Chapter 221 – Chapter 154 – Despair Comes Suddenly

*All characters appearing are adults.
*This is a fictional story that is nothing but fiction. Never follow

“I can eat as much as I want today.”

Dyce A slum nestled on the outskirts of the capital.
A woman with short brown hair, wearing her shabby cloak, was walking along cheerfully.
Her envelope, which she held in her arms, was full of warm bread.

“The Queen is really great. You’re a really big guy You take care of me like this.”

Her name is Sophie.
She is a refugee who fled to the capital with her mother Sei.
Sophie, who lost her father and her hometown due to the invasion of her demons, barely survives on the bread she gets through her rations.

“I wish I could go home soon.”

She is not only her and her mother.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees live here in the capital.
Slums naturally emerged as these refugees gathered.
Usually, the kingdom does not allow such slums to form in the capital.
They would have tried to demolish it right away.
However, the knights never invaded the slums.

The reason is simple.
I don’t have time to worry about this place because I’m blocking the demons.

‘I never imagined it would be so comfortable…’

Around the time when the kingdom of heaven fell and the invasion of the human world began.
Sophie’s father was drafted into the army.
His father, who bravely raised a spear to protect his daughter and wife, unfortunately went missing.
According to what Sophie heard later, the unit her father belonged to was defeated in a fight against the demons, and all the prisoners were taken to the demon realm.

I want to find out if my father is alive right now.
Although that feeling was like a chimney, Sophie had no choice but to run away with her mother.
This is because, shortly after hearing the news of her father’s disappearance, demons invaded her hometown.

– No, let this go, let this go!

-No! Please don’t touch my daughter!

-Ah, Miss Minerva, please help us. Please don’t abandon us

Sophie still remembers it vividly.
The fact that the demons invaded the village.
The thing that caught all the people like hunting.
The look of people who scream at the fact that they are captured and enslaved.
If Sophie had been a second too late to leave the village with her mother, her mother and daughter would have been the same as the villagers.

‘I was wondering if there was no answer other than dying…’

The demons quickly occupied the territory of the kingdom, and Sophie and her daughter broke through the occupied territory and barely reached the capital.
There were several times when I was almost caught, but each time luck came, so I was always able to escape the crisis.
If there hadn’t been a miracle, the mother and daughter would have become playthings for the demons early on.

She was a mother and daughter who reached the capital after a dangerous journey, but her situation did not improve.

-Look at this, it has decreased again.

-How can you live like this, or starve to death?

-It seems that the baron granary area was stolen by the demons. So they say she shrunk…

Bread, which was handed out as a ration, was always in short supply.
The only bread that is distributed per person is one loaf of bread.
Even this was cut in half at some point.
Even though there were many sick refugees, no medical aid came.
Refugees always had to suffer from disease and hunger.
Every day, dozens, up to hundreds, of people came out to carve a cross into the ground.

Even though the victims continued to come out like this, the kingdom did not provide proper support.
The discontent of the refugees peaked at King Doublet’s indifferent attitude.
If they had only strength and weapons, there would have been a riot long ago.

Sophie and her daughter were not much different from other refugees.
An old shack that can’t even block the wind and rain properly.
Bread is too small for one meal.
There was nothing the mother and daughter could do other than rely on each other.
Every day was living hell.

‘Cool, cool! I’m sorry, Sophie. I shouldn’t be like this…’

To make matters worse, her mother Sei fell ill.
She needed immediate treatment, but unfortunately Sophie had neither the strength nor the money to do so.
Sophie was devastated by the reality that she had no choice but to open her eyes and watch her mother die.
She even thought that it would be better for her to die than to live like this.

But this is now a thing of the past.

‘If it wasn’t for the queen, she would have died long ago.’

King Doublet passed away.
And the first princess Bellion ascended to the throne.
Bellion, who became queen, instructed her to increase the amount of bread provided to the slums immediately.
Here, doctors and healers were hired to provide medical support for her.
The refugees were greatly embarrassed by the sudden miracle.

