Back in Nazarick, Draco followed his usual routine.
When he had MP he summoned magic items, hoping for a World Item or two.
Out of mana, he studied magic tomes in the library.
Strangely, when he returned to his room that night neither Albedo nor Shalltear were there.
"The sun must be rising in the west—those two actually stayed away."
"How rare!"
He shrugged it off and flopped onto the bed.
In Albedo's room,
she hugged a life-size body pillow of Draco—source unknown.
Her sensuous body coiled around it; sleep wouldn't come.
Shalltear fared no better, tossing and turning.
Both cursed Eclair for his lousy advice.
The result:
When Draco awoke the next day, two familiar faces were beside him.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Good morning, Master."
The two of them said in unison.
"What were you two doing last night?"
"No... nowhere."
Both shook their heads in unison, indicating they had done nothing.
"Forget it, I don't care. I'm going to the Eighth Floor today."
"Eh?"
The two women's eyes suddenly widened. "To the Eighth Floor!?"
"You're not going to find Orel, are you!?"
Draco let out a small sound of surprise. "How did you know?"
Shalltear silently looked down at her chest. "Does Master really like them bigger..."
Albedo touched her own. "Mine aren't small either..."
"What are you two muttering about?"
Draco asked curiously, then immediately realized that these two must be overthinking things again.
"Do you want to go together?"
"Then wouldn't that make four people?"
A wonderful scene seemed to have already surfaced in Shalltear's mind, and her cheeks instantly flushed red.
Albedo's thoughts were similar to hers.
"Wouldn't that be a bit too stimulating?"
"Don't overthink things."
Draco tapped their heads.
"Shuna has already finished imparting her magic knowledge. I'm going to find Orel to learn more advanced magic."
"Oh~ I see."
Shalltear had a sudden realization.
"Let's go."
After saying that, Draco stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait, Master, I'm going too!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I want to go too!"
Shalltear and Albedo immediately followed him... Meanwhile, inside a magnificent room.
Clayman was holding a glass of red wine, waiting for something.
Finally.
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, the door was slowly pushed open.
Clayman looked up at the newcomer.
A body of sturdy muscles, golden hair standing on end, and a black kimono draped over his shoulders.
The newcomer was one of the ten demon lords, the Lion King.
"Yo! Carrion, you're finally here."
Carrion found a seat and sat down, nodding slightly. "Hasn't Milim arrived yet?"
"Don't be in a hurry, she should be here soon."
Clayman swirled the red wine glass in his hand.
As expected, a moment later, the door was pushed open forcefully.
"Yahoo, I'm here!"
Milim burst in with her usual carefree attitude.
"Did you encounter something fun, Milim? You seem very happy."
"Of course there's something fun!"
Milim said excitedly to Clayman.
"Hey, let me tell you guys."
"Two girls were chatting, and one asked 'How's your new boyfriend?', and guess what the other one said?"
"..."
"Him... he's okay, just a bit 'ji-ji-wai-wai'."
"Hahahahaha~~~"
Clayman: "???"
Carrion: "???"
For some reason, Milim was laughing so hard she doubled over, eventually even collapsing onto the table, barely able to catch her breath.
After a long while.
"Are you serious, Milim!"
Clayman's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Milim stopped laughing and wiped away her tears. "Isn't it funny? Why are you reacting like this?"
"This is the funniest joke Lupus has ever told me."
Clearly, Milim had been corrupted by Wolf Girl's dirty jokes; she definitely would not have said such things before.
"I... don't think I understand. Where is the punchline?"
Carrion asked with a serious expression.
Milim froze for a moment. "Uh... I don't know either, I just think it's really funny anyway."
Well, it turned out she was just laughing foolishly.
"By the way, who is this Lupus?"
Hearing Clayman's question, Milim immediately reacted and covered her mouth.
She almost let it slip.
She didn't want anyone to know about her secret entry into the Jura Great Forest.
For this reason, she hadn't even mentioned the matter of the alliance with the Nazarick Principality.
"Nothing, it's nothing. Anyway, let's talk about why you called us here today."
Milim shifted the topic quite awkwardly.
Clayman gave her a deep look but didn't say much more, instead turning his gaze toward Carrion.
"Since Milim mentioned it, I won't beat around the bush."
"Regarding our previous plan, it has already begun."
At this moment, Milim was a bit confused. "Plan? What plan?"
Previously, because she was too bored, she had participated in Clayman's Artificial Demon Lord Plan.
But after finding more fun things in the past two years, she had long since forgotten about it.
Thus, she had to pretend to sit there with a straight face and listen seriously.
"Gelmud inadvertently caused the birth of the Pig-Headed Emperor; this is a perfect pawn."
Clayman mused for a moment and continued.
"Now we just need to wait quietly for the pawn to grow stronger and break through to become a Demon Lord."
"The moment he unifies the forest will be when we convene the Walpurgis."
"At that time, we only need to nominate this pawn to become a Demon Lord and make him our puppet; we will have one more vote's worth of say at the next meeting."
"Oh~ I remember now. No, I mean, as expected of my subordinate, Gelmud did a good job."
Milim chuckled and then continued to sit obediently.
"So, what is the purpose of calling us here this time?" Carrion asked calmly.
Clayman smiled slightly, a hint of devious calculation flashing in his eyes.
"If the Pig-Headed Emperor is to become a Demon Lord, there may be a massive obstacle."
"For example?"
Carrion pressed on with interest.
"The Nazarick Principality!"
Clayman spat out those words one by one.
"Eh!?"
Milim cried out in surprise; this was asking her to have her own people fight her own people.
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