Part 6
Sixth District Inn 《Phoenix House》──
Although they called it an inn, it was a large and elegant hotel.
As expected of the royal capital. Even boarding houses aimed for Adventurers had extravagant structures. Of course, there were cheap inns in the neighborhood, but what was in front of them was a specially luxurious and gorgeous building.
Looking up at it, Shera leaked out a voice of admiration.
「It’s amazingー」
「It’s awesome -ssu! Is it alright for me to go in too -su ka!? Is it alright -su ka ne!? I won’t be arrested for it!?」
Horun’s tension was at its peak.
Rem, who had finally woken up, had her eyes go round and was trembling.
「......If we were to stay in a place like this, it feels like our travelling expenses would be immediately exhausted.」
Lumachina tilted her head.
「But did we not receive a reward from Lord Lamnites?」
「......You might not know this being the High Chief Priest and all but......Money is something that disappears if you use is.」
「I, I know at least that much.」
「......No, you don’t. It would be a waste to use it on a place where you would only sleep.」
Rose, who had no freedom on the ship and carriage for the reason of her being heavy, descended onto the ground, regained her attitude, and drew near Rem.
「What do you mean by a waste? It is the place that Master will be resting at, so isn’t it only natural that it be of the highest grade.」
「......Do you plan on making that precious Master go bankrupt? It would seem that you don’t have a calculation function, being only a vacuum cleaner.」
「To think that it’s not only your chest that is thin but even the money in your possession.」
「Wha......My chest has nothing to do with this!?」
Going *There, there*, Alicia calmed them down.
「Rem-sama, I apologize for the lack of a prior explanation. In regards to the lodging charges and the food and drink at the inn, I shall be taking responsibility for them. Please do not worry about the payment.」
「......Is that alright? There are six people here, you know?」
Bring up the names, it was a large number of people that it seemed like at least one could be forgotten.
At this place, there was Diablo, Rem, Shera, Lumachina, Horun, Rose, and then, Alicia.
That Alicia made a pensive look──
Then, *pon*, put both of her hands together.
「I believe I have told you that I am the first-born daughter of the Crestela Duke House but, although I have not succeeded the family headship, I already bear the operations of several businesses. Even if it is just from my personal assets, I have as much as a district Feudal Lord.」
「......Eh?」
「If Diablo-sama were to say that it was needed, I would be able to purchase this inn.」
「......What, did you, say」
The worldly-wise Rem had her eyes go round.
Horun was in too much of another world that she didn’t hear what they were talking about.
On the other hand, Shera and Lumachina weren’t all that surprised. They had never had troubles with money before.
Diablo was relieved in his mind.
──Thank goodness she didn’t say that we would have to pay the inn charges.
There was no telling how many days it would take before Lumachina’s case would come to an end.
Similar to Rem, Diablo also thought that “money would disappear if it was used”, and was of the lower middle class that felt that staying in a high class inn was a luxury that went beyond their social position no matter how much they saved up.
Alicia checked her pocket watch.
「It is about time for dinner.」
「Wahー, food!」
Shera ran off. Horun followed after her, and the rest of Diablo’s group also entered the inn.
The lobby was more extravagant than the exterior.
In the grand room that went straight through without interruption, a stone statue of a phoenix adorned it.
For dinner, various dishes of cuisine that were devoted to luxury were lined up. Being an assembly of first-class ingredients from within the kingdom, cuisine that they had never seen before were lined up, and, moreover, it was all-you-can-eat.
Two hours later──
Shera’s face had gone pale.
「I, I can’t, anymore......Goodbye......Thanks for, everything up until now......Diablo......Rem......If I die, send me back to......the forest......」
「Get ahold of yourself, Shera!」
Rem rubbed her back.
「Upusu」
Shera held down her mouth with both hands, and became teary eyed.
Diablo shrugged his shoulders.
「You ate too much.」
「......So gluttonous.」
The place they were at was one room at the inn.
Everyone had their own room, but this was a common room where everyone could gather apart from those. They had reserved the top floor.
──The things that the rich do are so......
Changing the focus of his gaze, Horun, who was on the bed and had eaten to the point that the contour of her stomach had changed, was down for the count just like Shera and was lying down.
