In this strange world, beyond human lands one can find what they call the Demon World, during the day the sky is green, during the night is dark red, monsters roam around, and settlements of Demons can be found in many places.

And in the center you can see a hill, towering over 500m in height, and the Demon King’s castle with a slightly hard access, this castle can be seen from every relevant place in the demon world, even the ominous feeling can be felt from such distances.

And in the throne room of this castle, sits the Demon King, the strongest Demon, undefeated by all, aiming to destroy the humans, until-

[It’s a pleasure to meet you, oh King of Demons.]

Completely undetected, someone appeared in this room while he is resting, the height is that of a human, the man is hiding his face under a hood, and for some reason, he looks semi-transparent, but he can’t sense any sort of invisibility magic of sorts. The invader is not moving, but if he thinks he can defeat the Demon King, he will be in for a surprise.

[I come from the Human side, I was told about a war where the Demons wanted to destroy the Human side, and I just felt... It doesn’t seem to be much reasoning behind that, so to confirm things, I come here to listen to your side.]

“Are you a human? You have a death wish?”

[I guess I’m human, I was summoned by some God to save the humans from the Demon King or something like that, but the more I heard the story, it just didn’t make sense, so I came here to confirm. I guess they called me an Outworlder.]

“I see, so even the gods are acting to stop me, as expected, but an Outworlder, I see, you may be something of a challenge...”

The Demon King instantly released some sort of really fast dark ball at the image exploding the area. The human was gone, but then he reappeared just the same a few meters to his side.

[I guess that’s to be expected, but I did come prepared to at least not die, so can we at least talk? I think you do understand that I won’t be killed easily.]

The Demon King stands up from his throne, he should be over 30m tall, he has a demonic tail, wings and big goat horns from his forehead, his skin is of a “fade blue” color, his hair that comes out of the back of the helmet is somewhat short and Red, and although he is full armored, you can see that he has a strong build, his armor is mostly black with glowing red details, it’s so ominous as if to say “I’m evil incarnate”. Any human, as strong as they may be, understands that the battle will certainly be hard.

[Ok ok, this is scary, I only came here to talk, please, let’s be civil!]

“You invade my room and wants civility?”

[You got me there I guess, but I can only apologize for that, and return later, so if you can just explain to me why you attacking the human territory?]

“Hmpf, you humans are weak.”

[… Is that all?]

“Is there something else needed?”

[Well, you say that, but you say you are the strongest, and you will kill those because they are weak… Won’t you kill the demons too?]

“...I hate you humans.”

[Oh, the reason changed, that’s good that’s good, I guess we need to go a little deeper here. So you hate humans, thus you need to kill them. Would that mean that you love your fellow demons? I heard there is quite a variety of you guys, seem really interesting if I may say so, it’s a-]

“I rule over everyone, then nobody will go against me.”

[I-I see, I read that you guys never really had much of a bother towards each other territory, so I’m surprised about it, but to think you are thinking of being the ruler, I see you are ambitious, must be trying to make the Demon Queen happy, right? I guess you are thinking things through, but-]

“Speak already.”

[… OK, so after you kill all humans, you planning on doing what? I mean, I started to think, who built this castle? Do they gain anything from just killing humans? I can’t imagine them being satisfied from that, nor you will after you achieve your objective, I guess at first they don’t know who to trust since you are the strongest, but once the dissatisfaction grows up, I would expect they themselves to try to stop you or something…]

“… Bastard, how do you-!”

[Eh? Really? I got it right? Wait, I see, so have you considered killing all of your weak subordinates to stop these acts of treason? Although I guess it wouldn’t make sense for your future reign to be seen as small because just from a handful of subordinates surviving, huh?]

“…”

The Demon King throws another dark ball, but the semi-invisible human appears from another place just after he was killed, he continues throwing a couple more, but the same happens all the time..

[It seems I got it seriously right, so, I can understand you hating humans, but you get nothing out of it besides a title. You are already the Demon King, what else do you want? Ruler of All? I guess we can agree then, I shall call you “Ruler of All” from now on, and I will ask the humans to do the same. Would you be satisfied?]

“… Bastard, reveal yourself!”

The human takes out his hood… And that’s it, he is just a human. The “Ruler of All” looks at him frustrated with the lack of impact left on him.

[See? I’m just a nobody, I’m hiding my face not to keep secrecy, but because there is nothing important to show. I just came here to see if I can stop the war or at least understand it, not trying to fight at all. So, wanna talk? I guess having assassins after your neck is not a problem considering your strength, but it must be frustrating as a King, oh, I mean, as a “Ruler of All”.]

“… You Bastard, stop mocking me… However, what you say makes sense… Continue.”

[I guess you have not been thinking too much on the aftermath, huh, these warmongers always start wars without knowing.] Sigh…

“State your claims....”

The Demon King is looking down that the mysterious human, but seems to be willing to listen.

[This is going faster than I was expecting, I thought you would just shut me down or something.]

“As you mentioned, I have my reasons to reach my objectives, but I have learned of a few of my weaknesses, so I will use you to improve”

[That’s fair enough, so let me start with my name, my name is Akira, and so, I understand that the people who built this magnificent castle, for example, had a lot of work to do, and I would expect them to have been properly rewarded, after all, all someone wants in their life is to be happy, eat some good food, drink some good drink, fuck and sleep, something like that. May I know what the ones who built this place got?]

“They didn’t die, isn’t that good enough.”

[What if there is a point where risking dying is better than doing what you want? Then you will have less capable people on your side, and more people trying to kill you, thus you can only lose. You need to rethink your strategy, so I could suggest you some but-]

A voice could be heard shouting from the entrance to the Throne Room

“FATHER!”

To explain Akira’s situation, he was using a number of custom Artifacts he made for this whole tactic. His special ability is Artifact creation. Artifacts are “Special Magic Tools”, usually ancient, with unique and more powerful effects that can run with the user’s mana rather than some other battery.

1 - A bunch of mass produced projectors. This meant that the damage wouldn’t be reflected on him, however, he would also be unable to watch from that angle, and would need to guess some reactions through the discussion.

2 - A sound-proof sack around himself.

3 - Some speakers connected to the inside for him to listen to the outside.

4 - An invisibility sack over that.

Akira was actually located behind the Demon King, he arrived there as careful as possible while the Demon King was resting for some reason, spread a number of those compact remote projects in numerous places on the room, and then project his image through the controller he has. So he was able to see the entrance, but not much of the Demon King’s face.

He chose that place under the assumption that negotiations may fail, so the projection would just be killed, not appear again, and when everything is clear, he would try to flee just like he arrived.

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The ceiling of the throne room was ridiculously high, and the space around was also big, that that made sense for a flying super strong demon king to fight, but the one that came was much bigger.

Akira looked at the entrance where the voice came from, from the gigantic door, a female figure, full armored with a similar motif as the demon king (black with glowing red details), with wings and tail similar to the Demon King, but horns like those of a Ram curved to the front, he couldn’t see anything else from the armor, and considering she was crouched while looking at him (projection) from above, suddenly her gigantic hand was everything remaining where Projection Akira was.

“I’m back father, I’m sorry for letting such a small fry in, I’m ashamed to have let you deal with it.”

But the Demon King just looked at another place where the same person still appears.

“Don’t bother my daughter, don’t let your guard down, but this one won’t be killed easily. However, I’m currently in talks with it, so you can wait.

He seems tricky, you wouldn’t have detected him just like I couldn’t.”

The Demon King’s daughter looked at the new place were Akira was, he could guess there would be some really sharp glare at his projection, but from his real position, he couldn’t really see, nonetheless from the surprise factor, he didn’t speak for a few seconds.

“You were saying…”

[Oh, excuse me, I wasn’t expecting this, woah, woah, I’m starting the sweat cold here…]

As the Demon King daughter’s stood up herself, she was taller than the entrance, he wasn’t sure how much, but she was clearly over 4 times larger than the Demon King himself.

(and this is only the Daughter? The heck is with this family and how didn’t they dominate the human kingdom already?)

Akira heard stories about heroes guided by gods and stuff who could reach incredible powers, but hell, it’s too scary. He now looked at her figure, clearly female, and while her armor didn’t show any skin, the silhouette was very adult-like.

“… And you were saying?”

“SPEAK INSOLENT!”

[U-Understood P-Princess! A-As I was saying, in my world there is diplomacy, it allows you to exchange… Experiences between nations without the requirement of fighting or killing each other. You could think of it as a way to appease the frustration of your subordinates, allowing some level of freedom, while also being able to discover new and different things imported from the human nation, which they may find themselves interested in, and just never knew about. But for that, you must not kill the humans, nor try to conquer them so they won’t fight back.]

“And what do you suppose we would gain from it?”

“BASTARD, as if there is anything to be gained from lowly humans, we are strong!”

Akira could just keep a bitter smile on his face, not intending to go against the pissed off daughter, and fix on the person that matters.

[Access to different resources, material, food, things that may or may not exist here already, just like you can’t show them your strengths, I mean, your superiority to them. Who knows, maybe take something from theirs and make it better to show those damn humans who is the boss or something!]

Akira was sweating cold, the Demon King was listening to him, he could see the Daughter piercing him supposed location with a glare from so high up that he wondered if she could actually see him from up there considering the “bulge” of her armor.

Seconds feel like minutes, minutes feel like hours, and the Demon King returned to his seat, and proceeds to take off his helmet, although he couldn’t see, the Demon King has a mature, but somewhat evil-intending face… For some reason he seemed to be thinking deeply.

“I see…”

Akira felt like his mood was more peaceful, things could work.

“Father, there is no need to listen to them, we will just massacre them and own the world.”

“Vermillion, and then…? My intention was to guarantee your and your mother’s protection, and to get rid of all risks, but from his words, I have been increasing my enemies by myself.”

Akira listened to that and wondered “Who the hell would fight these people? If the daughter is like this, who is the mother!?”, but he could just listen to father and daughter discussing.

“Also for you to inherit it one day. I do not wish to just leave you my enemies. I may have a personal dislike for humans, but I can see that will impact your future too my dear.”

“Father…”

“Here dear, tell me, how was the hunt, did you find a new Dragon today? Take out that helmet too, it must be feeling hot.”

Akira felt relief as his idea was accepted, but the sudden change of the Demon King, as he looks more like a protective father… Well, not that he could say anything anyway, so he just waited for them to stop and remember that he is there. But as he looked at the daughter, he saw the woman taking out her helmet. She took the face part, and then took the back part of the helmet, seems it’s made that way because of her horns.

Her skin looks tanned, her eyes are vivid red and sharp, if he could describe it it would be the sexy executive from the evil side of some kiddy cartoon, her hair is fiery red, and proportionally long and glossy. Her ears looks a little elongated compared to a human, but not too much..

“Papa, I’m not a child anymore, Dragons are easy!”

Her face was certainly adult, but the way she pouted would better be described as cute. The titanic woman somehow is able to sit down next to her father, Akira could only imagine how her armor worked to allow that, but he could only see her from behind now..

The Dwarfed father then flies to pat her head, and her response sounds reveals that she is satisfied, Akira felt that he should definitely leave before he was noticed by her for some reason, he felt that usual cliché of being in middle of a family moment would come to bite his ass, and as he slowly caused his projection to slowly vanished, the Demon King noticed..

“Have you left in the middle of discussions?”

Akira reappears again in the same way.

[I’m sorry, I thought it was best to leave for now since you are having this daughter and father moment yourselves or something like that…]

“I see. Let’s suppose I accept your terms, how will the humans do their part, will you mediate everything?”

[Y-Yes, although I mentioned my idea, they thought it wouldn’t be accepted, so I wasn’t able to discuss more about that, however I shall return as fast as I can and progress on this. I believe I may be able to return in about 3 or 4 months? I apologize for not being faster, but I have my own limitations due to the distance. It would be good to have some sort of proof of your acceptance.]

The Demon King murmured a little, but concurred.

“… I understand, so we need to show some sort of proof to the humans to show that we accepted the terms of this exchange, and that the war is over, but considering it may take time for your own negotiations with them… Hmm, I guess I would have my own thoughts of being betrayed if you were to take too long to return…”

“Papa, if you send me, I can get there faster, and I can show them our strength, so they will understand their place!”

“No, I don’t want Milly to go to such a dangerous place.”

“Papa, you never let me go anywhere far away! I’m not a child anymore! I’m strong too! And the humans are weak!”

“Milly, when I say no it’s NO! And the humans can be dangerous, look at this guy right here.”

“Idiot Papa! Idiot Papa!”

The two kept going in a childish manner against each other and Akira felt like he was listening to some family comedy, truth be told, if she can give him a ride, he can guess that either from running or flying, she should be much faster than the automobile artifact he made, but considering her personality, he is unsure if she would just disregard the alliance and attack the humans herself, if she decides to destroy the whole place on a whim, he is not sure if he would be able to stop her.

Maybe the kingdom would have enough warriors and heroes or something to fight back and defeat her, but it certainly would be a hard battle considering the fight would happen so near them… Although he has a cheat ability to make Artifacts, his ability to fight should be considered small for someone called a hero…

Well, Akira doesn’t want to die anyway, so at least the Demon King showing some pro activity is the best he could expect.

[I-If allowed to speak… I agree that seeing the princess approaching may be mistaken as a declaration of war, so for n-now I agree that there are more disadvantages to the idea. But nonetheless, I believe I can take these negotiations as successful and I don’t want to take much of your time. I-]

“DID YOU SAY ANYTHING!? YOU INSOLENT TRESPASSER!”

“… Vermillion... Your Father is having a conversation.”

“H-Huh, he actually was? Sorry, I can’t hear anything from up here… Papa was not saying anything for some time, so I thought this human was just wasting Papa’s time.”

“Vermillion is a good child, but you don’t need to pay too much attention here,.. Anyway, I would like to exchange some ideas with you, while also considering what could be sent as proof of the deal. Seems like nothing else will happen for today here, I shall invite you to our dinner table as a special guest, unless you are trying to hide something.”

“AH! HUMAN! You~can’t~hide~anything~from~me~~! … Eh? I can’t pick him up?”

“I see… So that’s how it is… *sigh* I will be leaving, look for me again once you are done.”

“Papa, w-wait for me!”

And so the parent and daughter left the throne room and the door was closed, but Akira was still too nervous from this whole situation. He finally dropped on his knees, and turned off the projector, he was sweating cold more and more, but he had to rest a little.

The now empty throne room, a number of craters in the middle, Akira decided to move out, the place however is pretty big for someone as small as him… Although he is not small, just normal sized… He thought about retrieving at least some of the remaining projectors before leaving, although he will have to show his real self next time, the projectors may still end up being useful, worst case scenario, he will use them to help his escape.

While sweating, he didn’t dare take over his protection capes, no sound, no visibility, he would leave the same way he came in, through the more normal sized door near the giant door, it’s probably made for non-giant demons, he looked ahead, to the sides, nothing around, and after 2 steps… Two naked giant fingers caught him.

“Finally! … Eh? Huh? I actually got something...?”

Vermillion was upside down, almost glued to the door, waiting for the time the small door would open, however, upon seeing nothing there, she still tried to capture what should have been there, and to her surprise, she got it, but even looking closer, she can’t see anything, nor hear anything.

“Hmm… Did I get him? Hmmm… I was supposed to get him to the dinner table, but now I don’t know…”

And Akira is completely trapped in between her soft fingers, but for that same reason, anything he says or does won’t be heard nor seen by her. He is completely trapped, and has no idea what will be made of him now, since worst case scenarios are related to crush or free falling, he wants to scream, but nobody can hear it.

Vermillion arrives at the dinner table. It’s a small table for her standards. And the Demon King is also seating there… In something that reminds one of a baby chair.

“Papa, I think I got him, I can feel I got something, but he is invisible.”

Akira was already tired of screaming, he did a lot before, and now he felt like he is prepared to die. As he notices the Demon King and a table below him, he finds a chance. Trying to roll over one of the projectors out of the sacks around him, he moved as much as possible in a way to let it drop, if it falls somehow in the table, he can use the projection to warn them.

And then, one projector fell off on the table, and an almost crushed version of Akira was shown.

[Please! Don’t kill me! I can explain! Just please place me at the table and I will show myself…]

The Demon King seem to have noticed it first.

“Vermillion, place your hand on the table and only after that open your fingers.”

“Huh? Ok.”

And then from the rustling sound from the inside, Akira searched for the exit of his camouflage, all the movements reflected on the projection, it probably looked weird, but.

[Ah, f-finally found it!]

He is finally able to leave, and now he is over a table, with 2 really big beings looking at him. Sure it was mostly the same vision from the inside, not that he had the time to get used to that, but even before, the 2 were looking at a projector, he never had himself in their sights. But now both were looking at him quite attentively, especially the daughter, who seemed curious. Those Red Demon Eyes looking at him like some all-seeing eye, Akira could only imagine how his death would be executed.

The Demon King still was surprised.

“So this is the real you? Some fancy artifacts, I never heard about those.”

“E-Eh? I-I’m sor-sorry, tho-those a-are made b-by m-me…”

“Hoo…”

Meanwhile, Vermillion looked at him from close, her towering face right in front of him, her mouth point at his trembling body.

“He really spoke.”

“A-apo-apologies Prin-Princess, I-I d-didn’t m-mean any-anything ba-ad…”

“Buh!”

And Akira falls to the ground almost as if dead. Vermillion starts laughing at that, but all Akira can see is a long surface where he is on, her face, and her arms surrounding all of his vision, so the Demon King who seems to be on the farthest side of the table is out of sight. The grinning mouth and eyes looking at him as if drunk with the toy that she just got.

“Now now, it’s time for one of our precious family times, so please respect the guest, ‘Milly’.”

“If Mama says so.”

With a slightly displeased voice, Vermillion let him go. Since Vermillion corrected her sitting position, Akira was finally able to see more of the table.

Of the rectangular table, Vermillion was on one of the shorter side, most likely her legs are somehow down the table, that’s Akira’s guess, her upper body though now shows no armor, just something that she may consider normal clothes (So she probably changed before waiting to catch him), besides the humongous lumps of dark colored flesh floating over him, she had a sharp but strangely friendly face looking at him from above. He is certainly not used to such angles.

On the other side, the Demon King is sitting on the Left, he kept his armor, and there is another plate on the right.

He looks at the side of the voice and what can be seen is another gigantic Dark Skinned woman with ginormous breasts. Her hair is Dark Gray, but smooth and glossy similar to her daughter’s. Her eyes are such a whitish sky blue that gives an ethereal feeling to her face. Her clothes seem local, but with a house-wife feeling, the high exposition on the cleavage is abnormal though, but maybe it’s not for any intentional reason, It’s possible to imagine that there is just no cloth capable of properly hiding those.

“And besides, we got a guest, so it’s far too long that we are able to eat with more than just the three of us. Your name is Akira, right? My name is Lapis. Welcome to our home.”

Akira looked at Lapis, she has such a pure smile aimed at him that tears overflowed from Akira’s eyes. The first time he saw a goddess, he was suddenly summoned when going back home after his part-time job, then informed he would never be able to go back home or visit his family, and being kidnapped to another world in the middle of a war, but this time, it felt like yes, maybe he died from shock before, and this is heaven.

“Oh dear, I don’t think I can hear him.”

The Demon King heard that and made a suggestion.

“Those “ghosts” you made, you could speak through those, can you make more?”

Akira suddenly noticed he was being talked with, it seemed that the Demon King was talking with the projector that fell first instead of asking the main body. Because it’s too small for a giant hand, he can’t really pick it himself properly. Akira replied through the projector, and took out some more. He adjusted them to not show projection, but to still work as a speaker.

“I-I have more, if-if you put these in your e-ears, you-u-u sh-should b-be able to listen to m-me from di-distance. It’s a little i-im-improvised and crude for n-now, b-but shou-should let-let us di-discuss w-what y-you were going t-to ask m-me…”

“Vermillion, he will place an item on your hand, pick it and give it to me.”

“Hm? Sure?”

Vermillion places her hand down at Akira, who runs to the tip of her index finger, and places the small plate that works as a projector on it. Seeing that he was done, she lifts it carefully to her father. It seems she is able to reach him, Akira’s sense of distance is thrown away in this place, nothing makes sense anymore, nonetheless, the Demon King places it in his ear.

Akira tests it and the Demon King confirms it’s working. Lapis seems content that it worked.

“Can I get one too? I won’t be able to listen to anything otherwise.”

The Demon King glares at Akira who freezes up.

“These are not weapons that could be used to attack all of us by surprise, are they?”

“N-No, the-these are ju-just pro-projectors, not we-wea-weapons, in-inoffensive, th-they have other limits too, li-like dis-distance, th-they d-don’t hold much ma-magic either.”

“Hmmmm, accepted then.”

Lapis has a smile on her face as she approaches Akira, and extends her hand at him, as she crouches to the table (A feeling that the table may have been made to match her size?), Akira is able to see a part of the inverted mounts hanging. Her face is also much more visible, and so friendly that Akira feels happiness just from seeing it, but then he notices, now that she can be seen with Vermillion, although in a really abnormal angle... Vermillion’s upper body is still way taller, Lapis extended hand is certainly big compared to him, but while taller than the Demon King, she is less than half of Vermillion.

Akira places a projector on Lapis finger, and then Vermillion’s hand comes down again, she is looking at him waiting for hers too, and while scared, he complies.

“I-I be-believe e-everyone c-can he-hear m-m-me n-n-now?”

Akira was almost crying, because now he would certainly be heard by everyone. The first one to reply was Lapis.

“Loud enough, Thank you Akira, this seems like a very interesting artifact.”

Maybe being heard by everyone is not all that bad after all!

“Oh, I can hear too.”

“Just be careful Milly, if you move your head too much, it can drop and break, so compose yourself now, ok?”

“Sure Mama.”

“Good girl.”

And Akira looks at the dark skinned ethereal eyed mother patting the head of the gigantic dark skinned red headed demon daughter… She had to bend her upper body, and now the other inverted sacks of flesh can be easily seen. Things are too surreal, he can’t help but cry, either from confusion or from the very nice things he is able to see. The Demon Mother… The Demon Queen changed everything. “A goddess, a demon queen goddess maybe? Don’t care, today I change religion!”

The Demon King was rambling some not so random thoughts

“Hmmm, certainly there is magic for that, but the range is usually limited by the magician, even if one side can call, the other side may not be able to reply. And considering an artifact that can even show images… Is this the exchange you meant, Human?”

“M-more or less, in the world I come from most people have devices that allow them to communicate from pretty much any distance, I made these artifacts for a different purpose, but I modified them to serve similarly for that. Also, they only allow you to hear, I can’t see nor hear anything you tell directly to them, so to talk you would need to make sure that I, as in, my body, not the projections, is able to hear.”

Lapis smiled at him. “Oh, that looks like quite a friendly world if everyone can talk.” Akira was confident that his prayers would now aim towards her.

“You say these still have range issues, maybe you didn’t make them with long range in mind, and they are small… Would it be possible to make a pair of long distance ones easily?”

“With high level materials, it may be possible, I’m not exactly an expert yet, so I would have to study, a-and it co-could ta-take a g-goo-good amount o-of t-time…”

“I see, so not for now.”

Noticing that Akira was starting to feel nervous again, Lapis intervened.

“Well, we are making our guest a little nervous, so we should just start dinner, now that he and Milly arrived, we can start, right? Dear Akira, I’m not sure what humans can or cannot eat, so please, don’t force yourself if you can’t ok? Let me prepare your drink too.”

Akira looked at the calm and friendly face of “goddess Lapis” with tears still flowing out of his eyes, she prepared the table, the Demon King and Vermillion were filling themselves, but Lapis was preparing a different plate for him, she suddenly took out her right tit from the sides of her cloth, and started gushing milk directly from her nipple to a giant wood cup…

Akira’s cry was already beyond common-sense, once he actually processed what he was seeing…

(This means… Breast milk? “Goddess Milk”? “Divine Milk”? “Holy Grail”? Wars were fought for this legendary cup, yet here in this world it’s mass produced. How divine!)

On the giant plate given to him by Lapis, there was also a giant cup right beside him. Lapis apologised to Akira.

“I’m sorry, we don’t really seem to have tableware for your size...”

“A-Ah, I should have some on my car, b-but-”

“Car? Is it another thing from humans?”

“So-Something like that, I hid it outside the castle before coming, it’s invisible, so only I can find it, but it’s where I have kept my food and items.”

“Oh, I’m curious, can you show them to us?”

“A-Ah, i-I guess?”

Vermillion spoke up while looking at her mother.

“Hmmm? I can take him there, and come back with everything”

Her voice sounded quite innocent, but Akira was still with some panic, although he now noticed he dropped his defense in front of Lapis, once Vermillion talked, he remembered that, if those are taken from him, he can be made a prisoner and have no chance of return, so it’s now trust or no trust…

He looked at Lapis’ smiling face. (Fuck it, I trust it even if it’s a lie)

“S-Sure, I guess so.”

The Demon King had a surprised face upon that response, but said nothing.

Vermillion picked Akira with the tip of her fingers, and then started walking out of the castle.

“Hey, you tell me where I need to go.”

“H-Ha, right!”

They remained silent for a couple seconds.

“Pr-Princess, m-may I ask a question?”

“Princess? I don’t like being called Princess, but sure, you can ask, Papa allowed you in the castle, so you don’t need to be afraid anymore.”

“A-Ah, so-sorry. I noticed there I saw no one else in this castle, shouldn’t there be guards or something?”

“... No... Only the three of us live in this castle now...”

Vermillion’s voice felt a little depressed. She, who was looking at him before for directions, just averted her eyes looking to the path ahead.

(What the hell? Did I just touch on something that hurts?)

But then she moved her face back and asked something.

“How do humans live?”

“E-Eh!? T-That can be quite a thre-threatening que-question.”

“Ah, I meant as in, how their tribes work, do they interact? Is the Human King strong?”

“O-Oh, I see. Well, I was summoned into a Kingdom by some goddess or something, they told me their situation, then I spent the rest of time having to admit I may not be able to return home, and learning about my ability.

I suggested them negotiations multiple times, but I got no support on that, just ‘Fight like a Hero’, ‘Be Brave’, and so on. Oh, there was one time that it snowed, so when I looked around, everything was white, that was something interesting.

But otherwise, it’s similar but lacks almost everything that my world had, so I admit I find it somewhat boring. Being able to create Artifacts is quite helpful to fight that boredom, but then, there was also the food, it’s different, not saying that it’s bad, but there was so much more in my world… I guess I will never be able to return anyway…

Oh, but this place is quite nice, it’s different and, well, sure there are monsters, but the colors of the sky are weird, some of the horizons I saw were quite unique, I must admit seeing a completely new place was great to fight that boredom.”

“That must be nice, but you say being trapped here… I can imagine how it must be…”

“Eh? You some type of reincarnator? There are stories like that too I guess”

“Ah? What is that? But I didn’t mean like that, I mean about being trapped here. Because Mama can’t leave the castle. I know she wants to be free again, but it’s dangerous. She is weak, and she may be attacked. So we can let her out during these times. Papa planned to haste his plans of attack to finish it as early as possible, and with the end of the war, maybe Mom would be free. Well, thanks for visiting and not coming here to attack us at least.”

(Wait, be free with the end of the war that he started? But before that) “It can’t be, Ms Lapis being attacked? Who would dare!? And for what reason!?”

“To attack Papa... Me and Papa are strong, so we can attack and defend myself, but that’s dangerous to Mama...”

(Ok, this is sounding redundant, let me reorganize things: First: “Mama” is threatened… No, First: “Papa” starts the war, “Mama” is threatened, so “Papa” needs to win the war to not be threatened? What could be the reason...)

“Is winning a war that your father started more important than his family?”

“He said so…”

“I see…”

The two finally arrive at the area near a cave that Akira remembered. He approached the location and deactivated the invisibility. Moving it out, he contacted Vermillion to be careful about how to hold it.

“Hmm… I thought it would be smaller, You came from the Human lands while carrying all this? With your size, it must have been heavy… ?”

“You are certainly right, it’s indeed heavy, but it’s the reverse, this is what carries me. It a mix up of a lot of artifacts working together to make an automobile, a car so to speak. It’s a tool used to reach long distances without running, so you don’t get tired after you arrive, and you would arrive faster than going on foot. Of course, in my world there is no magic, so it’s a very popular tool.”

“I guess I can expect to see a lot of different things with you, huh.”

Vermillion had been holding the car in front of her face to better look at it, sometimes rotating it around. To avoid falling, she placed Akira at the tip of her right horn, which also places him right by the side of her right eye, being able to see most of what she can, by the same height.

The only problem is… The height…! When he looks down however, instead of the ground, what he sees are 2 oversized brown balls of flesh…

(Maybe falling wouldn’t be so bad… IF I AM TO BE AN IDIOT)

Vermillion’s eyes are curiously checking on his items, sometimes she makes some questions, asking about something or another, but overall it was a peaceful walk back.

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Back at the table, Vermillion leaves the car next to Akira, who starts taking the necessary things, but while he is inside, he suddenly feels the car being held and taken up.

“How curious, is this the car? Oh, hi there! Oh, sorry! I must be disrupting you”

Akira was able to look at the front glass the moment he felt the grab and saw the pair of ethereal sky blue eyes looking straight at him, then they smiling at him, until they suddenly must have noticed that it was causing problems when the car started to shake, and then rapidly backed off, which would have been better done slowly..

“Mama, you need to be careful.”

“I-I know, I-I will be more careful next time.”

“Well, I know the feeling. He said this “Car” can move by itself, he showed it to me a little, he said he doesn’t get tired when going over long distances.”

“Ahh, this must be nice, I used to hate when told to go far away. Hmpf, they think just because our Tribe is big we like running all over the place, well, at least as a female I could just work with my milk later.”

When Akira looked outside, it was the daughter patting the mother’s head while grinning this time. The mother seemed to be on the daughter’s lap. It was a weird vision, The geography was upside down, but it had 2 hills, then a pretty face being patted, then 2 even bigger hills, and another pretty face looking down. He decided, the next artifact he wants to make is something to take photographs.

Nonetheless, the contents of the talk shocked him, he wondered what she meant by “her milk”, but based on her behavior previously, he could imagine with the diversity of tribes, there will be many individuals completely excelling in abilities compared to others. The walking meant that maybe they could send messages and stuff across the nation, the Milk…

(So instead of cows, they have that? Maybe they sell it? Feels like a very maternal tribe. I want to visit them… In the future, of course.)

It seems that because Vermillion and Akira had left and were taking some time to come back, and the food was already served, the couple decided to eat themselves then wait until the remaining two are finished.

So Akira took out his tableware, and picked some of the options from the giant plate, and with a normal size cup he took some of the “Divine Milk” for himself, usually he wondered if he can really drink that, but Akira has fully alluded himself that Lapis is indeed some sort of divine being. It’s impossible to be bad, those who attack her must be pure evil.

Well, it had a weird milky taste, of course, he himself doesn’t remember how breastmilk tastes, the taste was good enough, but the placebo divine effect made it feel like the best. The rest of the food was composed of some weird plants, or some grilled monsters, but overall, he was able to pinpoint some parts that looked really good and felt satisfied, at least to him, there was more than enough food on the table.

When they were almost going to finish, Lapis leapt from her daughter’s lap and went through a door, returning soon after with another delicacy.

“And now for dessert, it’s nothing exactly special, but it’s a traditional recipe of our Titan Tribe, we call it Coleite, it’s a mix between our milk and with a fruit that only exists around our tribe’s territory. Although it’s a somewhat common recipe for this area, I doubt you may have eaten anything like this before, so as our guest…”

Lapis places a plate with a brown “pie” that smells similar to Chocolate… The fruit may not be the same cocoa, could be something similar, but different enough nonetheless.

(Chocolate made with “Divine Milk”. Divine Chocolate! And it must taste even better! Let me confirm! I knew I would be right!)

Lapis, who had returned to her original seat, seemed to have noticed the pleasured movements of her guest.

“Ara, it seems you have liked, you wanna hear a funny story?”

The Demon King looked at his wife who said that, and started to laugh. Vermillion went Panic Mode

“Mama, you always tell that to everyone, I’m embarrassed already, please don’t tell it again!”

“When I was pregnant with Milly, I was always feeling like eating Coleite, and my belly would grow more and more, to the point that me and my friends were thinking that maybe I was growing fat from eating so much of it, but I couldn’t stop… So when she was born at that size, we called it as giving birth to the incarnation of Coleite!

But that’s not the end, to our surprise, when she started to lactate, her milk was really similar to Coleite!”

Lapis had a grinning smile while looking at her daughter, Akira could only guess that maybe there was an extra pun in the way she told, but it went Missing in Translation, but the second part caught attention… He looked behind at Vermillion who was hiding her face embarrassed… Still…

(Her milk tastes like Chocolate? You kidding? Chocolate Goddess? This woman is a natural treasure! Wait… Lactate? Doesn’t that happen only around e some time after the period the child is born? Pregnant? How? When?)

Akira had those thoughts and tried to find a way to kill some curiosities.

“Ha-ha, I’m sorry, I think I may have lost a joke from not understanding much of demon biology, I have studied a little about monsters during my stay after I was summoned, but humans didn’t seem well versed on Demons to help as much as I would expect. I-I’m sorry if I missed the joke.”

“Oh? Oh no no, I apologize, you are right, I guess you may not know after all, this is my first time meeting a human too. Then how about starting again the beginning? But I believe it would be our guest who would need to introduce himself first then…

Lapis seemed to have lost a little of her strength as her logic was still being processed, but Akira decided to take the lead.

“That’s not a problem, my name is Akira, family name… Family… I guess I was forced to leave them in the other world… I was summoned to this world in the Human Kingdom of Norrstvo, there I was explained about a war and asked for help, although they helped me during my stay, hoping for me to support them in their endeavour, I ended up leaving them to search for peace.

Although I plan to return to inform them of my success in this negotiation, this of course will be done after the discussion Lord Ignis desired earlier.

“*sniff sniff* Akira, my dear, *sniff* if you need a family, *sniff* you can stay with us, ok? *sniff*”

(SUCH A GOOD PERSON! Why must these people be called Demons!? Damn you words and your negative connotations! I WON’T FORGIVE YOU! What am I saying...)

“Thank you for the offer, but I have been like this for a few months already, so I already went through it.”

The Demon King then stood up. He was imposing and strong, but it was funny that just on the other side of him was his wife looking at him all deary with a smile on her face. The now strong pose felt so childish now…

“I’m the Demon King Ignis, I’m originally from the Banebdjed tribe. This war has been started for reasons I cannot disclose openly. My tribes characteristics are our combat prowess, although our physical characteristics make us easily recognizable.”

Lapis stood up and moved behind the Demon King, embracing him from the back.

“Ignis is not exactly normal though. Not only he is the strongest in comparison to others of his tribe, and his own size is over 3 times their average. Because he had a hard time in his tribe, our Titan Tribe took him in. I used to be his adopted mother, you know?”

(SHOCK)

“I didn’t know that.”

Akira looking above himself, saw the surprised face of the daughter. Lapis smiled at her.

“I wonder if the reason you are both so similar is because of me. Hmmm, we can use Akira to confirm, if you want me to pamper you like I did to these 2, we can confirm if I’m the one at fault.”

(SHOCK x2)

The Demon King coughed a little, and resumed.

“My Tribe is known to be very aggressive, and I won’t deny my own fault in that… There were issues during my stay with the pacific Titan Tribe, but that’s irrelevant now.”

(Was that a threat against me being pampered by his mom?)

“Then it’s my time now, I’m Lapis of the Titan Tribe, and adopted-mother, but current wife of the Demon King Ignis.

Our Titan Tribe is very peaceful, we can be easily recognized by our height and skin, otherwise we don’t have things like horns, wings, tails, multiple limbs and so on. We usually have a very good relationship with all the other tribes, as we usually help with transportation and distance related issues. We are also famous for out milk and out coleite recipe.

Our tribe is a little isolated and closed minded though. I apologize in that regard.”

Lapis seemed to have ended introducing herself, and looked towards Vermillion’s face above him.

“Hmmm, I was born in the Titan tribe territory… But I caused a few issues later on… I don’t have much to talk about myself, I’m currently in charge of hunting and defense. Papa is the main guard, just that.”

“Milly was really famous in our tribe, when she started to lactate everyone wanted to taste it.”

“You don’t need to tell him everything! Muuuuu...”

The Demon King Ignis called for Akira after the dinner was done. Lapis went back, most likely to clean the dishes, and it seems that Vermillion would stand guard for the night.

The things Ignis asked started small: Questions about Akira’s previous world, what were his objectives, the situation on the human lands (or at least what he understood). Ignis eventually would leave to return with a bunch of treasures, according to him they are artifacts, and he planned on lending them to Akira for studying them, he also suggested helping since he is a good grasp on dark enchanting.

The reason for these questions and offers remained a mystery to Akira, however they were able to discuss things in an amiable way, Akira was able to remain much calmer around the Demon King.

“I will support you on your endeavor for peace, but I would like to ask if you would be able to wait some time for your return to create something for me, as my daughter told you, I’m looking for protection.”

“I see… Wait? You guys weren’t the-”

Ignis points to his ear.

