"What are you even making me wear!" As Iliya yelled at me while barely hiding her body with her hands, she looked like a timid rabbit caught in a trap. I had made use of miasma and made her wear a risq bunny girl costume. she didn't have assets that would excite most men, but she had cuteness that made me want to tease her endlessly. the skin tight cosplay attire coloured in black was super cute when Iliya wore it with a expression of disgust shyness and humility.
She was red all over. Since 2 days had passed without a hassle, I was in the room with Iliya. I wish I could go home but going now would just get me in even more hassle. Besides playing and teasing the Saintly princess who gets flustered easily is a lot of fun.
"Iliya you're the picture of cuteness!" As I complimented her with all the zeal of a disturbed fan, the compliment seemed to go over her head. she looked at me shivering at my complement, was it that bad of a complement? or was I the bad one?
"I wanna smack that stupid grin off your face! Can I smack you! Hey let me Smack you!"
I first thought even in a place like the Empire, how could this girl be safe, but later I found out that the men in the empire preferred curvy ladies, so girls like Iliya were as good as ignored. at the worst girls like her are thrown around from place to place.
Hearing such shocking news, I felt like saying "the cuteness of their own princess was wasted on these people, at the very least, the emperor loves his cute daughter, so I guess that makes up for the populace."
"Nnnn! Don't say such brazen things with that handsome face!" Iliya shouted at me and threw a pillow from the bed. It seems she had low immunity to praises and men, making her easily flustered. But after the first day, she seemed to be warming up to me, a bit at least.
"Well you just called me handsome too." it was IN deniable that having a handsome face was a large perk, just like how a guy can't help it when looking at a cute girl, I think it's the same for girls too.
"Ahhhhh! This guy is intolerable!" I better stop teasing her soon or she really will start hating me.
"It's nice that I could see such cuteness before the battle…" As I rested on the sofa, I looked out and saw a 50 thousand strong army. I have to kill them all...
.....
Bullion came a while later and let me know the inevitable.
"Sire, they have prepared for battle…"
"The emperor is as quick as ever I see…"
"Sire, I feel that he has made a mistake…" Bullion said while he stood beside me. Iliya now after getting changed into some decent clothing stood near the bed…. Hearing the word battle she seemed a bit hesitant to approach me. Since Bullion was here, I should let him see that I have at least conquered the princess somewhat.
"Come on Iliya, won't you comfort me before I go to battle?" as I said so, she grudgingly came in my direction and sat on my lap. I had trained her well in these 2 days. I told her that if she pampers me as I like, I wouldn't do anything indecent to her.
Well in that regard, I never wanted to do those things in the first place, since I still had Leila as my first priority but I was a villain here, I had to show how good I was at it, Or bad I guess?
"Are you really gonna kill that many people?" Iliya didn't say anything even after knowing that I had killed nearly all the guards the first day I came here. Seeing that I was going to kill again might have scared her.
"Well, I have already killed double the amount, so adding another 50 thousand shouldn't be a big deal…." Even though I said this suppressing my guilty feelings… the bitterness was still there… still this army was a mishmash of all the criminals out there. The Emperor must have used a lot of royal treasury to get them here.
the people in the country were already divided, the adventurers that worked for the peoples safety were busy transporting people from the empire and the criminals and mercenaries that had taken place in the empire were joining hands with the emperor.
"...." After hearing me, Iliya who was sitting on my lap turned towards me and gave me a hug…. It was a bit surprising really…
it wasn't like she loved me or anything or rather I was the nemesis of her father. I killed her brother too. And made her my entertainment for the time being… so I never expected a sudden hug like this.
Although she silently pulled away after some time, and went out of the room in a hurry, the feeling I felt was just something else… In these few days, I saw and heard enough bad people to make me believe that the wild was better than this society but…. This hug was enough to remind me of the warmth of it too… the empire was a filthy place, people suffering was something that was normal here, but then again, good people are still around. and even if in the most vilest place happen to be where they are, just like this princess, they also should have kept their humanity to themselves.
"Haaah… I can never understand girls…" As Iliya left me speechless and flustered on the spot, Bullion chuckled a bit.