「Uguu, I can’t eat anymore -ssu.」
「I am embarrassed. This is something that not even my healing can fix......」
Lumachina made a dispirited face.
Rem breathed a sigh.
「It’s because overeating is one of the sins in religion after all. With divine punishment having been handed down, I’m sure that they can’t be saved with a miracle.」
「It seems that is the case.」
Only Rose was not in the common room and in the room that was given to her. She did not have normal meals, and the serving was perfectly performed by the inn’s specialists.
As a result, she had nothing to do, and just returned to her own room.
Alicia called out.
「Diablo-sama, may I have a moment? It is about time for me to return to my estate. So before that......」
「Right.」
Leaving Shera and Horun to Rem and Lumachina, Diablo returned to his own room.
==
Part 7
It was a single person room, but it was a wide room that seemed like six people could stay in it alone.
At any rate, a place that seemed like it was a room was an entry hall.
The meaning of it might not be understood, but there was an entry hall in this private room, and it was much more vast than a single room of a normal inn.
After passing through the entry hall and entering the room, it was decorated with paintings and large vases, and was gorgeous and luxurious.
Diablo went passed being surprised and went to being exasperated.
「It’s as if it’s a king’s bedroom.」
「Fufu......The quality of the decorations aside, the design might not be all that different.」
Alicia made a wry smile.
She approached near him.
「What is it?」
「I thought I would take your cloak.」
「U, umu......You are quite tactful.」
He took his mantle, the 《Call of Darkness》, off.
The mantle that he had burned before, the 《Curtain of Dark Clouds》 had a Bad Status Prevention effect, and an effect where he would have one HP remaining.
On this new mantle, the 《Call of Darkness》, it would bestow 《Fear》 on all enemies.
Since Bad Status effects didn’t work on high level monsters in the MMORPG Cross Reverie, he habitually used the Dark Clouds, but in this other world, he often went up against low rank opponents.
According to the settings, 《Fear》 seemed to cause enemies to cower in fear──The effect in the game was that they would become unable to attack for a set amount of time.
Alicia hung that mantle on a coat hanger.
「Is this place to your liking? This room is a place where successful Adventurers lodge. By enjoying such extravagance, they are able to personally experience the success they acquired themselves. I am sure that it is for that sake that it has gone in the directing of having an excessive air of luxury.」
「In that case, there is no meaning to staying here with another person’s money.」
「Fufu......The other reason is for the sake of protecting important people. While you are at this inn, the High Chief Priest’s safety will be kept.」
「That is important.」
「Even if you do not go outside, you can buy anything that can be purchased in this town, and it is possible to call physicians and beauticians to the room. There is no need to worry about her figure being seen by authorized people of the Church.」
「It would seem that you have an understanding of the gist of the situation. Did Rem write that much in her letter?」
「No, it was only a few lines saying that your companions increased by three people, what your expected arrival date was, and that she “wanted to know about a secure inn”. Other than that──I had known what the High Chief Priest’s face looked like.」
「Fumu.」
He acted calm with his usual Demon King role play, but he was astonished in his mind.
So from only that amount of information, she presumed that “there was an important person that should be protected”.
「No, wait. Lumachina’s face should have been concealed though?」
「Fufu......At that distance, it is enough as long as the eyes can be seen.」
「So that’s how it was.」
Since Diablo was bad at remembering other people’s faces, he couldn’t tell just by the eyes but......It seemed that Alicia was different.
Alicia poured water into a cup from a pitcher, added an aroma with a lemon, and placed it on the table.
「Here.」
Diablo sat down on a sofa.
「First, I suppose I shall listen to your information.」
「Since it is hard to say in a loud voice, would you mind if I sit down next to you?」
「I will allow it.」
「Thank you very much.」
She sat down next to him, and went into a distance where their shoulders were on the verge of touching each other.
Since they were probably going to have a talk where it would be problematic if they were heard by someone, he had given her permission but......
She was close.
He was nervous.
Her interior was broken, but Alicia was a beauty. Moreover, right now, she was dressed up appropriate for the daughter of a noble.
She wore an elegant dress that had little skin exposure, but it instead was a “virgin killer”.
Clothes that kill virgins──What that is isn’t in the shitty riajuu meaning of being clothes that are hard to figure out how to take off, but in the meaning that although they didn’t have a slutty feeling and looked innocent, they were clothes that made an appeal of their femininity even like that.