“I asked the two of them to take out theirs before we discussed. You mentioned in your world there were many artifacts for vigilance. While I can make many with magic, they are easy to detect, but yours weren’t. I would like you to help me protect my family at least. I would ask you to try making artifacts like these that you talk about, plus I also have some recommendations for your own protection.

If all these artifacts may help you improve your abilities for that, I shall lend them to you. What do you say?”

“I don’t mind, I remember the kingdom was preparing for defense, but I don’t expect them to attack if nothing comes-”

“Unfortunately the enemy has a way to find things out, I fear they may prepare some surprise nonetheless, but I have my own expectations in regards to that. I will make a list of artifacts effects I would like to prepare both for this task and for you to have once you return, and if those artifacts I lent you help you in your studies, then that’s useful. I apologize by the sense of urgency.”

“I understand, I can’t promise anything, but I will try my best on making some security devices.”

“I appreciate your efforts”

From that day on, the days resumed in the Demon King’s Castle. The Demon King would go update the armies with the latest decisions, but he also had to manage things from going out of control. From their talk, Ignis seems to have understood his mistake in this war. His target however is undoubtedly in the human side, although he is hiding, he assured the target is not human.

He thought starting a war would make things faster, but he didn’t notice the pressure he forced on his own subordinates, causing the betrayals, he only noticed it from Akira’s words.

The Demon King told Akira that he can’t fully stop the war for no reason, as there could be retaliation now, after what has been done already, but he will try to delay. Ignis told Akira he has been leading his army through his power, this is something that many tribes do, and he tried to unify them, for the sake of a common enemy of all demons, he didn’t expect it to backfire in this way, so he may have a few bumps to fix until he can be free again in the Demon World again.

Vermillion would guard the castle when the Demon King is out, and hunt when he is around.

Meanwhile Akira  would be in the inner chambers with Lapis, who would assist him in the parts that she could, this also worked for her to pass some time.

“I’m sorry Akira, in a way, I’m causing everyone to work this hard, it’s a little frustrating for me…”

“Ms Lapis shouldn’t say that, maybe you will soon find yourself free. But things like this exist everywhere, I mentioned my world many times as peaceful, but it also had conflicts, huge wars in the past, but people learned from the evils they carry and avoided doing another one. Expecting eternal world peace may be an illusion, the minimum we can at least try is to keep our own homes safe.”

“Hmmm, nice words, here, let me lift it for you.”

The 2 have been having casual conversations like these, Akira would tell her stories from his world, and she would tell him some of hers.

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That same night, Akira was given a room in the castle for his research, strangely, it has some normal sized furniture, the Demon King told him that most tribes are still human sized, so these rooms had them in mind too, the corridors were made spacious for the Demon Queen, but when Vermillion was born, nobody expected her to be like that, so while Vermillion can go through, it’s somewhat tight.

But that night was no deal, Vermillion had told him she wanted to see his “car” working, and so he complied. Seemingly in good humor, Vermillion took Akira to her room, and then calmly left him on the ground.

“Do I need to do anything else.”

[Not really, wait a second]

The response came straight to her ear. Then she looks at her feet, the small car suddenly starts moving by itself.

“That’s some funny movements. Quite predictable though, but I can see that the speed can be quite fast for your size. Hm...”

Akira started to wonder if she is going to say “You look like a bug”, but thinking again, bug’s should be invisible to her. Maybe Monster Bugs? Well, she didn’t say it anyway.

“Hmmm, does it work anywhere?”

[Well, it’s a little of an Off-Road, and should work on water, so depends on what you mean by “Anywhere”]

“I will pick you up, so stop there.”

[Sure, just, b-be careful]

Vermillion sits on the ground, picks the small car, and lies down on her “bed”, it’s not really a bad as it’s more of a Futon, some sheets on the ground for her to sleep over. Once fully laid down, she places her pillow look-a-like on her head, and places the car on her stomach.

Beyond the two peaks, a red headed face smirks at him.

“Can you get here?”

[Is that a challenge?]

“Fufufu, let’s see how it feels.”

And as soon as Akira started moving, the ground started shaking, and it was hard to control the car.

“Ha ha ha, it’s a funny feeling when you move. Ha ha ha”

Sometimes one of her hands would approach reactively, but it seems that she would remember and stop it just before she hits Akira, she is taking care to not hurt him, but once she goes through, Akira was able to see her hands itching at where he went through.

“Milly? Is something happening?”

And just before as Akira is passing through the cleavage of the 2 hills, Lapis seems to have arrived on Vermillion’s room, seeing her daughter touching herself while laughing a little. Akira could just imagine her reaction.

“Oh, did you do something to little Akira? You must not hurt him, you know?”

“Ha ha ha, Mama, it’s fine, look here”

With tears in her eyes from the laugh, Vermillion points to her cleavage, and Lapis approaches to see what she is pointing out, there she sees the small “car” moving.

“Eh? Is it that ‘car’ thing? That moves by itself? And it’s moving on Milly? It’s so cute!”

“And there is a funny feeling when he moves, I need to laugh.”

“To think such a thing is possible, and it’s so small, so cute, and this… I’m jealous! I’m so jealous!”

Akira heard those words and felt fear? Did he anger his goddess?

[Did I do something wrong? Should I stop?]

“Hm? Don’t mind, Mama is like that. There is nothing she can do after all?”

Lapis looked at her daughter with an imposing face.

“You are ignoring me! Muuuu, I’m going t-”

Suddenly she is stopped, Vermillion’s left hand, which is the same side her mother currently is located, fiercy grabbed her mother’s torso, and seemingly lifted her up in the air a little, and with a quite cold voice.

“Mama, it will be dangerous. You need to wait.”

“Ahh Haaa, you are grabbing your own mother, lifting her with one hand, these powerful arms of my own daughter who was born from inside of myself, HNNNNNNN Ahh Haaaa… Haaa…”

Akira tried to look at Lapis, and what he saw was a woman being lifted with one arm, by her torso, and not moving anymore, but her voice, was getting more and more sexy.

“Good! Now Akira, you seem to have crossed my cleavage, but can you reach the peaks by yourself?”

[O-oh? A-Are you s-sure?]

“Yeah, Mama is watching too, so if you can make it entertaining for her too, thanks in advance.”

(What am I doing here? And what is happening? Not that I can complain? Not that I want to complain? It’s just so confusing… What will happen to me?)

And so Akira starts to climb the hill, Vermillion lifted her upper body a little to help, since they were quite condensed at the base. He hadn’t really thought much about it, but when he noticed, the side he is going is on the same side as Lapis is being held, and he could see her easily looking at him from the inclination: Her eyes looked as if crying, but her face looked completely pleased with herself. She seemed to be fighting against the arm, but at the same time, it’s almost like she was being half-assed in freeing herself.

“Ohh, it’s good when you reach there.”

Then Akira found himself next to the nipple, he noticed the breast moving suddenly, it seemed that Vermillion was pushing it upwards for safety, so Akira could run around the areola which rose the height plus a little more than 1m more, and the nipple that hadn’t been played with still about half a meter over ot

“My nipple! You are just playing with my daughter! I’m… I’m so jealous!!! Why can’t I be small and cute? Milly, let me be small and cute!”

“But Mama… You are small and cute.”

“Haaah Haaah” *Sounds of something splashing* “I need my Milly, give me Milly”

“Ok Mama, here Akira, let me move you to the other one. And don’t worry, she is like this, this is normal.”

Vermillion didn’t waste time, the moment Akira was in despair thinking he did something wrong to Lapis, but the question was heard and answered.

Vermillion picks the small car and leaves it in the other nipple, then drops her mother back to the ground. The whole body is shaken as Lapis grabs the left tit, she looks like a predator, not making any more voice, just sounds, she places the nipple in her mouth and starts to suck, and the arm that was holding her is now patting her like a child.

Akira looks at that without knowing what to think, Lapis just acted like some irrational animal to get her daughter’s tit, and is now sucking on it like an infant, and humming like a sexy adult. Worst yet, he noticed that sometimes she would open her eyes and look at his side intently, as if studying the next attack. Those ethereal eyes are now the eyes of a predator, and himself (Actually the nipple next to him) is the prey. And what Vermillion said? “That’s normal?”

“V-Vermillion P-Princess, e-eh, so-sorry if I-I’m being i-impertinent b-but, i-isn’t it dan-dangerous for me here?”

“Now that you mention it, I guess. Mama!”

The ethereal eyes moved to the face of her daughter like a cat looking at her owner.

“You must not touch my right tit, you will need to choose something else.”

After what seemed to be a comply gesture of Lapis, her eyes moved to the right tit, and then moved out again as if uninterested, but her mouth continued working, this kept going for a few more minutes, Akira could just watch the unbelievable sight, until she eventually stopped, and moved her vision to the south. She then crawled to the south, but Akira couldn’t see anymore from his current position, until a large ass soared above and bumped with the left tit.

“Ops, sorry about that”

Vermillion’s own left hand grabbed her own breast to stabilize it, but not long after, Vermillion herself started moaning. Akira noticed the nipple right next to him rising slightly

“Haah, haah, now she started it. I guess we will have to stop here for today, or it won’t be safe. Since you are on your car, think you can get to your room by yourself? I can get you there, but you will have to wait a little more. Hmm! That was good.”

[I think I’m good by myself.]

“Sorry for this, when Mama starts she won’t stop easily.”

[I-I see.]

Vermillion took the small car and placed it on the ground where it would be able to move by itself. Akira moved to the door, but he wouldn’t be a man if he ignored this. Stopping the car right next to the entrance, still on the inside to avoid risking meeting the Demon King on the corridor, he stopped and started to watch the spectacle in front of him.

The moanings started getting more intense, it seemed that Vermillion started to act too, and Lapis moved from the crotch to the left leg, she seemed to be licking it all the way, until the leg moved up and Lapis wasn’t able to reach all the way to end, she started crying like an animal trying to reach the feet, but the knee “kicked” her back, where Vermillion’s arms were waiting. Lapis rotated herself and started licking and kissing all over her own daughter’s face.

“You looked sad just before Mama, were you jealous? You want to be small and climb me?”

“Hmmm… *lick* Yeeeshh Hmmm… *kiss* I want *kiss* to live in *kiss* a world *kiss* of Milly”

“Oh, so you love me that much?”

But all she got in response were pet-like murmurs, Lapis was in absolute trance, it went on for about 1 hour, until both seemed too tired and slept, with Lapis like a cat over Vermillion. Akira was tired too, but decided it would be best to return to his room, good thing it’s not that far away from Vermillion’s room.

And so, in the middle of the night, only a small car was moving inside the Demon King’s Castle.

Having woken up a little late, Akira felt like he needed a bath, but he had forgotten to ask about it. He leaves his room and finds a huge bosom sitting right beside it.

“Good morning little Akira, did you sleep well? I was going to take a bath, but then I thought that maybe you would want to take one too? So why don’t we both go together?

Oh, just to warn you, I’m using my ear thing now, so if you can talk through it, it would be helpful.”

If Akira was still sleepy, he is now fully woken up. Looking above, the divine-looking face looking at him from above in doubt while waiting for an answer, he could remember the previous night, and the words “I’m jealous”.

“If you want to go later, I can teach you the way, but the bath… May be a little too big for you…?”

“W-Will Vermillion go too?”

“Hm? Milly is already out hunting, also too bad, she doesn’t fit the bath, so she takes hers in a waterfall nearby. It will only be us two, I will also be helping you with your research, not that I know anything on the subject, but I can take you anywhere in the castle, or get some books in the library if it works, or anything you tell me to do. So, what do you say?”

“I-I see. T-Then...”

“I will wait for you to get some clean clothes, then we will both go take a bath, ok?”

The smiling face shining down upon Akira made the previous night feel like an illusion, but he was sure it was true, nonetheless, Akira gave up and went to take clean clothes.

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There was a giant bath, similar to those roman ones, there is a hole on the ground that could be described as a lake, if not for the fact that it’s made for the Queen’s size. Lapis went inside completely naked, then took the naked Akira with her.

“Aaahhhh, so good!”

The moment Lapis went inside, Akira could see the level of the water rising, slightly for her, but a good amount of centimeters for him. She laid down in one of the corners, then submerged herself for a few seconds.

“Ahhh, I love this, here little Akira, let me hold you.”

She offers her hand to Akira, the hand is large, but not half as large as Vermillion’s, Lapis’ hand may be almost 5 times as large as his height, so unlike Vermillion that captured him with the tip of her fingers, Lapis would require about half of them, but it’s still pretty big though. As soon as Akira goes on her hand, she moves it to her own breasts and drops him there.

Akira feels like he just arrived in a dangerous area, his dick aside, he doesn’t want to die.

“Ms Lapis, I’m not sure if here is an appropriate place for me to be.”

“Hm? But then how will you take a bath? Don’t tell me you were planning on just using a wet towel over yourself? That won’t do, we have a bath, doing with wet towels is so less nice, you don’t think?”

“T-That not t-the p-problem”

“Eh? There is a problem!?”

“H-How I can s-say it… Won’t your h-husband dislike it?”

“Hm? Ignis? No way, why would he?”

“Eh? Well, isn’t he your husband?”

“He is, and what about it?”

“I-Isn’t he je-je-jealous of a man n-next to his wife?”

“Hmmm, any reason why? He is like my son? He is a little detached though.”

“Eh? But then why would he marry-”

“Little Akira, I think you are making a mistake here. I was the one who went after Ignis, and you know, I can be very persistent. Fufufu”

“Eh? Weren’t you his adopted-mother?”

“I am, that gave me the best chances, you know, and he was going to sleep, at meals, in the bath,, well, he was a normal child, a little too aggressive for a Titan, but it was all good for me, I pinned him so many times just for him to overpower me, oh Ignis, those were good times.”

Akira noticed that Lapis’ face looked so pretty as he reminisced the past, if not for the content and how she spelled it, it was like a woman in love.

“So you see, Ignis would always complain that I was too attached to him, but I forced myself on him so many times, he was so strong unlike any other man, he was a little on the small side, but it was nice to have an overpowering cute son completely dismissing all my attacks as if it was nothing. It was certainly love.”

“I-I am not sure how you reached that conclusion.”

“Oh, but it surely was, one day he finally told me he didn’t care anymore, and finally inserted his penis inside me, it wasn’t that big compared to a titan, but he was stronger, I couldn’t resist, I tried, but he completely stopped me, I was completely overpowered.”

“Eh? So you-”

“Fufufu, it took a good number of tries, but when I was pregnant with Milly, my belly grew up a lot, I feared it a lot back then, I thought I would die, I wondered ‘What is this monster that I will give birth to?’. Ignis did help me though, but the pain, the fear, it was constantly there, and when she was born, there were many healing specialists to help me, and it did hurt a lot, but after I saw my Milly, I thought ‘She is everything that I ever dreamed’.

And the more she grew up, the more I wanted her, that overwhelming power, that way she can make me feel like nothing, mumumumu, I’m so jealous of your Akira, you must feel this everyday being so small, I’m so jealous! Share with me!

Wait, fufufu, I see, you must feel the same with me, that’s why you were so timid before, I’m not very good at being on the oppressing side, but I will do it for you. What would you like me to do?”

“E-eh!? P-Please, nothing like that! I’m not really into that?”

“Eh? You are so small and you don’t think like it? So much potential lost you know. And here I am jealous of you…”

Lapis pouting face was cute, as she would hide half of her face under the water, Akira was now properly swimming now that the islands submerged too.

“Well, I guess I was outside normal after all, the others from my tribe couldn’t understand me either... But I always taught my children the importance of strength and power, and how they needed to be strong, then trample over the weak me, and it has been so good since then, even my daughter sometimes makes advances on me, you know.”

That smiling face, that damn smiling face! But the contents are rotten!

“I-I don’t think a mother should do something like that…”

“Fufufu, I also think that I may be a bad mother… But I’m a woman first.”

(I’m absolutely sure of it!)

Lapis looked embarrassed while holding her face, but such a lovely smile while saying that, it was a sight to behold, but then -

“Wait, do you mean that the Demon King’s ‘humans are weak’ and this whole war came from you?”

“Hm? Oh no no, I never really taught them about humans, I mean, they are weak after all, humans don’t interest me, I can only get jealous after all… I don’t know how they reached that conclusion, but humans should have nothing to do with me.”

“But you still taught them about power, like fixing things with power, which ended up creating this whole war, didn’t you?”

“Hmmm… When you put it that way… It’s possible, I guess?”

(SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!)

That cute face, but she is the culprit, rather, her masochism is the culprit! Maso Goddess! Wait, no wonder the Demon King listened so much to me, he finally got a completely different opinion that made sense! Such a good King that was mislead by the Maso Goddess!

“Well, that aside, little Akira, I have a request.”

Lapis face approached Akira with seriousness in her face.

“You think you can make an Artifact that can make someone like me small? It’s ok if you can only make one for growing, Milly would be even more… fu fu fu, he he he, oops, sorry for drooling.”

The serious face grew creepier and creepier. Akira couldn’t believe what he was hearing. But he had to accept it. He heard more while bathing… It took longer than he expected.

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Three weeks have passed, Akira was able to create some security related devices. Triggers, Sirens, Cameras, Projectors. He also made communication devices for all including himself, the big ones are based on a Tiara with a microphone and speaker, and a system to manage the connections, thanks to the materials and the Demon King’s help, their range is ridiculously high (for his size at least), and each of the family members can call each other. It a trial product, but the prototype worked fine.

Having decided on where to place the security system and how to use them in case of invasion, they installed all the necessary devices and Akira instructed all on how to use them.

He also took his time to prepare some extra interesting devices with the new materials that he found, one of them seemed to be quite compatible with temperature, so he made a mini-refrigerator for the castle, and a portable one for himself, then Vermillion asked for a portable one for herself too, she would go get the raw materials if necessary. He knew that since Vermillion was tasked with hunt, she probably thought the idea of conserving food would be nice to carry while she is hunting.

Artifacts can be quite cheaty once you see the results, but to make them you need some unique magic understanding, and even like that, you are limited to the materials. It’s like having exclusive Blacksmith knowledge, but still requiring a lot of work and study. Akira always wonders who made these artifacts before in case they never had the cheat he currently has.

Anyway, with the temperature compatible material, he made a stove, then teaching Lapis how it’s supposed to be used.

“There are some very nice inventions, but to assist in making food so much easier to make, thank you Akira, and don’t forget, if you ever need a family, I can be your mama anytime.”

(... I know I was already invited before, but why can’t I see it the same way as the first time...)

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“And with these, I’m prepared to return, I believe that it has been a great time here, and I thank you all for the best time I have had since I arrived in this world, but now I need to make my part and try to achieve peace.

Can I still ask Milly to give me a ride half-way?”

They were in the dining room again, Ignis looked at the serious Vermillion that is looking back at him.

“What do you think of having her help you- No, I shall make her my representative. What do you think about that?”

Akira and Vermillion were surprised, Vermillion was due to her father not accepting her going out before, and Akira due to the thoughts he had before where he agreed about not letting her go, he didn’t really trust her at that time, but now it was different.

However, it was different for him. He would still need to work on something to make sure her appearance won’t cause a war to be triggered, otherwise, he was all up for it.

“I personally don’t mind, it would be certainly helpful, a lot, but it may be tricky, we need to think in a way that her presence won’t be considered as starting an attack.

In my world we have actions like raising a white flag to indicate there will be no attacks, but I don’t know about this world, worst case scenario, we will wait in the border for the army to arrive.”

“I see, I would suggest not getting too separate, I offered you the Teleportation Artifact for you to be able to escape in case the human side declares you as a criminal for dealing with us, but the range is limited, I would advise to not move far away from Vermillion. Of course, if you find it necessary, I’m sure she should be able to approach you by herself, triggering the teleportation, but there will be no going back from that. However, I will say here, I’m not against using it. Your safety is more important.”

“I understand, I will consider it, but having someone’s company would certainly be nice. If Milly is still up for it, I’m glad I won’t be alone.”

Vermillion, who said nothing since then, has been listening to the situation and thinking herself.

“Father, I understand that this mission may take time to be accomplished, will you be protecting Mama alone all this time?”

“Thanks to the new measures, I believe that won’t be a problem, rather than guarding, we can detect and act if and when someone invades, I will still patrol the place for magic, but you shouldn’t need to worry. Akira had some interesting ideas.”

“I see, then I accept.”

She then lowers her upper body over the table, casting a huge shadow over Akira. Her face with a big grin, she seemed quite pleased with the news.

“Pleasure to work with you.”

“Same for me.”

And the both finger/fist bump.

“I will have a word with you after dinner.”

It seems her father had more for her.

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And thus, making some last time verifications, Vermillion went to sleep, she also told Akira to sleep in her room, where he went to sleep inside his car.

This time there was no play, just some preparation talk, exchange of information, studying the map and planning in case of emergencies. Akira was also left in the ground, so if he needs to move, he needs only to drive. And then, they went to sleep.

The door then opened, it was Lapis entering the room. She went straight to her daughter’s head, patted it a little, then moved to go under the sheets and hugged the daughter’s neck. There was no sound besides those caused by her movements.

Suddenly the bigger body moved.

“Sorry, did I woke you up?”

The arm embraces her mother.

“No... I’m a little nervous.”

“We won’t be seeing each other for a few days or maybe more? Can’t I go with you?”

“If you go with us, we will have more problems with food, you know.”

“I-I won’t eat much, I can help carry everything.”

“Mom… You are weak, you know? That’s what you always used to say”

“Mumumumu! Don’t talk like that to your mother! Mumumu”

“Ha ha ha, Mama, such a cute little thing. Come here.”

“Milly… I don’t want Milly to go away...”

“Mama, I can’t do that, I also want to free you, if going there will allow me this, then it’s more important. Also, Akira made an artifact he called ‘camera’, he said we can take images on the way and show Mama later.”

“Mumumu… Don’t forget about Mama, ok?”

“So cute, I won’t forget about Mama.”

“... Are you full?”

“Not really.”

Akira couldn’t see much due to the darkness, but he found out that Vermillion can see quite clearly in the dark, he could hear the sound of something sucking, and Lapis moaning. It kept going for a couple minutes, and then both went to sleep.

After that, it was quite easy to fall asleep.

2 days later, with the reveal of Vermillion going together, they decided on an extra day to prepare for some extra plans and confirm things up, and now they are in front of the Castle. Vermillion is standing tall right in front of it. She seems to be looking around for something. The Demon King is at her feet. Vermillion is currently not using any armor and is basically in casual clothes.

Their stuff have been organized in 2 baggages. The first one has been set as a backpack, but is used on the front to avoid affecting the wings. It is filled with food, water and other related tools. They are to catch some food on the way if they find some.

The second is set more as a sack. It keeps her clothes and armor. The deal with the cloth is that, to cross to the other side, there is a territory called the Ice Lands to go through, so when they arrive there, she will wear those. The same to her armor, the Demon King wouldn’t allow her to leave without it, but of course, using it all the time would affect her disposition (She says it’s too hot). The only piece of armor she is holding outside is her Shield being held in her left thigh.

Vermillion insisted on Akira riding on her horn, he refused with all his might… Which isn’t to say a lot. She said she wants to talk on the way, and be able to point things out. Of course, she prepared for it, her right horn is now fully wrapped with a material to avoid slipping, and she got him to make something similar to a saddle for her horn. They did a small test flight with it until it was perfected.

Meanwhile the map, compass artifact and related things are with Akira, the Demon King was able to get some normal sized resources through the other tribes, so he will be the guider, besides the fact that he has already gone through, but this map will also help to find things like hunt zones for Vermillion’s sake.

Suddenly Vermillion, rummaging the sack with the clothes takes out something from the inside. It’s Lapis. She is pouting heavily, acting like a statue, but Vermillion just picks her from the sack and places her right next to her father.

“OK, everything checked. Ready to go.”

“Vermillion, don’t forget about the things we talked about.”

“Father, I know, I will be patient. I will do my best to make it work.”

“That’s good, have a safe trip, and don’t forget to consider the way back. Your life is the most important”

“I know. Papa, I will be going.”

Mama started climbing Vermillion’s legs, Vermillion took her mom with a single hand, raised her up in an instant, then inserted her tongue on her mother’s mouth, completely overpowering the Titan mother, then leaves the spasming mother on the ground.

Vermillion goes on all fours to reach her father’s vision, and gives him a goodbye kiss on his cheek.

Such difference in treatment.

“That’s it then, I am going now!”

“Be careful”

And then Vermillion, placing Akira on her horn, wearing the backpack as she planned and holding the sack with her two hands lifted flight!

…

But it did not go much further, as she soon dropped to the ground again

[I guess it’s a little too heavy for now, sorry.]

On the communicator, the Father heard his daughter as he was holding back the mother that wants to run there.

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Since she couldn’t fly, Vermillion threw the sack to her back and started running as much as she could, maybe her wings weren’t that strong, but she was confident in the legs, so she mixed in a little of both for optimization.

Akira could only look at the Horizon moving fast, certainly, if he was to compare with the safe speed he had when coming, plus considering he had to take care of monsters and bad terrain, the idea of taking a few days for the travel that took over a couple months was not far fetched, running in a straight line was certainly faster, but so was the speed. And her way of running was quite stable, there wasn’t much impact on the rest of her body, it’s like her own legs were softening each step. Nonetheless, it was fast.

Of course, she sometimes would tire, want a rest, sometimes she would also try some photos on the “camera”, she got really interested after seeing the results, and would even start taking poses by herself, at night, when going to sleep however.

“Milly, we need to talk?”

“I’m tired, but sure, what do you need to talk?”

“I just want to make sure, upon finding humans… Please don’t give the whole “weak” speech you learned from your mother, would that be too much to ask?”

“Eh? I certainly wasn’t expecting that kind of talk. Where did it come from?”

“Your mother explained that your upbringing… To her… It’s problematic.”

“What do you mean?”

“... Maybe your mother has trained you to be a sadist…”

“Hmmm, is that bad?”

“Well, let’s say that it may not be the most amiable thing if you want people to think you are friendly.”

“Hmmm, weirdly enough Papa talked about something similar recently, told me that my behavior may influence the negotiations, and to listen to you… Ah, that reminds me, Akira, I can’t tell you everything, but I just want you to remember that I’m your ally. This is important, ok?”

“Eh? Sure, thanks, I guess? I will keep it in mind. I guess I will try to think on a few things to avoid problems once we arrive.”

“Sure, I will be all ears, is that all?”

“Yeah, that’s it from me”

“Then good night.”

“Good night.”

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Three days later, after a bunch of photos and some hunting, they arrive at the Ice Lands. This is the place that borders the Demon World and the Human World, with it’s harsh climate, although ways to bypass it does exist, it may be hard for a whole army to keep itself together in this place.

Nonetheless, Vermillion was already wearing her armor and her thick clothes, she was planning to go slow because of the cold, but Akira suggested her doing the opposite, the more she moves the less cold she will feel.

Vermillion could only make a wry smile at that suggestion, it’s not gonna be easy, but she will do it. And so, she has started running at a relatively good speed, as she could to not tire fast but to still reach a lot of distance. A couple hours later, Akira tells her they passed through the border, meaning they already passed through the worst part.

“Milly, you can calm yourself now, you can slow your pace.”

“You know… huff huff… I was thinking… huff huff… I want one of those cars… huff huff… I was thinking… haa huff… how did you cross over this… haa huff… and then I remembered that… huff huff… Think it’s possible?”

“I would think it would be very hard, but there are other options, like a bicycle, but it would need to be something that can withstand your weight…”

“Eh? Haa huff… Damn… Nothing works for me…”

“You may need water or at least eat something, you should rest here and eat something. I would not recommend to sleep though.”

“I hear you… huff”

“I’m sorry, I can’t really help you that much…”

“Ah… That… I guess being helped… Could be nice… I never really got much help... in situations like this… Well, thanks for the intention at least... Hopefully you will be able to... help me one of these days.”

She takes the baggage with food and decides to eat some preserved meat she had prepared for such moments, she had been warned that she wouldn’t be in her best conditions in such timings. She ate some meat, then drank some water, but it was freezing. Akira told her that she could use the ice to replenish her water, it seems she didn’t knew that Ice was just water at low temperatures.

“Hey, have you seen the sky yet?”

“Hm? Ohh, it’s so weird to see the sky so different in such a different color. Is this how it was on your world?”

“Yeah.”

“I see, it’s a pretty color, it calms me down. It reminds me of Mama’s eyes.”

“That reminds me, no sadist behavior, ok?”

“Eh? I know, you already told me, I will be careful.”

Vermillion had a nice smile on her face while looking up.

About 15 minutes later, Akira checked the route they went through in the map, and their location, and Vermillion decided to resume, but at least just walking to recover some strength. She was pretty exhausted.

As soon as the climate started to get warmer, and the greens start to be seen below the white of the snow, Vermillion started to move her head a lot.

“Hey, this is not gonna work with me here, put me in another place at least.”

“Muuu, I guess you are right.”

Because she was still using thick clothes from the cold just before, she picked him up from her horn, and placed him above her fully covered breasts.

“Now hold firm, since at least I will try to avoid moving a lot there, ok? Hey, what is that? And don’t forget to take photos.”

As she walks slowly looking all around, she is impressed by the completely different surroundings of her.

“Well, that’s a village, you asked how humans live, right? It’s similar to a tribe, but there is no real division on race, although I guess their culture may be somewhat closed to the rest… And that village seems to have farms and pecuary, which is when they keep animals to use them as food, so you see, there is little need for hunting in human society.”

“I see, it’s as you said, although weak, humans persevere together.”

“Something like that, now, I’m not sure if there will be any effects, but try to shake your hands at them, try to make it clear that you came in peace, although we won’t be going there.”

“Eh? I wanted to see them.”

“You would scare the animals, so that would give them a lot of problems already.”

“Hmm… Ok then… So, where she we go now?”

“Well, it’s good that you saw that village. Can you fly a little and see if you can see something like a castle beyond the hills here?”

“Hmmm, beyond those hills, right? I will just climb them normally now, and do that when I am on top.”

Vermillion went over the Hill with all the luggage. Although she was slightly tired, her curiosity recovered her a little, and at the top of the hill, she, together with Akira, flew over 1Km high, which would be ridiculous for a normal person to reach with magic, but from this distance.

“I saw them…”

“Oh, you did say a castle, right? Did you mean that one?”

“Yes… But the problem is not that, the army has been deployed. They probably saw us coming, and decided to prepare. So I would advise to stay right here and not move in anymore… Guess you can raise a camp here until they arrive. Although you would be at a certain advantage if you were on the hill, I would recommend going down. You can fly, so you can always go higher than them, but the important part here is to not intimidate them, and maybe from up there they will notice that you are not anybody.”

“Wouldn’t it be faster and easier if I just approach them?”

“Usually I would say no, but considering the situation, will there really be much of a change? I agree with wasting less time at least.”

“Wouldn’t you say that if I was to wait I could improve their vision of me?”

“Not really, I mean, they already have a bad impression, and if they went all the way here just to go back home empty handed, they would likely be pissed. If they waste less time on that, I feel like there is a slightly higher chance of that to work.”

“Ok, another question, should I keep our luggage here?”

“While I don’t know what will happen to me, we know that there is no reason for them to take you out, so why not, I will leave my things with yours. Just let me get prepared here.”

Upon deciding that, Vermillion decides to prepare herself, she takes out the thick clothes, and neatly stores them in the luggage. Akira too starts equipping a bunch of Artifacts around his body. Once they were done, Vermillion flew towards the front of the army.

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The army looked at that gigantic demon with it’s ridiculously large evil wings flying in the direction. They stopped and prepared their weapons. The normal soldiers were nervous, but the generals were prepared, they are Elite Knights, they may die, but the enemy won’t pass over.

The giant enemy is approaching slower than they expected, but it still has not arrived, it’s like their vision is lying to them, wasn’t it supposed to already be here? It’s already getting really large. The dangerous looking winged knight finally landed about 500m from them.

The knights held their weapons waiting what will happen.

“My name is Vermillion, daughter of Demon King Ignis, I come here as a representative for a peace treaty suggested by Hero Akira, the Summoned Hero in the Norrstvo Kingdom. Would that be correct?

I have here with me the Hero. I’m just going to put him on the ground, and let him approach you to explain the details, please, do not attack him, otherwise I will consider it as a declaration of war right here and now.”

Vermillion slowly descends the Akira’s car, it seems this car was made in the Kingdom, so they should have some idea of the veracity. The car runs towards the army, one of the Horse Riding Knights walks up to the front, there is one thing strange though, the horse… seems a little too small, not only for this knight, but for all the others behind him too.

The car approaches the knights and starts to slow down. The front-knight leaves his horse, and walks to the car.

“Hero Akira? Is that you?”

As the car opens its door, Akira exits with his arms above his head.

“Hopefully you guys won’t treat me like some traitor or something, right? I did what I said I would do, I would hope that peace can be achieved through this.”

The knight looked strong, for human standards it would be a monster, and he should be 3 meters tall, so Akira looks like a child next to him.

“You did something unnecessary.”

“I believe you guys did something unnecessary, kidnapping me from my world and asking me to fight your war.”

“We already told you, it’s the will of our goddess, we only obey. Now we should leave, and let the army deal with the invader.”

“I believe you got something wrong here, I aimed for peace, and got a representative to come here. I was able to sort things out with the Demon King to the point that he sent his beloved daughter here. If you are telling me you are just going with the war, I will return to the Demon King and warn him about my failure, however, if you are aiming to attack the Demon World because you will be attacked first, you now know that won’t be the truth.”

“You must be confused child, let’s get back to the rear and heal you, the Demon World must have done something bad to you.”

This is one of the things Akira hated in this Kingdom, this 3m tall knight is not some “unique survivor of the end of the century” or something, his appearance is relatively normal if not for being much stronger than average. In this Kingdom, all the local were some sort of mixed blue eyes blonde super tall people, the Females would be between 2.60m while males would reach 2.90m, and the majority of them looked like models, with the children being around a normal adult person’s height.

At first, he thought that besides kidnapping, he had been shrunk down, but upon finding some people from other regions living there, he found out they were the abnormal ones. Those people also mentioned that the reason there are so few “normal” people is because these guys are all a bunch of jackasses who end up ignoring others and treating them as children.

“I know how you people work in ignoring others, so this is how it works: If I’m to choose a side, right now, I will side with the Demon King. So if you are going to give me bullshit explanations, just say so and we will treat it as a war declaration.”

The knight stopped. He stepped back and another knight came from behind, a thin looking ~2.70 one, taking out her helmet reveals a long blonde flowing hair, with beautiful blue eyes and a young but piercing glare looks at him from above in disdain.

“Hero Akira, are you planning to betray your humanity to join the ranks of demons?”

“Just in case you don’t remember, I’m not a human from this world, and if we are talking about the differences here, are you guys humans? All of you are super tall, blonde and blue eyes, have this soldier like air, it’s almost like cloning, it’s creepy.

Again, are you guys humans? I have met humans from this world and they are much more similar to me.”

“Silence! Just answer, do you intend to join the ranks of demons and betray your humanity?”

“... So, what would you prefer me to choose?”

“You should choose humanity, of course, as a member of our race, and as one chosen by the goddess.”

“May I ask for you name?”

“My apologies Hero Akira, I’m Knight Captain Anastacia Johanmeyer”

“Thank you Ms Anastacya, so you are asking me to choose the side that is threatening me over the side that is not doing that? Is that you recommendation to me?”

“We are not threatening you, Hero Akira, nobody would dare to do that, however, you are showing principles of delirium, and we are mostly concerned about your health, hence why we ask you to please go to the back while we deal with the invader.”

“And I’m telling you this ‘invader’ came over a diplomatic mission, and she is my guest. As such, if she can’t be accepted, I shall leave too.”

“Wait, Hero Akira, are you really planning on going back to the Demon World like that? This is your new home, we shall do our best to welcome you here properly. Why would you go to the hellish Demon World?

Do also understand that while we would like to trust you, it’s difficult for children to understand the seriousness of the adult world, so please, just trust us, we all want you well being.”

Knight Anastacia forcefully holds one of Akira’s arms while forcing him to follow her.

“I guess it won’t work in the end…”

[Should we go back then? I’m not sure if we did our best.]

Akira could only lament, and Vermillion tried to talk with him via the communicator.

“One more time, Knight Captain Anastacia Johanmeyer, I ask you that you release me this instant, and if you don’t plan on accepting out terms, let us go back for the sake of future negotiations. Otherwise, we will consider this as a declaration of war.”

“Hmpf, children should understand what is good for them… Wha-!?”

And then her surroundings changed, and she was over a soft ground, with only skies in front of her.

“W-What happened?”

The proud knight’s looks around and sees the giant torso right behind her, with the giant head of a demoness above her, and what’s under? Nothing. She drops on her knees from the absolute despair in her eyes.

“Akira, somehow, she seems to have been teleported with you.”

“Eh? W-What do we do now? I guess they will call us kidnappers?”

“Hey Akira, I couldn’t not notice looking at you both, but may I ask you a question?”

“Sure, whatever, just let me think.”

“Are you a human child?

“GODDAMNIT!”

“Hahahahahaha!”

Vermillion laughed at Akira’s reaction, both completely ignoring their unexpected hostage.

