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Maou no Hajimekata Volume 3 Chapter 7 Part 6

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

「Bran… what is she doing here? Why?」

「Because Skills have constant effects, and only some of them can be turned on and off.」

He said, lifting Bran’s body. 『Iron Arm』 was one such Skill.

「That being said, turning them on and off is not as easy as it may seem, something you realize once you actually start using them. Switching them on and off requires some amount of focus.」

Aur laid her down on the bed, shackling her limbs beforehand to prevent her from moving. He did so in a similar fashion to how he was chained up before.

「Okay, but… I still don’t get it. What happened to her?」

「The spy in our midst wasn’t Nagia. It was you, Froro.」

Froro opened her eyes wildly, not understanding what he meant by that.

「That’s… that’s how it was?!」

She shouted in astonishment.

「Yes indeed. But do not worry, you weren’t passing the information about us to the enemy consciously. It was done through your 『Eye of the Ruler』.」

「But… but none of our actions have been affected by them, and also… huh? Do my eye even allow me to see myself with it?」

Confused, Froro was looking left and right, holding her head.

「You were not the one who was affected by them. Bran was, since you are listed as her owner.」

That was the only useful information Aur managed to obtain by using 『Appraisal』 on her.

「She also had a Skill called 『Inversion』, probably used to reverse cause and effect. My guess is that thanks to it she was able to see whatever you were seeing with 『Eye of the Ruler』.」

That was also the information he obtained thanks to 『Appraisal』, but it was also something that he himself predicted some time ago. Their enemy’s actions were to precise and accurate to only be based on the information obtained from Nagia alone. If anyone else was leaking information, it could have only been Froro.

「Then… why is she unconscious like that?」

「Because she always felt everything you’ve felt, including the pleasure.」

Contrary to its name, 『Eye of the Ruler』 is a Skill that shares all senses, not just sight alone. In order to find out where Aur teleported together with Froro, Bran used it to share Froro’s perception.

At that time, Aur used magic to increase Froro’s sensitivity when she was cumming. And the reason why he was so forceful with her? Because with all that was happening he didn’t have the time to turn off his Skills properly. Any normal woman would have fainted after the first climax, but for some reason Froro managed to hold out for quite some time before she finally gave in. That was unexpected, but not at all unwelcome.

「Now then, we don’t want you to be sleeping like that all the time, so… get up.」

Aur put this hand on Bran’s head, and when he told her to get up, a popping sound could be heard. After that, Bran tried to bounce right back up and hit him with her fist, but the shackles prevented her from doing any of those things.

「The game’s already over, so us a favor and just stay quiet, would you?」

「No! Nooo!!!! I will never admit defeat! Not by such… filthy means!!!」

Bran glared at Aur with a sharp gaze. She tried jumping at him again, but as a result the chains that bound her only got tangled up, laving her in a not-at-all-dignified position, like she was a caterpillar crawling on the ground.

「What is she talking about?」

Froro tilted her head, unable to keep up with the flow of their conversation.

「Nothing important.」

Aur sighed, and then looked down at Bran.

「First thing’s first: I never intended to kill you. I just wanted to see… whether or not you had what it takes to make her the true ruler.」

「I never wanted to force her to do something like that.」

Bran was dissatisfied with such an explanation.

「All I ever wanted to do was to secure a place for the princess to live in peace, and with my solidified position here in the Middle Layer, I could have protected her forever!」

「Be that as it may, look at you now. Your current position should tell you everything you needed to know about how successful that plan of yours was.」

「WHAT CAN SOMEONE LIKE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?!」

For the first time in her life, Froro heard bran raising her voice so much.

「I will never recognize someone like you as more capable of protecting the princess! Not after everything she’s been through because of the likes you!」

That was actually a very reasonable opinion.

「Bran, wait! Aur has nothing to do with it, so there’s no reason for you to blame him…」

「No! I’m sorry for saying that, princess, but he has no idea what you lost!」

Bran said, swinging her tail in frustration.