Virgins inexperienced with women would shy away from women that exposed a lot of skin. It was because they gave off a feeling that the worlds they lived in were different.
──Well, even with women that wear neat and clean clothes, I thought that they didn’t live in the same world as me though!
As Diablo’s thoughts fell to the dark side, he was brought back with Alicia’s voice.
She whispered into his ear.
「Ufufu......Diablo-sama, thanks to you having disposed of the king’s spy, it seems that the matters about me haven’t been reported.」
With a sneer, she expressed a dark smile. Light was reflected, and her glasses shined in an orange color.
Making a complete change from the elegant expression she had on just before that moment, she seemed like a villain. She was deranged.
「I, I see......」
What she meant by the king’s spy was the suspicious ninja. He had been attacked by that guy at the inn at Faltra City. Since it seemed like his companions would get injured if he went easy on him, he hit him with powerful magic and defeated him.
However, after he was praised by Alicia with that evil-looking face, he felt like he had done something inhuman. Since his true nature was that of a timid person, Diablo couldn’t calm down.
Alicia bit her thumbnail.
「The achievement of having prevented the Demon King’s revival at Faltra City which is at the national border was evaluated. However, I was made to take the blame for having relied on Adventurers, for how I was not there at the emergency, and for the death of the Holy Knight Sadraa whom I was accompanying.」
「Hmph......How incorrigible.」
A court service was a terrible problem.
Preventing the Demon King’s revival should have been an achievement good enough to compensate for such trivial blunders.
Since she didn’t have any troops, it was only natural for her to procure the cooperation of Adventurers, and Sadraa was the villain that became the cause for the Demon King’s revival.
──Well, but, the one that plotted for the Demon King’s revival was Alicia.
That was a treasonous action against the entirety of the Races.
If the king were to know of that, far from making her take the blame, she would surely be executed immediately.
At the time of the Demon King’s revival, it was a fact that she was nowhere to be found. It was because at that time, Alicia was together with the Demonic Beings preparing for the invasion of Faltra City.
「You are quite pitiable as well. You were condemned by the Demonic Beings for the failure of the Demon King’s revival, and even though it was prevented, you were made to take the blame by a king of the Races.」
「Diablo-sama, it is just as you say──even though the one that prevented the Demon King’s revival and changed my conclusion was you.」
「U, umu......So? After being made to take the blame, what happened?」
Since it seemed like he would end up bringing unnecessary trouble upon himself, he put the topic back on track.
Alicia gripped her skirt.
「I was made to take the blame but......I am sure that it was judged that punishing someone who had an achievement would lead to a decline in morale. Right now, as recognition for such a significant task, I have received a long vacation.」
「But that isn’t that just the same as being confined to your home?」
「I am only unable to wear my State Knight uniform, and I am able to go out if I am in civilian clothes. That is how I was able to meet with you like this, Diablo-sama.」
「That is true.」
「......It is quite fortuitous that I was only given a long vacation. Among the State Knights, there are some that were transferred to the Local Knights or the army, while others were discharged.」
「What do you mean by that?」
The State Knights were something similar to police. Was the public order good enough in the royal capital to decrease their number?
「It is because the Royal Palace Chivalric Order was formed.」
「Fumu, I see.」
He recalled the Seven Heroes that they got involved with on the main street. The dog-eared battle maniac Hero Allen, and the macho with glasses Abrams, huh. Also, the female companions......
「With the Seven Heroes at the center, the Royal Palace Chivalric Order has over one hundred people, and it continues to increase.」
「How are they different from the State Knights?」
「The State Knights place emphasis on race and pedigree......」
Come to think of it, the State Knights were said to be nothing but Human males. The female Alicia was an exception.
Allen was a Dwarf. A demi-human.
Since they gathered from a wide range, it was only natural that the war potential of the Royal Palace Chivalric Order would more substantial.
「I can understand but......Even so, that is a strange story. If they require war potential, it should be fine if they added demi-humans to the State Knights. Why would they compose a separate organization?」
「I do not know that much......」
「Then investigate it. It bothers me.」
「Certainly.」
Standing up from the sofa, she lowered her head very deeply. After that, she sat down next to him once again.