Why did the kingdom, which even reduced the amount of bread it was rationing because the food situation was not good, give it like this?
All sides are blocked and there is nowhere to get support.
Sophie also found it strange, but decided to take advantage of this opportunity.
Because now, the priority is to cure my mother’s illness.

‘Queen, thank you very much. Thanks to the queen, I am living in abundance today.’

I was no longer hungry.
No more will her mother die from illness.
Every day is so happy.
Although the war situation was still not good, and her father’s fate was unclear, Sophie didn’t care.

Because to Sophie, the present moment is the most precious.

‘I want to see the queen’s face.’

I want to meet Queen Belion, even just once.
I would like to meet her and tell her that I thank her from the bottom of my heart for saving herself and her mother.
As a commoner, it would be impossible for her to meet her queen, but Sophie sincerely hoped that one day it would happen.

“Ugh?”

At this time, Sophie bumped into someone coming in front of her.
Sophie slammed her ass hard behind her.
The envelope he was holding also fell to the floor, and the warm bread spilled out.

“Ouch…”
“Sorry, are you okay?”
“Who the hell is it, who is blocking the way to people…”

Sophie, who raised her head in irritation, stiffened for a moment.

“Uh?”

It’s a woman.
A woman with alluring red hair.
She is a woman with lifeless green pupils.
She is a woman with a beautiful appearance like a statue.
But this did not stiffen Sophie.

“No, no, no, no.”

It’s skin
Unlike herself, who is an apricot color, she is pure white skin like her corpse.
There is only one race with skin like this.

“Uh, why are the demons in Su, the capital?”

Asmodian.
A demon appeared in front of Sophie.

●●●

“Why? Why are you so frightened?”

Lilia tilted her head.
She couldn’t see right in front of her, so she bumped into her.
So she tried to apologize, much to Lilia’s dismay at Sophie’s shudder.

“Uh, why are the demons in Su, the capital? Su, the capital has not yet been captured, ah, but…”
“Oh, I see.”

After hearing Sophie’s words, Lilia realized why she was terrified of her.

“You must have been scared because we were the demons.”
“Heeek?”
“There is no need to be afraid. I will not eat you.”
“Quaaaaagh!”

Sophie screamed and ran away.
She threw away the precious bread, but that was fine.
Her only thought was to find her mother and run away.

‘I have to take her mother and run away quickly!’

If you get caught by the demons, it’s over.
I have to hurry and get my mother out of the capital.
But Sophie couldn’t go any further.

“Why are you running away? Lillia-sama has no intention of hurting you.”

Like Lilia, a white-haired woman with her black cloak pulled over stood in the way.
Gray eyes glared at Sophie as if questioning.

Her name is Leven.
She once fought against Eris to protect Lilia, but was defeated.
And the one who became a madman through transformation.
After a long renovation, she became the captain of Lillia’s bodyguard and came with her today to escort her.

“Yeah, it’s against etiquette. Even if you go, you should greet them properly.”
“Ugh?”

Behind her, a woman with red pigtails, wearing a black cloak, grabbed Sophie’s arms.
Her name is Artro.
She used to be a goddess, but she has now become Lilia’s pet.

“Please, let me go. I won’t say anything about what I saw, so please let me go.”
“What’s the matter? Because we have no intention of hurting you. Do we owe anything?”
“Please, please save me.”
“Ha, this is so…”

Art couldn’t understand Sophie’s tearful appeal.
I came here to inspect the end.
I came to find out how many sacrifices the master has to manage.
I’m not here to bully a good person like Sophie.

And when you come into the eyes of the owner, wealth and honor come in.
Why would you want to blow that opportunity?
Why do you want to deny reality and run away?
Isn’t this ignoring the master?
Artro was offended and did not want to let go of Sophie.

