Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: Encountering and contracting with the higher sweetie demoness

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Chapter 2: A broken heart and only one salvation

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Chapter 3: Time spent together

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Chapter 4: The weak and the strong

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Epilogue

Teiris Past Edition: Clinging to a Drop of Hope

Author's note

奥付

Prologue

"What the hell is this joking? Is the goddess on vacation?" Alec shouted in his mind.

He even felt a deep-seated grudge against himself for not paying for the accommodation. He had spared the money for lodging and was camping out in the open.

In front of him, there was a beautiful girl who looked so out of this world. She was a silver-haired girl with large bat-like wings and goat horns. She was a demoness -a female demon- who seemed to possess both beauty and fragility.

She looked at Alec with violet-blue eyes and took a step forward, then another. The white skin that could be seen through the black robe was strangely glamorous, and the long, silver hair that swept in the wind was mysterious.

There was no doubt that she was probably a high-ranking member of the demon race. At least, judging from the strength of the demonic power overflowing from her body, it was obvious that she was not a lower-ranked demon. She was a higher demon, or even higher. It was not something that Alec, a mere monster tamer, could fight off.

The demon girl was close at hand, but Alec did not move. No, he couldn't move. He was paralyzed with terror.

The demons are rarely seen in human life. They are not something people can meet like this in the middle of the night in a meadow near a human village. Demons are said to be under the direct control of the demon king, and they live in the demon realm, which people call the demon world. From a human perspective, they are the kind of beings that are passed down in folklore. Even the most famous adventurers have never met a demon. The reason is that once they meet a demon, Their life ends there. And Alec was also aware that his own life was about to end.

It was time for him to shake his teeth and wait for his own death.

"Am I going to be eaten? Or will my soul be sucked out?" Alec muttered in his mind.

Either way, it would not be a good way for him to die. Demons were something that even he, a monster tamer, did not have a good knowledge of. He can't even imagine how they will be killed.

The silver-haired demoness stood in front of Alec. She is looking down at Alec with her beautiful violet-blue eyes.

"I'm going to be killed now!" Alec thought and was ready to die. But then, he heard a girl's voice from right in front of him.

"I finally... found." The silver-haired girl muttered a tearful voice. It was a lovely, thin voice, like that of a human girl. She let the tears fall from her eyes and hugged Alec. The good smell of her wrapped him, adding just a little more weight to his body. The warmth of the human skin warmed Alec's body, which was chilled by the darkness of the night and the fear of death.

"Please... help me." The girl said to Alec as if pleading, and then kissed him.

This was the first encounter between Alec and the beautiful demon girl, who will be named "Teiris" later.

Chapter 1: Encountering and contracting with the higher sweetie demoness

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"Alec. I'm sorry, but can you get out of the party here?" Mars said to Alec.

It was only a few hours before the encounter with the higher-demon girl. when the Hero Mars Noailles suddenly proposed that Alec leave the party. Rather, it was practically a declaration of expulsion from the party.

Mars is the first prince of the Kingdom of Lunberg, and is the hero who carries the hope of the country. Although he is just starting out as a hero, he has been saving people from danger everywhere he goes, and now people are expecting him to be the hero who defeats the Demon King.

Alec was a tamer in the party of the hero Mars. He has the ability to follow monsters as a servant as a so-called monster tamer. Tamers were very rare in Lunberg, and he was the only active monster tamer. He was added to Mars's party because of his rare ability, but he was dismissed because of his inability.

The reason was simple. Alec was indeed a rare tamer, but he could not wield his power well. He couldn't get strong monsters to join him, and the monsters he could get to join him weren't good enough to be useful. Because Hero Mars and his team were all very strong.

In the event that the servant-the monster used by the tamer-is useless, it will not be recognized as a fighting force and will not be allowed to stand on the front line. In that case, there was no opportunity for Alec himself to become stronger. Of course, if he himself remained weak, there was no way he could make a strong monster servant. Mars decided that he would rather have another woman in his party than have to feed Alec.

Except for Alec, Mars's party was made up of women, and almost all of them were his mistresses. Alec was the only male member of the party other than Mars, but he was practically a baggage handler and scullery maid. No, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that he was almost a slave.

Alec's heart was already broken. Every day he was shouted down as useless, and every once in a while he was put on the front line, but he was always badly injured. Mars was enjoying the fact that Alec was about to be killed by the enemy. As if he was watching a comedy, the hero was laughing at Alec as he struggled to escape.

Still, he persevered. If he could create an environment that would make it easier for Mars and the others to fight, if it would save the world, he was doing what he could to the best of his ability.

There was a reason for this.

Ciel, a healer who was Alec's lover and childhood friend, is also at the Mars’s party. Alec had joined Mars' party with her. As long as Ciel was at the party, Alec was able to endure and live out his days.

But just the other day, something happened that broke his heart. Ciel has fallen into the clutches of Mars, and has become his mistress.

Alec and Ciel were lovers, but never had a physical relationship. However, they were on good terms with each other and promised to open a small store together when the war was over. Being with her was the only thing that made Alec happy, and because of her, he was able to endure the cruel treatment from the heroes.

Also, for Alec, who lost his parents to an epidemic when he was very young, Ciel was the only family he had. They had grown up together like brother and sister. And Alec had assumed that they would always be together with her.

However, Mars, The Hero, took Ciel away from Alec without mercy. And he took away her virginity right in front of Alec's eyes.

Not content with that, Mars locked Alec up in the room next to his own every night and made him listen to the sound of her making love to Ciel and her voice as she learned the joy of knowing a man. It didn't take long for Alec's heart to break perfectly.

Alec had no way of knowing what kind of exchange had taken place between Ciel and Mars.

He could only assume that it was because Mars was a man of wealth and power. There was no doubt that Alec was inferior to Mars in every way.

Alec had no wealth, no power, no nothing, and no strength. On top of that, he was treated badly by Mars every day. Ciel looked at him and gave up on him-Alec did his best to accept this reality. Ciel must have thought that such a weak man could not protect himself, and Alec could only predict that she was right.

Being on the side of the strong is not a mistake in this age when you never know when you might be killed. It was the right way for a woman to protect herself.

But even though he knew that, he couldn't bear the thought of be taken away his lover's virginity right in front of his eyes and having to listen to her lover's charming voice every night, which even he had never heard before. Even if Alec covered his ears, he could still hear Ciel's moaning voice. The humiliation, the frustration, and the pain in his chest were too much for Alec to bear.

What frustrated Alec more than anything was the fact that he had developed an erection listening to Ciel's moaning voice. It wasn't long before every last shred of self-respect was gone from Alec.

Alec was miserable, he was in pain. He was frustrated, but he didn't have the power to change it. The only thing that Alec understood after traveling with the hero Mars was that he was powerless to protect even his loved ones.

The loss of Ciel had broken Alec's heart. It was only a few days after his heart had been broken perfectly that Mars had sentenced him to be expelled from the party.

He didn't know if it was because he sensed Alec's mental state or because Mars had had enough. Maybe it was because he had decided that Alec was no longer a toy. However, this proposal was just right for Alec right now.

"All right, Prince Mars. Thank you for everything." Without objection, Alec simply accepted his proposal. It was the only option he had.

But at the same time, he was relieved to be leaving the party. If he left the party, his self-esteem would no longer be crushed, trampled and spat upon. And he wouldn't have to go crazy with jealousy every night listening to his ex-lover's moaning voice.

When He thought about it, he even felt that this dismissal was a relief for him.

"Thank you for everything you've done for me. Alec has been a great help to me. But it's not safe to take you with us from now on." Mars apologetically explained his reasoning.

That's a barefaced lie, he thought. Alec knew that Mars had made fun of Alec, calling him a useless free eater. Still, all Alec could say was "Thank you for your concern. Good luck." Because There was nothing he could say back to him, who had told him, "You are too weak to travel any further."

Thus, Alec was expelled from the party of the hero Mars, with only enough money to last a few days and a sword as a parting gift

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Alec is packing his bags after being expelled from the party by the heroes, his ex-lover, Healer Ciel, was looking at him sadly.

"Alec... Are you really going to leave?" Ciel said. Her green hair swayed as she reflected him in her green eyes.

"I would never be seen in her eyes again in the future." Alec thought, and Somehow he felt that way, and was flooded with loneliness.

Ciel was such a beautiful and dainty woman that she was said to be the most beautiful woman in their hometown of the LuBrode. Alec had always liked her like that. They grew up together like brother and sister, and she adored Alec. It was a natural progression for them to fall in love with each other.

Ciel had a dream. She wanted to open a bakery in the royal capital. However, there was no way she could make enough money to open a bakery with just her work in the village. So Alec and Ciel registered with the Adventurer's Guild and became adventurers to do simple jobs. They planned to use the money they earned to open the store. Fortunately, Alec had the ability as a tamer and could use weak demons as servants, Ciel could use healing magic. So they were able to fulfill simple requests.

Even though They were adventurers, They only took on simple and less dangerous requests. Now that They were traveling with the hero, the requests that Alec and the others were doing were like playing adventurer. However, Alec still enjoyed the days He spent as an adventurer with her.

It was six months after they became adventurers that their lives changed. Through the adventurer's guild, Alec and his friends received a notice inviting them to join a party of heroes.

The invitation came from Mars, the prince of the Kingdom of Lunberg and the most talked-about hero. He offered them an unbelievable reward, which was not suitable for Alec and his friends, and invited them to join the party. It was enough money to set up a restaurant in the middle of the capital. There was no way that Alec and Ciel would not jump at the chance.

The Hero Mars's party is made up of The Sword Saintess, The Sage, and The Saintess, all of whom are among the best in the kingdom of Lunberg. He wondered why Alec and Ciel were invited to such a party when they were just starting out but now he knows why. Ciel was Mars' favorite girl. Otherwise, there was no way he would have invited a novice Healer to a party where The Saintess, also known as the "Miracle of Lunberg" was present.

In hindsight, it was doubtful that Mars had expected Alec to have the ability to be a tamer. Probably in order to get Ciel to join the party, Mars had invited Alec. As proof of this, a few days after Ciel and Mars began their affair, Alec was expelled from the party. At this point, Alec finally realized that he had been the bait to get Ciel. Now that Mars had Ciel, Alec was no longer needed.

"Yeah. I just received a notice of dismissal. I wanted to protect you, but I didn't have the strength to do so." Alec said. Ciel didn't answer anything.

"But you don't need me anymore. Mars, who is even stronger than me, will protect you." Alec said with a smile. It was the last bit of strength. He was deprived of his girlfriend and miserably made to work as a scullery maid. He was even forced to deal with the aftermath of Mars and Ciel's affair sex. And then he was banished. He had no pride as a man.

But it was an unshakable fact. She just listened to Alec's last words of strength in silence.

"I've told Prince Mars to give you my bounty as well, so you can go live somewhere in peace." Ciel said. But Alec replied, "No, I refused." Ciel protested "Why!?" But he did not answer.

So to speak, it was The Last Resistance of Alec. If he had accepted the money, he would never be able to forgive himself. Of course, He wasn't going to tell Ciel about that.

"I don't care about that. Just stay safe." He didn't even think he needed to say anything else to Ciel.

"You too. stay safe." She tried to say something, but that was all She could say.

"I'll live in secret somewhere. "When Alec responded Ciel smiled, murmured a prayer, "Goddess Ternura bless you." and made the sign of the cross.

Even though they had been childhood friends and lovers for many years, that was the only parting words they said.

"It's all my fault, isn't it?" Alec thought that it was all due to his own weakness. It was his own fault for not being able to fulfill his role as a tamer. He had to tell himself that it was his fault for not being able to support the party of heroes, and that he was just not worth it to Ciel-that's what he had to tell himself.

As He watched her go with Mars, was strangely not moved to tears. That was probably the extent of Ciel's existence for him as well. Alec had no choice but to think so.

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"Well, what can I do...?" Alec said to himself.

It was a blue moon night, and he was making a fire, preparing to camp out in the meadow at night. He had only a little money and a long sword that Mars had given him as a parting gift, and the monster he had used as a servant before had been used as a shield and killed by Mars.

Alec didn't have much money on him, so if he stayed at an inn, it would soon run out. Staying out in the open was a risk of being attacked by monsters in their sleep, but considering his financial situation, he had no other choice.

The place Alec had chosen for his camp was close enough that he could see the town of Lesrant. He thought that he could sleep in peace because monsters did not come close to human settlements.

"For now, I guess I'll have to go to the adventurer's guild tomorrow and find a job that I can do to earn some money. If there was a place where I could live and work, it wouldn't be a bad idea to work there. I don't even have a purpose in life anymore." Alec thought.

He no longer had a future with Ciel. Their dream of building a bakery was also gone. Alec's future was brand new and he had no plans for it.

But even if he wanted to earn a living at the adventurer's guild, he had to turn the monster into a servant first. Alec is a tamer. The strength of a tamer is not much different from that of a normal person.

However, because of this, the number of monsters that Alec could defeat by himself was limited. It was doubtful that he would be able to do the job with a weak monster as his servant. Besides, there were no guidelines on how to live in the future. He was completely in limbo.

"What am I supposed to do?" Alec asked himself again. At that moment,a silver-haired girl landed in front of him with her large wings flapping.

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It was late at night, and Alec was about to go to sleep. She suddenly swooped down from the sky. The moment he saw her, Alec shuddered and sat up.

"No, It can’t be." Alec thought. She was not supposed to be here.

There was a girl with long silver hair, goat-like horns, and large bat wings. She had beautiful violet-blue eyes and beautiful white skin. Her breasts were small but well-shaped and showed their presence even through her clothes, perhaps due to her thin body. In human terms, she was still in her mid to late teens, but at the same time, she had a demonic beauty about her.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Where's the Goddess Ternura' blessing? Is the goddess on vacation?" Alec thought.

A woman who appeared to be a demon landed in front of Alec, her thin black robe fluttering. Alec only knew of one type of humanoid monster with horns and wings. A demoness. She wore such powerful magic and demonic energy that even the weakest Alec could see it. It's probably a higher-demon, or even an Archdemon. She is stronger than any monster Alec had encountered during his time in the Heroic party. That much even he, a weak man, could tell.

The moment she approached Alec and he was ready to die - the demon girl said in a small voice, "I finally... found."

The silver-haired demoness's voice was full of joy and emotion, as if she had found a lover she hadn't seen in years. And she was letting tears fall from her eyes. The next moment, Alec was surrounded by a sweet smell and warm body heat. For some reason, he was being hugged by her.

"Please... help me" The demon girl said this in a tearful voice and was letting tears fall from her eyes, and-she kissed him.

He couldn't understand the situation at all. He had no idea what was going on, but Alec felt nostalgic for the smell she wore. As kissing her, tears flowed from Alec's eyes on their own for some reason.

For a while, Alec and the demon girl kept their lips on each other, tears streaming down their cheeks. When they parted their lips, she huffed and turned over in embarrassment.

After all this time, Alec also recognized the fact that he had been kissing a beautiful woman - even if she was a demoness - and his face became hot all at once. The mysterious nostalgia that he had felt when their lips had been pressed together was gone.

When he was silent as to what to do, she slowly looked up and smiled shyly.

"What is your name... now?" The demon girl suddenly asked him. She had a very gentle tone of voice and showed no sign of hostility.

"Now? What do you mean? My name is Alec. I'm sorry, but this is the only name I've ever known." When He replied that, she said "Oh... you're right. Sorry." and covered her mouth and smiled elegantly. He wonders if there is a class such as nobility even among the demon race. He could feel the elegance in this demoness's gesture.

"Sir Alec... You're a tamer, right?"

She suddenly called him Sir Alec and speculated on his abilities.

"Yes, you are right. I'm a tamer. But how do you know that?"

Right now, there was nothing around Alec to prove that he was Tamer. There was no way she could see through that, he thought.

"I can tell. Because You’re so sexy... I'm sure you’re a very high ranking tamer." the girl said. But Alec had no idea what the girl was talking about. There was no way He could understand her. He even wondered if she was being sarcastic.

"Wait a minute. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a tamer, but I'm the worst tamer in the world. I don't know what makes you think that, but it's misguided." Alec said honestly. He just couldn't believe that he was making small talk with a demon from the ruling class like this. Normally, he would not even be allowed to ask for forgiveness.

"Could it be that the kiss is a ritual the demon tribe performs before killing someone?" Alec wondered. It was a completely new experience for him, and he had no idea what was going on.

"Is that so? I don't see it that way at all." the demon girl said, smiling lovingly and tilting her head like a human girl.

"Sir Alec, you are a tamer of the highest order. I can vouch for that. Because I followed your scent to get here." she said, leaning forward. She leaned forward and sniffed Alec, who was still paralyzed with terror, so close that she thought the tip of her nose might touch him.

"It's a very good scent that will drive I crazy. And It's a nostalgic scent for me." the beautiful demon girl said, her cheeks coloring.

Her breath hit Alec's cheek, and his heart leapt at once. She said that Alec smelled very good, but from Alec's point of view, she smelled much better than the human woman. No matter how much of a woman she was, he felt carnal desire to a woman he had never met before, and a demoness at that. He was ashamed of himself for that.

"I don't understand what you're saying. Am I a high-ranking tamer? That's impossible."

"No, You are. I know it."

"Why?" Alec asked again, she answered "Because you can make even I, a Higher demoness, obey you."

Alec mumbled, "That's ridiculous." He could only assume that she was joking.

Now, she called herself higher demoness. She was the second highest-ranking demon race in the world. She was a high-ranking demon of the ruling class among the demon races, and of course, not a demon that ordinary adventurers could meet.

If Alec had been able to turn the higher demon into a servant, he would not have failed until now. Also, he would not have been expelled from the party by Mars.

He could only turn a servant into the weakest class of monsters. There was no way that he would be able to subdue the higher demon, the direct subordinate of the Demon King.

"Oh, but... you're right. Certainly, as long as we're doing things the normal way, it's impossible."

"What?" Alec tilts his head in confusion. What does she mean by "normal way"? he was not sure what to make of this.

Normally, in order to use a monster as an emissary, Tamers have to overpower the other party and make them accept the contract. Alec had never heard of any other way, even in the professional guilds. By the way, a vocational guild is a place where you can learn about a profession or get a job. However, there were no tamers in the guild in LeBrode, except for Alec and the guild master. Tamers are a rare breed in this country.

"Maybe, but Sir Alec can only contract with certain demons using certain methods."

"What do you mean?" When Alec asked him about it, the silver-haired demoness looked away, a little embarrassed, and choked on her words.

"What's wrong?"

"No, um, I'm a little embarrassed." She chuckled, blushing.

"Sir Alec. You can only convert to a servant... female demons." She said so and then Alec's head was filled with question marks. Furthermore, the demon girl continued with words that Alec had trouble understanding.

"And the way to do that is to engage in a ritual... with the demon, you know, physical intercourse." At her words, Alec stiffened. There was silence between them for a while, but then he realized what she meant.

"What!? What the hell are you talking about?"If Alec was not paralyzed with terror, he would have probably flipped himself over.

"Please don't make me say it over and over again!" She said, and turned over in embarrassment.

She meant that Alec and she need to have intercourse. It was unbelievable to think that he could have intercourse with such a beautiful and lovely girl. Despite her horns and wings, she was definitely a beautiful and dainty girl.

"Are you serious?"

"Grr, I can't say something so embarrassing unless I'm serious!" She said, a little angry like a girl.

She was a higher demoness, but blushing like a human girl. She looked even redder than usual, perhaps because her skin was white to begin with.

"If... Sir Alec would be my master." She let out a deep breath, then looked up and looked at Alec with her violet-blue eyes.

"I will obey you forever and ever, until the end of my life."She was looking at him pleadingly, with seriousness and embarrassment in her eyes. Her eyes were so serious that Alec couldn't think she was lying.

"I've never heard of such a thing." Alec stammered.

"Sir Alec has a peculiar constitution. But there is no doubt about it. I can see that. I'm sure the other female monsters can see it, too. It's an instinctive thing. And I want to follow you like that. From the bottom of my heart." She said and sat down on Alec's thighs with a blush on her face.

"Or is a demon like me not to your liking, Sir Alec?" She took Alec's hand and pressed it against her breast. Her breasts were a little small, but beautifully shaped, and his palm felt like soft fruit that was out of this world. He wondered what would happen if he touched it directly, since it was like this on top of her clothes.

He gulped at the thought and looked at the face of the beautiful demoness. Unexpectedly, she seemed to be desperately trying to endure her shame. She is doing something so daring, and yet she is so shy.

"Do you want to try...? Are you sure I'm lying or telling the truth?" She said with a hint of embarrassment.

"What happens if I say no?" Alec asked, gently removing his hand from her chest. Because He felt kind of sorry for her as he watched her trying to keep calm while enduring her shame.

"Well, I'm going to kill you here and now to cover my tracks. If you make a contract with me, I will obey your orders since I am your Servant. Would you rather die now, or not?" She was doing her best to put on an expression of composure, but there was no composure there. Because her voice was shaky.

He couldn't tell if she was telling a lie or the truth. If he refused, she might actually kill him. In any case, Alec had only one choice.

When he was about to give his consent, the demon girl put her arms around Alec's neck and cradled his head in a hug. Alec was surrounded by her soft breasts, her body heat, and her sweet scent.

"No... That's a lie." She said with a quiver in her voice as she held Alec close to her.

"What? What is a lie?" Alec asked.

Alec didn't know what was a lie anymore. To him, everything that's happening now was like a lie. Whether it was about having intercourse, or letting Alec live, or even the reality of what was happening right now itself, he considered that it could be all lie.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you. I can't kill you. If you don't wanna do, I'll just have to leave." She said so. However, her voice was trembling. She sounded as if she was trying to hold back tears, as she had just done.

She is overwhelmingly powerful, a higher-demoness. He could tell that she was powerful enough to kill Alec with just her fingertips. But he had no idea why she was pleading with Alec when she had such power.

"To tell you the truth, it would help me if you made a contract with me, Sir Alec. No... I want you to help me." Her voice was still trembling.

"Please... help me." She said that when they first met. Alec couldn't believe that it was an act, or that she was saying these words right now. She was the overwhelmingly strong one, and yet she was begging Alec, the overwhelmingly weak one.

He didn't know what's going on. But if he accepted her invitation here, he would know something. At the very least, He would know if what she's saying is false or true.

"Today was the day the Goddess shit herself." Letting out a small sigh, Alec complained in his mind.He had his ex-lover cuckolded by Mars, was expelled from his party, and came across a demon girl that night. He wanted to complain to Ciel, "Where is the fuckin' blessing of the goddess Ternura?" If he had the blessing of the goddess Ternura, he would not be forced to choose between life and death in close contact with the demoness like this on this night.

"Hey."Alec steel himself for the decision and called out to her. She said "Yes, sir" and released his head that she was holding in response to Alec's voice. So Alec went on and touched her cheek, this time with his lips on hers.

The girl was surprised, but quickly responded to the kiss by meditating. Sitting on Alec's thigh, she placed her hands on his shoulders and kissed him again and again. Their overlapping lips parted, then parted again, and repeated the process over and over again. Their breaths overlapped and mingled, caressing each other's cheeks warmly.

She was looking at Alec in her violet-blue eyes, and she had tears in her eyes. Of course, he had no idea what the tears meant. But through her lips, he could see that her tears were not sad, but out of happiness. Above all, Alec felt the same way.

As he repeatedly kissed her mouth, he couldn't get enough of it, so he parted her lips with his tongue and entered her mouth. Then they accepted each other's tongues and entwined them together. It was the first time for Alec to experience this kind of adult kissing. He and Ciel had been lovers for a while, but they had only kissed lightly.

The demon girl probably wasn't used to it either. At first, their teeth brushed against each other a few times, but this became less and less frequent. They simply comforted each other's tongues and exchanged sweet saliva as they wanted each other.

It was a quiet, windless night. Only the sound of burning wood, the mingling of saliva, and the occasional labored exhalation of the girl's breath caressed his ears.

Feeling the thin, soft tongue of the demoness, he could only sense her presence on the tip of his tongue. She seemed to be the only one who could accept Alec, who had lost everything and was now empty.

When Alec hugged the demon girl tightly, she moaned a little and shivered. He let go of her mouth once and stared at her. The silver-haired demoness was breathing on her shoulders and her cheeks were flushed red.