She was conscientious in everything she did.
He brought the conversation back to Alicia’s current situation.
「At any rate, so you are in the middle of taking time off, huh.」
「Fufu......I wonder how many years it has been since I had a summer vacation.」
「You are surprisingly enjoying this, aren’t you.」
「Yes. Thanks to it, I am able to focus on investigating the misdeeds of the kingdom leaders. It is hard to enter military facilities with civilian clothes though, so it is taking some time to get a grasp on the arrangement of war potential.」
──I’m not aiming to subvert the kingdom, you know!?
Alicia arbitrarily advocated the overthrow of the Lifelia Kingdom, and making Diablo the banner for it, she got excited about it.
The Demon King role play was a performance, and “although he took it seriously, it was for fun”. Diablo was not a real Demon King, and he had no intention of destroying a kingdom of the Races.
「W, well......Take it easy on that.」
「I am grateful for your advice. It would be meaningless if the upper echelons had their eyes on me after all, so I shall be careful and act accordingly.」
「I did not mean it that......well, it is fine.」
It seemed that Alicia’s time off was substantially long.
This time, she came asking a question.
「Diablo-sama, the reason why you came to the royal capital, is there a problem related to the High Chief Priest?」
「Umu......」
Briefly, he explained Lumachina’s circumstances.
Alicia’s expression changed into something relentless.
「Unforgivable! The corruption of influential people is one of the things that I abhor. So it was not only in the vicinity of the kingdom, but the Church as well.」
「Although we have not grasped the money flow of the upper echelon, but it is a fact that there was a murderous Holy Knight and a Holy Knight that undertook an assassination for money.」
Going *Fumu*, Alicia thought about it.
「It is not like the corruption of an individual is unrelated to the corruption of an organization, but the methods of dealing with them differ. The corruption of an individual can be corrected by replacing the head, but I believe that the corruption of the organization would require a revision of the regulations.」
「Ahh, umu.」
It turned into a complicated discussion.
Diablo could endlessly repeat the same work, and did not suffer with things where numbers were lined up.
However, with things that involved a lot of people, his consciousness that said it was bothersome would take the lead. It was because there were many times where he was unable to sympathize with other people.
There were too many people that felt joy from obstructing the rights of other people despite there being no benefits to themselves. Since they indulged in the feeling of having reformed the world with that, it was already outside his realm of understanding.
Alicia made a proposal.
「In regards to the Church, I shall try investigating it. May I have a bit of time for that?」
Honestly, that would really help.
Diablo’s group didn’t even have a method to investigate.
It wasn’t like he distrusted Lumachina, but she was a girl whose prejudices were a bit extreme. He wanted proof that it wasn’t a misunderstanding.
Alicia was a State Knight, something similar to a police officer in the Lifelia Kingdom. Moreover, she was excellent enough to be selected to be one in spite of being a young woman.
Her ideology was a problem, but there was no question about her abilities.
「Very well, I shall leave it to you.」
「Diablo-sama, I will definitely respond to your trust.」
But then, saying “however”, she continued her words.
「Once I have obtained evidence of their misdeeds, what shall we do after that?」
──I didn’t think of that.
Saying something like that would be way too lame. Since that wouldn’t be Demon King-like, he promptly thought about it.
「If there is evidence, then they should atone for their sins, should they not? That is only natural.」
「I concur, but there is no power to present the evidence to.」
「......What?」
「The Church──it was given the 《Inquisition Right》 which allows them to carry about judgement at the Church for problems regarding religion. Even if a lawsuit is presented to the normal judiciary, it would probably work in favor of the Church.」
「What folly.」
「No matter how much reliable evidence is gathered, with the judge being someone on the Church’s side, there is no way it will be found guilty.」
「So the laws of this country were something like that.」
「That is the same with the upper echelons of the kingdom. Even if their misdeeds were caught hold of, there is no power to present the lawsuit to either. It is for this reason that the influential people become corrupted.」
Diablo remembered the history that he was taught in his original world.
Come to think of it──The separation of the government, religion, and the judiciary happened later in history. The culture of this other world was around the Middle Ages. It was an era where even stipulations of the law were dodgy.
