I lay quietly in Theo’s arms and swallowed a groan. Every muscle in my body screamed at once. My lower back throbbed, and my lower body, which I had strained far too much, was still trembling. Maintaining the languid narrow-eyed villain act while facing an unprecedented crisis that felt like my body might split in two was nearly impossible.
I had endured it by telling myself I could save the world if I just treated it like getting a colonoscopy without anesthesia, but the moment I actually saw Theo’s thing clearly, the thought crossed my mind that maybe offering souls would have been better. Putting that thing inside me made no sense. The human body was not designed that way.
But at some point, a strange heat had begun gathering in my lower abdomen. When the hard glans ground against a certain spot along my inner walls, my vision flashed white and black. By the end, I had half lost my reason, wrapped my legs around Theo’s waist, and simply sobbed sweetly. I liked those blindly devoted golden eyes that held only me.
The room was quiet after the storm had passed. Theo held me without saying anything, and for a while, I could not move in his arms. I simply caught my breath and waited for the pain to subside. Part of me wondered what the hell I had just done, yet strangely enough, I did not regret it.
Evil Points (Theo) +700p
A notification window appeared.
Even setting fire to the temple had only earned me 700 points, yet Theo had built up that exact amount just from sleeping with me.
Collecting points through… sex did briefly make me feel like I had actually become a male prostitute. I nearly fell into self-loathing for a moment, but quickly shook it off.
If it had been some other human, I would not have given up my body so easily no matter how many points I received. I had my own tastes and my pride, after all.
But if it was Theo, I was fine with it. That was why I could allow him even into my most vulnerable place. This was not simply a transaction. There were feelings involved in it, in my own way. I had not spread my legs for nothing but a goal, without any emotion at all. I cared about Theo a great deal. Broadly speaking, I could even call it love. Of course, it was far closer to a father’s love than a lover’s feelings, but love was still love.
If we kept sleeping together and clearing quests like this, he would probably level up to twenty-two in no time.
In the game, when Theo turned twenty-two, Priest Rihen opened the way for him to return to the subjugation force. Twenty-two. The age when Theo manifested sword aura and became a Sword Master.
After that, there were two routes. One was to remain a priest and continue completing priest-exclusive quests. The other was to join the subjugation force under the pretext of assisting Theo and clear quests alongside him.
As I had said before, Theo was my favorite character. So whenever I played as Rihen, I always followed Theo into the military.
But Shane was a demon Legion Commander. I was not a priest with a legitimate identity like Rihen, nor was I in any position to enter the knightly order through legal means. Would I really be able to continue taking care of Theo?
No. I had to make it possible.
It looked like I needed to think carefully about how.
Infamy Points: 700p
Evil Points (Theo): 1600p
I checked the points I had accumulated so far once again.
First, I used the Evil Points to purchase weapons for the Holy Knights. Since they were points Theo had earned, I felt like I ought to use them for something good.
The game shop mostly sold absurdly rare items that had no business existing in reality, but it also carried equipment of a level that could reasonably exist in the real world. And at ridiculously cheap prices too, ranging from a minimum of 1 point to a maximum of 10.
I bought piles of equipment far better than what I had burned. I filled my cart with armor, swords, and shields of the quality that should have been stored in Warehouse 3. Even after choosing enough for every knight to use with plenty left over, I still had points remaining. This should be more than enough to make up for the losses from Warehouses 4 through 7, which I had burned down.
Delivering the items to the Holy Knights turned out to be surprisingly simple. By paying an additional 100p, I could use a delivery function. I selected the area in front of the Holy Knights’ training grounds as the delivery location and purchased everything in my cart with points.
Hundreds of suits of armor, swords, and shields came crashing down in front of the knights who had been diligently training.
I lay comfortably in bed and checked the delivery status in real time.
It had better features than most delivery apps.
From the knights’ perspective, a pile of high-quality weapons had suddenly fallen from the sky.
Wasn’t that obviously the grace of Goddess Repinal?
Watching them grow emotional over what they believed was a divine miracle made me strangely moved as well. Maybe this was how parents felt when they pretended to be Santa Claus and gave their children presents.
Though strictly speaking, I was just causing the problem and then providing the cure all by myself.
Anyway, with this, I had repaid my debt for the armories.
Next, I spent 500 Infamy Points to raise my basic Stats. At first, I could increase my Stats easily by spending only 100 points at a time, but as I became stronger, the number of points required to advance to the next stage increased as well.
I decided to save the remaining 200 points in case something unexpected happened.