"Don't... look at me too closely." the girl said, face down in shame.

"Why?"

"I'm probably red now, so I'm... embarrassed." Her tone of voice was so cute, as if she was weakly writhing in shame. Alec put her chin in his hand and turned her to face him. Her violet-blue eyes were moist as if she was dreaming, and he felt a sense of love for her.

As their lips met once more, Alec's hand naturally moved to her chest. The girl was panting softly as he gently covered the small breast with his hand through the black fabric. It was small but resilient, and yet soft. It was a strange feeling. As he kissed her, he could feel her tits all over his hand. Then he felt more and more blood flowing to his own lower body. He gently flipped open her robe, and she was wearing only a thin camisole. Alec slid the shoulder straps of her camisole down, revealing her breasts. Her breasts were not large, but they were so beautifully shaped that they seemed almost artistic.

"Please don't stare so much...!" As he stared at the woman's breasts for the first time, the silver-haired girl covered and covered her breasts with her hands.

"No, I'm sorry. It was so beautiful, I couldn't stop staring at it."

"Are you sure?

"Yeah. So let me see." When he said this, she looked like she was about to cry, but slowly withdrew her hand. Once again, the snow-white beauty was revealed, and this time He touched it directly. He was moved by the softness of her skin as it absorbed his palm. As He slowly and gently applied pressure to his hand, he felt her body tremble.

"Oh, did that hurt?

"I don't know... I mean, it feels kind of weird." She blushed and said so, which was very cute. He loved her so much that he kissed her again. He parted his lips and held her waist, and she saw his intentions. She straddled Alec and got up on her knees and lifted her hips until her breasts were just high enough to be in front of his face. He kissed the tip of her breast and gently took it into his mouth. The sweet smell of her skin was so pleasant that he felt his own heart fluttering. As he rolled the nipple with the tip of his tongue, the silver-haired demoness wiggled her hips.

"Ahh... please don't do that!" As she said this, she held Alec's head in her hands. Her words and actions were completely opposite.

There was no way he would obey her words, so he sucked on her nipple like an infant. Then, an indescribably sexy voice leaked out of the girl's mouth.

The demon girl was desperately trying to hold back her pleasure. It was somewhat strange to think that she, who was much stronger than Alec, was feeling the pleasure with her own hands like this.

"Well... Sir Alec, your back still hurts, doesn't it?" The girl asked shyly as she let go of his body.

"Sorry. I can't move yet."Alec wanted to move as much as he could, but he can't. To be honest, his back didn't hurt. Just his hip was paralyzed with fear when he met her, and it's still going on. Of course, he couldn't tell her such an embarrassing thing.

"I knew you would...I'm not sure what to do, but I'll do it." The silver-haired girl seemed to have made up her mind about something, and once she stepped back from Alec's thighs, she put her hands on his pants.

"Hey, wait!"

"What?" Unable to resist, Alec's pants were pulled down by her, along with his underwear.

"Eek!" The demon girl was so surprised that she even spread her large bat wings. Alec almost let out a pitiful cry as she suddenly spread her wings.

Then she opens her violet-blue eyes and stares at "it". She is a beautiful girl, even if she was a demoness. How could he not be excited to be seen by her like that.

"Wow, this is a man's..." She touched it gently with her fingertips, surprised as if she had never seen it before. As it was, she touched it with her fingertips several times, but there was no sign that she was going to do anything beyond that.

"Well, Sir Alec, I don't know what to do. How can I, um, please you?" She asked him with an expression of both embarrassment and apology. It was so cute that Alec couldn't help but pull her into a hug.

"You don't have to do this."

"No, but I'm a little sad that... it's just me." She complained a little. Apparently, Alec's caresses were making her feel good, and she wanted to return the favor. That was something Alec was happy about.

"Um, can you touch that for me then?

"Just touch it?" She tilted her head and slowly wrapped her beautiful white hands around Alec's genitals. "Move it up and down." He asked her to move it up and down, and she nodded "Yes." and moved it gently. And then they put their faces together, closed their eyes and kissed each other.

While their tongues were intertwined, Alec suddenly became calm and wondered what the situation was. It would have been more satisfying to say that she was showing him some kind of illusion.

Right now, Alec was about to have intercourse with a demoness. And with a girl whose existence seemed to be a mirage. There was no way he could believe it.

The girl was kissing him, wrapping her hands around Alec's genitals and gently caressing them. She touched him carefully and delicately, seemingly unsure of how to handle him, so as not to destroy something so precious.

Was it for the sake of not being killed, or for the sake of the contract? It's just that both of these meanings seemed to have little meaning now. However, He really wanted to be in lovemaking with this demon girl whose name he did not know.

Instinctively, he touched her soft skin and gently held the beautiful breast in his palm. Then he slipped his hand inside her robe and slid his fingers down to her lower abdomen. As his fingers traced her genitals, the sound of water leaked out.

"Does this... feel good to you, Sir Alec?

"Yes. Do you?

"I don't like people who ask... that." Her face flushed and she covered Alec's mouth with her mouth. Maybe She wants him to guess from the sound of water.

His hips still didn't move yet, so he sat down and took the girl's caresses and lips. As if in return, Alec stroked her crack. As they comforted each other, their lips met again and again, their tongues intertwined.

It was no longer an act of contract, but something far more. It was as if they were a man and a woman who truly loved each other, and they were wanting each other. The sound of their saliva mingling and the sound of her writhing in pleasure were the only sounds in the darkness of the night.

"This girl's kissing is so sneaky..." Alec let out such a complaint in his mind. When he kissed her on the mouth, his head felt so fluffy and comfortable, like he was in a debauchery.

Since he was born, he had never been in love with anyone but Ciel. He had never had intercourse with Ciel, so naturally he had never known a woman. The first woman he had ever known was an unbelievably beautiful girl, and a higher demoness. And Alec didn't even know her name.

In a word, it was crazy. However, despite this crazy situation, he was calmer than he thought.

"Possibly... your first time?" She asked abruptly, breathing on his shoulder. When Alec nodded silently, she looked away and said "Me too." shyly.

From the way she had reacted to him earlier, he had expected her to be the same, but he was also a little surprised. She was only in her mid to late teens in terms of appearance, but she was a demoness, so she had definitely lived longer than Alec. It was strange that she had never had any experience with men, even though she had such a beautiful appearance. He wondered if there was a difference in the standard of evaluation of appearance between the demon race and the human race.

His hips were able to move again, and he switched places with her. Alec slowly laid her down on the rug he had just slumped down on.

"Doesn't your wing hurt?" He asked, and she nodded hesitantly. He thought to himself that he was asking a strange question, but since the wings were below his back, he had to ask. He wondered if the wings would get in the way when he laid her down, but they didn't, which was somewhat strange.

Right now, she had no clothes on. Just looking at her white skin illuminated by the moonlight, He almost felt his reason fly away.

The girl's violet-blue eyes moistened and she stuck out her tongue as if she was wanting Alec. When he sucked on her tongue, their tongues naturally intertwined, and her saliva flowed into Alec. It was as sweet as a fruit wine and burned His heart more than any fire wine.

The moment he covered her and hugged her skin to skin... a tremendous sense of security filled his heart. There was such a sense of security that the relationship between human and demon, tamer and demon, seemed unimportant.

"What's this sense of security I'm getting?" He had heard that human skin contact made people feel at ease. However, he couldn't understand why he would be having a love affair with a girl from a demoness tribe he didn't know, on the very first day he met her, and why he felt such a tremendous sense of security. But even so, Alec felt as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

They nodded to each other to confirm their intentions, and Alec gently covered her. He took hold of the root himself and placed the tip in the woman's crack. He placed the tip directly against the crack and moved it back and forth to find the entrance. Then there was a slimy, suckable indentation.

"Is it here?" He doesn't know because it's his first time. She said it was her first time too, so of course she wouldn't know.

He suddenly felt uneasy, wondering if He could do it well, and looked at the demon girl. He looked at her and saw that her eyes were tightly closed, as if she was trying to endure the pain to come. If he looks closely, he can see that her body is also trembling.

"Are you... scared?" When Alec asked, she shivered and opened her eyes fearfully.

"I... I'm a demoness, you know. And I want to be your servant. So...I'm not afraid of this." She blushed and said awkwardly, averting her gaze.

Her age is unknown, but the fear of the first time in life is the same for both humans and demons. Because of this fear, Ciel did not want to engage in such activities with Alec.

However, even with her fear, this girl was willing to make a contract with Alec. She is willing to give up her precious virginity to a stranger named Tamer. The sight of her healthy and loving figure grabs his heart. He was overcome by a feeling that was painful and loving and he didn't know how to describe it. Alec put his hand on her cheek and stroked it caressingly, and the demon girl's face broke into a happy smile.

"Sir Alec... Please don't hesitate. As I said before, I want to be your Servant." She took his hand, which was stroking her own cheek, and told Alec so.

The girl is doing this much for him, he decided and exhaled.

"Let's... get started."

"No problem... Sir Alec." with a nod from her, He pushed himself into the recess. Each time He sank a little deeper into the root, she let out a small gasp.

When He touched the hard ring of mucous membrane that pushed back against the glans, the silver-haired girl frowned, "It... hurts... !" Her eyes were squeezed shut and tears were in her eyes.

"Are you okay?" Alec asked. She didn't say anything, just nodded her head. She didn't seem to be alright.

"You can... do whatever you want." She must have noticed that Alec hesitated there, gave a gentle smile to reassure Alec.

She had horns like a goat and wings like a bat. No matter how you look at her, she is a demon girl. However, this smile she showed was probably more beautiful than the goddess Ternua in mythology. Strangely enough, Alec was sure of it.

"I can't pull back now." Alec let out a deep breath and pushed himself into her. Then he felt something pop, and he sank into her. He slowly scratched the place where no one had ever touched before. The indescribable feeling went through his whole body.

"It hurts, it... hurts..." The demon girl had tears streaming from her violet-blue eyes as he sank himself into the depths of her genital.

Normally, no matter what Alec did or what kind of attack he made, there would be such a difference in strength that she would not be able to inflict even a single wound on him. Nevertheless, the fact that she was feeling pain from this action was somewhat mysterious.

"Can I move?"

"Yes... " she nodded.

When he pulled out, it twisted around him as if it was trying to hold on to him, and he wanted to put it back in. He can feel the warmth of the girl's body, but if you are not careful, he will be swept away by the pleasure.

But the girl's desperate response to Alec's actions while enduring the pain was so endearing that he felt sorry for her and hugged her tightly.

"Sir... Alec?"

"I'm sorry. I don't even know if this kind of act can really make a contract, and I'm a complete stranger who took your precious virginity... I'm really sorry." When Alec apologized, the girl looked up at him with a puzzled expression.

"You're really sweet, aren't you? I'm a demoness, but you treat me like a... human girl."

The silver-haired demoness went straight to hug Alec tightly. It felt good to have skin to skin contact. For some reason, laying skin to skin with her made him feel strangely safe.

"I had decided to dedicate... my first time to Sir Alec. So this is what I hoped. It's what I've... wanted you for a long time." The girl said lovingly. There was no way Alec could understand what she was saying. But even though he couldn't possibly understand her, he somehow understood her. Because Alec really wanted to be with her like this too.

"So... how do we seal the deal? I think we've already been together physically." Alec asked.

"Well... maybe, inside me your..."

"What my?" Alec asked again. He thought he heard wrong.

"That... semen, I mean." She replied, embarrassed.

He guesses the condition of the contract she is talking about is that He has to ejaculate inside her. But does she know what that means?

He tried to ask her what she meant, but the demon girl's lips were quivering, her violet-blue eyes were filled with tears, and her body was tense. This was her first time, and she must be in a lot of pain. It was too much for her to ask. And Alec couldn't afford it anymore either. Lovemaking was his first time, too. He couldn't take much more of the feeling and the pleasure she brought.

"Sir Alec. Feel so... good, I can't... anymore." Perhaps it was the same for her, that she couldn't stand something that was looming. The look on her face as she shed tears and complained about something was very endearing, and The smell of her skin and the sweet scent of her hair aroused his libido even more. she couldn't make a sound anymore and just moaned in pain and pleasure.

"Get ready. Here I come...!"

"Yes, Sir Alec, please give me... yours."

Then they were both engulfed in pleasure. Drops of life was poured into her, filling her with a tremendous sense of happiness and pleasure.

At the moment he was able to communicate with her both physically and mentally, Alec's chest and hers were connected by a line of light. This was the sign that occurs when a demon makes a contract with a tamer - in other words, becomes a servant.

"Oh my goddess. We have a contract really...?" Alec couldn't believe it, but she is his Servant now.

"Could you trust me...?" The silver-haired girl breathed hard, but looked at Alec gently from below.

"So much so that I want to complain to the goddesses about it." He said this in frustration, and she giggled "I'm glad." The smile on her face was so beautiful and cute that he could no longer believe that she was a demon.

"I don't know why, but... I'm sure I love her." Alec understood his feelings. When he first met her, he had thought she was a terrifying demoness. She has horns, bat-like wings, and an extraordinary amount of magic and magical energy. She is definitely a demon tribe that has been passed down in folklore. However, he has fallen in love with her. He couldn't control that feeling anymore.

He couldn't control his overflowing emotions and hugged her tightly. She responded by hugging him back. Perhaps it was because their bodies were still piled on top of each other, but the warmth of each other's skin made them feel as if their bodies were becoming one.

Then he heard her squealing in his ear. He didn't know why, but she was crying quietly, holding back her sobs.

It was a cry of relief, like a little girl who had been lost and reunited with her parents. He doesn't know why she's crying. He doesn't know why she's crying, but he knew that the Servant contract with Alec was a good thing for her.

And Alec, on the other hand, even though he was hugged by a demoness, felt at ease. He even felt a motherly tenderness from her. It was a memory of his mother that Alec could hardly remember anymore. But for some reason, he wondered if he had been surrounded by such tenderness when he was a child.

Perhaps the reason why Alec felt this way was because he had just been betrayed by the Ex-lover he was supposed to have loved. He had thought he had lost everything, but this girl had appeared as if to support him. Even if she had wings or horns, It didn't change the fact that she had saved him.

He wondered if this encounter had been predetermined from the beginning - the two of them made up for each other's lack to the extent.

"Master Alec... I have a request." When her sobs had calmed down a bit, his beloved demoness spoke up.

"What is it?" He asked her, wiping her tears with his finger.

"Please give me a name."

"Are you serious...?" Alec questioned her sanity at her offer.

The tamer can give a name to the servant they use. This tamer’s skill is called "NAMED". But "NAMED" should not be easy for the servant to admit.

Every demon and monster have life and a name given to them by their parents. However, to be given a name by Tamer means to abandon one's past and will. In other words, it means abandoning their past and being completely controlled by tamer. When a servant is given a name, the servant's connection to the master increases and their power is increased many times over, but they are also forced into absolute obedience. They cannot disobey any of the Master's orders, and they cannot ask to be released from the contract. Even Alec's mentor, a master of a professional guild, said he had never done "NAMED" before.

This is only possible with absolute trust between the servant and the tamer. Once a Servant is given a name, he or she becomes The "Named Servant". It is said that once a servant becomes the "Named Servant" their strength will increase many times over, but there is no telling how strong they will actually become.

"Yes. I'll give you everything I have. I've decided that... a long time ago." She said, smiling.

Alec didn't understand. The fact that she had agreed to "NAMED" meant that she would not be able to go against Alec completely. If that happened, she would not only be able to terminate the contract, she would not be able to do anything against Alec's will. It would mean losing all rights of self-determination. Worst of all, if Alec ordered her to die, she would have to commit suicide.

However, there is probably something going on between Alec and her. Otherwise, there is no way she would have gone this far. And the name...she has never given her name before. This is probably because she never needed to use her name in the first place, and it could be that she intended to abandon it from the start when she met Alec. He didn't know how far she had foreseen this, but she had decided to do so from the moment she met Alec, or perhaps even earlier.

"All right. I'll give you a name." Caressing the cheek of the beautiful demoness, Alec gave her a name.

"Your name is... Teiris. You are my servant, Teiris." Alec said that, And the sweetie demoness - Teiris nodded, tears streaming down her face.

In the LuBrode, which is Alec's hometown, "Teiris" was a well known and loved name for a fairy that brings happiness. The name implies his wish for her to be happier. Of course, he doesn't intend to tell her about this origin.

"My name is Teiris... And I give my all to you, Master Alec." The moment she repeated and accepted the name, Alec and Teiris' hearts were connected by an invisible line of light. This was also the moment when her complete obedience was decided.

"Master Alec…"

"What's up, Teiris." They called each other's names in sweet voices, as if they were calling their lovers. It was the first time he had ever called her by her name, but strangely enough, the name felt right.

"I express my sincere feeling of love for you, sir. Ever since... before you were born." A tear trickled down Teiris's cheek.

He had no idea what had happened between Alec and her, since this was definitely the first time he had seen her. But she knew Alec. He could probably guess that there was something going on between them.

In the end, Alec and Teiris kept lovemaking over and over again. As if to make up for their lack of each other, they just wanted each other. During this time, she seemed to be happy from beginning to end.

3

"Why is this happening to me?" While Alec was camping out in the middle of the meadow, he looked at the girl sleeping beside him and suddenly thought. Alec was still unable to comprehend what was happening to him.

Beside him, there is a beautiful girl who is so out of this world. But she is not just a beautiful girl. She is a girl with long silver hair, with large bat-like wings and goat horns.

She is a female demon tribe, a tribe that is feared by humans, and among them, she is of a tribe called the higher demon, which is considered to be close to the Demon King. originally, if a powerless person like Alec encountered her, he would have been killed instantly.

But...

"...Master Alec?" Teiris called out Alec's name and opened her sleepy eyes. She was looking at him blankly with her beautiful eyes like jewels.

"What's wrong?" She raised her body a little bit. Alec's heart beat quickly by the sight of her beautiful, well-formed breasts.

"It's nothing. You'll catch a cold." He draped her robe over her, And covered her white skin.

"The Demon doesn't catch colds. Don't worry about it, okay?" The demon girl tilted her head curiously.

"Is that so? But it's cold." When Alec said this, she smiled happily and leaned on him.

"I'm not cold when Master Alec is around." Then she put her nose to his neck and sniffed him.

"I knew it smelled good…" The girl murmured with an enraptured expression and kissed Alec's neck.

"It tickles."

"Can't I just smell it?" She said and looked sad.

"No, it's OK. Do you like it that much?"

"Yes, I love... it." Teiris blushed and smiled, then sniffed her neck again. It seemed that it might be stinky because he hadn't bathed tonight, but she didn't care.

"Master Alec?" Teiris propped herself up on her elbows and smiled, her violet-blue eyes narrowing.

"I love you." Then she wrapped her arms around Alec's neck and put her lips on his.

Her thin, soft tongue entwined with Alec's. As he answered her kiss, he unconsciously put his arm around her shoulders and hugged her thin body with all his strength.

"How could this be happening?" He asked himself that question again as he kissed her.

Not only did he has no reason to believe that he would be loved so much by the demon girl, but Alec himself couldn't help but love her. He didn't know a single cause or reason for it.

But he loved this demon girl he had only just met. That was a fact. And in the face of that fact, the reason didn't matter. She loved Alec, and Alec loved her. It didn't matter what race they were.

Teiris parted her lips and looked lovingly at Alec. Then she smiled shyly.

"I'm sorry... you are in turmoil, aren't you? Actually, I'm very confused too."

Teiris said, rubbing her nose against Alec's neck happily. After all this time, it seemed that she herself was not able to keep up with the sudden development. Incidentally, Alec was even less able to keep up.

"Yeah, well…" When he thought he was attacked by a higher demoness, he was suddenly embraced and kissed on the mouth, and even had lovemaking with her even though neither of them had any experience. And he could only be amazed that he had been able to turn her into a servant on condition of lovemaking. On top of that, he had also given her a name.

Despite being banished by the heroes yesterday for being incompetent, Alec has done the highest level of work as a tamer and as a man in just one night. It was such a sudden turn of events that even Alec himself could have been convinced that it was all a dream.

"But I was saved by Master Alec, you know?" Teiris smiled at him. Then he remembered that she had first asked him to help her.

"I needed to be given a new name. No, if I hadn't met Master Alec and hadn't been given a name, I don't think I would be in this world anymore." She said with a bit of sadness.

"What do you mean?" Alec asked.

"To tell you the truth, I was exhausted. I was tired of running away and fighting without a clue. But I also didn't want to be killed after working so hard."

The girl was laughing in a joking way, but Alec didn't take her words as a joke.

"How could she, The higher demoness, be killed?" He couldn't imagine what kind of thing she had been fighting.

"Hey, Teiris. Tell me more. There are so many things I don't understand. There's so much I don't know about you and 'NAMED'."

When Alec said this, Teiris said "Sure." and smiled in annoyance.

"It's a little difficult to explain, but I heard that humans record the life and death of each individual in a register. Is that correct?" Teiris abruptly brought up the subject of the registry. Perhaps it was necessary information to explain the reason.

"A registry? Oh, you mean the parish register." Alec said.

A parish register is a record kept by the parish priest of the Ternura Goddess Church of baptisms, marriages, and burials of parishioners, day by day. There is one church of the Ternura Goddess Order in the village, and the town is divided into about four parishes, each with its own church. People would go to their parish church to worship and listen to the sermon of the priest.

When someone gets married, they hold the ceremony in their own parish church. When a child is born, he or she has to be baptized in the church. And when they die, they are buried in the church. In other words, the church knows everything about people's life and death, and the church keeps a record of it in a book called the parish book. The church also collects taxes based on these parish registers.

"The demon tribe does not have such a custom, so their registration is determined by the demonic energy of the individual itself. The demonic energy is unique to each individual and cannot be changed." According to Teiris, the higher the power, the easier it is to understand the demon. It is known only among the demon clans, and the demon king's army knows the births, deaths, and whereabouts of their friends by means of the demonic energy.

Teiris is classified as a race of higher demons. With a demon race as powerful as the higher demon, no matter how much they suppress their own demonic energy, it is impossible for them to completely disappear because their demonic energy will be detected at any moment.

"Because of my demonic energy, I was pursued by the Demon Lord's army for a long time." She explained.

He didn't ask why they were being chased, as that would have chased the conversation away. Teiris was surprised that he hadn't asked her anything, but continued on.

"But once I'm a Named Servant, it's a different story."

"I see, this is where the meaning of 'NAMED' comes into play." Alec understood.

"Yes. When Demons become the Named Servant, they leave their previous life behind and connect directly with their Master's soul. By connecting with the soul of a human being, the type of demonic energy changes." Teiris added an explanation.

"What do you mean change the demonic energy?" Alec asked, tilting his head.

"It's hard to put into words, but... the demonic energy becomes something like demonic energy. In other words, the soul is changed. This is the only way to make the demon tribe's registry disappear completely. So I'm sure they're troubled by the sudden disappearance of my existence. Suck on that." Teiris said with a giggle. Alec thought it was kind of cute that even her wings were swaying along with her laugh.

However, although Teiris spoke as if she was making small talk as if it was nothing, her life on the run so far must have been epic. Alec doesn't know what the circumstances were, but if she had been living under the chase for a long time, she wouldn't have been able to eat or sleep slowly.

Thinking about it, He could understand why she was now relaxing in Alec's arms. Perhaps she had finally been freed from the hell on earth.

"But then again, if you could get a tamer to give you a name, it wouldn't have to be me, would it?"

Alec said, a little sulkily. If he takes her words as they are, he guesses that's what they are.

"No, it has to be Master Alec. Rather, other tamers can't tame demons in the first place." She smiled and denied what Alec had said.

"Why?" Alec asked.

"We demons will never open our hearts to humans, including tamers. Humans and demons are inherently incompatible. However, Master Alec was the only one who can tame me, and you were the only one who can give me a name."

"Why me?" Alec asked again.

Alec had never thought of himself as special. When he looked back on his own life, the only thing special about him was his tamer qualities. When it came to actually being a tamer, he didn't have much of a talent for it.

As he pondered this, Teiris smiled wickedly and said, "That's... still a secret for now.".

"Hey, come on. Teiris"

"I'm sorry. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure if I should tell you." Teiris said with a wry smile.

"You're not sure?" Alec asked.