「That sure is terrible.」
「That is why, Diablo-sama, your power is necessary.」
「My power......?」
Alicia expressed a smile that looked like a flower had bloomed. She put both of her hands together, and put them next to her cheek.
「A purge of blood! Diablo-sama, with your power, we can bring down the hammer of justice on those devils wearing human skin, and reform the world into a utopia! Demise! A great demise! Come on!」
「Ah, umu......well, tonight, I will sleep though.」
「Please excuse me for that. How could I have not realized......You must be tired from your long trip, so please rest well.」
He had known that Alicia was broken long before this.
Diablo breathed a sigh in his mind.
==
Part 8
Late at night.
Alicia had returned to her estate, and everyone else was resting in their respective given rooms──or that’s how it should have been.
Rose lowered her head very deeply.
「I am terribly sorry for coming at a time like this. This Rose is prepared to receive any sort of punishment for disturbing Master’s sleep.」
「It is fine. For you to have paid me a visit, you must have business with me, right?」
「Yes......Actually, my magical power has become scarce. It is at 30%.」
Rose the Magimatic Maid seemed to move with Diablo’s magical power. Magical power was, in other words, MP.
「What’s the meaning of this? Wasn’t it supposed to be restored if you are either at the base, the 《Demon King’s Underground Labyrinth》, or near me?」
「During the journey, I was unable to stay near you all that much......And the amount consumed in battle seemed to be larger.」
「Fumu......And by “close”, about how much distance does that mean?」
「About a distance where my hands can reach.」
That, certainly is close.
Rem and Shera were positioned at Diablo’s sides. And then, since they needed to be protected, he was always in front of Horun and Lumachina.
Since he entrusted the end of the line to Rose who he rely on for both offense and defense, she certainly was at a distance that couldn’t be said to be “where her hands could reach”.
──Looks like I unconsciously thought that it would be recovered if she was just within the party.
He thought now after such a long time that not being able to see a status screen was inconvenient in one way or another. Not to mention, Rose was the type that did not show her fatigue on her face after all.
Without opening her heart to others, her sense of values was slightly off, and without showing distress on her face, she did not match her pace with anyone else.
「You are quite a pain as well, aren’t you.」
「Ah......I am terribly sorry.」
She had a communication disorder that went neck and neck with Diablo, didn’t she.
──No, since she was an AI in the game, I guess it can’t be helped.
Rather, when he thought that he himself was on the level of an AI, Diablo felt a bit depressed.
Pulling himself together, he continued the discussion.
「Well then, you can stay at my side tonight. Will that be alright?」
「Thinking that, I stayed at your side as you slept but......」
「H, hou......」
──So she was near me when I was sleeping! I had no idea.
When he thought about Rose’s figure as she stared at him every night, putting it specifically, it was relatively horrific.
She would be reliable as a night watch though.
Rose talked sounding apologetic.
「It would seem that my magical power would not replenish as you were in the middle of your sleep.」
「So it is no good when I am sleeping. There are surprisingly many restrictions.」
「Uu......To think I would become a burden to Master......Rose is a defective piece of junk. By all means, please dispose of me however you wish. Kick me, or strike me.」
「I’m telling you I won’t!」
He unintentionally returned to his original self.
「Y, yes.」
「Ahh, no......Ahem! Considering your abilities, restrictions of that level could be considered too light. I simply have to stay up throughout the night.」
「No way, you mustn’t, Master. That is harmful for your body.」
「Fu......Do not look down on me. Even if I do not have a night’s sleep, that is nothing to me!」
It had been a long time since he pulled an all-nighter, and he even felt nostalgic about it.
In his original world, he had pulled all-nighters with the game day after day.
Putting aside if they were to be travelling for a long time or going to have a decisive battle tomorrow, for the time being, he only had to wait for Alicia’s report.
It was completely no problem at all.
However, Rose did not consent.
「Bringing harm to Master’s health for the sake of this Rose, that would be a serious problem that concerns the meaning of my own existence, and feels like it would burn off my thought circuits from agony.」
「That much......?」
To Diablo, an all-nighter did not fall under being a hardship.
If an item did not drop in a limited-time event, he would pull an all-nighter as if it were only natural. It was enough that he was suspected by the other Players of either using prohibited tools or being a shared account among a large number of people.
