“Wait, wait, wait, Klyune! Don’t kill that girl!”
I hastily stopped the busty girl who had suddenly tried to kill Mariaritte.
This girl’s name was Klyune.
She was one of my maids, just like Almena, and also a high-ranking officer in the Demon Lord’s army.
She had been leading the frontline troops and was supposed to be out on a mission to subdue the Karland Kingdom’s suicide squad.
“Klyune, what happened to the enemy?”
“They’re all dead, Lord Bal!! Those idiots were so dumb! All I had to do was flash a little smile and make a cute request, and they turned on each other! Humans are seriously the weakest!!”
Klyune spoke with innocent delight.
Klyune was a succubus, the most skilled in the Demon Realm at using charm magic.
Her presence alone could completely alter the tide of battle.
In fact, during our surprise attack on the Karland Kingdom’s capital, she spread her charm magic among the citizens, making the soldiers turn on one another.
However, she had a bit of a mean streak.
Fully aware of her own cuteness, she considered anyone who succumbed to her charm as utterly worthless.
If gentlemen from my previous life heard about her, they might say she was the kind of brat worth “teaching a lesson,” but to me, she was an adorable maid with a sweet, purring voice.
Her face was so beautiful that I couldn’t help but spoil her.
“So, Lord Bal, what’s the deal with this trash that dared to speak so rudely to you? Can I kill her?”
“Eek!”
“Stop, Klyune. This girl… think of her as my friend. Don’t do anything cruel to her.”
“Your friend?”
Klyune glanced between Mariaritte and me before showing a cheeky smile.
“Oh, I see! You should’ve just said so!! Nice to meet you, Trashy-chan!!”
“Trashy… chan?”
“Yep. Any girl who gets close to Lord Bal is trash! So, Trashy-chan!”
Klyune addressed Mariaritte with a beaming smile devoid of malice.
Soon after, she lost interest in Mariaritte, sauntered over to me, and pressed her large breasts against my arm.
“Lord Bal, Lord Bal! I killed all those pesky, arrogant fools who dared defy you, just as you ordered!”
“Ah, I see… good work.”
“And you know what? I think I deserve a reward from you, Lord Bal! Can I?”
“…Gulp. A-anything you want, just say it.”
Damn it, this brat is seriously too cute!!
Up close, her beauty is devastating, and her chest is just… amazing.
Yes, her chest.
Softer and more bouncy than Almena’s, like the perfect mochi.
I found myself staring, utterly entranced.
As I indulged in this sight and sensation, Klyune noticed, her eyes lighting up mischievously as she grinned.
“Hey, hey, Lord Bal! Were you staring at my chest just now?”
“Uh, no, I wasn’t looking…”
“Lie! You totally were!! So, my cuteness has finally won you over! Yay, yay!!”
Klyune gleefully pressed her chest against me even more.
“S-stop, Klyune.”
“No way! Hehe, I’m going to make you completely fall for me! Lord Bal, since it’s you, I’ll even let you touch my chest~!”
Without hesitation, I reached out.
It was almost instinctual—an incredibly natural, lightning-fast motion as I squeezed her chest.
Both of us froze, time seemingly standing still for a moment.
“Eek!♡ L-Lord Bal? Have you really fallen for me?”
“…Sorry. That wasn’t intentional.”
“Eh!? You totally squeezed them, though!?”
“It wasn’t intentional.”
If I said it wasn’t intentional, then it wasn’t.
“Ugh!! Lord Bal, you pervert!! If you’d been honest, I would’ve done something even better for you! But now, hmph, I’m not telling! Hmph!!”
“Something even better?!”
By the time I reacted to her words, it was too late.
Klyune, face flushed red, stormed out of the grand hall.
…Maybe I missed a great opportunity.
If I’d admitted it was intentional, could I have had a chance with a busty beauty like Klyune?
“A-uh, what should I do…?”
“Oh, sorry. I forgot about you.”
“…I see.”
After that, I confined Mariaritte to the underground cells and steadily advanced my conquest of the surface world.
But then, one day, something unexpected happened.
The nations surrounding the Karland Kingdom formed an alliance and began resisting the Demon Lord’s army.
Just as Mariaritte had warned, a prophecy from centuries ago had come true, uniting them.
It was possible that the female knight and youth I had spared had reached out to the other nations.
However, the Demon Lord’s army had overwhelming numbers.
Furthermore, our individual strength far exceeded that of humans.
Their resistance seemed futile.
If I got serious, I could annihilate them easily, but the army’s consensus was that such an effort wasn’t even necessary.
…We were too complacent.
It was true that no one could defeat me, and that remains a fact.
But I had not fully grasped the weaknesses that had emerged due to the memories of my past life.
Those weaknesses became painfully clear when I faced an army of a hundred thousand from the alliance.