"Sire that is a question which can't be answered even if given infinite time…"
"Ha ha Bullion… you say some good things…. But you said before, the Emperor did wrong… explain to me why?"
"Yes, Sire, as you can see that, the 100 thousand army which was led by 1st prince and 2nd prince was annihilated by you, amassing this 50 thousand mismatched army is only a fool's errand. If I were there, I would have deceived you by giving the princess to you and getting in your good graces while assembling enough forces so that when the outside helper comes, we could surround you in a deadlock, until you exhaust your stamina and eventually get incapacitated." As he gave this long explanation I was quite shocked, it really was a good Idea.. it could have beaten me… at least before I went to the holy city… I stopped saying if he was right, but he was a man who was very calculative for sure.
"Bullion, I am glad I let you join me… but if you can figure all this out then you may also think I am using you now and plan to dispose of you when the time is ripe." as I said so looking straight at him.
"Sire is right, I might have thought that but I believe that if I show sire my usefulness you will eventually want me." bold words came from him.
"You have quite the confidence.. You know this is not my real self…. Outside the empire I am someone who stays timid and has a slow life…. If anything, I take out some bandits here and there…"
"Sire, I like that way too… it's not like I do bad things for my own good…. I merely followed the empire and blended as well as I could. If I were to follow you, I can do the same thing by following you"
"So your interest lies with me now…. I see." As I said, I stood up and headed for the battle. This Bullion is a dangerous man… if he was with the emperor now, I believe my time would have been much harder….
...…..
Outside the castle there stood 50 thousand soldiers… as the emperor stood at the head of the army, he looked at me with cursing eyes.
"Bullion… Why are you standing here with me? It is dangerous, you know?"
"I have sire's protection. Moreover, the sire is beside me. I believe I am the safest here just like your other companion." He was talking about Mila. I had left Iliya at the castle. She should be safe because there is no one in the castle who could attack her. But I felt that she was looking at the fight from far away. The castle was high enough to give a good view of the battle ground.
As the emperor hailed his command, the army started to do a beeline straight for me. I wanted to finish this as soon as I could but the emperor was still inside the army, I couldn't just kill him in mass like that. He still had his uses.
"That emperor is brave to stand with the army. I thought he would be behind this army… not leading it…"
"He has lost everything…" Mila was as blunt as ever..
"Hmm should I use magic? Or maybe Amanori….."
"Sire could be the only one alive who can be so carefree in the face of this large army.."
...…..
As the army led by the emperor came charging, I kicked the ground and spirit energy flowed through the ground, it moved ever closer to the army and finally opened its mow.
CRACK!!
A deep ravine formed as the ground split in between, the army of 50 thousand strong fell below the earth never to see the light even again. It was deep enough that the fall would eventually kill them. As the army fell in the trap, I moved my hands to a
CLAP!
signaling the earth to move again, this time, the deep ravine started to close up, as if a huge beast closed its mouth, it mercilessly closed its mouth crushing the humans that still had not died from the fall.
Crushing living and non living at the same time, it was a gruesome scene as thousands of humans yelled in freight of death until all was over and the silence that ever existed issued again.
Everything was back to normal. The Emperor and his remaining few thousand soldiers looked behind to see that their 50 thousand were gone with my one swift motion.
The one thing you need before making a house is a good base and for that you have to dig a hole, so as a matter of fact, I am quite good at making it.
Moreover unlike other people who had to chant or focus mana or at least focus on visualizing to use magic… I was very different.. By now I used earth magic like my own hands and legs. One thought was enough to cast a spell. Would you have to think to move your hands? It was the same for me.
"You Demon! What the hell did you do!!!!" the emperor dropped to his knees, the remaining soldiers fled one by one… well they will soon die anyway.
I had already used Amanori to curse them, since they were thick with miasma it was quite easy.. But like their comrades, their death wouldn't be so easy at least.
I walked back without looking at the emperor anymore. So with this done, the big wigs and their power should be gone. In little time, I had been able to get rid of individuals that were plaguing the empire… but still taking that many lives…
[you are getting numb to the feeling… it will be nothing in a few more years..]
Don't say such things, I don't want to be that kinda guy.