Rose shook her head left and right.
「I have the fear that the lack of sleep will harm Master’s health. There is the danger of inviting a serious ailment, and there is also the possibility of shortening your lifespan.」
Those were words that seemed like warning text that was displayed from the administration whenever one played the game for too long. Along with that, an image authentication was required.
「I can’t be helped. Well then, it will be fine if you stay nearby me tomorrow.」
「There is also another method.」
「What is it?」
When he asked that, her cheeks lightly dyed red.
「Rose, proposes a speed charge for this Rose.」
「Speed? What sort of thing is it?」
「With a mere 30 minute act, a week’s worth would be Master’s......No, the magical power would be filled」
「Is that true?」
「Nn......Does Master doubt Rose’s words? That Rose would make a lie to Master? Does Master suspect a breakdown of my thought circuits?」
「No, that’s right. There is no way you would lie.」
She did have an eccentric speech and conduct, but the actions of this Magimatic Maid were all believed to be for the sake of Diablo.
「Thank you very much.」
「What do I have to do?」
「Specifically, I would receive magical power not through being close, but through touch.」
「Fumu......Certainly, it seems like much more would be transmitted that way. So do I just have to touch you?」
Would it be alright if he just patted her head or something?
Rose nodded.
「Yes, well then──May I ask you to do this?」
「I do not mind. I just have to touch you for 30 minutes, right?」
「That will depend on you, Master.」
「Hmph......Do not underestimate my magical power. I shall pour in so much that you shall be overflowing with it!」
「Hau......My knees are shivering with anticipation......Nn」
Diablo’s heart skipped a beat from that sexy sigh of hers.
However, she was a Magimatic Maid. In other words, since she was a machine, it would be strange to see her as a target for such indecent misconduct. It would be something like having lust for a vacuum cleaner.
Going *Fuu～*, he took a deep breath and calmed down.
「What should we do for the location? Should we use the bed?」
Whenever he poured magical power into Rem and Shera, they used placees where they could lie down.
Rose shook her head.
「Excuse me, the bed is......」
──Crap. Suddenly having a girl lie down on a bed, that is way too impolite, isn’t it! To think that it would be this embarrassing to be rejected! I want to die!
「Ahhhh, th-th-that’s right! The bed is no good, isn’t it!」
「I am terribly sorry even though you took me into consideration. It is because it seems as though the bed would get crushed if this Rose were to get on top of it.」
「Ah......Yeah......I see.」
She was considerably heavy.
It seemed that she was much heavier than a fully equipped knight riding a warhorse.
Even if it was a bed that could endure a giant person, it would be impossible with her. It would break.
Rose turned her back towards him and placed her hands on the wall.
「Master......Um......If possible, from behind......」
Her cheeks turning red, she stuck out her butt.
──This is a bit indecent, isn’t it.
Diablo had gotten nervous, but this was just supplying magical power to a companion. It seemed to be something called a Speed Charge.
It was wrong to associate it with something strange.
「Is it alright if I just touch your back? Nn? Come to think of it......Right now, are those massive hands no here?」
「Massive hands......you say?」
「It comes out from behind whenever you get serious, Rose. A mechanical arm that holds a double-headed sword.」
「Ah......That is the 《Magimatic Soul》[1]. It is currently stored in a gap of the world.」
「Is it not in this world?」
「I believe that is the case.」
「In that case, why are you so heavy?」
「Erm......This Rose’s weight is due to having a 《Dimension Transcending Apparatus》 equipped in order to call out the 《Magimatic Soul》.」
「What? Then you being heavy has no relation to that arm?」
「Since the 《Magimatic Soul》 has “the weight of a Type 10 Tank”......Ara? What could a hito maru shiki sensha be? I am terribly sorry, some mysterious wording was in my memory database......」
「......No, it is fine. Don’t worry about it.」
「Y, yes.」
It would seem that there are some discrepancies in the settings inside of the game and her memories in regards to this other world.
Diablo was not a military otaku, but since he had also played an FPS where currently used weapons appeared, he had a fair amount of knowledge about that sort of thing.
Japan’s latest model of the Type 10 Tank had a weight of 44 tons.
──Like that, it’s no wonder even the sand ship tilted when she took that arm out.