Knight Anastacia was literally in the enemy’s hands, and there was a secret that nobody knew, but she was acrophobic, from the current situation, all she could see was death, an insignificant dishonorable death, but not even that was going through her mind right now, such pressure of death gave birth to the absolute will to live.

Seeing the “child” in front of her acting all normal it reminded her that he was indeed Hero Akira, he may be able to help her. And still on her knees, she crawled to his direction, and firmly hugged him.

“Hero Akira, please, save me! I need your help!”

The crying elite knight, her face was sharp before, but now it looked like some pretty crying princess, the blue eyes pleading for safety.

“Ok, look Ms Knight, we were never planning on harming anyone, so please calm down. Worst case scenario the army will attack us now, right?”

“H-huh?”

“Well, if they attack Milly here, she will have to move, and we are not in the most stable situation, it would be nice if the army was a little more reasonable, but you guys are all trigger happy… Would it be possible for you to ask them not to attack us?”

“E-Eh? I-I’m n-not sure i-if they will h-hear me…”

“... And my car is still there… Maybe a hostage exchange? Give me my car back and you return, something like that?”

The Knight looked at him from slightly below with crying eyes. Vermillion didn’t know what to do, sure they were both on her hand, but it’s not like she wanted to start a war if possible.

~Should I try? The hostage exchange thing?~

Vermillion tried to lower her voice as low as possible to avoid the knights from listening. As Vermillion moved the hand holding them next to her mouth, the more Knight Anastacia increased the strength of her hug.

“H-Hey, stop with this hug, you planning on killing me?”

Vermillion’s face showed a high dislike in her face from what she heard.

~If you kill Akira I kill you and all those in front of me, understand?~

Knight Anastacia looked at the seriousness of the huge face in front of her, she was whispering, but the voice was firm, and slowly moved away from Akira. Akira understanding that she is not calm, holds her arm.

“Here, I’m holding onto you, just please, calm down, getting nervous will help no one here. She won’t do anything as long as you don’t do either.”

The crying knight nods to his words and starts to try correcting her breath.

~The army looked confused as to what happened with you two, but they are starting to look at me. They may decide to attack.~

“So we need to do something fast, what is the best option? I don’t know.”

~*sigh* well, let’s at least get the car back and try to show some sincerity.~

Vermillion moves her hand to the ground, trying to let the contents be shown to the army.

“I’m currently in hold of Hero Akira and the Knight that was holding him. No harm has been done to her, so I’m going to release her, I would just like to ask for Akira’s car back. Would that be possible? Then I shall leave.”

Vermillion tries to make the most friendly smile her “sexy executive” villainous face is able to achieve. At least the army movements felt less likely to make a mistake now, if they do attack, it’s because they properly decided to do so, with little to no mistakes in management and decision.

With her hand on the ground.

“Here, you can climb down, right?”

Anastacia, looking at the huge face above her, gulps and slowly drags her body over the giant hand until she is able to sense the ground. Upon sensing it, she jumped down and threw herself on the ground, breathing in and out as deeply as possible.

Vermillion stands up again.

“I have let your Knight go, so I would like to walk there to get the car without being attacked. Would that be possible?”

One step. Two steps. In 3 more steps she will reach the car, but also the army. She is quite nervous in the fact that she may just place her hand in a place where many people may just decide to attack her. But it didn’t need to get that far, a single “flash” of light appeared right in front of her hand.

One of the Elite Knights was flying in the air over something that looked like a magic circle.

“You demon! This artifact was made with Your Majesty resources, and hence has just returned back to the place of its original owner. If you intend to steal it and trigger your so called called war, this Ed-”

There was an explosion where the Knight was, and he fell from pretty high up. Even Vermillion stepped back and was surprised.

“So your gods kidnap me, steal everything that I had, then I make something nice for me, and now you say it’s yours too? You idiots piss me off, children this, children that, justice meatheads, fuck off!”

In a similar height to where the Knight was, Akira was standing over a strange semi-invisible circle in the air, and looking down to where the army was.

“Eh? Akira, I didn’t know you could fight. Fufufu, I guess I want to test you too, you know. So, need any help? I didn’t know you had this side.”

With the light smile of his friend, Akira tells her over the communicator before warning the army.

[It would better not, but thanks for the offer anyway, so I would ask you to stay behind for now. Of course, be prepared for support, It’s not like I’m some sort of cheat battle guy, but once I get into the car things should be calmer, I will keep contact.]

“You idiots, the one that is triggering hostilities is not the Demon King or his daughter, but me, the one you call Hero. I don’t know nor care how I’m seen in human society anymore, that’s how shit this is. Now give me back my car, or face the consequences!”

Akira body was filled with artifacts, mostly defense and for long range ones weapons. Of course, his shooting was not lethal, he wouldn’t be able to keep peaceful negotiations, as unlikely as they are to happen, if he were to do it, so at most it threw over the armored people to the ground and didn’t let them approach. Not many soldiers wanted to start a fight against the Hero either, so he had that advantage.

Slowly, Akira approached the car, opened the door while still shooting whoever approached, and then entered inside. Some soldiers didn’t know if the previous reasoning by the flying general given was true or just some sort of provocation, and they weren’t sure if they could attack the artifact, some soldiers however tried nonetheless, but were blocked by an invisible barrier.

Akira activated the shields, he could just teleport with the teleportation stone he had added, but he thought that, if there is still a chance of negotiations to work, to return somewhat slowly, in hopes of some knight trying to talk again. He was aware though, there was little reasoning to for them to still want it, he did attack one of their knights, although the idiot had almost attacked Vermillion first.

As he slowly got away of the knights, with none of them approaching him anymore, he gave up his hopes. As he returned to Vermillion, another Knight appeared in his vision, the blond blue-eyed Knight Anastacia that had lost all the sharpness of her face was walking slowly back to the army with her face down, and he was soon to pass by her side.

But her movements changed once she noticed he was approaching, and she prostrated. Akira could guess…

(Did she saw the attack before and thinks I will attack her? This will just leave me with a bad taste after all.)

As the knight does not move from her position, he stops right beside her, she lifts her head in surprise.

“Look, I didn’t want to attack anyone, and I made sure to avoid direct injuries, so I’m sure they are all mostly fine. We tried to talk and you guys tried to steal from me, but that’s all, we will be away from here. Next time we meet may be on a battlefield, so good luck until then.”

“M-My Lord, w-would n-negotiations still… b-be... impossible n-now…?”

“... I don’t know why the sudden change in behavior, but no, it’s not impossible, from our side at least. Can’t say anything about your side though.”

“P-Please, a-allow me to t-talk with them. I w-will seek a p-positive response.”

“Ok, sure, you want a ride? I can get you there if you can’t walk properly.”

“I-I apologize f-for my previous b-behavior, and t-thank you for the o-offer…”

“Well, you probably won’t fit inside, so sit somewhere on the car and try to hold on somewhere, I will try going slow.

Milly, this may take some time, so I suggest you to sit. If you want, maybe we can raise a camp there, but if they try to attack us again, no need to hold back, I will help in the fight.”

“Ok, thanks for calling.”

Anastacia didn’t know how the two were communicating, just that they were, and she heard the story, if she fails, the Demoness and the Hero will join forces to fight them. Although not directed, the reason why Akira said all that aloud is to make it a threat. If they start casualties now, they will lose. Because he has kept the ability to teleport the car hidden, the other side shouldn’t know that he can escape anytime (He still needs Vermillion to prepare the reception though), the best they can do is suspect.

Anastacia sits in the front of the car, Akira warns her not to sit in front of him, and they start moving towards the army. The army seems to be drawing their weapons in anticipation of another attack, but as soon as they see Anastacia signaling to them that it’s not hostile, they sheath their weapons.

The car stops in front of the army, and Anastacia stands up. Some of the knights approach her, worried about what happened, but although not feeling good, she dismisses them.

Akira doesn’t really care, he activated the shields and is just waiting for a signal. If they attack he retreats, if the signal is more positive, he will hear, right now, he is impatient, but at the same time, he places his hopes on the crying knight that.

From the gestures, the other knights seem to not agree with her, but she is being just as forceful, and seems to yell something that the knights couldn’t protest, the conversation comes and goes, eventually Vermillion had already came back, but she just placed her luggage around and started camping. When the knights protested, Anastacia seemed to have properly warned them.

Eventually, they seem to have mostly agreed with the situation. And Anastacia directs herself to the car. Akira considered leaving the car to properly talk, but thinking that they may just decided to disagree with him, he reconsidered the idea. Anastacia knelt right next to the car’s door to be able to better look at Akira when talking with him.

“I have talked with the others, we would like to discuss the future with you. Is there still time for that?”

“Sure, but just to be sure there is no misunderstanding. What about her?”

Akira points out at Vermillion who is preparing something to eat herself. Since she is listening to his conversion, and noticed she was pointed out, her sudden change in attention may have alarmed the other knights..

“I-If possible, Lord Akira, w-we would like to t-talk about it only with y-you, if p-possible.”

“*sigh* Of course it’s impossible, I could give you many personal reasons, but here is a non-related one that is of most importance: She is the representative of the Demon King, not me. Dealing anything with me will have no reflection on the other side.”

“W-We d-don’t have the a-authority t-to-”

“Calm down, I’m not expecting you to have either. We came here to avoid wasting time, or would you have prefered to have marched all the way to the border to then have to return?”

“I-I a-appreciate your th-thoughtfulness”

“So, is it possible to send a messenger to the palace? Either for that permission, or for one of their representatives to come here?”

“Y-yes, we w-will send a messenger, b-but Lord Hero should be faster with y-your artifact-”

“I hope you remember which side I’m here with, I’m acting as a buffer. I don’t trust you guys alone with me, nor with her, besides, if you wanna talk about speed, she is way faster than me. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind just sending the messenger and returning, I put full trust on that.”

“I-I appreciate you o-options, b-but-”

“I know, do what you think is better, but we can’t stay here forever, I hope you do understand the princess there eats quite a lot-”

“Hey! Don’t call me princess!”

The army soldiers all drew their weapons.

“Eh? Sorry, I was just… Muuu...”

Vermillion, who had suddenly shouted to retort to Akira’s joke found herself in the vision of all soldiers in the vicinity, she apologized,silenced herself, avoided their gazes, and pouted. While looking at her, Akira apologized.

“I-I see, we will send a messenger ourselves, I will go with them to properly explain the situation.”

“Thank you very much.”

That night, while Knight Anastacia went with the messenger to the palace, Akira and Vermillion stood in the camp Vermillion raised, however, to avoid conflicts, they decided to take turns to sleep.

Vermillion slept first, she laid down on a hill, so it was almost in a sitting position. she was the most tired, and Akira kept vigilance, if any single knight of the army tried something, he will shoot them. And to guarantee ample vision on the field, he went to a place that was the highest, yet allowed for fast access to any place. Yes, her boobs. Too bad they were behind an armor, so it was hard and cold.

Usually they would sleep for about 6 hours, to advance as much as possible, but Akira didn’t mind today, and let her go past 8 hours. Once she woke up, Akira greeted her and went to sleep.

About 7 hours later

Akira woke up, and what he saw was weird. Vermillion had taken her upper armor out, leaving only a small shirt, and seemed to be talking with the army.

[Something happened?]

“Oh, you woke up. Good afternoon, are you hungry?”

Listening to Akira’s call on her receiver, her face suddenly moved to look at him. Weirdly enough, she seemed to have a really nice smile on her face. She takes a plate that she seems to have heated with the Artifact Akira had created.

“Well, I was getting bored, so I started to ask some questions about the place to these guys, and I learned a bunch of stuff. The sky is quite beautiful, it makes me feel calm, there is a lot of light too, it’s like I can see more colors too. Oh, sorry, I left you alone for some time, I went to a nearby river to drink some water. The taste was also really good.”

[I see, and what’s with those 2 spots on your shirt?]

“Ah, these? I had to milk myself, I didn’t notice until one of them told me, it’s just a small incident. So I shared some with them too, I got everyone’s approval you know! Mama did say that mine was the best, but it’s nice to see outside reference too.”

(... I can imagine...)

[Perverts…]

“Hm? Perverts? Who?”

As Akira looked down at the army men, the same people suddenly avoided their eyes from both the giant princess and the hero. The females looked a little angry at their male fellows though.

It seems that instead of using their own resources like food, Vermillion shared some of hers to them, so pretty much everyone is on friendly terms now, or maybe a little too much.

“Eh, you jealous that you were sleeping when I was milking? I did save some you know, you said you like drinking straight from the source. Fufufu”

Akira seems to have heard a “Who is the pervert now!?” from someone far away, with people, especially the female ones, glaring at him. Akira could only sigh at that.

[Milly… For some reason, you are really resembling your mother…]

“Eh? Hmmm… Now that you mention it, I feel calm when I’m around here, lots of new things to see, everyone is also being understanding… But who are you to talk, you also changed yesterday.”

[I guess I didn’t feel the pressure of your parents around me here, so I could be more of myself. At least it seems this journey has shown some good results already to you, huh?]

Vermillion stands up and walks carefully towards Akira, when she looks in the direction of the castle beyond the hills.

“Oh, there is something fast running from the castle to this direction. Could it be the messenger? Should I go there? Or should I wait?”

“Milly, you should know the answer. We must wait.”

“Ok, come here then, I will feed you.”

“Stop it Milly, the men are watching.”

“Oh you.”

Until the messenger came back, she must not move very much from here. The knights, although somewhat friendly, still need to do their jobs, they are just slightly more lax since they know the Demon Princess doesn’t seem to be someone to do something against them.

When Vermillion mentioned someone coming from the castle, the Knights decided to be prepared for their arrival at any time. One of the Knight leaders mentioned that they most likely will not stop during the night and come straight, that’s how urgent Knight Anastacia, who went together, made it look like.

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Vermillion wanted to see the night sky now that she wasn’t tired, and Akira kept her company. Because only he had a communication device, it was easier for him to communicate with her, it seems that when she talked with the knights, she first lowered her head to listen, some allowed themselves to be picked later.

“It’s weird, the Moon looks the same, but the colors are different. I can see the black part better”

“Hm, I can’t say I know how this world works, but my original world was round, but considering that this Crescent Moon is similar to the one in my world, this should be enough proof that this world is round too. You see, that’s the shadow of the planet.

I can’t explain the difference in color of the sky though, nor the Ice Lands, maybe something in the air? Or maybe just Magic Stuff that I have no idea about.”

“Hmm, I don’t really understand much of the first part, but you say something in the air, or magic... Now that you mention it, it does feels cleaner here, like I could fly really high without feeling any weight.”

“That’s certainly a strange expression, but I can’t really fly, so I don’t know how to reply.”

They were just resting together, looking at the sky and exchanging some talk. The Knight camp was illuminated by bonfires, as they also needed to wait.

“Hero Akira!”

One of the knights suddenly called his name. He left from his place, and moved towards the knight.

“A messenger has just arrived, we were told the First Prince and Princess are following up, so we are going to prepare to receive them. We would like to ask the Hero to also be part with us. In regards to Miss Vermillion, we are not entirely sure on how introduce her, usually we would ask Knight Johanmeyer for that, but since she is out… Do you have any suggestions?

We were considering leaving her introduction for after we explained Your Highnesses about the situation, but it may sound rude to the guest.”

Upon hearing who were coming, Akira got worried. The First Prince and Princess, obviously he knows a little them. When he was summoned, they were part of the royalty, and due to his status as a Hero, he had exchanged conversations with them many times…

The Prince is a super handsome guy, he is like a super handsome love target of a fluffy manga aimed for girls. Short hair (Blond, as usual), handsome face, good voice, intelligent and very sociable, but behind that face, Akira felt like he was hiding his true intentions. Maybe it was just his paranoia over things being cliché though.

The Princess however made even the hidden Prince looks nice. The princess was 18yo, one single year younger than Akira, and while she was nice the first week, it didn’t took long for her to ostracize him every time she could. Every time they met, she would make sure to look down on him, sometimes kicking on the way and apologizing with “I didn’t see you down there”, while hiding her mouth that was certainly grinning. Worse yet, from her looks, she is like a supermodel, and the clothes weren’t that fluffy like usually princess in medieval times were, they are sexy, with specially accentuation on their legs..

When wondering how the hell the First Princess would use such provocative clothes, he found out not only that even the Queen has similar clothes, but after leaving the castle for the first time, even the commoner women, who are all good looking to boot, have that as some sort of fashion. Akira’s first impression of the damn Kingdom was that it was a world of top-models, he thought he was in paradise, until they all started treating him like a child… Then he got really annoyed.

He had pretty much forgotten his experiences in the castle, after over 2 months trying to reach the Demon World, and then his happy stay there, he didn’t really have much to want to remember of the damn Kingdom.

(Gotta prepare myself…)

“I see, I don’t really know what would be the right way to introduce Vermillion to them, but I understand your concern, considering that Knight went with them, they should have already been informed to some extent, no?”

“Yes, however, it should be still a shocking scene...”

Upon thinking a little more about it, although the prince may have seen her when she went flying a little, it’s possible that they just missed her, there is no recording technology in this place. He tried to remember what he could about those two. He can only imagine the Prince making the perfect poker face, but the sadistic princess… It would be nice to surprise her.

[Milly, it seems the Norrstvo Prince and Princess will arrive soon. Things seem to be progressing well, you can wait until I call you to introduce yourself.]

“Understood, it’s good that things are working, right?”

[Certainly, in fact, you are doing better than I expected, it’s not hard to say that it’s mostly thanks to you, so congratulations.]

“Oh, thanks, let’s keep this on.”

Vermillion was usually more direct, but it seems she was able to change a little from this journey. Hopefully the Demon King won’t have a problem with that… Ms Lapis though… She may dislike a calmer Vermillion… But it’s for her own good...

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About an hour later, the carriage arrives, it’s deep into the night, and the moon wasn’t giving much light. The Bonfires signaled where the carriage was to stop, and the Knight Captains, together with Akira, were waiting in the area prepared as a reception.

Once the oversized carriage stopped, the 4 horses were finally able to rest (I feel bad for these horses, they are almost like donkeys to these people), Akira noticed that the chauffeur seemed to have noticed Vermillion sitting on the opposite side of the knights, and looked very nervous.

The door opened and from inside a female Knight exited first, she was without her helmet, so Akira recognized her as Anastacia. She then helped the oversized prince to exit from the door. The almost 3m tall, charming and handsome prince has a very dreamy smile on his face.

(This is not the general public, but a small Army of Elite Knights, you should underst- Guess the female knights were still slightly affected, huh)

The prince then helps his sister together with the knight, offering a hand to his sister, who takes it and crouches a little to proper pass through the door. At that instant, Akira noticed, she looked at him for an instant, then moved her sight somewhere else, but her face was grinning slightly now.

“We welcome you, Your Highness Orlando von Stark Norrstvo, Your Highness Ulrika Norrstvo. We apologize for the urgent call.”

The prince advances first.

“No need for apologies, Knight Captain Johanmeyer explained the situation to us. Was there any change in the situation?”

The princess moves soon after, and starts walking in Akira’s direction without looking at him.

“I heard that Hero Akira had been found, that fleeing coward hero. I demand to know where he is.”

Akira understood the game, she saw him, faked that she didn’t, started insulting him in front of everyone, and is now going to bump at him because she couldn’t see him from up there or something. It’s annoying, but that’s how she does it. And she was almost reaching him.

“You know, I don’t like seeing a friend who did something really nice for us getting insulted like that. Could you please apologize.”

The Prince and the Princess both turn their heads to the loud voice, and what they see are 2 glowing red eyes floating in the darkness, with some silhouette barely visible from the lack of enough moonlight.

As Akira looked at the prince, his eyes were those of surprise, he expected a poker face, but not even he knew that Vermillion could make red glowing eyes, if he didn’t knew here, he would be shit scared there, so points to the prince.

The surprise comes from the princess, she screamed, fell on the ground by herself, and slowly crawled to right behind Akira, pleading him to save her while crying her eyes out. Even Akira didn’t know how to react.

[Milly, it’s good, thanks for worrying for me, but I didn’t know you could make your eyes grow red at night.]

“They are glowing?”

[Yes, wait a second for me to take a photo. I admit even I felt it was a little scary, all the knights are in high-tension now, I know it’s not intentional, so...]

“I see… Everyone, I’m sorry, I didn’t know my eyes could glow like that, sorry to scare you all.”

While she was sitting, she properly lowered her upper body in front of everyone. The horses felt scared from her hand booming a little on the ground, but the knights were able to keep them under control.

Meanwhile, behind Akira, the Princess was looking at him in the eyes with a face of surprise.

“Y-You, were talking with her? H-How?”

“I placed a microphone here so that she would be able to hear everything, so I wouldn’t need to make an individual communicator to each of you. It seems she heard you talking bullshit, Princess.”

“Y-You, j-just because-, h-have manners w-when speaking to m-me!”

The princess face seemed to be going to cry again.

(This is annoying.)

“Princess, I apologize, here, hold my hand if it’s enough for you, I need you to stand up.”

The princess looked at him with a pissed off face, and placed her hand on Akira’s shoulder, then pushed some of her weight on it, as she used him to stand up. Akira was almost pushed down by her, but he tried to resist, it would be worse if she fell.

The relatively thin legs finally left the ground, and the foot place itself as the base, her upper body was lowered as she used Akira as a support for her body, and once she was up, she made sure to place a gratuitous pressure just as she fixed herself.

(Goddamnit.)

“Hmpf, so much for a hero.”

As she stood up, she was tall, really tall, she was shorter than the prince, but not by much, her figure was that of a top model, and the dress was almost as tight, she always makes sure to make him feel this pressure, but then Akira felt a strange smell coming from her crotch that was right in front of his face.

“Did you pee?”

The red-faced Princess kicked Akira with all her strength.

Akira was threw some distance, but he was able to defend, plus his artifacts helped with defense of his level. He received no damage besides social ones.

“Hey!”

The princess looked above again, she held back upon seeing the gigantic entity looking at her, there were no glowing eyes this time though.

[Don’t bother, she is like that. The peace treaty is more important.]

“... If you say so…”

The prince arrives and stands at the side of his sister, his expression is a little unsettled though, maybe he noticed he had to intervene here, but was too late as Vermillion had already warned his sister.

“Hero Akira... I apologize for not noticing you, and being unable to stop my sister.... I heard the story from the Knight Captain, and I was given the authority to decide on our Kingdom best interests.

Should we talk? I suppose that… princess Vermillion (?) over there will join the talks.”

“Sure. [Milly, it’s time for the talks.]”

Princess Ulrika seemed to have been startled when the Prince mentioned Vermillion joining the talks. Meanwhile, Vermillion suddenly corrected her posture and made an overly serious face that almost looked comical.

“I’m ready.”

The prince was startled for a moment, but seeing her response, he calmed down.

“You two seem to have a good relationship.”

The prince was able to make a friendly smile, that felt sincere, but his sister seemed to have been acting quite panicky as of now. The prince held her hand and with a look that Akira couldn’t properly see, she reluctantly stopped, her face was still a little blurred from her earlier crying.

Knight Anastacia came to her side, and after a small greeting, took something that looked like a napkin or a handkerchief and started cleaning the princess’ face. Vermillion seemed curious to what was happening down there.

“Should we sit too?”

The Prince signs for the knights to carry some chairs. Three chairs arrive, The prince and the princess on one side, and Akira right in front of Vermillion who is sitting cross legged.

“First, I will place this microphone in the center, this will allow Vermillion to hear our conversation and participate. Do you see any problem with it?”

“Simple but efficient artifacts as always, please, go ahead.”

Akira places the microphone in a stand in the center after Prince Orlando permitted, then sat in his chair. Some of the Knights were around for “safety”, but not many. They are to stay quiet and only act in case one of the sides starts acting violent.

“Then, Hero Akira. Correct me if I get anything wrong.

You were summoned in our Kingdom, was supported with our finances, refused to fight and one day was suddenly gone with just a small note saying that you would try to meet with the Demon King. It has been almost 4 months since then, and you now have appeared seemingly having accomplished your claims.

May I ask for details?”

“Yes, then let’s see, I was kidnapped from my world and forced into your Kingdom, then tasked with some ridiculous tasks like ‘save the world’ or ‘save us’ soon after I was robbed of everything I had.

Using my knowledge from my world, I tried to fix everything through the method constantly used in my world, and while certainly dangerous, I was able to talk with the Demon King who was a very reasonable person.

Was there a problem in my methods?”

“No, it’s certainly unexpected, my dear sister here is a big fan of Heroic tales. Sister, was there ever a hero like this in the past?”

“No brother, this is certainly an unorthodox case.”

“Sister, you say ‘unorthodox’, why did you use that wording?”

“Because the Goddess asked us to defeat the Demons, but the Hero did something unwanted.”

“I see… Hero Akira, I’m not sure how it was that you were selected by the Goddess, we don’t claim to know everything either. You said you were “kidnapped”, but to us, we found out we were to be attacked, received reinforcements, who then betrayed us. How do you see our side?”

“Prince Orlando, you ask me how do I see your side, but may I ask how do you see my side, and what are the benefits of siding with you?

If I may say so, the problem is your Goddess, isn’t it? Instead of selecting some random people, she should just give you guys cheats and stuff.”

“We may not understand the Goddess intentions, but as people protected by her, we only follow up on teachings-”

“So you people do whatever this Goddess asks? Even if you don’t know for what reason they are for?”

Vermillion interrupted the prince, obviously, with how loud her voice is, he could only leave her to talk.

“Princess Vermillion, I’m not sure how are things with the Demonic Gods or anything like that, but we survive thanks to the blessings of the Goddess, hence we do our part in worshiping and following her guidance.”

“I see, so this is why humans are weak, they are just pets.”

The one with a surprised face was Akira now, he looked behind him with a surprised faced to see what Vermillion was doing, but her face was serious. Once she noticed Akira looking at her, she could only return a wry smile on her face.

[Hey, Milly, what are you talking about, I told you to stop the whole weak stuff, that’s just your mother’s fetish.]

“Akira, sorry about that but it’s important, I had to confirm a few things for father after all.”

The prince noticed from Akira’s expression that he was surprised by this exchange.

“It seems that Hero Akira was also blinded, is the Demon King perhaps planning to use the Hero to defeat humanity then throw him out? Hero Akira said before fleeing that he couldn’t see sense in the war, hence his actions. Did you find the reason? Or maybe they told you a lie to get you on their side.”

“We never lied to Akira, but we did hold some truths. Those truths were passed to me. I’m Akira’s ally.”

The prince thought he had found an entry point, but Vermillion replied with a proud voice, however, the princess jumped from her chair.

“You thief! You stole our Hero, and now you call yourself his ally! Who are you!? You demon!”

Princess Ulrika shouted as high as she could, Akira and Vermillion were surprised, the knights kept their appearance, but even the Prince showed a shocked face for an instant, replaced by a tired face soon after.

“Sister, sit.”

“Brother, those Demons stole our Hero and now are planning to use him against us, we can’t-”

“Ulrika, sit!”

With Knight Anastacia leading her back to her chair, the princess returned to her chair, but her face was angry and constantly glaring at Akira.

A few seconds of silence.

“‘Our Hero’, is that it? Who am I, again?”

Akira noticed the way he was called.

“Hero Akira, I’m sorry for my sister’s outburst, as you probably know yourself, she is like that. Please, ignore her.”

The princess who was glaring at Akira suddenly had a shocked face upon hearing her brother, and lowered her face. It seemed that she was aware that it was a personal problem, and that she was wrong about something at least.

Akira returned to his conversation with the Prince.

“I understand, will do, however, this is something you mentioned before, I’m the one called for by that Goddess, and then I ‘betrayed’ you?”

“By ‘us’ I meant humanity, I’m sorry if I didn’t make myself clear enough. But yes, that was it.”

“Who said I had joined your ranks? What if I was on the Demon side all along and was just using you to get to the other side?”

“What you say doesn’t make sense, I’m sure you were summoned to the side of humans of this world, and a complete newcomer that didn’t even knew about Demons and Monsters from your reactions to the new information. You assumption is a lie.”

“Sure, it’s a lie, but can you tell me what I’m thinking? It’s not like I can’t lie, I’m human right?”

“What are you trying to imply with this poor argument?”

“What I’m saying is that you are trusting too much on your tradition. You thought I was a certain type of Hero, which I am not, your goddess took me from my home and family, and place me to try to fix your shit, which I ended up doing, but now you are telling me that my methods were wrong, and that I should have done the way you wanted.

Why did you need me if you already had a method then? Shouldn’t the people of this world fixed it themselves?”

The Prince went silent with those words, but the princess returned.

“The Goddess sends a hero to lead the humans to a new path, leading us to progress, prosperity and union, this is something only the Outworlder can do.”

“So you say I’m to lead humans? Here I am trying to lead to something, but the humans are saying I am wrong. Shouldn’t you be following my words?”

The Princess opened her mouth multiple times, but no sound came out of it. She then stopped and went silent too.

“So, either I’m right, the goddess is right in selecting me, and I’m trying to lead you to peace, but humans are making me out as some traitor, or I’m a fake hero, and your goddess was wrong in selecting me, which would mean your goddess may have made mistakes previously before too, and rather than being a traitor, the problem lies in the relationship between you two.”

Vermillion added with a serious voice.

“Shouldn’t humans try to grow up by themselves instead of relying constantly on their gods?”

The Prince remained silent, but then sighed.

“It’s weird, I agree with everything you said, and in a way, thinking logically about it, I feel like we are in the wrong when you put it that way. Our goddess gave birth to us humans, so it’s correct for us to resume our worship, but I do think that maybe we should rely less on her.

She summoned Hero Akira to defeat the Demons, so I would expect there to be a need to kill them like in the legends says… But maybe this ending is different this time?

Should we interpret the Hero as the guidance of the Goddess looking for peace with the demons? Or should we keep our traditions even if that may go against what the Goddess did. Right now, I’m leaning towards the Hero. Ulrika, what do you think?”

The princess sighed and closed her eyes.

“I agree, heroes had always been a moving force in history… Perhaps, this is just a new type of story that will be told in the future...”

“Then we shall also lean towards accepting the treaty. However, Hero Akira, you seem to be looking for more than that.”

“Yes, I believe humans and demons can achieve more by joining together, I’m not saying to immediately allow each one to enter the other’s territory, I believe there will still be people who can’t accept that from both sides, so we can take our time. But technology, resources, knowledge could easily be exchanged in some other way.”

“I see, what does Princess Vermillion says about that?”

Vermillion heard that and sighed.

“I don’t really like being called a Princess, but I will let it pass for now… Akira has shown us the potential, so we all agree with that, however, my father is currently dealing with the tribes to accept it, I believe that the human side may also need some time like that?”

[Milly, I think you may have misinterpreted something.]

“Hum? And what is it?”

[This is not the representative for humanity, just the humans in the Norrstvo Kingdom.]

“... And what does it mean?”

[It means that this treaty… Let’s see how do I explain it… It’s a treaty with a single tribe of Humans.]

“Hmm… How many tribes are there?”

[...]

The Prince, who had approached Akira and Vermillion, looking at their interchange started to laugh.

“Hahaha, oh dear, it seems you came with a misconception. Did the Hero lie to you?”

“... No, he didn’t lie, I think I just understood it wrong… I wonder if Papa got it wrong too… But so, what can I do?”

“Don’t worry Princess, you didn’t do anything wrong. Our Kingdom is one that borders the Ice Lands, hence why you came here. You could say that from now on, if you negotiate with other ‘tribes’, you can use our name to make it easier on you.”

“... So I still have a lot of work to do...  But I have to return soon...“

[Milly, what the prince says is correct, we accomplished what we came to do.]

“So is this all to be done here?”

“I would say so. We can still talk to discuss some extra details, but the main part has been accomplished. Congratulations on your first diplomatic work.”

Prince Orlando seemed quite friendly with Vermillion now, while Princess Ulrika was right behind him, but averted her gaze everytime she was looked at. Vermillion rummages on her luggage that she had placed by her side, opens the freezer, and takes a small container, a really small container for her hands.

“So maybe it’s time for festivities?”

It’s the middle of the night, the knights are still keeping guard, and the bonfires are still on, guaranteeing some luminosity. When Vermillion places the enclosed container in an empty area, the Prince doesn’t know what to do, and the Princess and her Knight were just as confused.

“Well, I saw the knights drinking and having fun before, so I thought maybe we should do the same again?”

The Prince glared at the knights (How could they be having fun with a potential powerful enemy right next to them?), who just averted their gazes. Akira sighs and opens that container that is a tad little too small for her to open by herself.

“I see… Thank you, for this... Drink?”

A knight comes with Cups for the Prince, Princess and her Knight, when Prince Orlando looked around, everyone was already holding a cup. The liquid is brown colored, if anything common-sense has taught him is that this color is bad, but the smell is quite good. The Prince fills his cup with the Coleite Milk in the container, and takes a little tip first. Soon after he drank the rest.

“Oh, this is great! What is it?”

“Fufufu”

Vermillion seems satisfied by another compliment, he takes another cup, but gives space for the Princess and Knight Anastacia to try it themselves. The two try it and have a similar reaction. Akira sighs.

“Mama’s tribe has a special fruit that we use to make a sweet we call Coleite, this is not that, but is somewhat similar.”

“I understand what the Hero mentioned about exchanging food and resources now, it seems we can indeed learn from each other.”

“I agree that it’s such a sweet taste. I never had anything like it, what is it?”

The Prince and Princess seemed to have approved it, Knight Anastacia also tasted it and was resisting the urge to splash herself in it.

[I thought you would be more reserved about this, when your mother talked about it you were all embarrassed.]

“Hm? I don’t like that Mama likes to tell that story to everyone, but I’m quite proud of my Milk, you know.”

Hearing the two talk, the Prince tried to rationalize the information he had just heard.

“I see, this must be Milk from some unique beast that exists in the Demon World, if the Princess can milk it, I can imagine it being quite big.”

“That’s just milk. Her milk.”

Akira revealed it to the Prince.

“Here, it comes from my tit.”

And as Vermillion takes out her right breast from out of her large shirt. The royal trio stopped drinking.

“Everyone, please drink, I have more, but also, if there is anything left I need to store it back or it may go bad, so please do it fast.”

And all the Knights moved to get their own cups filled, the Prince looked at Vermillion, then holding the cup on his mouth, drank the rest.

“I see…”

The princess looked at her cup, then at Vermillion, then touched her own small breasts. She still drank it, but decided to leave. Knight Anastacia, who is accompanying the Princess, goes after her, but first she takes the princess own cup, and hastily fills it up together with her own, and uses some Ice magic to stop it from dropping.

That night was festive for the knights.

------------

The Prince and Akira had were discussing extra ideas, but Vermillion was also listening to everything to ensure nothing went against what her Father has explained to her, and Princess Ulrika was by the side, but not saying anything, just sitting and staying quiet. Before departing, Demon King Ignis had called Vermillion for a discussion.

There he explained who the enemy was, its abilities, what it was most likely trying to do, and why nothing could be told to Akira, so instead, she would receive the information and decide herself. He had little expectations of it working, but it seems that Prince was more compatible than she expected.

However, there was the problem of trust, as the Prince explained.

“In human politics, these alliances usually require some sort of guarantee, usually dealt with a marriage between the families. However, from what I understood, Princess Vermillion is an only daughter, and I don’t think there is a rule to dictate that the Demon King must be male.”

“The Demons are a tribal community, the Demon King or Queen is usually the strongest of all the Demon who is interested in uniting the land. As such, after my father, it’s likely that I may have the highest potential of being the next Demon Queen… Not that I have much interest in it right now...”

Vermillion replies without much interest, seems like she doesn’t really care about politics.

“Well, the idea, Princess Vermilion, was that one side would need to marry someone from the other side. If you are the likely Demon Queen, we are aware that you won’t be able to come to this side. It’s similar to how I, who is the heir to the throne, can only marry someone with no such responsibilities. I could ask you to marry a younger brother of mine, but-”

“Won’t work”

“Yes, I expected that answer. The other option, however, would you having a sibling or someone like that, and marry someone from our side.”

“I’m an only-daughter, but-”

“And it’s quite a coincidence, although nobody expected, Hero Akira seems to have left our side, and joined yours.”

“Hum?”

“What I’m suggesting is for Hero Akira to marry my sister, as he seems to be well trusted by the Demon King, besides, we already had that idea in mind from the start after all, every Kingdom would want to tie a summoned hero to themselves..

Hero Akira, would you marry my sister Ulrika for the sake of our worlds this time?”

“WHAT!?”

Vermillion seemed surprised at the unexpected proposition, but Akira who learned something that he was not aware about.

“I was supposed to marry this bullying princess?”

“Of course, it would be an offer, we would not enforce anything. Maybe it’s wrong to tell you all this, but considering the way things are, I see no harm in explaining, and I hope this may be used to express that I’m not trying to hide anything from you, Hero Akira.

My sister was tasked in trying to keep you in the Kingdom, and as someone who liked Heroes so much, our family had high expectations that she would be able to keep you around, when you fled, everyone was surprised, and she was heavily punished for failing in such an essential Job.

My poor sister lost most of her reputation, and came here forced simply because we heard you were here too.”

Akira looked at Princess Ulrika, but her head was lowered. That seems to be true.

“I can understand that my sister may be useless right now, but I guess I’m just trying to save her face. Maybe it’s just pity right now.”

