Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 8 Chapter 1 (section)

===Part 3===
“The danger of Basara…?”

In response to Sheera’s words of advice, Nonaka Yuki frowned. Yuki’s response to those words were doubts that the other girls also shared.

“During this series of battles against the Current Demon Lord faction, Basara-kun’s success has been a wonderful thing.”

In saying that, the great succubus with a youthful appearance began to elaborate.

“During the battle in Wildart City, he repelled Gardo, who is known as a hero by everyone throughout the Demon Realm, and in the decisive battle in Lundvall, he was able to demonstrate that he was evenly matched against the current Demon Lord Leohart. Well, something got in the way of that battle, but…”

Even so.

“He played an important role in repelling the high-level spirit that was sent by the Council to Wildart, and also the Demon God Chaos in Lundvall.”

Sheera said.

“In other words, it’s not a good thing that Basara-san has become too conspicuous?”

“In the future, there is a possibility that Basara-sama’s existence will be considered dangerous, and he may be targeted…?”

When asked that by Maria and Zest, Sheera shook her head as she said ‘no’.

“Basara-kun’s actions have certainly been outstanding, and I can’t say that there’s no one who perceives him as a threat…but even so, the Moderates faction and the Current Demon Lord faction will now begin negotiations for peace. If a treaty is established, then the difference in combat strength compared to other factions will be greater than ever. No one will be able to carelessly make a move anymore.”

Therefore.

“For that purpose, Ramsus and Leohart are trying to form an alliance. Their intentions will result in a truce with all of the other hostile and tense forces. It will rid the Demon Realm of all the seeds of conflict in one fell swoop.”

Sheera continued

“To that end, it’s convenient for them to have the people who fought in that decisive battle to leave…but, this isn’t exactly a bad thing for you girls. After all, you ladies came to this world in the first place to stop Mio-chan from being used in the politics of the Demon Realm — this also prevents all of you from getting caught up in it as well.”

“……Yes.”

Mio’s nod accompanied by the word that she uttered represented the feelings of everyone else who was present. In terms of Yuki’s personal feelings, she had a feeling that…''if Basara’s achievements were recognised''…. …It was because he had ended the war between the two major powers of the demon race — which meant that he had changed the history of the Demon Realm. It was such a grand accomplishment, and it was something that even Jin had been unable to do. If the <<Village>> looked favourably upon this, it was possible that even Basara’s exile would be withdrawn. …But, there was also the possibility that the <<Village> would not think kindly about the act of stopping the conflict between demons. If one stopped to consider the situation, it was possible that the power of the demons would have declined if left alone, and Basara — what he and the others did might have been undesirable for the hero clan. In that sense, what Sheera was saying held a degree of persuasion with Yuki and the others. Regardless of whether it was considered from the perspective of the demon race or the hero race, it would have been better to avoid drawing that level of attention so as to avoid being targeted. …Moreover, it was unfortunate that more problems would be likely to arise when the incident garnered attention. Sheera stated the reason

“More than anything — let alone the Demon Realm, it’ll be much better if the hero clan doesn’t find out about Basara-kun using the power of gravity, the same power that Mio-chan inherited from Wilbert, right?”

Sheera’s words carried enough weight to instantly silence everyone who was present.

“…Judging by your expressions, it seems you all already know. Basara-kun has Sapphire-chan’s — the blood of Wilbert’s younger sister.”

As if to confirm Sheera’s statement, there was one person who immediately responded. It was Zest.

“Yes…last night, we heard about it from Basara-sama.”

Whilst saying that, Zest recalled what happened in that moment when Basara demonstrated his power during the decisive battle against the Current Demon Lord faction. Even though Zest and the others admired Basara so much, they were unable to unable to ignore that. So after the decisive battle — when they arrived back in Wildart and had an opportunity to do so, Zest and the others asked Basara about it. Why was Basara able to manipulate the power of gravity? Before they asked Basara about it, they speculated that there was a possibility that the Master-Servant contract between him and Mio was involved. It was possible to increase each party’s power by deepening the bond between the master and the servant with the Master-Servant Contract. The increase in power was proportional to the strength of the Master-Servant relationship, and the number of servants with a high loyalty. That was why some high-level demons had forged Master-Servant contracts with a large number of servants. And in the guest house at Lundvall, the relationship between Basara and Mio had evolved even further as a result of the lewd acts that they performed in order to deepen their Master-Servant bond. After Zest and the others reached their limits, Mio alone regained consciousness, and that was when she supposedly experienced pleasure and climaxes together with Basara all the way until dawn. …But, when they left Wildart prior to the decisive battle, Sheera had noted that Mio was the one among the three of them who had the lowest level of loyalty towards Basara in terms of the Master-Servant contract. And so, because the Master-Servant relationship between the master and servant had deepened so immensely, it seemed as though the power of Mio who was under his control had become usable to Basara as the master.