"Yes, I am. The reason is... that it has something to do with Master Alec, but it doesn't have anything to do with Master Alec. It's something you don't need to know, at least not right now. It's not a problem if you interpret that you have such a peculiar constitution." Teiris said, her answer rather muddled. However, Alec was not convinced by her explanation. Her explanation seemed to be too vague.

"At least, I think it would be easier for Master Alec if you interpreted it that way. Besides... I want to see you as you are. So please give me some more time to think about it." She looked down once and then choked on her words for a while. Then she looked up and gazed at Alec with pleading eyes. There was no way any man could refuse such a request from such a beautiful girl with such moist eyes. Alec had no choice but to agree.

"I want to see you as you are." She said this as if there was someone else behind Alec, someone other than him. And Alec was aware of the fact that he was sure of it. It was clear from his own psychology of accepting Teiris, and from the history of his encounter with her, that this was the case.

Otherwise, there is no way that the words 'I finally met you', 'your name now', and 'since before you were born' would have come out of her mouth. However, Teiris didn't dare to explain it, probably because it really had nothing to do with Alec himself. If she told him, she would have to see him as someone other than Alec. And she doesn't want to do that. He decided to think so. If that's what she thinks, there's no need to force her to ask.

"Well, that's all I have to say. Now it's Master Alec's turn, okay?" Teiris tilted her head and smiled.

It wasn't over yet, Alec thought, but if she didn't want to talk about it now, then he would have to follow through with it. Besides, now he knew why she wanted to sign the contract with him and become the Named Servant. That would have to suffice for now.

"My turn? what?"

"I'm talking about why you were camping out alone in the middle of the night with all your hate and sorrow." Teiris asked with conviction, when Alec tried to cover it up. She seemed to have noticed that he had been left alone for some reason.

"I think monsters around here are pretty docile, but as expected, they'll attack you if you sleep here." Teiris looked at Alec with her violet-blue eyes and said. It was a gaze that seemed to say that no excuses or deceptions would be tolerated.

"I don't want to say too much. It's not cool." Alec hesitated to say anything. It was not a story he wanted to tell the girl he loved.

"I definitely don't think so. I want to know more about you, Master Alec." Teiris looked into Alec's eyes and assured him clearly. When she said that, Alec had no choice but to speak. He let out a small sigh and decided to tell her everything.

He was working as an adventurer with his childhood friend and Ex-lover, Ciel, while also working other jobs to save money for the future. As an adventurer, They were inexperienced and it was more of a hobby, but They were still living a fulfilling life. Then Mars, the hero and prince of Lumberg, appeared and invited him and Ciel to join his party. Alec, who had no talent, became a burden in the party and was mistreated by the hero and the other women. At the end of it all, Alec's girlfriend, Ciel, was plundered by Mars. Ciel was the reason Mars brought Alec into the party. And as soon as he got Ciel, Alec was treated as a hindrance and expelled from the party. He told her everything, including the embarrassing details.

"Did you... love this Ciel person, Master Alec?" When he finished telling her everything, Teiris had a rather complicated expression on her face. From her point of view, she had just given her life to Alec, and after lovemaking to him so much. It would not be pleasant to ask her about his lost love in that state.

"Oh, yeah. We've been together since I can remember. Ciel has been like family to me, I've worked so hard to be with her all my life, and I took it for granted that I would spend time with her. I thought that we would be together forever. It was easily taken away by Mars. but... I was not strong enough, and if I had been stronger than Mars, this would not have happened!" As he was talking, Alec regretted that he shouldn't have said her anything. As he started talking, the days he had spent with Ciel came back to him. The moment they parted, the despair he felt when Mars took Ciel's virginity right in front of him, and even her charming voice from the next room came back to his mind.

Tears of regret spilled from Alec's eyes. He felt frustrated, miserable, and unable to forgive himself. Many memories of Ciel came back to his mind and then disappeared. He realized once again that the future he had envisioned for himself was gone.

"Master Alec..." Teiris looked at him sadly.

"I know you don't want to hear about this. Sorry, I'm sure it will stop a bit." Alec forced himself to smile. He felt it would be rude to shed tears of romantic disappointment in front of the woman who had just loved him so much.

Teiris hugged him and then gently stroked his head. She couldn't help but stand how concerned he was about her and how he was trying to force a smile.

"It's okay, Master Alec. I'm here for you." She whispered admonishingly in his ear and cradled his head against her chest.

At that moment, Alec had a strange feeling. She was Alec's Servant, and even though Alec was supposed to be in a position to use her, her chest was the one that healed him the most.

"You may not be happy to hear this from such a female demon, but you are not alone, Master Alec. So please don't cry. If you cry... I'll get sad too."

She gently stroked his hair over and over again as she said this. Wrapped in that pure white, unblemished skin, Alec felt himself becoming more comfortable with it.

"Please don't say that. You are very important to me. It's because you're here now that I'm able to cry honestly like this. So, Teiris. Let me cry just a little bit longer."

"No problem, Master Alec" Teiris said softly, and gently cradled Alec's head. Her white, smooth skin sucked him in, and then her warmth surrounded him.

She had told him that Alec had helped her. But she wasn't the only one who had been helped. Alec had also been saved by her presence.

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As dawn broke, the temperature dropped drastically. When Alec shivered, Teiris noticed and wrapped him up in one of her large wings. The bat-like wings felt strange, but there was a definite warmth to them.

Then, as if trying to protect him, she put her arms around him and held him tightly. The warmth of Teiris's body and the soft touch of her skin soothed the wounds of Alec's regret.

"Then, what would you like to do, Master Alec?" Teiris asked, as if she had been watching for the time when Alec would calm down.

"What do you mean?" Alec asked.

"Do you want to take revenge on Mars? Or do you not care anymore?"

"Hm..." Alec choked on Teiris’s question.

He had never thought about revenge until she asked him. Alec didn't have the power to do anything about it, he was just occupied with how he was going to live tomorrow. But now it was different. Now he had Teiris, who is the higher demon.

"I don't think I can forgive Mars and the others. just to think that Master Alec had to suffer like that for so long, I feel like tearing their limbs off at any moment. But that's my personal feeling, so I won't say anything if Master Alec doesn't want me to." Teiris seemed to be angry for Alec.

It made Alec feel better to know that there was someone close to him who would be angry for him. At the same time, anger at the unreasonableness of the situation grew inside him, wondering why he had to feel this way.

If it hadn't been for Mars, Alec and Ciel would have been able to live in peace. Once they had saved up enough money, he and Ciel would have opened a store and lived out their lives in peace.

However, that future was cut short. What remained for Alec now were the many regrets he had been given by the heroes, and the inexplicable sense of loss that he had been betrayed and abandoned by Ciel. The source of all the destruction in Alec's life is definitely The Hero Mars. As he lost all of his future, he wanted to take away and destroy Mars' future as well. But with Alec's power, no matter how much he wished for it, he can not take revenge. He would have either died in the wild somewhere, or lived a despicable life, overwhelmed by a sense of defeat until the day he died. But if it could be done, it would be a different story. And with the man he is now, it will be possible.

"Hey, Teiris... if I wanted to take revenge, would you help me?" He asked her in a reserved tone. Alec himself thought that taking revenge on Mars for cuckolding girlfriend was the work of a small fry. Still, for him, it was an unforgettable pain.

From now on he would feel bad every time he heard about the exploits of the hero Mars. Every time he heard the name of Mars, Alec would be reminded of his defeat and humiliation. He would have to keep doing that until the day he died. He didn't want to do that. Even if he was told that he was a diminutive being. He was not saintly enough to back down like this.

"Of course, Master Alec. I'm your Servant, so you can command me to do anything you want." Teiris smiled and took Alec's hand in both of hers. She then brought her hands to the front of his chest. From her chest, he could feel her heartbeat, just like the human race. He didn't have to be afraid of them just because they are demons. She was on his side, Alec was sure of it.

"If you wish, I will use all my power for you. If you want me to destroy the hero Mars and the others, I will gladly do so. If you want me to give them a curse, I will give them a curse that will make them hate living." Teiris grasped Alec's hand and looked at him firmly with her beautiful, jewel-like violet-blue eyes.

"I'll do anything for you... So please just tell me what you want." Then she gave him a gentle smile, as if she were a goddess. Despite being a demon, her smile was so beautiful that it was completely unbecoming of her race. It was a gentle, compassionate smile that made his chest tighten and told him that Alec was not alone.

He muttered her name and bumped softly his forehead against hers. A different kind of tears were about to flow.

She gave him everything she had just met, and even said this to him. Without her, Alec's heart would probably have been crushed by loneliness and sadness. But now, Alec has Teiris. That alone made him feel reassured. He felt as if he could have confidence in himself. It was probably because she recognized Alec's very existence.

"I want to plunder from the hero Mars, all of him. The same way he did it to me. Will you help me with that?"

"Yes, of course." Teiris nodded happily when she heard Alec's wish.

Alec's goal is to leave the hero Mars alone. He wants Mars to experience the loneliness of losing everything, just as Alec had. If he could take everything away from Mars, perhaps his heart would be full. That was what Alec had come up with.

In addition to Ciel, the party of Mars consists of three other immensely beautiful women who have been chosen as the Sword Saintess, the Sage and Saintess. All three are women with the highest level of talent among the human race: the Sword Saintess Reneliede, the Sage Althena, and The Saintess Latreia. They are expected by the entire kingdom of Lumberg to be able to defeat the Demon King.

However, these women were also Mars' mistresses, just like Ciel. If that was all, The Saintess Latreia had been abusing Alec along with Mars. The Sword Saintess Reneliede and The Sage Althena were not so bad, but they didn't want to help Alec either, pretended to ignore him. They probably thought that Alec was useless. So they're just as guilty as Mars.

With Teiris' help, Alec would be able to rip them away from Mars. When Alec reminds Mars of his powerlessness, He will be freed from the humiliation he experienced from Mars for the first time.

"Revenge for the hero, huh? That's the coolest joke ever." Alec smiled to himself at the feelings that were growing inside him. At the same time, all the things they had done to him before came flooding back to his mind. So far, Alec has been treated like a slave by Mars. He was taken away his girlfriend Ciel and was forced to listen to her charming voice every night. It was a crazy time for him. When he thinks back to those days, he can't just pretend it didn't happen.

"I'm your servant. I'll do anything for Master Alec's wishes. I could ride in and wipe them out. But I'm sure that peeling them off one by one would be more likely to hurt Mars's heart." Teiris said, hugging Alec gently.

"That's a good idea, Teiris. Let's go with that." Alec agreed with Teiris's suggestion. That would be the best way to torment Mars.

"In that case, let's start with The Saintess Latreya." Alec immediately set his sights on her.

The Saintess Latreia has the worst personality, but as a healer and enhancer, she is unrivaled in the kingdom of Lunberg. If her healing magic and enhancing magic were removed, the strength of the Heroic party would be greatly reduced. In addition, it probably is difficult to find a replacement for the saint in Lunberg. The Saintess Latreia is such a gem.

Teiris kissed Alec's forehead and smiled, "Okay." she said, happy that he had asked her for a favor.

"Also, Teiris, I need you to do one more thing for me."

"What is it?" Teiris tilted her head.

"Can I do this... a little bit more?" He put his face down to hide his embarrassment and pressed his face against her chest.

"Yes... of course." Teiris nodded gently and pulled him into a hug, then slowly stroked his head, just as she had done earlier.

Alec decided to indulge her a little more. Listening to her heartbeat was enough to calm him down. Alec suddenly wondered when was the last time he had such a pleasant drowsiness. When Teiris hugged him, he felt as if he were a child being tucked into bed. And then he was lured straight into the depths of sleep in her chest.

Chapter 2: A broken heart and only one salvation

1

After dawn, Alec and Teiris entered the town of the Reslant. This was also the town where Alec had been dismissed by the hero Mars the other day. As far as he was concerned, it was not a town he wanted to enter.

However, now that Alec has decided to take revenge on the Hero Mars, he needs to find out what Mars and his group are up to. Not even a day had passed since Alec had been fired. He thought that they might still be in town. However, his aim was wrong and Mars and his group had already left the Reslant. Moreover, they had no idea where they had gone after that. We didn't know where they had gone, and there was no information in the town.

So, Alec stopped gathering information and changed his purpose. He decided to fulfill Teiris's wish. Although she knew about the culture and manners of the human, she had never been in a human town before and wanted to see it for herself. Alec decided to show her what life was like in the town anyway.

Of course, entering the city with horns and wings would cause unnecessary confusion, so now She uses magic to make her take the form of a human woman. However, once she hides her horns and wings with magic, she is almost the same as a human. Once she hid her horns and wings, Tirith looked like just a beautiful girl.

It felt good for Alec to walk around the town with Teiris in her human form. The men in town would look at her and envy Alec. When he was walking with Ciel, he had been looked at in that way, However, Teiris's case was not comparable to that of Ciel. The level of attention is vastly different. And... Teiris looks like she's having fun.

"Master Alec, what is this delicious food between the bread!? It's so juicy!" Tirisu's violet-blue eyes sparkled as she ate her hot dog.

"It's called a sausage, a stuffed pork intestine. It's good when you cook it or bake it." Alec told her what it is.

"I can't believe how delicious the food is! And this reddish-brown drink smells so good and tastes so different!" Teiris's face broke into a smile as she ate her hot dog and then sipped on a cup of tea from the Neuheim, all the while expressing her excitement. Alec thought she was adorable. If he could see her like this, it would have been worth coming to this town.

She told me that this tea and hot dogs were the first human food she had ever eaten. And She said that demon food was bad and had no meaning other than to provide nourishment. She also said that higher demons don't even need to eat.

She had never had a proper meal before, and this one must have been a shock to her.

"If she is so impressed by a hot dog and a cup of tea, I should have given you something better to eat in the cafeteria. Next time I'll feed her something better." Alec thought about this as he looked at Teiris sipping her tea. The food she was eating now was the cheap stuff sold at street stalls, as she had only intended to look around the town after filling her stomach with some food. The tea she was drinking was just a tasteless drink that workers drink before work.

"What is it, then?" Alec suddenly felt something unpleasant in the stares around him. In addition to the envious glances at how pretty and dainty Teiris was, there was also a look that bothered him. A few soldiers were looking at Alec and the others and whispering to each other.

"Hey, come on. Do they already notice that Teiris isn't human?" It was just as Alec was beginning to have such concerns. A pair of town guards approached Alec and with a sneer on their faces. The faces of these town guards were familiar to him.

"Hey, hey, look. That's him."

"Oh, that's right. He came to ask for a meeting with the mayor, and I dismissed him as some slave, but he turned out to be an Emissary of the Hero."

"How can he look like an Emissary? He's such a dorky guy. When I turned him away, he went home crying like a baby." The two men looked at Alec and laughed.

Seeing their sneer, Alec instantly remembered how unpleasant it was to see them. On a previous visit to the Reslant, Alec had been sent by Mars to the mayor's mansion to request a meeting with the mayor. At that time, these soldiers were guarding the gate, and they didn't recognize Alec as a member of the Hero ic party. In addition, the mayor also mistook Alec for a slave and refused to see him. In the end, Alec had to go back to Mars and the others, and they branded him as incompetent again. It was a bad memory for Alec.

"So? What's that the Hero's slave of doing with such a beautiful girl? Did the Hero give him a treat?" One of the guards looked at Teiris and said.

"You idiot, he's hanging around here because the Hero fired him. Mars has already left the city and is heading north. Most likely, he bought this woman with what little money he had."

"Slaves buying slaves, what a joke!" The two guards let out a dirty laugh.

Alec felt anger welling up inside him. He couldn't understand why he had to feel bad again, when he had finally been able to enjoy the time after being freed from the Hero. It was all Mars's fault. These soldiers had seen how Alec had been taunted by Mars and were convinced that he was a slave. Next to his anger came a feeling of pity and disappointment in Alec himself. Somehow he had felt that he had changed dramatically after the night with Teiris. However, nothing had changed in the eyes of those around him. He was still the same weak man he had been when Mars had taken Ciel from him.

"Hey, pretty silver-haired girl, why don't you play with us instead of staying with that guy? We'll give you more fun than him." Two soldiers look at Teiris with a lowly smile on their faces.

However, Teiris took one look at the pair and suddenly kissed Alec. It was as if She was showing the guards that she was not interested in them.

The guards watched their kiss as if they were watching something unbelievable, and their expressions gradually became angry. Teiris, noticing their gazes, looked lovingly at Alec and wrapped his arms around his neck.

"Hey, Teiris."

"Master Alec... Don't mind them." Alec tried to ask, unsure of the intent of her actions, but Teiris covered his mouth with her own.

Her kiss was sweeter than any fruit wine, and Alec felt the self-loathing that had been growing inside him fade away. It was as if she was encouraging him to say, "Don't worry."

"Hey, you... slave, why are you ignoring us and kissing? Are you kidding me?"

One of the guards finally spoke up in anger, while Alec and Teiris continued to flirt with each other. It was as if she was ignoring the guard’s existence: Teiris's intention was to provoke. Alec knew that immediately.

"Hey, you guys! I'm gonna kill you! I'll beat you to death!" The guard, his pride wounded, shouted angrily.

"Master Alec..." Teiris did not look at them, but stared wistfully at Alec.

"I'm sorry, but I'm running out of patience. I can't keep quiet when people make fun of Master Alec. Can I erase him off now?"

"Yeah. sure. Just shut them up."

"As you wish, Master Alec." Teiris nodded at Alec's words and placed her own lips on his once more. Then she turned one hand toward the guard and held out her palm.

"What? Don't be ridiculous─"

The guard tilted his head suspiciously, but when he tried to approach without regard, the beautiful silver haired girl - Teiris - squeezed his open palm. The next moment, there was the sound of something being crushed. The guard's head was crushed, as if his helmet had been crushed by a rock from all sides. Both the helmet and the skull were shattered, like parchment. The surrounding area was suddenly stained red with the guard's blood. The body of the guard who had lost his head walked like a limpet, and then collapsed in a heap.

At that moment, a scream echoed in the surroundings.

"What the hell did you just do!?" The guard shouted.

The higher demoness glanced sideways at him, then extended her palm straight out like a hand knife and slashed the air. In the next moment, the torso of the guard fell to the ground in a heap. With just a slash in the air, she sliced both legs off his torso.

What she had done, of course, Alec had no idea. All he could see was that she grabbed the air and slashed the air. This was one of the inherent abilities of Higher demoness. She could manipulate the space around her at will.

The guard looked around confusedly, as if he didn't understand that his perspective had suddenly dropped. He then looked at his lower body, which had slumped to the side, and shouted in despair.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!" The guard's desperate cry and the surrounding screams were simultaneous. All at once, the area was in chaos and people were trying to leave the square.

She slashed the air with her hand blade once more, dropping the guard's head with a thud.

"I didn't expect my power to increase so much. You're the best tamer." She kissed Alec on the cheek and then looked at her own hand in fascination.

"The Named Servant Is Awakening" Stroking Teiris' silver hair, Alec said and looked at the dead guard.

The effect of giving a servant a name is not only to make the servant obey you absolutely. The Servant who is given a name becomes a "Named Servant" and increases its power many times over.

Originally a powerful higher demoness, she became a "Named Servant". The Teiris of today was more than just a higher demoness, she had the power to rival the Arc Demon.

"Hey, Teiris, I'd love to kiss you more, but there's just too many spectators." Alec said, looking around. There were about fifty guards gathered around them. Probably all the guards in the town had heard the screams and rushed over. The guards looked frightened and were measuring the distance between Alec and the others.

"Yes, sir. Please wait a moment." Teiris parted her lips regretfully and licked her own lips. She gave Alec a covetous and wistful look.

"Well... Master Alec?" Teiris was kind of squirming.

"What is it?"

"If I clean up quickly, will you continue to kiss me more...?" She asked Alec, looking embarrassed.

"Yes, of course." When he replied, Teiris's face broke into a smile, as if he were a child who had been given a new toy.

"I'll be right back soon, darling!" She said it as if she was going to go do some chores, her voice bouncing with happiness.

She looked back at the guards as she danced and released the demonic energy she had been suppressing. At the same time as she released her magical power, a gust of magical power was generated around her, and the windows of the surrounding houses were broken at once.

The next time he saw her, the beautiful human girl was gone, and there she was, a higher demoness with goat horns and large bat wings.

Teiris spread her large wings and floated up into the air. She, clothed in a purple demonic energy, was staring at the soldiers with a sneer. Her gaze was not the compassionate one she had shown Alec earlier, but a cold gaze that chilled those who looked at her.

"Hi, foolish humans! How will you atone for the crime of taunting my darling?" Then she said.

There, instead of the pretty girl who had been squirming around, was the beautiful and terrifying figure of a demoness.

And from now on, these guards were going to experience a brief period of hell. Yes, for a short while. Their lives were no more than candles in a torrential rain. There was no way for them to survive.

The one-sided slaughter by the higher demoness began.

The moment Teiris' eyes snapped open, the face of the soldier in front of him suddenly exploded. She then proceeded to slash people with her hand sword without even touching them. The armor was useless, if she swung her arm, the armor would be cut in two, if she grasped the palm of her hand, the face would be crushed even if it was not touched. The power was so bizarre and overwhelming that Alec seemed to be speechless. Because It was very different from the magic known to humans.

But it was no wonder Alec didn't know about this technique. After all, she was the only one in the world who could handle this technique. This is a unique ability that Teiris possesses, and it is called "IMPERIUM". She can freely manipulate space within a 5 metre radius. With "IMPERIUM", she can fight in a variety of ways. By grasping a specific location, she can crush the space itself, and by swinging her hand blade, it becomes an indefensible slash. She can also freely manipulate space to create walls and neutralize enemy attacks. It's truly offensive and defensive at will. It can be said to be the unique ability of the Absolute.

This was something that Teiris had devised in her days of escaping the Demon Lord's army. She had to avoid using as much magic as possible in order to escape detection from the Demon Lord's army. She had to avoid using too much magic to evade detection by the Demon Lord's army, because if she increased her magic power, the demonic energy would swell and reveal her location. She thought about how she could suppress her demonic energy and slaughter her enemies during her harsh life on the run. As a result, "IMPERIUM" was born. The problem with "IMPERIUM" was that it was so powerful that it placed a heavy burden on the body, but the solution was the Named Servant.

"It's amazing. I'm overflowing with power." Teiris thought as she slaughtered her enemies. Her body was so light that it didn't feel like her own, and there was no strain on her body when she used "IMPERIUM". Now she could handle "IMPERIUM" as if it were her own breath.

For her, it had been a long time since she had released her demonic energy to fight. Even after releasing so much power, she would no longer be detected by the Demon Lord's army. This is because the quality of her demonic energy itself has changed since she became Alec's servant and was given the name "Teiris" by him. The aura she now wore was demonic energy, but not demonic energy. No matter how much power she releases, the Demon Lord's army will not be able to detect her. She was happy about that, too. She could feel that she was finally free.

"This is impossible! What the hell is this woman?"

"Goat horns and bat wings...she's a demon!" Some of the guards had some knowledge of demons and were becoming aware of her true identity.

The guards begged for forgiveness with mouths full of despair, but Teiris did not listen. From her point of view, these guards were nothing but a group of people who had insulted her loved ones.

To Teiris, Alec was the man who had saved her life, the man she loved, and the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. There was no way she could forgive them for insulting him.

"Master Alec is all I have left. I will not allow anyone to hurt him." Teiris felt strongly about him, and she simply slaughtered the people who had taunted him.

Teiris was overwhelmingly strong.

None of the guards could get close to the higher demoness, whose life was over before they could even get close. By the time they swung their swords, their arms and torso were separated, and by the time they tried to stab her with their spears, his face was gone.

"Wow, this is the power of Teiris!" Alec, on the other hand, was impressed by her overwhelming strength. He realized that he now finally had a higher demoness at his side.

Teiris, he had seen so far was a lovely girl, with horns and wings but also a girlish childhood, who begged him to kiss her repeatedly. She would look up at him covetously as they moved to the town, and when he kissed her, she would giggle happily. She was just a normal, cute girl. However, that all changed when Alec was abused, and now she has become a higher demoness.

Alec has no idea about the situation of the demon race, and Teiris doesn't tell him much about herself. Of course, since She is a Named Servant, it is possible to force her to speak by using his "COMPULSION COMMAND" ability. "COMPULSION COMMAND" is an ability that allows the tamer to subjugate the Named Servant, making it impossible for the Servant to disobey any orders.

