Demon Lord: Erotic Adventure in Another World

The following morning, everything happened quickly.

It seemed the concubine hated Ciela, maybe even more than the empress herself. Though Ciela told Asmodeus not to worry, the small comments about her race and the colour of her skin made him irritated.

"I really hate these people."

"Calm down, my dear—they are just confused and don't understand."

Asmodeus and Ciela planned to leave the elven city after breakfast so that they could support the missing Empress and two princesses.

Although the emperor allowed them to use the strange power of the concubine, It wouldn't be strange if she suddenly made him change his mind.

"Make sure everyone comes with us, and it will be easy to crush them with everyone else." Ciela's nose scrunched up as she reached over Asmodeus's body to grab a new pair of clothes from the clothing rail beside her bed. "Ah... can you hold me so I can reach?"

"No problem..." He smirked, wrapping his hands around her soft thighs as she reached for the distant clothing rack—for some reason, the maids assigned to the palace never came to this room once during his stay last night.

'I guess it will be difficult for them to change quickly...'

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After a short time enjoying their morning together, Ciela wore a black undershirt and pants, then her usual leather and chain mail armour over the top, with a green cape covering one shoulder and flowing behind her, which made her look cool.

"Let's go, Asmodeus!" She had a brilliant smile, her lips curled into a wide arc, her eyes narrowed and almost closed, and her brows lifted high.

"I really am grateful for you—thank you for being there for me."

"If I can be with a beautiful woman like you, I will crawl over burning rocks naked, haha."

"Idiot... let's go meet Alice and Velvet."

Asmodeus and Ciela paced through the corridors, holding hands. Fingers twined. Their goal was the room they agreed to meet at in the afternoon.

Along the way, many elven soldiers stared at the running duo with expressions of shock, fear, anger, disgust, or confusion.

Ciela seemed to be accustomed to being seen by such glares—perhaps it was because she used to get such looks when she travelled alone as an adventurer.

Asmodeus didn't quite like this, but his calm smile and light blue eyes narrowed, focused on Ciela. If she showed issues, he might have massacred the elves to make her smile again.

Finally, Asmodeus opened the door to the meeting room and found Alice, Velvet, Vinea, Asmodea, Levia, Erika, and Aki all gathered together with smiles on their faces.

"Yay! We're all here!"

"Lord Asmodeus! How did your evening with the elf go? Was it amazing?" Erika joked, her eyes narrowed with a smug look.

"Shut up, Eri!" Ciela rushed forward, covering Erika's lips before sitting beside her. Asmodeus watched their faces, a room full of his women, while he noticed the massive map of the forest placed on the meeting table. His heart fluttered and tingled at seeing them all safe and happy after yesterday's troubles.

'I love these girls so much...'

Just as he prepared to give them all kisses on their foreheads, the wooden doors behind him were knocked.

*Knock!*

"Excuse me. I'm coming in."

"Yes, please!"

As soon as Ciela raised her voice, an elegant maid entered the room, pushing a tea cart with drinks. "Ah... Nua? Aren't you sisters maid?" The elven maid, in a pure white gown, showed a respectful bow to Ciela before passing out teacups to everyone.

"Princess Ar'Ciela, my master told me that if you ever came to this city, I should treat you as I do her." The woman spoke clearly with no hint of emotion in her eyes.

"Eh? But is that fine? Won't she get upset?"

"There's no need to worry, princess."

"I-I see, then. Thank you for doing this." Ciela turned back to the group, sipping a small amount from the teacup before gazing at the map and gathering her thoughts.

"I do not need thanks, Princess—this is my task and job. Please call me if you need anything. Her Highness eagerly awaited your return—thus, I am sure she will be overjoyed you finally visited home."

"...Thank you."

With a slight nod, the maid began to leave. However, before taking a single step toward the door, her eyes lingered on Asmodeus.

As they stared at each other, he nodded his head to the woman.

"Nice to meet you, Lord Asmodeus. I am grateful for your actions in waking Her Highness up and helping her grow as a woman and royal."

"H-haha, yeah—I wasn't expecting her sister would have such a competent and talented maid. Thanks for your work!"

"No problem, my lord." She smiled and closed the doors, leaving them to their meeting.

However, Asmodeus sensed something off about this Nua.