The words of the prince were piercing him, he wasn’t aware of such circumstances, of course, he didn’t care much, the princess was pretty bad towards him, however, he could see that Princess Ulrika, upon hearing that, was receiving even more damage. Akira felt like he needed to stop the Prince.

“W-What the heck are you saying!?”

“The simple truth, I don’t know why your reaction is like that right now, but I’m being honest here, and merely trying to help my sister. How about this, think about this. We will sleep in the carriage, and in the morning we will go back to the castle to inform of my decision and start moving on our side. We can discuss more before we part, agreed?”

And the Prince was trying to push that with quite some strength, however, Akira still couldn’t fully process the data from now, and his past experiences in the castle, if she had the job to keep him on the human’s side, she was pretty bad at the job…

At such a moment, Vermillion comes to the rescue

“Why don’t you just accept it?”

“Huh?”

“Eh?”

“What?”

The Prince, the Princess and Akira were surprised by her claim, the Prince had thought that maybe there was something with the Hero already, he forced this proposition to make sure to at least get the Hero card on his side. The Princess was already down from seeing the Hero on the other side, so this offer caught her off-guard. Akira just found strange why would she make such a suggestion in the first place.

“I mean, just give her a child and that’s it, right? She won’t even care or bother you anymore after that. That’s how it happened with Papa and Mama.”

“Hero Akira, what is she talking about?”

“Milly, you mother is an exception among exceptions, that is not what was being discussed here, ok?”

“Oh, I’m curious about this Demon Queen.”

“D-Don’t ask, just don’t ask.”

“Ha ha ha, you are making me more curious now, but so be it, my offer still stands, let’s talk again in the morning. Have a good night.”

Akira could just facepalm, but the third person that hadn’t said anything felt extremely insulted from such ideas.

“You slut thief! Who do you think I am!? I don’t know what sort of degenerates are your parents, but to claim that I would marry for such shallow reasons! Just die!”

Princess Ulrika started to cry, and ran back to her carriage. Knight Anastacia that was accompanying her apologized to everyone in her place.

“D-Did I say something bad?”

Vermillion was nervous, she wasn’t expecting such a reaction, she just thought about something that could help with their deals, but instead, she almost broke them.

“Milly… We need to talk…”

The Prince, also not expecting such a reaction, had something to say.

“... I apologize, I’m partially at fault for attacking her reputation right in front of her. I will try to calm her down, but this won’t cancel our deal in the morning, so think it over.”

The Prince left, the Knights around, who witnessed the event also apologized to the Hero and the Demon. And only Akira and Vermillion didn’t move, as the night got darker due to the lack of light offered by the crescent moon.

Akira was on Vermillion’s shoulders, who was resting on the hill, a little away from the knights for a private conversation.

“So, let’s first explain how marriage works for humans. The idea is simple, once you marry, you are to stay married and happy with each other for the rest of your life, usually only by themselves… Although now that I think about it, does this world has the Harem setting? .... I should ask the prince tomorrow… Damn, whatever, forget it, did you understand what I said about marriage?”

“Hm, 2 humans stay tied together, and live for the rest of their lives together, and they have children, and they just take care of their children, no attacking, or sucking tits, or acting like animals towards them. Was that it?”

“Yes, but do understand that the actions of your mother towards you are exceptions, your father told me he never saw anyone other child being treated like how his mother did to him, and he confirmed that with you too. You mother is the exception here.”

“I see… But what happens once one of the couple dies? The other must die too?”

“No, they continue living, but usually both are already old enough, so they just live the rest of their lives like that until they die themselves.”

“And what happens when the lifespan is too different?”

“Oh… I guess demons have that to consider, but humans usually have a similar lifespan to each other, and most of the time marry someone of similar age. But if that’s not the case, and they can still marry off, then they can.”

“I think I understand, so why did the Princess react like that?”

“That… Good question…”

“You seem to not like her very much, and I didn’t like the way she talked about you…”

“You could say that, but… Will you listen?”

“Sure, I will try to stay awake.”

“I guess it could be described as a boring story.”

--- FLASHBACK ---

Akira was suddenly summoned into a weird hall with some weird glowing drawings on the ground, and some pretty tall people away from it, they were all like models and beefed up men in armor knights.

Akira had an idea already, the Goddess that summoned him and gave him a cheat ability had told him the sort of world he was going to. He complained, but she told him it’s too late. Akira had already read stories like that on Earth, so he had some idea.

There were no levels, no status screens, no cheat Appraisal, no cheat Item Box, no cheat Undead for infinite workforce, no cheat Golems for similar infinite workforce, but at least the language was properly translated.

So the most important looking old man, the King, and the pretty young woman right by his side approached and welcomed him with open arms. The princess was certainly beautiful, and like everyone else around, she was super tall, but she was gracious and friendly.

Then, in the hall, the King and his whole family were having dinner, and explained to Akira the threat of the Demon King. Of course, as a person who just came from a pacific world, the idea of “you must fight for us, and if you lose, everyone will die” was too much, the Princess was by his side to support him in understanding the world.

When Akira asked about other heroes, she would heartily talk about the legends, of the great feats, about the old heroes, she even didn’t forget to include the princesses that they married, but Akira could only feel pressured upon imagining his “Artifact Creation” cheat being compared to divine swords capable of cutting mountains in half, or hell fire magic capable of creating huge craters of destruction on the land.

When he selected his Cheat he thought “Since the world doesn’t have technology, it would be nice to be able to reproduce some stuff that doesn’t exist there.”, there was no intention on “How to kill demons or destroy everything”.

Not even a week in the world, Akira was scared, he started to study the history of the world, especially about Demons, who or what they were, what they seek, what they need to survive, there was a lot of contradictory info, some would describe them as the forces of evil, another would explain them as monsters. Reading some of the species, like the horse people, who were like Centaurs, and bird people, like Harpies, Akira wondered… If they are like humans… Why don’t they think like humans?

And from that, he realized that maybe the info from the human side is just wrong, and whatever the reason this Demon King wants to attack, maybe it’s possible to make a counter offer. He suggested it to the King, who didn’t accept it.

Starting from the middle of the second week, Akira started researching his ability, trying to understand that smaller details of it, limitations and such starting from small and effective to later try bigger things as necessary, he understood that different materials are capable of different things, so it’s not like some stories where you just take a piece of wood, place some magic circle, and now it’s an invincible magic sword, it requires knowledge and resources, but the ability to use powerful abilities and low mana cost was a big advantage.

Four months had passed since he was summoned, the royal mages were very interested in Akira’s studies, and helped him as much as he needed, he had created a number of artifacts that would help in his endeavour, but the relationships with the royalty were bad to worse, although thanks to his status as a Hero, he was still treated well. His only good relationships in the castle were with the mages that helped him.

And the Princess? During all those months, she was not by his side anymore, any time they met from there on she would insult or physically attack him, always humiliating him in front of others. Most of the time it actually felt like she went out of her way just to meet him solely for the sake of bullying.

And then, he left, taking the Artifacts he created, with some references to how to pass through the Ice Lands.

When he passed through it though, he wasn't sure how he would find the Demon King, but locating the castle was easy, so he just needed to go towards it.

--- FLASHBACK END ---

“I see, but she seemed pretty enthusiastic at first, right?”

“I can’t deny that, but it was just a couple of weeks, the mask fell off early.”

“You said she sometimes she went out of her way just to bully you?”

“Yeah, at least, it felt like that, you know like before, you may not have noticed, but she was walking towards me faking that she hadn’t seen me just to kick me, you know.”

“You know, that reminded me of Mama.”

“You are joking right?”

“Not really, you know, you said that the Princess was annoying, right? You know, when I tried to play with my friends… Mama always joined us, and she would always be glued to me. It was… Annoying. We would play climbing on me, so when my friends would start, Mama would sometimes even shake them off just to win.”

“... I can’t understand the similarity…”

“Mama would do anything to be around me, she would even ignore her tasks, Papa had a lot of work… Of course, as I grew up, I started to stop her sometimes, but then she started to like even when I forcefully stop her… It’s not that I dislike her, my mother feels good, I feel good, and she knows what I like, but… Well, that was what I meant.”

“... I don’t see any reason on why she would start attacking me.”

“... Well, my case was about mama kissing and licking me, I can’t say I understand much, but anytime you want to talk, I’m all ears.”

The Prince arrived in his carriage, and the Princess was lying down while crying non-stop.

He placed his cape and other items on the side, and sat right beside his sister.

“... I’m sorry sister, I knew what you wanted. But it seems I ended up hurting you much more than I expected… I don’t know very much of your relationship with the Hero at that time because I was busy with my own work, but I did notice you had changed… Would you tell what was happening?”

--- FLASHBACK ---

One year ago, the royal priest informed the King that a Hero was going to be summoned in a few months. The news flew out of the palace, this means a threat was coming, but a Hero would come to save them, such a rare and powerful influence the Hero is.

Princess Ulrika felt like she was in a dream, as a princess, she was just a political tool, she would marry some prince or other noble, and that was all, it was a sad future, but it’s one of the few responsibilities she has, and she likes being needed. She loves stories about legendary heroes, capable of great feat, who would then marry the princess of the Kingdom that summoned them.

And now a new Hero is being summoned? She knows what it means, she will finally realize her dream, she will be the heroine of one of her stories, she will face an adventure and meet her true love. Everyday was filled with expectations about the Hero.

---

The day of the summoning arrived, and Hero Akira appeared. He was short, but she never heard of a Hero with the characteristics of the people from her Kingdom, she guessed maybe if the summoning was happening there it would be such a case, but it’s not a problem. She will be by his side to help him in whatever he needs.

When they told Hero Akira about the threat of the Demon King, he felt nervous, but she did everything she could to support him.

When Hero Akira asked about how were other heroes, she would heartily talk about so many of the stories she read, the heroes that defeated giant monsters and could split mountains, she also never forgot to add that, in the end, they always married the princess and lived happily ever after. But she noticed, Hero Akira felt more nervous upon hearing the stories, she reminded him that these stories are surely beautified over the time, so it’s not like the are completely real… But the damage was already done.

Hero Akira started reading books about the history of the Kingdom and other things, and almost 2 weeks later, he appeared to her father asking for a peace treaty with the Demon King. Everyone was surprised, the idea was so ridiculous.

(Why is a Hero asking that?)

Soon after, Princess Ulrika who was at his side was blamed by her father for not guiding the Hero properly, she went to meet the Hero again and asked what were his plans. Hero Akira explained his story, to go to the Demon World, and try to negotiate with the Demon King, if possible, otherwise, he would just return.

The Princess Ulrika didn’t like it.

(It’s suicide! why can’t this Hero be normal, why, when finally a hero is summoned and I get to be by his side?)

She who was just a political tool would finally be able to do something that she liked, but the one that arrived is a coward that doesn’t want to fight. She felt more and more frustrated with the Hero, she asked him to train, to fight, because there was no other answer, she wants him to be like the Heroes in her stories, but he refused.

And then, he started studying magic with the royal Mages, and what she saw? He created many artifacts while studying. No splitting mountains, no craters, he created “something”, it was a mini box that moved by itself… Nothing more, it could carry small things from one side to another, but that was it. He spent hours and hours on something this small…

(My Hero is a failure… He is weak, he is a coward… Are we doomed? What was the Goddess thinking. I can’t stand it anymore.)

She would cry at night, and everytime she saw his face, she wanted to beat him over the frustration, for crushing her dreams, for being blamed by her family for ignoring the Hero.

And then, he was gone. She was punished over not being able to keep the Hero nearby, she could only cry, her hero was a failure, but she lost him nonetheless, and now her father blames her.

------

Almost 4 months later, Knight Anastasia, who serves directly to the First Princess was called over because of the sight of a demon invading the territory. The size was said to be Huge, so a special Squad of most of their Elite Knights was formed hastily and immediately sent to the battle front, they could only hope to stop the menace, and pray for the villagers who were killed.

Two days later, someone on the lookout said he had seen the huge humanoid winged demon, but it didn’t appear anymore. Later, a messenger arrived, explaining that the Daughter of the Demon King arrived with Hero Akira, and they want to start a Peace Treaty, but due to a misunderstanding, they started hostilities, but Hero Akira alone counterattacked.

Prince Orlando was called by the King, who gave him a test, to deal with it in the way that he thinks is correct, since he will inherit the Kingdom, it would be best for him to deal with it himself. He then requested that his sister, Princess Ulrika goes with him, to deal with Hero Akira, although the King is reluctant, Orlando puts his pressure over it.

(Why now!? Why now!? Why must you return now, like this!?)

-----

They arrive at the meeting place at night, it’s very dark, but the bonfires lit by the Knights help to see the people around, and the moment she saw Akira’s bored face, she couldn’t stop her frustration, she insults him, but this time, someone replied to her, and she felt the most scared in her life, instantly hiding behind the Hero she was aiming for, and the Hero protected her, by “talking” with the Demon… When she looked on his face, it was not the face of a meeky loser, but one of a firm man confident on himself.

She felt mesmerized by this face, what could have happened in between this time? But at the same time, he now was not fleeing from her, and directly answering her, in a very annoyed tone.

(Why are you talking to me like that? You coward hero.)

After he saw that she had peed, she remembered how much she hated him, but he took little damage, and just let it pass. In the past, her kick would make him fly a good few meters, but now, it was like nothing.

Prince Orlando introduced himself to him and Princess Vermillion.

(Princess who?)

That’s when Ulrika noticed, the giant demon girl was a Princess, one that was with her Hero, a thief, but upon the remark of her brother that they had a good relationship, she understood, this Thief Princess is who transformed her Hero into what he is now.

The work that was supposed to be Ulrika’s, to support the Hero, was now done by another person… Who achieved much better results than her… Then Akira introduced a new artifact, and her brother complimented it as efficient, even though it was not a weapon that could kill even the weakest of monsters…

But then she noticed, her brother was going to attack him, she decided to trust him and just remain on his side, to answer the questions as truthfully as he asks. Finally, it’s her time to explain to Akira: “You did something that nobody wanted”

(This is all your fault!)

But Akira refuted, that in the end, there was nothing for him in this war.

(I was going to marry you! But... Now...)

And as her brother replied to Akira, the Demon Princess attacked, insulting the human, but making it clear she trusts Akira.

(This thief, she stole my Hero, now we are his enemies and she is his ally!?)

Her brother stops her, and asks Akira to ignore her, which Akira agrees.

(W-Why!? Why am I being ignored!? I didn’t do anything wrong!)

Akira asks them what is the meaning of the hero, he came to stop the war, and he stopped the war, in a completely different way from the others, but it seems he did, so if he is the chosen Hero, why are his methods being criticized?

Ulrika responds with what everyone knows, but is countered again with a different idea… What if this Hero was always a proper Hero, but just had different methods.

Ulrika understood, yes, she made a huge mistake, she wanted her Hero to be like the others, but her Hero was different, she was tied to her mental image, and couldn’t see the real potential, and so, he did everything alone and without her support… And now, he found another princess…

(I lost… I was wrong… You... Were right...)

If there were ever a tale about this Hero in the future, she would be the idiot Princess who missed her chance. The hero convinced her brother, when asked for her opinion, she couldn’t deny… This person is a true Hero.

The discussions continued, but this time, the Princess couldn’t face the Hero anymore, she was ashamed of herself, she was now just accompanying her brother, if asked if she could bring the Hero back, she knew that would be impossible, she was just that much of an idiot, she destroyed every chance she could… Herself

And so she decided to act more like a princess, destroy her dreams and try to act like a normal princess, she was then able to see that the Giant Demon was not a bad person after all, it still hurts though.

---

Later in the discussions, Orlando starts the marriage talks, she knew it would come to this, she has a good relationship with her Brother, and he knew of her feelings, he said he would try to help. Ulrika knows she doesn’t deserve it, but if it were still possible somehow, she would accept it wholehearted.

And then, he started attacking her, she knew the tactic, it’s to make up a pitiful image of her to improve the chances of the Hero accepting the proposal, but her brother didn’t knew she recognized her errors already, and each sentence hurts so much.

And who ends up offering support? The other Princess, but her suggestion, seemingly related to her demon parents, was so dirty and foul, her pride couldn’t take it that the person who stole his Hero could throw in such a low attack on her when she was already down, she hates the thief, this thief is bad, but she is a better companion for the Hero.

Ulrika runs back to the carriage and continues crying, until her brother arrives.

--- FLASHBACK END ---

“I see, thank you for trusting me, I will do what I can to help you.”

The prince patted his crying sister’s hair as he looked at one of the items he had just put down.

The morning arrived, due to taking turns to sleep, as they weren’t sure if they could trust the knights yet. Vermillion slept while Akira continued thinking about the deal. Surely it would have been better to have slept, but he wouldn’t be able to sleep under such conditions anyway.

He considered what Vermillion had told him, the comparison with Lapis, but everytime he tried to imagine that, the image of Princess Ulrika kissing and licking, and getting turned on from pain with a masochistic face… It didn’t match, it just gave him a headache… And a hard on, but nonetheless, he was sure Princess Ulrika was not like that.

And then, the sun rises, for some reason, this is the first time Akira noticed the dark and orange sky beyond the hills. During the night, the sky is black, during the day the sky is blue, yet, during the transition, it’s orange… Why is the transition of something so natural looks so strange now… He took a photo to remember that.

A few more hours, soon Vermillion should wake up, but just before that, Akira saw Prince Orlando and Princess Ulrika approaching, and he decided to climb down. The prince had a friendly smile, his hands to his back, and a straight posture of an important prince, meanwhile, the princess looked downhearted, even her steps were silent.

As they faced each other, Akira looked at the Princess first, but she just averted her gaze, which wasn’t very successful, as Akira was way shorter than they both, so right now, in this angle, trying to lower her head will just face up with his, but lifting it up was something that she couldn’t do. Akira’s face was also unlike the one from the previous night, his face expressed that he had things in mind.

“It seems the yesterday’s conflict has lead to a lot of thinking on both sides. I apologize for my behavior. And I ask if you have a reply to my proposition.”

The prince led the conversation, he is a good talker, as expected of the First Prince.

“It’s an honor to marry the princess, but I don’t think I have any authority in the Demon World for it to hold any true meaning, besides-”

“Hero Akira, that’s where you are wrong, hahaha, sorry if it looks like I deceived you, but my intention of having you marry my sister was not actually related to your position in the demon world, that was just an excuse.”

“... I see, but I guess I’m not the Hero you guys wanted, as you said, I changed sides, I’m aiming for something else. And-”

The Princess looked resolutely at him, walked right in front of him, knelt down, took Akira’s hands, and looked at him face to face, and then her right hand slowly patting on his left cheek..

“You are a great Hero, don’t ever let anyone tell you otherwise, it was my own stupidity who didn’t let me see that in you… I fully regret everything I had done, but I don’t want to inconvenience the Hero anymore, you found a good princess, one that granted you so much more than I ever could.

I’m honored to have met you, my… I mean, Hero Akira…”

In the middle of her words she started crying, she stood there for a few seconds, until she released her hands, and moved to the back of her brother, but with her back directed to them, and her arms constantly moving towards the face that he couldn’t see anymore.

“... I don’t know…”

“I see, I knew you wouldn’t be able to give me a proper answer, I mean, you certainly are already engaged with Princess Vermillion-”

“W-Wait, that’s not the case either, we are friends feeding from each other, but we have not reached that level-”

“Yet, right? Not a problem, I can understand, but the results were better than I expected. So I have another proposition, this one you can’t refuse if you want to keep our peace treaty on.”

“I’m not sure what you are thinking, we have our own limitations.”

“I’m sure you will. I would like to have someone that I trust to see the conditions of the Demon World. How can I say, although I can trust both of you, I need to be sure you 2 are not being used by the 'Evil Demon King', so I would request you to take my sister with you back with both of you.

Of course, for her own security, I will send her own bodyguard who you seem to be already acquainted with, but I would request that both of you also protect her as my emissary. We will proceed on our side, but only after she returns and we get a positive report, we shall properly finish the deal. What do you say?”

“I-...”

“Sure.”

From behind Akira, it seemed that Vermillion had woken up and somehow listening to the conversation. The prince takes his hands from his back, and rises a microphone.

“I was wondering if you would notice one of your artifacts missing, I mean, you have a lot of those, seems I was able to, huh.”

Vermillion continued.

“And I apologize to your sister, it seems I said something bad, it wasn’t my intention.”

Princess Ulrika slowly turned around, but her eyes were closed. She bent her upper body.

“I should first apologize to Princess Vermillion, I’m sorry that I misunderstood your worries for me, there is still a lot for me to learn.”

A couple seconds later, she goes back to behind the prince and turns around again.

“... Still, it’s me who can decide if it’s possible for her to go back with me. And I say yes.”

“Thank you very much, Princess Vermillion.”

“... I have been called Princess a lot around here, do humans place so much importance in this title.”

“Indeed we do, I’m sorry if that’s inconvenient for you Princess, but they are somewhat important in human society. I would advice to keep that in mind.

Still, I believe we will need to prepare things for the travel, like clothes, armor against monsters and so on. Hero Akira, since you have crossed it 2 times at least, could you give me a list of what is needed?”

“... Sure…”

The prince receives a pen and some paper from the knights, then offers them to Akira, who starts thinking and writes everything as it comes to mind.

-----

While Akira was writing and discussing it with Vermillion, Prince Orlando approached his sister.

“I did what I could to help you, but I don’t think I have any better card now. Will you be fine by yourself?”

“... Thank you, brother.”

-----

Akira gives the items back to the Prince, who reviews the list.

“I see, we will have to go back to the palace then to get most of it.”

Vermillion who heard that through the microphone meddles in the discussion.

“I can reach the capital in a short time, I won’t enter the city, but I can at least give you guys a ride if you want? But I know, I would probably look scary...”

“Hmmm… Certainly, but it could also be our way to introduce our new allies. Princess Vermillion, if you don't mind, could you carry my carriage to the entrance of the Castle City? People will certainly be aware, but since you won’t do anything else, once we enter the city, people may be curious, and we will just tell the truth.

Depending on the situation, we can also send a carriage with all of my sisters needs to her journey, and you could pick it up from the same place, or we send them here.”

“I like it, I could also wait there if you don’t mind, I would like to see a human town from up close, but Akira said I would scare the animals and people.”

“I won’t object to it, the result could be more interesting too, so I’m not against. Hero Akira, what about you?”

But Akira seemed to be getting groggy, he hadn’t slept yet due to his worries and the fact that they were taking turns.

“Sister, it seems the Hero needs to sleep, would you take care of him while I deal with Princess Vermillion?”

“A-Ah, wouldn’t Princess Vermillion b-be more appropriate?”

“Hm? I don’t mind, I know you won’t do anything against him. That reminds me, Akira said he wanted to ask Orlando if this world had a … Ralem setting or something.”

“Ralem? I have no idea what… Oh, I see, I will tell you the answer later, then you tell him, he probably won’t remember if I answer him right now. So, should we go? Sister, take care of the Hero for us.”

And so the Prince and Princess Vermillion went to the castle by themselves, Knight Anastacia went together since she would have to make her own luggage, and prepare those of the princess, she didn’t like the idea of having to fly so high to reach the capital though…

And Princess Ulrika and Hero Akira were the only ones that remained in that hill, thanks to some of the artifacts Akira had prepared, they wouldn’t be attacked by beasts, and Vermillion’s luggage still served as a waymark.

The princess slowly patted the small head of the hero that she adjusted in her lap. And she sat there, while waiting, having no haste, on the return of her brother, her knight friend, and the other princess.

Character Summary

# Demon World

## Akira - Hero

19yo, Human (Earth). 1.75m

His cheat ability is to create artifacts, although the cheat owner can reach great heights in power, it requires great knowledge and research, unlike a flashy “cheat”.

His combat abilities are average, he can use some small magic that he learned, but can’t expect much fight with his pacifist psychology, it does get better with some tips from the Demon King, both in firepower and magical knowledge, he may still have problems with the idea of killing a human though.

He started worshipping Lapis as his goddess, but he's now understanding that she is not a goddess of mercy or something like that, but in a way, he still believes in her, as some entity that he still has not discovered how to explain.

In the Kingdom he was either bullied or treated like a child, so he was pissed off most of the time.

## Ignis - Demon King

65yo, Banebdjed Tribe. 36.5m (+1.3m with the horn)

He fights for survival, however, he only told about his real objectives to his daughter recently, and she understood by herself that she can’t speak freely about it.

Although very powerful in a fight, he is actually really poor with politics (He didn’t know that), which caused problems that he would want to get rid of it. He pampers his daughter a lot, although he is able to differentiate between when to pamper her or when to act as the boss.

He has a demonic tail, wings and big goat horns from his forehead, his body build is big and muscular, skin is a fade blue color, the hair is Red colored, medium length and spiky on his back. Has a somewhat mature but evil-intending face.

His personality is that of a serious person, a little hot-headed by his race trait, but who still wishes to be a King. Too bad for him, upon conversing with Akira, he understood his mother’s education was basically the source of his mistakes, and he is now trying to take a more open-minded approach with some tips from Akira.

## Vermillion “Milly” - Demon King’s Daughter

32yo, Titan / Banbdjed Tribe. 152m

Most likely the biggest person in the world, in raw strength she easily wins against her father, however that’s only due to her mass/size, because her magical abilities are bad. Her fighting style is based on raw strength, and although she is not weak, if she fights a small enemy that is hard to hit, that’s a fight she won’t win, although it’s unlikely such enemy would be able to hit her strong enough either.

Her personality personality is often very direct. Towards strangers she prefers to put a bad face to make them go home, to dear friends she is able to be friendly and even act goofy if necessary, to allies she is able to talk normally, although it may just be her trying to look impressive to the observer (She has her own pride as the Daughter of the Demon King). When she is with her parents, she is just their daughter.

But that’s the personality of someone who lived most of good portion of her life as the daughter of the demon king, who got famous for his cruelty. And it doesn’t help that she has the same mother, as such, she also can’t really see his father’s problems, but she is not as hot headed as her father.

After arriving in the Human World however, she has shown a new personality, more calmer, happier, it’s unknown if it’s just the effect of her surroundings, or finally being away from her parents and by herself on a journey, but nonetheless, it’s a more refreshing and friendly side of her.

Her skin are slightly less darker than her mother’s, and looks more like tanned skin, her eyes are vivid red and sharp, with cat-like iris, making up a slightly villainous face. Her hair is fiery red similar to her father’s, while proportionally long and glossy, like her mother’s. Her ears looks a little elongated compared to a human, but not too much. Her proportions are that of a very tall woman, she is slightly muscular, and her legs are proportionally long. Her breasts are inherited most from her mother, although proportionally a little smaller, she is able to produce Coleite-like milk.

## Lapis - (Technically) Demon Queen

256yo, Titan. 62m

The wife of the Demon King, making her the Demon Queen. She is a non-combatant, and basically more like just a house-wife.

She owns a beautiful smile, and a mature and beautiful voice. Her skin is dark and hair is Dark Gray, smooth and glossy (similar to her Milly’s). Eyes are such a whitish sky blue that gives an ethereal feeling to her face.

At first glance, she is just a normal and very amiable house-wife (Who can’t leave her house due to other circumstances). Although she is aware and very responsible of the seriousness of the situation, she is someone who only lives in the present, she may just kill the mood to play with her daughter, which she starts by acting all pampered, sitting on her lap and acting like a little sister, in fact, at these moments, Vermillion has not noticed yet, but she starts treating her mother like an older sister. So their relationship couldn’t be better… Yeah...

She was Ignis adopted mother during his childhood, and that’s when she discovered her nature as a hard-on masochist, after giving birth to her daughter Vermillion, it’s Vermillion who now holds the post of her Master. Due to this, both ended up learning the “Path of the Strong” (Sadist) that can bully the weak (Masochist). Her home is her prison, and she made it herself without noticing.

She is a woman before being a mother.

Initially, Akira believed in her as some sort of goddess simply because she was the first person who gave such a warm reception to him, but now that he knows her real face… He still seems to have a new type of faith in her.

Besides that, she is a completely normal person of the Titan Tribe with no unique characteristics besides her rotten personality.

# Norrstvo Kingdom

## Ulrika Norrstvo - First Princess

18yo, Human (Norrstvo). 2,83m

A prideful dreamy princess, she is thin and tall, the build of a supermodel, a pretty face, with long and straight hair, and her clothes accentuate an adult charm unique to the natives of this Kingdom.

As a princess, her role is mostly to marry into other Kingdoms, so she never had much of a choice in regards to what she would do in her future, so one of her favorite hobbies was reading books and old tales, especially the heroes of the past.

When she heard that there would be a Hero Summoning, in her own Kingdom nonetheless, she was very enthusiastic towards it, and thought that her fate would be similar to those tales she read.

She dislikes Akira passive nature, as he betrays everything that she thought heroes are supposed to do, but now she deeply regrets it, understanding that it was herself who didn’t see his potential.

## Anastacia Johanmeyer - First Princess’ Bodyguard

23yo, Human (Norrstvo). 2,72m

She is one of the Elite Knights in the Norrstvo Kingdom, a powerful Ice Mage (At least for human standards). Due to her proximity with the first princess since she was young, Anastacia is the main face of the Knights in front of Royalty. This responsibility is also reflected when she is called to deal with “children”.

She cares for the Princess who treats her as a friend, and once she heard that Hero Akira had returned, she thought she would be able to do something about the Princess sadness, but she was mistaken, the Hero that she met again was a very different person, and seeing that the Hero considered her as an Enemy she knew that there would be even more implications in the political side, especially against her friend.

As an acrophobic, she can easily lose her concentration in front of her fears, turning into a completely useless knight, of course, since she is usually in the back, such situations don’t usually happen.

As expected of a “pure breed” native, her looks are that of a model, with long flowing hair and beautiful blue eyes, soft skin, big eyes and puffy cheeks. Although she is thin, as a knight, she has been trained physically. In short distances, she can be as fast as a horse, but her stamina is not that high though to keep going though.

She has been tasked in going with the Princess to the Demon World, and her main worry is… Heights...

## Orlando von Stark Norrstvo - First Prince

26yo, Human (Norrstvo). 2,95m

The First Prince, and next in line to the throne. A handsome man, similar to the hero of a shoujo manga, tall, thin, charming and owner of a dreamy smile, but behind the pretty face he is most likely a “bad boy”. “Rawr”

Akira knows that he is a serious person though, and will probably make a great king. He is ambitious, but also a realist, he likes being able to understand things, a very logical man, hence he was easily convinced upon suggested that they should act more independently.

Orlando can be cynical, but there will always be something ulterior motive to do that.

He is a good observer, but it’s not like he can see everything, and cares for his family, he felt really bad for not being able to help his sister more during her time with the Hero and after he fled.

# Demon Tribe Glossary

## Titan

They have dark skin, hair colors are usually different tones of gray towards white, and the eyes have whitish colors such as blue and green, both always with an ethereal effect. The average height is around 65m for males and 59m for females. All females have large breasts.

Their bodies are strong, but their magic abilities are almost null, nonetheless, they are a persevering tribe in regards to work.

It’s one of the oldest tribes, and a little too traditionalist though, they are well respected even during regional wars where they always claim neutrality and help both sides. Although they are just a normal tribe, for everyone else they are regarded in an almost divine level, but because everyone is welcomed to visit their territory, it’s possible to keep in mind that they are just a tribe of very pacific people and nothing else. It’s known that if a tribe were to attack the Titans, they would incur the ire of every other tribe but the Titans themselves.

They are a long lived race that lives for about 800 years, however procreation is also just as hard, and due to the large physical differences with the other tribes, all Titans are considered “pure”, and there has never been a case of a mixed Titan in the past, but it’s not like they would be against it, it’s just physically difficult.

Human Society doesn’t know about them, simply because the location of their tribe is the farthest from human lands.

## Banebdjed

They are like western devils with goat-like (male)/ram-like (female) horns, wings and a devil-like tail. Their skin is of a very light blue color, however although similar to humans in appearance, their are one of the tallest tribes. Both sexes have an average height of 11m, but while the male builds are usually physically stronger with some magical aid, females are physically weaker, and better adapted only to magic, thus leading them to specialize on it where the men aims for physical most of the time..

They are a combat focused tribe, with great physical power just inferior to the Titans, but also with specialized magical aptitude for Dark and Fire Arts, sometimes with some unique specialties. They are not necessarily evil, but they are aggressive, and historically have been part of the main defense and attack attacks against the humans.

They are also an ancient race, and one that could be the most well known by humans, if not for human organizations having persistently destroyed old archives. Their life span however is slightly over 200 years

Ignis however is an abnormal case, for some reason he is over 3 times the size of his tribe, and his magic was also considered advanced by the magic specialists of his tribe.

# Humans

Humans are… Normal. Most of the time. But this is a fantasy world, so different locations may have given birth to different humans that adapted themselves into different environments.

## Norrstvo

The humans near the Ice Lands of Norrstvo didn’t rely much on technology and more on brute strength over the years, they adapted into great farmers and warriors, however, for some reason, they are all blonde, blue eyed, and very tall compared to other humans. They are considered annoying by other humans, but the Kingdom themselves is oblivious to that.

The average male heights about 2.7m, of course, the extremes can go both up and down, but also to the sides. The warriors seeking strength can be very bulky, like a mass of muscles (And very proud of it), but otherwise, they can be thin like male models. Even if they are annoying, many women fall for them.

The average female reach about 2.4m, but not much to the sides, they usually have a model-like silhouette: Long legs, tall and thin, breast wise they are in the lower end, but would make Earth models jealous with their style. The ones following the warrior’s path may get some more muscles, but it’s really hard for them to reach even half of the muscle heads males, as if to say their bodies are unsuited for that level of training.

Location Summary

# Demon World

During the day the sky is green, during the night is dark red, monsters roam around, and settlements of Demons can be found in many places.

And in the center you can see a hill, towering over 500m in height, and the Demon King’s castle with a slightly hard access can be seen from every relevant place in the demon world.

It’s a somewhat obscure place, for humans, the colors may be weird. Demons of a certain variety live together as tribes, there are monsters in many places, but there is a society.

# Ice Lands - The World Border

In between the Human World and the Demon World there is a large ice area, and the more to the center one is, the colder it will be. The Demon World is on one side and the Human World is on the other side, however, the Human World has multiple Kingdoms and Empires, hence, there are more than one Kingdom bordering the Ice Lands.

The Origin of the Ice Lands is a mystery, same for why the colors of the sky are different between the 2 sides.

# Kingdom of Norrstvo

One of the Kingdoms bordering the Ice Lands

Most of the Human Kingdoms possess a temple with a summoning circle, however, the circles can’t be activated by humans, only by the Goddess. Akira was summoned to this place.

The native habitants of this Kingdom have a unique physiognomy compared to humans from other regions.

When Akira was summoned, he thought he was in Europe, with some mix between Germany, Sweden and Russia, also due to Akira being normal size, he is usually treated like a child by the normal people there. There are people from other varieties who moved there for whatever reason, but there are not many, this is due to the fact that most humans think of this trait of them of treating normal sized adults as children as being really annoying.

Akira woke up, and the first thing he saw was Princess Ulrika and the blue sky behind her face. His mind was hazy, so it was difficult to process, but then he lifted himself and looked around. The princess graciously helped him.

“Where is everyone?”

“It has been some time already, but they went to the castle. I believe they may take some time since there should be a lot to prepare. Princess Vermillion seemed to have gone too, and said she would stay around to check the city, my brother allowed it.”

“... I hope there won’t be any problems.”

And there was a minute of silence. Akira looked at Ulrika, she was sitting on the ground while he slept on her lap. While she was still like that, they still could talk almost face to face.

“Princess… I don’t-”

“You don’t need to say anything, the fault is clearly mine. If I can still be useful to you, I will be more than glad.”

He remembered what Prince Orlando told him, her job was to attach him to the Kingdom, she was to marry him for that purpose initially, but it seems she didn’t like it, or she didn’t like him at first, but now it felt like that was wrong.

“May I ask the reason why I was treated like that?”

As deeply as she regretted, she told him everything, making it clear that she has no intention of trying to the initial job, but if she may be of help, she will gladly help as much as she can. Akira accepted her apologies, but didn’t know what to say anymore.

“Would you tell me about your journey? I would like to hear the tales of Hero Akira.”

They patched up.

----

A little over an hour later, Vermillion could be seen coming from the sky, she seemed to be holding 2 boxes? As she approaches, they notice that they are actually carriages, just without horses. She lands in the empty field, and carefully places the carriages on the ground.

One of the carriage doors opens, and Anastacia could be seen, now in common clothes instead of her armor, she seemed sick, with an almost dead expression. Princess Ulrika hurries to help her.

“Sorry for the wait.”

A smiling Vermillion was looking at Akira.

[So, I hear you went to a human city.]

“Yes, it was quite fun, at first everyone was prepared to attack, but once they saw Orlando, everyone calmed down. He told them I was an ally, and allowed me to stay nearby, so I didn’t enter, but I got to see a lot… I did cause some damage, when I lied down to see everyone that went out to see me, I noticed I flattened some parts… There were even 2 small holes from my tits… I need to be careful, for some reason, I feel like everything is weaker here...”

[I’m sure that it’s just you that is to strong. So, what’s the plan?]