However, Alec did not want to use that ability on her. Sure, she was a Servant, but Alec wanted to treat her as an equal. This is because Alec saw Teiris as a woman.

"I don't know, maybe she's a member of the Demon Lord's family." He knew that this was impossible. But looking at her strength, he felt it was a possibility.

If Alec had encountered the higher demoness when he was at Mars' party, he wondered if he would have survived. For the life of him, He didn't think he could survive watching her fight this way.

"I'm glad Teiris is on my side." Alec thought again as he watched her cut the guards in half as if she were tearing paper.

The one-sided slaughter continued for a while, and by the time he realized it, the number of guards had been reduced from fifty to almost half.

The higher demoness was frighteningly cruel, frighteningly strong; Teiris was a completely different being than she was when she was making love to Alec.

"Archers! Release your arrows!" Seeing that they were at a disadvantage if they stayed together, the soldiers scattered at once, and the archers in the rear shot their arrows at Teiris at once. But when Teiris blew her breath in disgust, all the arrows fell to the ground. Not even an arrow could reach her.

"Retreat! Retreat!" The one who seemed to be the captain shouted loudly.

"There's no way I'm letting them get away...!" Teiris muttered, and without caring, she closed the distance and slaughtered them one by one.

She has wings. As soon as she closes the distance between them and her, she'll close it all at once and cut you in half with her hand blade. Even if they tried to fire an arrow, she couldn't even reach. The guards were no match for her.

However, the guards were not stupid. They scattered and ran away or hid in buildings to avoid being killed as much as possible.

Teiris's "IMPERIUM" had its limits. If she was more than 5 metre radius away, her attacks would not reach them. It was an ability specialized for close combat only.

One of the guards ran into a church near Alec, and Teiris saw him and clicked her tongue.

"Please don't approach my darling without permission." As soon as she turned her palm toward the church, she released the magic of "FIRE BALL" without chanting. The ball of fire from her hand was sucked directly into the church, causing it to explode.

The surrounding screams became louder, and sparks and black smoke covered the sky of the Reslant.

"You're kidding, right?" Alec blurted out as he stared dumbfounded at the burning church, its roof collapsing in on itself.

"FIRE BALL" is one of the most powerful attack spells a wizard can possess. It is usually a special magic that is released after a long chanting - even the Sage Althena in the Hero Mars group needed chanting - but Teiris has released the magic without chanting. This alone showed that her magic power far surpassed that of the human.

"This is... this is awesome!" Alec felt happy and confused at the same time.

The beautiful, silver-haired demoness was nonchalantly firing her "FIRE BALL" at the building where the guards had fled. Alec could not hide his excitement as he watched the town being destroyed with screams.

He thought that Teiris' ability to manipulate space would be dealt with if the enemies could keep their distance, but if they did, they would be subjected to this barrage of magic. As far as Alec could see, Teiris was completely invincible. With her power, she could even destroy a country.

The party of Mars was also strong, not only Mars, but also the Sword Saintess, the Sage, and The Saintess were all so powerful that they seemed to be unbeatable. However, Teiris' strength was nothing compared to theirs. Her power is truly that of a demon king.

In the face of Teiris' overwhelming power, Alec could not hide his excitement. He couldn't believe that he had gone from being the weakest tamer to being able to easily destroy a whole town just by having a higher demoness on his side.

As his heart raced with admiration for her overwhelming strength and cruelty, Alec was aware that a cruelty and demonic nature that he had never seen before was growing inside him. However, there was another self who was watching him calmly. And that other self asked him a question.

"Is this what you wanted to do when you were weak and you gained your power?"

"I don't know." Alec asked himself. He had always been on the side of the robbed, so he couldn't understand the feelings of the robber. There was no way he could understand the feelings of those who had the power.

Teiris's overwhelming power was exhilarating, and the pleasure of seeing it was certainly within him. However, on the other hand, he was also feeling somewhat empty.

2

The battle was over when Teiris unleashed the "FIRE BALL" on all the buildings where the guards would have fled.

The bodies of the guards were lying around, the buildings were burning, and the Reslant townspeople were screaming and running away. The town was in chaos.

When Teiris landed at Alec's side, she folded her wings and apologized for taking so long. But he didn't say anything in response and kissed her abruptly.

Teiris was surprised for a moment, perhaps not expecting Alec's behavior, but soon responded to the kiss. Alec, too, felt a sense of relief at finally feeling her warmth.

In the midst of the burning city, the two of them just held each other, their tongues intertwined. Even in this hellish place of despair and screams, kissing her was as sweet as any beautiful drink.

All of the legions were dead, and now there were only people fighting to put out the fires of the burning city, and the townspeople trying to escape from it.

Beside such a scene, Alec only wanted Teiris. He was afraid that he was changing. No, he was afraid that he had done something irreversible, that he was like a very dirty person. They were not at fault for the start of the battle with the guards. However, the battle was big enough to destroy half the town. That was how powerful Teiris was. He was afraid of his own existence for causing this situation and wanted someone to forgive him. That's why Alec wants Teiris.

They walked to the open terrace of the deserted bar and Alec pushed her down on the table. Then he asked her "I want you" in her ear, and she nodded.

The demoness who had just destroyed the town was looking at Alec covetously with her thumb in her mouth, and Alec, seeing her, was so aroused by the desire for conquest that he covered her body.

"Why don't you just reject me?" Alec asked Teiris, who was panting softly during making love.

He was having lovemaking with her as if he were raping her, yet Teiris was accepting him without saying a word. He had no idea why.

"I would be most happy if only Master Alec was satisfied." Seeing Teiris answering with real joy, Alec felt his heart warm up and he kissed her again and again.

"I want you to be satisfied, too."

"I... already feel good enough, darling." She said, her body shuddering with pleasure. Seeing this, Alec patted his chest in relief.

Teiris is Alec's "Named Servant". She can't refuse her Master's orders. So he knows that she won't reject him. However He was worried that she might not really want to do that.. He's afraid somewhere inside that she'll hate him just like when Ciel had left Alec. Because Teiris is the only person that Alec can trust, right now.

"I love you... Master Alec" Teiris looked like she was on the verge of tears as she stuck out her tongue and begged for Alec. It was so lovely, and he was so happy that she wanted him like that.

Alec covered her mouth with his own and intertwined their tongues. Teiris was happy to respond to Alec's rough kisses.

"What a beautiful, obedient, lovely woman." Alec thought.

After the massacre he had just witnessed, he should have been terrified of her, but he found himself caring for her even more. He had no fear of her, only the feeling that she was important to him.

He didn't know why, maybe it was because Teiris was his first woman, maybe it was because she came to him when he was alone and soothed his loneliness, maybe it was because she accepted him, or maybe it was all of them. Now He had feelings other than libido, other than master-servant, for this higher demoness of demonic strength and beauty.

It was love; Alec loved Teiris.

He saw himself in the middle of the burning town, relieved to be with her, and he understood that he was already broken.

"Maybe I've already lost something important as a human being." Alec was thinking about this. He didn't know if it was because he had loved the demoness or if he had been broken before that. But it was clear that he did not have the same sense of ethics and morality as before.

No, his former self had already been killed before he met Teiris. He had been treated like dust by the party of heroes. He had been abused by the heroes, who were supposed to be his allies. The Saintess Latreia had also joined with Mars in torturing Alec for being useless.

The Saintess Latreia also joined Mars in torturing Alec for being useless. Even so, Alec endured it because he was a member of the hero's party. This was his role, and he endured it in the hope that the heroes would be able to fight without worry and the world would be at peace.

However, what awaited him was an even worse punishment. Mars, the Hero, had taken Alec's girlfriend, Ciel, and was enjoying himself. He is not sure how it happened, but it did. Alec never had a chance to find out how it happened.

Ciel was the only family Alec had without his parents, and she was the most important thing in his life. They had promised each other that they would open a restaurant together and live together in the future. She had promised him that they would open a restaurant together and live together in the future, but she had thrown away that future.

Alec lost Ciel's virginity to Mars right in front of his eyes and listened to her moaning every night. Alec's heart was broken a long time ago.

This is not limited to him. Even a saintly person of character would lose his mind after an experience like his. No saint can be a saint if his precious family, loved ones, and things are taken and destroyed in front of his eyes. If there is such a thing, it is a being that no longer has a human heart.

The priests and sisters who glared at them hatefully from in front of the burning and crumbling church were proof of this.

This is what human beings are. People can smile only when there is peace, when they are not inconvenienced. However, when that is no longer the case, their true nature comes out. When emergencies or epidemics break out, when misfortune befalls us, our ethics and sense of justice are easily broken.

Alec thought of this when he looked across at the townspeople who were breaking into half-destroyed and empty houses like thieves and scavenging for money.

He is already aware that he is broken. He is already broken to the extent that he is relieved to hold his beloved woman while listening to the screams of those around him.

When Alec was a child, he was told that he was a kind boy with a strong sense of justice. But that boy is no longer with us. He lost both of his parents to illness, but he never let that stop him from moving forward. Since he grew up that way, he became a tamer to help people and protect them from the horrors of monsters.

But he had lost everything. Even Ciel, whom he thought was more important than his life, easily abandoned him. It was all because Alec was weak and had no power. Even Ciel, his lover, did not approve of Alec, who had nothing to offer.

However Teiris is different.

DDEフィールド The words Teiris had said came back to Alec's mind. She was the only one who recognized Alec, who had no power. She told him that it was okay for him to exist.

Watching Teiris's ecstatic face lit up by the flames, Alec felt an aching love for her. He intertwined his tongue with hers and hugged her tightly. She responded in kind, crossing her legs tightly around Alec's waist and holding her body close.

At that moment, Alec's love was released into her. Pleasure, happiness, and weakness overtook them, and they embraced each other as if to confirm only each other's existence.

"Teiris is the only reason I'm still alive." Alec thought to himself and hugged her tightly.

"'Master Alec...? What's wrong?" Teiris unexpectedly put her hand on Alec's cheek. She was looking at him worriedly and also a little confused.

"What's wrong with what?"

"Because you... are crying." Then he realized that he was crying. He hurriedly wiped the tears away with his sleeve and replied that it was nothing.

"Are you sad? Or are you unwell...?" She was worried about Alec.

The girl that Alec is worried about now is the higher demoness, Teiris, a terrifying woman with the power to destroy the city of the Reslant and even destroy countries with ease.

But to Alec, she was more of a goddess than the goddess Ternura, and she was his support. Even if she had horns, wings, and a demonic appearance, she would have saved his heart.

"No, I'm not. I'm not sad, I'm not sick, I'm just happy." Alec replied as he stroked Teiris' hair.

"I'm just glad that you're here and that you found me." Teiris looked a little surprised when Alec said so, but soon smiled, a smile more beautiful than a goddess's.

"Me too, Master Alec. I'm... so happy to have met you too." In the midst of the burning town, Alec and Teiris hugged each other tightly. And feeling each other's presence and need - they kissed each other once more.

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After making love in the midst of confusion and despair, Alec and Teiris heard a young girl crying in the middle of the crumbling city.

"Grandpa, no! Let's run away together!"

"No, I can't move! You just got out of here!" He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a little girl and an old man. The old man's legs were trapped in the rubble and he could not move.

Alec recognized the old man. He was the mayor of this town. The mayor and Alec had a bit of a history. The tragedy in this town was originally caused by the mayor's problematic treatment of Alec. If he hadn't seen Alec as a slave, if he had scolded the guards, this tragedy could have been avoided. However, the mayor did not realize that his actions were the cause of the problem.

"Well well well, Mr. Mayor, what's going on?" Alec smiled and walked over to the mayor, who was stuck with his foot caught in his leg. Teiris, on the other hand, looked down at the mayor and his granddaughter with indifference. From her point of view, she had no interest in the lives of these two people. She was, however, interested to see how Alec would react.

Teiris and Alec had grown up in very different cultures. That was why she wanted to understand Alec.

The mayor, on the other hand, was pale in the face of the culprit who had caused the collapse of his town.

"Oh, no! Hilda, get out of here!" The mayor said. The mayor's granddaughter's name was Hilda. She was a young woman, not yet ten years old. But Hilda must like her grandfather. "No!" she said, refusing to move away from the mayor.

"Hey... you outcast! Why in the world would you do such a terrible thing in this town!" The mayor glared at Alec.

"Mr. Mayor… who do you think is holding your granddaughter's life in his hands right now? Yeah?" Alec said to the Mayor as he put his hand on Hilda's shoulder and got down on one knee to make eye contact with her. Hilda seemed to be so frightened that she was unable to speak.

"Gosh... no! You'll have to forgive the girl!"

"Well, what shall we do? I suppose that's up to you, isn't it?"

"I'll do anything you say! Just not my granddaughter!"

"Anything, huh?" That sounded great, Alec thought.

"'I'll do whatever you say.' I see. These words feel so good to be said." Alec let out a chuckle as he remembered his past, and at the same time, he felt a dark feeling come over him.

"Don't do this, Mars! Don't do this! I don't care how much it hurts. Hit me all you want. But please don't hurt Ciel!" These were the words Alec had said to Mars. His own words and the situation at that time came back to his mind.

At that time, Alec was tied hand and foot. Mars looked down at him with an amused smile as he pleaded with him in a pathetic manner.

"You'll do anything? Then just sit back and watch." Mars then took Ciel's virginity right in front of Alec's eyes. Mars silenced Ciel's protesting mouth with a kiss, and touched her body freely. It wasn't long before Ciel's voice became lusty.

"Damn it!" Alec clicked his tongue and punched the ground with his fist to shake off his own damned memory and its images. He hated his head for remembering things that he didn't want to remember, but he did.

"Master... Alec? Are you okay?" Teiris was looking at him with concern, Alec replied, "It's nothing." and turned to the Mayor.

"So, let me ask you, do you remember the last time a group of the Hero Mars visited you here?" Alec asked the mayor.

"Yes, I remember. If the heroes were still here, they would have defeated you!"

"At that time, you thought I was a slave of the Hero Mars, didn't you? That hurt my feelings. Don't you think so?" The mayor also remembered when Alec said that. The pale face became even paler.

"What the...? You're the... from that time!"

"Yes, I'm the tamer who looked like a slave back then. If you want, I can tell you why this town is the way it is." Alec told the mayor how it happened.

They were just walking around the town. They had no intention of destroying the town or hurting anyone. He also told him that it was the attitude of the mayor and the guards that had caused the conflict.

"You're the reason, Mr. Mayor. You, and your men, picked a fight with me, and you pissed us off. We were just strolling through town, you know?"

"How dare you, for such a... simple matter! And isn't the woman beside you a devil!" The mayor refused to admit that he was at fault, and instead directed his blame and hatred towards the very thing that had caused the tragedy. Alec felt even more irritated by his attitude and his words.

"A devil? You're saying she's a devil?" Alec looked up at Teiris, who was standing beside him, she was watching the exchange with interest.

She didn't think twice about being called a devil. From her point of view, people other than Alec were like plants and trees. She was not interested in what they say.

"Did you just call this guy a devil?" Alec looked at the mayor again and asked again.

Alec couldn't bear to hear the Mayor say that.

"Oh, yes! Goat horns, bat wings... what else would you call a devil..."

"No!" Alec shouted and quickly grabbed Hilda's back collar and pushed her hard to the ground. Hilda screamed in agony, and he could hear the mayor's screaming and pleading voice.

Alec was surprised to find himself so angry at the Mayor's words.

"Yes, indeed. She has horns, wings, and she's a demon. To you, she looks like a devil. But still..."

Alec's voice was filled with hatred, to his own surprise. He didn't care about himself. If someone called him a slave, he would feel more pity than anger. However, he couldn't allow anyone to say anything bad about Teiris.

"And yet she, Teiris, is... my lover. She's not a devil. It can't be a devil!" He assured him.

No matter how you look at it, she has the appearance of a devil. Not only did she has horns and wings, but she had destroyed a town and killed a group of guards in an instant with a power beyond human comprehension. Alec understands that she could be described as a devil. However, he still didn't like the idea of his own lover being called a devil and despised.

At the sound of Hilda panting in pain, Alec suddenly became calm and rushed to wake her up.

"I'm sorry... are you okay?" Hilda only coughed and did not answer. The mayor tearfully pleaded with her, "Please, just let her live."

"What am I doing?" Alec felt self-loathing. It was against his virtue to be violent with a child, no matter how angry he was. And after destroying so much of the town, he couldn't help but laugh at himself for thinking of virtue now.

"Master Alec...?" Teiris looked at Alec in surprise.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it." Alec told her and let out a sigh.

"...I would have loved to tear your granddaughter to pieces in front of you, but I'm not going to. Instead, I'll tell you one thing."

"What's that?" The mayor asked Alec with a frightened look.

"At best, be careful in training your men and live humbly. I wish you the best of luck with the reconstruction of this town, Mayor." Alec then motioned with his eyes for Teiris to destroy the rubble that was blocking the mayor's movement. She guessed what it meant, and with a flick of her finger, she had the debris shattered. The mayor hugged his granddaughter tightly with his freed body.

"I will never forgive the Hero. I won't forgive the heroes, and I won't forgive anyone who sides with them either. If you don't want the same thing to happen to you again, you'll have to think carefully about who you choose to befriend." Alec spat, and turned on his heel.

Once you threaten a town like this, some towns may not accept Mars. Once they find out that it is Alec who is spreading the rumors, Mars will not be able to ignore him.

"I will never forgive Mars. I will destroy everything he has built." When Alec was thinking this, Teiris was not beside him. When he looked back, he saw that Teiris was not standing beside him, looking at him blankly as if she had fallen in love with him.

"Teiris? What's up?" Alec's call brought Teiris back to her senses, and after a short delay, she came running after him. Then, hesitantly, she gently took Alec's hand in her own.

Alec looked at her in surprise at her unexpected behavior, she looked so happy and embarrassed.

Alec had no idea why she had suddenly acted this way. He just couldn't help but love her so much that he held her hand tightly.

"Teiris is not a devil after all." Looking at Teiris, who had turned over in embarrassment, he was once again convinced of this. She is an irreplaceable part of Alec's life.

3

After half-destroying the town of the Reslant, Alec and Teiris were heading north. The reason for this was because they had received information that a group of the Hero’s party were heading north.

However, even if they were going north, their destination would vary greatly depending on whether they were going northwest or northeast. In the northern part of Lumberg's territory, there are the towns of Sutherland to the northeast and the Banket to the northwest. The Hero Mars and his party were probably headed for one of them, but the two towns were far apart, and it was not a matter of just going north.

Alec and Teiris walked slowly north along the road, waiting for the encounter with the caravans. If they walked along the road, they were sure to run into the caravans. He knew they would have information.

About a day's walk from the Reslant, they had a lucky encounter with the caravans from the town of the Banket.

"Hey, you guys. You're not wandering around here without much armor or protection, are you?" The captain of the caravans and the merchant at the front, who seemed to be the representative of the caravans, got off the carriage and called out to them. There were also mercenaries beside them who seemed to be guarding them. They seemed to be on the lookout for Alec and the others.

It was natural for them to be wary. Even though it was a city street, at night there were monsters and bandits. Walking two with a man and a woman is like asking to be killed.

However, this is not the case with Alec and .Teiris As for the monsters, they can sense Teiris's magical power and won't come near her. In their minds, the power of magic is absolute. No monster would go to the trouble of approaching an overwhelmingly powerful person without having something to do.

"Oh, there was a ruckus in the Reslant and they took all my stuff and money and I'm broke. I can't even buy a horse thanks to that, so I'm not having much luck at all." Alec cowered and made a self-deprecating smile as he barked. Teiris used the art of humanization and now she taken the form of a beautiful human girl.

"The Reslant's in trouble? I haven't heard anything about it. If you don't mind, I'd like to know."

"Yes, that would be ok, but in return, can you tell me where the Hero Mars and his party went?" Alec proposed to exchange information. When traveling from the Banket to the royal city of Lumberg, they must pass through the Reslant. I'm sure the caravans would like to know about this.

"Oh, that's no problem. The Hero has gone in the direction of the Banket. It's just..."

"Just what?" The captain was stunned, so Teiris tilted her head and asked.

"I've heard that the Demon Lord's army is invading the Banket right now, so you don't want to go there."

"The Demon Lord's Army? Why are they going  to the Banket?" Alec was also dubious and asked.

The Banket is a town in the northwestern part of the Lumberg Kingdom, but it's not much of a town; Alec had been there once before with Mars and the others, but it didn't seem like an important place. If they were going to destroy the town, the Reslant, which Alec and the others had half-destroyed earlier, was still more valuable.

"I've heard that the Demon King's army is trying to destroy the orphanage where The Saintess Latreia was born and raised. It's also the cathedral of the Ternura Goddess cult, so they want to burn down Latreia's birthplace and lower the faith in the Ternura Goddess cult."

"Oh, yes, that's right." Alec was convinced by the explanation.

The Banket is the birthplace of The Saintess Latreia, and there is an orphanage where she grew up.

So it made sense why Mars and his group would go all the way to such a rural town like the Banket. Perhaps The Saintess Latreia was being selfish and wanted them to protect the Banket or something.

"Well, Do We have to go to the Banket? That's a long way." Alec complained inwardly.

It would take more than a week to get from the Reslant to the Banket by horse. They can't catch up with the Hero ones if they're sluggishly walking.

"So, what happened with the Reslant riot?"

"Yeah, I don't know much about it, but the town was attacked by monsters and half destroyed."

Alec told them plainly.

"What? Hey, that's the key town between the central and northern territories. It's the key town between the central and northern territories. There ware even guards there, but it was half destroyed.... That's ridiculous."

"I don't know the details either. It seems that there was a very strong monster that came out, and all the guards were wiped out. The town was burned to the ground and most of the inhabitants were at their wits end."

"What the hell! They wiped out the guards and half destroyed the town? You've got to be kidding me. Did an ogre invade the town?" Seeing the mercenary captain lamenting with his head in his hands, Alec and Teiris exchanged glances and smirked at each other. The beautiful silver-haired girl they were now looking at with great interest was a demon, even more terrifying than the ogre. Alec and Teiris were struggling to hold back their laughter.

"No, more importantly, Captain, we'll never make it to the royal capital without the supplies at the Reslant."

"That's right!" The merchant, the captain of the caravans, and the captain of the mercenary troop were talking among themselves.

"We'll have to make one stop in the Neuheim and buy more supplies."

"No, but if we stop in the Neuheim from here, we'll never make it to the royal capital before the deadline."

Apparently, there was a problem with the caravans' schedule.

In the caravans, the captain decides on the itinerary of watering holes, itineraries, stops, etc., and everyone agrees to follow the schedule. If the itinerary is not followed, the budget and expenses will change, and this will cause problems among the merchants who are paying each other. It would be a serious problem for them.

"By the way, what are you guys going to do?" After a short discussion, the captain of the caravans asked.

"We're going to the Banket." Alec replied.

"It's too late for the Banket. Even the Hero can't help it.." The mercenary man answered for him.

"What do you mean?"

"The people in the town still think the information is hidden and it's just the Demon King's army coming to attack, but it's not just the Demon King's army, it's the Ogre army. It's the Ogre Army."

"Ogre? That's as unfunny as an elf joke." This is going to be more trouble than I thought, Alec thought.

An ogre is many times more powerful than humans, covered with steel-like muscles, and impervious to swords. If the ogre is alone, the Hero Mars and his men will not have much trouble, but if it is a large army, they will have a hard time.

"So. we were just talking to the others about taking you to the Neuheim while we protect you, what do you think?" The captain looked alternately at Alec and Teiris, then glanced at Teiris again.

"Thank you, but as I told you, we're broke. We have no money to pay you. We'll just keep walking this way." Alec made a self-mocking grin, and the mercenary man smiled at him.

"You may not have money, but you have something that can replace it, right?" The men's eyes turned to Teiris.

"What do you mean?" From the way they were looking at him, Alec somehow knew what they were trying to say. The caravans are asking to borrow Teiris' body.

"No, it's just for one night. If you lend us this silver-haired girl for the night, we'll deliver her to the Neuheim. She's such a beauty. I'll even pay you for it."

