Volume 8 Chapter 1 Part 4
Fiancée of the Wizard
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Translation by Goma
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I had wanted to ask Noct so, but I could not say anything. As I stood there paralyzed, the demon slowly sat on the chair Noct had placed. It was as if she accepted Noct’s behavior as a matter of course. Without glancing at Noct, she looked at me. It seemed that she was prompting me to sit down on the chair right opposite to her, sandwiching the table.
「Before anything else, do sit down. We won’t be able to talk properly if you remained standing, wouldn’t we?」
That said, I could not just meekly sit down. I could not comprehend the demon’s intentions and took a step back. For a while, the demon gazed at me with a smile. However, the demon ostensibly had already gotten bored of waiting for me to sit down. Her dark eyes locked with my own eyes. Immediately, my gaze was fixed into place, and I could not even raise a cry. The demon then ordered,
「Did you not hear? I said, sit down. 『Sit Down』」
I did not have any obligation to comply with her order. However, my body somehow defied my intentions and started moving. It sat on the chair in front of the demon as she ordered it.
After sitting down, I was finally able to move my body freely. I was dumbstruck and lost for words when the demon started giggling again. She showed a somewhat satisfied expression in her beguiling face.
「I am skilled in hypnosis. It especially works well with vulnerable humans like you. This place was also provided by a human I hypnotized.」
「……Where, am I?」
「Oh, I am surprised that you are composed enough to ask “where” first. Don’t you want to know who I am?」
How boring, the demon sighed. Even as I glared at the demon, she did not seem to care. As I endured my body’s shivering by clenching my fist on my lap, I said.
「Why, do I have to ask who you are? No matter who sees it, you are obviously a demon.」
「Well, true. But I’m sure you would want to know much more, wouldn’t you?」
Evidently, she only regarded the “scary” voice I did my best to speak as equivalent to a fly’s buzz. Her tone of voice and expressions said it all. Certainly, her voice and expressions were something a human couldn’t imitate.
Despite having extravagant facial features and a dulcet voice, the demon had darkness within her. It was a darkness in which a human would never be able to wield; a darkness which only the inhuman possessed.
「We do have a lot of time. Why don’t I explain everything myself? Ah, don’t thank me. There is neither meaning nor worth in the gratitude of a mere human girl.」
「……」
What did she mean “thank me”. I did not even intend to thank her. Why would I even be grateful to my kidnapper? I would rather give her one or two curses. Hm, on second thought, bucket full. Nonetheless, it would be utterly undesirable to offend her by doing so.
For now, the demon was seemingly in good spirits. Nevertheless, I did not know when her mood would worsen suddenly. Perhaps……no, unquestionably, she was of high-class among the demons. All the more, there was no guarantee of my life if I vexed her.
I could not simply wish for, “if only I was the sole one that got hurt.” For the sake of my stomach’s baby and the people who treasure me, I needed to protect myself as well.
However, what I needed to do then was to shut up. Yet, even remaining silent did not assure my safety. My body shivered regardless of my intentions upon imagining this.
「Oh」
Noticing my reaction, the demon sparkled her eyes intentionally.
「That reminds me. Isn’t this room too cold for a human? I shall light a fire then.」
With a click, the demon snapped her fingers. Simultaneously, the hearth on the room’s wall started blazing noisily. However, the fire’s shade was neither red nor orange. It was a fire of magical nature, paradoxically being bright and dark at the same time.
「Noct, please prepare the wine.」
「Yes, mother.」
Although I felt physically warmer, I only got emotionally colder. Whilst I fell silent, the demon called Noct who had been waiting behind her.
I could not gather any emotion from Noct’s expressions. He had called this demon “mother”. Then, was this demon the “mother” Noct had mentioned before?
Even though I wanted to inquire, Noct did not look at me for a single moment. Silently, Noct opened a bottle of wine that he had apparently prepared beforehand and poured the red liquid into the two wine glasses on the table.
The mixed aroma of fresh fruit and alcohol tickled my nose. Using her long, sharp, and glossy-black claws, the demon lifted the wineglass. She then drank it without a second thought. The demon gave out a disgustingly sexy exhalation from her red lips.
「Although human pastimes are mostly nonsense, I approve of this wine. Why don’t you drink it too?」
While holding the wineglass with her fingertips, the demon recommended. However, her tone of voice rather suggested an order. Even if I had refused, I would simply be forced to obey with hypnosis. Even if I had refuted that pregnant women should not drink alcohol, it would most probably be futile. Begrudgingly knowing this, I took the wine glass and drank its contents.
It was of high quality. Moreover, the alcohol percentage was quite high. Taking one sip was all I could manage to wet my parched mouth. Then, I looked at the demon.
「Then once again, I shall ask. Where is this place?」
Though I had a mountain of other questions I wanted to ask, this was first. Where is this place? If it was a place which I could return back to the Schtorenvihein territory by myself. I wanted to know that. If not, I would have to wait. No other than the man who was my husband had told me to wait. That was why no matter what happened, I had been waiting at the Schtorenvihein territory. Trying my best to seal my desire to go fetch him immediately, I waited.
However, the demon seemingly was able to read me like a book. She giggled with a wineglass on one hand.
「This estate is located north of the Schtorenvihein territory. It was owned by a noble of high rank among the humans, but I don’t remember. As I mentioned earlier, I had made him offer this place by hypnotizing him. Ah yes, I shall say beforehand that going back to the hero is impossible. The distance is just too far for human feet.」
「……I see」
Placing the wineglass on the table, I clenched my fist on my lap. I then stroked the wedding band on my ring finger on my left hand and the bracelet on my right wrist. It was as if I was confirming its presence. Just with that, it was as if I could feel the man’s warmth. Exhaling quietly so that it won’t be noticed, I barely calmed myself……that said, to the demon who was a couple of times more sensitive than humans, it would have been obvious. I calmed my heart that was shivering with fright if I had not tensed up, with the confirmation of my bond with him. Then I glared at the demon’s attractive yet somewhat terrifying beauty.
I was sure that the demon had known of my act of bravado ever since a long time ago. Narrowing her eyes with pity, the demon drank the wineglass dry. Then she placed the empty wineglass back onto the table. Noct then filled the wineglass with wine as if it was a matter of course.
The demon leisurely reclining on the chair, and Noct standing behind her. Such a sight seemed more like a master-and-servant relationship than that of a mother-and-son. Were they inferring my thoughts: that I wished that Noct was only being forcefully subjected to obedience; that I wished that Noct’s true desires were something else.
While I fell silent as I had nothing else to do, the demon drew an arc on her red lips. Jiggling the wineglass filled with wine Noct had poured, the demon did not glance at Noct at all.
「Hmm……what about the rest. What do you want to hear from?」
「Of course, everything.」
「Ah, how greedy of you. Not bad」
Laughing with a voice like a bell’s tinkle, the demon placed the wineglass back onto the table. Then, the demon entangled her delicate fingers above the table, and placed her chin onto it.
「Alright then. I shall tell you. I am a servant of my master———Lord Nubatama. I had regrettably survived the previous war.」
There was no surprise in the demon’s words. Rather, her words were as expected and made sense.
『Lord Nubatama』refers to the demon lord. Stories commonly told amongst the masses about the demon lord were often titled “The story of demon lord Nubatama”. It was believed that one would be cursed if the name of the demon lord was said out loud. Instead, the demon lord was called “demon lord Nubatama”.
This demon lord Nubatama had been defeated by the hero during the war earlier; not just magically sealing him, but annihilating him. However, not all demons were destroyed alongside the demon lord. Though less than before, the threat of demons remained in each region……that was common knowledge amongst the masses as well.
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