."
"I certainly did say that."
"I will be that person for you. Can't you pledge your loyalty to me?"
From the perspective of Klaus, who knew the future events inside and out, Yulia was an unscratched first-place lottery ticket.
However, in the eyes of others, and even Yulia herself would think of herself as a piece of paper filled with losing numbers, destined to fail.
For that reason, she must have judged that there was almost no reason for Klaus to accept her proposal, which is why she even put forward the insane condition of offering the Demon King herself.
'She must be anxious. Her uncle's power grows day by day, and she chose the academy to raise her fame as a last hope, but she's seeing races already engrossed in political confrontation and poaching professors and talent before classes have even started.'
He paused for a moment, to give the impression that he was interested in Yulia's proposal.
At the same time, he wanted to see more of Yulia, who was showing a little bit of fear at the unknown—what would happen to her if that man really accepted her deal.
"...."
She's pretending to be fine, but she must be trembling inside.
In the past, she had almost been violated by her uncle, and she was a king in name only, a puppet with few guards to protect her, so there had even been times when nobles had tried to rape her.
Daring to covet the Demon King was a crime punishable by the extermination of three generations, but for Yulia, who had no real power, all she could do was scream and run away with all her might.
Perhaps because of that memory, because of that pain, she must want to run away right now.
Humans are more greedy than any other race, and it is a man's instinct to want to pounce on a woman if she is defenseless.
Yulia was sitting in front of him, completely exposing herself.
If she didn't feel fear, that would be the abnormal situation.
'Well, the stage is set. Time to...'
Shall we begin?
"Cadet Yulia."
After calling her, Klaus stood up from his seat and approached Yulia.
She, who hadn't shown any reaction until now, reflexively flinched and thought about adjusting her clothes and running away as Klaus approached while her upper body was partially exposed.
But soon, she bit her lip and held her ground.
If she gave this man to the fairies, and if her uncle joined hands with those fairies.
She would eventually be pushed out of this Demon King position.
And if that happened, whether it was her uncle or others, they would swarm in, biting, sucking, drinking, and devouring her body without leaving anything behind.
'If I can't have him, I'll lose him. And if I lose him, he becomes my enemy.'
Endure, think of the future and endure.
It's humiliating, regrettable, and terribly awful, but at least the opponent is someone she offered herself to first, isn't he? And isn't he the 'Devil of the South', Commander Klaus?
That's fine, yes. If the person the Demon King is offering her body to is a hero of the Continental War, she can understand it. She can accept it.
"I will pretend I didn't hear the conversation we had today."
Seureuk-.
Her shoulder, cleavage, and neck, which had been fully exposed, were covered up again.
The cadet uniform that had slipped down returned to its original position, and the undone buttons closed their mouths again.
As Yulia raised her head at the sudden situation, she saw the man in front of her, who was tidying up her clothes with a look of pity on his face.
"I acknowledge that you are beautiful. I understand you're confident in your figure. But Cadet Yulia? I prefer someone confident over someone so limp and pathetic. So, if you truly intend to recruit me, come back again after becoming a woman more confident than anyone else in the world. Then, I will seriously consider your proposal."
He would let her go for now. There was nothing to gain by jumping at her just because she was offering herself now.
It wouldn't be long anyway; soon, Yulia's uncle would secretly send a letter to the human side to violate her, and there would be bastards who would jump at the chance, thinking it was a great opportunity to take revenge on the demons.
He could approach her then; he could hold this woman then. That was the best way.
"Commander... Professor Klaus."
"I'll see you at the first lecture, Cadet Yulia."
So, he would let her go for now.