"Well, if she wants to fuck us more, we can take her to the royal capital." The captain of the caravans and the merchants and mercenaries laughing vulgarly. The mercenary man then looked at Alec, smirked, and tapped his sword.

"You bastard!" Alec's blood rushed to his head at once.

This was not even a negotiation. This was blackmail. They were not only asking Teiris to be a prostitute, they were threatening to kill Alec if he didn't give them her.

Alec couldn't help but be dismayed at the fact that such an atrocious group of people were the caravans of the Lumberg Kingdom. Perhaps there have been many women from small villages who have been victimized in this way.

"They are really shit. But I wonder what would have happened if it had been Ciel instead of Teiris who was with me now?" Alec suddenly wondered. Alec, who had no power whatsoever, would have had no choice but to accept their demands. He is sure he would have had to offer Ciel, just as he did when he was forced to watch Ciel become the Hero's mistress with his fingers in the air.

"But I'm not the same person now as I was then. I have Teiris now." Alec glared at the mercenary man and reminded himself of that.

"I don't care. For now, the silver-haired girl is in our carriage…" The mercenary man was about to grab Teiris by the shoulders when he heard something heavy drop. No, the man's hand was gone from the wrist down.

"What...?" All the men's eyes are on the fallen wrist. And then all eyes are on the mercenary's wrist...

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Oh my God! My hand! My haaaaand!"

"What's going on!?" The mercenary man's scream and the merchant's voice of fear rang out.

"I'm sorry." The silver haired girl beside Alec apologized to the man in a cold voice.

The man was sweating grease, "My hands, my hands, my hands are... " he said, struggling to understand what had happened to him. But he didn't even know why, when, or how his wrists had been cut off. That was just as well. He had only tried to touch Teiris' shoulder, but he hadn't touched anything.

"The only person who can touch me is Master Alec. I can't let dirty maggots like you touch me." Teiris told them with a cruel smile.

"Shit, shit, shit! I'll kill you!" When the mercenary man whose wrists were cut off angrily tried to put his hand on the sword at his waist, she gently blew her breath in the man's face. At that moment, with a cracking sound, the mercenary's head was ripped off. The dead body of the man with his face gone crumpled down.

"What the hell is she doing?" The other mercenaries all took a stance at once, and the other mercenaries who had joined the caravans - about 15 in all - heard the scream and rushed over.

"Help! help me!"

"Hey, hey, hey, wait. It's showtime." Alec grabbed the merchant who was trying to escape and put his sword on his neck.

"Come on. Go ahead and take a look. You wanted to know who destroyed of the Reslant, didn't you?"

"No... I don't believe it was you guys!" Then, Teiris released her humanization and returned to her true form. It is a demonic figure with goat horns and large bat wings.

"Oh, my God. She is a demoness..."

"Yes, I am. What's wrong with that?" While the man was shouting, Teiris responded nonchalantly, popped the air with her finger. At the same time, the man's head was ripped off, just like the mercenary's. There were now two faceless bodies.

"Let me tell you something. I am not a cheap woman to be touched by lowly insects such as yourselves." Teiris spoke in a flat voice to the frightened and trembling men, as if she were speaking to them on a daily basis, without even a hint of hatred in her voice. To her, the lives of the men here were no more valuable than insects.

"Not even the Demon Lord will allow this body to be touched. And I didn't actually let him touch me. The only person in this world to whom I would give my body and soul is... Master Alec." She smiled, looking at Alec as if she was proud and embarrassed. The trembling human and the higher demoness with her maidenly shy face were so symmetrical that the atmosphere of the place did not match.

"From what she said earlier, Teiris rejected the Demon Lord? Maybe that's why she's been running away from the Demon King's army?" Alec suddenly thought about it, but he was in no position to ask that right now. The expression on Teiris's face had returned from that of a bashful maiden to that of a cold-blooded higher demoness.

"So... please consider it a sin to lust after me. You don't even deserve it." She said to the captain of the caravans in front of her and then cut the air with her hand. His head flew up in the air and he could not respond. And fresh blood dyed the meadow red.

The merchants of the caravans were all seated, hands raised in the air.

The corpses of the mercenaries hired to guard the caravans lay strewn about the perimeter. Teiris had not dared to attack the unarmed merchants; this was not Alec's directive. She did so at her own discretion. Even in the last battle with the Reslant guards, she had not attacked any civilians. I guess Teiris has her own aesthetics there.

"And? Who's protecting who?" Alec asked the merchant representative of the caravans. The merchant was so frightened that he was pissing his pants.

"I'm sorry, sir. Please forgive me! You can take whatever you like!" The other merchants of the caravans nodded their heads in agreement with his suggestion.

"Do you want to be saved?" Alec asked the merchants.

"Yes, of course!" The merchants said in unison.

"Then you will have to figure out for yourselves what you think we should give them." Alec told the merchants. Alec told the merchant that if he didn't want to give them anything, that was fine. If they demanded what they wanted, they would be bandits. If they don't want to give anything, that's fine. He only wants them to choose what to give of their own free will.

As a result, the merchants had prepared a bag of gold coins that would live them wealthy for a year. And they also gave them a wagon, food, and a box of women's clothing. The clothes were a gift for Teiris. At first he had wanted to give her jewelry, but Teiris had replied, "I don't want that." and so the clothes were given to her. Alec did not specify anything about these "gifts". He only received the feelings of the merchants of the caravans.

"Um... is this okay for me to wear?" As they rode in the donated carriage and quickly made our way to the the Banket, Teiris unfolded the clothes she had received in the carriage and tilted her head. She seemed to be a little embarrassed. She must be embarrassed because she has never worn human clothes before. She was holding in her hand a short robe with a pattern that was popular in the royal capital.

"Why don't you just wear it when you're in human form or something?" Normally, it would be difficult for her to wear human clothes because of her wings, but when she is using the humanization magic, she has no problem wearing them. And since she is slender and has a good figure, she looks good in almost anything she wears.

"Would I look good in human clothes as a demon...?"

"I'm sure Teiris will look good in anything. You look so cute." Alec's words caused her face to turn red.

"Well...Master Alec, do you think I should, you know, wear it?"

"It's not about me, Teiris? Would you like to wear it?" When he asked her that, she nodded shyly, a little lost.

"Well, why don't you try it on?"

"Okay... I'll go change." Teiris mumbled shyly, Alec closed the door between the driver's seat and the carriage, and let the horse walk a little slower.

"Even though she's a demon, she's a girl, isn't she?" Alec looked at the girl who was happily looking at his clothes and had such an impression.

She has a girlish side and a demonic side, and that imbalance is also her charm.

Alec smiled a little and looked out at the sunny meadow. The sun's rays, the scent of greenery, and the gentle breeze blew gently on his cheeks.

Even though he had been in a place where dead bodies were lying around just a moment ago, he felt himself becoming very calm. He couldn't decide if this was because he was broken or because he was being healed by being with Teiris. But right now, Alec didn't hate himself for it.

Chapter 3: Time spent together

1

The Saintess Latreia - she is the venerable "The Saintess" recognized by the Pope of the Goddess Ternura, the national religion of the Lumberg Kingdom. With her striking blue hair and blue eyes, she is also a beautiful woman who is revered as the exact resemblance of the goddess Ternura.

Of course, it is not only because she is beautiful that she is praised as The Saintess. Her "HEAL" and holy magic abilities are outstanding. It is said that her "HEAL" can heal any wound in an instant, and even heal missing limbs if they are not dead. In addition, she is also a good enhancer. "ENHANCE" is a so-called auxiliary magic that raises the body's ability. There is a big difference between having her enhancer and not having her enhancer, and with her enhancer, the weakest Alec can fight reasonably well.

This is the reason why Latreia, despite coming from an orphanage, was recognized as "The Saintess" at the young age of 20, and is also known as the "Miracle of Lumberg".

The Saintess has the same authority as the Archbishop in the Ternura Goddess Church, and has a great influence on the Church, and there seems to be no other Saintess in the Lumberg Kingdom.

"But The Saintess Latreia's true nature was the exact opposite." Alec had been reining in the horses and teaching The Saintess. Because Teiris asked him what kind of people The Saintess Latreia was.

"The exact opposite?" The beautiful girl with silver hair tilted her head.

Now, Teiris is in her original demon form. Even though they are on the street, they are now far away from the village, so they don't have to pass by people. Of course, if the village is approaching, or if he can see people in the distance, she uses her humanization magic. No matter how much Alec says he's a tamer, having a demon with him is going to complicate things.

"Yeah. She's not The Saintess or anything, she's just an evil bitch. In fact, I think she's the one who's a demon."

"Really...? Is she a higher demoness than me?" She leaned forward from the carriage coach to the driver's seat and tilted her head curiously. The gesture was so cute that Alec couldn't help but feel the urge to pat her head, but he held back since he was talking about something serious.

"Yeah, that's right. On the outside, he's always smiling, but on the inside, he's just horse shit. She's the kind of woman who verbally abuses me, forcing me to take care of things and to putting on airs Mars's wife. I'm getting angrier and angrier as I remember." Alec cowered his shoulders and let out a sigh.

Alec and Teiris followed Mars and his group to the Banket, a town in the northern part of the Kingdom of Lumberg, where The Saintess Latreia was born and raised, the orphanage where she grew up, and the large church of the Ternura Goddess cult.

"But they're going to the Banket now? Surprising." Alec muttered in his mind and stared blankly at the empty street.

He couldn't think of any reason for Mars and the others to go to the Banket now; Mars was determined to defeat the demon dragon that had appeared in the eastern part of the Lumberg Kingdom before Alec was expelled, and going back to the Banket, which was far away from the eastern part of the kingdom, would be a far cry from that goal.

"Is it the will of the Church or the King?" Alec thought it was obvious that the rescue of the Banket was not the will of Mars. Because there was no benefit to Mars. Perhaps his father, the King of Lumberg, is at work, or perhaps The Saintess Latreia has urged him to do so. It is said that there are many troublesome things: he is a prince and also a Hero.

"I'm so sick and tired of everyone being driven by self-interest." As he said this, Alec looked at the scenery as he steered the carriage horse. The human mind is dirty and full of selfishness, but the view of the countryside from the carriage was beautiful.

Perhaps because she wanted to see the same view, Teiris sit beside Alec. The beautiful scenery became even more beautiful when a beautiful girl with silver hair sat next to her.

He wondered if it was after she got the clothes from the merchant. No, it might have been after the Reslant incident. He doesn't know what the truth is, but Teiris has been asking him a lot of questions about human women. What do human women think and what do they eat? What kind of women do human men like, what kind of things do they think are cute, and so on. It was in the course of this conversation that she asked him about The Saintess Latreia.

"So... how did you want to know about Latreia?" Alec asked, and Teiris blushed and hurriedly looked away from him.

"It's nothing. I was just a little curious, that's all."

"What's on your mind?"

"Well..." Teiris squirmed and averted her gaze, rubbing her index finger along the grain of the wooden board.

"What's wrong? Tell me." Alec said, and Teiris looked at him accusingly with an upward glance.

"'I was just wondering what kind of person is honored as The Saintess and humans think beautiful." She replied.

"Why? You didn't seem to care much about humans."

"Well, that's...!" Teiris fumbled and choked on her words, wondering what was wrong with her.

"I don't want to say... too much about it." she said, turning over to hide her reddened cheeks.

"Why not? Well, if you don't want to tell me, that's fine." When Alec said that, Teiris glanced at him, and as soon as their eyes met, she panicked and turned her face down.

Even a tamer can't understand a woman's heart, Alec sighed in his heart.

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Alec and Teiris were on their way to the Banket when they stopped in a village.

"Master Alec, what is this?" Teiris - who was of course using humanization magic - stopped in front of a stall.

The stall was selling a variety of colorful sweets. Stalls selling sweets are quite rare; Alec has seen them in the royal capital, but this was the first time he had seen them in such a small village.

"That's Sweets."

"Sweets, huh? It has a beautiful color, doesn't it?" After pulling her long silver hair over her ears to keep it out of the merchandise, Teiris peered curiously at the round shaped candy.

"Is this some kind of accessory? But I can't seem to thread a string through it because there are no holes." Teiris looked at the candy and tilted her head with a question mark on top of her head.

"I see. In the world you were in, there were no sweets and no candy."

"Candy? What is it?" She picked up the plate with the light blue candy on it and held it up to the sun and looked at it.

Alec thought she was cute, but he also felt a little sorry for her, thinking that she didn't know something that even a child knew.

Teiris had been living in hiding and had never been in a human town before. The first time she had been in a human town was in the Reslant. She was only knowledgeable about human culture.

After the trouble they had encountered in the Reslant, Alec hoped Teiris to enjoy the human town more next time. That was one of the reasons why they stopped by the village this time.

According to Teiris, the demon has very little in the way of entertainment. In the absence of music, painting, dancing, and a bit of fun, many of them find entertainment in killing and torture. In addition, the culture of cooking and pharmacy are also not very developed.

He doesn't know if this is because demons are too powerful as individuals, or if humans are better at creating entertainment and details. However, it is said that demons and monsters, even highly intelligent ones, only find enjoyment in living through violence and the study of magic. When he think about it, humans are geniuses at creating entertainment.

"What, little girl, don't you know what a candy is?" The street vendor spoke to Teiris.

"Oh, yes. I'm from another country." Teiris replied, slurring her words well.

Alec had told her in advance that most things could be understood by saying, "I don't know, I'm from another country."

"My sweets are good. I'm especially proud of my candy."

"You make them yourself?" Alec was a little surprised by the street vendor's comment, because sweets could only be made in a place with some cooking facilities.

"Yeah, I've always been an apothecary. Making sweets was more of a hobby, but lately I've been getting more recognition for it. It's complicated for an apothecary." The street vendor chuckled, He used to go from village to village as a medicine man. One day, on a whim, he made some sweets for the children of the village using the medicine mixing equipment to make them happy. They were more delighted than he expected, so he mixed and sold the confectionary along with the medicine, and the confectionary started to sell well.

"I'd rather live in a world where no one suffers from illness or injury, and where children eat sweets and laugh." The street vendor smiled mildly at Teiris, who was looking at the candy with interest.

He looks closely at the stall, he can also see some medicines in the corner. There were also some medicines in the corner, with a note saying that they could be made if they were not available here. He guesses they make what they need in the amount they need it. From this point of view, he could feel the street vendor's feeling that "There's nothing better than having no medicine."

An apothecary is an important position in a small village like this. When people get sick, they can go to the church - unless they are very sick or badly injured - and the priest will cure them with healing magic. However, they charge a fee in the name of donations. And it's quite expensive. In rural areas where money is scarce, there are many people who cannot afford to be healed by priests, and these people turn to apothecaries. In a small village like this, an apothecary is an indispensable part of the community.

"Well pops, give me five different kinds of these candies." Alec pulled out a gold coin that is a donation from the caravans, gave it to the street vendor.

There were five kinds of candies: yellow, green, peach, blue and red, so he decided to buy them all at once.

"Hey, how much candy are you going to eat for? There's no change." The street vendor laughed bitterly.

"I don't have any silver or copper coins on me right now. The rest of the money you can give to the children in the village for sweets." Alec replied, and the street vendor looked at him with surprise.

"What's wrong?" Alec asked.

"Are you, by any chance, a demigod?" The street vendor asked him.

"I'm afraid I'm only human. I don't have any small change right now." Alec shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, I guess it's only because you're such a generous man that such a beautiful woman would go along with you." As the street vendor said and saw Teiris, and he the street vendor handed Alec a bag full of five different kinds of candies.

"I'm a demigod? It's impossible." Alec said in his mind. There is no way that the demigod frightens the caravans. In addition, the fact that the beautiful woman following him destroyed half the town of the Reslant and annihilated the mercenary troops of the caravans in an instant is even more difficult to say.

"Then I'll share the sweets for the kids in the village. I'll still have extra money, though."

"Then you can use the extra money to buy some new mixing equipment and feed the kids even better sweets." Alec said to the street vendor.

"Oh, my God. I can't believe how good you are." The street vendor stuffed the sweets into a large cloth bag, said, "Thank you." and headed toward the village where the children were playing.

"Here, Teiris, this is a candy." As Alec watched the street vendor being swarmed by children, he handed Teiris a peach-colored candy. He doesn't know what flavor it is, but from the color, he is guessing it's peach.

"Well, um... what do I do with this?" Teiris was puzzled when she received the candy.

"It's a candy that you lick and melt. Not an accessory." Alec put one of the candies in his own mouth and actually ate it, showing her how to eat it. The red candy he ate tasted like an apple. It was sweet and delicious.

However, even when he showed her how to eat it, Teiris stared at the candy ball in her hand and refused to eat it.

"Hey, maybe you didn't want it? If you don't want it, don't force yourself to eat it." When Alec tried to reach for the candy, she quickly hid it from him so that he wouldn't take it.

"No, it's not that I don't want it, it's just that... this melts and disappears when you eat it, right?"

"Well, that's what candy is for." Alec replied as he licked the candy ball, and Teiris looked sadly at the peach-colored candy in her palm.

"What's wrong?"

"No... I can't eat it because it's too good to be gone after Master Alec bought it for me." Teiris was puzzled.

"Oh, I see. I hadn't thought of that." He admired the way she thought. He wondered what he should do, and after a little thought...

"Teiris."

"Yes...hmm!?" The moment she looked up and saw him, he covered her lips with his and kissed her. Not caring about her wide-eyed astonishment, he placed the candy in his mouth on her tongue and then parted his lips.

"What?...Ahh." Teiris didn't seem to know what was going on, but she was confused when she realized that there was candy in her mouth.

"See, you roll it around on your tongue and lick it." Alec explained to Teiris how to eat it.

Teiris did as she was told and licked the candy ball that Alec had given her on her tongue as hard as she could. She probably hadn't had the experience of licking food to dissolve it. Her way of eating was awkward.

"How's it going? Is it good?" Alec asked.

"Yes... it's very sweet and delicious." Teiris blushed and smiled shyly.

The smile on her face was cute and different from any other smile he had ever seen. A single gold coin was a small price to pay for this smile, Alec thought.

"By the way, Master Alec, is it manners to feed candy by mouth?" Teiris asked me while licking the candy. She looked a little embarrassed.

Alec thought that it probably shouldn't have been done to someone who couldn't take a joke. And he wondered what he should say to her. At the same time, he hoped that she would learn more about the "deliciousness" and "fun" of human beings.

2

The creaking of the bed and the sound of the woman's gasping came to Alec's ears. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a dimly lit room of an inn, separated from the rest of the house by a thin wall. The sounds and voices seemed to be coming from the next room. At that moment, Alec understood.

This is the dream that Alec is having. No, this is the reality of the nightmare he had night after night when he was a member of Mars' party. He should have been free from it already, but now it has become a nightmare, and it is recurring in his dreams. He doesn't have these nightmares very often, but once every few days, when he is not sleeping well or when he doesn't get enough sleep.

In this nightmare, the time went on as if it was a curse. The sound of flesh hitting flesh, the charming voice of her ex-lover Ciel, the sound of hot breath leaking out and words that seemed to demand a man. All of these things could be heard from the next room.

He knew that it was useless to try to leave the room. The room was locked from the outside. This, too, had been recreated in reality. In fact, when he had experienced this, it had been locked from the outside and Alec had not even been allowed to escape.

Mars wanted Alec to hear this sound and voice. It is Mars' hobby to take what is precious to others, to show it to them, to make them despair, to satisfy his own heart. However, Mars' arrogance, bravery, and conquest are also the source of his strength.

"Come on, let your lover hear more of your voice." Mars' voice could be heard, and Ciel's moans became louder as the sound of the flesh hitting each other became faster. He must have deliberately turned Ciel towards the wall. I've never heard a voice like this before.

Alec covered his ears, not wanting to hear her voice, and not wanting to remember the time he had spent with her. However, perhaps because it was a dream, no matter how much he covered his ears, he could hear her moaning directly in his head. The humiliation, frustration, and despair that he had experienced at that moment filled his heart.

"It shouldn't be a problem to dream about this anymore..." Alec grabbed a handful of his own hair with a trembling hand and closed his eyes. He only thought of Teiris, who was not here at the moment, and tried to block out Ciel's winning voice from his head. But whether it was because he was dreaming or because Alec had not yet met her, he could not picture Teiris properly.

She had horns, wings, violet-blue eyes that glittered like jewels, and pure white skin... He could picture her as a word, but he couldn't picture the important thing, because it was too vague.

"Hey, you can't reach your voice for Alec like that!" He could hear Mars saying those words and Ciel's voice accepting them even though she didn't like them.

The silver-haired girl in his mind was drowned out by the sound of Ciel's voice, which seemed to indicate that she was enjoying the pleasure even though she said she didn't want to. At the same time, he remembered the image of the moment when Ciel's virginity was taken by Mars. Right in front of his eyes, Mars had pierced Ciel's virginity membrane and she had dripped her first fresh blood. There was Ciel in pain, and Mars watching with a look of amusement on his face. And Alec was allowed to do nothing but watch, and he realized that he could not protect what was important to him.

"I guess I'm still lucky that I didn't dream about that moment." Alec thought to himself, but anger and sadness flooded back into his body and he didn't know who to blame anymore. Is it Mars who is robbing her, Ciel who is being taken advantage of by Mars, or Alec himself who doesn't have the power to break it down? The only thing that filled Alec's mind was intense anger, sadness and bitterness. He felt as if even his own emotions were being recreated in the same way as before.

"When are we going to stop having these dreams?" Alec asked himself.

"If I take revenge, if I take everything away from the Hero, will I stop having this dream? Will I be freed?" Alec asked again. A nightmare is only a dream. When he wakes up and sees Teiris, he will have forgotten about the dream. However, when he forgets about the dream, it will appear again like this.

Now, when he wakes up, Teiris should be next to him. He can't wait to wake up and see Teiris, but he can't move at all from the dimly lit room of the inn.

"Teiris, where are you!" Alec called her in his mind. Calling her was the only way he could endure this nightmare. He wanted to see her anyway.

"I can't wait to see you. Hurry up and get me out of here, Teiris." That was the moment he thought of this. The door of the room, which had not been opened, suddenly slammed open. Light streamed in from outside the room, and a girl was standing in front of the door. The light was backlit, so he could not see who it was. He couldn't confirm it, but he could vaguely see the silhouette of horns and wings, and at once felt his heart fill with relief.

The person standing there was Teiris, the love of his life.

"Master Alec! Are you okay?" The sound of a panicked woman's voice and the feeling of his shoulders being shaken jolted him back to reality.

When Alec slowly opened his eyes, he saw violet-blue eyes peering at him with concern, silver hair flowing easily, pure white skin, and goat-like horns at the same time. It was, of course, his beloved, the one person he had truly wished to meet.

"Master Alec, Thank goodness..." Teiris smiled at him, relieved. She wiped the sweat from Alec's forehead with a cloth.

"Thank you. Did I have a nightmare?" There was still no light coming from outside the carriage. From the low temperature, it was probably just before dawn.

Alec exhaled heavily and rested his forehead against Teiris' chest. Even though he knew it was a dream, the space was too much for Alec to bear. It's as if the meeting with Teiris was a dream and what he's enduring in that dark room is the reality.

So, coming back to reality and having Teiris in front of him finally made him feel at ease.

"Is it that dream again?"

"Yeah..." When Alec said this, Teiris hesitantly patted his head. He felt the blackness in my stomach calm down. He was supposed to be happy when he was with her, falling asleep huddled together. And yet, this dream wiped out all the happiness he had felt up to that point. He had already had his happy moments ruined by this nightmare over and over again.

Teiris was worried because he kept having nightmares, so Alec told her about his dreams. After that, whenever Alec had a nightmare, she would always wake him up like this.

This nightmare suddenly comes to Alec when he forgets about it. Alec guessed that it is probably a dream created by his inferiority complex and past hurts. His past self is telling him not to forget this humiliation. Alec knew that he would not be satisfied until he had finished his revenge on Mars.

"Master Alec, please lie down." Teiris said with a troubled smile as she stopped patting his head.

"Huh? Yeah, okay." He did as he was told, and Teiris lay down with him, covering herself with the blanket and gently cradling Alec's head against her chest. The warmth and softness of her body and her sweet scent surrounded him, and he felt his heart at ease all at once.