"Sire, it was really a wise decision to come to your side." Bullion praised me but I wasn't in the mood… Mila didn't come back with me to the castle; she went around the capital finding people in need. If she could find good people, she would bring them to me so I can transport them. Since she had my barrier on her, she should be fine too.
That's how my 2nd day ended. The next morning when I woke up, I found Iliya lying beside me. I remember sleeping alone…. I wonder when she came…
This girl changed quite a bit since yesterday. I had to admit, if I stayed with her a few more days I might just fall in love. Since she presented such a fine opportunity, as I was surely not a saint, I used her adequately as a hug pillow…
Just the right size! she is soft and smooth too..
[Leila would surely kill you if she saw this.]
Isn't it fine? She did say that she wouldn't mind if the girl was good… and this girl is even a saint. once I introduced Iliya to her I need to do a dogeza though...
Iliya had a sweet scent to her, I wonder if she used any fragrance or maybe it was her body soap… either way, it was soothing my heart. To think she maintained herself even in a situation like this, girls are really strong willed about their image aren't they?
"It feels fine if you hug me like this but you're even sniffing me like a dog….." Since Iliya was shorter, she was at my chest level. And there she looked up at me with dead eyes… those eyes that pierces your guilty soul!
She is 100% thinking I am a depraved pervert…..
"Sorry about that…. I got carried away… you are not getting up?" since she was still lying down.
"No, I don't have the energy to get you off me.." she pouted a bit making her round cheeks even more fuller… she looked young with her petite body but when she made expressions like these, she did indeed look like an adult.
How can she expect me to let go of her with a face like that.
"Then I will continue to stay like this with the saint." as I said so I didn't move… a normal man would have been flustered but… how can I say this.
I Had gotten numb to that feeling.. Getting bathed with the maids, changing with the maids, sleeping with my girlfriends… I was even getting seduced by some of the maids….
Some even asked to see me with my shirt off, they said it was so that they could let off some tension… I wonder how that works… So since for the first time in life I was being called hot and handsome, I really didn't mind those stares but still sometimes it is creepy.
"Say… why don't you call me by my name?" While I was thinking about such nonsense, Iliya asked.
"Hmm… no reason really… I guess with your attire and look, calling you a saint comes naturally."
"I see, so making the saint do lewd stuff comes naturally too?"
"No, did you forget you're a princess too, so teasing the easy princess comes naturally." of course her twin attribute as a saintly princess really was charming. I haven't met the saint of the church, but Iliya still should beat her with her cuteness.
"Sigh… how can you say such horrible stuff with a straight face?"
"It's the truth, you know?" hearing me she got a bit red and fidgeted with her hands… maybe since we were lying side by side, but it felt as if only the two of us were here.
"Well the other princesses are kinda weird like you too. Leila the first princess of Trestein is a magic nerd you know? And she is also the most elegant woman I have ever seen!"
"Wow, praising another girl while you're hugging me…"
"Are you getting jealous? but Leila is woman I love most in this world. you do know I am just using you don't you?" of course it wasn't a lie, currently I am making use of Iliya for whatever I want.
"Hmph, as if you have to tell me."
"I even have a rich girl who forced me into marrying her, you know? Boy that was dreadful…" maybe hearing me talk about other girls had a jealous effect on the princess here but she still stayed near me…
From the time I started living with my Grandparents I have lived a degenerate life… I guess after suffering in the wild like that, no wonder I had become like this… I wanted every happiness there is, for some reason I really get possessive once I find that happiness too. Was I always like this?
"Master, I can't imagine what you are like at home…." Mila, who apparently had come inside the room at some point, looked at me and Iliya wrapped around each other. Seeing her, Iliya promptly got out of my hold and stood up while hiding her red face… I guess she is still shy when others come. It's nice.. Thanks Iliya… thanks to you, I still feel like there is reason to believe in society.
"Well, after my first drinking party, I found myself half naked while lying on the floor being hugged by 4 girls… another beautiful girl later woke me up."
"I see my imagination is lacking…."
"You are a jerk!"
As the 2 girls have different opinions about me, I went to have breakfast. Just after breakfast I felt a huge energy barreling towards the capital Theron… it seems that the power behind the empire was this.