“I got everything here that belongs to Ulrika and Anastacia, I would like to eat before though, I’m hungry. Does anyone know of any Dragon around here? I haven’t seen any. It would be nice to have some extra food for safety...”

The two locals hear that and start to think, it has been long since they heard about a Dragon.

[I don’t think there is any around here, maybe in the nearby Kingdom, but that would be too far, and dangerous.]

[I also never heard about a Dragon here…]

Both didn’t have a proper answer.

“Then I will have to hunt once we go back, no problem.”

And so Vermillion started to prepare some food for herself, while Anastacia shared some food in between the human trio.

The trio finished first, so Anastacia explained more details of what they are to do. Ulrika is to analyze the situation of the Demon World and its order, and confirm if it’s a valuable ally, observe the local values, like things that can be exchanged, and lastly, learn from the policies. But it seems that Vermillion already warned that the last one shouldn’t go well, it seems that Prince Orlando decided to wait for the report.

“Princess, he also wished you to do your best.”

“I understand.”

“I’m glad to see Ulrika so happy, it has been quite some time.”

Anastacia started to tease her friend, and Ulrika reacted back, they were surely good friends, there was just one problem… Anastacia went to sit by side, to show both her documents written by the Prince, so he was in the middle, and it seemed they were ignoring him.

Akira is still a dwarf compared to everyone…

“Ah, Akira, Orlando answer me about your question.]

[Question? What question]

Vermillion crouched down and picked Akira from between the two, startling both. Akira was already used to it from the time in the Demon King’s Castle.

~The one about the ‘Ralem Setting’~

“Ralem what?”

~He said ‘Commoners rarely do it, and only a King can choose if he wants one or not. But Akira is no King, as a Hero, everyone will want his child, he has no choice, he will have one.’, then he wished good luck for me and my future child.~

“... I see…”

And as Vermillion was placing Akira back on the ground.

“Does that means that I will have Akira’s child?”

Ulrika, who was coincidentally drinking some water at the time, spilled all of it.

[T-That was fast… You want it?]

“... I don’t know... How Mama would react…”

[Certainly, it’s dangerous with her.]

”Right…”

The two human women were wondering who was this Demon Queen...

----

Akira had shared direct communication devices with Ulrika and Anastacia, so there would be no need for the global microphone now. Vermillion finished her dinner, and told everyone she was ready to go. Anastacia, who is the most afraid of going due to her fear of heights, wanted to postpone it.

[Princess Vermillion, it’s getting dark, shouldn’t we postpone this to tomorrow?]

“Hm? I can see in the dark, so it’s not a problem.”

[I-I see.]

Anastacia gave up, the Princess seemed to have remembered the glowing eyes, it shook her a little, but she accepted it soon after.

“Milly, you already spent some time waiting, it would be better for us to not sleep in the Ice Lands, don’t you think you should sleep now and we go full on tomorrow?”

“Hm? I don’t think I need, I feel better than ever.”

[... If you say so.]

Akira was worried, Vermillion says she is better than ever, but that doesn’t make sense.

[You said something like feeling lighter before here, right? That you could fly higher. Wouldn’t that mean that once we cross over, you will be heavier again.]

“That wasn’t really the feeling… But I don’t think it will be a problem. It’s good.”

[I understand, I will trust you on this. At least the luggage is a little lighter than when we departed...]

Vermillion took her thick colds for the cold, and stored her armor, since there was no more risk of attack. Got the backpack that has less food now, and the sack with her equipment. The Human trio also prepared themselves for the cold.

Vermillion asked Akira to prepare the saddle-like thing on her horn, she still wanted his company. The other 2 thought they would stay in the carriages, but due to the possible shaking, it would be better not. Akira said he could try to manage two people in the saddle but, when he looked at Anastacia, wondering if the 2 would want the place, the Knight hastily told them to please go together.

She ask for a place that wouldn’t shake over too much and could still be somewhat secure, possibly without being able to view the horizon. Vermillion looked all around her body… There was no such place, maybe on the neck, but… After packing everything up, she moved a little to check, and she found a place.

Due to the backpack being used on the front, her breasts are firm, so she can ride there, and it will stay closed since she needs to protect herself against the cold, but it’s dangerous, she will have to call for help if something happens. Anastacia considered the idea, although regretful, she couldn’t think of any other place and complied.

----

“Is she alright down there?”

On Vermillion’s horn, Akira was in the front, and Ulrika was holding at him, but her much bigger body forced her to lean too much towards him. Because the communication devices were one way towards Vermillion, they had no communication to Anastacia besides Vermillion herself, who could talk normally, and hear her.

“Ana, is everything ok?”

[I’m fine, it’s too hot though.]

“She said it’s too hot.”

There was a regrettable tone in her voice, but their currently position makes it impossible for her to get any better vision on them, after all, if she moves her head, they move too, she still sometimes made mistakes and moved her head, and Ulrika would hold even stronger at those times.

----

Vermillion continued running at a normal pace, when Akira noticed that the sky was already changed colors, meaning she crossed the border, she slowed her pace.

“... For some reason, like you said, it feels… a little harder now.”

“Think you can still go?”

“... Yeah, I think I can recover, but I’m a little dizzy”

Ulrika’s grip had gotten lighter.

“Hey, Princess, are you ok.”

“... Huh, I’m sorry, for some reason, my body feels heavy…”

“Hold on tight. Milly, call Anastacia, ask how she is.”

“Ana, are you ok?”

[I’m… Fine…]

“She doesn’t seem fine.”

Akira wondered, he didn’t really feel anything, but the other 3 did.

“That’s strange, I feel nothing wrong.”

“It’s probably… The Hero’s blessing… Heroes could fight in any place… Maybe the Demon World has something... ”

Ulrika shared some of her knowledge on the matter, but her guess didn’t make sense, Vermillion was completely fine before leaving, hopefully there will be no big problems on the way, and he will report this to the Demon King, maybe he knows something.

He considered returning, however that would be a problem for Vermillion who can’t hunt in human lands, besides, while they are weak now, he read there were humans accompanying the heroes in the past, so it shouldn’t be deadly nor anything.

Vermillion stops, and she moves to get Anastacia, thanks to her lowering her head to do it, Akira was in plain view of the ground beyond the 2 peaks, he had to hold Ulrika who was feeling bad on his back with all his strength.

“Just to remember, be careful with us here. But it’s already done, focus on searching now.”

Vermillion panicked a bit, in a few seconds, Vermillion was able to pick Anastacia, and found out she was completely nude and sweaty, and almost unconscious. Akira noticed that, and while his mind unconsciously tried to capture all the details, he was still able to warn Vermillion that she may get cold if she stays like that in the open.

With Vermillion herself feeling cold from having to open her clothes, she was worried that if she just returned the bodyguard back inside, she would just get injured like this, and she wouldn’t be able to move due to the worry. Looking around to where she could place her, she panicked and ended up placing her inside her mouth.

“Heh!?”

Akira was the only one well enough to retort, but Vermillion was in complete panic mode, there was no other place, but now she can’t speak, as much as Akira wants answers, she needs to be careful, and just starts running again, the earlier they leave the Ice Lands the better, even if she isn’t feeling 100% herself, she will make sure of it.

Akira kept asking her what she was doing, but due to not being answered, he was also confused, and the situation needed to be confirmed fast, but after he thinking a little more in this rush.

“Milly, Thumbs Up for yes, Thumbs Down for no, let me see your hands when you answer.”

Vermillion hadn’t thought about that, she doesn’t know the meaning of the Thumbs, but she found interesting.

“Did you eat the Knight?” *Thumbs Down*

“Good, Ulrika is not feeling very well, so please be careful with your head. There is another person inside you mouth now, so double that.” *Thumbs Up*

“Do you have a plan?” *... The hand expressed doubt.*

“I see, so you are not sure, I’m guessing you want to leave the Ice Lands as fast as possible.” *Thumbs Up*

“Ok, I don’t have any better idea either, I will take care of the Princess here, will call you if you I need anything.” *Thumbs Up*

Having found a method of communication in this chaos. Akira felt calmer, he held Ulrika’s grip on him, and checked on her.

“How are you feeling?”

“... I feel weak… No pain… Just weak…”

“Can you hold on until we leave? It may take a few more hours. But don’t say you can if you feel you can’t, don’t lie.”

“... I don’t know…”

“Let’s make it temporary, you warn me if you need to stop.”

“... Thank you…”

A few hours passed, Vermillion was getting tired, due to her panic, and the erratic way she was breathing, she spent too much energy, but was almost reaching the end of the Ice Lands, she was pretty desperate herself, but it motivated her to go faster. The snow was thinning, and her clothes were making her sweat quite a lot..

Upon reaching that border, she stopped, laid down slowly, placed the luggage next to herself, and moved her hand right below the horn where Akira and Ulrika were, Akira asked if she wanted him to move, and she confirmed.

He first tried to move Ulrika slowly down there, she was somewhat heavy on his back, so he had to use a lot of strength to move her slowly down, once she was done, he moved there himself and tried to straighten her posture on the giant hand.

The hand then moved to the front of her mouth, then the mouth was opened, and the tongue was shown revealing the nude unconscious knight, Akira carried it out of the tongue bed, and while a little nervous over the large nude woman completely covered in saliva, the first thing he did was confirm her breath, he was worried that she may have drowned, but it seems that Vermillion did take care of that. He checked her heart, and it was beating, he wasn’t sure if it was slow or normal, but it was beating.

Still, she was nude and covered in saliva, and they are still in a relatively cold part. It seems that with the other hand Vermillion was checking in between her chest for the lost clothes, but it was impossible for her to get them.

“Milly, the carriages should have a towel and clothes. Get me there.”

Vermillion hastily opened the sack, and with the carriages a little battered, she placed him next to them. She started holding the sack to guarantee that nothing would fall or move. She was also preoccupied, but she knew there wasn’t much she could do.

The giant carriage… Had a pretty tall door, but he was able to open it with some stretching, and on the inside… It was filled with many dresses and clothes scattered all around most likely due to the shaking, but he was looking for a towel or a blanket, or anything that could be used like that. While he was searching, he heard the sound of breath, it seems the Vermillion was trying to use her own hot air to help.

As he was throwing clothes all outside, he finally found something long that looked relatively warm, and brought back outside, rapidly covering the nude knight.

“Are they ok now?”

Vermillion wondered, but the blanket soon got wet, it will be cold now.

“I have another plan, you should eat. Please take your time. I will take care of the ones here. If you want to hunt, I won’t stop you.”

“... Ok, you think if I make some fire here it could help?”

“That’s a good idea, please do.”

Vermillion calmly stood up, then moved around to get some trees and make a bonfire, where she would then roast some meat for herself.

Meanwhile, Akira decided to execute Plan B… When people are cold and wet, it’s said the best way to warm each other is to embrace in their nude bodies… Although she is still wet... Akira considered keeping his own warm clothes, but of course, although they are warm inside, they are cold outside… He opened the jacked parts and lied down over the large body of the knight, still keeping the jacket to cover both. Of course, he couldn’t cover her whole body.

(This is going to raise a flag… And now I also have saliva on me...)

Soon after Anastacia hands embraced him as if instinctively searching for warmth, but she was still unconscious.

A few minutes after.

“Akira, I made a bonfire, can I get you?”

[Please do]

Vermillion arrived and saw the embraced couple, with the princess right beside them.

“You told me that Mama is an exception, but you are acting like her now, you know…”

[Please, don’t say that…]

Akira released himself from the weakened arms, and helped Vermillion to pick Anastacia first, she then moved both to near the bonfire she had started. There were many trees there, he wondered if this amount wouldn’t be a problem later on. But it was hot, blazing hot, Akira had to ask to request Vermillion to leave them a little farther than she wanted. After appropriately setting Anastacia to sleep there, they went to get Ulrika.

And so Vermillion started grilling some Dragon Meat for herself, while Akira got some of the food they had come with. The two had woken up, but still feeling weak, so Akira had to help both to eat. For drinks, while he thought water would be good, he thought (Maybe milk would be better in these situations?), and asked for Vermillion for the container, it should be cold, but they are near some strong flames here, it shouldn’t take long to warm it up.

Finally, after eating and drinking (Anastacia requested more quite a number of times), they were asked to rest.

[Do you have any idea of what could have happened to them?]

“... I think, maybe it could be that... It’s what Papa told me, so I’m not sure if I can tell you now, but if that’s really the case, I don’t think they are in danger.”

[I see, and you can’t tell me the details?]

“I’m not sure if I got it right anyway, our best bet is to ask Papa for what he knows. I’m sorry, but it’s important.”

Her face showed that she disliked having to do it, but it seems she recognize it as necessary.

Meanwhile, the two who were resting were now awake, but still feeling weak.

“I’m sorry for being so useless at a moment like this…”

“It’s certainly vexing, as a knight, to go through this…”

The two tried to stand up, but they could only do it slowly, and Akira had to go there to help them. Anastacia was in the best condition of the two, maybe due to her being more trained.

[Milly, how are you feeling?]

“I’m already back to normal, I think I just panicked a little back there, sorry.”

[That’s good, at least it’s one less worry. We need to find a better way to carry them, any ideas?]

Milly looks at herself, touching herself on the legs, arms, torso, breasts, shoulders, face, then breasts again, looked down at the trio.

“Would these work?”

[... I don’t have any better ideas right now either… I guess we will have to go with it.]

------

And so, using the backpack in the front, but now to firm her breasts, she takes out some of her layers of clothes to reveal some of her cleavage. While holding them on her hand, she wore the pack, then placed them where she reserved, then slowly lowered herself to take the bag, and started walking normally, taking care not to shake too much.

This time, on a slower pace, they were expecting the two to maybe get a little better in the short time, so that Vermillion could up her speed again. Still, it wasn’t showing much progress. Anastacia was looking better, good thing the front pack in front of her blocked most of her view, or she may have ended up down again.

“I never saw the castle from so far away, it looks so small from here...”

At least now Vermillion didn’t need a guide, since to go back she just needed to direct herself towards the castle. She tried some tricks to hasten her pace a little, but it was still slow compared to when she departed.

While taking care of the girls, Akira started thinking.

“I wonder if all humans suffer like this if they are not a Hero, but were the heroes of the past always attacking alone?”

“... They didn’t… At least, not in the stories… They say the heroes were always accompanied by their partners…”

“I’m guessing something like Party Members? Well, it would make sense in games, but there is no Party setting… There isn’t right?”

Ulrika and Anastacia were trying to help, but at that moment, both showed confused faces to him.

“I guess not, or maybe a hero has some sort of extra menu. Menu! Open! Status! Status Up! Create Party!”

“I’m sorry, I could be of more help if I knew anything besides those stories…”

“I’m sorry if it looks like I’m blaming you, I wonder if there would be any records from so long ago… Maybe if there was one tip…”

But instead of the Princess, it was Anastacia who responded.

“... It’s a dream of every female Knight to join the Hero’s Party.”

“... Why just the females?”

“Because the stories always depict the Hero surrounded by women who work together with him in the legends.”

“... Only women?”

“”Yes.””

Both answered as a matter of fact. Akira looked at Ulrika who just looked back as a matter of fact.

“Isn’t that a relevant information?”

“... It’s common knowledge… Sorry, now that you mention it... Maybe it is?”

To Ulrika’s doubtful face

“... I think I have an idea now…”

Of course, as expected from a situation like this, certainly, the Hero’s party, composed of only powerful females, is based on his harem…

(But aren’t the usual protagonists in these stories usually the virgin and nerd ones? Could it be that she went for the wild direct ones? Did that goddess change her preferences when selecting me? That was unnecessary...)

“That’s incredible, there is nothing on the stories about it, and Hero Akira already understood how to share his blessing. As expected of a Hero that will be forever recorded in the history of the world for stopping the war, hopefully, forever.”

The smile of Princess Ulrika stabbed Akira’s heart, please stop adding so much, but now he has a guess on what to do to help them. It wouldn’t be his first time, before he was summoned, he had a girlfriend he met at his part-time job, but now, he can’t go back. At first he was worried about everyone he left behind, but that was months ago.

He wondered if he should tell the Princess, although… There is a knight with the same symptoms, and she dreamed of being part of the Hero’s party… Yeah, she would want it too. In his original world, you set the mood, you and the other person most likely already know each other, and after the deal, both parties can do whatever they want, there are no bonus points, no divine blessing or whatever.

But in this world, sex with him means to share a blessing, and the partner gets stronger… And in their current situation, it would be really helpful… What to choose… He gave up.

“I’m not completely sure, but the most likely case it to have sex with me to share this “blessing”, and you get stronger.”

Both heard that, and while Anastacia had a surprised face, Ulrika’s face suddenly got redder. But Akira continued his reasoning.

“I guess all the heroes did that in the past, so that’s the only way I can imagine it happening, you could say “It’s the trope”, and the reason why all of them were women.”

Anastacia was the first to respond.

“That is quite an information, so that was the secret of their strength? But that would mean…”

Ulrika on the other side.

“... B-But we are not anymo-... I guess we were never engaged… I’m sorry...”

“I think I know what you are thinking, but what can I say, in my world that’s something considered common with some people, it’s natural, there is no need for shame.”

“... A-As a Pri-Princess, I-I h-have my r-responsibilities to follow through.”

“I-I see, I guess royalty have it hard too…”

Ulrika would avert her eyes, but sometimes give some glances back… It was a little sly, but easily readable. Anastacia noticed that and kneel in front of Akira.

“It may be improper for me, as a mere Knight to say this, but Hero Akira, would you accept marrying Princess Ulrika... For the sake of the treaty?”

The last part was said almost as if giving an excuse… Akira thought about it, although he doesn’t have anything against the princess anymore… That’s still a life-long decision… However he also knows that the Hero has his perks, he won’t be able to escape it forever, but at the same time, it’s not necessarily true that he will be forced into a kingship position, besides, it seems the princess was left on bad terms since he fled the Kingdom… And she did seem to be looking forward to it.

“... I guess I won’t be able to escape after all. Sure... I guess.”

Ulrika looked surprised at the answer and started to tear up, while Anastacia had a satisfied smile.

“Thank you Hero Akira, it’s an honor to work with you from now on, I shall do my best to help you with all my power.”

Akira just noticed this, but it seems his answer included the Knight too… Too late now.

“It’s the greatest honor to be accepted by Hero Akira, pardon me for my tears, but I can’t find other ways to express what I feel.”

Ulrika stood up by Anastacia’s side, while tearing up. Akira just opened his arms, and she latched onto him, although the height difference made him almost fall back.

“So Akira is going to marry the Princess after all?”

The voice from above seemed to want to congratulate them, but needed to confirm first. Akira noticed that he was wearing his communicator, the other two noticed their too.

[Seems so.]

“If it will really help them to get better, do you want to do it now? It would be helpful if I can speed up more.”

[You are certainly direct… But I guess you learned that from your mother, huh.]

“Not sure why you say that now, but yeah, mama taught me many things, I do understand now that many of them are not normal though. But you guys can do it if you want? I can still keep going for a few more hours at this slow pace.”

[R-Right here?]

“Yeah, any problems?”

To Vermillion’s oblivious reply, Akira suddenly wondered why those 2 weren’t saying anything, but all he saw was Anastacia helping Ulrika to dress off, the princess also looked startled, but could only help, the two decided to take their opportunity.

“We shouldn’t waste time, don’t you agree, Hero Akira?”

[Thank you... Princess Vermillion.]

“Ahh, please, stop with the Princess, just call me Milly like everyone else. And isn’t it bothersome to call Akira as Hero Akira all the time? Why don’t you just drop the Hero part? It’s not like we need to be reminded, right?”

To the obvious comments of the giant head above, the two seemed a little shy about it.

[Thank you… Milly]

“That’s good.”

Vermillion was satisfied, still, it didn’t change the previous situation. Their floor is composed of lots of compressed meat thanks to the front pack that Vermillion is carrying, and that meat is also warm. A completely nude princess is pushed towards the Hero, she is still weak so she almost falls completely, she sits in front of Akira, her face for the first time slightly below Akira’s. Behind her, Anastacia is hastily taking her own clothes off.

Without saying anything, Akira touched and kissed Ulrika, her large tongue invading his mouth, she held his face towards herself, then pulled him while also laying down in the soft and warm flesh. It would certainly be an experience to explore this large body that looks like a supermodel.

Suddenly he found the soft floor shaking a little, and he noticed a nude Anastacia kneeling right beside them.

“Count on me for anything that you require.”

And so the Hero got to do both his new fiancee and her bodyguard while on top of the boobs of another woman. He wasn’t proud of that.

When they woke up, Anastacia and Ulrika were completely better, as if their previous state was a lie. Confirming everyone was feeling fine, Vermillion said she would speed up with some short flights, and Anastacia and sick again.

Vermillion decided to speed up as much as she could, the travel took 3 days before, but now with less luggage, Vermillion would sometimes try flying for a short range, and 2 days later, in the morning, the castle looked quite big already, and someone was there running towards them.

Akira had used the relay point he had left behind to call the Demon parents that they arrived, so Lapis went out immediately, and started running before anything had a chance of stopping her. There was still some distance, and Vermillion in the air could only look at her mother coming from far away.

The humans riding Vermillion, who are now all in the same place, sitting on her breasts and holding onto her shirt, can also see the running giant.

“So… That’s Mama, her name is Lapis, and she is very attached to me.”

“In a very exaggerated way.”

Vermillion and Akira were wondering how they would introduce her mother to the 2 guests, both thinking in very different ways. Vermillion landed, and slowly placed the luggage down. The woman running with open arms like crazy was hastily approaching, they saw any obstacles in her path being casually punished, and soon, they could hear the voice:

“Milly! Milly! Milly!”

The face was beautiful and seemed like an emotional reunion, Akira looked at the 2 guests on his side looking at her curiously, but positively, as if this is just a happy mother happy to see her child after so long.

And then she arrived and was now out of sight from where they were, and 2 seconds later, the body shakes slightly.

“Milly! Milly! Milly!”

The voice was so lovable, Akira took at the 2 at his side, he wondered what they were thinking at this time, maybe she was hugging her daughter? He couldn’t deny in his mind, she was probably licking every skin spot possible or something pervert.

Suddenly Vermillion crouched a little without inclining her upper body too much, and took her mother just like a child. The huge head, with the ethereal sky blue eyes, looking only at her daughter with passionate eyes, a dazing smile that was looking someone mesmerizing, one who knows only the context would think that it’s a mother who is so happy from meeting her daughter again, those who knows the involved people like him would add that she probably wet down there.

Although she was finally lifted, their faces were still quite separate from each other, both mother and daughter have huge breasts after all. And then there was a small shake, it seemed that Lapis wanted to play with her daughter’s breasts, but when she looks at them directly, she sees the 3 humans observing her. Normal people would think that after seeing her daughter after a long time, she now had time to look at other people, but Akira knew, she certainly wanted to play with her daughter’s breasts, but reception is still ongoing… And with that smile on her face.

“Oh little Akira, I can see you have come with more cute small friends. My name is Lapis, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Please continue being good friends with my daughter.”

(Maybe I’m having a little too much prejudice against her instincts...)

Towards that motherly presentation, the girls were still mesmerized. Akira felt like he needed to snap them out.

“Coff...”

And the two woke up from their trance.

“I-I’m Ulrika Norrstvo, First Princess of the Norrstvo Kingdom, I came here as an envoy for our Kingdom for the sake of our peace treaty with the Demon World, this is my bodyguard Anastacia. It’s a great pleasure to meet you, Demon Queen.”

Ulrika introduced herself like a true princess, Lapis looked at the two of them with a more tender smile.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, little Ulrika and little Anastacia. You look very beautiful you know, but… Akira, I thought you were an adult, but were you a child all along?”

The confused pretty face looked and Akira dwarfed by the two tall beauties.

“Mama, that’s not the case, it seems that the humans also have different tribes, it’s like us. They are also his wives, so be respectful.”

“W-Wait, what!?”

(I did accept fianceé, but isn’t wife a little too fast?)

Looking at Ulrika, her face was red, but she also seemed flustered, I guess we have the same thoughts.

“A-Although I feel very honored, i-it’s was just a proposal, w-we are still not married.”

“Is there anything else needed besides making love?”

The one who asked that was none other than Lapis, AKA Mrs Pervert. Her face expressed profound doubt about the need for anything else. Maybe the demons don’t have the concept of marriage ceremony… That’s not abnormal at least. Ulrika seemed nervous to reply back, the smiling mother looked at her tenderly.

“But if you are important people for Akira, you can also think of me as a mother, little Akira doesn’t have any family in this world, so he may feel a little alone, please take care of him.”

Her hands slowly move towards them and slowly picks them up. Because Lapis is smaller than her daughter, and the girls are bigger than Akira, it would be harder to hurt them, she slowly approached both of them to her face and kissed both in the face. Then while still holding the mesmerized two, she smiles at them.

“I two are very cute, I hope you can teach little Akira more about his own cuteness, so he can be motivated to share it with me someday.”

The tender smile was suddenly moved to Akira, but for some reason, it felt like the eyes changed slightly, like someone expecting great things from him, a very important “something”, that was an ambitious face. He remembered, she had indeed made an absurd requested to him, to make some artifact that would either shrink her, or make her daughter grow.

Lapis returned the two girls back to Akira’s side, their faces were red.

“But Milly must be tired, I have kept your room prepared for your return at any time, you can go to sleep, I will also prepare the food, and will take it to you in your room, how about it?”

“Thanks Mama, I really appreciate that.”

“Then can I ride Milly too? I’m sorry that you are tired, but I feel like I can’t leave Milly until I recharge my energies now. I’m a little tired from running just now.”

“Sure Mama, Can you get on my back though?”

Vermillion crouched again, releasing her mother who rapidly ran to her back.

“You won’t fly anymore?”

“I can go the rest of the way on foot.”

And so Lapis climbs over the large back of her daughter, the wings are folded, she embraces her neck from behind and tries to move a little to the side over the shoulder. Meanwhile, her legs, instead of trying to hold themselves, one of them is partially doing that, to stabilize Lapis position, but the other leg is free, playing with the tail.

The tail inherited from the Banebdjed tribe acts similar to that of a normal animal, it can move by instinct, and the movements possible are somewhat simplistic, however, the base of the tail is also an erogenous zone for them.

Meanwhile, the human girls are still surprised with the first meeting, they are facing the front, but Ulrika started.

“I can understand now why Milly is so composed, I never expected the Demon Queen to be such a nice person. I feel ashamed of having thought of Demons as monsters...”

“Princess, it just comes to show how important Hero Akira’s efforts were to achieve peace rather than fight. To think the Goddess would call for such an appropriate hero.”

“You are right Anastacia, I feel even more regret over what I did now… A-Akira, please forgive me for not trusting you.”

Ulrika suddenly started to cry. She certainly punishes herself a lot. Akira seeing that, holds her hand.

“People make mistakes, and sometimes they just don’t know better. It’s important to learn and take it to the future. Keep it in mind and that’s all you need. Besides… You shouldn’t believe everything you see...”

Looking on their backs, over Vermillion’s shoulder, one can see Lapis face looking at her daughter from that side with a smile, but Akira felt like he could see almost invisible details of an actual mischievous face, one that is just watching for her daughter’s reactions, indeed, the ground (body) seems to be getting a little warmer.

----

The castle is finally here, but because Vermillion has to crouch to properly enter, she asks her mother to take care of the guests. Lapis falls down from Vermillion, and extends her hand for the humans to climb, and goes inside the castle first.

“Are the three of you tired? You can rest on Akira’s room, and I will start lunch a little earlier, so I will call you when it’s done.”

[Ms Lapis, is Ignis here?]

“He is out right now, he left to deal with some of the helpers in the castle, he is working on the peace act, so he has to negotiate again with those that he let go again…”

[He went to negotiate? … I hope nothing bad is happening…]

Akira remembered that Ignis didn’t learn much about politics in his life, and although they shared some opinions in his previous stay, it’s not like he would suddenly be much better.

“But he will return tonight, he always does, so don’t worry. But it’s good to see that everything worked out for everyone. Oh, here is Akira’s room, I believe everyone won’t mind staying in the same place, right? Or maybe the bed's not big enough? I haven’t really seen the size, so if it’s not enough please call me and I will see a new one, or maybe we can change to a bigger room, we have multiple sizes. Ara, I’m sorry for not being prepared enough.”

[Ms Lapis… Thank you for your consideration, but right now-]

“And for the two of you, if I can be of help, please don’t mind requesting it from me.”

The two looked at her and nodded without saying anything. The charismatic Queen seemed to have won them over. She arrived in front of Akira’s room, and let them go down.

“I will call you when the lunch is done, please, take care and do your best.”

Lapis tried to hide her smile, but the rest of her face made it easy to guess what’s behind, Akira could see it clearly, but the other 2 were still fascinated. Since the communicators were still working, at least there would be no problem in

[Thank you for your hospitality, Queen Lapis, it’s an honor to be your acquaintance.]

“Fufufu, no need for Queen, just call me Lapis… Sorry, what’s your name again? I wasn’t paying much attention because I had finally met Milly again. I’m sorry...”

“No, please, no need to apologize, I can understand. My name is Ulrika. And-”

“Ok then, little Rika, and your friend has spoken very little, what’s your name? Sorry that I have forgotten.”

Anastacia who took advantage of her bodyguard position to avoid embarrassing herself was caught by surprise.

“M-My name is Anastacia Johanmeyer, I’m just Princess Ulrika’s bodyguard, Your Majesty doesn’t need to mind me.”

“That’s no good little Ana, let’s be good friends. Oh, Milly probably has your belongings, I will separate them and deliver them here soon, ok? Meanwhile, please, feel free to rest inside, anything you need, you can ask me through this.”

She points to her right ear, meaning the communication device that everyone has.

And so she stands up then walks down the huge corridor in the direction of her daughter.

The trio waits for her to leave, and so Akira opens the door to the room he stayed previously, sometimes he would be called by Vermillion, but this is the place where he left some of his belongings. The door is pretty tall, if you are a normal sized human, it’s tall, although this is one of the smallest rooms, maybe it was made to support some slightly taller demons, however, the two women will still need to crouch a little to pass through.

And inside, there is a somewhat spacious room for a normal person, but not too big to the point of being spacious as a normal house. There is a slightly big bed, a slightly big desk, a somewhat big chair. They are slightly big for Akira, but they are small for the 2.

As they look around, Akira was able to notice that… They are quite tall. Before there were a bunch of knights and oversized chairs and so on, so he was the small guy. Then there was Vermillion, but anything compared to her is small, but now you have almost normal-sized furniture, and they really look out of place now.

After seemingly having fully checked the surroundings, Ulrika moves towards Akira.

“The Demon Queen… Lapis is quite amazing, right?”

“Princess, I must agree… She is certainly very charismatic.”

Akira could only look at both of them and wonder what would be their reactions once they find the truth, but he wants to see that, so he will just wait, he is grinning.

“There were some weird things mentioned before but… What were them again?”

“Now that you mention it, they mentioned something, I think it was disturbing, but I forgot, I can’t remember after seeing the person in question…”

“That’s the same for me Anastacia, but I can see why Milly is such a nice person now. I have nothing against mom, but the Demon Queen is something else, maybe I can learn something from her.”

“I think nothing can go wrong with that.”

Akira was laughing internally, it was getting hard to suppress.

“Hahahahaha, oh please, I wanna see that… Wait, that’s not good for me! Please don’t do that!”

Akira noticed that if they learned anything, the victim would be none other than himself.

“Akira, are you feeling well? Do you need to rest?”

Ulrika approaches Akira and suddenly picks him up, holding him like a child.

“W-wait, what are you doing? Please, let me down.”

“Uh? Why?”

Akira looks at the woman’s face, who is right in front of his. She looks legitimately confused wondering if she did something wrong, as such, she was taking her time to comply with what she was asked, this reminded him of the famous trait of the humans of her Kingdom, they usually treat normal adults like children, and don’t properly listen to them, it’s not like they do it consciously, it seems it’s just natural when they see someone that looks smaller and weaker.

Anastacia however noticed and explained.

“Princess, other people, especially adults, don’t like to be picked up, as they feel like they are being treated as children.”

Ulrika still confused looks at Akira, then looks down and notices that she is holding him.

“Uwaa, I’m sorry, I didn’t notice, I-I j-just… I’m sorry.”

And she puts Akira back down again.

“I understand, it wasn’t intentional, in any case, do you want to rest from travel? You guys can take the bed, it’s should be big enough… Or not?”

Ulrika sits on the bed, her legs extend quite a lot, she then lies down but a quarter of her legs are outside the bed.

“It’s a little small, but it’s not a problem… Akira, don’t you want to rest too?”

“I can manage by now.”

“...”

Anastacia walked towards Ulrika and helped her standing back up.

“Princess, we should change your clothes before lying down.”

“You are right, I guess it was somewhat hot in the end, I wonder what happened… Milly was also sweating… I wonder, how would we take a bath here?”

The two look at Akira.

“You can ask Ms Lapis later, there is a huge bath, but we can’t go alone though because it’s giant sized. I will rest later, I just have some things I need to review now. Which reminds me, are you two still feeling fine? It has been almost 3 days since then.”

The two were reminded when they were feeling weak, but after they had “intercourse” with Akira, the next day, it’s almost everything was just a dream, still, they don’t know if the effects are temporary or not.

“Oh? Ah- I feel fine.”

“Same for me… Oh, wait, Princess, I think you are feeling weak.”

“I am? Eh? Ahh… I think… I am…”

Ulrika who is now nude from Anastacia helping her taking out her clothes, suddenly drops herself over the bed, Akira notices some short instances where she seems to look at him curious what he will do.

“I would have believed if not for the poor acting…”

“Hero Akira, please, don’t act like that, you could have some mercy on her. It feels good, you know.”

“... I know, I wonder why would you think I wouldn’t know.”

“Just a reminder, so if you need any help, I will support you.”

Anastacia seemed quite pushy at it, Akira couldn’t understand why, but it happened fast, she picked him up like he was a pet, he wondered where was the person who said that other people don’t like being picked up.

“You guys, can’t you give some time?”

“Think about how it is to have your first time taken atop another woman.”

“...”

Anastacia’s mouth reached Akira’s ears.

~You know the princess has been quite self-deprecating after what happened, just let her know that there is a side of her that she can be confident on.~

Anastacia can be quite sharp on her words, It’s not like Akira can’t understand what she means, but… And then he was dropped over Ulrika, her chest is quite small but the rest of the body is large, there are no mountains hiding hiding her face. Anastacia was also taking off his clothes while he was laid down above Ulrika.

“Haa… I understand, seems like Ulrika is feeling bad again, huh, should we recharge? It’s not like I dislike doing this, you don’t need to lie, Ulrika,”

The princess’ face blushed red, but she nodded. And so they started.

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A few minutes later, however, they could feel the ground shaking slightly, in very specific intervals, but hardly any sound, like someone trying to be furtive, then when it seemed to have reached almost at the front of the door, it stopped.

~ I will prepare the bath too, so take your time, we will go after dinner, is it ok?~

A whispering voice came from the outside, everyone could hear because they had stopped curious what Lapis was trying to do, but it seems she knows what they are doing… How? He had taken out his communication device, looking at Ulrika, she was also without hers. Looking at Anastacia behind himself revealed that she hadn’t taken it out.

“You two can continue, I will prepare what we need for bath later.”

And so Anastacia left the two alone, but she left the door open after leaving, she seems to be talking about needing a place to store the clothes, cause the current room won’t have much space if they get everything inside. They left the carriages outside since they won’t go through the doors, so Lapis said that they could all select another room later, she even suggests they could stay in hers or Vermillion’s room, but Anastacia was very reluctant to that offer.

Soon after they could sense the shakings again, but they were getting gradually weaker. Akira and Ulrika looked at each other, since they had been listening until then, but once Anastacia arrives.

“Did you stop? Just keep going, I will join soon too.”

And so they kept going, with Anastacia joining after she prepared towels and clothes for later.

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During lunch, only Lapis was there with them, Vermillion slept in and so she will eat later. Lapis placed the trio right next to her place to sit, of course, the table is filled with a lot of food specially meat, countless times what the trio are able to eat.

Akira had made a small table in his previous stay, so they were all sitting on a table, and 2 improvised seats for the women. The table is a little too small for them, but Lapis helped adding more height for the table and Akira’s seat, while they sat on a lower level.

“It has been so boring having lunch by myself these days, thank you for the company. ”

Ulrika was the first to reply.

[Akira told us about the situation in the Demon World, I don’t know if we may be of help, but I would be happy if we can be relied upon.]

“How sweet, I will keep that in mind, but right now, you should recover your strength, you may need more strength for later.”

She rested her head in her hand while looking down with a teasing smile.

“Just eat, don’t worry about the amount, Milly’s part is here too, I wasn’t expecting her to sleep at this time, so you just take what you want, I hope you like my cooking. Here, let me tell you what everything is.”

And so Lapis started explaining about the dishes, making suggestions, and helping them pick what they want. Ulrika wasn’t very used to the different foods, but Akira already had some experience, so she followed what he would taste. Anastacia would usually taste it before her, but since Akira could be trusted, she decided to experiment a little on everything instead.

