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

===Part 5===
Naruse Mio couldn’t endure it any longer. It was only natural. The relationship between Basara and the girls was not the same as the relationship that Zolgear had with his women…Sheera’s words were an immense insult to Mio. Even though she had done various things for them, and they owed Sheera a debt of gratitude, it was still unacceptable to her. However, the succubus with a youthful appearance smiled bitterly as she said

“You’re only saying that as one of the girls who are in love with Basara-kun…and those feelings of yours probably won’t change even if Basara-kun were to change somehow.”

Sheera continued

“Someone who doesn’t know what your circumstances are will never be able to understand your relationship. Besides, if it’s for the sake of you girls, Basara-kun wouldn’t hesitate to dirty his hands if it means choosing what’s best for you. He collaborated with Lars in secret, even though there was a possibility that he would be an enemy because that was necessary to protect all of you. They colluded together to eliminate Zolgear, and in order to increase the number of cards up his sleeve during the recent battle, he asked me to prepare a dangerous drug for him.”

And then

“Basara-kun is able to make and follow through on decisions that ordinary people would consider to be terrifying. For example, Mio-chan…what would your friends at school think if you told them that you submit to Basara-kun with pleasure, and that Basara-kun secretly kills the people who are hostile to you? Do you understand? If you tell them about your relationship with Basara-kun, will they look upon it favourably?”

“That’s…”

Mio became lost for words as her expression turned sour. Revealing the truths of their relationship and identities to her friends at school — like Aikawa and Sakaki. It was not something that she would tell them if there was no need to. It was because they were ordinary people who didn’t know about the hidden side of the world which involved demons, heroes, and the like. The question that Sheera had asked was terribly cruel. …But. Even among the demons, there were some who lacked the power to fight. From the perspective of such existences, the relationships of Mio and the others were abnormal. There were very few people who would want to have a special Master-Servant contract like Mio and the other girls. Mio herself wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else. Initially, she even wanted to release herself from it. —However, the current Mio no longer wanted to break off that Master-Servant contract with Basara. This was probably also the case for Yuki. Even though it was a relationship that couldn’t be made public, this Master-Servant contract was an irreplaceable bond to them now. …But, this wasn’t the kind of relationship that they could talk about with just anyone…. Mio couldn’t tell her friends, while Yuki and Kurumi couldn’t allow this to be made known to the Hero Clan. Even though Maria and Zest were probably fine, it was due to Mio and the others that rumours surrounding the Toujou family spread within the Moderates faction. And so, if anyone looking from the outside didn’t know about the circumstances around the Master-Servant contracts of Mio and the others, or the relationships between Basara and the girls, it would appear as though there wasn’t a major difference in the relationship that they had and the relationship that Zolgear had with his women.

''…No….''

Mio felt as though her vision was becoming blurry. It was likely that if Basara asked them to serve him like Zolgear asked of his women, they would all respond in kind. —They all loved Basara. They would do anything for him so long as he asked for it. That was why they had all done things up until now for Basara without minding. But — that meant the converse was also true. If Basara deemed it necessary, they wouldn’t mind if he acted more like Zolgear. Sheera had pointed out her worry about the possibility that Basara could become like that, but Mio and the others didn’t want to accept it because of their love and trust for Basara. After fully understanding Sheera’s thoughts

“———”

Mio and the others could do nothing but stand there, frozen on the spot. It was right at that moment—

“Hey hey, you loli mother succubus — don’t scare the young ones so much.”

With a wry smile, a voice was projected over from behind them. It was a man whom Mio and the others were all familiar with, and so they all turned around quickly—

“Jin-san…”

Almost without realising it herself, Mio had called out the name of the man who now stood before them. As the father of Basara, he was the man who was once known as the God of War — the name of the strongest hero.