CH 68

Vampire Princess and Going Home

Translated by AmaLynne

「Me……Message, pass……?」

「Right. Well, I need to keep you alive. First, you must tell the upper echelons of humanity everything you see today about me. Second, you must tell me everything you know about the Twelve Holy Apostles and the people who were with the Hero…And one last thing: pass on the message I want you to deliver exactly as I say it. Understood?」

The S-rank adventurer I captured…Julia responded with a blue face and a wobbly shake.

「I-I can do the first and the last, but I can’t do the second.」

「……Hmm?」

「Mi, Mi, Misery-sama! I-I-I-I can’t betray……!」

「Yes, you can.」

「……Huh?」

「Well, if it was someone who said it would accept all the conditions, I was going to kill it as soon as possible. The second condition should be unacceptable to those who are fanatics of the goddess Misery, but the one who still accepts it would definitely be the one who tries to spread false information. Therefore, I will let you live as a messenger. Can you move to the Holy Land?」

「Y-Yes, I can……Yes.」

「Then, please do it. Who and what will you tell――――――――-」

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「G-G-G, 《Greater Teleportation》!」

After watching Julia’s transfer, I turned to Sakura and said,

「Well, I’m done with work! Sorry, Sakura-kun, for keeping you company for so long……」

「No, no……It’s all right.」

「It looks like Demon King-sama is worried about us, so let’s get the hell out of here! ……Oh, before that, I have to bring back that Iron Maiden. She’s probably still alive.」

「Oh, um, Lean, san…..」

「Hmm? What’s wrong?」

「No, it’s rare. ……. I mean, you know……You let a human……like that……right?」

「Hmm? …Ah, that. I wanted her to pass a message. Also, I didn’t let her or anything, okay?」

「…Eh?」

「When I was grabbing her, I put a time bomb spell in her stomach. I wove a formula so that it would automatically explode when she finished telling all the messages I wanted her to tell, all the information about me, and so on… I hope it does some damage to the Holy Land Nation guys. Also, in case the Holy Land finds the bomb and dismantles it with magic, I put a very powerful poison in a capsule strong enough to disintegrate in three days, inside her with the《Material Transfer》.」

(Lean-san……How can she come up with something so scary with such a beautiful face……?)

「Well, now then, Sakura-kun, please…」

「Oh…Right, I understand…《Greater Teletransfer》.」

Now, we are back in the demon territory capital『Pandemonium』.

I have to go back to the Demon King Castle for now……

「……Lean!」

A shadow jumps out from the Demon King’s castle.

What’s that, something approaching this way……

「Whoa!」

「L-Lean-san!?」

「Lean! Are you hurt? What happened to you!? Is something wrong!?」

「D-Demon King-sama!」

「It doesn’t look like you’re hurt…Are you poisoned? What’s wrong? What happened to the Hero? And what’s with that mysterious woman’s box behind?」

「I-I’ll explain it all to you!」

The one who popped out was the Demon King-sama.

She’s always been overprotective, hasn’t she…?

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「……So, you mean. In short, you were having fun torturing the Hero and it got to be this late?」

「…Yes, that’s what I mean.」

「……Inside that female coffin is a female companion of the Hero who is still alive.」

「That’s right.」

After explaining the circumstances, Demon King-sama let out a very large sigh.

「……I was so worried that I lost it…..I thought you had been careless and hurt yourself…」

「I’m not going to be careless, my motto is to use all my strength even when hunting rats.」

「At least stop with a rabbit. A rat…Well, anyway, thank you for your hard work. The Hero is already dead, isn’t he?」

「Yes, I indeed kill him.」

「I see. Now there is only one more person left with the『qualities of a Hero』…If you kill him, all hope is lost for the humans. At least, until another one with the qualities of a Hero appears.」

「Even if that happens, we also have the Four Demon Generals. I think it will be fine even if the next generation appears.」

「I think so. The next goal is to find the next generation of heroes again…Well, it will be a few years at the earliest. Once again, you did a great job, Lean. Get some rest today.」

「Yes, thank you very much. Now, if you’ll excuse me.」

「Right. Yomi was also worried about you, so go home soon.」

……Yomi was worried?

……Oh, shit, seriously. I fucked up.

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This is a very high-class residential area where only the semi-executive of the Demon Army and above live.

That’s where Yomi and I live.

Yes, Yomi and I still live together.

This is because Demon King-sama pushed us into the same house some years ago, saying,「You both are good friends, and Lean would not be able to have that big house by herself, so both of you should be in the same house together.」

I know…I’m so sorry to Demon King-sama.

Yomi indeed makes me swoon when she says welcome home, and it’s super fun to eat with her, and she almost makes my nose bleed when we take a bath, and she’s warm, so she’s useful as a hot water bottle in the winter, but the other executives all have their own private spaces, and the most powerful and least powerful of the Demon Army live together…What do you think?

Really, a very complicated story……

「Lean, welcome back! You’re back late, are you okay?」

「Yomi~ I’m so tired~」

「…Are you okay? You don’t seem to be hurt… Did you manage to kill it, the Hero?」

「Yes, I did. But I feel sick with so much blood. I want to take a bath…」

「Geez… Then wait for me while I go to boil the water. I haven’t taken a bath yet either, so let’s take a bath together. I’ll make you dinner afterward.」

「……Angel?」

「Hm? What?」

「No, it’s nothing… Thank you, Yomi~」

「Un!」

I’m sorry, it’s a lie.

I can’t live without Yomi anymore.

Because even though this girl is the strongest in the Demon Army, she can’t act out in the open yet, so she’s at home a lot.

So when I come home tired, she prepares meals and baths for me.

It’s the best. You don’t have to fight anymore, I’ll support you, I’ll bring all the guys you want to get revenge on here, so will you stay home forever?

Incidentally, when I approached Demon King-sama about this, she looked at me as if she was looking at something terrible and rejected it. I don’t understand.
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