Chapter 209 – Stella) the Maiden Hunter’s Secret

Next day.
Strategy meeting.

“We need to stop the tentacle monsters used by the enemy from appearing.”

Mr. Perverted demon.
Most of us have fought tentacles, so we’re very vocal about it.

“What do you mean?”

“Catherine said she makes bioweapons.
A tentacle monster would be that biological weapon, and there would be a factory or research center somewhere.
The Byeongyak Princess also knew about the production of biological weapons, but do you know the place?”

“No.
I also found out through oral reports.
I got some data, but Alberic… They came and confiscated them all.”

Alberic.
That bad ass

“Since we took control of the central palace, Catherine would not have been able to destroy all her documents.
She hastened to secure that document, and to make sure that the person concerned remains in the palace.”

At the request of Kamu, a complete enumeration was conducted.

“Strangely, the enemy’s offensive has slowed down recently.”

“I don’t know what the plot was, but I sighed.
It will give us time until the relief force arrives.”

“In order to secure the enemy’s movement, we, Light Blinger, will dispatch a separate scout.”

Miss Marianne, Sir Angela, and Count Abubakr exchange opinions.
When the two women open their mouths, Kamyu shuts her mouth and stares at the tactical map on her table.
… Fool.
That’s why when you open your heart, open it.
My heart is well open.
It’s nonsense, it’s nonsense

It was then.

Udangtang!

“Urgent news.
You have discovered the secret dungeon of the royal palace.
A prisoner there says he knows the location of the laboratory that makes biological weapons.”

“Come on, bring them!”

Tak-tak-tak!

The soldier hurriedly ran out and brought along two other soldiers a skin-to-bone man.
I’m not talking about his face, but that guy who seems to be pretty handsome…

“Julian?”

“Huck,” I said, covering my mouth involuntarily.
When I dozed off next to her, her sister’s comb was also blue.

Udangtang!

Julien was caught by the soldiers and fell to his knees.

“Okay. I heard you know something about the Bioweapons Lab.”

“If you tell a lie, your life is gone.”

Grandpa and Kamu directly interrogate.

“You mean this?
If you show the little man a tactical map, I will explain and display all the information I know!”

“Duke.
How can I trust him and show me the tactical map… !”

“It doesn’t matter.
Because I am.
Show me, Duke.”

Miss Marianne’s words were cut by Camus with her single sword.
The duke, who had been silently watching the scene, nodded to Kamyu.

“Kuu… !”

Miss Marianne bites her lower lip and clenches her fist.
Camu glances at her and continues her interrogation without saying anything.

“You, reveal your name and identity.”

“Julian.
The third son of Count Delph.
You volunteered for the Demon King Assassination Team. “

“That statement is false.
None of the members in the special rental unit with me were like that.”

Sir Angela’s low words immediately enrage Julien.

“Of course not!
After talking about my skills, I deserted the army while serving in the military as a supplier of logs to a biological laboratory!”

“Log?
Ah. Like Alberic, you were a supply of prisoners and civilians, right?”

Slap!

Julien looked back fiercely at Camus who mentioned Alberic.

“Alberic?
Under!
He tried to drag me in!
Damn you bastards!”

“Could you give me a list of those motherfuckers?
It’s because I’m busy making the killing club these days.
Drink some of this.”

Slap.

The canteen that Kamyu knelt down on and handed her over.

Pak!

Beep beep beep!!

Julien, who steals, enlists, and drinks wildly.

“Puha! Under!
I’m going to live now
After, ha.
How many do I know
Alberic, Raynald and Shiro Ishii.”

“Shiro Ishii?
I’m hearing it for the first time.”

“Of course you will hear it for the first time.
Because he is the research director of the biological experiment laboratory in charge of the top-secret biological experiment mission.”

“!”

Julien glares at Camus and her grandfather.

“If you tell me, will you guarantee my safety?”

Kamyu glanced back at her grandfather, who gave her a heavy nod.

“Of course.
Every time you talk nonsense, your fingers will disappear one by one.”

Camu calmly conveys her words.

“Keukkeuk.
Okay. Did you?
Shiro Ishii is from the Shadow Islands.”

“Shadow Isles!”

“In the far east?!”

The surroundings are buzzing.
Julien gradually sets the tone for the room.

“Whoop whoop.
For some reason, he came all the way to this faraway place.
He must have come looking for someone to help him with such a crazy thing.
Seeing that you also understand Alberic and the log purveyor, you must have met?
Then talk fast.
At first, he was entrusted with the mission of catching demons and taking them to the laboratory.
I just did
Because it’s an order.
What kind of power do the three sons of the count family have?
If you want to cover the night with a dick, you’re going to crack it.
Thanks to that, the demons were well used in the performance test of the new crossbow.”

Kamyu is a demon, only hiding her horns.
So it’s understandable that he quietly clenched his fist.

“The problem is then.
Fairies, Beasts, and even humans.
They caught people of all ages and genders.
Pregnant women are no exception.
Oh, he especially likes to drag young girls and virgins.
I can only guess why.
So I became disillusioned and deserted, then I was caught and taken to the dungeon.”

