Chapter 208: Condition
"Alright. Let’s go, shall we?" Albert smiled, standing in front of their mansion with the others.
After talking with the rest of the people, Albert was planning to take the group to the battlefield against the Gluttony Kingdom.
Gin glanced at him while remembering Albert’s condition.
...
A few days ago.
"I have one condition." Albert stated with a serious expression.
"And what is that?" Lilith had prepared for this, considering the favor she asked was big. It was impossible if Albert did it without any thoughts.
"I want to participate in the war against the Gluttony Kingdom first so as to prepare myself against the people from the other continent." Albert closed his eyes for a moment, recalling everyone’s face. "At the very least, I want them to get stronger so that they can protect themselves when the enemies come here."
"!!!" Lilith and Gin widened their eyes, not believing what Albert said. It might be because of the situation that Lilith had forgotten that Albert’s focus always remained to his group. As for Gin, he wasn’t that considerate because he was too excited for this trip.
Albert’s companions were like family. He imagined himself what would he do if his parents, brother, and sister actually came together with him into this world. Without a doubt, he would make sure they were safe.
And Albert was the same.
Gin looked down, facepalmed. He needed to change his thought to be one of Albert’s family members.
"I’m sorry, Teacher. I was supposed to be more considerate." Gin immediately apologized and added, "In that case, should we do it with the other humans? We can bring them in first and get stronger."
"No." Albert shook his head, rejecting his idea. "If there is a war between the demons and the humans, it will be harder for us to unite even with an enemy coming from another continent. And the alliance will take a long time to make.
"Hence, I think it’s better if we take on the Gluttony Kingdom and prepare the union between the humans and demons. Isn’t that right?" Albert glanced at Lilith with a small smile.
"Yeah." Lilith nodded in agreement. There was nothing wrong with Albert’s statement, considering he was thinking about everyone’s well being.
As for the Gluttony Kingdom, she couldn’t predict what would happen to the royal family, considering they had become severely weakened due to her interference.
"Are you going to kill Renee’s parents?" Lilith asked with a curious expression. If they won this fight, it was obvious that the royal family would completely lose their power. The rebel might usurp the throne.
"No. I am not good with politics, but I still know that we can simply smack the union thingy to their face. This way, they are forced to participate as the leader. I know that they’re losing power because they have lost the people’s trusts, but..." Albert didn’t finish his words. However, it was clear that he wanted to spare their lives.
"Hmm. To be fair, her father is quite indecisive when ruling the kingdom, but he’s a good king and father. He was the one that lessened Renee’s punishment this whole time or Renee might have been executed since a few months ago.
"As for the queen, she’s a complete tyrant. It is said she is the one that controls the entire kingdom from the shadows while her husband, the king, does everything to improve everyone’s lives with his compassion." Lilith scratched the back of her head. At the very least, the king seemed to be a good guy, so she thought at least he needed to be alive.
"I don’t really care that much. What I want is a balance."
"A balance..." Lilith looked down, falling into deep thought. Suddenly, her expression brightened as Lilith leaped toward Albert, planning to hug him. "As expected of my soon-to-be husband, the Demon Lord!"
However, before he reached Albert, there was a bat standing in their way. Lilith was running straight at it before she was saved by her instinct.
The hand moved swiftly and hit the bat with the nails before the bat released the force to blow her away.
"Ehm... Are you going to kill me? This is household abuse." Lilith pouted, complaining.
When seeing their interaction, Gin couldn’t help but ask, "Now that I think about it, Bonk and Horny is a never-ending war. On this side is the bonk while on the other side is the epitome of Horny, the succubus queen... Who will win in this war?"
"Well, that’s the idea." Albert pointed at Lilith. "I’m going to reform her."
"Reform me? It’s impossible. I have the power to make you fall into depravity."
"But is it alright for you, Teacher? I mean, if you are going to marry, aren’t you going to make a child? What’s about the interspecies breeding? What about the kid? And can you even become horny?"
