Book 1: Chapter 37: The Call of Distress From the Quarantined Town
Inside the Dark Sanctum, Bella was enjoying a pleasant meal. She was currently the only one of the Dark Sanctuaryâs demon kings present as both Eleanor and Dolores were busy with the Dark Sanctuaryâs matters and most likely wouldnât be back until at least midnight.
The Dark Sanctuary didnât really have the concept of ânightâ and âdayâ as it was constructed in a parallel space beneath the surface, where the natural light of the sun didnât reach. However, during the construction of the Sanctuary, Bella had obtained two dark treasures from Mystica, the ăDark Creatoră, âBlack Sunâ and âBlood Moonâ, these two could replicate most of the Sun and Moonâs functions and served as their replacements.
Due to lack of a real âdaytimeâ, one could sleep an entire âdayâ in the Dark Sanctuary and it wouldnât feel unnatural, making the Dark Sanctuary a heaven for those who enjoyed sleeping in. As for meal times, there wasnât really an allocated time for âbreakfastâ or âdinnerâ, instead, the demon kings would decide whenever they wanted to eat. After all, the ghost maids didnât need any sleep and were always at the demon kingsâ beck and call, even if they werenât given any commands, the ghost maids would continue working like machines.
Bellaâs meal was brought in by the two demon king exclusive maidservants, Roland and Annie, apart from a pink apron the two didnât have anything else covering their body. Bella had implemented the ânaked-apronâ rule with the excuse of âpreventing disloyal maidservants from hiding weapons on their body and attempt to assassinate their mastersâ.
While Roland and Annie found this rather embarrassing, but there was nothing that they could do about it. On their necks was a special silk choker, the product of a collaboration project by Noesha and Mia, wherever the wearers of the choker went, the âownerâ would be able to know. The choker could could only be take off by the owner, who was, in this case, Bella. The choker also gave Bella supreme control over Roland and Annieâs lives, as all it would take from Bella was a simple command and the chokerS would tighten until the wearers asphyxiated.
At the beginning, Roland and Annie werenât so willing to oblige, but Bella had threatened them that it was either this silk choker or Bella would make them wear one of those strange red collars. As the two of them had some rather unpleasant experiences with collars, they could only give in to Bellaâs threats. Although they still wore an apron, it was made of an almost completely transparent silk, which meant that the apron barely covered anything more than if Roland and Annie were full-on unclothed.
Normally Bella would have kept these two maidservants completely unclothed but she had some other âeventâ to attend today, so she decided to spare the two of them for now. Bella casually sat in front of a large table that was filled with all sorts of delicacies imaginable, including some made from monster-products as well as various types of fruit-based fermented drinks with low-alcohol content.
Irene had already awoken from her slumber and was currently sitting to the left of Bella, her hands and legs still bound by strips of red silk. Lisha sat to Bellaâs left, to Bellaâs dismay Lisha had returned to her human form before Irene had woken up, as Lishaâs true form was quite eye-pleasing.
Lisha was the only girl in the room apart from Bella that didnât have anything restricting her movement. Lola was currently in Bellaâs arms with a dumbfounded look on her face, her limbs tied tightly with spiderâs silk, depriving her the ability to move. Bella had taken the soft material that Skryme had given her out of Lolaâs mouth, as she knew that Lola wouldnât try to kill herself with Lisha beside them, because Lola still needed to understand what was going on between Bella and Lisha.
Hadias was probably the one who had it worst, as apart from the fact that Bella was no longer restricting her sight or hearing, everything else remained in bonds. The other end of the short elaborate metal chain attached to the collar around Hadiasâ neck was still in Bellaâs right hand, forcing Hadias to prostrate herself in front of Bella, like a pet before its master. For some mischievous reason, Bella had ordered Roland and Annie to place some of the lighter plates of food on top of Hadiasâ porcelain coloured back.
Bella wondered how angry the Demon Lord would be if he were to find out that Bella was using his daughter, a princess of the demon world, as a table. However, it was just a thought, as no matter how furious the demon lord would be, there wasnât anything that he would be able to do to Bella. Bella chose Hadias as a table because if how much stronger her body was than a normal human girl, and the plates on top of her wouldnât really hurt much more than just Hadiasâ pride.
Hadias was too scared to resist, she had already signed a master/servant contract with Bella, meaning that Bella didnât need to much more than give the command and Hadias would be forced to carry out the order anyway. Hadias knew that if Bella was forced to use to power of the contract, Hadias would most likely be in a much more shameful state.
âLittle Felia, why is little Lisha here? Her companion too?â
âIrene-nee, Lisha has already joined my side. Is there anything wrong with one of my allies being here?â
âYou lying demoness! Lisha-sama is the commander of the Anti-Demon knights, devoting herself to exterminate those filthy demons, why would she fall to your level! I know, you must have used some evil magic and manipulated Lisha-samaâs heart! Lisha-sama, snap out of it! I..â
âYou sure talk a little girl, will some fine wine shut your pretty mouth?â
Lola, who was still in Bellaâs embrace, was stopped from finishing her sentence by Bella forcefully making her drink from a small bottle of fine wine. Lola couldnât resist and could only watch as Bella forcefully made her drink the entire bottle.