"We still have a little more time until dawn. If you are able to sleep, please do so. I'll be right next to you, and you won't have nightmares anymore. If you have a nightmare, I will go to your dream to help you. So please sleep in peace." Teiris said, patting him on the head.

Alec was going to say, "You came to help me earlier." but he fell asleep before he could say it.

This moment, wrapped in Teiris' gentle voice and scent, sleeping in her arms, was Alec's salvation right now.

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"Master Alec, would you like candy?" Three days had passed since they had left the village of the sweets merchant, when Teiris showed Alec a bag of candy and asked him.

Right now she was sitting next to the carriage driver's seat, her legs flailing. She was in a good mood, because she wore her fashionable human clothes.

She was in human form now, and objectively, she would just look like a human girl talking to someone she liked. Teiris is using humanization magic as she is close to the village. Lately, she has been using humanization magic voluntarily. Perhaps she would like to enjoy dressing up in human clothes.

Teiris is wearing a pure white short dress. It was knee-length, just enough to cover her thighs, and was belted tightly around her waist, showing off her slim waist and good figure. When the hem swayed in the wind, her beautiful white thighs glimpsed in the wind.

"Oh, I'll take it then. I don't care what flavor it is." Alec looked ahead and held out his hand, but there was no sign of the candy in his palm.

"Master Alec, please look at me." When Alec turned to Teiris, she said, "Well, here we go." then placed the round candy on her own tongue and brought her face closer to Alec's.

Apparently, she wants to transfer it to his mouth. The first time she ate a candy, that was the way she ate it, so she is somewhat obsessed with the way she feeds it.

"No, wait Teiris, it's not a rule to do this, you can just give it to me normally."

"But you let me be ate candy like this." She frowned, looking a little sad.

"It is, but..." Alec averted his gaze from her.

It's good to know that there are no other people around now, but if this way of eating is used in the future in the city, he will be embarrassed.

"Maybe you don't like...? Do you still feel uncomfortable with my mouth-to-mouth...?" Teiris cast her eyes down sadly.

"No, I'm not! I'm rather glad. I'm just embarrassed."

"Really...?" Teiris's violet-blue eyes are moistened and she asks unsurely.

When Teiris gives him this look, Alec forgets that he is the tamer and her master. In fact, it makes him feel as if he is the one who can't resist her.

"Oh, of course." Alec stopped his horse just to make sure he wouldn't bite his tongue, and then turned to Teiris. Then, as she slowly approached him with a candy on her tongue, Alec pulled his face closer to hers. It was impossible for them to stop at just receiving the candy on their tongues, but they rolled the candy around in each other's mouths with their tongues. The candy went back and forth in Alec's and Teiris's mouths, rolling back and forth in their mouths with the movement of their tongues. From the side, it is just a man and a woman kissing each other.

The problem was that when they were both licking candy balls, there was no time to swallow their saliva. The candy would melt and the sweetened saliva would accumulate in the mouth. Alec swallowed his saliva in a hurry while he transferred the candy to her mouth. Of course, she did too. That was also their way of licking candy.

Since they were both licking the candy, it naturally melted quickly. The round sweet ball quickly became smaller and smaller, and then disappeared.

"The candy has already melted, hasn't it?" Teiris said, breathing hard. With flushed cheeks and breathing on her shoulder, she looked at her beloved as if clinging to him for something.

"Can I look around some more to see if maybe it's still in your mouth?" Alec asked Teiris.

The candy ball was already melted and gone. They both knew it. But Alec wanted an excuse to kiss her more, so he asked her. There was no way she would refuse Alec's suggestion, and they resumed their search for candy in the name of kissing.

As it was, Alec was about to push her down into the carriage when they heard the boy's voice "I need your help!". They looked forward in surprise and saw a small boy in front of the carriage.

Teiris was wary of the boy, but Alec shook his head and said that he was fine. There was an air of sadness about the boy. He wanted to cling to whatever he could - the boy's expression told him so.

"Actually, my sister's illness has worsened and her fever hasn't gone down at all." When I asked what was going on, the boy gave me a brief explanation.

The boy, whose name was Rudd, has a sister. She had fallen ill with a high fever a few days ago. He had tried his best to take care of her, but there was no medicine and no sign of recovery except for changing a wet cloth. His sister had always been sickly and prone to illness, but this was the first time she was as sick as she was now.

"What's wrong with your parents? Why don't you come home and leave your sickly sister and your little boy?" Alec asked.

"They're out working right now. They had a bad harvest this year, so they don't have enough money. I think they'll be back by next week." That's what Radd said. But from what he had heard, his sister's life was not going to last until next week. She's in danger.

"You guys have a carriage. So can you buy her some medicine?" He showed me some copper coins he was holding in his palm, which were not enough to buy medicine. It was just enough to buy some cheap bread. He knows that he can't buy medicine with this amount. But this was probably the money the boy had scraped together from all over the house.

Alec stared into the boy's eyes. It was easy to imagine that he hadn't slept much for days. He must have been so worried about his sister that he had stayed up all night nursing her.

"I want to protect my sister. I told my mom and dad to leave her to me. And yet, if you don't... she's going to die!" Rudd said, tears streaming down his face.

Seeing the tears, Alec felt a terrible pain in his chest. He didn't have any siblings. He was an only child, and his parents had died when he was very young. But for some reason, the boy's feelings for his sister struck a chord with him. He instinctively felt that he couldn't leave him alone.

"Hey, Teiris" Alec found himself calling out to Teiris in a hushed voice. She leaned her ear towards Alec and gave a small "yes".

"You said you could do 'HEAL' too, right? Can you heal his sister?" Alec asked her.

"I can't tell you until I've examined her condition... I'm not very good at 'HEAL' magic."

"But if you do it or don't do it, it'll be different, right?"

"Yes, of course it does." She nodded in response to Alec's question.

"Then, will you heal his sister? I know you don't wanna heal humans, but..." Alec asked, just to be sure, and Teiris shook her head, looking happier than he thought she would. And then she said this.

"'As you wish, Master Alec."

Rudd's house was located on the outskirts of the village. There were no other houses in the neighborhood, just a small house in the middle of the forest.

His family seemed to be living at a distance from the village. It would be a shame if they had to leave their children to go to work and suffer in the meantime. Alec did not dare to mention Rudd's family situation. Because Alec can't solve his family situation.

"Hey, Nia! Are you okay!? I just happened to run into Healer, and she's going to fix you right up! Hang in there!" Rudd calls out to his sister - who seems to be named Nia - but she doesn't respond. It is likely that she is no longer conscious. It was much more dangerous than Alec had thought.

He told Rudd that Alec and Teiris were adventurers, and Teiris was a healer. It would have been too much trouble to explain, and more importantly, he thought it would be better not to let them know who Teiris was.

As Teiris walked to Nia, Lad moved away from the bed. Teiris put her hand on Nia's forehead, then the back of her hand on her cheek, and finally held her hand over her breath. In the meantime, Nia had coughed several times.

"How's it going?" Alec asked Teiris.

"'Probably just a fever to begin with, but it seems to be causing her to not be able to breathe well. It's getting pretty bad, and his vitality is dropping. If we leave him like this, we don't even know if he'll last a few more days."

When Teiris said this, Radd looked like he was about to cry.

"Can you fix her?"

"Maybe... no, I can fix her." Teiris glanced at Radd, reiterated this, and put her hand on Nia's chest.

She covered her violet-blue eyes with her eyelids, and a soft white light flooded her hands. It's the same "HEAL" that priests and healers use. Teiris can use any kind of magic to some extent, but she is more good at offensive magic and not so good at HEAL or enhancing magic. The reason why she is not confident in Nia's healing is because of this aspect.

After a few minutes of continuous HEAL light, Nia's complexion gradually improved. Her breathing had calmed down and she was sleeping peacefully.

"Phew..." Teiris let out a small breath and stopped the treatment. She then looked at Alec and smiled. She was sweating a little on her forehead.

"Did you fix it?" Alec checked with Teiris.

"Yes. She'll wake up soon, but when she does, please let her rest a little longer." Teiris said and smiled at Radd.

"Thank you!" Radd cried, hugging Teiris.

"Hey wait...!" Alec thought that if a human were to carelessly touch Teiris, he would be killed, and he rushed to stop Radd, but his prediction was wrong. Teiris only looked up at Alec with a troubled look on her face. Alec was worried that she would drop his arm without questioning him like she did with the mercenaries, but apparently it was no problem as long as the other party had no ulterior motives or lust.

"Why don't you pet him?" When Alec said this to Teiris, Teiris hesitantly and awkwardly stroked Radd's head. When she stroked Alec's head, it was a little more natural, but it was different with someone else's head. Radd was crying in her lap like a child spoiled by his mother, but after a while she kept petting him, he felt relieved and started to sleep peacefully.

"...He fell asleep."

"Let him sleep for a bit." Alec said with a sigh.

"If it's all right with you, Master Alec." Teiris continued, lending Lad her lap.

The boy must have been so worried about his sister's safety that he could hardly sleep. Alec could see it in the corners under his eyes. Now that he was finally free of his worries, Alec wanted to give him some rest.

More than anything, Alec couldn't help but didn't think that Radd's feelings for his sister were something else's problem. He didn't know why he felt that way. He just wanted to respond to Radd's desire to save her sister.

"Well..." Alec got up and headed for the kitchen of the house. He wanted to make something for them when they woke up. When he was in the party of Mars, Alec was well versed in all kinds of chores. Even he could cook a simple meal.

Alec looked in the kitchen to see what he could make, but all he found was wheat flour.

It was obvious that Rudd's family was not a dairy farmer. There would be no cheese, milk, or yogurt. They probably dissolved the wheat flour in water to make a porridge, and that was all they could eat. It was no wonder that his sister's health was failing.

"I'm not saying it's good, but I'd like to feed him something a little better. Or at least change the taste." Alec thought to himself as he turned to head for the carriage.

"Master Alec? Where are you going?" Teiris asked Alec. Because he turned to leave the house.

"The carriage. I thought we had potatoes. I thought some potatoes, salt, pepper, and spices might help." Alec told her and then returned to the carriage and went back to the house to sort out what he could put in the porridge. Then he built a fire in the kitchen. Then he fetched water from the well next to the house, put it in a pot and brought it to a boil. In the meantime, he chopped the potatoes properly, and then added the barley flour to the boiling water, and the boiled barley porridge was ready. If he adds some seasoning to make it a little thicker, it will be much better than flavorless barley porridge.

When Alec was cooking, Teiris was apologetic, saying "I should be helping you.". But her priority right now is not cooking. She should pillow the boy's head on her lap. Besides, it wasn't a difficult dish to cook, so Alec was fine on his own.

When the barley porridge was simmering and smelling good, Rudd opened his eyes and woke up.

"Wow, it smells so good!" The boy got up quickly and walked to the kitchen. Teiris followed behind him, sniffing her nose in a cute way.

"Hey, I took the liberty of using your flour." Alec said to Radd, and Radd's eyes sparkled.

"Oh, there's stuff in it! And it smells different, too." Radd said, his nose twitching.

"Yeah, I had some potatoes in the wagon. I also put in some spices and other things. I think it will taste better than what you usually eat."

"Thank you. You guys have been a big help to me."

"No, I'm not. You paid me well, didn't you? I just did my job. As an adventurer." Alec said, showing the copper coins that Rudd had given him.

"Your adventure was to make barley porridge?"

"Shut up boy, there are adventures like that too." Alec said.

In fact, when Mars party were in the camp, Alec was the one who cooked the meals as a chore. Alec's job in Mars's party was to do all the chores, including cooking. If people say that it was an adventure, he couldn't argue with you.

"You want some? I think It is ready to eat." Alec said to Radd after looking at the porridge. The porridge is ready to eat.

"No, I'll eat with Nia after she wakes up..." Glancing at his sleeping sister, Radd said.

"I see." Alec nodded and smiled.

Radd really was a good brother who cared for his sister. He would be the kind of brother who could protect his sister forever.

"Well, we'd better get going."

"Yes." Teiris smiled and nodded at Alec's words. But suddenly she said, "Wait a minute." and headed for the carriage alone. She came right back with a bag of candy. Teiris handed it to Radd, bag and all.

"What is this?"

"Well... it's a candy. It's delicious, so when Nia is feeling better, please eat it with her." Teiris gave the boy a gentle smile.

Alec momentarily forgot that she was a demoness at this point. It was not because she was using humanization magic, but because she was smiling gently and warmly, like a goddess or something.

Her behavior was completely unpredictable to Alec; Teiris had been carefully savoring the candies on the carriage ride, because she knew that if she ate too many of them, they would disappear too quickly. There was no way Alec could have anticipated that she would give the entirety of the candy to the boy - and to a human child she was supposed to be looking down on.

"Are you sure?" To the boy's reserved question, Teiris nodded "Yes" with a gentle smile.

And she added this.

"In return, please continue to protect your sister well."

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"What's going on, then, all of a sudden?" Alec asked Teiris after Rudd had disappeared from sight.

"What's that?" She tilted her head.

"Just saying how nice you were to that sibling."

"Is that so?" Teiris answered nonchalantly, but seemed somewhat embarrassed. She was not good at telling lies.

"You've been killing guards and mercenaries without question. When Radd hugged you, I was afraid you were going to kill him."

"You’re so mean...I wouldn't kill anyone, no matter who they were, either." Teiris puffed out her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, but I didn't expect that."

"Did it surprise you?"

"Yeah. I mean, humans are incompatible with demons, and humans have no value for demons, right? And yet, without telling you, you voluntarily used by"HEAL" and even gave him all your candies. There's a lot of surprises here." When Alec said that much, Teiris chuckled.

"That's right. If you put it that way, it might be surprising. Rather, I myself find it most surprising."

"I see. Well, that's not an option."

If they couldn't understand Teiris, they couldn't understand Alec. So he decided not to ask any more questions and shifted his gaze from Teiris to the scenery ahead of him. Green mountains and a dirt road that was bumpy for a city street. The smell of greenery and the sweet scent of Teiris beside her tickled her nose.

Teiris leaned her head on Alec's shoulder as if to pamper him. He was worried that the recoil from the bumpy ride might hurt her head and shoulders, but she didn't seem to mind.

They remained in the same position for a while without talking, leisurely driving their carriage through the empty streets. In order to catch up with the Heroes, they should probably hurry more. But he wanted to savor this time alone with her in peace for a while longer.

"...I had a brother-in-law." Teiris spoke up abruptly.

"Oh, you had a brother?" Alec was convinced that this was the reason why she seemed to be a bit spoiled.

"Yes. We weren't related by blood, but he treated me like a real sister, and he always protected me." It was rare for Teiris to talk about herself in this way. But as she spoke, she smiled a little sadly.

"Whenever I was in trouble, he would help me. And he always solved my problems."

"Teiris must have loved him. haven't you?"

Alec had only said that somehow, out of the flow of conversation. But she choked for a moment, once missing her gaze to the sky, and then turned to Alec again.

"Yes...I loved my bro like that." A moment of hesitation before nodding, and her smile that looked like it was about to cry. Her smile seemed to be filled with sadness and joy at the same time. It was a very complicated smile, and he couldn't describe it in a few words.

"When I looked at them, I might have put myself and my bro together." She chuckled deceptively and added, "But that was before Master Alec was born, you know?" She added.

Listening to what he just said, Teiris' series of actions today made sense to Alec. The brother desperately trying to protect his sister, and the desire to support him, moved her.

"She say she is a demoness, but she is so human." Alec muttered in his mind. She is a cruel higher demoness, but she also has a gentle side like a goddess. Alec felt himself becoming more and more attracted to such two sides of her.

"No, that's not it." Alec dismissed his thoughts.

Teiris was actually very kind. She was kind, but that kindness was not necessary for a demon. Alec guessed that the mixture of her demon self and her own gentle nature had created this duality.

"I don't know if this is the right time to ask, but how is... your bro?"

"'I'm sure he's just as you imagine, Master Alec." She chuckled and scratched her cheek.

"I mean..."

"Yes, he's gone. This was before you were born, Master Alec."

"I knew it" Alec thought. That's why she talked about her brother-in-law in such a sad way.

"I'm sorry, Did I make you say something you didn't want to say?"

"No, it's okay. I'm glad we could talk about this. Maybe you don't know, I haven't had to feel sad about it anymore." Teiris was smiling, though her violet-blue eyes were moist. It's not a fake smile, it's a smile of sincere happiness.

"What do you mean?"

"Well... It's a secret, darling." The beautiful silver-haired girl smiled and then, after just a moment, kissed Alec on the mouth.

The smile she gave me when they parted their lips was beautiful, gentle, and a little sad. But more than that, she seemed happy. Alec couldn't read Teiris' true feelings. But as long as she was smiling happily, that was all that mattered - Alec thought.

Chapter 4: The weak and the strong

1

"We've been taking it a little too slow. We'd better hurry or we won't be able to catch up with Mars' group." Alec said.

It had been a few days since Alec and Teiris had stopped at the Radd siblings' house. Alec had enjoyed the carriage ride with Teiris, but he hadn't been able to catch up with Mars and his group. This was not a good situation for Alec, who wanted to get to the Banket before Mars did. Alec wanted to get there before Mars got to the Banket, so that he could make some preparations.

"Well, Master Alec... it's very difficult for me to say this." Teiris began, sounding a little uncomfortable. "What is it?" Alec asked her.

"In fact... even without using the carriage, we can travel to the vicinity of the Banket in an instant."

"What!?"

"I stopped in that area once before I went to the Reslant, So we can go there by my 'TRANSFER' magic" Teiris added apologetically.

"TRANSFER" is a spell that allows the magician to travel to a location in an instant if the magician has been there before or if there is something that can identify the location, such as a specific magical power.

"Then say so." With a deep sigh, Alec looked at the beautiful demoness in dismay.

"I'm sorry..." Teiris apologized apologetically. She herself hadn't realized that TRANSFER was available until this morning.

Teiris and other high-ranking demons are implanted with almost all magic formulas in their bodies at birth. However, whether or not the magic can be used depends on the user's ability and affinity with the magic. This is also the case with humans, if they come from a family of mages.

Until now, Teiris was unable to handle "TRANSFER". However, when she became a "Named Servant", she was able to use it.

"TRANSFER" is already considered a lost magic among humans, and only a few demons can use it. The reason is that it requires a huge amount of magic power to use. This is the reason why there are only a few among the demons who can use "TRANSFER". The fact that Teiris was able to use "TRANSFER" meant that he was already at the top of his class among the demons.

Incidentally, the Sage Althena, who belongs to the Heroic party, can also use "RETURN" magic, which is similar to "TRANSFER". "RETURN" magic is a subordinate spell of TRANSFER, a spell that can only move to a location determined by the magician. However, even so, the repercussions to the magician are so great that the magic power is temporarily depleted and the magic cannot be used for several days. Therefore, Althena would only use "RETURN" in critical situations where the entire party was in danger of being wiped out. Fortunately, Alec did not have a chance to use it when he was in Mars' party.

Normally, "TRANSFER" cannot be used even with a higher demon, he said. However, in the case of Teiris, it can be used with Alec's help.

"My help? What should I do?"

"Well, Making love... with you." Teiris said shyly, blushing and looking away slightly.

According to her, Making love with Alec is the source of her power. Her power is further increased by sharing the life of Alec, her master, she said, but this was a lie of hers. She was too shy to ask for Alec honestly, so she had to find some excuse.

"Teiris, come here." Alec called her name and sat her down beside himself.

He stopped the horse with one hand on the reins and held her shoulder. Without saying a word, she leaned toward Alec. She looked up at Alec with a wistful look in her eyes, and without saying a word, she put her lips on his. In the past few days, she had become so accustomed to kissing him that she would very naturally twirl her tongue around his tongue.

Kissing Teiris on the mouth was a natural habit for Alec. In the presence of her honey-sweet saliva and supremely soft tongue, he would have no choice but to stop thinking and want her out. He would intertwine his tongue with hers, suck it out, and gently bite it - they would keep doing this. In between, she lets out a charming moan voice, which makes him even more unable to stop.

In this way, they forgot their relationship as Tamer and Servant and became just a man and a woman in love. Alec felt that if he hadn't had that nightmare, he would have been happy.

"Master Alec, my darling." Her violet-blue eyes were moist as if she was craving for something. Her white skin was turning red and she was squirming.

"What? If there's something wrong, you need to tell me, okay?"

"You're a mean... Master Alec" She turned her gaze away from Alec and glanced at him again, as if she was too embarrassed to say anything more.

"What?"

"Well, I want... you." Teiris's face turned red and steamy, as if it might boil over.

"Very well." As he said it, Alec took her lips again. Then she looked very happy and ecstatic. She looked like a teenage girl, but her ecstatic expression was so glamorous that it stimulated his libido. It's just that there is no way that any man can resist being desired so much by a beautiful girl.

"You're the one who suggested it." Alec said Teiris.

Teiris nodded happily as he pushed her down onto the carriage coach.

As it was, in the middle of the street, Alec and Teiris were making love until the sun went down. They say they don't have time, have to move, but once they start, this is what they get.

"Hey Teiris, can't you actually use TRANSFER without doing this?" Alec asked Teiris with a wicked smile on his face during their lovemaking.

After spending so much time with Teiris every day, he had somehow learned to recognize her habits. When she talks while looking away a little, it's usually when she's telling a lie.

"No, that's not...Mmm!" Alec licked her ear, not allowing her to argue, and she let out a small moan.

"Really?" Alec asked again, and Teiris turned red and wrapped her arms around Alec's neck, hugging him to cover her own face.

"Grr, you're a very mean...!"

After this, she eventually told Alec that she can use "TRANSFER" a few times a day without lovemaking.

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While Alec and Teiris were making love to each other, the horses were quietly munching on the grass.

But we had lost track of time and the sun was setting, making it difficult to travel any further. There was nothing to be done in the Banket now.

For Alec, having lovemaking with Teiris was a little different from giving himself over to pleasure. He felt a sense of relief when he was with her. You could call it a sense of well-being. He wanted to get that feeling, so he would want her out again and again. It was the same with Teiris. They sought each other out, and by feeling each other's presence, they gained more happiness than pleasure.

By the time the sun had set, they were both too exhausted to move. Giving up on the TRANSFER, Alec spent his time touching with Teiris' horns and wings. She twisted around ticklishly. She would be ticklish when her horns and wings are touched.

"I never get tired of lovemaking with her." Alec thought. He could do lovemaking Teiris for as long as he wanted, and he would never get tired of their skin on skin, and if anything, just being huddled together like this would fill him with happiness. It was something he could not experience anywhere else.

"I can see why Mars would want to surround himself with women and go on adventures." Alec suddenly thought of the Hero Mars. Maybe he wanted to feel human skin like this, too. But in the case of Mars, the desire for sex and domination is stronger than the desire for happiness like Alec. What they are looking for in a relationship is different.

"Oh... I see. I like that."

"What's going on, darling?" Teiris tilted her head.

"I was just thinking about my revenge on Mars." He is sure this will be the greatest revenge for Mars, whose only function is to have sex with women. For Mars, rather harsher than death, Alec chuckled.

He told Teiris what he had in mind.

"Master Alec is a bad person, too. But I think it would be the best punishment for the Hero. It's not my field, but I can do that level of spellcraft, as it's not difficult." When she had finished, she laughed deep in her throat.

The revenge Alec came up with this time was to use dreams and suggestions. Instead of attacking Mars directly, she wanted to break his spirit. Alec's plan was to rob the Hero Mars of his male dignity. Of course, he doesn't mean to cut off Mars' dick. He just wants to take away his ability to function as a man, so that he will never be able to take pleasure in a woman again. And keep giving him nightmares. He wanted to give him the same spell that Alec was experiencing, where the moment he fell asleep, he would suddenly remember the dream and hate going to sleep.

However, when Teiris told him about the method of conjuring, Alec choked on his words. It turned out that the curse itself was possible with her spell, but there was a problem with the method. Teiris said that in order for the spell to work, she would have to touch Mars's body, and then Mars would have to touch Teiris in the dream. Her spell was essential to make Mars despair, but Alec was not comfortable with the idea of her having to touch Mars's unholy body.

"What's the problem, Master Alec? I think it's a very good idea."

"No, from what you just said, Mars is supposed to touch you, right? Just thinking about it makes me angry. I can't stand the thought of Mars touching or being touched Teiris." Alec said.

