Volume 8, Chapter 51 – The First Day After

Just one day after the devastating descent of the Demon Lord, Dahl City, the capital of the Hels Kingdom, finally saw an end to the continuous days of heavy rain. Although the sky was still overcast, as long as it wasn’t raining, the residents who had suffered so much from the rainy season were already quite satisfied. People were able to take this opportunity to air-dry their clothes and quilts, and go out to purchase necessities. Of course, most of them went to the church to pray. The vast majority of the city’s residents had witnessed the Demon Lord’s descent last night. Some of the residents living closer to the ruins had even been affected, with things like collapsed stables and cracked storeroom walls.

Therefore, since early in the morning, Yisi, who was used to sleeping in, had been woken up by this crowd.

“Aaargh, damn it, these noisy bastards!”

Finally unable to stand the clamor from downstairs—due to material constraints, even the magnificent temple’s soundproofing was not very good—Yisi grabbed the pillow that had been covering her ears and shot up from the bed. Due to her terrible sleeping posture and the pillow’s abuse, her loose silver hair was now as messy as a bird’s nest.

Laxy, who had been waiting by the bedside, habitually wished her good morning.

“Good morning, my lord.”

“Good—” suddenly realizing it was Laxy, Yisi quickly reined in her anger and changed her tone. “Ahem, good morning.”

“You seem to be very troubled.”

“Ah, I wanted to sleep until noon, but I was woken up by this crowd. Can’t the High Priest make them be a little quieter?”

“Because of the Demon Lord’s descent last night, the residents are very uneasy. Since early this morning, the entrance to the church has been crowded with people. The High Priest is already working hard to control the situation,” Laxy paused. Although in her understanding, since a person was awake, they should immediately get up and work, but apart from diligently leveling up, Yisi had not been lazy at other times. So, for the occasional laziness and petulance, Laxy would pretend not to see it. “Would you like me to help you plug your ears? The soundproofing should be much better than a pillow.”

“Ye—no, it’s alright.”

Almost blurting out ‘yes’ in excitement, a guilty Yisi glanced to the side.

That was close.

While clutching her pounding heart, Yisi engaged in a profound self-reflection. To use the excuse of ‘it’s too noisy outside, I can’t sleep’ to have Laxy block her ears for her, even if Laxy didn’t think it was a problem, she herself would think it was a big problem. Yisi was certain that at that time, she would definitely not be sleeping, but simply enjoying the gentle embrace of the older sister.

Laxy is really too dangerous.

With such thoughts, Yisi got out of bed barefoot.

Then, her gaze was once again drawn to Laxy.

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Unlike her usual appearance with her long hair down, today Laxy had tied her sapphire-like hair into a side ponytail. Paired with her simple long maid’s dress, it gave off a very capable and understanding feeling. Simply put, she was closer to the image of a maid.

Laxy tilted her head.

“Is there something on my face?”

“Ah, it’s nothing. It’s just that you suddenly changed your hairstyle. It feels very fresh.”

“Because Refina ties her hair like this, so I tried it too. As expected, it’s more convenient to do things with my hair tied up. Otherwise, it’s always falling in front of my face and blocking my vision. Refina is truly a professional maid.”

Although learning was a good thing, Laxy’s hair was the most beautiful she had ever seen. To have it tied up all the time felt like a waste of a natural treasure.

But her current look is also very nice. I’ll just let her keep it for a while and remind her later.

Yisi began to get dressed in front of the mirror—or rather, just putting on her dress over her bare body. The truly troublesome work, like combing her hair, was always done by Laxy. From Yisi’s perspective, the her in the mirror and Laxy behind her were like a noble young lady and her maid, except that this maid had wings like an angel.

“Did you find out anything, Laxy?”

The investigation referred to her battle with the Demon Lord Tartaros. After returning to the temple last night, Yisi had found that all her companions had gone to the vicinity of the ruins. The reason was Laxy’s overly presumptuous statement, “The Demon Lord has come to punish my lord for not completing the challenge. We must go and save her.” Although Tartaros had been intercepted by her, and her companions had not encountered her, the group still ran into some trouble.

