Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 4 Prologue
Crossing the War of two Great Men
Devil Lord Leohart.
After the death of the previous devil lord, dominating at the peak of the devil world was the new young lord.
Although Wilbert, who was part of the moderates, had the reputation as the strongest, he had chosen to evacuate from the human world in the previous war, choosing to have a stable and peaceful life. After the war ended sixteen years later, loyal to their basic instincts, both the moderates faction and the radicals faction in the devil world had a desire for revenge against god, harbouring strong resentment.
-Until about a year before Wilbert's death, the state of affairs in the devil world had a big change.
With Wilbert rallying huge support, the moderates faction quickly collapsed., and the momentum for the Radical faction and the Conservative faction rose.
At the end, the two factions merged into a single force, and crowned the new devil lord, Leohart.
Him having the blood of the immediate family of the duke house which has produced generations of devil lords since ancient times, and also with his display of valour in the last war, was the reason that he was chosen. Back then, Leohart was different from Wilbert, who was better than him at controlling the situation of the devil world. He had led the elite forces in the forefront of the front lines, and has achieved excellent military exploits. Although there was another devil on the front lines with a similarly splendid record, however, contact with that devil was lost in the war. Hence, the honour of a war hero was given to only Leohart. And it was with this honour, that had gained him the support of the Moderate faction and the Radical Faction, and hence letting him gain the seat of the devil lord. Still, Leohart was very young, and since he was hailed as the successor of the strongest devil lord Wilbert, it just isn't so awesome. Hence for the symbol of the authority of the throne, he specially chose the biggest, grandest, and the most stately palace in existence in the devil world for his use.
-But right now, Leohart's palace had suddenly received an intense shock. No, that's not a metaphor. It was an intense vibration that had originated from the throne chamber, literally shocking the whole palace. Then -
"-"
Leohart escaped from the chamber from a hole made in the wall by the attack, and landed lightly in the the atrium. Looking up, he saw a shadow coming after him, jumping from the collapsing wall. The hem of the jacket flapped in the wind, and with the strike of a sword aimed at Leohart, this was the strongest man, the'God of War'from the last war from the hero tribe.
Toujo Jin.
Leohart immediately raised the cursed blade in his hand, barely managing to block Jin's strike. Thung!... The sound of their swords clashing instantly sounded out. Due to the strength of the strike, there will in after-effects, and so with a boom, the aftermath from the attack spread out in all directions, instantly destroying the floor of the atrium and the other facilities in the palace, like the fountain and the pool. Presently, -
"Hahahahaha!..."
Leohart then separated, brandishing the cursed blade, causing Jin to quickly move back with a"Oh!"and a flip over Leohart, and with his sword on his right sword, he said with a giggle:
"Ah~ It has dulled a little... Seems like imagining the actions and actually doing it are really indeed different..."
And even patting his shoulder with the ridge of his sword. Just then, -
"- Your majesty Leohart!"
"Are you all right your majesty!?"
Guardsmen hurried to Leohart's side, raising their magic weapons at Jin, at the ready to fire.
"Stand down. You are not a match for him."
But they were ordered to stop by Leohart calm judgement. The elite troops guarding the throne chamber would all be paralysed, and if the normal soldiers were to fight him, their aftermath could range from never being able to fight again, to being a worthless sacrifice. However, when Jin looked around, -
"..Really? Apart from you, there seems to be quite a few fitting the role of a hunter..."
Said that like he has seen through the situation.
...Even his analytical surveying of the situation is so keen, this really is troublesome.
Right now, Balthier was Leohart's trusted vassal, and should be awaiting orders, hiding in either the crowd of the normal soldiers or the nearby buildings. Following that, -
"Your majesty Leohart, may I ask what would be the best action to take right now?"
Balthier, unsure, asked for orders.
"- None of you make any moves. I shall be the one to take care of him."
-After all, he was the Toujo Jin, known as the strongest hero.
In this year, Leohart who was crowned at a young age, it was him himself who eliminated part of those who had desires for creating puppets for their own means. But there were still many like Zolgear, who were still not yet eliminated.