The most important thing to Alec right now was Teiris. He couldn't bear the thought of her being touched or being touched by Mars, even if only for a moment. He felt that she would be defiled by it.

"Don't worry, Master Alec. When I say touch, I only mean a gentle touch with the palm of my hand. The moment Mars touch my body in a dream, the curse will be activated. He can't do anything about it, and I won't let him. And..."

"And?"

"As I said before, the only person who can touch me freely is Master Alec." She smiled and added, a little embarrassed.

Alec and Teiris then looked at each other and covered each other's mouths.

The only sound in the forest, slightly off the road, was the obscene sound of water played by tongues and tongues. He took off her clothes she had just put on again and gently tucked her into the carriage.

Looking at Teiris again, Alec couldn't help but want to shout in admiration. There she was, a beautiful girl who seemed to have been created by a god beyond the realm of humanity, lying there in all her glory.

"No, Master Alec. We have to get ready for the encampment now..." She twisted around, covering her breasts and groin with her hands, she was embarrassed to be watched so closely by him. Her gesture of trying to hide it made Alec's libido even more aroused.

"I know. But just a little bit more."

"Really, just a little more...?"

"Yeah, of course" Alec nodded at her words, and then they made love again. The reason they keep doing this is because when he is lovemaking with Teiris, he is overcome with an inexplicable feeling of happiness.

But the day didn't end there. After lovemaking, as he was holding her in my arms and soaking in the afterglow, They heard a noise outside.

2

A large bandit group was moving westward. The bandits, headed by Yazam, were the most vicious bandits in the Lumberg, known as the Yazam Bandits. They were based in the northern part of the Lumberg Kingdom, between the Reslant and the Sutherlant, and made their living by raiding neighboring villages and peddlers. What they were doing was nothing more than looting. They were a common group of outlaws in this era, and there were people like them in every country, big or small.

However, unlike the other bandits, the Yazam bandits had gone a little too far. If they had stayed with mere looting, they could have been ignored. But they killed needlessly, and their atrocities went too far, causing the lords of the Sutherlant and the Reslant to lose business and affecting their tax revenue. The adventurer's guild began to receive requests to take down the Yazam bandits.

Just when the Sutherlant lord was beginning to wonder what to do, the prince of Lumberg and the only the Hero in the land, Mars and his party, happened to visit the town.

The Lord of the Sutherlant bowed to Mars and his party and asked them to take down the bandits. Of course, he had a reward in mind. He thought it was doubtful that mercenaries or adventurers could really defeat the bandits, so he thought it would be more reliable to ask the Hero with true ability.

At first, the Hero Mars was reluctant to take down the bandits. They were going to defeat a demon dragon that had appeared in the eastern part of the Lumberg Kingdom, and he felt that there was no need for him, as the Hero, to deal with the bandits. But Mars was the future king of this country, and if the people were in trouble, he couldn't just turn down the request, even if he didn't like it. In the end, considering the impact it would have on the country's politics, he agreed to take down the bandits.

The Lord of the Sutherlant bowed to Mars and his party and asked them to take down the bandits. Of course, he had a reward in mind. He thought it was doubtful that mercenaries or adventurers could really defeat the bandits, so he thought it would be more reliable to ask the Hero man with true ability.

At first, the Hero Mars was reluctant to take down the bandits. They were going to defeat a demon dragon that had appeared in the eastern part of the Lumberg Kingdom, and he felt that there was no need for him, as a Hero, to deal with the bandits. But Mars was the future king of this country, and if the people were in trouble, he couldn't just turn down the request, even if he didn't like it. In the end, considering the impact it would have on the country's politics, he agreed to take down the bandits.

Even though Yazam's bandits were powerful bandits, they were no match for Mars's party. Forced out of their base, Yazam and his men were forced to retreat. Originally, Mars's party should have pursued and eradicated the bandits, but they didn't want to spend too much time trying to kill them, so they just let them go. They were let go by they leave the Sutherlant and the Reslant territory. So, the bandits of Yazam were forced to leave the Sutherlant and the Reslant and fled west to the Neuheim.

In the Neuheim, there is a "Nameless forest" that has been abandoned even by its lord. The deeper you go into the forest, the more lawless the area becomes, outside the jurisdiction of the lord of the Neuheim. It's a perfect place for outlaws to hide out. It is also said that there are small villages in the "Nameless forest". "We can work on looting there and build up our strength again." That's what the Yazam bandits were probably thinking.

The Yazam bandits were on the move. Yazam's subordinate bandits were wandering around, looking for villages and merchants to loot, when they saw a carriage parked in the corner of the road. It was ornately decorated and looked like something a rich man would ride in. From a distance, I could see that there were only two people in the carriage, a man and a woman. There was no sign of an escort.

How careless, the bandits thought. That kind of carelessness would only make them targets for the outlaws.

The bandits smiled at each other and approached the carriage. They had no idea that there was a demon tribe that was beyond human knowledge.

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"Heh heh heh. Sorry to interrupt your fun, you two. Would you like to join us?" Alec and Teiris noticed that there were men outside the carriage smiling vulgarly at them. There were about ten of them. They all had erections at the sight of the beautiful silver-haired girl's naked body. Even Alec could tell immediately that they were probably bandits or brigands, as they were wearing appropriate equipment.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! She's a subhuman with horns and feathers, but she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen! Brother, please share it with us! I'll pay you back when I'm done!"

"I can't guarantee she will come back alive!"

"Have a great night with us, girl!" The bandits said.

"Jeez..." Alec let out a huge sigh as the lowlifes spouted their lowlife lines.

He knew immediately that these were probably the bandits that the caravans had been talking about. Alec could only curse his own bad luck, how could he has been so unlucky as to run into them in such a vast area?

And not only did they interrupt Alec and Teiris' happy moment, they were going to rape her. Normally, Alec would have been angry, but he felt pity for them. because their future was obvious, considering what had happened to the Reslant and the caravans.

"Heh heh heh. It's going to be a great night!" The bandits looked at Teiris and said.

"Well… it's going to be a great night, I'm sure." Teiris replied with a blank expression to the man who was licking his tongue. She then stood up slowly and gave the bandit a cold glance.

"It might be fun to spend a night with darling gazing at the heads of despairing maggots side by side. Would you like that, Master Alec?" Teiris turned back to Alec with a mischievous smile on her face.

"I'm not interested in that." Alec replied with a wry smile. And Teiris chuckled and replied, "That's right.".

"fuckin' bitch...!" They must have felt that they were being ignored. The bandits' expressions showed their frustration.

"What the hell are you talking about, bitch? I'm going to fuck you up!" The first man shouted and jumped at Teiris.

Teiris, on the other hand, just flicked her index finger in silence. At the same time, the man's left shoulder was blown off with a whooshing sound. With a flick of her index finger, she created a force that was like a giant mallet spinning at high speed. That's just as well. The bandits were in Teiris' "IMPERIUM". The man's scream echoed in the darkness of the night.

"You were not satisfied with just one? Then the other one." She flicked her fingers again, and the man's right shoulder was blown away as well.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh! No... my arm, my shoulder... please help..." The bandit burst into tears and tried to turn away, but in doing so, he lost his balance and fell. And with both of his hands missing, he couldn't even stand up anymore.

Alec struggled to hold back his laughter. The way he was crawling away like a caterpillar was really funny. Blood was pouring from both of the bandits' shoulders, and it was obvious that his life wouldn't last long with that much blood.

"You look like a maggot. I hope you enjoy the rest of your life with your disgusting appearance." Teiris said in a cold voice.

He then spread the bat wings on her back and incited the bandits. As if hit by a gust of wind, all the bandits in the vicinity were blown away and knocked down. This was probably to draw the bandits away from Alec.

"What the hell is... this bitch?" The bandits shouted something akin to a scream.

"Well... what do you think?" The silver-haired higher demoness released her demonic energy.

Alec felt a chill run down his spine just by feeling her bewitching presence on his skin. If you were to face her as an enemy, the enemy would lose their will to fight just from that alone - that's how powerful her magic was. As proof of this, the men were so cowed that they could not even draw their swords.

Teiris hadn't been wearing any clothes earlier, but before she knew it, she was wearing her usual black robe. Apparently, she can create her clothes with magic.

And so the slaughter of Teiris began.

From there, it was just a repeat of the carnage Alec had seen so far.

Teiris spread her wings and chased up the fleeing bandits, grabbing the air in her palm and crushing their faces, slashing the air with her hand knife and cutting off the heads and bodies of the bandits.

There was no way a mere bandit could resist the Higher Demoness. The ten bandits died out in the blink of an eye, and only the man who had first spoken to them collapsed to the ground, struggling for breath. Apparently, he was the only one who had avoided a fatal wound. No, It's like She didn't dare kill him.

"I let only one of them live, Master Alec. What shall we do with this man?" The man's legs and hands were broken so that he could not use them, and he could not move, though he was in a life-threatening condition. He was looking at Alec and Teiris as if begging for forgiveness with fear. And he no longer had the will to rebel.

After a few moments of wondering what to do, Alec took Teiris and moved in front of the man. Then, right in front of the bandit, he kissed Teiris. He continued to kiss her and entwine his tongue with hers. As he savored the feel of her, her saliva and her tongue, Alec looked sideways at the bandit's face. The bandit was stunned at what was going on.

The look on their faces when they realized that they, who they thought were the strongest, were overwhelmingly the weakest, gave Alec pleasure. They had been the ones to take, but now they couldn't hold their swords, they couldn't run away, they were just in despair, and the sweet kiss with Teiris made him feel unusually aroused.

"It's great to beat these people who think they're so powerful." Alec was in the middle of kissing Teiris when he suddenly thought of Mars.

Mars is always a taker. He is royalty, he is powerful, and he has just about everything a person could want. And he always took whatever he wanted. If he were to defeat Mars and Mars too were to be robbed, would he be as desperate as this bandit? Alec's heart fluttered at the thought.

After fully enjoying the kiss with their tongues intertwined, Alec squeezed Teiris' thin shoulders. She responded by wrapping her arms around Alec's neck.

"What the hell are you guys... doing?" The bandit couldn't understand the meaning of the action in front of him, but he couldn't move either, he could only look at Alec and Teiris.

The smell of death in the air, the sense of superiority of the powerful, the fear and the confusion of not understanding his situation. Alec couldn't help but feel excited by the mixture of things in this space.

The smell of blood and lumps of flesh filled the roads. It was a scene that the bandits had seen many times before. This was just what they had been doing for so long. The bandits have ignored the pleas of their prey for help. They laid waste to them with overwhelming force and violence. They have raped many women and killed many men. And their actions are now coming back to them.

"I'm out of my mind to take pleasure in such madness." Alec smiled self-mocking to himself as he looked at his reflection in her violet-blue eyes.

On the other hand, the bandits who witnessed Alec and Teiris' unorthodox behavior looked at them with fear and confusion.

There was one reason why Alec had shown off their kiss in front of bandit. What kind of face would this bandit have if he saw the woman who had brutally murdered his friends lovingly kissing a weak man in front of him? That was all he wondered. And the answer gave him more pleasure than he could ever have hoped for.

"Oh my god! You guys, what the fuck are you? Is she demon...?"

"You've just noticed? Well, you tried to make Teiris your sex slave, so you deserved this level of punishment." Alec sneered and said.

Teiris licked her lips, not letting even Alec's saliva escape, and twined her own arms around his. Now she looked down at the bandit with contempt.

It was a waste of time and a waste of killing. The only benefit he gained from all this was that he could know what those who had been on the side of the takers had looked like when he became the one being robbed. However, the arousal and pleasure gave him the desire for revenge. If it was against Mars, he would feel so much better.

"Hey, help me! Please, I'll do... anything!" There you go again, Alec sighed. When the mayor said it, it was still a pleasure, but when a bandit says it, it's worthless.

The bandits' "do anything" is the same as not being able to do anything. Since they couldn't do anything, they had to loot people. Most of all, Alec couldn't say much about people either.

"Hey, tell me something."

"What's that? If I could answer..."

"How many people have you killed who have begged for their lives like that?" Alec asked, and the bandit choked on his words.

The bandits attack people, rape women, kill men, and loot as much as they can, and they've done it repeatedly. Maybe they have their own circumstances. They may have had their own reasons for not doing so.

However, if they have been taking people's things and lives in this way their whole lives, then naturally they will be in the position of being taken away. Whether it is words or violence, only those who are ready to be hurt are allowed to hurt others.

"Could it be...?" Teiris looked down at him and continued, "Do you think your life is worth it?" Teiris asked indifferently and without expression. There was no emotion in it, as if he was just looking down at the insects lying on the ground.

"If that's the case, it's ridiculous. You're not even as valuable as a plant. You are nothing more than a maggot. You've learned something good before you die, haven't you?"

"Bullshit, bitch…!" At the silver-haired girl's words, the bandits' eyes burned with anger and hatred. The overwhelming difference in power was shown, their freedom was taken away, and there was no room for negotiation.

There was no way to save them. Alec had seen the look on their faces and had some idea of what would happen next. He remained silent and drew the long sword from its scabbard that he kept standing beside him.

"You bastard! Fuckin' devi…" Before the bandit could finish the last word, Alec's long sword had pierced its ugly face. The sword pierced the bandit's face, and with a sickening sound and feel, blood splattered on the ground. As he pulled the sword out of the mass of flesh and brushed off the blood, the bandit rolled over with a limp.

This was the first time Alec had killed a human. But there was less hesitation than he had expected.

"Master Alec...?" Teiris looked at Alec in surprise.

Even if he hadn't killed the bandit now, she would have. But still, Alec couldn't let the bandit call his loved ones "devil".

"You're not a... devil. How can that be true." Alec just said that and looked away from her. He felt a little embarrassed.

Teiris' face lit up with happiness when she saw Alec, and she hugged him by the neck.

"Master Alec... I'll be with you for ever. Please, let me."

"Of course." Alec stroked her beautiful silver hair and called her name, and she slowly looked up at him. She turned her fresh lips towards him and gently closed her eyes.

Then they kissed again. When he let go of her lips, she was looking up at him with moist eyes. It wasn't a devil at all. She had the horns of a goat and the wings of a bat, but she had the gentle smile like a goddess. And At the very least, she is the most important person to him, the one he loves the most.

"Master Alec. Why don't we camp a little farther away? The bugs will gush in here." Teiris laughed in annoyance and looked at the bodies lying around.

The surrounding area is a horrible sight. The smell of death and guts makes him want to vomit. Besides, Alec himself was covered in the blood of the bandits. He wanted to get away from this place as soon as possible, too.

"No, I guess it wasn't a waste of time, considering the life and money these guys would have taken in the future weren't taken." Alec thought.

What a dangerous thought, Alec though, smiling wryly as he calmly reviewed his thoughts. He had unconsciously thought about something he had never thought about before. He wonders if people change when they have power.

"I'll never be the same again, will I?" As he thought about this, he suddenly looked at Teiris beside him, who was tilting her head curiously. Then she took a cloth from the carriage and wiped Alec's cheek.

"It was a little dirty." Teiris smiled in satisfaction. She must have been able to wipe it clean. The cloth she was holding was a little crimson, indicating that the blood of the bandit had been on his face.

"Let's go a little further. I think there's a river nearby, so we can take a dip."

"Yes, Master Alec." And so they left.

In the end, they didn't touch anything in the bandits' luggage. They could have made some money by selling the weapons the bandits had, but they didn't want to add to their baggage, so they left them there. If someone picks them up and sells them for some money, the bandits will be worth more than the plants and trees.

"By the way, the guys from... the caravans were saying something about a bandit group. Also, the bandit leader's name is... maybe Yazam. " Alec thought. He had heard the name of this leader before, and now remembered the name and the person. He has never met him, but he knows his name.

It was only a few weeks ago, when Alec was still in Mars' party. The bandit that Mars and the others were defeating was named Yazam. At that time, Alec was not even allowed to stand on the battlefield, he was just guarding the luggage and did not know much about the bandits. He remembers Mars saying that it eventually became too much trouble tracking down and killing them down and letting them go.

If those bandits were the remnants of Yazam's men, then it was a bit tricky. Yazam was the most merciless and harmful of the bandits. Alec felt a little regretful, wondering if he should have found out where he was and then killed him.

"If I have the power, there must be a way to use it for good." Alec's battle with the bandits had given him a new idea.

Bandits are not much different from monsters. In fact, they are worse than monsters in some respects.

In the end, however, if the adventurer's guild or the lord does not receive a request to defeat them, they can do whatever they want. They don't come into large towns, but as long as they attack small villages and passersby, they won't have trouble eating for the rest of their lives. It is always the weak who cry.

If it weren't for Teiris, Alec would have had no way to fight even those bandits and would have been killed. No, it was the same with the caravans; thanks to Teiris' overwhelming magic power, Alec was still alive today.

Alec is still a weak tamer, but the Higher demoness, who is his servant, is overwhelmingly strong. If he could call her power his own, he might as well use it to protect the weak from now on.

Somewhere in his mind, Alec had come to believe that. because he was weak and had no one to protect him.

"No, I don't." He dismissed the thought that had popped into his mind.

"When I had power, what I wanted to do was not revenge, but to protect the weak, right?"

Alec muttered in his mind and let out a sigh. Aware of the contradiction in his own mind, he hugged his lover who was sitting next to him, disgusted with himself.

"When I had power, what I wanted to do was not revenge, but to protect the weak, right?" Alec muttered in his mind and let out a sigh. Shaking off the contradiction in his mind, Alec hugged his lover who was sitting next to him.

Epilogue

"Master Alec, it feels so good!" Teiris is innocently slapping the water with her wings, scooping up water from the river with her hands and splashing it on her own face.

The moonlight slightly illuminated the water and Teiris' beautiful body. The horned, bat-winged girl bathing in the water had the beauty and fragility of a painting. At the same time, he felt a sense that he should not peek at her bathing in water, so he hurriedly averted his gaze from her and washed his own body with soap. Incidentally, the soap was one of the items donated by the caravans.

Teiris and Alec were in the river without a stitch of clothing on. He's seen a lot of her limbs in lovemaking, but in this situation, he felt like he's seeing something he shouldn't.

Incidentally, Teiris usually uses her magical powers to cleanse herself. She doesn't need to bathe or use soap to clean herself. This is the reason why her hair is always smooth and smells so good. If human women were to hear this story, they would probably all say, "That's not fair." And Alec honestly thought too that it was enviable that he didn't have to worry about his body odor.

However, if she could cleanse herself by the demonic power, there should be no need for Teiris to bathe. However, when she arrived at the river, she insisted on bathing with Alec. He didn't understand her intentions. Perhaps she just wanted to try bathing in the water.

"Are you ashamed of yourself, girl?" Alec asked, glancing over at Teiris. The white skin and wet silver hair of Teiris' face made his heart flutter.

"I'm a little embarrassed, actually." She blushed and said shyly.

The moonlight illuminated Teiris' slightly reddened face. And when she noticed Alec's gaze, she flinched, covering her chest with her arms and spreading her wings forward to cover her body.

"You know, it's not fair that you can hide behind your wings." Alec protested.

"It's my body, too!" She said, turning her back to Alec in embarrassment.

"If you're embarrassed, you shouldn't have gone out with my bathing." He gave a small sigh and headed for the middle of the river where she was. Little by little the river got deeper and deeper until he was up to his stomach in water. The river was indeed cold at night.

"Aren't you cold?" Alec asked Teiris.

"I'm not that cold... How about you, Master Alec?"

"The water is cold, so it's a little chilly."

"Well then..." Teiris said as she moved through the water until she came to Alec, and then she quickly hugged him. She put her arms around his back and hugged him tightly. Not only was her body heat pressed against him, but also the soft breast. Perhaps it was the cold, but her tip of the breast was a little harder than usual.

The thought of those soft breasts made Alec's body hot all at once, even in a different way. And by the way, he became fraught with emotion.

"Well...Aren't you cold already?" The silver-haired demoness asked him shyly. Even though it was too dark to see her face clearly, he could see that she was blushing. He is sure she's just as embarrassed as he is.

"Oh, it's warm. Thank you."

"I'm glad to... hear that." She put her arms around Alec to pull him closer, and he responded by putting his arms around her waist and hugging her in the river. With their bodies together, it wasn't cold at night in the river.

"Teiris."

"Yes？" He called her name, and she looked up.

It was hard to believe that just a few moments ago she had slaughtered a bandit all by herself, but there girl was, innocent and pretty. Her silver hair and white skin, wet with water, made her look even more lustrous than usual. On the other hand, her cheeks were dyed red and she looked embarrassed, which made her feel that she was very young, and this gap stimulated his libido. Her violet-blue eyes glittered more than ever, reflecting the moonlight on the surface of the water. Just looking at those eyes made his heart tighten and his chest throb.

Alec sometimes felt uneasy, wondering how such a beautiful girl could love him.

There were still many questions about Teiris. She just won't say them. If she wasn't going to say it, he wasn't going to ask it. However, there was one thing he wanted to make sure of.

"Hey Teiris, can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"You said before that not even the Demon Lord allows this body to be touched. Is that why you were being hunted?" When Alec plucked up the courage to ask her, she looked up in surprise and then hurriedly turned her face down again. She hugged Alec and buried her face in his neck, as if she didn't want him to notice her expression. Then she gave a small nod.

"Of course, that wasn't the whole story... But it was definitely the start." She said quietly.

"I knew it."

"But it doesn't matter anymore." She shook her head.

"What do you mean?"

"I've met Master Alec like this. That alone makes me happy, but now you're hugging me like this. That's all I want. That's all I ever wanted." Teiris said, and sipped her nose.

"I guess I better not ask any more questions." Alec thought to himself as he put his arm around her shoulders and hugged her as hard as he could. Teiris didn't say anything more either. She just put her arms around him a little tighter and hugged him, not letting him go.

Alec loosened his arm and covered her cheek with his hand. The tear dripped from her moistened violet-blue eyes. After wiping the tears with his fingers, they stared at each other in silence for a while, and then, without thinking, they closed their eyes, brought their faces together, and piled their lips together.

In the river at night, illuminated by the moonlight, he kissed the silver-haired demoness. It was like something out of a fairy tale. That was when he wished that time would just stop.

"Achoo!" Teiris let out a cute little sneeze, and was rubbing her nose, blushing.

"Bless you. You're getting cold too. Let's get out of here."

"Okay…" She giggled shyly, and Alec felt himself at ease.

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"Aren't you cold, darling?" Teiris asked him, leaning closer.

"Yeah, With you next to me, I'm not."

Alec and Teiris, completely chilled from bathing in cold water, wrapped themselves in a blanket to keep warm.

After changing into dry clothes, he boiled some water, sipped some simple soup he had made, and huddled with her in the carriage. They huddled together in the carriage, looking like refugees from somewhere. But Alec liked this life so much that he thought it would be nice to spend time like this with her.

"I feel warm and fuzzy when I'm around you, Master Alec. And the soup is delicious." she said, smiling happily and sipping from her cup. But as he took his next sip, He noticed Teiris staring at the soup in feeling anxious. Then she let out a small sigh.

"Master Alec... Are all human women, well, good cooks?" After some hesitation, she asked Alec hesitantly.

"I don't think it's everyone, but I think humans naturally get better at it because women do most of the housework." Except for those with unusual jobs such as adventurers, knights, and wizards, the general way of life in the Lumberg Kingdom is for men to earn money outside the home and for women to do the housework and childcare. In addition, women in rural areas share the workload of the village. In the towns, some women do domestic work in their spare time or work for a short time. With the addition of housework and childcare, their lives were rather more difficult than those of men.

"What's wrong with that?"

"It's, uh..."

"What is it?" He looked into her face as if to ask her a question, and she looked away for a moment.

"I would love to have you eat my cooking one day..." After saying that, she glanced at him once more and lowered her eyes again in embarrassment.

"Oh, so that's what it is." Alec finally realized why Teiris had been asking about the human woman. She was trying to act like a human woman because Alec was human. He thought it was cute and sweet, but he was also a little worried that it was against the demon's principles.

"The demon tribe is not in the habit of cooking, so I can't make anything yet, but one day..."

"Teiris." When he called her name, she replied with a "Yes" and then looked up. He pulled her face close to his at the right moment and kissed her as soon as she looked up. It wasn't as intense as usual kiss, just a light kiss on the lips, a cute little kiss. It was enough to make Alec's heart tighten and fill his chest with love.