“It certainly a different experience to sit surrounded by so much food. I wonder if I’m eating too much from this good smell all around me”

Akira finished first, and waited for the two to finish their plates, he felt like it was unusually a lot, but he never really paid attention to how much such tall people ate. There was a lot of food, and the plates he had prepared for them could also be described as small for the girls, so they wouldn’t be able to fill too much, and had to repeat many times. Then they also had to eat the food by hand, since the only cutlery available from him was normal human sized, but they didn’t complain and kept on eating.

About 10 minutes later, Anastacia eventually stops, and Ultika continues for a few seconds until she notices she is the only one with food on her plate. She is a bit embarrassed from that, and tries to push her plate aside.

“Oh? Was there something you didn’t like there?”

“You don’t need to worry about us, if you like it, you can still go, you know.”

Lapis and Akira got worried. Anastacia seemed to have taken a handkerchief she had prepared and tried to clean Ulrika’s face, but she was stopped, and Ulrika took it and cleaned herself.

“It was really good, but for some reason I felt really hungry, I’m a little worried about my own health…”

“I see…”

Akira knew what the excuse was about, but didn’t mind. Lapis had a little worried face.

“Hmmm, there is still the dessert though…”

She left the table, then soon came back with the Coleite she had prepared.

“I had some prepared waiting for Milly, but I thought you two would be interested too.”

The plate is cold, it seems she used the mini-refrigerator Artifact Akira had created last time. The familiar smell similar to Chocolate reminded Akira of Earth, but to the girls, it should be an unknown delicacy.

The girls looked at the giant pudding dessert, the smell certainly hitting their noses. Anastacia had also implied that she was full, but now the two had faces of curiosity and desire, they couldn’t take their eyes off of it. Akira decided to help.

“You know, in my world, girls usually said they had a second stomach for sweets.”

“... The women in your world... Must have been incredible…”

While randomly capturing glances of the giant dessert, Ulrika didn’t seem to have understood his support, but that’s how different worlds are.

“If you want to eat, you can later do some exercises to burn fat, although maybe you guys don’t know about that concept. You just need to move a lot and sweat later on.”

Lapis face descended to everyone’s level, she had a pretty smiling face looking at everyone.

“Ara, then Akira will help little Rika with moving her body, right? I will help too, we can do it in the bath. Fufufu. Little Ana will join too, right? So you can eat as much as you want.”

It was obvious what she meant, their faces looked brighter now, although it didn’t seem to be related to the hidden meaning, but instead, for the excuse of eating the dessert now.

And so, they started eating, Akira also considered eating more since he may need the energy later... And the girls couldn’t stop complimenting Lapis who made the sweets, they felt even more surprise upon learning one of the main ingredients being her own milk.

They had very respectful eyes towards the Demon Queen, Akira started feeling worried about that now, he thought of Lapis as an open pervert, but remembering their actions before lunch…

(Couldn’t they just get worse or something… Is it too late…?)

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Lapis then carried everyone to the bath, Akira knew there would be no other choice besides everyone bathing together, besides, he used to bathe with Lapis before, so he just got used.

Lapis went first, then moved everyone over her body, to use it as their floor. Parts of her body were like islands in the sea,

Akira looked at his two new brides, wondering if they would attack him, but ironically, they couldn’t, it seems they had eaten too much, to the point their bellies were pretty big. Usually they are slim like top-models, but when there is such a bump, you could almost think they just recently got pregnant… This reminded Akira that there is no rubber in this world…

In any case, they were sluggish, so Akira helped both in their baths.

“That’s too bad, I thought I would get to see your relationship myself. I’m sorry for having not stopped you before…”

Lapis was sitting lazily under the water, it was enough to make a small refuge for the 3, and still let them bathe themselves, there wasn’t enough space remaining for her legs, so they were extended outside. She tried to help Akira where she could, just like picking small dolls and changing their position over her own body.

After helping the girls, he let them rest a little at the base, where they soon fell asleep, then Akira started washing himself, his ground was shaking slightly, and the source was one of her arms, he looked at what that hand was doing, and noticed she was pleasuring her lower parts.

Looking at her face right in front of him, was the perverted face breathing deeply and at set intervals. His whole ground was shaking, but she wasn’t moaning.

“W-Wait! W-Why now!?”

“Akira…! Fufufu, I knew it, fufufufu!”

“What!? Why are you laughing like that!?”

“I knew my little Akira would be so compatible with me, fufufu.”

“I-I don’t know what you are talking about, and I’m not sure I agree with anything you say!”

“Fufufu, you came back with two wives, and you are the small one, just like me, and you are the one being controlled too, they pin you down, and you can only do what they want, fufufu… So many times I was called weird and crazy, but I see, I finally have someone whom I can call… Partner. Haaa…. Haaa… It’s sho goooood”

“Y-You are wrong, and you are interpreting this situation in a very convenient way, please stop!”

“Haaa…. Haaa… Being so little and cute, haaa… Please give me some ideas too, Haaa… We can share ideas, you know, Haa...”

“Listen to me!”

But in the end, Lapis couldn’t climax, because otherwise, she could end up hurting the 2 sleeping ones. Eventually Akira helped them to wake up. Although it was a short nap, it seems to have made some difference in their disposition.

Seeing Akira helping the big Ulrika.

“You two make a good couple, one is prepared to fight, and the other is prepared to protect. I hope you two get along. Oh, little Ana, don’t fall behind, ok?”

From that remark, Akira looked back at the giant head and told her.

“I think I already said it, but I’m quite the weak hero, you know.”

“Fufufu, wait and see…”

Although Akira couldn’t do anything much of those words, and just threw them out, Ulrika on the other hand, looked at Akira and couldn’t stop thinking about what she could do to help her Hero, and once she stood up, she looked down at his face, crouched and kissed him.

“Fufufu, from my own experience, any time Milly decides to be forceful in kissing me, I will always like it, you know.”

Akira wanted to retort, “You are an exception!”, but right now, her tongue was caressing his own with as much care as she could, and he wasn’t really against it. It’s an annoying feeling when the pervert gets one of her tips correct. Anastacia in stand by, watching as the couple kissed while waiting until they stopped.

A few seconds later, Ulrika separates her face from Akira’s, but continues to embrace him, however, upon looking into his face, he is serious.

“Should we leave?”

Ulrika noticing the situation, looks around and sees Anastacia giving her a wry smile, having prepared the towels to dry themselves, and the giant woman’s face smiling at her, her ethereal eyes giving a strange feeling of calmness in her mind. Ulrika then looks back at Akira’s serious face.

“... I… I will protect you.”

“Huh?”

Anastacia sighed, and approached, then started to dry the princess of the towel, the ground was shaking a little, due to Lapis’ “Ufufufu”s, certainly she was having fun with the situation.

After finishing drying Ulrika, Anastacia went after Akira, and tried to do the same, but he stopped her.

“I can do it myself, did you get one for me?”

“I’m sorry Akira, it seems I made a blunder and got only ours, but don’t worry, I will be sure to dry you off quickly.”

The kneeling Anastacia replied, resuming her job, she made sure to go through everything in his body, the watcher Ulrika was just watching it absentminded. Although Akira had a feeling that Anastacia was checking some bits more than needed, when looked from the side, Anastacia did seem to be trying to do it professionally. Looking from afar, it’s like a mother drying her young child after bath.

“Then I guess it’s my time, right?”

The giant head spoke, and she picked all of them, placing them at the border of the bath. She confirmed their safety, then started moving towards standing up.

The movements, the amount of water falling that seemed like a mini waterfall for a few instants, and once she stood up, the titanic woman place her right foot outside, and pushed herself out of the bath.

For the 2 newcomers, although they had seen Lapis in other situations, usually with her face somewhat near them, this was the first time they saw her naked and standing up from such a lower angle.

Ulrika and Anastacia couldn’t move their eyes out, they thought (“This… I... Need this…”), but unknown to them, the reasoning for their similar thoughts were quite different though.

Still, Lapis had no such convenient towel for herself, so she was mostly shaking her whole body. Akira had already seen it multiple times, and he would always get a boner from watching this.

And after her body was mostly done, she grabbed her hair and let the water fall back to the bath, everyone could see the giant naked woman on the opposite side of the lake-like bath, with her upper body lowered, and those massive milk filled breasts hanging, she held them with one arm while the other kept doing working on her hair.

About two minutes passed, and she lifted herself again, she can’t properly dry herself like the humans, but it was enough, then she moved to the other side, and offered her hand for everyone to climb. The girls looked at each other, then noticed Akira, and with new things in their minds, the two didn’t say anything and just climbed up.

After having dressed up, Lapis was going to start suggest looking for a new room, but while passing through the dining room they found Vermillion sitting and almost finishing her food. The girls looking at that were reminded of the ridiculous amount of food around them, pieces of meat many times over their sizes, but now, everything is gone.

The girls never noticed it before, at some point they were weak and couldn’t really perceive much, but after they got better, she would mostly eat food that was already prepared in the food pack, or when she would hunt, she would just spend her time preparing the food for later consumption, and it usually would be some ridiculously large animal, although they looked manageable for her size.

They also noticed the way she had to sit in that same tabler, since it could be seen that Vermillion wasn’t sitting on a chair, but on the floor itself, and from their perspective at Lapis hands, just her upper body didn’t seem shorter than the standing up mother.

“Oh, it’s good to meet you guys again. I remembered there is something I had to tell you. Ulrika and Ana, have you tried to use magic here?”

(Oh, it’s serious Milly again.)

Akira couldn’t ignore the nostalgia, the other two however, who didn’t knew of her like that, felt like they were being pressed into something they shouldn’t have done, and didn’t, it’s almost like the question was heard as “Did you dare to use magic here?”

[W-We didn’t, we wouldn’t start such an act while being guests, I th-thought Milly would have known that.]

“Yeah, that’s why I needed to confirm.”

Vermillion was still in serious mode, but seemed confused at the difference in the response she got from Ulrika.

“So, I want you to try, and tell me your impressions.”

“O-Oh?”

“This is one of the things that Papa told me, but it shouldn’t be a problem to share, just try it first, just, well, try not to destroy anything. Ana is good with Ice, right? Can you make a big block of ice?”

Anastacia who was beside Ulrika also felt some pressure from Vermillion, when Vermillion talked about “Big Block” she wanted to retort “I believe our sense of scale is different”, but she didn’t say anything.

Akira noticed that they seemed nervous, and then was reminded of himself.

“Hey, you two, you may be making a misunderstanding, but that’s still Milly, she may seem more serious here, but to tell you the truth, this is the way I know her the most, so you don’t need to be nervous, her tone and behavior may have changed a little, but it’s still the same friendly person.”

Vermillion could hear the voices through the communicator, even when not directed towards her, so she could just smile wryly at them.

“I’m sorry if I scared you, Rika, Ana, it wasn’t my intention.”

Realizing their mistake, both tried to apologize as fast as possible, a little embarrassed by their behavior. Lapis sat on her chair, and let them all walk on the now almost empty table.

“Can you make an ice block on the ground instead of over the table?”

Anastacia looked down from that table and the vertigo came all over again, she noticed that she was able to handle it a little better when she was with Lapis, but seeing it without being held firmly restarted her fear. Anastacia fell down on her butt.

“I’m sorry, I guess you are afraid of heights, let me get you to the ground.”

Vermillion placed her hand for Anastacia to climb, then moved her to the ground. Once she climbed down, Anastacia looked back again for confirmation.

“Should I do the biggest I can?”

“No need, you don’t need to spend all your mana, just do something you think of significant, or better yet, to a level that you remember clearly how you used before.”

“I-I see, then…”

There was no chanting, just some almost white glow on Anastacia for almost a minute, then she created a long ice pillar, the pillar wasn’t very thick, but in height, it was over 15m, right in front of her.

Anastacia didn’t speak nor moved, nobody knew what had happened to her, but then the pillar seemed to have cracked on its base and threatened to fall, but Vermillion grabbed it with her hand. Then, checking it with her eyes, she placed it in her mouth.

“Oh, after sweating so much, thanks for the ice, it’s good for cooling me a little.”

She was still serious mode, but she acted almost like in the Human World, Ulrika seemed to have relaxed, but Anastacia didn’t move much besides looking at Vermillion who just ate her Ice Pillar.

“So, Ana, how was it?”

[I-It’s… I-I wasn’t expecting all that… H-How?]

Anastacia seemed still nervous, although not really about Vermillion, but with her our results. A possible answer, however, came from another source.

[Could it be, the Hero’s Blessing?]

Ulrika immediately associated Akira’s factor, but another answer came from above.

“I’m not sure about this ‘Hero’s Blessing’, however I wanted you to understand that Magic in this side of the world is easier to use, so they should get stronger effects. I suggest you to practice it to improve control again, otherwise, it could be dangerous for yourselves too… It’s too cold now.”

And after explaining, Vermillion took out the Ice pillar that didn’t melt even a little, and place it near Ulrika and Akira. IT didn’t seem to have melted at all, but it had some saliva too.

“Rika, do you want to try?”

Hearing that, Ulrika suddenly moved to the front, near the border of the table. She glowed in a similar white colors, although much weaker than Anastacia’s. She then a small spear of ice appeared in midair and flew with no aim, and the moment it hit the ground, it shattered.

“I see…”

Although she looked down, Akira questioned.

“I never heard about this.”

“Hmm, well, I didn’t know until just before we left, but you also didn’t use any magic from what I have seen, you also said you are no good with it.”

“... Well, I guess that’s right.”

Ulrika looked back.

“I’m also not really good with general magic, although I can use Healing Magic well... But anything else, that ice lance was not something I would usually be able to use, although it’s still weak... I always thought it would be nice to use it to support the Hero’s Party, but now, I feel a little sad that I can’t do more…”

“Well, everyone has strengths, so just focus on those.”

“I understand!”

Akira tried to console her, but it seems she may have taken it in a different way. He wondered if she misunderstood something, but it didn’t matter much in any case. Vermillion made sure to review what she just explained.

“I will say it again just in case, but I’m not sure if your Hero’s Blessing had any effect in rising this magic, all I wanted to say is that it’s easier to use magic here. Even Papa most likely doesn’t know much about it, if he knows anything else, that is.”

Vermillion just shrugged after saying that, the two girls may need some time to get used to her like this.

“Thank you for the warning, Milly.”

Anastacia tried to shake off that uncomfortability first, and Vermillion gave her a small smile back. Akira however wondered.

“That’s an interesting phenomena, so it easier to use magic here, and they do it so easily now, but before, they were feeling pretty down, wasn’t that the case? You also felt a little down, didn’t you?”

“All I can say is that it’s easier to use magic here Akira, I’m not lying. The same should be reflected on your artifacts, it’s easier to get better material here, you know. But in regards to what happened to me when we got back, I was just not prepared, and…” ~I may have panicked a little when Rika and Ana looked down like that…~

“I see…” (She seems to be hiding something… Well, I trust her, so I won’t treat it like a problem for now.)

“Well, that’s it for now, I will go outside to look for Papa, so please feel at home, I’m sure Mama will help you with whatever is needed, right Mama?”

“Of course!”

Upon Lapis happy reply, Vermillion left the table. When she stands up, her head almost touches the ceiling, she walked to Lapis side who seemed to be expecting her, and gently kisses her mother’s forehead.

Lapis tried to attack the huge bosom hanging in front of her, but she was stopped by a hand holding hers wrist.

~Not right now… I’m still smelling, you know.~

~Milly’s strong smell… I want it…~

Their voices could hardly be heard by the others who were still at the table, but suddenly Vermillion stood up, took off her shirt, then gave it to her mother.

“Here”

Lapis received the shirt, she had such a blissful face as she pushed it to her face, and breathed as heavily as she could.

“Thank you.”

“Then, I’ll get another used shirt and go, see you at dinner.”

“Please, I love you, please come back soon, I miss you, don’t leave Mama...”

They left the room, with Lapis’ voice fading as she went further away. Now that the human trio is alone.

“So this is Milly at home…”

“Yeah, at home she has her own job, so she is like that, but you may have noticed she is still the same person inside.”

“You are right… But… Ms Lapis is quite something too”

Akira wondered how Ulrika could have seen the Demon Queen.

Once Lapis returned, Akira said he wanted to prepare a few things in regards to his Artifacts that he wants to ask from Ignis later, and left the search for the new bedroom to the girls, Lapis took the occasion just before leaving Akira to mention out loud that she would have a lot to talk about with the girls. Akira felt shivers down his spine.

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As evening arrived, Ignis returned with Vermillion.

However, they immediately went to the Throne room instead of looking for Lapis. Lapis had gone to check first if he could meet with the guests, and after being allowed, she went back to take the human trio and carried them inside.

Upon entering the Throne Room, there was Ignis sitting on the throne, and Vermillion sitting right beside him on the ground, but from the expression on her face, she seemed annoyed, but once Lapis and the guests appeared, she tried to look a little better.

Lapis left them on the floor, in the proper distance in regards to the throne, and then moved in a very happy running pace that completely didn’t read the mood, aiming for her daughter, then sitting in between her legs, her face looked so happy, the Demon Queen certainly can’t read the mood, or just doesn’t care about it at all.

Ironically, the main person, the one sitting on the throne, the Demon King, could be easily noticed to be the shortest of the family, however, his face was normal, as that of a king confident in his results..

“Welcome back Hero Akira, I was in need of your assistance again, so you came in good time. My daughter already gave me a basic report, I appreciate your efforts. And these two are the emissaries from the neighbor human Tribe, is that it?”

[The term in the human world, in this case is Kingdom, but you can understand it like that.]

“Then, introductions are needed. My name is Ignis, and I’m the Demon King. Through the help of Hero Akira, I would like to create a peaceful relationship with the humans. According to the words of Hero Akira, both sides have great to benefit from this exchange, and I have already received some idea of its workings.

However, I’m currently working to stabilize the Demon World to this idea, which is taking some time, mostly thanks to my shortcomings as the Demon King, but Hero Akira accepted supporting me in this endeavour.

My family... I believe there is no need for introductions as you have already interacted with them.”

Ulrika and Anastacia at first were a little shaken from the evil looking face of the Demon King, but maybe from their experiences with serious Vermillion, and the well selected words of the Demon King, Ulrika walked ahead and introduced herself like the princess she is.

[It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty Ignis, my name is Unrika Norrstvo, the First Princess of the Norrstvo Kingdom. This is my knight and bodyguard Anastacia Johanmeyer.

I appreciate the opportunity and great reception received by your wonderful family. I have been tasked with learning about the Demon World, as we don’t know much about it, and report it back to the Kingdom to conclude our negotiations.

As your Majesty said, we are also excited with the possibilities of our cultural exchange, and we can thank none other than Hero Akira that created such an unexpected bridge.]

“I confess I didn’t expect the negotiations to work, but I’m glad I was wrong, however, I will have to ask you to wait a little longer, since I’m still in the middle of negotiations with the tribes, which is why I request Hero Akira’s support.

However, there is one thing bothering me from your introduction, my daughter mentioned you being one of Hero Akira’s wives. Do you have any reason for hiding that?”

[E-Eh!? Your Majesty, there seems to be a small misunderstanding from Mill- Lady Vermillion’s part, although Hero Akira accepted my proposal, it just means I’m his fiancee. It’s a premarital stage, if it’s easier to understand]

“I see, nonetheless, congratulations on your engagement. Hero Akira, I hope you won’t have the same luck as mine.”

[Thank you, I hope the same, Lord Ignis]

The two men, although having lived completely different lives, could understand each other well. Ulrika and even Anastacia looked back at Akira wondering what they meant.

“Then I hope we may find a mutual understanding after this whole conflict. For our sake, and yours as well.”

[I hope for the same.]

“I will entrust you to Lapis and Vermillion, I believe you will feel more at ease with them, so you don’t need to stay here. I need Hero Akira’s assistance in ideas for the negotiations with the tribes, and the strategy on what to deal next.”

[A-Ah, if you don’t mind, I would also like to hear it, although I don’t know if I may be of help, I do have some knowledge with diplomacy, I would also like to support Hero Akira from now on, s-so, if it’s not a problem…]

“Hmm, no it’s not a problem. Then-”

The current situation, according to the Demon King:

Ignis, as all Great Demon Kings in the past, took the throne by force, this is accepted, since only the strongest that can hold himself in the position usually takes it. Although there was not a stable consent about his remain, the Demon King doesn’t have a big influence in the society of the Demon World as Kings in the human world would have with their territory, as such, in the Demon World, neither the King expects much from the territory, nor the territory expects much from the King. Both sides are largely unaffected in normal circumstances.

The Demon World is composed of diverse Tribes with many different decisions in regards:

Those who are against are the majority, but they are also the weakest demons that won’t go to the front-line, they are preoccupied with the retaliation, more specifically the summon of the Hero.

Those who are pro it blame Ignis for not taking the initiative and given Humans the time for a first strike, so these are currently the most problematic.

And those neutral that would easily accept the truce, will be problematic due to the fact that Ignis already acted first, which could lead to retaliation.

Akira was confused with what is this action.

[There is something I don’t understand, have you already attacked someone? The information when I was summoned was that there was no attack yet.]

But before Ignis could reply, Ulrika said first.

“Akira, actually, just before we received the Oracle about your summoning, it has been reported that a Demon was seen from the Ice Lands. From the description given, I have recognized it as Lord Ignis, although why he went there and went back is unknown.”

Ignis heard that and had an interested face, likely because he couldn’t have known what the human side was doing at the time.

“That is correct, I went to check on the human lands to confirm on a few suspicions and returned to formulate a plan, however due to complications with the other tribes, it didn’t go through in time, besides other complications, as you already know.”

Akira recollecting the information that he was protecting his family from traitors that seemed to have targeted the weakest link of the family.

[I have a question about hearing this, so you would have attacked our Kingdom if not for Akira having come. I want to request your reasons for that.]

Ulrika suddenly had a very serious face, for very good reasons.

“Although I would not mind telling you, there are reasons I can’t reveal it to you, but I have already revealed them to my daughter. It may be easier for you to trust her. I must destroy something related to humans.”

[So you would destroy our homes and lives for the sake of destroying that?]

“Before that would be the case, the current situation though allows for another option. But my target is still the same.”

[So you wish to pass through our lands, without war and without inflicting damage, to destroy something of ours. Isn’t that a contradiction?]

“Hero Akira, do you think it’s contradicting?”

Akira was thinking, the idea of destroying something from the other side, yet claiming not inflicting damage…

[Could that be... An illusion?]

Ulrika looked at Akira with a confused face, Ignis seemed curious about it too.

“Something in your mind?”

[Not really, you mentioned that you want to destroy something, yet said that humans won’t suffer damage… I followed these hints. Did I get it right?]

“Hmmm, I can’t answer, otherwise you could achieve hints to reach the true reason. I hope to be able to tell you once this is over, but right now, for specific reasons, I can’t do that, instead, I’m still looking for certain confirmations.

In any case, these are my current reasons. Would it be impossible to achieve peace like this?”

Ulrika didn’t say anything for a few seconds, the discussion turned serious unexpectedly, and she feels the pressure of holding the future of her country, and the decision of her Hero.

[... Mill- Lady Vermillion, I would like to enquire you. Is everything told by your father true?]

Vermillion who was suddenly called was surprised by the way she was referred as, but she sensed the seriousness, and faced her properly.

“Yes, there were no lies.”

[In your opinion, will your father’s objective eventually cause humanity’s fall in one way or another?]

“Ulrika, I have my own reasons to trust my father, and I’m on his side in this, not for being his daughter, but because it’s the best for me and our people. But I don’t have any intention of harming you, your family or anyone vaguely related to you, nor to leave you in a precarious situation. If you do find yourself in such situation, me and my father will offer all the support we can for you and your people.

Does this answer calm your fears.”

[Yes, thank you for making it clear Milly.]

The two smiled for each other.

“Good.

Then returning to where I was before.”

Right now, the Demon King wants to stop the ideas from those who supported the attack, get support from those that wanted peace, and calm down the neutral Tribes. However, his mere presence is not helping the negotiations, besides, upon hearing some of the claims, Akira, Ulrika and Anastacia were speechless, and even Vermillion tried to hide her face.

“Papa is useless…”

Upon hearing this, Ignis sighed, but just accepted the truth. It seems he has a lot to learn in regards to politics and empathy. Akira looked at the smiling woman between Vermillion’s legs who is just smooching herself with her daughter without listening to the discussion at all.

(You are the culprit!)

And so, both Akira and Ulrika discussed with Ignis what were the best options to follow up, in fact, Ulrika ended up making the best proposals besides just learning of the situation. Akira was surprised, but it seemed that Ignis was mostly impressed.

And the conclusion, was to use Vermillion, who seems to be as respected, but not as feared as his representative, and send Akira and Ulrika to explain the new plans. And the order will be to stop the Banebdjed Tribe first, which is the one with the highest morale, and then get back the cooperation of the usually friendly Fairy tribe, which also worked as librarians in the Demon King Castle.

“Fairies!? As Demons!?”

Ulrika never seemed to have heard about “Fairies”, but the Demon King was curious.

“Yes, is there a problem?”

[I mean, in my world, fairies are usually considered… No, don’t mind what I was going to say. I understand.]

Akira seemed impressed in learning about Fairies, specially that they are in this demon world, in Earth, fairies are usually good supernatural beings that prank people but usually do good things for them. But then he heard a small laugh from the betweens Vermillion’s legs.

“Fufufu, I knew little Akira would know them, they must be small and cute, right? Fufufu”

It seemed the pervert had a misunderstanding.

“... Then, is there something else to discuss?”

[I would like to request one thing. Due to how difficult it is to go to the human lands all the time, I would like to find a way to communicate over long distances, similar to our communicators and relay points. As such, I would like more materials to research. I could try to make other artifacts with different materials.]

“That’s a good idea, you may try to negotiate with the tribes. I offered you what we already had in the castle, but you will find new options in each tribe. Meanwhile, I could try to negotia-”

[[ (Your Majesty, ) Please don’t do anything! ]]

Ulrika and Akira shouted at the same time. The Demon King felt a little insulted from being so forcefully denied by just humans, but a big hand forced him to remain seated. Vermillion was looking at him, her eyes told him to stay.

The Demon King was defeated.

At night, Akira, Ulrika and Anastacia were led to the new room they had chosen. It seemed to be the room for someone4 times the girls’ size, so it was really large for humans, including the bed. However, relatively speaking, compared to a normal bed, this one was quite lowered for some reason, Lapis told Ulrika that it’s in regards to the wings, it seems they feel more comfortable by sleeping next to the floor, but more importantly, there is a smaller risk of accidents, injuries on the wing must hurt and be quite inconvenient after all. Akira then reminisced that Vermillion slept pretty much on the floor, he thought there was simply no bed strong enough for her weight, but maybe this is another reason for that too.

In the end, the girls could climb, but it was a little too tall for Akira. Lapis had already placed all their belongings in the room, although she herself couldn’t enter the door and simply left them near the entrance.

“Why did you chose such a big room?”

“I thought it would be fun to have a giant bed like this, don’t you think it’s fun?”

“Well, I guess it can be fun… But I will need my Airwalk boots to climb this up.”

And then Ulrika crouched and picked him up, then lifted him to the top of the bed easily.

“I see… Do I need to push you up? I don’t think I’m strong enough for that.”

Akira was now above, but the bed wasn’t that tall, the women upper bodies were clearly visible. Anastacia helped Ulrika to climb up.

“Then Princess, I shall-”

“You come too.”

Ulrika seemed to have guessed what Anastacia was going to not join the bed.

“I was reminded of my position in the audience before, I’m your bodyguard, although I’m honored of being your friend, I may have forgotten about my duty due to our transportation method to here…”

“Anastacia, It was fun to finally be able to see another side of you, besides, you have also been accepted. I’m not talking here as the princess, but as Akira’s fiancee to another.”

Anastacia looked down a little, but as Ulrika pushed her further, she ended up accepting. She climbed by herself, without relying on Ulrika’s assistance. Then after standing up on the bed, she sighed while looking at the princess.

“I will make sure to at least keep my duties in mind then...”

Ulrika smiled at her, and looked back, but Akira was already gone, in fact, he was already preparing to sleep himself at the head of the bed. Ulrika saw that and ran towards Akira, or rather, she noticed the bed was a little springy and jumped. The bed wasn’t as good as those of Earth, but it seemed to be made of some soft material nonetheless, and Ulrika looked happy while running and jumping. Anastacia walked normally on the bed. Upon reaching Akira who was laid down completely, they both cornered him from both sides while looking down.

“Hey Akira, I need to train my Healing Magic in the Demon World… I need you to help me train it tonight.”

“Please, let me have him a little too…”

Both took down their clothes, then laid down next to Akira, Anastacia held Akira while Ulrika took his clothes. Anastacia approached her face from his head.

“You know you shouldn’t sleep with your everyday clothes?”

(I wonder if you were like this back in the castle too…)

While Akira’s thoughts couldn’t be heard, he was suddenly attacked by two pretty big beauties from both sides, being kissed, caressed, licked by the two. Truth be told, they did most of the work themselves, and Ulrika didn’t let him rest, they acted as if they were very hungry to consume anything and everything from him, even his sweat was not let go free.

It was weird, but interesting experience… But mostly it's weird... Still interesting!… It can be said there was some confusion involved, and everytime he felt tired, Healing magic would be casted on him.

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The morning arrived, Akira had prepared an Artifact that acted as an Alarm clock, the most ridiculous part is that he wasn’t tired… Someone was holding him, and there is something quite soft on his forehead. He opened his eyes, and saw Anastacia in front of him, the soft feeling was her breasts…

(Oh, I didn’t remember her being this size. Maybe it’s the angle?)

It wasn’t that big proportionally speaking, but it could make an average bulge on her clothes. Meanwhile, the one holding him back was Ulrika, he tried to move her hands out. It was weird to see these dormant giant hands wrapping him so casually, yet he needed to leave, but for that, he needs to push himself free of this hug, and after putting quite some strength, he was embraced even more strongly, and he couldn’t bulge her anymore.

Akira then tried to use his head to hit her upper body with it (using his head literally) and see if it would wake her up, but it was not very soft, in fact, it was kinda hard.

(I guess she is quite small besides everything else...)

Seeing that none were moving, Akira decided to call out loud.

“We need to leave early for our visits today, so please, wake up.”

Fortunately, someone right in front of him did wake up, she had a teasing smile upon seeing him.

“Good morning Akira… Did you like it?”

Anastacia gently pushed her breasts on Akira’s face, but there wasn’t a lot for that relatively speaking, but sure, she is pretty scaled up even though they are still more on the compact size, but it’s undeniable that they are quite firm and... Not that soft. Anastacia looked down at the scene of Akira on her breasts, and suddenly show a confused face.

“Hm…?”

“Something happened?”

“... Eh? No… Probably not…”

Anastacia stopped and fully woke up, and moved to help freeing Akira from Ulrika. The princess seemed to have quite a firm grasp of him, but Anastacia and Akira working together were able to do it. Soon after Ulrika slowly woke up, she tried to instinctively to hold Akira back, but when she noticed Anastacia, she looked around, and grasped the situation. Akira reminded her just in case.

“Today we will visit the Banebdjed Tribe, so you gotta wake up.”

The trio were sleeping in the middle of a pretty big bed about 12m on each corner, and as expected, all of them were naked. Ulrika slim body rebelled against those trying to lift her, but she soon gave up. Anastacia said that this is her normal behavior with a wry smile on her face.

When Ulrika properly accepted that she wouldn’t be able to sleep anymore, she started crawling to the side of the bed, Akira could just watch that sensual crawl, and when Ulrika looked back to see why they didn’t follow up, she saw that Akira was hard again. Shaking her butt a little more to tease, Akira decided to take it as a hint, passed right next to her but not without slapping the shaking butt on the way.

“Not the time.”

Ulrika showed a teasing smile, but it soon fell into a joking one. Anastacia followed them, and also got down on all four, then while holding the bed she threw her lower body out of the bed, until she sensed the floor. Then offered to help Akira, who accepted it. And finally Ulrika, did the same as Anastacia, rapidly finding the floor and leaving the bed.

Because Ulrika was still a little sleepy, Anastacia went to help guide her to the carriages with their clothes, taking all the clothes out would be complicated as there was no proper place to keep them, and it would take too much time, but as soon as Anastacia went to fix Ulrika’s hair, she stopped and kept staring at Ulrika’s face. Feeling a little uncomfortable, Ulrika looked down at Anastacia who was looking at her intensely, and also noticed something strange, she then poked at Anastacia’s breasts, releasing the gaze.

“Did you need to do that?”

“... It looked fun…”

Sighing, Anastacia gave up and both went to the carriage. They seem to have purposefully placed his clothes nearby. In any case, while they were choosing what to wear, Akira just got some normal and comfortable clothes and he was done, he doesn’t have that many options in the first place. Then looking at the two, they seemed a little desperate taking out clothes one after another, experimenting, then removing them and going for something else.

(Women…)

He walks towards them, Ulrika looks really worried.

“If you don’t go faster, we wo-”

“Akira! Nothing fits anymore!”

“Huh?”

The reason why they were constantly changing clothes was because the usual dresses seemed to not be fitting anymore. Anastacia explained more.

“I noticed that the Princess seemed slightly taller, but I thought it was me just seeing things, now we see that all the dresses that we have tried are too tight now…”

As the princess is representative of the allied human nation, it would be very Important for her to join the visits. Akira tried to guess what could it be happening with them:

“Anastacia, what about yours?”

Anastacia froze upon that suggestion, and noticed that she was too busy helping the princess without looking herself. She complied with Akira’s suggestion and checked her own clothes. The first one… Worked. The second, third, fourth ones, all worked.

“So whatever happened to Ulrika didn’t happen to you too?”

“I-I am not sure, I think I have no problems with movement, but... It’s a little tighter on my chest…”

Ulrika approached Anastacia, and now he could see it properly, Ulrika seemed to have somehow grown some centimeters, Anastacia’s face who were just slightly shorter than Ulrika was now almost a full head shorter.

Still, Ulrika checked Anastacia’s chest, she pressed her hand a couple times.

“Yours were not much bigger than mine...”

Ulrika kept poking unconsciously, until Anastacia told her to stop. Both looked at Akira.

“Nothing changed on me… Don’t you have any loose clothes?”

Ulrika didn’t seem to like Akira’s idea, but Anastacia helped.

“Princess, for now at least that may be our best option, or should we cancel our visit, the schedule is ours to make?”

Ulrika sighed, and gave up, it seems she understands the seriousness of their task, taking more time is no good. Anastacia had gotten a long jacket-like piece that went to her knees, it was quite good, and seemed to have no problems, if not for one reason.

“It’s hot…”

And that’s a problem on the long term. Akira considered something else.

“We are going to the Banebdjed Tribe, maybe we can find something big enough and easier to use there?

Wait, stop with the clothes for now, why did this happen only now? Something you ate… I ate it too, and got nothing… So…?”

“... I wonder if… Could this be the Hero’s Blessing?”

“This certainly is looking like a convenient term. Wouldn’t I, the Hero, be the one most affected by it?”

“Akira, your ability to create Artifacts should be your effect, but in regards to physical differences like ours… I think…”

“Anything in mind?”

Towards Ulrika that seemed pensitive, it was Anastacia who answered.

“Every Kingdom has adopted the concept of at least one Female Knights Squad. The reason for this is mostly to support the Hero in case they ever appear. Although their appearance is extremely rare, to the point that the last one is known as a Legend, the Goddess supports the idea through Oracles.”

“I see, I can understand that the Goddess seem to want to prepare a small harem army for the Hero. And with the Hero’s Blessing they get stronger or something like that, wasn’t that the case?”

“Yes, but in the stories there is no direct mention of physical changes but… There are parts talking about how some of the knights under the selected princess were said to have been happier than ever, or achieved their dreams, or surpassed their own expectations…”

“I would expect at least that from joining the famous Hero, no? Wouldn’t they be happy? Or achieved their dream like you said?”

“... You would probably need to read the texts yourself to understand what I’m trying to mean… But yesterday… How can I say this… I… Felt like something like this would be nice… But it doesn’t make sense… Princess! Could it be? You also-”

Akira was curious about what she meant, but calling the princess, he looked at her, and she was also surprised, but it seemed that she also understood what Anastacia meant.

“I-I-I d-don’t know e-either.”

Ulrika avoided her gaze, and made a very obvious lie. It seems that they guessed something more, but it still felt weird to Akira, if they are talking about the story, weren’t the harem army happy because they got the hero they liked or something, there is no surprise there, what else could it be?

“But Princess, sure you-”

Ulrika shut Anastacia’s mouth with her hand.

“P-Please, d-don’t m-make me s-say it in front of Akira!”

“But, wouldn’t it be better to explain it to Akira? Your- Our fianceé?”

“I-I’m embarrassed… A-aren’t you the s-same?”

After poking on Anastacia’s chest, she also seemed to have felt embarrassed. She then walked towards Akira with her face lowered. She seemed to want to explain her thoughts, but no voice left her mouth. Akira sighed.

“So, it’s embarrassing?”

“... Y-Yes…”

“Will this affect me in some way?”

“... No… I don’t think so…”

“Will you tell me when you are better prepared?”

“C-Certainly. I don’t want to hide anything, but...”

“I understand, but you are the ones with a problem right now, and we were set to go as early as possible. Without knowing, I don’t think I will be able to help as much, but as long as you two are not confused anymore, this should make more progress now.