If it is just her, even a carriage could carry her, but when she takes out the 《Magimatic Soul》 when it’s time for battle, she has a substantial amount of weight.
「At any rate, Rose, that means that you currently are not burdened with that, right?」
「Yes.」
「Well then, I guess we should start.」
He stood at her back.
He extended a hand towards her back that didn’t have a single scratch.
Her skin seemed transparent, but there was some sort of metal attached. It wasn’t like it was stuck on like a sticker, but more like it was buried in her skin. Maybe it was done through some very powerful fixation method, or maybe it stretched down deep into her body.
When he carressed the metal part, the muscles along Rose’s spine trembled.
「Nnfuu......」
「It doesn’t hurt, right?」
「Correct. But, if it is you, Master, I would not mind no matter how painful it was......」
「No......If it hurts, then be sure to tell me.」
「Thank you very much. How amazingly kind......」
「I guess I will pour magical power right away.」
By coming into contact with someone, Diablo was able to read the flow of their magical power. It was due to having learned it from a slave trader after having come to this other world.
Rose was completely different from people.
People would have magical power swirling about throughout their whole body, and would have different shades within that. There were individual differences, but the centers of the swirls would be at the heart and the belly button.
The magical power of the Magimatic Maid converged at her abdomen.
──If I were to touch and pour into these metal parts, would it reach her central part?
He tried pouring a bit of magical power from his hand but......Rose didn’t have much of a response.
Was it not enough at all?
Rose talked with a sigh mixed in.
「Um......That place, is the 《Dimension Transcending Apparatus》, so......」
「Ooh, is that so.」
「I am terribly sorry......Since that is Rose’s delicate place, when Master’s magical power is poured in there......it......」
「I, I get it. Just tell me what it is you want me to do. I shall do that.」
「Just as you say, Master......Howah......」
Rose’s cheeks blushed. *Kokun* Her slender neck gulped. She stared at him with a gaze that carried heat.
It was making even Diablo feel nervous.
「Now then, go on and tell me.」
「W......well then, please excuse me......」
She undid a hidden button of her skirt. Her skirt smoothly fell down.
Her stuck out butt became exposed.
Although the important parts were just barely concealed with underwear that looked like black string, it really was just barely.
「Fuah!?」
「Master......Just like this......If you would please, stand behind me.」
「Bufuoh!」
「U, um, Master?」
「Wha!? Wh, what do you mean by that!?」
「Ah......I am terribly sorry. So you did not have any experience. In other words, if you stand」
「I know that! Although I don’t have any experience, I don’t need you telling me that! Rose, you, do you really require that!?」
The MMORPG Cross Reverie was a game that targeted all ages. It were as if all of the R18 factors of this other world were removed.
It’s no wonder the impementation of the features of the Magimatic Maids didn’t advance!
Rose went red even at the ears.
「......If I could have you touch a place close to the 《Magical Power Core》, there should be no problem with whatever part you decide to touch it with, Master. Since this Rose also has no practical experience, the design is......It would turn into that sort of story but......」
「So that’s how it was.」
The Magical Power Core that she mentioned was probably the “center of the swirl of magical power” that he saw earlier.
「If you can put it into the deepest place I can receive it, any part of Master would be fine.」
「Umu.」
「Merely, if you were to suddenly insert as far as your wrist, the fear of damage would......」
「I won’t put that in!」
「Y, yes, I am terribly sorry.」
Rose’s shoulders were trembling.
──Not good, I shouted a bit too much.
Rose was just explaining her own methods after all.
However, why, why did it turn into such an erotic maid method? Unfortunately, a 《Query to the Administration》 function did not exist in this world.
A menu screen didn’t appear either to begin with.
If only there were a query function in the real world as well. If only it were possible to protest bugs that didn’t advance the story at all in life.
Diablo took a deep breath and calmed his feelings.
And when he looked after recollecting himself......
It was an incredible situation.
Rose was sticking out her butt, and had matched it right at the height of Diablo’s waist. Her precious spots were covered only with underwear that looked like string.
「............」
「U, um......Master......Rose is at the height of happiness even if you are just looking, but if you do not touch me, then my magical power will not recover.」
「I kn-kn-know that!」
Diabou grabbed Rose’s waist with both hands.
──So soft!?