“Duke.
From now on, the interrogation will be held in another room.”

Why did Kamu say that?
Sister.
… If you drag a young child and a maiden to ask what she has done, you must get her sister out.
But Julien really didn’t notice.
No, that might be his survival strategy.

“Princess Anne! Princess Stella!
You’re all right!
This is Julien!
Can you find out?!”

Jump!

Only then did Julien, who discovered my sister and me, suddenly stand up.

Knock! Tup!

“Stay still!”

“Where are you taking the princess?”

“It’s rude!”

Julien, who was about to get up, was pressed by the soldiers around him.

“Lord, Julien…”

My sister’s complexion turns blue.
Julien pours out words in succession.

“It is me! Julien!
Before enlistment, I confessed to the princess and made a promise…”

It was then.

Fuck!

“Stop.”

At those words, Julien’s eyes lose focus and his body freezes.

“Sit down.”

Fluff.

“… Is this mental magic?”

Kamyu shrugs.
Oh my god.
Is there a mental magic that can be activated immediately without preparation?!
No matter how much Julien doesn’t know magic and his body is weak… !

I see
Water in that canteen.
Not transparent
He suggested water with a hypnotic stimulant.
It’s like a sophisticated demon.

Readiness.
Quick order.
Spirit-type magic powerful enough to instantly incapacitate a Knight-class.

Is this the class of Iron Mask, one of the commanders of the 8th Corps of the Demon King’s Army?

“Princess Anne.
Could you please leave for a while?”

“No.
I’m fine.”

“From now on, there is a concern that psychological shock will occur during the interrogation process…”

“Just do it.”

A firm sister’s words.
Kamyu, who has been staring blankly, continues the interrogation.

“Julian. To my words, you only answer the truth.”

“… Yes.”

“Name. Droughty.”

Camu retracing Julien’s answer from the beginning.
All answers are true.

“Princess Mama.
You really need to get out now.”

“I’m fine…”

“No please.
Duke, please let me out.
Preferably the Queen too.”

Kamyu seems worried.

“Ann. Go out
Stellar. You remain
Now a queen
Even if you don’t want to hear it, you have to overcome it.
Camu, you should know too.
Stella is now a decent king.
You have to be able to overcome it.”

“Grandpa.
I’m fine…”

“Should I pull it out?
I’m saying it for you.
I’ll give you the necessary information later.”

… Nod

Sister eventually goes outside and waits on Mercy, and she disappears.

Finally, the question in question.

“What are the children and virgins for?”

“Alberic and… Researchers’ playthings…”

Whether or not horse blood and urine can be put in place of human and demon blood…
The dirty words that followed.
Things that are difficult for humans to do to humans and other personalities.
Experiments on living organisms that could only be done on lumps of flesh and blood.

“Oops!”

I cover my mouth when I almost vomit.
Camu is calm even in that situation.

“It’s strange.
Totally inefficient.
Anything other than that?”

“I don’t know…
But Alberic… It was.
Eating a virgin makes you stronger…”

“What?”

“What he said while drunk…
Virgin hunter…
If you have that ability, your charm goes up by 50 every time you have sex with a virgin…
Random increase in stats in the system…
The more noble the opponent, the greater the effect…”

At that, Miss Marianne burst into her shouts.

“Ability?
Attractiveness?
System?
What the hell is that?!
Is it evil cultist magic?!”

“No…
I don’t know either…
Just listen…”

What’s even more surprising is Kamyu’s reaction.
He turned blue and stared alternately at Julien’s face and at the empty space in front of him.
Besides, while Miss Marianne is angry, he wiggles his fingers in the air.

“Mr. Pervert, what are you doing… !”

“Okay.
I see
That’s how it happened…
That’s why Alberic became so strong so quickly…
And me too…”

“Camu!”

“Uh?
Uh…
Oh, you were interrogating?
Big!
Ruler. Keep questioning.”

… The perverted demon, isn’t that what caused schizophrenia?
Doesn’t he gesture into the air, doesn’t he make a hallucinatory look!
Why are you doing that, really!!

“How do you make a bioweapon?”

“I removed the cells of the demon special law…
I’ve only heard that it is manufactured by fusing ‘first demon’ cells with dragon cells…
In the lab… A lump of black cells called the ‘seed of the God of Destruction’…”

After several questions.

“Before the interrogation ends, does anyone have anything to say?
Now that the markings on the tactical map are over, I’m going to erase your memory.”

“Wait a minute.”

Without realizing it, I take a step forward.

“Julian.
Did you really love your sister, Princess Anne?”

“Now what question… !”

She holds out her hand to block Kamyu, who is trying to stop her from being stunned.

“At one time… It did.”

“Did you seduce me to get ahead?”

“Later… It was.”

Camu dissuades me.

“Hey, King.
There is nothing good to hear…”

“Stay and see.
Then what about me?”

My head is hot, so there is no shame.