However,
Whether was it sympathy, or that he had a chivalrous heart, he didn't know. Jin had taken in Naruse Mio, letting her live together with his son. As for the reason, Leohart couldn't understand why from the one responsible for observations, Lars's, report. Wait, could it be that -
"… Could it be that the reason for protecting your son and Wilbert's daughter, was for you to come here directly to settle your score with me, Toujo Jin?"
"Nope, I've had no such intentions. The reason that I came to the devil world, was to personally witness the changes that had taken place after Wilbert's death, and to just take a rest at your place on the way... Fine, fine, this is a warning to you guys, to not get anyone to bully and take advantage of my son's intentions."
Even while talking, Jin's eyes was focused intensely on Leohart.
"And here I was thinking that after taking Wilbert's position, you would be reluctant to have the orphaned girl who has inherited his power. The one who doesn't know that she has the blood of the devil lord, been raised as a normal girl, and could possibly have been a potential devil lord, must have been played around with very well. And for the other party to be a rather chivalrous young male hero?"
"… - Shut up."
Leohart rushed towards the Jin who had a wry smile, and increased his speed with his body lowered reaching high speeds in just a moment, slashing at Jin.
-In the war, Leohart's skill with his blade had taken the lives of many from the hero tribe.
However, every strike of his blade was being blocked by Jin. What's even more surprising, was that with the way Jin was moving his blade, there wasn't even any sign of swordsmanship.
It was just purely reflexive brandishing of his blade that was nullifying Leohart's relentless swordsmanship, producing countless amounts of time their swords clashed.
"To have this much skill, it is possible for you, who is still this young, to be on the devil lord's throne... And not to mention that you still have a pair of eyes. Ah... If that's the case, you really are something noteworthy."
Jin gave a smile, like he had just understood the truth. Even if he was from the hero tribe, one had to wonder whether or not he was a human; normally a human was weaker than a devil by several levels. And for a human, he was past his prime.
Yet Jin's body condition was able to match up with the current devil lord, and possibly surpassing him.
...This is really unbelievable... So this is Toujo Jin?
Amazing... He really was worthy of having the name as the God of War. Although having participated in the wars that lasted until sixteen years ago, Leohart had never had the chance to fight with Jin, -
To think that he had such power...
In that war, the devils of a calibre similarly as good as Leohart, had suddenly disappeared. And it was very likely that like the rumours, they had really crossed paths with Jin. In the sixteen years that had followed, Leohart had studied to reach the even more advanced levels in martial arts. But still, it was likely that he was only able to barely stand a chance against Jin.
After the war... No. Even during the war, he had never met such an opponent.
"So what!?"
Leohart then rushed forward at a speed and angle that was even faster and sharper than before, releasing a shockwave that was different from before. Leohart's cursed sword, then clashed with Jin's blade.
"Oh oh...!"
Leohart had swung his blade from Jin's back, but he had jumped aside. Following that, Jin watched the cursed blade in Leohart's hand let out a black aura, and after being impressed and letting out a ho~, he discarded his broken blade.
"I knew that wasn't just a normal cursed sword... But, I guess it indeed had to be like that just to be the devil lord's weapon?"
Leohart's cursed sword Loki, was the currently known most powerful magical sword. Since their combat prowess was at a similar level, their weapon would probably the the deciding factor between victory or defeat.
"Devour him, Loki."
When Leohart said that quietly with a low voice, -
"-"
The cursed blade seemed to emit a dark glow in response. The agglomerate and influence earned from the feat of defeating the strongest hero, was one that Leohart was willing to gain at all costs, even if he had to level the city.
Hence, Leohart has let the cursed blade Loki's powers increase to its limit.
A loud sound, was accompanied with a disruption. The space distorted in where the darkness surged out wildly.
This darkness could devour Jin whole, with the potential of leaving no traces of his body or spirit. That was the attack.
The battle has ended, at least, that was how it was. Devil lord Leohart instead saw an image of unbelievable confidence.
Before Toujo Jin was devoured by the darkness, he let out an impertinent smile, and following that, -
"Wowowowowowowowowowowowowowo!"
With a roar, a green aura appeared on Jin's body, and then concentrated it on his right fist.
With exaggerated movements, he used his right fist to ram into the darkness with seemingly brute force, shaking the area with a heavy bass sound, and rebounded the dark energy back to Leohart. Faced with the dark energy rebounding back to him at a much faster speed, -
"-"
Deciding quickly, Leohart used his cursed sword to sweep upwards to the right, cutting into that darkness and splitting it.
