“Your saint is really talented.”
Eltis said something with many implications. Then he ate his appetite. It might be natural for a vampire, but don’t lick your lips at people.
“Is that too?”
“you’re right.”
Among the stories I heard from Eltis yesterday, there were several bloodlines. I had a suspicion that it might be one of them.
“Could you go to Mr. Lily’s kitchen and bring me some refreshments?”
“All right. count”
Lily put down Bastet and went outside with a big smile. It could be a bit sensitive to talk about in front of you, so I deliberately made it work. Lily really liked doing things. I think I would have liked it more if I had had her work as a maid instead of a maid. Of course, all the male servants in the mansion would have gone mad.
“You know?”
“Yes, it has distinct characteristics like that.”
It also activated when Lily just went out laughing.
“Obviously, it is not pureblood. Well, the expression of lineage isn’t that high at that level. Maybe half?”
Is that half level? Then how strong was the ancient pureblood? Drakan didn’t say anything like that.
“I am a descendant of the succubi, which is called the Umma or Hmongma by humans. That race is also a race that went extinct pretty quickly for many reasons.”
“As expected.”
But the Succubi and Lily I know are different in many ways. Is it because the expression level of the lineage is low? Eltis, who seemed to have noticed my thoughts, continued his explanation.
“Contrary to popular belief, succubis are not very lewd. The succubus itself is like that. Humans just run away. The part of the dreamer also penetrates the dreams of the succubis, but there is no such ability. Humans are so enchanted that even in their dreams they only dream of succubi.”
From this point of view, humans are bad guys and the succubis seem harmless. Maybe.
“By the way, even vampires have a skill called Enchant Eye. But we can control ourselves, and succubi is just out of control.”
“Why did the succubis become extinct?”
“Well, first of all, the root cause is usually because of humans. Humans captured and killed many succubi for various reasons.”
It is clear from the case of Lily that humans capture succubi women.
“Why are you killing me?”
“Because of adultery. In that part, the succubi men are somewhat guilty.”
In other words, it seems that there are many men who were killed by their husbands while touching married women. Conversely, if she is not protected by her new husband like Lily, she will be killed by her original wife. Naturally, humans would have rejected the succubi. It is a race that is tired of living in many ways.
“Even though it was exterminated so early, the blood is still passed down?”
“It’s just not pure blood. In any case, it is a lineage that is good at breeding.”
That’s it. Whether it is your will or not, your offspring will leave more than you need.
Then I heard a knock and Lily came in with a tray of refreshments and set it down between Eltis and me. Eltis’ eyes glowed red for a second, but he didn’t care. It’s kind of like a conditioned reflex. Even after watching for a long time, I hadn’t seen Eltis vampiric.
“Isn’t Eltis not affected from a while ago?”
“Ah, the same ancient species have little effect. Humans have very little resistance. If it worked for other ancient species, it would be them who rule the world now.”
Meanwhile, Eltis crunched down on the cookies Lily had brought him. It looks like it wants to put something in its mouth and chew on it, but I have to send it back quickly.
“It helped me a lot. Eltis”
“Please call me at any time.”
After Eltis passed away, I thought a little more deeply about Lily’s treatment. It would be nice if there were no problems while living like this, but when there is a problem, it is a problem.
“Mr. Lily, let me ask you one thing.”
“yes”
“If you ever find someone you like, do you intend to get married again?”
Lily smiled bitterly and shook her head. Even if I thought about it, if it was a man, it seemed that things would come up now. That’s why I asked. Even if Lily thought so, the men around her would not leave her alone.
“If I could make a decision of my own will, it would never happen.”
“Everything will go according to Lily’s wishes.”
First of all, I don’t know anything else, but Bastet seems to like Lily quite a bit. The window seat, which had been reserved for a long time, was abandoned, and the seat on Lily’s lap was now the new reserved seat.
For a while, the days went on without problems. There was a small inconvenience that I had to go outside when meeting someone thanks to the office where men were banned from entering, but I could tolerate that much.
However, there were also problems. Argin hadn’t been able to concentrate since he saw Lily. Thanks to this, the number of times that Howard beat me to the brink of death increased. Her eyes were black and she seemed to have lost quite a bit of flesh. That’s because he can’t sleep properly and for other reasons, but the fundamental problem is that he’s been caught in Lily’s charm.
“Argin, is your mental strength this much? Are you shaken like this just by seeing a pretty woman?”
“sorry.”
Argin lowered his head without an excuse. Of course, it is not simply a pretty woman, but the fact that Arginman was properly treated means that in the end, mental strength is the problem.
“Would you like to leave for Argin training?”
Argin has been following me since the orphanage, and training may have been difficult, but he didn’t struggle. The experience of the world is also lacking. The result is this.
“I will go.”
Argin answered right away. I guess I was thinking that there was a problem even thinking about it myself.
“Okay, let’s prepare for the trip”
Argin disappeared for a while, and came back a long time later with a lot of equipment needed for the trip on his back. In the meantime, Howard and Argin’s two teachers, Jake and Joseph, had arrived around me.
“Tsk tsk, look at the way you came from doing that”
Howard clicked his tongue. By all accounts, I am a novice traveler. It was Argin who seemed to be advertising. Of course, there is a force that can send you to the other world if you look down on it like that, but it’s better to have less useless quarrels.
I took out a subspace ring and threw it.
“Put it here and let it go”
Having received the ring, Argin put the burden he had been carrying on his back into the ring.