âRoland, bring me a couple bottles of that wine, the one that you and Annie refuse to drink.â
âMaster, thisâŠâ
âHmm? You want to drink it in her place? Go ahead!â
âIâll fetch it immediately, master!â
Rolandâs wasnât able to voice her resistance and could only go and bring Bella a few strangely shaped bottles containing what seemed to be wine. The name of this wine was âFallen Heavenâ, a proud creation by ăDemonâs HeartăLilith, and ăDevilâs Wisdomă Lilian, who had given Bella a few bottles previously.
The main effect of âFallen Heavenâ was that it was able to massively increase the power of demons who consumed it, it worked even better on humans as it was able to directly convert their race to demon. After a human drinks this wine, no matter how fortitudious their resolve, their body would be forcefully altered by this magical wine. It was the perfect thing to use against one as stubborn as Lola, Bella couldnât bring herself to force Roland and Annie to drink this wine as they had followed her with loyalty ever since they had joined her.
âLet me go, you demoness! Lisha-sama, pleaseâŠâ
âAfter you finish all of these, youâll also belong to my side, dumb little girl. After that, youâre going to have to call me master~!â
Seeing the bottles of wine that Roland was bringing over, Lola squirmed even harder, trying to force her way out of Bellaâs embrace. Even a kid could tell that something was wrong with this wine, they didnât even need to smell the sinister fragrance, all they needed to do was look at the jet-black fluid.
âRelax, this isnât poison, itâs just that youâll someone of my side after you drink it~. If you try to kill yourself or keep resisting, Iâll make Lisha drink it~!â
âDonât do that, please, Iâll drink it⊠just donât force Lisha-sama.â
Lisha looked ill-at-ease as she looked at what was happening in front of her. Lola probably didnât know that Lisha was already a long-time member of the dark side, and even if she drank a few kegs of âFallen Heavenâ it wouldnât do anything to her.
This girl sure is loyal to Lisha. After witnessing Lolaâs loyalty, Bella wanted Lola more than ever, to join her side of course. Although Lola had agreed to drink in place of Lisha, but after Roland brought the wine to her face, Lola tightly closed her mouth and a stubborn look had returned to her face.
She had originally thought that Bella would be at a lost as to what to do, but felt her hopes and dreams shatter when she saw a sinister smile creeping onto Bellaâs face. While she was in a state of internal panic, Lola suddenly felt a hand traversing her body, slowly travelling up to her chest, when suddenly a strong stimulation made it so that Lola could no longer shut her mouth properly.
In the split second that Lola opened her mouth, Bella who had already taken a mouthful of the dark wine in her mouth, forcefully stole Lolaâs lips; feeding her the wine in this method while moving her tongue around. Lola wasnât able to spit out the wine with a tongue forcing its way around inside her mouth.
âGirl, your mouth is really sweet~! If youâre not going to work with me here, Iâll squeeze you here every mouthful that I feed you, if you donât want to suffer I suggest you open your mouth for me like a good girl~!â
Lola no longer closed her mouth while Bella fed her the dark fluid mouth-to-mouth. Lola turned her eyes towards the gently smiling Lisha, and a tear of humiliation tricked down her face, had Lisha already been controlled by Bella?
Bella paid no heed to this and continued her feeding of wine to Lola, each kiss being longer than the previous. It didnât take too long for all of Lolaâs attention to be brought back to Bella, and eventually she stopped showing any signs of resistance to Bellaâs actions and instead welcomed Bellaâs lips with a flushed face.
As for this âsecret skillâ of Bellaâs, Irene and Hadias had much experience and froze all movement in fear of Bella changing targets to one of them. While Irene was truly afraid, there was something about the way that Hadias kept secretly glancing towards Bella and Lola while trying to look away that told Bella that Hadias might actually have enjoyed the feeling of having her lips stolen.
Lishaâs expression didnât change much as she looked at what was unfolding in front of her, Bella had already spoken to her, all Lisha needed to do was pretend to be a mute for now. After Bella finished âtamingâ these three beauties, they wonât question why Lisha had joined Bellaâs side anymore.
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Around the Gabriel Empireâs(Swordsmen) military town of Sakerid, the Church of Lightâs templar knights as well as the Gabriel Empireâs royal guards had set up multiple lines of defences and were currently engaged in fierce conflict with the undead who had caught the scent of the living.
âHayley-sama, the undead had already broken through the three defensive lines that we set up previously and are currently headed our way, should we retreat?â
âTell the dragon knight Leopold to fall back!â
The Church of Lightâs 2nd holy maiden looked gravely at the scene not too far in front of her, quite a few undead had managed to get close enough to the templarsâ ranks under the cover of night, and were currently throwing themselves at the knights. If it wasnât for the fact that the party of templars were led by the dragon knight Leopold, the thin line would probably have broken some time ago.
Dawn had not yet broken and Leopold had only advanced to the cultivation level of dragon knight recently and was still unfamiliar with his abilities. Leopoldâs dragon mount had not yet arrived yet, as he had rushed his way here after selecting his mount, which was still currently in Dragonsâ Canyon for some final preparations before it was ready to become Leopoldâs mount. If Leopold had his mount right now, the templars most likely wouldnât have fallen into such a dangerous situation.