「All of this would never had happened if you hadn’t lost you 『Eye of the Ruler』.」

Bran clenched her teeth with regret. By the way, Aur remembers that the first time he embraced Froro, the 『Eye of the Ruler』 has been robbed by Sarnak.

Froro was probably sent to such an unsafe place as the Bottom because she thought she will use it to protect herself in case of an emergency, but she never anticipated she would willingly let go of it.

「No, Bran.」

However, Froro spoke to Bran with resolute attitude.

「I understand everything perfectly. Also…」

Bran looked at Froro with a puzzled expression.

「Aur is my husband. So no matter what happens to me, as long as he’s with me I am sure I’ll be able to stay on the right path.」

「Wha….?!」

Bran’s eyes opened wide in shock. She was at a loss for words.

「Wait a minute…when exactly did that happen?!」

Aur was impacted no less than Bran by this declaration. He totally couldn’t recall such an event.

「You came here from another world so you might not know this…」

Froro looked at him with a compassionate smile.

「But in this world, men and women who support each other and decide to one day raise children together are called couples.」

He knows that all too well! That’s elementary knowledge!

Aur barely suppressed his urge to start screaming externally, but then her remembered that this was actually his fault. When he had sex with Froro for he first time, she was convinced that babies could be made simply by kissing, so he had to explain to her about sex and procreation, but he never told her that having sex with someone does not equal wanting to have kids with them. But even if he corrected her, the misunderstanding still wouldn’t have been resolved because the act itself was already done. A Sorcerer of the highest grade like Aur would never get a girl pregnant by accident, but there was no way for Froro to know that.

「Is… is that…so?」

「Yes.」

Froro hugged Aur’s arm once again, while Bran continued to look as if her brain went through a forced shutdown.

「When I offered him all of myself he accepted me, vowed to support me on my way to becoming a Demon Lord, and wanted to have a child with me. If our relationship cannot be called that of a couple, then I don’t know what can!」

That’s true, but… Aur lamented in his head. Most of those things were dictated by his spur-of-the-moment needs after all.

「You want me to believe that this man truly loves you, Lady Froro?!」

「Didn’t you also experience that, Bran? If he didn’t love me, then he couldn’t have given me such passionate kisses, could he?」

That reasoning was too stupid and naïve to be persuaded by it, but the more Bran thought about it…

「That… that’s certainly something…」

But Bran’s cheeks were dyed crimson red and she turned her eyes away from them. Looks like the memory of the pleasure that Froro felt when they were having sex had a much stronger effect on her than Aur initially anticipated.

「But, Lady Froro, what about you?」

「About me?」

Froro pointed at herself when Bran asked her the question that she didn’t quite expected.

「Yes. If you keep on insisting on loving a man who does not love you back, then that’s something that I cannot overlook as your loyal subject, even if you end up hating me for it…」

「Bran…」

Froro stares at her with a serious look in her eyes, and then she answers with a heartly laugh.

「Of course I love Aur as well.」

Hugging his arm tightly, she said so with a carefree smile.

「I didn’t know who I was before and what I wanted to do with my life.., but in this strange place Aur helped me figure that out and looked after me even though he had nothing to gain from it. I believe in him and love him more than anyone else.」

Although happy with that confession, Aur thought that it was a little simple-minded.

「Anyway, that’s basically how it is. So, what are you going to do, Bran?」

Aur asks Bran, hugging Froro back.

「Could you unshackle me first?」

When her restraints were removed, she knelt before them and quietly hung her head.

「To be completely honest with you… I cannot approve of you just yet.」

「Bran!」

Froro wanted to protest, but Aur stopped her with a simple gesture of his hand.

「Whether or not you are worthy of entrusting the princess to you… I will have to determine that by staying at your side and observing you. Is that all right with you?」

「Yes, I see no problems with that.」

Since that was probably the best possible concession, Aur had no reason not to agree to Bran’s conditions, so he just nodded his head.