Teiris, perhaps not expecting Alec's action, looked at him blankly, her eyes wide with surprise.

"You don't have to force yourself to imitate a human woman, just let Teiris be Teiris." Alec kissed her with that thought in mind. And he wondered if she noticed his intention.

The fact that she is with him - there is no greater happiness or relief for Alec right now. Normally, Alec would have been living in a state of helplessness and loneliness by now. No, as a weak person, Alec had no guarantee that he would survive. For Alec, just having an existence that tolerates and approves of him is the greatest luxury of all.

"Because... I just want to." Teiris must have understood Alec's intentions. She smiled happily and answered.

It was nice to know that his feelings were understood even without words. When he hugged her shoulders to express his feelings, Teiris also put her head on Alec's shoulder and leaned in.

It had been their custom for the past few days to sleep huddled together in the carriage. Sometimes they talk about something, sometimes nothing. Last night, she asked Alec to tell her a story about when he was little, so he told him as many dumb stories as he could remember, and Teiris listened with amusement the whole time.

After a while, she started to breathe softly in her sleep, probably because she was tired today. She looked so relieved, defenseless, and adorable in her sleep. But she doesn't stay asleep all the time. If she hears any noise outside, she immediately wakes up and looks around like she's on alert.

Alec pretended not to notice it, but that's how she woke up every night. Perhaps she has forgotten how to sleep well after so many years on the run. And now, too, she was awakened by a small noise outside. Alec hugged her head and stroked it gently.

"...Darling?" Teiris tried to look up, so he covered her eyes with his hand and let her meditate.

"Master Alec, I can't see anything."

"Just go back to sleep. I'll keep an eye on you. I'll wake you up if anything happens, so just relax and sleep when you're next to me."

" Master Alec... Yes. Then I'll take your word for it." Teiris smiled and leaned in closer, rubbing her body against his.

Alec pulled the blanket back over her shoulders and pulled closer to her, and after a few moments, he could hear her cute little sleepy breathing coming from next to him.

"Maybe I don't need revenge, maybe I'm just happy to be next to her." Alec thought suddenly.

But tomorrow they would be in the Banket, and once they reached the Banket, they would have to start taking revenge in earnest. It wouldn't be long before he would have time to think only of Teiris like this.

All in order to take what is everything from the Hero Mars. To regain his lost and crushed self, Alec will have to take everything from Mars. If he doesn't, he will never be able to free himself from that nightmare. In order to free himself from that nightmare, he must quell his own hatred and suffering.

And he must first remove The Saintess Latreia from the Heroic party. It's all about Alec's fight to become a taker instead of the side that is taken.

Of course, he knows all too well how small he is. It's not a nice story of a Hero overthrowing a demon king. He had no power, he was just weak, and because he was weak, he was robbed of what was important to him. He is just trying to get rid of his grudge.

After Alec was taken Ciel by Mars, he was forced to listen to the voice and sound of their sexual intercourse every night. He was so frustrated and miserable that he used to cry himself to sleep every night. Fighting to get a little bit of revenge for what he did back then... That was his choice.

"When the battle is over, I just want to spend time with Teiris like this." Alec gently stroked her beloved's hair with such faint hope.

Teiris Past Edition: Clinging to a Drop of Hope

"How can I ever be this happy?" Teiris suddenly thought this just before she fell asleep with her loved one's hand caressing her head.

"I love your scent... Master Alec, it smells so good, so gentle." She thought and sniffed softly his smell so that Alec wouldn't notice, and inhaled. It was enough to make her feel happy and safe, as if her whole body was wrapped around him.

It had been a long time since Teiris had felt the feeling of being safe with someone. To begin with, it had been decades since she had spent time with anyone. But the time she spent with Alec was so natural that it gave her a sense of peace that she could not have asked for more.

Right now, Teiris is wrapped up in a blanket in the carriage with Alec, her lover. They had been playing in the river earlier, bathing in the water, and they had both gotten cold. Now they were both wrapped up in the blanket to keep warm.

"It's... like a dream." When Teiris thought back on her lonely life, she realizes how dreamy the past few warm days have been. She didn't talk to anyone, killed, ran away, hid... for half her life.

But Teiris had finally gotten the time and place she had longed for. The warm hands stroking her hair, his breath, his scent, and his love pouring from him... everything she had ever craved was now here.

Surrendered to the dreamy happiness, Teiris was slowly swallowed up in a slumber.

"Thank you. And I'm sorry." Just before falling asleep, Teiris expressed her gratitude and apology in her mind. Her current happiness is due to the efforts of a man who risked his life for her. She thanked the man sincerely and apologized sincerely.

The man is the one she had liked. But his face was fuzzy and she could hardly remember him anymore. That much time had passed since she lost him. And now, she love Alec in front of her. Deep in her heart, she felt guilty about that.

"My bro, I'm sorry for being a bad sister. I'm sorry for always relying on you and not being able to give anything back." In her fading consciousness, she said her apologies again.

"That's fine." Just before she fell asleep... she felt like her brother-in-law said that to her.

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This is decades before Teiris was given that name, In other words, before decades she met alec.

The higher demoness woke up in a cave. The place was completely unfamiliar.

"Well... where am I?" Her head was heavy and hazy, as if covered in a haze, and her memories didn't match. It was as if she had been asleep for years.

All she could vaguely remember was her brother-in-law's hand caressing her as she cried out, the sleep spell he cast to her, and the last time he whispered something in her ear. However, she could not remember what he had said to her at the end.

Her head was just too heavy and she felt sick. The heaviness and the drowsiness that seemed to cloud her consciousness were evidence that the spell had not yet been broken.

"My bro?" She called her brother, but he didn't answer. As She slowly regained consciousness, She looked around again, but the place didn't look familiar.

She was in a cave. Even though it was a cave, it was equipped with a bed, a table, and other things that would allow for a simple life.

Once again, she put her heavy head to work and went back in her memory. The last person she had seen was her brother-in-law. There was no doubt about it. Because she had been fleeing the demon realm with her brother-in-law. The reason was her rebellion against the Demon Lord. She had rejected the Demon Lord's offer of marriage. This led her and her brother-in-law to rebel against the demon king.

The higher demoness's heart had been with her brother-in-law since she was a child. He was originally an adopted son brought in to take over a prominent family that was not blessed with a male child. However, by the time the girl was old enough to remember him, he was always there as her older brother and was always on her side. She couldn't remember when she had started to like him as a member of the opposite sex, nor could she remember why or when. He was always there to help her if she was in trouble, a hero... who could solve any problem, and that was her brother-in-law.

However, in the demon race, even if you are not related to someone by blood, once you join the family, you are treated as part of the same bloodline. There was no way in hell that her love would ever come to fruition.

Even so, her feelings were single-minded and unshakable. With such a love, there was no way she could accept marriage from anyone else.

Because of her beautiful appearance and the fact that she was born and raised in one of the most venerable families of the demon tribe, she has been constantly asked to marry. She had rejected all of them until now, but this time, the suitor was the Demon Lord at the top of the demon tribe. As usual, she turned down the marriage proposal, but it angered the demon king.

However, this made her even more disgusted with the Demon Lord, and she told him that she would never accept a marriage proposal. Her parents, who had been very lenient towards her, were very much against this and wanted to give their daughter to the Demon Lord. They wanted the marriage to be consummated for the sake of their own position and family lineage.

However, her brother-in-law was the only one who understood her feelings and took her away to protect her, leaving behind his own position, future, and even safety.

"Isn't it a brother's duty to protect his sister?" Her brother-in-law laughed and said so, and then he himself annihilated his pursuers to show his rebellion against the Demon King. Of course, she also lent a hand to her brother-in-law and slaughtered her brethren. Then her brother-in-law and she both became complete rebels. Their family had been one of the most venerable and prestigious families in the demon race, but after this incident, it was probably over. But from their point of view, it was of no concern to them.

Her brother-in-law is Archdemon, one of the top five leaders in the Demon King's army. And she is The higher demoness, who is second only to Archdemon in strength. The two of them were too much for even the thickly layered Demon Lord army to handle. They had defeated all the assassins.

However, it was impossible for the two of them to completely escape from the Demon King's army. Each demons has its own unique demonic energy, and its existence cannot be hidden. The demonic energy plays the role of a registry for humans. In addition, Archdemon and The higher demoness boast the highest demon energy of all the demon races. If the two of them were working together, it was as if they were asking to be found.

And the Demon Lord, who did not want to further deplete his troops, had come out to silence two rebels himself. The Demon Lord released his demon energy for the purpose of intimidation as well. Archdemon and The higher demoness who were far away from the Demon King's castle, both shivered at the sight of the demonic energy. Even the Archdemon and the higher demoness understood at that moment that they had no chance against the Demon King. When they realized that there was no way to escape, her brother-in-law told her to run away because he would fight the demon king by himself.

"Yes, it was. And I tried to stop it…" The higher demoness remembered the situation she had been in. She had cried out to stop her brother-in-law from fighting the demon lord in single combat. And he was troubled by her and cast a spell of sleep on her.

"While I was asleep, my bro must have sent me somewhere by magic." She thought her brother-in-law used the "TRANSFER" spell. "TRANSFER" is the highest level of magic. There are not many demons who can use this magic. She was pretty sure it was him who flew her to a faraway place.

As she got up from the bed, the paper fell from her hand with a flutter. She seemed to be holding something in her hand.

The only words on the paper were, "Look at the table. She looked at the table and saw several pieces of parchment. The parchment was a letter from her brother-in-law. Perhaps this cave was a hiding place that her brother-in-law had prepared for her one day. He must have prepared the letter in advance.

In the letter, he had written down his aims and thoughts. It said in detail that he himself would be dead by the time she was reading this letter, that his brother-in-law had cast a reincarnation spell on himself, and that even if he succeeded in reincarnating, he would probably not be able to inherit most of his powers and memories, and that there was only one way to save her, it is his reincarnating.

He said that the way to save her was to use "NAMED" ability that human tamers have. As long as she is a demon, she can't change her demonic energy. No matter how much she suppresses her power, her whereabouts will somehow be known to the Demon Lord's army. She was well aware of this from her life as a fugitive with her brother-in-law. Even if she were on her own, it would be impossible to completely disperse the pursuers. She understood that.

That's why the letter said that the only way to completely escape from the Demon Lord was to change her demonic energy. The only way to do that was to be "NAMED" by Tamer. It is said that the tamer's "NAMED" has the power to change the demonic energy itself. To be more precise, "NAMED" is a contract between the soul of the master tamer and the soul of the servant, where the soul of the tamer and the soul of the servant are combined. As the souls are combined, the demonic energy itself changes its form, and the demonic energy ceases to be demonic energy. In other words, it becomes something like demonic energy.

His brother-in-law knew a lot about humans, as he wanted to coexist with them. Perhaps the tamer's ability was also a result of his knowledge of humans.

"I understand the logic of... But..." The silver-haired girl was forced to refute the content.

There is a big problem with this idea of her brother-in-law. It's the difference between demons and humans. Humans and demons are incompatible species. Moreover, she is the higher demoness. It is impossible for a higher demoness to be used by a weaker and inferior human's tamer.

The letter, however, answered her question.

"So I'm going to reincarnate as a human and 'NAMED' you." That's what the letter said. Of course, it also said that the success rate was extremely low.

In the first place, reincarnation magic is considered a forbidden curse among the demon race. Rather, there is no guarantee that they will be able to reincarnate after they die using reincarnation magic, so very few people have tried it. Some people have actually tried it, and even though they succeeded in being reincarnated, they lost their abilities and memories before the reincarnation. The only thing they know is that the reincarnated person can inherit the soul itself, as well as some characteristics and a strong will.

It was her brother-in-law who had shared this knowledge with her. Her brother-in-law was an avid researcher of reincarnation magic. She had always wondered why he was studying reincarnation when he never seemed to be obsessed with eternal life, but now she finally understood why. He knew that this day might come someday.

Her brother-in-law had often disagreed with the Demon Lord, partly because he was looking for a way to make peace and coexist with humans. He must have been expecting that he would be killed one day.

"I don't know if my reincarnation will be successful. But if it does, you'll know it's me. I'll try to make it so. Until then, just wait for me. I'll save you then." That was the end of the letter from her brother-in-law.

When she had finished reading the letter, the words had disappeared and been replaced by a fresh piece of parchment. It seemed that the letter had been tampered with so that only she could read it, so that the contents would not be leaked.

"What the hell...?" The silver-haired girl crumpled up the blank parchment and muttered.

"What's going to save me? It's a gamble! What do you want me to do? Do I have to wait you until then...? When? Where? How long!? " In the empty cave, she sobbed. She couldn't stop crying. She didn't know what to make of the confusion, sadness, despair, and drop of Hope left in her heart.

There were so many questions. How would she get away, how long would she has to run away, how would she recognize him even if he had successfully reincarnated, when and where would he be, and even if she did find him, would she really be able to make a servant contract with a human?

But more than that, she was more pained and saddened by the death of her brother-in-law, whom she loved. It was obvious that he had already been killed, since even she could not feel his demonic energy. If it was his demonic energy, no matter how small, she would be able to detect it. If she couldn't sense it at all, his survival was hopeless.

The person she had fallen in love with as long as she could remember had, of all people, died because of her. That was the biggest shock of all.

"Don't leave me alone, bro!" She just wept at her own helplessness. Only a helpless feeling of hopelessness overcame her.

"What was I to do!?" The girl hugged the parchment and broke down in tears. She did not want to accept the marriage with the Demon Lord. Her love for her brother-in-law was too deep for her to accept it.

She did not have to be united with him. As long as they were in the same family, marriage and love were not allowed. It was also a law among the demon tribe. That was why she did not tell her brother-in-law about her feelings. She knew that it would annoy him. She didn't want anything. She just wanted to be able to keep thinking about him, and if he was watching her for a little while, she was happy with that.

However, because she had followed through with her feelings, her brother-in-law had ended up being killed. She rarely regretted her actions, but now she was filled with regret. She repeatedly asked herself if she should have accepted the marriage from the demon king so that he would not have died, or if she should have endured it alone.

But no matter how she regretted it now, it was already too late. Time could not be rewound, and he was no longer in this world.

"Not you are in this world...? It hasn't decided that yet... have it?" Then she huffed and stared at the parchment. And remembered the words on the parchment. Knowing that he would be killed, he risked his life to cast a reincarnation spell. With a drop of hope, he set off for a new place. In order to meet her again.

"This is beyond ridiculous, my bro. It would still be easier to grab a cloud. But...if I don't believe it, who will?" She said aloud, as if to herself.

If she had put her hope in a new life, believing that the man she loved could do it, how could she not believe it? It was she, of all people, who had made him make that choice. She had to escape until she could see him again, no matter what it took. That seemed to be the least she could do to make amends.

That's when his brother-in-law's parting words came back to her.

"Even if I die here, the future me will surely save you. I'm sure you'll be able to find me. Until then, do whatever it takes to escape. Besides... the next time you see me, I won't be your brother. I'm sure he'll reciprocate your feelings." That was the last thing her brother-in-law said to her. At that time, she had been spellbound and unable to resist the sleep demon, so she had been unable to give anything back. But now she could finally remember the words.

"You knew how I felt, didn't you, my bro? You didn't show any signs of it at all. you are terrible."

She muttered. Then she exhaled loudly, determinedly, and spoke.

"The next time we meet, I'llI convey this feeling to you. Please be prepared, my bro?"

Then she continued to run away. She suppressed her demonic energy to the utmost limit and lived in secret, using as little power as possible. But even so, when she was caught in the net of detection, she was pursued by her pursuers. She continued to run, kill, and hide for years and years.

Since she had been living with her demonic energy suppressed, she had never run into the leaders of the Demon King's army. If they were a senior member of the demon king's army, the demonic energy of their opponents was suitably large, and she could know where they are. As long as she kept her distance from the large demon energy, she was not be attacked by any pursuers that would threaten her.

However, it also meant that she had to minimize her power and live in patience as a weak monster. At times, she was attacked by less intelligent and weaker monsters. Normally, these monsters who are weak that they would run away if they detected her demonic energy. However, Because She had to keep her powers in check, she was attacked by such monsters. And even against such weak demons, she had to fight with a minimum of her own strength.

The same was true when fighting pursuers. Even if she was detected, she had to fight with her power suppressed so that she could quickly disappear. Of course, it was not easy to keep fighting in that state. Even if it was an easy enemy to defeat, she was forced to struggle because fighting with less strength.

She was able to do it all because of the hope that her brother-in-law had written down. She simply believed her brother-in-law's words. That was her only hope for life.

She could only believe in her brother-in-law, and as the years went by, she didn't even know what she believed in anymore. Gradually, she couldn't clearly remember the words on the parchment, and even his face faded from her memory.

However, believing only that she could see him again, the girl continued to run away. She approached human settlements, searched for any sign of her brother-in-law, hid again, ran, fought, ran, hid, and repeated.

She repeated this for several decades. She no longer knew how many years she had run away, or even how long it had been.

The world had lost its color, and she didn't even know why she was running away or why she was living, she was only living to believe in something. But she couldn't even remember what she had believed in anymore.

"I'm so tired..." She muttered to herself as she looked at the corpses of demons lying around her on the night when the blue moon was out. She doesn't know how many times she has repeated this act. No matter how many times she killed, the pursuers kept coming. Her mind was exhausted from the endless battle.

"Wouldn't it be faster if I died already?" She picked up the sword that her pursuer was holding and asked herself that question. Then, she put the tip of the sword to her own throat.

It was the moment when she wanted to be at ease already. Suddenly, a scent she knew hit the tip of her nose.

"What smell...? I miss it." It was a very familiar scent. It was so long ago that she couldn't even remember what it smelled like, but she knew it for sure.

The silver-haired girl sniffed and sniffed, desperately searching her memory.

"Is this... perfumed oil? As I recall, my bro made perfumed oil for me and it smells like this..." That's when it hit her. The faded memories came back, and the world that had lost its color became vivid again. The letter her brother-in-law had given her, and the last words he had said to her before she fell asleep, all came back to her at once. She threw down the sword and hurriedly flapped her wings.

"I don't know if my reincarnation will be successful. But if it does, you'll know it's me" His words came back to her mind, and she was sure that this was it.

The closer she got to the source of the scent, the more convinced she became that it was the proof left by her brother-in-law. He was the only one who knew how to make this perfumed oil, and it was a smell that only she and her brother-in-law knew.

"I found you! Finally found you!" Her heart was trembling. And she didn't know how to describe the feeling that covered her heart. She couldn't stop the tears from flowing and she didn't even know why she was crying. She had been living a life so out of touch with her emotions that she didn't even realize that this feeling was "joy".

Then, after following the smell, she finally saw the person. There he was, a male human with a soul that smelled just like her brother-in-law's perfumed oil. He looked terribly frightened. It must have been the first time he had seen a demon. He was so frightened that he sat up.

But the girl couldn't care less about his condition. She was just so happy that she didn't know how to express her feelings in words or attitude. She stood in front of him, who was sitting down and paralyzed for fear. Then...

"I finally... found." she muttered and just wanted to make sure he was there, so she hugged him.

She could definitely feel her brother-in-law's soul in the warmth of his body and scent. It had been mixed with a human soul and was now a different person's, but his soul and his Just a little demonic energy she felt were there.

The only person in this world who could recognize this connection was this girl. She had been searching for this piece of her soul for years, even decades, so there was no way she could make a mistake.

"So sorry, I'm a really bad sister." She apologized to him in her mind.

When she met him again, she was going to smile. He probably wouldn't know anything about her, so she tried not to scare him.

But she couldn't smile. Her heart was not strong enough to act cheerfully in this situation. Her voice was soon soaked with tears and she was almost sobbing.

"Please... help me." She said this with tears in her eyes and kissed him.

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She woke up when she thought he heard a small noise outside the carriage.

This was already a habit of Teiris. The slightest sound would jolt her out of her sleep and she would look around. If she hadn't been so vigilant, she wouldn't have been able to escape for decades.

She also made a conscious effort not to fall into a deep sleep. At the root of it all was the fear of losing her brother-in-law. While she was asleep, he moved her to a safe place by using "TRANSFER" spell. And after all, he was dead. A deep sleep meant loss to her.

Teiris herself was aware of this. Somewhere in her heart, she was afraid of falling into a deep sleep. Even now that she was Alec's servant, it was no different.

It was when she woke up and tried to look around. Teiris' head was hugged and gently stroked by Alec. It was as if she was being stroked by her brother-in-law, but a little different. Now, she was already feeling more comfortable being and exciting stroked by Alec than by her brother-in-law. She knew that this hand of his was the one that made her feel the most secure.

"...Darling?" When Teiris tried to look up, her vision was covered by his hands and she was forced to meditate.

"Master Alec, I can't see anything." As she said this in protest, she heard the voice of her beloved "Just go back to sleep."

It's the voice that reassures her the most now. she felt anxiety for a moment because she was dreaming of the past, but this warm hand and voice, and her favorite smell, told her that this happiness was not a dream

"I'll keep an eye on you. I'll wake you up if anything happens, so just relax and sleep when you're next to me." Her beloved said so.

That was enough to make Teiris feel like crying, but she tried her best to hold back her tears. If she cried now, her tears would soak into his hands and he would know that she was crying.

If she cried over something like this, it would make him worry again. So she tried her best to hold back her tears.

Alec would not understand the meaning or weight of these "So just relax and sleep when you're next to me" words at all. But for Teiris, it made her so happy that she almost cried.

By sleeping, she had lost something precious to her. Because of that experience, she had been trying to refuse to sleep. However, Alec's words seemed to be accepting her and trying to heal her.

"Master Alec... Yes. Then I'll take your word for it." Teiris held back her tears and smiled, then leaned closer to him. To convince him that she wasn't crying, that she was just being sweet.

He laughed a little and then pulled the blanket back over her shoulders and hugged her tightly. It was as if he was telling her that he would never let her go. She was so happy to see his casual care and gesture that she actually cried a little.

Alec's body heat and scent unconsciously drove Teiris to the edge of sleep. Teiris wondered if she was under the sleeping spell again. However, unlike her brother-in-law's magic, Alec's "magic" was not something that forced her to sleep against her will. It softly enveloped her and gently lulled her to sleep - it was a comfortable "magic" filled with happiness.

Teiris naturally smiled as she sank into the deepest sleep she had had in decades. This place and time was the place and time she had dreamed of, a reality like a dream.

Teiris appreciated and surrendered herself to happiness without fighting against the sleeper...

Author's note

Hi, my name is Ren Kujyo.

I am a writer of light novels in Japan, and I also write original manga stories.

Did you enjoy my novel "The Revenge of the Slaved Tamer, with sweetie demoness."?

This light novel was originally written in Japanese by me, but I translated it into English myself. 　　　　Probably, it is extremely rare for a Japanese light novelist to do his own translation. I wanted to express my Japanese sentences in English as accurately as possible, so I tried my hand at translation.

I hope it was not difficult to read. I would be happy if I could translate it into English in a readable way. If there are any grammar mistakes, please let me know.

This novel is a light novel that is quite avant-garde in Japan. I would be happy if it was accepted by everyone overseas.

Most of the light novels that have been translated into English have been animated, but I hope you will find out that there are many interesting light novels in Japan that have not been animated.

*About Teiris's bathing illustration*

When submitting the manuscript, there is an inconvenience that it is sometimes classified as adult, so I reluctantly hid it with smoke. I'm really sorry about that. You can see the unaltered version without smoke from here or the image link in the illustration.

But it's a secret between you and me.

But that's beside the point.

As of September 2021, "The Revenge of the Slaved Tamer, with sweetie demoness." is currently　available in five volumes in Japanese. Therefore, I can translate the English version to volume 5 if I want to. However, if there is no demand, I will not be able to release the second volume, so If you enjoyed it or want to read more, please let me know in your Amazon review.

I would appreciate it if you could give 5 stars from Amazon Review, and Please write your impression.

Thank you very much for reading my novel. With love from Japan.

REN KUJYO

THE REVENGE OF THE SLAVED TAMER,WITH SWEETIE DEMONESS Volume 1 (Light Novel) (English Edition)

Author　　　九条 蓮

＊本書は（株）ボイジャーのRomancerで作成されました。