Read Novel Full Chapter 419: Thinking about the Future
Chapter 419: Thinking about the Future
"Okay Beta, you can go to any maid and tell them that I ordered them to give you a guest room." I say after teleporting with Beta to my castle. Luckily, no one has tried to attack my castle, so everything is fine.
And some servants have already started making papers announcing Lilith’s death, where I will receive the blame. We will also hold a memorial for all who died in the war, which will give everyone a 3-day break.
"Okay... Demon King, please let me know when you’re going to free your sister... I’d like to help in any way I can... and maybe calm her down because I know she’ll be furious when she’s released." Beta just starts walking as if she belongs there while I decide to ignore her. She’s not my servant, and I don’t feel like dealing with her.
"Sure... if I need you, I’ll see about that." I say while briefly thinking about what she said.
’Well, my older sister has been trapped for over 5,000 years... I guess it would make sense for her to be really angry about everything...’ I don’t think I’ll need help calming my sister down.
I’m sure she’ll quickly recognize what I am, since we’re a pretty unique race and it’s practically impossible not to recognize our own kind.
’I need to plan for the future...’ There are 3 things I need to do for now. The first is to deal with the elves and dragons, as they will try to get involved. Fortunately, elves are easy to handle.
They’ll hardly try to invade now because they’ll lose their only advantage, which is fighting in the forest, so my concern about them is low. The real problem would be the dragons, who are strong and wouldn’t care about the environmental disadvantage.
However, the overall number of dragons is low, with the race not exceeding the thousands, so although they’re strong, it wouldn’t be millions of enemies, just a few hundred thousand at most if they’re lucky.
Luck they don’t have, because they’re a slightly more primitive race that lives through tribes that don’t get along well.
’I don’t think I even need to get involved, do I?’ Both races would only be a problem if the demons fought without a Demon King, but since I’m here, all the demons have become stronger.
So with the leadership of the others, they would be able to win the war against these two races without me needing to participate.
’Okay, so I’ll discard that from what I need to do... that leaves only adjusting everything in my kingdom and getting things back to working order, and torturing the heroes... and then it’s impregnating Zephyra!!’ I still haven’t been able to deal with my lust.
"The fastest of these is torturing the heroes..." I decide to fortify the city’s barrier, so I can calmly go into my universe and spend some time there torturing the heroes.
The human kingdom has already fallen, I don’t need to get involved in the part of looting, kidnapping, and destroying the rest of what’s left. Elena knows well that I want them to steal everything useful, kidnap some humans, and kill the rest.
Plus, the neighboring kingdoms should also be destroyed, so I’d say in the end, humanity will end up with less than 20% of the total population.
’When I estimated this in the past, I thought about decimating 90% of the human population and leaving the rest as slaves... but I think eliminating 80% and using the rest also works.’ I start walking to my office.
"1 day is all I need to resolve the paperwork and reinforce the barrier, and then I can go deal with the heroes." I murmur excitedly. After torturing the heroes, I’ll probably try to impregnate Zephyra in some isolated corner just for us, and then I’ll go try to free my sister.
I’ll leave the war with elves and dragons to my servants, as it’s not that difficult, and I really don’t care much about it. I know that if I went, I could avoid many casualties, but I’m not inclined to leave the things I want to do just to help in a war that we’re going to win anyway.
’I also need to go deal with Amiya... what a pain, I don’t want to think about that bitch now.’ I’ll just send maids to deal with her in the prison, and for now, I decide to think about what I like.
"Yes, without a doubt, I want to put an egg inside Zephyra." I imagine my dear wife already pregnant. It will be very romantic, although I know it will be painful for Zephyra considering the rather unusual method that my race uses for this.
’I definitely need to make the barrier very strong before doing this.’ When I start the process, I know I won’t stop for anything, so I need to leave the kingdom in Elena’s hands while I isolate myself in some place for a few months.
"I think a snowy mountain would be good?" I think of a good place to form our little love nest. I don’t want to do this in the castle, I feel uncomfortable with the idea of putting an egg in Zephyra within some area of the castle.
I need an extremely isolated location to make sure that nothing and no one will show up to bother me, since in this state I will be much more animalistic than at any other time.
