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Chapter 22
Chapter 1, Childhood Friend And I — Episode 22 : Human Sacrifice
Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV
「When the demon tribe sucks the human spirit, their bellies swell up as if they are carrying a baby!」
「What the hell!?」
Seeing Lilith, who is a tiny toddler, patting her bump and acting proud, Marielle revealed the truth to me. Her bunny suit fits well without bulging or tearing, whether it’s the stretchy material or not.
As for the chest, it is probably just a useless feature.
No wonder I was so sleepy when Lilith kissed me unexpectedly… I’ve never been in such a hurry before.
「Kaname-sama would rather have a baby with me than with another girl…」
Marielle was mumbling something in an inaudible whisper, shyly, but Lilith was too noisy for me to hear it. Just looking at her, she’s squirming and she’s just so cute.
Unlike Lilith, I don’t think Marielle thinks a kiss can make a child…
But hey, I almost made a terrible mistake and had to take responsibility for it! I look at Lilith with abhorrence as she swears at Marielle for exposing her.
A belly that really swelled up like it was pregnant with a child. I can’t believe I’m being pushed around by this girl…
You’re a tick!
I was screaming at Lilith in my mind.
It would have been horrible if I had been charmed or something, like an infection. Marielle may have been right about the “purification” of the kiss.
「This is Kaname’s fault! You’re the careless one.」
Lilith’s silver hair stood on end and she glared at me angrily with her ruby red eyes. She was angry with me, and she was shifting the blame on me. I don’t want to sound condescending, but is it because she was demon after all that she would return the favor?
「Then if you’re not careful, you’ll avenge your benefactor?」
Of course, it was to Marielle for my selfishness. If they find out that I’m harboring a demon in secret, even if she’s a princess, she might not be able to get away with it.
「I must gain strength, I must…」
「What are you going to do with that power? Kill all the humans you can? I was a fool to believe in you.」
She wanted to defect, and I believed this person’s rhetoric. I regret that I made a mistake in the first place.
「No!」
「What’s the difference? Explain it to me. We have…」
「I want to help my father. That is why I need the energy of the strong… because without absorbing the energy, I won’t be able to call upon even Inanna.」
「Even if I don’t fight, we have to fight anyway. Stay here and be quiet. What was that? I’ll save your country and your king while I’m at it.」
Not me, but all the other heroes… but still…
「Kaname-sama… I have something important to tell you… I think it would be best if you went back to your room, Lilith-sama.」
「Alright.」
Marielle’s face had become uncomfortably serious, so I kicked Lilith out of the room.
「Lilith, go back to your room now. We’ll talk again when you’ve calmed down.」
I may have been a little out of line too. Marielle’s judgment was correct and just right. I think we both need a cool down. After sending the dejected Lilith back to her room, I was left alone with Marielle to listen to her story.
「Marielle, what’s the important story?」
No way, now that we’re alone, we can continue the purification… No, I guess not. Wait, wait a second, I’m seeing Marielle’s moist eyes.
Marielle!
Only Mariel. I was about to explode in my foolish imagination. No, I have a lover in my heart named ××. I know Marielle’s feelings are painfully clear and I’m glad.
But I can’t do it. So forgive me.
「Kaname-sama? How can I help you? May I speak with you now?」
「Ah, yeah, please do so.」
That’s not what I meant. That’s right, Marielle is a saint!
A mistaken hashtag…
Apparently, Marielle had obtained information about Lilith from a certain source. Aronne had called her in order to get in touch with the source.
My expectations were not met, but I’m really mad at Marielle for all the help she gave me.
「Kaname-sama, please put your ear to the ground, this is important.」
「Ohhh…」
Marielle’s lips are close enough to kiss my ear, and the information comes to my ear in a soft tone of voice, like a whoosh whisper voice.
The raw voice mixed with the saint’s breath is better than a bad ASMR, and it seems to ascend me as if I were an undead, and purify my unclean soul.
「Lilith-sama is the biological child of the Demon Lord Azarikade.」
「Ha? So she lied about being an imperial princess?」
「No, that is also true. It seems that Asotaroth and the Demon Kingdom, which had been in harmony with the demon tribe, became a united kingdom through marriage.」
Then…
「Lilith said she wanted to save the Demon Lord, because?」
「Yes, I’m afraid…」
「Then, can’t ee do something like holding that guy hostage to bring the war with the demon tribe to an end?」
「That’s impossible… I think. Azarikade seems to have been disturbed and has taken his wife into his own hands. Even if we negotiate a hostage situation, they might kill Lilith themselves.」
Shit! I thought they were just a bunch of high level demons, but they keep making matters more complicated!
I’m told that Marielle is treated coldly by Yurielle’€ subjects and that Yurielle herself doesn’t give Mariel important information. How in the world did they get such valuable information out of her?
Was Aronne actually a ninja or a counterintelligence agent?