“Bridesmaid…
A substitute to look back on when Anne is sick…”

Fuck!

Camus snaps her fingers, interrupting Julien.

Dump.

Like a doll with a thread cut off, Julien faints.

“The hypnosis came off at the last minute.
There was no other way than to stun him.
Sorry.”

… Camus.
A guy who can’t lie.
Why are you apologizing instead?
I know you cut me in the middle for fear of getting hurt.
I’m stupid.
Stupid hypnotist.
A guy who was just warm.

So the interrogation was over.

“We must first inform the Demon King’s army of the location of the Bioweapons Lab.
Looking at the location on the map, there is a need to raid the research center outside the castle siege…”

As Kamyu pointed to her tactical map and explained, her messenger entered the conference room.

“Duke, this is an urgent message!
Humpback Whale Fort is on the verge of falling!”

“What?!”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Nonsense!
The Humpback Whale Fortress is designed to last 3 to 6 months!
I was prepared, and the Valkyrie Armor didn’t go that way either!
The troops who have been purged have already experienced tentacle monsters once!”

Among them, Camu’s objection that he had been to Cheonghaejin was very logical.
But.

“That, that…”

The messenger’s story goes like this.

In the early days, thanks to the ballista and crossbows of the Humpback Whale Fort, it was easily defended even with 1,000 men.
Alberic tries to break through with his outstanding individual combat power.
However, even in Cheonghaejin, there was a first-class magic weapon, the Meteor Sword, and excellent warriors, which hindered them.
Alberic’s army suffered from the structure of the fortress surrounded by the sea on three sides and the narrow access road.
However.

“There is a strange cylindrical object secretly developed by Alberic.
He called the object by the codename “Dynamite.”
When I put it in the crack in the wall and set it on fire, the wall collapsed at once.

“Dynamite?”

“Is it magic?
A magic device that can demolish that thick wall in one fell swoop?”

“I haven’t heard of it.
Has anyone heard of it?”

The strategy meeting room was cluttered.

“Quiet everyone!
Alberic was originally a being summoned from another dimension.
Of course, you will have knowledge that our world doesn’t have.
Neither we nor Cheonghaejin looked down on him.
So?”

“The troops that have been sacked have retreated to the castle and are holding a sit-in.
I witnessed the sight and set off right away.
Thanks to you, I haven’t seen it since, but maybe…”

The meeting room was full of silence.

“… I thought it would be worth a try if I tied the Valkyrie Armor so it couldn’t penetrate the air.
It was a mistake.”

“Gong Camu.
It’s not your fault.
None of us had ever heard of a siege engine that could blast entire walls.
I don’t know what kind of marijuana it is.
Considering the time the messenger made it all the way here, Humpback Whale Fortress must have fallen by now.
What do you think Cheonghaejin will do next?”

“Cheonghaejin soldier Choi Hoon said that in case of defeat, he would retreat to White Dolphin Fortress.
Precious metals can be stolen, but bulky and heavy items such as food cannot be moved.
To give us time to retreat, we’ll leave those items alone and flee to the sea.
They will try to make a comeback by merging with the 7th Fleet at Beluga Fortress.”

“Whoa, that’s right.
Then Cheonghaejin won’t help for the time being.
Damn.
This makes my head hurt…”

Then Sir Angela moves her wooden doll from the tactical map on her table.

“Since Alberic has obtained the Humpback Whale Fortress, there will be no shortage of supplies.
With Cheonghaejin’s wealth, it would be possible to summon additional dragons.
And that’s not all.
There will be no problem supplying 200,000 people, including the Templars near the Amitie Castle.”

“… It would be possible to work directly with the Demon King.
We will be able to reach it before the rainy season and autumn typhoons arrive.”

Complicated Camus.

“However, it will take a considerable amount of time to move the items to the Alberic Islands and the Amity Castle.
They don’t have ships, and they’ll need extra manpower to move that much wealth overland.
In the short term, enemy forces will be reduced.
We may have some spare time in the meantime.
The enemy offensive has slowed down recently.”

The moment everyone nodded their heads at Sir Angela’s words.
Only one shook his head.

“No.
We must escape as quickly as possible.
The Demon King’s army didn’t come close enough, but there won’t be a chance outside now.”

“Prince Camus, what do you mean?
What Alberic-kun was aiming for in the first place was Cheonghaejin’s wealth.
I’m not going to throw away those enormous supplies and run.”

“Of course I will bring it.
Additional troops will be sent there as well.
But we don’t need Alberic for that transport operation.”

Oops.

“Then please…”

“I fought Alberic one-on-one.
I watched the terrorist attack on the cathedral and had a drink together.
Due to his personality, he will return here alone to the capital.
There are also overflowing troops around the castle.”

“You can’t judge by personality alone.”

“I can’t help but come.
He must have heard of Catherine’s reproach by now.
Anger will take precedence over strategic judgment.
I can’t stand NTR.”

Camus says confidently.

“Alberic will come back quickly, even by himself.
Let’s advance the plan so we can get out of here before then.”