Demon Lord: Erotic Adventure in Another World

Meanwhile, Asmodeus and Ciela took on some basic quests to start their funds running. Liana and Alice were now together roaming the city and looking for a trustworthy blacksmith and merchant store they could deal with before leaving.

"Liana, I can see why you fell for that man so quickly."

"Fweh?! Aunt--Gweh..."

"You mean, big sister, right?"

"Y-Yes~ big sister Alice, darling is amazing, yet he doesn't deny his negative factors! He also lets those he loves help him in different ways to avoid us fighting!"

"Ah, I see, the most important aspect for the Demon Lord, right? Harem management!"

Alice nodded as she listened to her niece. Her past life self didn't have such a positive view of relationships and had never been involved with any men since she was born.

However, it was because of her curse, which carried different struggles compared to Liana, who was being devoured by her magic, and Velvet, who lost her sight and five senses thanks to the curse before awakening.

'Can he help me? I always tried to conquer my curse like Velvet, yet it never worked; even Anne, who lost all magic because of her curse, seems to have been freed by that man. He is handsome, charming and intelligent. Although he can be violent and rough, isn't that an excellent trait, especially in the bedroom?

None of those girls ever complains despite begging for mercy and yowling like cats all night.'

The plans she held were quite long-term, though she wished to see Grigor grow and protect it now. Alice understood from a young age that being well known and under the eyes of the public and church would limit anyone like her brother, Alan.

He suffered and lost everything and yet could only praise Lumina and the church, unable to protect his life if they abandoned him.

Alice wished to change the world, or at least change Grigor. If the hero wasn't needed, and she could make the next demon king their ally, be it through marriage or deals and promises, she felt more able to trust someone she could see daily than someone who appeared only to hurt her beloved family.

"Sister Alice... Darling isn't really that lustful towards others. Have you not noticed by now? Well, you should watch him, because our beloved man doesn't force anyone, and has been waiting for me even now, he has only kissed me twice. Yet when he strokes my cheek and gazes into my eyes, I can feel it. The overwhelming love he holds for me.

I am sure if I entered his room naked and asked him to take me, he would. Yet... his charm is that he doesn't force it, my sister Anne, nor the beautiful elf, or our other companion. He only touched Ciela when she was ready; for the others, he is still waiting for the right moment."

The pair entered a small blacksmith, as Liana's cheeks were bright red.

She couldn't hold back when speaking about Asmodeus. Her love for him was bottomless, and even now, she didn't remove her demon form. Instead, it's become her true form even without being like Anne, who was reborn.

Liana could ask him and anytime she would be reborn happily, yet he respects her and doesn't ask.

"You really love him, don't you, Lia?" Alice showed a rare smile; her height was close to Asmodeus, so she looked down at her cute niece and could only squeeze her cheeks. "Alright, let us focus on this. I will have plenty of time to speak with that man later."

"Right!"

She smiled brightly while checking the level of armour, weapons, and anything else they would need for their journey. The pair spent several hours collecting some spare swords, bows and spears for when they formed their mercenary group.

The plan was to start small and gradually grow larger. In the end, it would need more than just Alice to manage the finances and strategy; she was counting on Alan to send knights who follow Anne.

"Oh, would you look at the time, Lia? Do you want to get something to eat? Or should we head back with some supplies?"

"Let us visit the food market and bring something to our sisters and darling who might be hungry."

The two women took some of the smaller things and returned to the hotel while chatting.

Because the fee for heating and cooking your items would halve the cost, Alice and Yumiko thought this would be the best approach for a long stay; once everyone was registered at the guild, they would switch to monster meat and herbs found in the wild.

As they walked down the street, Liana, who was feeling great, almost missed the screams coming from the area where their hotel was. However, it was the fire, smoke, and the smell of blood that reached her first.

It wasn't their hotel, but one a street away, the lower-class one that she suggested at first. There seemed to be a group of armed people attacking the hotel while guards and knights repelled them desperately.

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"Sister, what should we do?"

"Shhh, let's not get involved. We don't have identification yet, and it might draw too many eyes towards us." Alice narrowed her eyes at the sight of the battle; several people lay dead on the floor, and one of them seemed to be the inn's mistress.

"Oh my god!"

"What's going on? Why are these bandits in the city? How did they get past the detector?!"

"Heh! Your guards are stupid; the Maven company backs us! You are done!" One adventurer snarled in a rough voice, which caused two of the guard knights to pull back, allowing the adventurers to kill another knight by stabbing him several times.