In next moment, an earth-shaking shock and'boom'sound resounded.
The deflected and cut dark energy, totally obliterated the giant south wall of the palace.
The impact was so strong, that it forced the atmosphere in the atrium into a frenzy, with confusion and screaming everywhere. Just then, -
All right... This should probably be enough.
It seems that Toujo Basara's purpose for his visit was already accomplished.
No matter how ambitious Leohart was, or how dense the evil intentions and dark desires are in the surroundings, the currently expansion of the currently former devil lord's faction would not stop, and would eventually dissolve the state of the moderates faction.
The most effective way to stop this, would be to shake the trust of the devils in the new devil lord's ability and charisma, creating doubts in the subordinates. And this is the reason why Jin chose the atrium, which was teeming with normal soldiers onlooking, to have a'meeting'with Leohart. Just now, Leohart's assault, the the meaning of power was shown to the surrounding people, but then he had instead received Jin's counter-attack.
Not only had Jin rebounded Leohart's attack back to him, he had shown his existence of being a very big threat part of the devils in the city.
This would probably enough to deter the current devil lord from deploying the higher ups, and to create doubt and unrest in lower subordinates
This would probably be enough to give them a scare...
Just was the Toujo Jin who was thinking this was about to decide to slip away, something caught his eye.
"- !"
The next moment, he moved his body, in a way, and creating a thunder-like shockwave.
In the explosive impact creating a confusion maelstrom, devil lord Leohart personally saw'that'.
Running across the atrium in an instant, and rushing into the falling rubble.
Hoping to escape in the mess...?
Beyond the city wall was a cliff, and under the cliff was a moat. Jumping from the whole in the wall, it was likely that the water would ease the impact of the fall, and the chances of making it out safely was quite high. However, that was not accounting for the huge weight of the falling rubble, with quite a few large pieces of the city wall mixed into it. Based on his abilities, to scale the city walls was probably effortless for him, so why did he chose a rougher path? Just as he was thinking this, he saw it.
Jin, who was leaping into the air, reached out towards a small body in the falling rubble, and brought it into his arms. Wearing light body armour, it was probably one of the soldiers on the city wall. But rather, it seems like that he had taken Leohart's attack, and Jin who was an enemy had no obligation to help him. But, -
...That was?
What Jin was hugging, was obviously a child. This caused Leohart to think,in the palace, there was a young soldier, who although was quite young, due to the power possessed, was highly praised and employed.
Though young, he was still a devil, and since he was quite powerful, a mere moat couldn't possibly kill him.
But, if he was knocked unconscious from the large amount of falling rubble or from the shock from the explosion, then it was likely that he would die if he landed in the moat. Hence, the Jin who was in the air immediately took action.
"Woaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...!"
In the condition that Jin are holding in boy in, he kicked towards just above.
From above, the huge pieces of the city walls then burst into smaller debris. With the explosion that had already echoed, Leohart was still in shock, unable to comprehend just what had happened, and then the Jin who was in the air met his eyes.
"-"
Leohart was looking at Jin, who had sprouted a winner's smile. And with this emotion, huge amounts of debris fell from the cliff.
"Shall pursuing be your order, your majesty Leohart?"
Seeing the situation, Balthier asked this question from his side.
"Don't bother... There isn't the need. Continuing the fight with him would be just a waste of energy."
But Leohart shaked his head, and just ordered Balthier to to check on the injuries of the soldiers and clear the debris.
Giving the direction Jin and the young boy fell a last look, he turned and headed back into the palace.
2
Naruse Mio had woken up deep in the night.
Because in the dream that she had tonight, its contents were just too stimulating for her.
" How irritating... Why did I have that dream again...!"
Mio couldn't help but to let her face become flushed, feeling embarrassment. Under the blanket, there was an incredible amount of heat,s due to her dream giving her a hot body. And she trembling while releasing quite the amount of body heat. But, this wasn't something she could control, since in her dream, she had came across something which would've caused her body to become hot, and the other party in her dream was none other than her master, Toujo Basara.
The contents of that dream, was something that took place after the fight with Zolgear. It was the events that happened after Basara had force a kiss upon her in Basara's room.
