Chapter 38: Eris
Listening to the voice, it seemed quite cute. Like a little girl who had just learned to speak. But as this little girl, twisting her hundreds of kilograms of bloated body, with a big belly, walked out of the mud filled with the smell of rotting corpses, Azno was stunned.
"Human. A living human heehee~ Brother Leo is so nice"
Facing the Decay Demon drooling, wiping the worms leaking out of her grinning mouth with her hand, Leo said indifferently, "Eris, you should also thank his majesty for granting the humans to you."
"Eris knows. Eris Thank the demon king. Eris. likes the king the most heehee~"
"There are a few human corpses here. These are not toys. His majesty needs your ability to analyze these corpses, as well as this."
The Wisdom Demon then took out the corpses of the trade group's thugs and Mage Bru from the spatial ring, threw them to the excited Decay Demon, and told Eris about the "egg" matter.
"Leave it to Eris~, Eris is best at dealing with corpses heehee~"
As Eris spoke, a large amount of sludge was spit out from her mouth. If one look closely, it wasn't mud but a group of rapidly wriggling worms. They rushed towards the corpses thrown by the Wisdom Demon, burrowed into them quickly, and within a few breaths, the wounds of these long-dead and rotten corpses miraculously healed, as if the dissected parts that were cut open and gutted were also stitched up by the worms.
The corpses then stood up one by one, as if they had become Eris's puppets. Seeing Eris dancing with joy, as if she had gotten several dolls, the Wisdom Demon couldn't help but remind her, "It doesn't matter about the corpses, but be careful with this living human. Don't let him die. He is a rare specimen. If he dies, who knows when we will get another."
"No worries~ Eris will cherish him very much~"
Seeing this, Leo nodded and turned to leave. The terrified Azno, left behind, then began to scream desperately, calling for Leo, pleading with the Wisdom Demon to take him away.
He ran as fast as he could, desperately trying to escape from this butcher-like, terrifying, and disgustingly ugly monster woman.
Unfortunately, at some point, many worms started emerging from the hem of his trousers and sleeves, crawling into his body through his nose, ears, and screaming mouth.
Azno began to feel his vision blurring, with worms crawling in front of his eyes. He waved his arms, trying to drive away the worms in his vision, but no matter how much he shook his arms, those worms seemed inescapable. Later, Azno realized that these worms were not outside but crawling inside his cornea, inside his eyes.
Screaming with all he could and frantically scratching his eyes, trying to grab the worms out, but soon he couldn't even scream because as soon as he opened his mouth, new worms poured out of his throat.
"Umm uhfsasla!"
Eventually, Azno, who fell to the ground, was gently and softly wrapped up by Eris's several meters long, blood-red tongue covered with barbs, and gently dragged back into the mud filled with the stench of decay.
As the most "precious" toy, it naturally has to be placed in the best box.
Eris, with her asymmetrical arms, one large and one small, placed on either side of her stomach, tore forcefully, and her belly split open from the middle, revealing a terrifying abyss inside, like some wriggling flesh tunnel.
"Waghghgh!!"
In Azno's horrified wide-open eyes, Eris stuffed him into her stomach.
This trade group boss, struggling in vain, could only watch as Eris's stomach slowly closed, the last light disappeared, and he completely fell into the bloody abyss.
"Come and play with Eris, hehe~"
With her big belly, hopping and skipping, Eris looked like a little girl loaded with spoils, happily returning to the depths of the corpse tales.
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…..
The early morning sun poured into the room.
The chirping of little sparrows on the treetops woke Reji from his slumber.
Reji, slightly regaining consciousness, first realized that he seemed to be holding something.
Drowsily, Reji touched and squeezed it unconsciously.
It was very cool to the touch.
And very soft.
In short, it was very comfortable, making one somewhat reluctant to let go.
'What is this?'
'A pillow?'
When Reji opened his eyes and his vision cleared, he saw the "cool pillow" he was holding and rubbing, and this "cool pillow" was also looking at him.
Just like that, Reji and Shermen, who had taken off her cloak, locked eyes.
The time in the room seemed to freeze at this moment.
After a few seconds.
"Cough!"
Reji coughed violently, easing and covering up his nervous mood.
From the moment he saw the Shadow Demon in his arms, Reji was instantly wide awake, completely alert.
Although he pretended to be calm on the surface.
He easily let go of Shermen, got up from the bed, as if nothing had happened.
But in reality, Reji was very panicked.
'What's going on?'
'This situation would be normal with Eileen, which is why he was afraid to bring a Succubus Demon, but with Shermen, a Shadow Demon, supposed to be a big ice queen, how could...
"My King, do you feel better now?" In the midst of Reji's chaotic thoughts, Shermen was the first to speak.
'Feel better?'
Seeing Reji a bit puzzled, Shermen quickly added: "Has Shermen made his majesty feel less lonely?"
With that, Reji suddenly understood.
'So that's how it is'
'I had misunderstood Shermen'
Reji was touched by many feelings from the bottom of his heart.
He just casually mentioned it, but Shermen took it so seriously, even going as far as changing her habits, to accompany him in bed together.
'She really is a kind demon'
Reji touched Shermen's head.
"Of course, with Shermen here, I don't feel lonely at all."
The Shadow Demon seemed to enjoy Reji's touch.
She gently lowered her head.
With her already petite body, she looked more like a little kitten.
"Shermen understands"
The Shadow Demon nodded seriously.
Looking like from now on, she would climb into Reji's bed every night, becoming the king's "loneliness alleviation princess."
Reji: "…"
"One question, Shermen, why did you take off all your clothes?"
"Don't the king like it this way?"
Shermen tilted her head and counter-asked.
As if saying, when Reji lifted her cloak before, she took it as Reji not liking her being wrapped up so tightly, preferring this "stripped" style.
Reji: "..."
"Next time, the cloak can be taken off, but not the inside!"
"Understood, my king."
"And, don't tell Eileen about this when we get back," Reji seriously added.
"Understood, my king."
"Don't tell the other apostles either!"
"Understood, my king."
After the little interlude, having packed up, and after spending a beautiful night holding Shermen, now Reji, full of energy, enthusiastically stepped out with the Shadow Demon.
"My King, where are we going next?"
"To the Adventurer's Association."