Her expression and posture. This woman wasn't just a maid but likely served as the woman who protected Princess Ar'Orina in secret.

'Well, as long as she isn't an enemy.'

Only when the maid left did they begin to arrange themselves for the future; in less than two hours, they would depart from the eastern gate and rush to the northeastern outpost to try to help crush the invading forces.

"How many forces did the scouts and injured soldiers report?" Asmodeus asked Velvet, who seemed to have used her powers to speak with the wounded in secret.

"Just over five hundred, but likely less after the intense clashes. Though there could be a chance of reinforcements."

Velvet explained how most of the enemies were demons, meaning they lacked fear and only death could slow or stop them completely, so normal tactics using fire or other traps and tricks wouldn't work.

'So, we need to hit hard and fast?'

"If you have any plans, my dear..."

"Is it alright for me to make decisions for all of us?" He wondered since all of them were formidable fighters, but Ciela's confident smile reassured him, 'She trusts me?'

"You are very good at strategy and tactics, aren't you, my dear?"

"Certainly—but the only thing is..." Asmodeus stood up, picking up some red paper tokens which signified allies from the box of figurines and placing them down on the map.

Asmodeus continued explaining their overall strategy.

"As we go along the roads and into the dense forest, it will become increasingly hard for large-scale magic attacks like mine and Asmodea's, so, Ciela, I think it's best you lead this attack with your sight and bow—there's no one better for the job."

"Oh... I'll do my best!" She clenched her fist, making Asmodeus grin.

He glanced over at Vinea. "Vinea, can you, Aki and Levia from our front line and protect Asmodea and me from harm?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"I guess? Sure."

"The ground here has a lot of rocks, right? I plan to use this mountain just behind the castle to set up my place of attack; what about you, Asmodeus?" Ciela's eyes sparkled with hope and excitement.

"Erika, Velvet, Alice... will you three support me in rushing to the outpost wall first?"

"Yes~."

"I can do that!"

"Yeah, no problem!"

They each said their own words as Asmodeus finished up his explanation and waited for feedback.

"So, basically," Erika broke the short silence. "You're going to be running around killing as many enemies as possible while protected by Ciela and Asmodea from afar?"

"Mm." Asmodeus nodded.

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The group didn't waste time collecting supplies, and that was when a group of around twenty knights stood in light armour at the eastern gate in a square formation.

"Your Highness, Princess Ciela! We are here to support your mission!"

Ciela's eyes widened, her lips opening several times as if the sound wouldn't come out. "The Glade Guardians?!"

"Indeed—we are here to protect the princess!" The knight standing at the very front spoke firmly while being dressed in green light metal plate armour.

There was even a Silvered bardiche (long axe) affixed to their back, and everyone else wore similar armour with various weapons affixed to them.

'What are these guys doing here?' The knights usually guarded the empress in the city against invaders like goblins, orcs, and demons.

"I... um... I didn't call you guys," she said softly. Although he couldn't see it, the look on her face must have been cute. A weak smile spread across her lips as she gazed at the knight leader with confused eyes.

"But Princess, we swore an oath to protect you and your mother, her Imperial Majesty! Your Highness! So, please give us a command to aid you in this battle!"

Obviously, their eyes didn't look at Ciela with the same dirty and displeased look.

Their thoughts were genuine, so Asmodeus didn't get involved; instead, it made sense. Her mother must have support because she fights for them so often.

Asmodeus and the others stood together in a semicircle at the massive open gate, facing the group of soldiers before they saw Ciela walk forward.

But after only a few steps, her gaze fell upon Nua. "So this is my sister's doing?"

"That is correct, Your Highness," Nua replied with a pleasant look on her face. "When Princess Ar'Orina returned a few months ago, she admitted many of her faults and taught us of your situation. Not only that, but many of the 'accidents' in the past were revealed to be her doing out of jealousy. Thus, she requested to join the Empress in defending the forest together. As atonement."

"...Eh? S-Sister... what?"

She stepped back, her wide, almost empty gaze staring at Nua before turning toward Asmodeus and then back again.

"It seems like a dream—she actually accepted it?"

"She has a step back from the throne as punishment for the things she did to you in the past, Princess." The maid bowed deeply, wearing her black leather armour and wielding two long, elvish daggers at her waist.

"Her Highness Orina seeks to make amends."