“Hmm, her name is Sophie, and her mother is Say…”

As Lillia put the fallen bread in the bag, she found the token Sophie always carried.
A token made of small wooden plaques that must be carried at all times when receiving food rations.
As Sophie fell, she landed on the floor.
As Lilia infused her magic, her wooden plaque projected photos and personal information of Sophie and her daughter into the air.

“I put magic into it because it was like a magic tool, but the queen was controlling this place like this.”

I was very curious if it was possible to record the personal information of hundreds of thousands of refugees without missing a single one.
It wouldn’t hurt to manage the traitors this way.
Shall I ask you to tell me how to make this token when you are done in the kingdom?
Lilia wanted to use this token as her own.

“I got a good tool. Now what do we do with this mother and daughter…”

Lilia stared back and forth between her mother and daughter’s floating face in the air and her terrified Sophie’s face.
After thinking it through, I came to a conclusion by clapping my hands.

“Okay, let’s take this mother and daughter too.”
“Can these two be enough?”
“Two people are enough. Later, when there is a shortage of workers, let’s cull some of the traitors.”

To Leven’s question, Lilia answered calmly.

“What, what are you talking about?”

On the contrary, for Sophie, it was a complete thunderbolt itself.

Would you like to take
Are you planning on using her as a slave?
Herself and her mother?
Sophie was terrified at the thought that she might be taken to the demon realm.

“They have Sophie. I’ll bring him and her mother.”

After leaving her words, Lilia suddenly disappeared.
And exactly 5 seconds later,

“Okay, I brought you. Is this woman your mother?”

I brought Sophie’s mother, Sei.
Brown hair down to her shoulders.
Dark green eyes identical to her daughter’s.
There was no mistake in the photo and Toh in the personal information.

“Cow, Sophie?”
“Uh, Mom…”

Sei is surprised that Sophie is being held.
Suddenly, some demons came to her house and dragged her away, but she never thought that even her daughter would be captured.
Neither Sei nor Sophie knew how to understand the situation.

I was definitely planning to spend the day eating bread today.
But you’re a demon
Why did the demons appear here?
Could it be that the invasion has begun?

Without even time to answer that question, Lilia took her mother and daughter and moved on.

“Let’s not hang around here, let’s go to the palace. The speech will begin soon.”
“Hey, a speech? What do you mean?”
“I will know when I go.”

It’s a speech
What else is that
Without answering Sophie’s questions, Lilia took her two mothers and daughters out of her slums.

And Sophie and her daughter saw a sight they could not have imagined.

“Eh, why are the demons in the capital…”

Is a demon
Demons who took away my father and hometown are now in the capital.
Demons are roaming in the sky.
Knights are not visible.
There are only frightened people.

What happened?
If there had been a battle, I would have heard something, but why didn’t I hear anything?
Neither Sophie nor her mother, Sei, could understand what was going on.

Lilia kindly explained to the two mothers and daughters.

“This is going to be a kennel now.”
“Yes, a kennel?”
“It means that everyone living in the kingdom becomes livestock. And the queen decided to be your manager?”
“Hey, my queen, promise?”
“Yes, I made a deal with the Demon King to make it a breeding ground in exchange for guaranteeing your safety.”
“Hey, don’t lie.”

It’s nonsense.
She is a queen who always worried about the safety of the kingdom.
There’s no way a queen like that would have sold her people to her demons.
She could not betray the one who bestowed her warmth upon her and her mother.
Sophie cried out in denial.

“It’s a made-up sound. It’s a made-up sound! There’s no way Queen Belion made a deal!”
“You’ll know if it’s true or not when you hear the speech yourself.”

In no time, Lilia’s party arrived at the palace.
A large garden located in the middle of the royal palace.
A huge crowd had already gathered in the garden, where the speech was about to begin.
Soldiers were controlling people to prevent accidents.
The soldiers who controlled them were all demons.

After a while, Queen Bellion appeared.
And,

Demon King Eris and her aides also appeared.