…That was the possibility that they had come up with. But the truth was entirely different. The reason why Zest and the others asked Basara that question was because he had heard from Jin about his own birth just before they departed to Lundvall…that was when he first learned about his mother’s identity. And then, Zest and the others became aware of it as well. Basara’s secret — his mother was the former Demon Lord Wilbert’s younger sister. —Basara had the blood of the demon race. That fact naturally gave Zest and the others a major surprise. Even so, although Zest and Maria were surprised, they seemed to be able to accept the truth immediately. It was because Zest had already pledged her firm loyalty to her master. That also seemed to be the case for Maria who was born and raised as a demon, as she didn’t appear shaken by it at all.

…However, that was not the case for the remaining three people comprised of Mio, Yuki and Kurumi. Especially for Yuki and Kurumi who originated from the hero clan, it was difficult for them to accept the fact that Basara had demon blood running through his veins. Yuki had already decided to follow Basara no matter what just like Zest, so she seemed to be able to calm her emotions down somehow, but it was clear to see that Kurumi was considerably upset. That was only to be expected. Kurumi was still under orders from the <<Village>> to perform surveillance on Basara and the others, and in the worst case if problems arose, she had received orders to dispose of Basara and the others. This information that was detrimental to Basara and the others was not something that she could keep secret from the <<Village>>. Attempting to hide this information would be equivalent to betraying the <<Village>>, and that meant Kurumi and Yuki’s parents wouldn’t be left alone. Because of this, Kurumi finally began to cry as she gradually grew confused about what to do in this situation.

…And, the other person who was even more perturbed than Kurumi in a sense by this was Mio. She had been raised as a human, but her adoptive parents were suddenly killed one day and she was then also informed that she was the daughter of the former Demon Lord — the fact that she was not a human being had completely overturned Mio’s life up until that point. It must have been a terrible shock to her. —But, even after Basara found out about everything, he still accepted Mio as a part of his family. Even though he found out about her identity as the daughter of the former Demon Lord, he still accepted her…to Mio, Basara’s existence was akin to salvation. She had formed a Master-Servant contract with Basara, the distance between them shrunk as the bond between them strengthened, but the fact that he was a different race from her must have tormented Mio for a long time. Nevertheless, after she had finally managed to overcome that, she was told that Basara actually had demon blood in his veins. …It was only natural that her emotions would be in disarray. It would be a lie if Mio said that she wasn’t happy to find out that Basara was a similar existence to herself. But, given her own experience when she received a major shock that she was the daughter of the former Demon Lord, she also knew how painful it must have been for Basara to tell Yuki and Kurumi about it. It would be selfish for her to rejoice. However, after seeing Kurumi crying earlier, she could no longer supress her own emotions, and Mio began to shed tears as well — and so, everyone gently hugged Mio and Kurumi. They all escorted the two crying girls into the bedroom, where Zest, Maria and Yuki all helped the girls take their clothes off on top of the bed — Basara then comforted them once again. Just like the night that they shared together in Lundvall…everyone pressed their bare skin together to keep their body temperatures aligned, and to show each other that no matter who they were, nothing would change, and it was not necessary to change anything. After confirming everyone’s bonds, Mio and Kurumi seemed to be able to calm themselves down. Of course, even though their emotions had settled down, the problems that could potentially arrive with the hero clan’s <<Village> were still unresolved. Therefore

“As for that matter, I suppose everyone should think about it again after returning to the other side.”

Zest then said

“Yes…well, I think that should be fine.”

Sheera’s response seemed to indicate that she had another concern that she wanted to voice.

“Is there something else…?”

Zest and the others looked at her in expectation of an answer.

“It’s no wonder that you don’t seem to understand…after all, all of you have special feelings for Basara-kun. So, even though you worry so much when he does something reckless, you all feel pleased when he fights for the sake of you. Everything that he does is for your sake.”

Sheera sighed as she revealed a bitter smile, whilst her eyes narrowed as they became coloured with a tinge of sorrow.

 “But — if such reckless actions continue, then Basara-kun will lose his life someday.”