So, what will you two do?”

Ulrika and Anastacia looked shyly at each other. Exchanged looks and then Ulrika answered.

“Akira, please prepare and call Milly, we will resolve this as fast as possible. We will also consider the idea of buying things with the Tribe… But I don’t know what money they accept… So if you can find out with her during this time, it would be helpful. We will call her when we are done. We will also discuss our situation without taking much time… So if you don’t mind...”

“I understand, then- [Milly, you can pick me up, I need to prepare a few things with you first.]”

“I’m already here.”

A voice from outside the door. And Akira left.

All three humans were now flying with Vermillion, since there was almost no luggage, it was much easier for her to hold them. She was holding them on her left hand, with the right hand protecting them from the wind. Anastacia was embracing the finger at her floor with all her power, and while the other 2 were not that nervous, they still considered holding her leg… For security’s sake. They lost most of the view, but that was the price for more speed.

“We are almost there. Oh, someone is coming.”

Vermillion told the passengers, considering that most people in this tribe have wings, it shouldn’t be unusual to meet in the air, that was Akira’s thinking.

“Oh, as I guessed, it’s Auntie Flare. Please don’t bump on me like Mama, I’m carrying people with me.”

“Oi Mlly!? Please, don’t compare me to that mother of yours. You know I don’t like that!”

“Sorry, but I needed you to understand fast.”

Vermillion was laughing at her aunt, and while still flying, she suddenly stopped in midair. Someone suddenly appeared vaguely on the arm that belongs to the hand protecting them. Due to how they were placed, none could see each other.

“... I’m sorry, but it’s hard to fly with you around, your wings are really strong, it’s hard to stabilize... So, who are you carrying around, anyone I know?”

“No, but you could say they are the reason I’m coming here.”

“... Did you come here to reinforce what your father said? The Elders didn’t like the idea of stopping the preparations, especially when he was the one that triggered the new war.”

“... I’m sorry, but yes, I’m here for that...”

“Milly, I’m on your side, but the Elders are already really stressed with your father before, specially Vulkan, keep that in mind.”

“I will, but I won’t do the same as what my father did. I hope I’m able to persuade them.”

“Milly… This is not something your mother said, is it? Be careful with what that woman says and do, she destroyed that little brother of mine, it’s a good thing that you still have some sense in it.”

“Ha ha, I know you dislike Mama, and I know your grudge in regards to Papa, but the reason I’m here is from my own conviction. Can you trust me?”

“Of course I trust Milly, but if you say so… It seems you have changed, something happened? Met someone nice? Finally will let your mother go?”

With a bitter smile, Vermillion replied

“Maybe you could say something like that, but I’m not leaving Mama. I will explain better when I arrive there.”

“I see… Just be careful.”

At that moment, Vermillion landed, and Flare flew from her arm, likely going back towards the settlement. The human trio couldn’t know exactly what was happening outside, they heard the conversation, but there wasn’t much they could see.

It was a strange idea, Vermillion’s aunt rested on her arm, she was likely quite small too compared to her niece, but Akira remembered that they are giants themselves.

Having landed, Vermillion asked the trio if everything was alright, and after the confirmation, she walked towards their objective. Akira imagined that with Vermillion’s height, he would be able to see everything, and it wasn’t that wrong, but it was much less than he expected.

Compared to the small villages in the human lands, the settlement is almost like a city, it contains relatively tall buildings, scattered everywhere, from the looks of it, it’s like it has a maximum of 3 houses one above the other, and the upper floors are mainly reached by flying, although there seems to be alternative ways for non flying visitors

This was one of the reasons that Ignis and Vermillion can’t live in this place, as for them, it would be too tight, and they would risk destroying everything around them.

The settlement was quite wide, and although the demons in this tribe are somewhat long-lived, there doesn’t seem to be an overpopulation problem. They are flying all around, however, it seems that preparations of Vermillion’s arrival were already done, as there was a couple at the entrance, the man was a big mass of muscles, the mature woman in her late thirties that still looked quite the part. The reception didn’t had a good face towards her though.

Vermillion rose her free hand to show that she is not intending to rely on violence here. Once her shadow is cast on the couple at the front, she stops walking, and then sits in the ground. Of course, because they lost a lot of time in the morning, the time now is near midday, so the distance is not that far.

“Elder Vulkan, Elder Celosia, It’s good to see you two are well.”

The muscle man seems to be called Vulkan, and the woman is Celosia.

“Hmpf, and now that Ignis sends his daughter? Is he really turning into a coward? I wonder what those Titans taught him…”

“Vermillion, if you are trying to make us stop after the fact that your father went ahead and triggered the start of the war, you came in vain, if we don’t defend ourselves now, the humans will just destroy all of us. We need to prepare!”

The two already gave their verdict, there is no going back, it’s for survival now.

“I came here because of that. The matter has already been resolved without a fight.”

“Your father said that, but bullshit, that guy is the last person capable of something like that.”

Celosia doubted Vermillion’s words. Meanwhile Vermillion lowered her hands so that the humans can get to the ground, Akira and Ulrika were nervous with the 2 giant people beyond them, Anastacia however seemed more relieved for finally reaching solid ground. Vulkan and Celosia were somewhat far away from human perspective, but for the giant ones, they may arrive in a few steps.

The female Elder was certainly much taller than them, Ulrika would see Celosia’s knee at eye level. The woman could be described as a warrior, although females of this tribe are not used for physical attacks, Celosia seemed to have trained it nonetheless. Her pale blue skin looked unhealthy for someone from Earth, but it’s a different world, it’s probably normal.

Her hair was a fiery orange color, not that long, but somewhat “spiky”, while her eyes were also reddish orange with cat-like pupils. Her face was that of a beautiful mature woman, and her Horns, while somewhat reminiscent of Vermilion’s, have an extra loop and ultimately points upwards, so it’s clear that she is much older, and similar to Vermillion, her face has a somewhat refined villainous face. If Vermillion is the face of the young villainess, this is the absolute queen villain version, and it certainly had its own charm. Her build could be described as thick in a positive sense, with big legs and average to big chest, but nothing extreme.

Vulkan looks like a very serious person, he is quite buffed with his muscles, his hair is short and similarly Orange/Red. His skin was a little darker than Celosia. Both use somewhat revealing clothes, looking at the spectators still inside the settlement, it seems that this Tribe’s clothes are quite revealing, Vermillion said that too much cloth can be annoying when flying, although in her case, the clothes needs to be customized.

Celosia looked down at them.

“I don’t recognize from which tribe they are…”

“They are humans…”

Both Vulkan and Celosia reacted to that.

“W-What!? Even you!? We knew your father is a lost case, but you even went and kidnapped them without letting us know!?”

“Vermillion, what were you thinking? I don’t know how strong humans are and I don’t think we would lose, but aren’t you underestimating them too much? If you keep on provoking them, we may face more losses in the upcoming battle.”

Vermillion sighed.

“I didn’t kidnap them, they are actually the ones who made the first step. I went to the human lands to talk with them too, and we were able to talk properly. Now they came to our home to show us that we can coexist.”

Celosia and Vulkan were even more irritated now.

“Vermillion, you are still a child, you should know our enemy, ‘that thing’ should still be trying to destroy us all, and humans are only pawns. What if they attack us when we show them our backs? What will the one they call Hero do after he invades and massacring our people!”

“Our tribe only contains proud and strong warriors, we will fight that damn so called ‘Hero’ and show the humans the prowess of our might, but just as we get fiercer the more they attack us, they will do the same. Vermillion, do you plan to fight alone?”

Celosia seems to be a bit more rational, but Vulkan seems to be more into battles and honor stuff. Vermillion sighed again.

“That ‘Hero’ is here with us.”

The two giants are surprised again, Akira lifts his hand to indicate that he is the one, but instead of a welcome, Vulkan runs straight at him and Celosia is preparing a big fireball in her hand, but the instant Vulkan seems to be going to attack Akira, a giant hand slaps him back away, the hand continues moving and hits the fireball in Celosia’s hands.

“You two, stop, you are not giving me any time to explain. I know my father is just as fast to attack, but I’m not him, so I want to explain the situation, and I need time for that. Akira is not a strong Hero, so if he dies, we lose our chance, and I will continue to defend him. Do you two understand?”

Vulkan and Celosia seemed to have been intimidated by Vermillion, so much for trying to be different from her father… But the intimidation was so effective that looking beyond the entrance and the houses, everybody was looking at Vermillion, no one was flying anymore. When Akira looked above, from the shadow that she herself casted, he could notice her eyes glowing red again, but they soon stopped.

(I wonder if she does that when she is angry…)

And so, Vermillion explained in more details the actions that happened, from Akira’s arrival by himself, to siding with Ignis, their journey to the human world, and the princess of the Norrstvo Kingdom that is allying with the Demon King.

“Ha, I refuse to believe in this, certainly this human is going to betray us later!”

“Elder Celosia, my father trusts him.”

“That paranoid Ignis!?”

“That idiot wouldn’t trust anyone else, and he trusted a human!?”

“That’s right, Akira has already shown enough proof that he can be trusted, and I personally trust him too. He knows we are in a complicated relationship, but he accepted being in the front to help our own cause. So, would you want a fight that you would likely lose, or do you prefer to live and talk here. Be aware that I’m on Akira’s side.”

(Certainly, that’s the daughter of the Demon King Ignis)

Akira could only confirm that upon the word exchange between her and the two Elders. Celosia seemed to have recovered first. She looked at Akira, then at the two companions, and walked towards them. Vermillion was on high alert, and the trio were holding teleport magic items to ensure their safety, the same Akira had used before, but they still need to be activated manually

(Certainly if so many of these were to fight the humans, they would completely dominate them, if not for the broken existence of the Hero… Wait, could a single person defeat so many of them AND the Demon King? Even if he trains his harem… Are they equal in strength?

Although, if the fight were to happen in the Demon World, it’s possible that the human side would get stronger like it happened to Anastacia yesterday…)

Celosia stopped right in front of Akira, her boots were about 3m ahead of him.

“Elder Celosia, I should also tell you that they are holding a Communication Artifact connected with me, anything you say to them, I will hear too.”

Celosia seemed slightly shocked from the surprise, likely that she would threaten them personally, but that won’t work now, however.

“It seems the Demon King is quite trusty towards this human to lend him such artifacts instead of using them with all our tribes. I’m sure they could be quite helpful in having prepared our assault too.”

“It’s good to see you willing to talk Elder Celosia, however, these artifacts are not ours; instead, they were made by Akira, who is lending them to us to help with our talks.”

Looking above, now Vermillion had an expression that resembled her mother, and seemed that she was preparing a way for the conversation to flow in a good manner, however, their faces are very different, and it feels like Vermillion belittling the Elders as if Celosia is just a speck that can’t do anything against the titanic youngster, and the Elders knows it. Celosia seems perturbed, but now seemingly to be thinking deeply on the information she got.

“So, ‘Hero’, you can ‘make’ Artifacts?”

“Yes, that’s the ability I got. It’s not a fighting ability, but one specialized in support, as such I can make tools that can resolve a variety of problems, and I’m currently willing to support the Demon World too, although I have my limitations, if that may help in our peace talks, that would be great.”

“I see… I’m the current magic specialist of this Tribe, you are going to show me something? Or you will only reveal your cards after I buy into your game?”

“A-Ah, sorry, but a little of both. I was planning to give you some of these Communication Artifacts, however I would like to exchange it for materials… and clothes. If possible.”

“... I’m not sure if I can understand what you mean with the later one.”

Ulrika and Anastacia then stepped forward in this way. Ulrika’s clothes were things that were larger by default, and she was using Sandals, but it seems she kept it loose so as to not hurt. From the fact that they want to buy new clothes, it may be understood that the event from the morning may repeat itself in the near future again.

“I-It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lord Celosia, I’m Ulrika Norrstvo, First Princ-”

“Don’t waste my time, say what you have to say.”

“Y-Yes. Me and my bodyguard had a few problems with clothes this morning. We would like the permission, and if possible, help, into acquiring new clothes from your tribe.”

Celosia rises one of her eyebrows looking at the two below. She seems to be thinking if there is any hidden meaning in making such ridiculous request, although they could want to spy or just have access to their tribe, there should be better ways for that, especially with Vermillion’s support.

After a few seconds with no reply, Vermillion decides to intervene, with a troubled smile.

“I’m sorry, but they seem to be in need of clothes, so we thought we could find something here. I’m not sure how I can repay the favor, maybe help with some difficult hunt or something? And because Akira wants to make some better tools, we told him we could try getting materials from the Tribes we are planning to visit.”

Celosia suddenly saw Vermillion giving those reasons.

“You mean that in exchange of a few clothes and materials, you will be owing us one?”

“That’s right. We are going to give you a communication device too, so you can call me and I will help as soon as I’m able to. Would that be reasonable?”

“... I can’t understand why you are doing this for humans. But we shall see. I will bite for now, I don’t know what trap you humans are planning, but Vermillion, you said you are in communication with them. I will allow their entrance and guide them personally. If they do something inappropriate and you hear it, be sure I will kill them myself.”

“Yes, however, because I’m listening, if I find out you attacked them for no reason, I will enter the settlement immediately and defend them. Neither of us want me to do that, right?”

Certainly, if Vermillion were to enter the settlement in a haste, many buildings would be destroyed, that’s not to mention the amount of injured people.

“You wouldn’t dare…”

“Nothing will happen if you work nicely.”

With a smile while looking down at the Elder, Celosia seemed to be trembling slightly, but she looked down at the humans with a very angry face.

“Let’s go.”

She suddenly returned back to the entrance of settlement, where Elder Vulkan seemed to be waiting after having recovered himself from Vermillion’s slap. She looks behind, obvious the humans couldn’t have reached her at the same speed.

“You humans waiting or what?”

“Please Elder Celosia, you can clearly see that they are not as fast as you. I hope you are not trying to turn something this ridiculous into a reason to attack them while I’m not there.”

Looking at Vermillion again, her eyes can be seen to be glowing red again, Akira wondered, if he is right, is rage the right feeling for this occasion? But considering the Elders’ reactions, either they were afraid of Vermillion from the start, or maybe those eyes do have some effect on others, although it didn’t work on him the first time.

Celosia returned, and as she crouched, Ulrika rapidly held onto Akira. Akira wondered what happened, but then Celosia grabbed both girls, one in each hand. They were around ¼ of Celosia’s height, so the best she could pick was one person in each hand.

“... That makes it easier.”

“Please take care of them.”

From Vermillion’s smiling face, she waited for them from the entrance of settlement. She would remain in communication with them. The communication devices are simple, and they can only work in one way, they either send or they only receive. This means that up until now, the giants only got a receiver, and the humans got the emitters. Now, under a different channel, the humans have a receiver to communicate with Vermillion.

Celosia was going back to the Settlement while holding two people (Akira is directly held by Ulrika). She passes right next to Vulkan who questions her decision.

“Are you sure?”

“Elder Vulkan, you can return to your affairs, I will deal with this personally. I will confirm and talk with you later on, but for now, I can handle it. If you don’t mind, warn Rubrum for me.”

“I see, I wish you luck Elder Celosia. Call me if you need something...”

Vulkan then turned around and went back to the settlement. Although Celosia was also entering it, they went through different ways.

The public was still paralysed, it seemed that what they heard from Vermillion was quite threatening. Celosia told everyone in her path to resume their day and assured that nothing would happen, and so, everyone resumed their affairs reluctantly.

The three humans didn’t have much freedom in this situation, the girls were being held tightly by their hips, and while Celosia wasn’t shaking them, it seemed to be to the level that she was only trying to keep their heads upwards.

“Before anything, I want to see this ability of yours, ‘Hero’.”

Celosia was walking through the main main street where Vermillion could still see them, at one point she had to turn to another path and that visibility was gone. Akira wondered how long Vermillion would have to wait, but he suddenly heard she talking through the communication device, but it wasn’t towards them. From the contents of her words, it seemed that she was talking with her Aunt Flare, so maybe she went to keep company, but from the looks of it she was having her own version of “They were humans!? What were you thinking!?”, while Vermillion tried to calm her aunt down.

There was a giant building (at least for human sized people), and Celosia went straight inside.

Akira looked to his left, and there was a small but long set of stairs, as if they were made for normal sized people that would lead to something like a second floor. In the middle of the “first floor” there were 2 giant-sized chairs. Celosia aimed for one of them, but before she placed the humans on the “second floor” that worked like a desk for the giant person. And on that second-floor, right in front of them, they found a somewhat quite short elderly man behind a normal sized desk… Or maybe it was slightly smaller than he expected? Akira’s sense of scale was already bugged since he arrived in this other world. Behind them, only Celosia’s upper body was visible, and she looked serious.

“Old man, I want you to get a collection of every ore that you got, I want this person to do something for me.

You, is there a minimum quantity necessary to start? Or is the variety more than enough?”

Akira looked behind at the serious face towering him from above.

“I-it depends on the material, heavier metals work ok in lesser quantities, but I may need more for lighter ones. For a trial, maybe I could say about 300g for each.”

The person, a Gnome, looked at Akira in confusion.

“Is something going to be made here?”

The confused gnome helped Akira to calm down a little, his tone made it look like Celosia is always like this.

“I believe Elder Celosia wants a demonstration of a certain ability of mine, so I would require a variety of different materials, metals, monster parts, anything that you know can be used to make Magic Items.”

“I see… Then I will ask for it to be prepared.”

The gnome moves to the opposite side on what looks like a sight seeing spot to look at the first floor, there is even a fence. He calls someone, and a giant female head, almost as big as the Gnome, appears, listens and goes away.

“It’s on the way, please wait a few minutes.”

“Shouldn’t you tell that to Elder Celosia?”

“... I’m too old, can’t shout that loud. You see the way she is waiting? She will just wait when she is like that. Although, did you do something for her to be in this bad mood?”

“I see... You could say so. But then, let me do this.”

Akira picked one of the communication devices, gave one to the Gnome, then moved back and extended his hand to Celosia.

“What is this?”

“This is for you to communicate with the old man here, just place it in your ear.”

“...”

She picked it up, inspect it first, then placed it in her right ear. Akira told the gnome to speak what he just said, and once the voice went through, Celosia reacted to that. She tried to pick the device back from her ear to inspect it again, but it was a little too small.

Although her face had shown some surprise, she was soon back in her serious face.

A few minutes later, the giant person from the back returned and handed over a number of small boxes. The Gnome and the humans helped carrying it out of the giant’s hands, and the assistant returned to the back. The gnome then explained:

“We have a high number of different minerals that we mine in these surroundings, and also monster materials from the hunts this Tribe is known for. These are some of the most exotic materials that I have. I don’t know what you plan to do right now, but is this enough?”

“Yes, thank you… Old man?”

“The name is Forfotir”

Looking back, Celosia had again taken out her device, looked at it, and seemed to be curiously touching it each time someone says something, but eventually placed it back. Again with the serious face, she then spoke.

“So, what can you do now, you don’t mind me seeing your ability, right?”

“Not a problem.”

So opening the boxes one by one, Akira seemed to be using some sort of faint magic with his hand, and giving his analysis from each box. One could say that it’s a skill similar to appraisal, but in reality it would be more of a debug, where he temporarily activates the effects of each item, but can instinctively learn what they can do. The results were like “This one seems to grow denser and stronger as you add mana, keeping the same weight”, “This one seems to be able to float”, “This other one seems to be able to boost the output of a spell, but requires a lot of mana”, and a variety of different effects.

Forfotir couldn’t understand what Akira was talking about, but Elder Celosia was listening without changing her expression. After everything had been analyzed, Celosia thought for a while.

“I want proof of your ability, are you able to do something now, or should we waste your visit?”

Akira thought of just making a similar artifact to the ones that he tested during his studies, a remote controlled something as an example, and confirmed that he can do it, although it will look crude.

Having separated the required materials, he bundled up a mix of different materials. It looked like just a bunch of random stones collected in a box, he didn’t have the time for trying to make a proper interface, but it didn’t mind as long as he controlled it with magic. Since he also didn’t have wheels, he tried to use the one ore that could float that he never had access before, so this experiment had something new for him to try.

It took about 15 minutes later having just bundled the materials and used some magic on both parts.

“It’s done.”

Then with the bundle of stones on his hand, he concentrates his mana, and the other side starts floating. Celosia seemed interested, while Forfotir was surprised at the unexpected creation.

“As you can see, I’m limited by materials and the format of the object itself, but as long as they are made in a specific way, it’s possible to create a splendid looking Artifact. I would require a blacksmith or a craftsman to help me with the build.”

Hearing the small explanation while observing the motions of the small drone.

“I see, to be even able to control one item with another, I had never seen anything like that...”

“Actually you have, the artifact you have on your ear right now to listen better to us is like this.”

Suddenly touching her ear, Celosia’s face showed understanding and a little fascination upon the idea. Then thinking over.

“I see… Listening to the effects you described, I shall request you an Artifact for myself, you can treat it as me accepting your proposal.”

And with a sharp smile, she resumed.

“I want you to create a weapon for me, you mentioned the possibility to store mana and boost efficiency in magic, and still keep abilities of a weapon. I have never heard of artifacts on this level, so I’m interested in it now.”

From that request, Akira couldn’t reply immediately.

“... So, what do you think?”

“Will you use this weapon to attack humans or the Demon King’s family?”

“Ho… Does it matter?”

“If you say you are going to do it, then I can’t help you. We came to make sure that your Tribe won’t start any attack, the war won’t happen, and we expect you to not do anything to trigger it.”

Akira looks at the face who is away from him, her eyes shows some type of anger, Akira can’t understand why she is acting like that, she is clearly just provoking him for no reason.

“I see... It seems you don’t even know what this war is about, huh…”

Her face that looks down on Akira reminded him that Vermillion and Ignis knows details that were not mentioned to him, thinking about it, it’s not a mere case of an empty war triggered by mistake, but a long running conflict of two different worlds.

“Then to answer your question, I can’t say for sure if I will use it to attack humans or Ignis’ family, but what if I say we have no plans to start a conflict, would it sound better, unless you can give me some guarantee that they won’t attack us first.”

She is good at provocation, however, when he thought that Ignis and Vermillion wouldn’t start any conflicts, he was reminded of the previous threat that she herself received: “If any minimum problem happens, Vermillion will act and destroy anything”. She is using that same absolute violence as her bargaining point.

And then, there are the humans, Ignis mentioned that the enemy are not the Humans, but someone behind them, so it’s possible that the humans would still take the initiative to attack?

In whatever case, Akira knew that he didn’t know everything, and couldn’t be sure on how to respond. Ulrika seemed nervous on Akira’s state, but she didn’t do anything related to do.

“I see, Ignis didn’t tell you everything, but you seem aware. To think that he even warned you about it.”

[Akira, I can’t hear the whole discussion properly, but you have been silent for some time. Elder Celosia is not a bad person. If there are any problems, I will take responsibility for that.]

A voice came from the communication device, only the human trio and Celosia who had a receiver could hear her however.

“What a surprise, to think that Vermillion would butt in our discussion.”

Akira reminds Celosia that Vermillion has been listening all along, but because she is a little too far from their emitters, her voice may not be passing through properly. Vermillion confirms what he says mostly by guiding herself through Akira’s words.

“I will accept it, Milly told me that you can be trusted, so I will trust you with an Artifact Weapon. However, let me warn you that I don’t have much experience in weapons, and while I have some experience with my ability, I’m looking out into visiting multiple villages to check on new material to make them, you will also need to think about what you want on it.”

“... Sure, then I will see what I will be looking for on my Artifact. So for now, I will be friendly.”

“After you decide what you want, pass your ideas to me, and I will see how the weapon needs to be made, then you can call a blacksmith or something. I’m guessing the gnomes are the specialists in that regard.”

Akira looked at Forfotir behind him, the gnome is still too astonished with the contents of the discussion and the surprises of what Akira created, so he is still unable to reply. Celosia considers the idea.

“Then I shall make my preparations and will send an envoy to Ignis’ castle when it’s done. Old man, prepare yourself for a big job soon, also, tell the ones in the other villages, we need examples for every ore and send them to Ignis’ castle, or send them to me and I will arrange them to be sent there. And that’s all for now.”

“Wait, can I take some of these examples with me at least?”

Celosia thought for some time…

“Although I’m acting friendly, I’ll first expect you to do your part. We can deal with that when we proceed with the finished weapon. Wait until then.”

The imposing Elder stands up, and after receiving the confirmation from the Gnome for what she asked, she again takes the trio, although this time a little more calmer.

Forfotir told them to wait as he returned the device that Akira had lent to him.

----

This time, without anything being said, they moved through the main street through some buildings, but then Akira noticed a change on the people walking, although many of the buildings still have giant entrances, there were more smaller people walking: The large ones walk in the center, the smaller on the sides The difference however is not that big, the smaller ones although normal sized, sometimes still seem to reach about 4 meters, and the native Banebdjed are around 11m, there are no Titans here.

It was an interesting view that he didn’t remember seeing when they got in, so Akira guessed that maybe this is something like a special district. Celosia stops in front of a building and lowers the humans to the ground.

“I believe you may be able to find what you need around here. I will stay around to keep you in check, also to stop Vermillion from doing anything drastic. I don’t think you need me to babysit you, right? Any place you find, tell the owner to confirm with me.

… Also, don’t waste too much of my time.”

It was finally the time to check on clothes while Celosia sat on a giant box next to a building to wait.

Ulrika and Anastacia complied with the warning and went around checking the”‘stores” that seemed to have a variety of clothes. They entered one building that seemed to have more clothes on their sizes, when the 2 went inside the store, it seemed that the owner was a Lamia.

The human side of the Lamia seems to have the same size to that of a normal human person. Meanwhile, their lower bodies are very long, easily exceeding 10m long for adults, the snake part connected to the human part is also quite thick. She properly placed herself at eye level when talking with two clients, although the Lamia looked smaller relatively speaking when comparing their upper bodies..

Akira didn’t really have much to do, he wasn’t in the mood for waiting while women chose clothing, surely they know that they must not wait too long, and he was bored since he himself was getting nothing out of this, so he just looked around, checking on the other places, and kept the communications through the devices. The girls didn’t request of him to suggest clothes either, maybe because they weren’t exactly expecting much.

----

[We are finished]

Upon receiving their call, Akira notices that he walked quite a while. Sure the settlement is big since it’s made for people over 6 times his size, so he tells them that he went a little too far and is returning.

Listening to the talks on the communicator it seems they bought many clothes, and Celosia is complaining while still helping carrying them. Akira starts to think that while she looks all serious and bad mouthed all the time, she can still be nice when looked from another angle.

But at the moment that Akira’s turns around, he notices someone at a space between the buildings. A giant woman sitting while leaning on the building next to her, she is very thin to unhealthy levels, her clothes are almost like scraps, and they are quite dirty. Her eyes can’t be seen from behind her black hair. This was something that captured Akira’s eyes, the woman had the size and horns of the native Banebdjed, but from everyone he saw, the hair that he had seen all the time were colors on the ranges of Red to Orange, yet this is the first time that he sees a pure black hair.

And that’s when he noticed that she was touching something on her lap, at first he was confused about what that black thing was, but then confirmed it was just another black haired head just seen from an uncommon angle.

Although this district seems to have more visitors than natives, she remains here. Her head moved, seemingly having noticed that Akira was looking at her, she extended her hand on the ground, and with a faint voice:

~... Would you have something to help us? Like food, any amount helps, for my daughter…~

The hair was long and unkempt, her eyes were mostly hidden behind it, but he could vaguely see that they were black too. Akira wasn’t sure what he could or should do at this moment, the giant woman asked for help, she seems to be a beggar, and the owner of the head in her lap moved, he could notice a child, she too had small horns and black hair.

When the girl looked at him, she seemed to have expected something usual, but then she looked surprised.

“Brother…?”

“Eh?”

That was another surprise, the mother however also didn’t seem to understand what her daughter meant at first, when she did however.

“I-I’m sorry, it’s our first time seeing another person with black hair… Dia, he is not your brother.”

She reproached the child who seemed confused, her appearance was as if she was about 12 yo, the mother also looked young, but because of the long lived race characteristics, although she looked more like an older-sister to the child, she could be much older. As he was watched by the two pairs of eyes, he felt some small shakes on the ground approaching him.

“You were taking too long, so I came here to get you… What are you doing?”

Celosia arrived seeing that Akira wasn’t answering back. Then she noticed the two who he was looking at. Upon noticing Celosia, the mother seemed really nervous, and the daughter shrunk back behind her mother looking scared.

“Huh, so you are still living?”

The mother and child didn’t answer, but they lowered their heads. Akira didn’t like it.

“Do you know them?”

“They are just trash, thought they were dead, but seems like they still live. No need to give them any attention, I will send you to Vermillion-”

“Can’t you help them?”

“Why?”

“You are the leader aren’t you? Shouldn’t you care for peo-”

“What nonsense are you spouting out? Why should I care? In this tribe everyone takes care of themselves, we take pride in our strength. I told Vermillion I wouldn’t fight with you, but are you trying to start a fight now? Vermillion won’t be able to help you if you do that.”

Akira wanted to complain, but he noticed that this was no Kingdom, no Country, as the term itself, it’s a tribe, a settlement where people live, it didn’t seem to have one ruler that had control on the decisions. She is the leader, yet she says she isn’t responsible? Akira felt that this world was too barbarian.

“... I would like to help them.”

“Do I look like I care? You have to return to Vermillion now.”

Ulrika and Anastacia were being held by Celosia, and although everything was fine until now, they are not sure about the contents. Ulrika herself never did something like helping the poor, although that’s mostly because she never saw someone like that, but seeing the woman’s state, she felt like listening to Akira’s help.

“Elder Celosia, if you don’t mind, could you please let me down? I would like to-”

“You are just wasting my time.”

Celosia seemed irritated, but let the 2 women she was holding on the ground. Ulrika went straight to the giant woman, and used healing magic on them just to be sure they wouldn’t have any problems. The woman was surprised by the small person running towards her and using some magic, but she felt slightly better afterwards. Ulrika walked over the mother’s legs to do the same with the daughter.

This is also when Akira noticed Ulrika’s clothes, it seems that she was using native clothes, they were showing a lot of skin, considering that her skin is almost pure white, it was a really strange sight. Anastacia was wearing similar clothes too.

“Milly, can’t you do something about it?”

[I’m sorry, but I’m not sure what is happening…]

Vermillion’s voice seemed to be apologizing, but without a proper description of what is happening, she is confused. Celosia however doesn’t care, while Ulrika tried to help Akira.

“Just tell these three idiots to return, our negotiations are already over.”

“Please wait! Can’t we negotiate somehow?”

As Ulrika approached Akira, and looked back at Celosia, she knew it was asking a little too much, since they had nothing to offer back. Celosia looked annoyed, but then she had a smirk on her face.

“Hoo, I see, you want to help them… Then I shall give them to you as pets.”

“””W-What!?”””

The human trio was surprised at the proposition, Akira felt really angry.

“How could you treat people as pets?”

“What people?”

“These ones!”

“That’s just trash.”

“...”

Upon Celosia’s rebuttal, Akira understood that Celosia would in no way treat them properly, and since she is one of the leaders in this tribe, her authority is higher than his. This reminded him that this is the Demon World, although ironically, the problem he is facing is something similar to one that could be seen in human society instead of horror-like scenes.

However, now Celosia was placing them on his responsibility, which Akira couldn’t deal with himself, but if he told her that, he would just be called a hypocrite. He wants to help, but thinking again, that requires others to do the work that he demanded. Looking at it like that, he is being quite impertinent.

Although right now Celosia is just irritated and impatient.

“Vermillion, I hope you have some space for pets, it seems your idiots want some, so I’m giving them to you, you can consider this a freebie from our negotiations. I just don’t want any more of this annoyance.”

[I’m not entirely sure if I understood what was happening there… But I think we can always talk?]

While Vermillion’s voice showed confusion and seemed to be expecting an explanation, Akira’s tension with the situation filled his thinking in what to do. Celosia wasn’t giving him time to respond, and Ulrika knowing how it is to be a leader knows there are limitations in what one can do besides national policies can’t simply impose her rules over someone else, she had the impression that anything she did would just create more problems. Akira looked at Ulrika and Anastacia, but they just shook their heads, they don’t hold any authority, and can only rely on Vermillion here.

“Good, now you shut up and return with me. And you trash, stand up and follow us.”

“P-Please, j-just leave my daughter-”

“And keep this trash here? I don’t want to dirty this place any more than it already is. Both of you, move”

The woman was trembling, but didn’t say anything, the child who was hiding behind the mother was crying, but seemed to know that if she says anything it will be worse. The mother tries to help the child, but is suddenly forced to stand from her hair being pulled.

Ulrika approached Akira, then picked him with a hug.

~I’m sorry…~

She could only whisper these words to him, Celosia then crouched and, while still holding a large bag in her arm, picked Ulrika and Anastacia from the ground. The woman and her daughter stood up and followed Celosia behind. Thanks to the way Ulrika held him in a frontal hug position, Akira’s face was aiming backward, but he couldn’t see them properly with Celosia’s arm in the way.

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Back at the entrance, Vermillion seemed to be still talking with her aunt who was sitting on her shoulders while eating something. Noticing that Akira’s group was returning she was almost lifting her arms to welcome them back, but she then noticed the strange atmosphere with the two behind them and stopped midway.

“And here they are, you heard the talks so you know how it went. Here are the humans back to you, and your new pets. Now you can go home. I will see for my plans to be delivered to you by tomorrow, so expect a visit, tell that father of yours not to attack anyone from our tribe”

“Hmmm, not a problem, just please tell the messenger to wait outside, we filled the castle with traps, so it could be dangerous for anyone else to go inside. And about those two...”

“My gift to you, do whatever you want… Oh, in exchange, I will be taking this back with me, I guess it’s not a gift anymore… Who cares.”

Celosia pointed to her left ear while saying so.

As the humans were returning to the ground, Akira looked back at the two who were just addressed. Both were looking so high, the mother’s legs were trembling so much that she suddenly fell, and embraced her daughter as if to protect, then she turned back facing Vermillion stood up and placed her daughter behind her.

“P-Please, Lady Vermillion, if you wish to punish someone, please, let my daughter go, I will accept any punishment.”

“WAAAAAAAAAAHHH! MOM!”

The mother protected the child as she cried, Akira wanted to calm them down, but he couldn’t be heard, and Celosia was not caring, she left the luggage that she was carrying for the girls on the ground and left with no extra words.

Since Vermillion was away certainly she was not hearing as much as the humans below, but their pleas and cries came from both their our mouths source and the communication device in her ear, that duality was a little annoying. She placed a piece of meat that she was eating on her hand and lowered it to be in front of them.

“Stop crying, here, eat something first. And listen to the little guy there, he was trying to call you, and you ignored him.”

Vermillion was serious.

The mother and daughter, completely intimidated, looked towards the place where Vermillion was pointing, and saw the same small person that they saw before.

Although the daughter was shorter than the mother, she was still about 10m tall, so besides her physical features being that of a child, her wings, horns and tail were all small compared to everyone else. The mother looked like an older sister, but her horns were similar to Vermillion’s and not grown up like Celosia’s at all.

They were still nervous, and once the big piece of meat appeared inside her hand, the two looked at it and back to Vermillion’s face.

“Please do eat something while I ask Akira about the situation.”

At that moment, another giant person landed on the ground right in front of him, looking above, besides that usual pale blue skin, the mature features and 2 horns that were longer than Vermillion’s, although not as much as Celosia’s. She had short spiky red hair. Her build was overall average, and although she looked mature, there has the air of a youngster too, but right now she doesn’t look very receptive.

“Stop making problems to Milly! Who are you in the first place? You are just the enemy!”

“Auntie, please not you too, can you guys just stop for a moment…”

Vermillion’s face looked like she was surrounded by annoyances, she tried to ask for explanations, but people are ignoring her, and she is not used to it. She looked below at her aunt in a way that even she flinched, never having seen her niece like that. While her right hand was still down for the girls to eat, with her left hand, which is not her dominant one, she pressed her index finger in her own head, closed her eyes, and while in that pose, she asked.

“Please, just tell me what happened. You two continue eating until you are satisfied. Too many things are happening at the same time...”

Deciding that it’s best to let Vermillion understand the whole context first instead of trying to do anything himself, Akira explained the events: He found the 2 begging him for food, he wanted to help them, Celosia calling them trash, then as they tried to talk, the two were pushed into him as pets, and they are here now,

After the short explanation, there was a moment of silence. Vermilion then asked Akira.

“Akira, why did you do that?”

[Eh? … I thought it was normal…]

“I see… Rika, is that what humans usually do?”

Being suddenly asked out of nowhere, Ulrika trembles, a little unsure on how to respond, but decides on being honest.

[As a noble, I can’t say I ever saw a situation like this…]

“... Ana?”

[Although I’m a Knight, and my job is to secure peace in the Kingdom, in my case it was also work as the princess bodyguard, so I can’t say I ever saw such situation either.]

“... I see, then maybe it’s something from Akira’s world? We are ok in trying something different, to understand humans, so I don’t mind what you did, I just wanted to be sure of your reasons.”