The Mio in the dream, had been on the receiving end of ecstasy and pleasure on the bed in Basara's room, and had continuously climaxed one time after another. But, that was something that Mio already had experience in. The thing that was the main source of her embarrassment, was in fact, -
...The fact that Yuki, Maria, Zest and Sheera was there!
Just Basara himself was enough to make Mio yield, but then, even Yuki and the others had joined in on the fun. It was namely the shirtless Basara, and the remaining four that was wearing lewd underwear, that had slowly stripped Mio, piece by piece, and had unscrupulously played with her breasts, butt, thighs and her other sensitive spots. Experiencing overwhelming amounts of pleasure, Mio had already lost control to the unthinkable extent, and had kept on shouting'Brother! Brother!'in her high times.
At the end, just as the lower portion of her underwear was about to be taken off, Mio had opened her eyes. Now, what if she hadn't woken up, what exactly would've happened? When thinking of the dream, -
" ! . Fuuuaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Eh... Wh-Why...!?"
A sudden sensation that had come from her left breast had caused Mo to raise her blanket to take a look, only to find Maria, who had sneaked under her blanket while she slept, sucking on her left breast like a baby. Being able to undo the buttons on her sleepwear without her noticing, one should probably say that she was indeed worthy of being called a succubus...
Having caught the culprit responsible for her having that dream, Mio silently raised her hand to deliver a blow.
" Mama..."
Maria's mouth then just released Mio's breast, muttering in her sleep. Thus...
" …"
Mio released a small sigh, and then cautiously got up her bed so as to not wake Maria up, properly buttoned up her sleepwear, and after tucking n Maria, she quietly left her room.
-Her footsteps, was heading towards the bathroom on the first floor. Having just had a terrible dream, she had let out quite the amount of sweat. When she reached the first floor, she saw some light coming out from under the door shining into the hallway from the dressing room. Did someone forget to switch off the lights? While thinking this, Mio opened the door, only to realise that someone was already there. With only a bathrobe on her, standing beyond the door, was a girl possessing some sort of transparent beauty, Nonaka Yuki. Probably having just finished taking a bath, her hair was still wet, and there was still some sort of steam-like moisture emanating from her body.
" Oh... Please."
Upon seeing Yuki, Mio said that, unexcited. She wasn't unhappy with her for taking a bath in the middle of the night, since she had come to do the same thing. Hence, she proceeded to ask, -
" When taking a bath, at least lock the door..."
After the fight with Zolgear, Mio who was unable to sleep probably due to receiving a blow from Basara forcing a kiss in the bed in his room, couldn't ever trust her own rationality again, had gotten locks installed for the bathrooms on the very next day. Just to prevent Maria or Basara barging in while she was bathing, and prevent any misunderstandings caused by Basara.
In the end, Yuki hadn't lock the door, and didn't even hang the'Bathroom in use'sign.
" You're lucky that it was me. What if the one who had barged in was Basara?"
" If it was Basara, him seeing it isn't a problem... Or rather, I had hoped that it would be Basara..."
" We hadn't taken a bath together in a long time, so I was hoping that it would be Basara."
" Didn't we have a bath together four days ago?!"
And if the fight with Zolgear was not counted in, then it would have been only three days. Mio gave a helpless sigh when faced with the scene where Yuki was undoing the knot on her bathrobe, and with her hand reaching towards the basket hold the blue -
" Hold on for a moment."
" Now what...?"
Mio couldn't help but to stop the Yuki who was holding onto a blue T-shirt, and with that the other party have a reaction like that she didn't know what she had did wrong.
" Why did you take Basara's shirt from the basket containing dirty laundry?"
" If I don't wear something quickly after coming out from a bath, I'll catch a cold."
" Then wear your own shirt! Don't you have anything else?"
" Fine..."
Yuki gave an apologetic reply.
" I'll let you wear this shirt that Basara was wearing."
" Why would I want to wear that!?"
Mio snatched Basara's laundry from Yuki's hand, and then proceeded to throw it back into the laundry basket. She then took off the only clothes she was wearing, her sleepwear, together with her legs leaving her pants, and also threw them into the laundry basket.
" If you say that you want Basara's to-be-washed shirt, at least get his permission first before coming to get it! Humph!"