People were stunned because the adventurers were overpowering the few guards. Though there were likely more on the way, it seemed unsafe to stay in the place, yet nobody turned to leave, causing Alice to snort. She disliked shows, or launching the nobles back in Grigor was just as violent and disgusting.

"Lia, can you take them down without killing them?" Alice asked, her eyes narrowed; she didn't like this kind of atmosphere despite knowing it was a flaw in their plan to get involved. This was just how she was; the reason she didn't get along with the nobles back home was that she helped the commoners and poor more than helping them earn more coin.

However, they didn't understand that when she suffered most from her curse, unbearable pain and nightmares, it was her maids and chefs who aided her and allowed her to survive this long with their extreme efforts.

Despite being commoners, they worked harder than the strongest knights to find food and medicine that could help even a little.

'Yet they took no credit and only asked to serve me for life... Those fools. Alan, you better take care of my lovely people! Or I'll make you bald!'

"We should help-----"

Before she could finish her sentence, a rain of arrows, black and filled with a small amount of lightning element shone with dark light and flew towards the adventures. Small and perfectly measured, they pierced the arms and legs, causing the adventurers to scream and fall to the ground.

A tall shadow emerged from the roof of a nearby building, revealing a man with a devilishly handsome face. His hair was jet black, and his eyes shone with ocean blue while holding a two-handed sword with a black and red glow.

'Why?!' Alice opened her eyes wide, watching that familiar back, his wide shoulders and powerful body walking towards the remaining bandit adventurers with a single sword, while behind him, a barrier formed.

A barrier that protected the onlookers with only those who could see magic and mana able to realise. 'Why is this demon king, who the world shuns, so gentle and kind to others?'

"Surrender, and I'll let you live; at least you can aim for another chance of freedom that way," Asmodeus spoke with an elegant and charming voice, the smooth vibrations pleasant to the ear, like a gentle sheet of silk flowing through the wind beside one's ear.

"Go fuck yourself!" The leader spat, his hand clenched his sword's handle, and he moved swiftly, aiming to pierce the young man's chest.

The demon king didn't move, though, and watched the spear slowly approach his chest, yet it stopped as if hitting a solid wall; the next moment, his eyes fluttered, and a flash of magic shone before thin blades of blood then shot forward and sliced the man's arms off.

"Kyaaa!!!"

"S-Save me!"

The adventurers screamed and crawled away, yet the demon king only sighed and shook his head; after sheathing his sword, he pointed his hands towards them before he uttered in a deep, compelling voice. "Shoot them down, my little wife."

"Yes, darling."

With that, the beautiful dark elf with brilliant eyes stepped out of the shadows, her bow glowing with the power of lightning, and a storm of arrows rained down upon the adventurers. This time, however, her arrows penetrated them, and, in an instant, their screams ended, and their bodies became bloody piles of flesh.

The people had stunned and fearful expressions on their faces; the guards bowed and thanked the couple, who appeared like a god of death and justice.

"There are two alive. I think he is their sub-leader, and this one is the contact they were hired by." Ciela carried two bleeding bodies towards the knights as she handed their item bags to them and gave a polite bow.

'He's more of a hero than Alan... what is this man thinking?' Alice knew Asmodeus on a basic level. She trusted him because of their shared interests and secrets.

'He could have taken care of it faster by killing them all and would get the same reward. Yet he didn't kill them. That is what makes him stand out the most.'

Alice watched as he showed his identification to the knights and felt a strange shock to her system, his handsome face seriously speaking to the guards and how she knew this man would now become the main target of the revenge instead of the inn that now only had a young girl and her father standing in the door...

'Wait... the mother?! The mistress was covered in blood. When did she get healed?! Alice looked between the family and then towards Asmodeus, who came from the inn's roof.

He winked at her, then placed a finger on his lips before she covered her face. 'He healed her? A woman with no relation... why did the nobles in our kingdom call this man a barbarian, a tyrant? I don't understand!'

She turned her head and gazed up at the sky, her heart thudding and her cheeks growing warm as she smiled to herself, 'I want to know him more... what makes him so strange, why he is more of a hero than my brother... and why I cannot take my eyes off him!'

"As expected, Darling is just so amazing~ hehehe~ I want to become his." Liana gushed beside her, while Alice began to feel this trip and risky plan might not be so bad after all.