They had run into the retreating members of the Divine Religion. Because the members of the Divine Religion were wrapped in black cloth and clearly not friendly, and her companions were with the temple’s Holy Knights, Camilla’s group had thought that these people in black were there to stop them, while the members of the Divine Religion had thought that the Holy Knights had come to wipe them out after learning of the news. The two misunderstood sides had almost no communication before they attacked each other.

As a result, the battle had lasted even longer than the time it took for her to defeat Tartaros—now she should be called Tina. The members of the Divine Religion, having been injured once by her ‘Great Earth Tremor,’ and also being outnumbered by the Ymir Church’s Holy Knights, were finally defeated in a battle where their magic was depleted and they could only use martial arts. They were taken back to the church’s underground for interrogation overnight. At the same time, because she had arrived, the relieved Camilla and Laxy’s group also returned to the temple.

The only strange thing was that Yisi had not seen Lin, the red-haired girl, or the purple-haired girl among the captured members of the Divine Religion. The three of them were also nowhere to be found on the [Omniscient Map], as if they had already left the city.

Even though they were all members of the Divine Religion, they had left their comrades to die. In Yisi’s eyes, this was simply incredible. If they had been with these captured members last night, these members would not have fallen into the hands of the Ymir Church. Of course, this did not mean that Yisi wished they had been among the members last night. Otherwise, even with the large number of Holy Knights, her companions would not have been able to defeat them. The red-haired and purple-haired girls were just one level away from level 40, while the hero Lin already had a strength of over level 50.

Laxy, who was combing Yisi’s hair, paused her movements, her expression not so good.

“We haven’t found anything out yet. We only know that when the Demon Lord descended last night, someone intercepted her, and then the two of them suddenly disappeared, and no one knows where they went.”

“Did you hear what the person who fought the Demon Lord looked like?”

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“No. The rain was too heavy at that time, and it was night. I asked around the ruins, but no one saw what the person who intercepted the Demon Lord looked like,” at this, Laxy frowned, and the force of her combing also increased, which made Yisi feel a little pained. “…Although that person helped you repel the Demon Lord, my lord, which is fortunate for us now, I do not think this is a matter without any harm. Intercepting a demon lord should be the duty of a hero. But now, the credit has been stolen by some unknown person from nowhere. This is not conducive to your future mission of uniting humanity.”

The first half of the sentence made Yisi smile. She had long since guessed that in that heavy rain, no one could see her face clearly. But for the latter half, Yisi had a feeling of not knowing what to say. What Laxy said was indeed right. ‘An unknown person from nowhere stole the hero’s credit.’ There was nothing wrong with this sentence itself. The problem was that the hero was actually Lin, and she was the unknown person from nowhere.

Yisi unobtrusively changed the subject.

“Then what about Cynthia and the others? How are Cynthia and Alice?”

“Miss Alice is in good condition, but Miss Cynthia was injured in the battle and will need some time to recover.”

“Injured?”

But I took care of Lin, the red-haired girl, and the purple-haired girl.

Laxy nodded.

“Yes. Miss Cynthia was intercepted by the remnants of the Divine Religion while retreating and was injured because she was outnumbered. But according to her, the people of the Divine Religion chose to retreat in unison after hearing the appearance of the Demon Lord, so the situation did not develop into an uncontrollable state. Miss Cynthia only suffered a leg fracture and has received treatment from the High Priest. She should be able to fully recover in a short time.”

“That’s good.”

“Does my lord have any plans for today?”

Yisi thought for a moment.

“I do. But you don’t need to make any special arrangements, Laxy. Just have fun in the capital today.”

“Alright. Then I will go and prepare breakfast.”

“Remember to make a portion for two. And make it extra fragrant.”

“Are you going to…”

“I suddenly feel like eating a portion for two.”

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“I understand.”

After the ‘click’ of the door lock was heard, Yisi opened the [Omniscient Map] to check on Tina’s condition.

As expected, even a demon lord, without magic power, was as weak as a toothless puppy. She was now tied to the cross on the church roof as a rain shelter—the reason why there were dark clouds over Dahl City but no rain was because she had tied Tina to the top of the temple and used a little magic to spread the ‘Blessing of Rain Evasion’ to the entire city. As for why no one had discovered the Tina hanging from the roof, it was because she had used an illusion spell. Apart from herself, no one could see her.