âWe should wait a little bit longer, Hayley. The Aldrich Empireâs(Magic) mage company as well as the Octavian Empireâs(Knights) knight regiment should arrive by tomorrow, it would be best to wait for their support before we continue our assault on the town. The Octavian Empireâs forces are led by the young and talented dragon knight, Shawn, he should be more reliable than Leopold.
The 1st holy maiden Sophia voiced her suggestion towards Hayley. The 4th holy maiden, Daisy, who had been relentlessly arguing with Hayley prior now stood quietly on the side, looking up at the night sky, it was almost unnatural that she wasnât trying to start something against Hayley. Daisy had already contacted the members of the Church of Darkness who had been secretly keeping contact with the Salo faction, asking them to send the 3rd unholy maiden, Natalia Liz, to aid her.
The secret collaboration between the Church of Darkness and the Salo faction had existed for quite a while, both sides were trying to find any evil relics and they were sure that there was some evil relic present in the town of Sakerid, one powerful enough to cause such a strange and powerful outbreak of undead.
It was the goal of the Salo faction as well as the Church of Darkness to find this âevil relicâ, Daisy didnât care about the fate of the 3rd holy maiden, Susan, who belonged to the opposing Alan faction. In fact, it would be much better to the Salo faction if Susan was to die, the Alan faction always had two holy maidens, one more than the Churchâs other two factions and it would level the playing field if Susan was to die.
âSophia, Susan is in serious danger, these undead are completely unafraid of our holy magic, and all those malicious spirits that we can even sense from here⊠Iâm afraidâŠâ
âHayley, Iâve talked with the Gabriel Empireâs general here, general Klemens will use the empireâs name and put up a hefty commission at the mercenariesâ guild to look for some people in Sakerid, Susan included. There will be a bunch of fodder coming to help us tomorrow, we donât need to waste the Churchâs precious manpower.â
Hayley averted her eyes away from Sophia. The Miga factionâs history had been a mystery, not too surprising for a faction that seemed to be shrouded in mystery. Hayley would rather argue with Daisy than argue with Sophia, Hayley was unable to see through the 1st holy maiden, Sophia, and could never tell what her true intentions really were, it was a feel that Hayley really disliked.
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In the Dark Sanctum, Lolaâs face was completely red, she had gotten drunk on the wine that Bella had fed her. Even if Bella were to let Lola go from her embrace, Lola wouldnât try and run. Apart from altering Lolaâs body, âFallen Heavenâ was still technically a fine wine, and it wasnât strange that someone would be able to get drunk on it.
âLittle Felia, donât do this, Lishaâs looking at us! StopâŠuu..â
Bella hadnât even spared her older sister, Irene, she wrapped her left arm around Ireneâs waist and pulled her closer, before using the same method that she had used to Lola to force the dark wine down Ireneâs throat.
The two maidservants, Roland and Annie, kneeled behind Irene, holding down the shoulders of the Octavian Empireâs 1st princess and keeping her from breaking free of Bellaâs demonic clutches.
âMiss Roland, princess Annie, whyâŠâ
Irene wasnât able to finish her question when another mouthful of alcohol entered through her lips, it seemed that Bella didnât plan on letting Irene ask any questions. Although Roland and Annie felt a little guilt at their actions, as they were still human, but they didnât ease up their grips on Ireneâs shoulders. If they were to let Irene break free, they would most likely suffer the same treatment that Irene was going through right now.
Lisha pretended to be calm and took a sip of the dark wine from a chalice in front of her, there was no way that she didnât have any reaction towards such a stimulating scene, she was only drinking to hide her agitated heart. While Lisha hadnât rejected Bellaâs confession, she hadnât completely accepted it either, she was still currently unsure of her true feelings and wasnât ready to reciprocate Bellaâs feelings. Lisha had never knew that such things could be done between girls, for some strange reason she felt like joining in on the action, but hesitated due to the identities of Irene and Felia as her older sisters.
Looking at Lisha who was struggling to keep her composure, Bella laughed inwardly at how dishonest this little sister of hers was to herself. If Lisha didnât like what was happening, she would have left long ago, as she wasnât restricted or bound right now. Lisha was probably the kind whose heart wasnât honest to herself, but had quite the honest body.
Right as Bella was about to initiate her next step of action, the communication stone that she had left on the table suddenly lit up. Who is it thatâs interrupting me at such a time? Bella grumbled to herself. While Bella really didnât want to pick up, but the number shown was that of Ivy. Did Ivy have another request after we just parted ways? Bella decided to herself that she wouldnât accept her business unless Ivy offered herself as the payment, as a bit of payback for interrupting her at such a time.
âIvy boss, you got some more work for us? We just finished our last project! Labourers have rights too, can youâŠ:â
âIs this Bella?! Hurry, come and save us! Weâre trapped inâŠâ
Bella hadnât expected to hear Krissâ voice on the other side, Bella sighed inwardly as it seemed that she would have to work without pay again this time.
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