Although some people certainly do help others on Earth, not everyone does that, and it’s usually just a small donation like some coins or some small food... Nobody is taken as pets or anything like that, at least he never heard of something like that on the news…

“Don’t mind me Akira, I just wanted to know, there shouldn’t be much impact on us, Mama said that we don’t need to hunt as much because that Artifact that makes ice that you made helped a lot in conserving the food. It’s fine.”

Vermillion had a very amiable face at this moment, he wasn’t expecting on being complimented at a time like this. It‘s a nice surprise. But a voice was heard from an unexpected side

“Oi! What did this human do?”

“Ah, auntie, Akira made some artifacts to ease food, now it’s easier to make food, and they can be stored for longer. Wanna try? I’m inviting you.”

“Eh? S-Sorry Milly, you know how is it between me and your mother, I have training tomorrow, the tribe preparations won’t stop so fast you know, we have been preparing and-”

“Auntie, you know, coleite tastes better when it’s cold~”

“Ok, I never had that, change of plans! I accept, let’s go! But tell your mother to stop picking on me, I hate her!!”

“Well, I was having my lunch right now, so if you want to eat something, it will take a few hours until we get home. Akira, I have your food here, but if you want to try something something from the tribe, auntie can help you three wit that.”

“Eh!? No way! I’m won’t take that responsibility to get them inside again, or are you saying you will go back to your previous invitation if I don’t do that?”

The one to interfere in the aunt-niece conversation was Ulrika.

[Milly, thank you, but I don’t think it’s a good idea for us to return inside either way.]

“Well, suit yourself.”

With her free hand, Vermillion drinks some water from a large cup. She got dragged in the middle of a drama by everyone without caring to properly explain, now she wants her peace of mind back. It felt good.

And while she calms herself down, Flare tells Vermillion that she will get her things and return later, so don’t go without her.

“Hey Akira, can you lend auntie a Communication Artifact, please?”

[Sure...]

Flare had stopped once she heard what Vermillion asked, but of course, she couldn’t hear the reply.

“If you don’t mind auntie, take it with him and place in your ear, then I will call once you are done, wanna test?”

Flare who reluctantly crouched and took the item with Akira, placed in her ear, could hear the conversation now. She still didn’t want to deal with the humans, but at the same time she trusts Vermillion. She looks above at her smiling niece, and waves shyly at her.

And as soon as the non-“party members” went away…

“So, what should we do about you two?”

Looking at her hand still handed down, there were two people on it. They were silent and not moving, but anyone next to them would see them trembling for their lives.

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Vermillion had lifted both of them to her face, considering that the two would still fit in her hand, the height is quite something.

“So, first, what are your names?”

Completely intimidated by the huge face in front of them, the mother was still trying in vain to hide her daughter.

“M-My name is Nyx… T-This is my daughter Dia… I-It’s an honor to b-be in y-your p-presence, L-Lady Vermillion.”

“I see, it’s nice to meet you Nyx and Dia. Would you mind explaining what happened?”

“I-I’m sorry, we didn’t know that he was related to the Lady, w-we asked for help due to our situation, i-it was my mistake that caused all of this, if there is any punishment, a-all I request is to p-please l-let my d-daughter g-go.”

“How was the food? I guess you may need some water too. Hmm...”

Trying to guess how she would be able to offer them water, with her free hand she took the large container that is now half full, and tried inclining them in a way that the water would be approachable for them. The two were confused by what Vermillion was doing.

“Can you drink from there? Sorry that I don’t have a way to fill up with more water, or maybe we could get some from the river? But mine is colder, so it should taste better.”

“L-Lady Vermillion, w-what will hap-”

“Drink.”

Vermillion now serious face told her to stop talking and just drink, the completely intimidated mother approached the inclined container and tried to drink directly from there instead of taking it with her hands. She looked back at the face.

“Her too.”

She lifted her daughter to allow her to do the same. After she seemed satisfied.

“Do you feel better?”

“L-Lady Vermillion, t-thank you very much for your mercy.”

“Good. Now, tell me your story, just wait for me to get trio down there to listen too.”

As the mother and daughter were still trembling, Vermillion, with a smile on her face, focused on Akira, Ulrika and Anastacia who remained quiet during this exchange. Vermillion was being very direct and didn’t seem to be accepting any unwanted replies. They climbed her hand, were lifted, and then asked to jump to the other hand, since she wanted to keep at least one hand free.

“Now you can go.”

While still unsure of what was happening, the mother explained her story. She and her daughter have nothing, so they live out of donations from the tribe, but because the natives are unfriendly to her conditions, they remain mostly in the visitor district where they get more sympathy, hence more earnings.

The mother was initially ignored by her family due to her inability to use magic, something essential for females on hunts. For some reason she was also born with an unusual black colored hair and eyes, and like this she wouldn’t be able to survive by herself in the long term, still her family expected that she could give a normal child, so she was thrust to others who were interested in her to make a child.

Once she was pregnant, her child came with the same hair, and after confirming that she also couldn’t use magic, she was treated as garbage since she can’t do anything properly.

She considered leaving the tribe, however the territory of the Banebdjed Tribe is one of the most dangerous, for someone without talent like her, she couldn’t get any help to leave, and there weren’t many tribes capable of supporting her and her child due to their necessities, besides the Banebdjed, only the Titans would surpass their resources, however that tribe is one of the most distant tribes from her position, and she wouldn’t survive the journey with her daughter, especially since they are already weak from the start.

Ulrika and Anastacia were shocked by the story, wondering if that sort of stuff could really be true. Akira was also feeling bad, but he could imagine the events. Vermillion however listened without any particular emotion.

“Hmmm, so, what should we do?”

Akira was the first to reply.

“Milly, didn’t you listen? Don’t you think we should help them?”

“Not really? That’s how it is here after all, not that I know well, since I was always strong.”

“That’s…”

“Akira, I don’t know what you are thinking, oh, you want them as pets?”

“Milly, that’s-”

“I know, I listened to your pleas, they are people, but didn’t you treat them as pets first?”

“!?”

“So, you two, we are kinda in need for some people to help in the castle since everyone is out. Would you accept working there? We need people that can be trusted, would I be able to trust you?”

In the end, not only Vermillion dealt with them as people, she demonstrated how Akira was the one that treated them as pets by simply deciding to help them instead of helping them to help themselves. Sure he had little means of doing anything, but that’s even more reason to avoid creating problems.

Although Akira felt frustrated from the words thrown at him, Ulrika tried to console Akira, she didn’t really knew how she would be able to help him, but she felt that Vermillion’s words were necessary. That reminded her of the naiveness that Akira had shown in the past, although that same naiveness was what she now considered the right answer, the fact that she couldn’t understand Akira’s thoughts made her frustrated thinking that she couldn’t see his “superior” intentions, even when she is just imagining that he has anything proper in mind.

“L-Lady Vermillion, t-that would be… I-I don’t know what to reply… Can us- W-Would you allow us to work in the Demon King’s castle?”

“Sure, as I said, we are in need of some help, especially with the recent guests, so if you don’t mind. Mama will probably still deal with cooking and things like that, since she has been having fun with that, so I don’t think there is much work for now. Though It may increase as our peaceful negotiations continue.”

“W-We would be h-honored, i-if you p-please. W-We accept the p-proposal, r-right Dia?”

“Y-Yes mom.”

“Good, everything is solved, right? Akira, anything to add?”

“No… You did it. Thank you.”

“So you guys can resume lunch while we wait for auntie to arrive. [Auntie, just so you know that we will be ready to go soon.]”

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About an hour later, 2 people came from the entrance, one of them was Flare, the other was Celosia, both carrying some small luggage with them.

Celosia was firmly looking at Vermillion, while Flare seemed a little anxious and slightly behind the Elder.

Vermillion then prepared herself to go, but she was also confused by the Elder who wasn’t supposed to arrive.

“Here, I decided to pay for my present here. Vermillion, take this with you.”

“Hmm? Thank you? May I ask what is this?”

“You can see for yourself. And that’s all, don’t forget to warn your parents about the castle.”

”I see, understood, however we were supposed to leave quite early tomorrow, since we plan to go to visit the Fairy Tribe. So it would help if she could arrive early.”

“I see, I will keep that in mind, otherwise I believe you will be available at night. Then that’s all for now.”

“Until next time Elder Celosia.”

The mother and daughter were nervous hearing the conversation, Akira was also expecting more, but in the end, the conversation was smooth between both parties.

Down there however, Flare was also in high tension, but just saw Celosia leaving like nothing happened, she then looked at Vermillion’s face and flew up there, landing on the free hand. She looked with an annoyed face at the two who were sitting more calmer than before. Because they didn’t have communicators, and their faces were away from Vermillion and the trio while talking in a just sufficient voice, it doesn’t seem that she or Celosia heard much of the story, nor they were interested in it.

Still, when Flare changed hands, she suddenly jumped to Vermillion’s shoulder, her face expressing that she faced something nasty.

“I can’t stand that smell! You! What the heck! Don’t you have manners at least”

Dia and Nyx get more nervous again after hearing that, they worry that something will be done against them. Akira wanted to answer back, but he couldn’t deny, they were taking some distance because of that from the start, they just didn’t mention anything because they knew the circumstances.

“Hmm, well, it’s still early, my waterfall is on the way, so I guess I will take a bath, would that be ok auntie?”

“Milly… *Sigh* you really are carefree… What are you going to do with those humans? And shouldn’t you warn your mother first?”

“Hm? I won’t change much considering me. I will just deal with it if Mama complains.”

“You know that she won’t complain, right?”

“Fufu, auntie knows me well. So, shall we go?”

*Sigh* “I can’t say I’m proud when you act like your mother…”

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The place was almost like a small but deep canyon, instead of being a high mountain, the water would fall on a large hole and follow its path from there, there wasn’t much more to that, but it was still quite a view for tourists. And there Vermillion landed. Vermillion let everyone leap down to the ground.

“So, you two, are you fine after the flight? I noticed that both of you were looking all around.”

“L-Lady Vermillion, I’m sorry, p-please forgive us!”

“No, it’s not really about that, I just wondered if you were feeling unwell.”

“W-We are fine.”

“Good, so now I will ask you to take a bath with me here. I will take the chance and take one now too. Anyone else wanna join in, I believe the one in the castle should be warmer through, the one here should be a little colder”

Ulrika was the one who replied.

[Milly, we thank you for your consideration, but we have no spare clothes with us, so we shall wait until you are done.]

“I see then, I don’t think there are any monsters around here, but please take care. Auntie? You joining?”

“Nah, I will pass, I will take my chance on the castle, it has been a long time since I took one there.”

“Then I guess it will be just us three.”

Vermillion starts taking out her clothes in a fast manner, this was not the first time Akira saw Vermillion nude, however that was inside the castle where everything was off-scale, seeing her towering in this canyon, with some trees quite some distance in the horizon, this was a mesmerizing first.

She took out her clothes then left them with the rest of the things she was carrying, then walked to go under the waterfall. The enormous waterfall, it didn’t have a large water stream, it looked less than a modern small shower, but as the water travelled from her hair then to her curves and down, with a new smaller but not less amusing waterfall in between her legs. Spreading her wings, she also starts to properly wash them, besides her tail.

The feet were fully underwater, it seemed to have some depth, likely due to the strength of the water during long periods of time, but when talking about it on the way, she said she made some “manual reforms” for herself in this place. She also suddenly started to glow a little, although she is bad with magic, it seems she is able to use some level of Fire Magic thanks to her father’s natural ability, and it’s enough to warm her own body.

Nyx and Dia were still unsure if they should enter too, they had taken their clothes since that was obvious what Vermillion wanted, but they didn’t dare to enter, rather, they were actually afraid of approaching. Although compared to the humans around they were giants, but compared even to Vermillion’s feet, that would be visible once she started cleaning them, they felt so much inferior, like the “trash” that they were being called before.

Vermillion looked down at them, the water moving all around her body.

“I think the middle here may be a little too deep for you, so you can take the shallower part, you think just the water is good? Or do you want to be under the stream? I can hold you up here if you want. What I need from you two now is to clean yourselves a little. Please?”

The two looked at each other, and Nyx guided the daughter to a “shallower” part, some distance away from Vermillion’s feet. The two were certainly unhealthily slim.

Akira turned around, although usually he more than wanted to look, and he knew Vermillion wouldn’t mind, but in respect for the mother and daughter, he decided that. The girls however were another story, there were some small shakings everytime Vermillion would lift a foot and drop it down again, and Ulrika would seriously watch at Vermillion’s. Anastacia had her head faced upwards through, she seemed to hold her own and turned to Akira.

“So, you like them big or small?”

“”Pfff! What!?””

Both Akira and Ulrika looked at Anastacia who was looking confused if she did something bad.

As Ulrika noted that Anastacia was holding her own chest, Ulrika moved her hands to her own, feeling a little distressed over the contents that could make her into the absolute winner or the absolute loser.

“It’s not like I prefer either or an in-between, I don’t know, it depends on the mood or something like that.”

Ulrika blushed, thinking that her extremity was also appreciated. All the native women on her kingdom usually have small breasts, but hers are especially small. And then, in the morning, it seemed like Anastacia’s breasts had grown reasonably.

“So then, I guess with the Princess on one extreme, I will work on the other, how about it?”

Akira was confused, “What are you talking about?”, but Ulrika felt like dismissing her part.

“I’m focused on wanting to support Akira in his heroic endeavors. We still have a lot of work ahead, and I shall show my value in action.”

The trio was sitting side-by-side, but Akira had turned around, so he was facing each of them diagonally in front of him. Ulrika’s hands slowly moved to encounter Akira’s.

“I guess you are right, I also have to train, to get used to the magic here. Magic is so much easier to use here… Ah, sorry, you two are not very good at it.”

Flare was sitting somewhat far away, looking at the trio, but at the same time listening to the conversation through the communication device. She didn’t seem to trust the humans after all.

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As they finished the bath, Vermillion use her own flame magic to dry herself, then helped the two smaller ones. As she was taking her clothes, she took out the luggage that Celosia had sent them.

“Hey, you two, it seems that Elder Celosia gave some clothes for you to use.”

She then moved that luggage filled with clothes to Nyx and Dia, who didn’t know how to react.

“It’s fine, you can just wear them now, maybe it’s just some used clothes or something, it’s still better than what you had. Now go that I need to report today’s visit to Papa.”

Once they arrived in the Demon King’s castle. Vermillion entered the relatively small entrance by crouching down as usual, and once inside, she went to look after her mother.

They had already announced to Lapis via the communication devices that 3 more people would be joining dinner, her sister-in-law Flare and the two who Vermillion offered to work in the castle.

To Akira this place is like home, to Ulrika and Anastacia, this is the second time they are inside the castle like this, so it’s still something unusual for them. Nyx and Dia however were trembling with the place that they never expected in their lives to enter.

Vermillion went straight to the kitchen, where she found out her mother already making the preparations. Akira usually saw Lapis in the kitchen, even on the days she was to help him, she would leave a couple hours earlier than dinner time, and then come get him when the table was already filled in, but now, seeing the amount of raw food she had to prepare… Certainly it would take time on the level of hours to prepare everything.

This must be what it means to feed the colossal woman that is her daughter.

Vermillion extended her two hands that are holding everyone in front of Lapis, the mother exclaimed in surprise.

“Oh, if it isn’t Flare, welcome again, it’s nice to see you again.”

Her hand was moving as if to pat her sister-in-law, but Flare escape and punched the hand back, although the difference in strength from both was quite large, Lapis still stopped her hand from approaching..

“Stop that, you know that I hate that way of yours! Stop that!”

“But little Flare is almost like my daughter too, you didn’t visit much in the past, but when you did, I always wanted to play with you, maybe you were too small to remember that?”

“I’m the older sister, just because I was smaller than you doesn’t mean I was too young! You were doing weird things to my brother and I tried to stop you! What the hell do you have in this head of yours?”

“Of course I have lots of love for my family and relatives, so if you ever want another mom, don’t hesitate to ask.”

“You… Damn… It’s just impossible to argue with this weird woman.”

She suddenly felt a compassionate gaze, feeling weird about what could it be, she looked at where she felt it was coming from, and saw Akira in a weird pose (saluting) at her, it seemed he felt some weird empathy for her. Usually she would tell him off, but there was a vague feeling of camaraderie, so she let it pass this time.

“Hmmm, and you two. My name is Lapis, I’m Milly’s mother, and you are?”

Lapis then looked at the mother and daughter, although they are really small compared to Vermillion, towards Lapis they are very much visible, the size of babies, so she noticed that they were trembling, as such, even thought some (Akira and Flare) knows how much of a weird person she can be, they can’t deny that she is flawless in interactions like introductions, as such, with her calming gaze on them, even the two seemed to have calmed down a little, although not by that much.

“M-My name is N-Nyx. I-It’s an honor to meet the Great Demon Queen. This is-”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you little Nyx, I hope you will treat me well, but I want to see little Dia introducing herself. Oh, no need for calling titles, just call me Lapis.”

The daughter looking to her mother, then back to Lapis, she seemed reluctant and trembling a lot, but eventually called it.

“I-I’m Dia, t-thank you La-La-... Lady Demon Queen… I-I’m sorry.”

“Little Dia, it’s nice to meet you too, don’t worry, we will go slow then, but please treat me well. I heard you will be going to help me with the castle? I can see you are also really skinny, so you have to eat lots ok? Just tell me and I will see what I can do. I hold great hopes from you too!

Now then, I’m in the middle of dinner, Milly, you are going to report to Ignis, right? You can find him in the throne room, want me to take care of everyone?”

“Hmm, I guess that would help, I think Akira would do better now staying with you, I can report by myself, we can talk later on the specifics anyway, but rather, I think it would be best for them to be with Nyx and Dia. Auntie, you wanna come with me?”

“Heh, can I listen to your report?”

“I don’t think it’s a problem, you already know we want to stop the war, right? Who knows, wanna help us?”

“Hmmm, well, I will think on that, that reminds me, did you guys learn how Ignis tried to talk with our Tribe?”

“,,, Please, don’t remind me of that. We already had a talk with him.”

Even Lapis face broke a little from her usual fappy face and looked a little troubled.

“You know… He closed himself in the throne room… He said he was going to think on better ways to negotiate with the other tribes… But…”

“... I see, I guess I have to stop Papa again.”

“... Please Milly, you are the only one who can.”

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On the way to the Kitchen, Lapis changed route and passed through their bedroom.

“Aren’t you all tired from the travel? If you want you can rest a little, and I will call you later. Nyx and Dia, the bedroom has a big bed that you should have no problems in sleeping, and you can even help me by carrying them to the Kitchen later, what do you think?”

“A-Ah, I-I’m not sure what to say here.”

“Hmmm, I know, how about you three show you castle to the newcomers? I can see that you two are still a little afraid of me, so we can take things slowly. Little Akira is dependendable too, and then we have Rika and Ana, everything will go alright. What do you say?”

“I-I d-don’t k-know.”

Ulrika decided to intermediate.

[Lady Lapis, we will do as you suggest, me and Anastacia would like to see more about the castle, we will ask Akira to guide us.]

“That’s good. You two, I can understand that you are still confused, but if you don’t know what to do, you can follow that little guy. I’m sure you are here thanks to him, right? Thank you for introducing us Akira.”

Akira has been with them since they arrived, and there was no detailed mention when they called before arriving, yet she made such an on-point estimate.

(What? How did she learn that they are here for my cause? We didn’t talk about it when we announced them before arriving… And if Milly said anything we would have heard… And the Banebdjed Tribe settlement is beyond the range for communication via magic or artifact… Just how? For some reason… I feel shivers on my spine.)

“Y-Yes, it’s t-thanks to L-Lord Akira… T-Thank you very much… L-Lord Akira.”

“Thank you very much bro- I-I mean, Lord Akira.”

The mother and daughter directed their appreciations to Akira for the first time since then, it’s not hard to guess since until now they may have been thinking they would just die, or they didn’t think much of the smallest guy around… Maybe they could still be expecting something bad to happen…

“Then it’s all good, also, I don’t think we have a room with 2 beds for them, but we can move a bed, I think it won’t be a problem. Could little Flare help me with it later?”

“... Why me?”

“Sorry, the room is a little small for me, Milly or Ignis to enter, and I don’t know if little Nyx and Dia would be able to help me either, I can move it outside, but I need someone to move it inside the room, so if you wouldn’t mind…?”

“... Sure, whatever.”

“Thank you, so if you will excuse us, I will now leave everyone here in Akira’s room, I think the ‘car’ would be useful for the tour, right?”

Akira complied, and so Lapis left the 5 of them in front of his room, while Vermillion and Flare moved to the Throne Room. Lapis went ahead for the kitchen.

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Inside the room, the human trio went inside like normal, seeing that the other 2 didn’t go, Akira told them via the communicator that they could enter inside. After telling them 2 times to enter, they finally accepted and walked in, looking around the room. For the huge bed that was too big for the trio, it seemed to be on the right size for Nyx.

Akira went to get the car, took out the roof and the girls squeezed their legs in the passenger and back seats, while Akira would drive. He stopped next to the two giants.

[Sorry that we don’t have a seat for you two, would you mind walking by yourselves? Or maybe flying? Or maybe you would prefer to take a rest? We will have to look for a room, but the big sized ones shouldn’t be far… So…]

“W-We can do it… I-It would be better for us to know more of the castle… For the work… Later…”

As Vermillion and Lapis had said, these 2 would likely start working in the castle, so, from their behavior and some guesses, they may be too nervous and prefer to learn the layout of the castle earlier to avoid mistakes later. But maybe they are too nervous because they are still thinking that bad things will happen

[I understand, but I advise you two to calm down a little, those 2 won’t do anything bad without warning, in case you hadn’t noticed it.]

“L-Lord Akira, I-I understand, but… I’m sorry… I-It’s not easy.”

[I see, then I won’t talk anymore about that, but I hope you may not be as nervous with us at least.]

“W-We will try… T-Thank you…”

And so Akira drove around the castle, showing all the important places and a reference on their location to not only Nyx and Dia, but also to Ulrika and Anastacia.

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And finally, they were called for dinner, so Akira guided them to the dining room. When they arrived at the huge table, only Lapis and Flare were there. Lapis helped lifting the humans to the table, while also preparing their customized table and seats, and moved the car to another cabinet to avoid breaking it on the ground. For the other 3 middle giants, it seems there was already another properly sized table, although this one is not circular like Akira’s, but a long rectangular one. It seems that before the reform where the Titan sized furniture were adopted, the previous ones were still being stored somewhere.

It’s a long desk, but it could be taken in partially, so Lapis placed it over the table. Since Ignis, Lapis and Vermillion would site in a T, with Vermillion being the one occupying the most space, she placed the table in between Vermillion and her parents. Usually it would be simply placed on the ground, but Lapis thought it would be better for everyone to be able to talk with each other, especially to the 2 new guests.

As they sit in their respective places, the middle big table is shared by Flare who is not very welcoming towards Nyx and Dia, however she seems to be trying to just ignore them. And not far away from them is the smaller desk shared by the human trio. Nyx and Dia seem nervous, but the reason this time seemed to be related to the food, they were looking at each giant plates with so much food, even for themselves, it was an unfathomable amount, but knowing that there are 3 larger sized people in this castle, it makes it a little more believable, still, they can only wonder if it’s not too much.

Suddenly Vermillion and Ignis enter the Dining Room, he sits down in his chair (that is taller than normal since he is the small guy in the family), and then starts a talk with Akira.

“It seems the negotiations didn’t finish, but they are better than I could have expected.”

[I’m not entirely sure if that’s really the case Lord Ignis, Elder Celosia was very distrustful towards us, although I can’t deny her reasons, she made many requests. Besides, there was Milly’s threatening there.]

“Eh? I wasn’t threatening them, I just gave them a warning. I couldn’t go inside with you after all.”

[... Milly, you do realize that’s called threatening, right? You said you would destroy everything along the way.]

“Eh? I never said that, I would need to enter the settlement to help you, sure there could be some damage, but of course I would try to avoid doing it. Everything is too small.”

[... Ulrika and Anastacia, was I the only one that got it wrong?]

The 2 girls look at Vermillion who had a serious but somewhat confused expression right now, then both looked down.

[I-I don’t want to lie… But I thought you were angry at that moment…]

[Certainly, I thought that was a warning for Lady Celosia to keep our safety in mind… Which she did, as she even stayed around during our shipping…]

“...”

[[[...]]]

“Fufufu, Milly just can’t hide her beauty, everyone recognizes it. I get wet just from looking sometimes.”

Ulrika and Anastacia get “?” in their minds, wondering if they misunderstood something.

“Mama, that’s say that. But I see now, I will have to be more careful… Papa, we have to be more careful...”

And after Lapis broke the serious mood, it was Flare who objected.

“It’s this behavior of yours that won’t help Milly to notice how much she is feared by others. I’m worried about my niece not having friends around. You foul woman, you are no good for Milly’s education!”

“Ara, little Flare is going to move to the castle? Should I prepare another room? Fufufu, you can also sleep with us if you want.”

Her face looked quite seductive as she invited Flare in her action, Akira could see that Flare had many difficulties handling Lapis, who interprets everything in a convenient way and seems aware of her own faults, but the woman still doesn’t try to fix them, because for her, there is nothing to fix…

The Demon King tried to return to the original subject.

“Cough… Cough… In the end, if they will at least delay and consider, that will be good enough for now. And tomorrow I will keep an eye on any visitor then. Tomorrow you will visit the Fairy Tribe, they are known are the longest lived race here, and acted as librarians in the castle since aeons before I took the throne.

I expect them to be very friendly, however I fear I’m not very good at dealing with them-”

Lapis cut Ignis explanation with her own personal view on the other side.

“The Fairy Tribe people are just too small, they are no fun… I mean, certainly their lives must be amazing, but I can’t even see them properly...”

She looked annoyed, but the Demon King could only sigh, but he resumed his conversation with Akira.

“... this is our personal problem, but as you should already know, their Tribe is one that opposed my actions, as they are not a combat race, so now that that those plans changed, I expect you to achieve easy success there. Also, if they accept, they were the ones responsible for the library, so the reason I want them to join fast is thanks to their good handling in information, they may help you with you abilities too.”

[I see, I’m looking for this meeting, since Fairies existed in myths in my world, so learning that I could meet some in here makes me really curious.]

“I see, although you have mentioned before that only humans and beasts exists in your world, you mentioned that it was rich in stories and such.”

[Yeah, people try to explain what they don’t know, and this can make a lot of different stories, I was going to say that I’m impressed by how this world seems to lack these here, maybe in the influence of having a goddess? In my world we didn’t have one divine entity, or at least, it never presented itself in any way.]

“... I see…”

Ignis showed a face that he found it interesting, but Ulrika also tried to join the conversation.

“Akira, we do have legends though.”

“I guess I didn’t had that much time to explain my world with you after all-”

Ulrika’s face goes pale.

“T-That’s not the case, w-we had a lot of time b-but I-I-”

“The past is the past Ulrika, the point is, I had explained my world to them during my previous stay after they asked about it, that’s why they can understand better what I meant. In my world there were many civilizations trying to explain the world and other events like rain, but since they didn’t know it, they would make up gods, divine events and so on, like the day and night being 2 gods running one after the other, it’s on a very different level from the legends like the previous heroes that likely existed.”

“O-Oh, I see, would Akira someday tell me the stories of his world someday?”

“Sure, it’s impossible to know all of them, but there are many famous ones.”

“I-I see, thank you…”

And the slightly sad expression suddenly showed a small smile as she moved her face to the other side, certainly she knows how to be cute.

So seeing that the conversation had ended, Ignis then started the next topic.

“And so, about the two newcomers? Has something been decided?”

The 2 related people, as usual, started trembling, Vermillion predicted that, and told them to calm down.

“I thought Mama may need help, so I suggested it. This castle has only us since we threw everyone else out.”

Lapis looked surprised at her daughter.

“Oya? Although I feel happy for your feelings, lately things have been easier, I don’t think there is such a problem, but thank you for your consideration Milly... But don’t worry, I know just the thing, I will talk with them later, meanwhile, you two should eat, you can eat as much as you want, you two look malnourished, and it’s sad.

I have high expectations from you, but don’t worry, we need to take slow steps after all.”

The two just nodded when looking at Lapis’ face, then started to eat, although everyone had already started, it seems that they didn’t start until ordered.

Seeing that the topic was closed, Ignis went to the next topic.

“And how were the materials that you found for your artifacts? You mentioned having new ideas, so I’m hoping you found something new that will help towards that.”

[Ah, yes, I want to make a long-range communication device, or something that will reach the Norrstvo Kingdom. I also want to make another vehicle, preferentially one able to fly, I would like to be able to cross the Ice Lands with some level of safety and faster than I can do now alone, also I probably need some reforms to increase the space inside for cargo and passengers. I plan to decide on the blueprints tonight, since I want this as fast as possible.]

“I see, good luck on your endeavor, hopefully the fairies you will meet tomorrow may also be able to support you in that, they are known for their curiosity and deep understanding in Magic too.”

[That’s one more reason for me to look out for tomorrow.]

“... I don’t have any more topics to discuss, anyone feel free to raise any subjects.”

“Brother, explain to me what happened and how did you end up joining with humans!? You were the most against it before and even triggered the first attack, now you suddenly are like this, it doesn’t make sense!”

“Flare, the human Hero opened talks, and after discussion, I understood that there is another way to achieve what we want without the same fight. Thanks to this opportunity, I hope this may be the last time for such fights…”

“But you know that thing won’t let us in peace, I’m sure this hero has already been discarded by them!”

[T-That w-won’t happen! Hero Akira is the hope of peace for us humans too, we won’t betray him!]

Ulrika ended up imposing herself in the conversation, Flare seems to be irritated, so Ulrika was slightly set back at first, but she decided mid-way that she needed to be stronger in that statement.

“And you are?”

[I’m the first princess of the Norrstvo Kingdom, I was called to supervise the Demon World, then return my observation for the conclusion of our dealings and thus properly connect between ourselves.]

“And what guarantee to you have for that? You can just betray us later anytime. You don’t even know what you are talking about. Do not trust the humans.”

[I can’t give you better proof than me and my words right now, but Milly is a witness, and I have no intention of betraying our Hero anymore. I won’t ask you to believe, I’m asking you to believe in her.]

“You! I know already… We already talked before, what I’m asking is not about her, but about Ignis, you have changed, the Ignis I know wouldn’t have changed his stance.”

So Ignis looked at his older sister who was sitting on the oversized table, compared to him that was sitting “normally”.

“I was shown that I am responsible for many of the mistakes that led me to what I did, hence I changed strategies. This new strategy is not my forte, however I’m not missing my objective.”

“You musclebrain, you finally learned that out after so long…”

“I’m sorry, but unfortunately, that’s how it is. Sister, would you help me from here on out?”

“... I can’t, I hate this woman!”

Flare points to the now giggling Lapis.

“But I love you, you are welcome to stay anytime you want. I will make sure to stay prepared from now on.”

“AAAAHHHH!!!”

“Well, if you don’t want to come now it’s not a problem, I will be dealing with little Nyx and little Dia, so I won’t have time to give you all the love you deserve, little Flare.”

Flare was angry, but she understood that if she says anything else, she will just get more irritated, so she just drops out from there. Lapis decides not to tease her anymore.

“And you two, don’t be reserved, I’m going to repeat again to make sure, but eat as much as you want, if you don’t know about something, you can ask me, it will be a pleasure to answer.”

Lapis was certainly trying a lot for the 2 newcomers, Akira recognizes that, as much of a pervert she is, she undoubtedly has the charisma to be a Demon Queen.

And so that was the rest of dinner. But for some reason, Flare, the one that Akira felt had some common-sense… She doesn’t seem good in reading the mood.

“Hey you two, stop crying and eat, damnit!”

So while the two nodded while seemingly crying, the dinner went through like that, with Lapis socializing with them with small talk.

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Later, Lapis took all the humans, plus Dia and Nyx to the bath, it was the same as usual. She suddenly rested inside the warm water, placed the humans over herself, and then moved the taller duo between her legs, since they would have no problem touching the bottom, as it’s Lapis who ends up with her legs slightly outside.

The bathe went easier this time for the humans, since both girls were woken up and more used to the situation, the mother and daughter however were silent while cleaning themselves, they have stuffed their bellies with food that they never dreamed of eating before, then Lapis again would talk. Flare was going to come later for the bath, since she wanted to avoid Lapis.

During the small talk that Lapis pushed on the Nyx.

“What!? You are younger than Milly!? And you already have a child and went through all that? Oh, poor little Nyx.”

The humans were surprised since they were using her as their floor, the “ground” suddenly jumped,

“Ops, I’m sorry, but I just felt like… Oh, just, please come here you two.“

Akira could see the two down there, both were nude, and were down at Lapis open crotch, hearing Lapis, they thought it would be best to do what she asked, so Nyx tries to see how she would climb the body that is over times bigger than than hers. Even though Lapis was laid down, Nyx could easily help her daughter to up, but she was afraid that trying to use the pubic hair would make it hurt, that was until two hands came for them, and the barely visible eyes from between the large breasts could be seen watching them.

Each held onto one hand that would then grab their entire body, and were lifted towards her face, their bodies were like large dolls for Lapis, but she rubbed her cheeks on them, first on Nyx, then on Dia, then kissed both of them, as they were confused with the situation, she placed both on her collarbone, watching them in front of her face.

“I can’t let children live like that, you know, so if you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask, you can treat me like a mother, ok?”

This caused Nyx to burst into tears, surprising Dia next to her. Nyx then embraced the head in front of her.

“P-Please, help us… I-I’lI will do anything!”

“Don’t worry, we will talk later about your tasks, ok? And don’t worry right now, you have time to learn and get used. I know, as a mother myself, that we can achieve greater than otherwise.”

“I-I understand, Lady Lapis.”

“So you two clean yourselves properly, today is a welcoming day.”

“T-Thank you very much, Lady Lapis.”

And then Lapis looked at the girls.

“And the three of you, did something good happened today? I noticed that unlike before that you were wearing those long weird human clothes, this time the two of you were wearing more normal clothes from here? Did you have fun?”

The one to respond was Ulrika,

“Ha ha ha… I’m sorry Lady Lapis, but we had a strange accident today.”

“Oh? Did something happen?”

“Y-yes, it seems m-”

And Akira suddenly closed her mouth, at that moment, he felt a chill in his spine, and he noticed, if she tells Lapis that they somehow grew, even if a little, something will happen to him, and it will be extremely annoying.

“I recommended them to buy something local for the sake of learning about their tribes, I thought it was a good idea to show that we want to understand them through peace too.”

“Eh? Little Rika, really?”

Now freed from Akira, and without understanding what happened, she decided to at least try to keep the story.

“Y-Yes, I thought it would help me understand me better about the Demon World, I saw so many different people, a-and although there was some fear with Lady Celosia, in the end, everything went fine.”

“Hmmm, Celosia, I guess it was hard, but don’t worry, she has a cute side too, you know, she used to teach Milly about magic, but I think because of my side, Milly’s magic is not really good like mine, so Celosia would start blaming me like none other before, she had no mercy… Just remembering that, it was so~ nice~. I never told Milly, but I think she liked me, sometimes she would fly to my face and shout all that directly to my ears. But I’m not interested in her, she may be strong for her Tribe, but she is still too weak for me…

Oh, now that I think about it, it was the girls’ first night sleeping in the castle, how was it? Was it comfortable? Was the night good? Now that I think about it, you 3 had such a huge bed… It’s like when I sleep with Milly… He he he…” *drolls*

Hearing that, Akira could only think that Lapis is indeed a high level pervert. The one to respond first was Anastacia this time.

“Thank you for the great opportunity this time, Milady was so happy that she was jumping on the bed while walking around, although it may be a bit too big, there are no other problems otherwise.”

“Uhh, jumping on the bed while walking? I now am imagining it, how enviable! I hope to be able to the same thing someday. But, you didn’t answer my question. Was the night good?”

“Eh?”

Anastacia wondering what she meant, noticed that Lapis’ face looked filled with lust, which reminded her of the events of the previous night..

“Y-Yes, the night was very good…”

“That’s good to know, if you are in need of something else, please don’t hesitate to ask or complain. Hey little Akira, was it good? Which reminds me, do you think that with what you found today you can make that thing I want?”

The previous chill came back.

“I-I don’t think so Lapis, I was shown just a small sample of their inventory, it seems they will try to collect some of everything they have in stock for me to analyse, but that should take some time first.”

“Uhhh, that’s too bad, but ok, I hope we can have more luck later, I have great expectations of you, little Akira.”

The others were curious about what she was talking about, but Akira kept quiet, he wondered if Lapis really wanted to keep it as a secret, seeing the open pervert that she is, but to stop here is for the best after all. And so they finished their bath while Lapis kept teasing everyone.

Just like in the previous day, Ulrika and Anastacia were still in awe over Lapis body, Nyx was helping to clean up Dia, while the little girl instead was looking curiously towards the humans cleaning themselves. Akira was in front of the girls, looking towards them, he made sure not to look at the new duo, and at the same time, he needed to hide the boner of the 2 who had been teasing him during the whole bath time.

And in the end, Lapis carried everyone to Akira’s room, but kept Nyx with herself, saying that she has more to talk between themselves.