“Isn’t that a pretty rare item? Where do you keep popping up? I’ll give you one too”
Howard muttered again from behind, took out another ring, and threw it. Anyway, that’s a lot. If it falls off, just make it again. Looking to the side, Jake and Joseph also had shining eyes, so I took out two more.
“thank you. lord”
“I will write well. saint”
Originally, Jake wasn’t the type to be materialistic, but after getting married, he seems to have improved a bit. I have to raise my salary for peace in the family. Joseph doesn’t care about escort work these days and lives on the side of the temple. It’s more comfortable for me, but strictly speaking, it’s a dereliction of duty. However, as a saint full of love, he decides to forgive everything.
Howard and the two teachers went through the time to say a word to Argin, and it was my turn.
“Then shall we go?”
“yes”
I thought a little about where to send Argin. It would be better to attach an appropriate strongman, but there are not many strongmen who match the level of Argin. Argin is now the 6th strongest among humans.
However, if you throw it into the Great Forest or the Dragon Mountains, it will not be easy for even Argin to survive. So I thought about it and realized that there is a place that is just right for me.
The place where Argin was taken was the Great Labyrinth, the hottest place in the East Continent.
“This is a place called the Great Labyrinth newly created in the East Continent. Have you heard the story?”
“yes”
Argyn’s eyes seemed to burn. It was worth it. It is a trip alone. Everyone is like that at first.
“If possible, I don’t want you to enter the end of the Great Labyrinth.”
“What is there?”
“There are people who can’t win even if there are 10 Howards.”
Argin’s complexion turned white. It was Argin who knew the strength of Howard more than anyone else while sparring every day. And I’ve seen Howard’s true face.
“Yeah, but it would be nice if I could try it once.”
You speak with pride, but then you shouldn’t stutter
“don’t do it. He’s not going to look at me like Howard.”
If it’s Drakan, there’s a possibility that he’ll look down on me as a guy under me, but it’s just a possibility.
“Then take care of yourself and enjoy your trip. Try everything you want to do.”
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“Yes, lord”
“Then go.”
Seeing Argin raise the example of a knight, I returned to the territory again. come back stronger Argin
Argin was dealt with like that, but the problem was not over. As long as a person lived, it was impossible not to meet other people. In Lily’s case, she only limited her meetings with men, but she couldn’t avoid meeting the maids living in the mansion.
On the contrary, there were also cases where Lily approached the maids first. She loved talking to the maids and helping them with their work.
However, rumors spread through the butler despite strict management to prevent unnecessary rumors from spreading. This, too, was somewhat expected.
All sorts of rumors began to spread, such as that Yeongju was living with a beautiful woman hidden away, and that Yeongji had a mistress. If he tried to stop it, he could have stopped it, but in order to do that, he shouldn’t have let anyone into the mansion in the first place.
I wasn’t afraid of gossip, but Lily wasn’t. She too had heard through the maids and eventually spoke to me first.
“I heard embarrassing rumors going around because of me. sorry. count”
“it’s okay. It was something I had been taking for granted from the beginning. If you don’t care about Lily, you don’t have to worry about it.”
Even if he wasn’t looking for a romantic partner, it wasn’t bad to have one of the most beautiful women on the continent resident in his office and wait on him. There were times when she put Bastet on her lap and smiled and stroked her, it was really picturesque.
“Please send me to a place where there are no people.”
“Um, are you okay?”
“Yes, people are getting scared now.”
“All right. However, life there will be no different from working as a maid.”
“I am the daughter of a poor farmer. Until I was 14, I was digging and plowing the field with my bare hands. Maid work is nothing.”
I started moving with her. In fact, I had something in mind beforehand in case of an emergency.
“How is everyone doing?”
The place where she took her was the New Continent. I saw the Dwarves making something today as well.
“welcome. What about that one?”
“This is Ms. Lily. I brought it here because I thought I might need someone to help me with housework.”
“oh! That’s great.”
When the dwarves looked at Lily and looked puzzled, I introduced her. I don’t know if it’s because it’s only male dwarves, but dwarves are good at making things, but they definitely don’t have talent for housekeeping. The Dwarves cheered when I told them I had brought someone to do the housework for me.
“Don’t you think it would be all right here?”
Lily couldn’t hide her surprised expression when she saw the dwarves she was seeing for the first time, but smiled a little when she saw the cheering dwarves.
As a result, getting Lily and the dwarves to meet was successful. Lily got along well with the dwarves. She loved helping the dwarves with housework, and the dwarves welcomed Lily. Dwarves were also an ancient species, so they did not fall under Lily’s fascination. Rather, Lily was dyed into a dwarf and started drinking together every evening.
There was only one side effect. The dwarves stopped making airships and started building a house for Lily, but they were making it almost like a mansion.
And Bastet was increasingly disappearing from my office. Judging from his alter ego, he crossed over to the New Continent and was playing with Lily. There were a few times when the dwarves got hit by the cat’s paws and flew away while ignoring it as a cat, but it was only a minor problem.
Contrary to the continuous conflicts large and small across the eastern and western continents, the Aether Empire was relatively quiet. Of course, the number of territorial battles increased more than before, but they were all under the control of the state.
A change was about to happen to the Aether Empire. I took only Joseph, who was proudly dereliction of duty, and went to the imperial city to ask for an audience with the emperor. Jake is a newlywed, so he needs to be taken off the business trip.