Her skin was slightly sweaty, and it felt as if heat was being transmitted from inside of her.
Just by pouring in magical power from the hands that grabbed her, the muscles along Rose’s spine trembled.
「Haahn!」
「O, ou......」
「FuaAaUuu......It is amazing. To think I would be able......to feel Master’s magical power this closely......」
「I see.」
「Kufuun, it’s amazing......Nnn......If I get inserted with this......W, with just that, Rose just might be able to reach it.」
Could she have meant that her magical power replenishment would “reach” a full tank!
「HAA, HAA......Suuー......HA!」
No matter how many deep breathes he repeatedly took, Diablo was in a state far from being calm.
──This sort of thing is impossible.
If he had the courage to be calm and touch a woman in this situation, he might have been able to walk a slightly better life.
Being a person that, when asked 「Should I heat up your obento?」 by a female convenience store clerk, would answer with a strange reply like 「Hya hya」, he was bad at inter-personal actions......especially with females.
──Wrong! I am mistaken! Right now, I am Diablo. A Demon King of another world. It is possible if it’s a Demon King doing it! It should be possible!
He had also touched a woman before in a ritual.
In order to bring out the soul of the Demon King Krebskrem that was sealed within Rem, he had poured magical power “to an even deeper place” in a similar manner.
He brought the middle finger of his right hand to Rose’s butt.
「Yosh, prepare yourself, Rose!」
Opposite from his assertive words, he had completely gotten cold feet.
Diablo’s field of vision blurred with tears. Being unable to look her in the eyes, he groped around, avoided her underwear, and searched for “the Magimatic Maid’s magical power spout”.
A depression was touched by his fintertip.
──Here!?
With a twitch, the muscles along Rose’s spine convulsed.
「M, Master!? That place is!?」
「Just l-l-leave it to me!」
*Tsupu* His fingertip entered a narrow hole.
It was tight to the point of hurting a bit.
──It feels a bit different from before, doesn’t it? No, no, there might be individual differences? To begin with, Rose is a Magimatic Maid. Of course she is different from the people of the Races!
That thought whirled about inside of his head.
Rose was starting to faint in agony.
「HYAGUuUUuu......M, Master......AH, AAAaah......That place is......」
「Deeper, right!? If I don’t go in deep, it won’t get close to the core after all!」
「Ha, hahi......Ah, nn, I’m losing......strength, in my legs......」
Rose’s knees trembled.
Her waist came falling down.
She scratched the wall with her fingernails.
「O, oi oi, Rose!?」
If the other party were a normal woman, even if it looked like she was going to collapse, he would support her with his open left hand.
However, Rose had the weight ordinary for a fully equipped cavalryman.
Even if Diablo was level 150, it was difficult for him to handle her with one hand.
Inevitably, he put strength into his right hand that had a finger crammed into her as well. It was there that Rose herself put her body weight.
His finger reached so deep inside that he started to feel anxious and wonder “Is this alright?”
He touched the 《Magical Power Core》 that was in her abdomen.
Rose’s spine bent backwards.
She raised a high pitched scream.
「ッ......AH, AAAAaaaaaaAAaaaaah!!」
Ever since he heard about having to supply magical power, he had expected it, but it was a voice that seemed like it could be heard in the other rooms of the inn.
*Gaku* Rose collapsed from exhaustion.
This time for sure, all of her weight was placed on both of Diablo’s hands.
「Uoooh!?」
If he were a normal Human, she might have taken his taken his arms off. Somehow, he was able to slowly bring her down to the floor without letting her crash into it.
「Zeー......Zeー......Zeー......Rose, you sure are heavy.」
She fell prostrate and lied down.
A 『Ｐ！』 sound was made.
It was the same electronic sound that was made when Rose had frozen up like a stone statue before from running out of magical power.
『Intense contact with the Master confirmed──Current charge percentage at 120%.』
「......I see. So she’s full? Thank goodness.」
Diablo made a deep exhale, and then sat down on the sofa.
He looked down on Rose who was lying down on the floor.
She had a happy looking sleeping face.
Translator’s Notes:
[1] Written as 魔導機兵 and read as マギマテイックソル. The ソル might stand for the beginning of soldier so it might supposed to be Magimatic Soldier.
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