And then after that, she stepped into the bathroom.
" I can't stand it any more..."
Firstly, Mio began to wash away the sweat on her body, before checking the water's temperature. Fortunately, Yuki didn't forget to refill the warm water just now, so the water's temperature was pretty comfortable. Just like that, Mio lowered her entire body into the bathtub.
Just when Mio was about to let out a relaxed sigh, -
Ah... She can't be...
Could the reason that Yuki came to take a bath right in the middle of the night, was that like Mio, she had released a lot of sweat, dreaming the same dream she had? Just as she was thinking this, -
"Eh...!?"
Suddenly she felt uneasy in the bath with a chill running through her, with her body quivering. The contents of the dream she just had, with everyone drowning her in pleasure, that flashback still being fresh in her mind.
That dream... It couldn't possibly have happened in real life... Right?"
Her doubt showing, was due to when the aphrodisiac curse activates, the sweet hotness would always blur her consciousness, and her rationality and sense of shame would always be eclipsed by the pleasure that Basara gave her, causing her sense of the line between reality and dreams to blurred. Hence, even if that was just a dream, it wouldn't be strange.
However, Naruse Mio denied such a possibility, because, Zest who was left behind by Zolgear and Maria's mother had already left the Toujo residence, returning to the devil world.
" ..."
After getting up from the bathtub, Mio washed her body, and thought about what had happened on that day.
Two days ago, on the day of the fight with Zolgear, Mio had immediately contacted the Moderates faction of the devils.
Yesterday, coming to the Toujo residence to fetch Zest and Sheera, was the devil claiming to be Maria's elder sister, and an accompanying devil, Yahiro Takigawa.
Lars... Was it?
At that time, Mio and Yuki had heard him introduce himself. The reason they had calmly accepted the facts, was that Basara had told them that Takigawa was actually a devil beforehand, and had also let them know of the cooperation they had before.
But...
The female devil that had come to fetch Zest and Sheera, had started a miniature war with Mio, Basara and Yuki. Even if it was for protecting her mother, Maria still had betrayed Mio, the devil lord and the moderates faction, hence it was likely that they would want them to hand over Maria.
They had decided to reject that demand when it was made, and the female devil with the higher-ups orders had to unconsciously let it slide, and the final demand that was made for, was Maria's mother Sheera.
It really was amazing...
The situation was resolved by just a smile. Even though Sheera's outer appearance was even more immature than Maria, when she had said that she would return just with Zest this time, the female devil had reluctantly and let it slide, and showed signs that she would ask for further orders from the leader of the moderates faction for his judgement, the former devil lord Wilbert's brother Lamusars.
Also, after Zest returned to the devil world, there was no objections from the Moderates faction for assistance similar to an observer for protection, just like that she was taken away by the female devil. However, in the few days Zest spent in the house before she returned to the devil world, she was very obedient to Basara; although they hadn't made a master-servant contract, it was like she had decided that Basara was to be her new master.
Not only was Zest very beautiful, her figure was also first class, and she also had the charm of maturity that Mio and Yuki didn't have. In addition, before Zest was taken back to the devil world, Basara had told her: " If anything happens, you are welcome in this house any time." Right then she was looking at Basara with emotional tearful eyes. If they were left alone, it was likely that she would've immediately kissed him. If they really lived together, then nothing good would've happened.
But, speaking of maturity charms, there was a even bigger threat.
To think that an adult Maria would be so beautiful...
Mio had seen the appearance of a transformed Maria in the fight with Zolgear, and she couldn't believe that that beautiful thing couldn't possibly be Maria. Recently it seems that the chances of Basara losing his rationality was getting higher, and if he was cornered by such a Maria, it wouldn't be weird if something bad happened. Having said that, to transform into that appearance, the amount of power consumed wasn't small, it would be fine if there weren't any chances in the short period of time.
"What a perilous situation it has turned into, I can't stand it any more..."
After washing her whole body, she washed away the foam produced before leaving the bathroom. Not seeing Yuki anywhere in the dressing room, Mio took a bathrobe from the cabinet to put on, and then, -
" ..."
Only to realise that shirt that belongs to Basara was missing.
" That idiot...!"