In addition, to add a punitive element, Yisi had not only, as she had initially thought, tied Tina up like a caterpillar in a rice dumpling, but had also done so after taking off her outer robe, leaving her in just her original provocative lingerie. To prevent her from making a sound, she had also stuffed a towel in her mouth—after so long, the saliva had probably already dripped out along the towel. But this was also part of the punishment.

Now, Tina should be receiving the pious worship of the humans. Of course, those believers would never know that a demon lord was tied to the cross.

“I’ll just not go see her for now. I’ll let her down after she admits her mistake.”

Although she had been defeated by her, Tina was very stubborn. Not only did she not fulfill her promise to free Evelyn, but she also refused to tell her anything about the demon lords, gods, and angels. To anger her, Tina had even deliberately stated that she could repair the barrier set by the angels. But no matter how she threatened or bribed, or even used the extreme punishment for children—like spanking her bottom hard—Tina would at most just hold back her tears and not say a single word of apology. Because her expression was so pitiful and aggrieved, she had stopped after two spanks, unable to continue.

And so, the current punishment came to be.

It was also worth mentioning that originally, Yisi had only planned to hang Tina on the church roof for a quarter of an hour before letting her down to rest. But before she left, Tina had stubbornly said that as a demon lord, she was immortal. A punishment of just being hung up was nothing. She shouldn’t expect that to make her submit.

So Yisi planned to let her down whenever she begged for mercy. After last night’s test, the demon lord’s body was indeed very sturdy, even surpassing that of a dragon. Just hanging her on the church would not injure her at all—not to mention that she had tied her up like a rice dumpling. Apart from being a little embarrassing, there wouldn’t be much pain from being bound.

“But this doesn’t seem to be enough…”

Yisi, who had changed into a blue dress, straightened her skirt. Her gaze accidentally fell on the World Dragon, which was sleeping soundly in a corner of the room. Thinking that she had been woken up, while this guy who had nothing to do all day was sleeping soundly, jealousy made Yisi frown. She condensed a magic blade at her fingertip and threw it at the World Dragon’s head.

Crack.

The crisp sound of a hard object inserting into the wall made the World Dragon jolt. It flapped its wings and flew around the room in a panic.

“W-what happened? Did the angels attack?!”

This guy…

Yisi clapped her hands.

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“Quiet.”

“Er… my lord, did you call me?”

Still in the form of a domestic goose, the World Dragon waddled to Yisi’s feet and fawningly rubbed against her white garter stockings.

“I have a mission for you.”

“I would be delighted, my lord. It’s just that I have no magic power right now. Even if I wanted to help you, I am powerless.”

“It’s not a very difficult mission. Laxy will bring breakfast over later. You will take one of the portions and place it in front of the cross on the roof. Remember, don’t put it too far away. The cross must be able to smell the breakfast.”

“Er, are you sending food to that little demon?”

“Hm? You know?”

Yisi looked down at her feet. The illusion barrier she had used was not top-tier, but an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to see through it.

“Yes. Although I am a soul-body now, my level did not disappear with my physical body, I just don’t have any magic power. So illusions don’t work on me.”

“I see. But I’m having you take the breakfast over not for that little demon to eat, but for you to tempt her, so that she can only smell it but not eat it. Oh, right, if you can eat it, then eat it in front of her. The more fragrant your eating, the better.”

“Yes! I will obey my lord’s command!”

After receiving the guarantee from the World Dragon, who had spread its wings and bowed, Yisi left the room.

Although Alice’s crisis had been resolved, it did not mean that there was nothing to do next. Besides regularly going to Master Avis’s workshop to study, there was also visiting Cynthia and questioning the members of the Divine Religion about their main base. Although the Divine Religion had established a temple in the Empire, apart from the members themselves, no one knew where their real main base was. If she wanted to understand the Gospel, starting from the main base was undoubtedly the simplest and most direct method.

“But compared to the people of the Divine Religion, because of the rain these days, I haven’t had a chance to take Mary and Pepe out to have fun in the city. I’ll just spend some time with everyone first.”

Nodding in satisfaction, Yisi, who had made this decision, came to the corridor.