「Hey, Marielle.」
「Yes, what is it? Kaname-sama…」
「How did you get this valuable information?」
「I got it out of Aina-san.」
「From Aina? She seem very tight-lipped about that sort of thing.」
「Yeah, I asked and she wouldn’t tell me for free.」
「Eh!? Then, how did you do it?」
「Actually… with the help of Shirakaba-sama. I was able to convince her to make an appointment for us to meet.」
My angel with a big smile on her face!
No, but she was surprisingly tough or a good negotiator. But Aina is too simpleminded to divulge everything with that. It would be better not to tell her anything important.
「How did that work out for Aina?」
「Yes,『Mariel-sama, you’re doing something unnecessary again, aren’t you? I’m not at all, not at all, not at all happy to have a date with Noriharu!』 she said, while eagerly choosing her clothes.」
She’s obviously really happy…
Either way, thanks to Marielle and Shirakaba-san, we have a strong spy. This will help with the lack of information.
But has Marielle turned Shirakaba-san into a human sacrifice? Well, Marielle wouldn’t have tried to get a date with someone when they were not agreeable. Thanks to Shirakaba-san for helping us out.
「I can’t thank you enough for that… I’m happy just to be able to spend time with Kaname-sama. I can understand why Lilith-sama relied on Kaname-sama.」
「That girl? I guess I was simply more available.」
She showed her crying face in front of me, but I told her I caught her sneaking off to her room, snickering! She might be laughing like that.
「Ah, if only that Kaname-sama was willing, we could take a walk in the palace…」
Marielle was about to suggest something to me. Something was squirming around in my off-duty room…
「What the hell!?」
I thought it jumped out from under the covers and a black thing grabbed my face like the facehugger in A*ien movie.
Shit! Oh no, what’s this, another invasion?
「C–Cute… it’s cute…!」
I can hear Marielle’s admiration, but I have no idea what it is that’s sticking to my face. It seems harmless when Marielle is not alarmed.
I peeled off the hand or what looked like a foot that was holding me and took it away…
A black cat?
No, cats don’t have feathers. What the hell is this being? However, Marielle’s expression is still shaky, and this was indeed a lovely beast.
Well, the wings on it look like bats, so I can guess what it is…
「Meesha! where are you, where havw you gone?」
Here it comes, another troublemaker. I opened the door and showed the bitch the catty beast by the scruff of the neck.
「The Meesha you’re talking about, was it this guy?」
「M–Meeshaaaa—!!」
When she received the mysterious beast from me, she rubbed her cheeks together as if she was moved to see it, and looked happy.
Huh?
By the way, Lilith’s belly is kind of tucked in, isn’t it? No way, did she gave birth to this rare animal?
「Hey, I have a question.」
「What is it?」
「Did Lilith give birth to this guy?」
「That’s correct! Besides, you’re the father, Kaname!」
「Huh?」
Suddenly, I froze as she started to say things that made no sense.
「There’s no way that’s true. Lilith-sama, you mustn’t lie to us.」
Marielle scolded the girl holding the stuffed animal, and the girl’s cheeks puffed up and she looked unfaithful.
「Kaname-sama, I think this is a kind of bloodline that only demons can produce.」
「So, it’s not too much to say that they are your children, since they were born with your energy, yes, yes.」
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Don’t just say “yes” to me!
You took my lips without my permission and said,『I’m having your baby. Can I have it?』How dare you that you’ve got a face like that!
Except for Marielle… that wasn’t a kiss. It was a holy cleansing. That was an artificial respiration measure, a humanitarian consideration.
「Kaname-sama’s baby… it was really cute.」
Buh—!?
Lilith had made a deal with Marielle to give Meesha to her and call her my child instead of letting her carry it.
I don’t know how in the world Lilith brought Meesha into existence. Maybe the middle of her belly will split open, and if that’s the case and it pops out, it’s a total horror story.
「I knew it, this girl… she’s the devil. Marielle, let’s turn her over to Yurielle immediately and have her burned at the stake!」
Also, this makes Lilith noisy and noisy. Anyway, the other world was happening far beyond my expectations.
Needless to say, after that day, I began to sit up straight and read【Memory and Vibration】which I had somehow been reading in my sleep, aloud, word for word. Turns out, I didn’t have storage and couldn’t remember it at the time…
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After I had finished recounting the impregnation fiasco, Hanayama placed his hand on my shoulder with a plop.
「That must have been a tough time for you. I’ll wear a rubber when I have sex with Natsuo…」
「Yeah, that’s good. Because nothing makes people more unhappy than an unwanted pregnancy.」
That’s why riajuus are like this…
If my failure story enlightened Hanayama and the others, I may have done one good deed.
The cheese was steaming hot and stretching. While Hanayama was enjoying the pizza, which was excellent value for money in terms of both volume and taste, I felt something staring at me.
Again… I bet it’s the same look I feel in the classroom. I wonder what she’s thinking, following me all the way here.
「Hanayama, I’m going to go wash my hands for a moment.」
「Okay!」
I got up from my seat, pretended to go to the washroom for a moment, and headed downstairs to the owner of the guarded gaze.