It appears that Yuki really went to ask Basara. If so, she can't dawdle here any longer. Entering Basara's room in the middle of the night, no matter if it was her wearing only a towel or Yuki wearing his shirt, what could happen after that, was something that no one knew.
But seeing Yuki ramp up her competitiveness, this had somewhat put Mio's heart at ease. That was because, -
A jealous Yuki that wasn't that great was something good...
Harbouring ill feelings towards one's master will activate the curse of the master-servant contract, basically not making any allowance for any jealously. But, now that they had made the master-servant contract with the same master, it wouldn't be like in the past any more, having a jealous Yuki triggering the curse. The chances of having envy or jealously from seeing someone other than themselves receiving praise from their master or from watching others being spoilt, was the smallest of the smallest. But if having such jealously will activate the curse, then for the two of them serving under their master, to deepen their mutual relationship, would be difficult, and this would drag down a master if there were many subordinates. Therefore, for such situations, in order to deepen the relationship between a master and servant, the magic that was born, had naturally considered avoiding such a problem.
However, even if the curse does not activate, she couldn't just let Yuki do as she pleases.
And hence Mio hurriedly chased after Yuki. But yet suddenly stopped her movements the next moment. Because she then realised, that Basara's shirt was still in the laundry basket.
" …!"
The liquids that was in Mio's mouth suddenly spurted out. Thinking that she had thought that Yuki had taken away Basara's shirt, she then began to undo the knot on her bathrobe, and then brought that shirt into her chest, and, -
I-Idiot... Why was hugging Basara's shirt so comfortable?
She was different from Yuki, having secret access to Basara's laundry, and this brought a tiny bit of guilt into her heart. And so, this caused the curse to activate at a shallow level, causing Mio to experience pleasure from rubbing on Basara's shirt.
With her breathing becoming heavy and her heart beating faster, she then couldn't stop herself from putting on Basara's shirt. Just as the lower half of Mio's body began to shake due to the pleasure, -
" Mio-sama~ Are you all right?"
And the room's door was then opened suddenly. In the next moment, Mio and Maria's sight connected, and, -
" - "
Frozen. When Yuki left the room, the door wasn't locked. And right now, the one who realised the blunder was Mio, whose mind had just then went blank...
" Ah~........."
Maria put on a wry benevolent smile, and then closed the door.
Right after that, the sound of panting and steps rushing up to the second floor could be heard through the door.
" Wh-What's wrong...?!"
The sound of running up the stairs with her full strength caused Basara to be shocked into wariness. He hadn't awoke from that alone, as he was woken not too long ago by the bathrobe-wearing Yuki who had wanted to ask to let her wear his shirt. Just before, the Basara had sleepily nodded his head without knowing what he was agreeing to, which had prompted Yuki to immediately untie the knot to immediate change into the shirt, to let Basara dominate her with an invitation in her room. And it was the noise which meant that something had happened that put him into a sudden mood to prepare for battle. Just then, from behind the door, a voice was in the hallway:
" Brotherbasarabrotherbasarabrotherbasarabrotherbasara! Listen to me, Brother Basara! Mio-sama just had a wet dream! And not only that! She also kept babbling and letting out high-pitched sounds!And after she left the bed at a time that I didn't know, seemingly wash off her sweat, and ended up doing unbecoming things in the bathroom!Mio-sama, right after her bath, had taken Basara's shirt that was in the laundry and was letting out lewd sounds!"
….....................................................................
" Uh... Oi, what's with you, Maria?"
Just as he quietly left his bed at the sudden visit, there was a flustered answer from behind the door:
" No-Nothing.... Basara."
" Really... It seems that you had a strange dream, and that you had already slept yourself silly..."
Umm... But... I think I'm still hearing some strange muffled sounds..."
" Is something wrong with your hearing? There's still classes tomorrow, don't go to sleep too late. I'll return to my room too. Maria should probably get some quality sleep, or you'll be sleepy again."
Good night... With Mio leaving these words, the sound of her footsteps towing a great weight faded into the distance.
Although curious as to what was the scene behind the door, the sound of dripping water beyond the door brought about the mood from a horror film, causing Basara to not dare to open the door.
Maria often made many jokes, and Mio had often habitually meted out punishments to him.
" Well... Everything's probably fine, I guess?"
No one would probably notice the sea of blood on the hallway when they open their doors next morning, right?
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