And since I’ll be letting go of rationality and leaving everything to instinct, someone showing up is a death sentence for that person. It would be terrible if an important ally or even one of my daughters showed up in the place where I’m going to do this, and I accidentally killed them.
That’s why isolating myself is an important step to do this, and since I know Zephyra likes mountains and cold things, the idea of making our love nest in a mountain seems great.
"Without a doubt, a cave..." Zephyra won’t need a normal location for this. I know that instinctively I will take care of everything for her. Anything she needs, my body alone will provide.
’I’ll look at the map and see if I can find a cave in a snowy mountain that’s really cold... maybe...’ I think of a place. There is a cave that without a doubt seems perfect.
One of my gifts for Zephyra was a diary written by Zephyra’s own mother. This diary was in a cave hidden in a very high, cold mountain.
’It’s perfect! It’s an isolated, hidden location, and above all, a special place for Zephyra!’ I give a huge smile imagining how surprised Zephyra will be to be able to visit this place.
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"Zephyra, is there a problem?" Tsukuyomi asks me with doubt.
"N-No, it’s nothing Tsukuyomi... I just felt... a bad feeling, you know? Like I was in silent danger, like I was going to get in trouble..." I say as Tsukuyomi looks confused.
"Well, maybe it’s that feeling of your body knowing it’s in danger, but knowing it can’t do anything about it?" She speaks with a strange expression.
"Please don’t make that kind of joke..." I murmur as I sit down in the chair next to her. Our friendship has gotten much stronger because it’s just the two of us here, and the master of Pandora with Eclipsya.
"Tsukuyomi, is it going to take a long time for Pandora to show up? She’s usually so busy... the time I spend with her and the time we spend apart is absurdly distant from each other."
"Normally if I spend a week with Pandora, I spend 3 to 4 months without Pandora around. I know she’s busy, but it’s kind of strange to have her so far away when she’s so... clingy to me close by."
"..."
"A-Ah, I don’t mean that as an insult, you’re clingy too... but it’s like a good clingy, you know?" I say quickly, since Tsukuyomi is like a Pandora, but much more peaceful.
Since Tsukuyomi always finds ways to hug Eclipsya or stay close to her, just as she tries to get closer to Pandora whenever possible, and she’s also always around me to chat.
"It’s... I don’t know if there’s a good clingy, Zephyra, but I admit I may be a bit needy... it’s not really an insult, Pandora always throws that fact in my face, usually with a curse. Pandora has a very dirty mouth." She says with a slightly annoyed look.
"Well... it’s Pandora." I say, already used to her cursing someone.
"Yes! But it’s disrespectful, there are children around and even so Pandora curses people and says suggestive wrong things! Look at the example she’s setting for the children! She should be more ceremonial and responsible with her vocabulary..." She speaks, but averts her gaze.
"...And in bed?" I ask.
"W-Well... m-maybe in that situation one or two wouldn’t be a problem." She speaks blushing and looking down while timidly playing with her fingers.
"..."
"I don’t think Pandora will change her way of speaking even if we have children around. Fortunately, Eclipsya has never used Pandora’s vocabulary." I say, and she nods in agreement.
"Yes! It would be a shock to have my dear Eclipsya speaking such... perverse words like Pandora... haa... but lately my daughter has been walking so distant... she seems to have her head in the clouds." She says something I don’t understand.
"Head in the clouds?" I ask, confused.
"Ah, you don’t know... well, it’s a term for like... hmm... how to explain... well, it’s like people who walk distracted in their own minds, like as if they’re constantly thinking about something and ignoring the things around them, which makes the person seem disconnected."
"Ah, I see, so yes, Eclipsya has really been kind of distracted when the subject isn’t magic!" I agree. Eclipsya, when she’s not training with her master, and not drinking Tsukuyomi’s milk, seems to always be distant from everything.
"Children seem difficult, like I want a child too, but it’s also complicated to deal with children... and I’m not a good example of a mother." I say a little tense. The only family relationships I’ve had were with my father... and he was a complicated person.
Since I’ve never known my mother, and I’ve spent most of my time locked up because of that hateful ability, I really don’t know how to raise a child.
"Well, I’m sure you’ll be able to learn when the time comes." Tsukuyomi encourages with a smile.
"Yes... maybe I can do it."