As a result, my status window changed to this.
Shane (Human-Demon Hybrid, 125 Years Old)
-Stats (□/10)
Strength 6 → 7
Magic Power 5 → 6
Resistance 7
Agility 8
Accuracy 5
-Skills
Innate Skills:
Flame LV. 4
Stealth LV. 3
Disguise LV. 3
Acquired Skills:
Locksmith LV. 4
I checked Theo’s level-up requirements again.
2000p + Complete 4 Quests → Age 22
Since Theo had turned twenty, I had completed only one quest.
Eliminate the inquisitor Veron.
In other words, I still needed to complete three more.
Wasn’t it about time for Kairos to start throwing quests at me again?
Thinking back, I vaguely remembered that the next quest led into an event where I could acquire subordinates.
Speak of the tiger, and it appears.
The communication orb vibrated.
I told Theo I would wash first, left him in the bedroom, and went into the bathroom. After locking the door and taking off my clothes, I connected the call.
Kairos visibly flinched, which was unlike him.
He quickly composed himself and spoke.
“I didn’t know you were bathing.”
“It was a call from the Commander of the 1st Legion, so naturally I answered in a hurry despite being in the middle of a bath. I am a loyal subordinate, after all.”
I replied calmly and placed the communication orb on the shelf beside the bathtub.
Kairos’s gaze swept over my body.
Hickeys and bite marks.
Finger marks stood out clearly across my pelvis.
The lingering heat still had not completely faded from my face.
Anyone who looked at me would have known I had just been involved in something thoroughly messy.
“Did you use seduction to extract information or something?”
He frowned in displeasure.
…Did this face really look suited to seduction?
Of course, Shane had officially been described as handsome even in the game, and in reality, he was extremely good-looking. That was an undeniable fact.
But Shane’s appearance and seduction simply did not go together.
For starters, didn’t I look suspicious by default?
Pale skin and blood-red eyes.
If a narrow-eyed character with an inscrutable air curved his eyes into crescents, smiled slyly, and tried to seduce someone….
Anyone would obviously think, ‘Ah, this bastard is approaching me because he’s plotting something.’
I asked him seriously.
“Brother, do you truly think I look like a beauty?”
“…Shut up. Just answer the question. What happened to your body?”
Kairos responded irritably, as always.
If I told him here that I had used seduction just as he expected, he would probably interrogate me until I told him exactly what information I had extracted and from whom.
So I answered vaguely.
“Just a little amusement. Everyone needs at least one hobby.”
“Ugh…. You fucking slut.”
Kairos frowned openly.
As expected, that ended the questions.
Who would want to know the sticky details of his half-brother’s private life?
First Theo, and now even Kairos was treating me like I was promiscuous. It somehow left me feeling miserable.
I wanted to stop acting like a slut too, but circumstances refused to cooperate.
He immediately moved on to business.
“This is the mission that came down this time. Two demons were captured alive during a battle. They’ve been handed over to the inquisitors and are being tortured right now. There’s a good chance they’ll start talking soon. So what you have to do is simple. Kill them. Or give them some kind of drug so they can kill themselves.”
“Is rescuing them not an option?”
“Hah? Rescue them?”
A scoff came through the communication orb.
“If you can do it, then go ahead. Break through that tight security, avoid the inquisitors’ eyes… and safely rescue two wounded prisoners who’ve already been reduced to rags.”
A quest window appeared.
<Main Quest>
Kill or rescue the demons Blen and Blood, who have been captured by the inquisitors.
Time Limit: 5 days
Upon Success:
If killed – Infamy Points +500p
If rescued – Infamy Points +1000p, obtain subordinates ‘Twin Demons’
Upon Failure: Captured and tortured by the inquisitors
It was a mission I had cleared before in the game.
The twin demons, Blen and Blood.
Blen was the older sister, and Blood was the younger brother.
If I rescued the twins, they would voluntarily become my subordinates.
Both of them were extremely cute and admirable little things.
“Yes, sir! I’ll do my very best!”
I deliberately gave him an exaggerated salute while grinning.
The call ended with Kairos letting out a sigh.
I wrapped a towel around my waist and left the bathroom.
I jerked my chin toward Theo and said,
“You should wash too.”
But Theo did not move right away.
He clutched the blanket tightly and looked at me.
His cheeks were noticeably redder than usual from the lingering heat.
“Just a little longer… I want to stay like this.”
Then he added shyly,
“I like having Rihen’s scent on my body.”