Albert tilted his head in confusion. "I will answer your third question first. It depends of what you think about bonk.
"It’s true that we’re hitting the horny, but we need to consider what is horny. Imagine if we hit all the people around the world, won’t it mean we are making them extinct because they can’t reproduce?"
"Yes." Gin nodded in agreement.
"That’s the main point. For me, bonk is to hit those who are unnecessarily horny. I remembered when I first bonked two people... It was in the forest where they were about to have s*x with two goblins watching them. If I let them do whatever they wanted, the goblins would ambush them and r*pe the woman. Don’t you agree?"
"Ah, I see." Gin finally understood Albert’s train of thoughts. "You just want for people to consider this matter properly and do it in their house or inn."
"That’s basically the case." Albert nodded with a serious expression.
"But I already sneaked into your bedroom twice..." Lilith pouted. "Why didn’t you made a move on me? You’re not going to say you want to wait for our marriage first, right?"
"In your case, our relationship hasn’t been official yet. After experiencing life on Earth, I have decided that I won’t do any one-night stands." Albert shook his head with a serious expression.
"Well..." Lilith harrumphed. Although disappointed, she still reluctantly accepted the answer.
"Anyway, why are we talking about this? I thought we wanted to discuss about my condition?" Albert asked, interrupting the flow of the conversation.
"Ah, right!" Lilith nodded and immediately changed the topic. "Anyway, I should be able to fulfill it. If we have an Anti-Horny Demon Army to fight the Gluttony Kingdom, we should be able to gain some small victories on the battlefield. I will also send the salamander to help you in that battlefield, since the latter wants to fight against strong people.
"After some victories, the troops will retreat and I will announce the union between all demon kingdoms.
"In the meantime, I will search for the other two people who are sneaking around in the human kingdoms. I will capture them and present it when I make a huge conference that involves all the human kingdoms and the demon kingdoms.
"So, when the war is over, my preparation should have been completed. And it will be the time for me to send you away. Though, it also means I need to send a few other demons and humans to the other continent...
"After all, I’m sure they want their own people to participate in order to prove the other continent’s existents.
"Of course, I will make sure you won’t need to work together with them. I’m pretty sure some of them will return to this continent as soon as possible to inform us about the other continents.
"As for the people, I’m not sure myself... Considering there are six people getting summoned to this world, I think everyone will go? Except for the hero of course. I will demand them not to make the hero participate.
"I don’t have anything to say about his talent and power, but his personality is awful. At least, it will be more problematic if he goes there." Lilith explained before she turned around, looking at Gin. "What about you? What is your stance in this matter?"
"I’m my teacher’s person, not anyone else." Gin had completely abandoned his title as the Great Sage. He had no complaint about Albert’s power and feeling toward his family, so he thought this was where he should belong. No one would try to take advantage of his ability too.
"Okay. In that case, I will make sure the conference will be held within three months. In the meantime, you can do whatever you want after the war..." Lilith explained before looking at Albert. "Although it’s not much, but I think you can go... at least around the demon continent. Since before the war finishes, I should have united all the demon kingdoms.
"You shouldn’t be attacked if you go around the demon kingdoms. After that, you can go around the human kingdoms for a month or so before leaving to the other continent. If that’s not enough, you can do whatever you want after you come back here. How’s that?"
Lilith was trying to be considerate this time since she couldn’t predict what would happen on the other continent. At the very least, she wanted to fulfill her part as his fiancee.
"Yep. Let’s go with that." Albert nodded after some thoughts. "It seems you are going to be busy for the next few months."
"Yeah. Extremely busy. Are you sad that I can’t accompany you going around? Ah, so sweet. We can go on our honeymoon after you come back." Lilith winked her right eye.
"Ah..." Gin dropped his jaw as sweat started covering his forehead. "Ehm... You shouldn’t say that... Do you know it will raise a death flag?"
"Death flag? What’s that?"
"..."
