Love Harnett had been left behind at the Royal Castle as the liaison.
For someone who had been looking forward to bathing with Marqui, it was deeply frustrating. But now that he was Rosella’s fiancé, she could not exactly make a move on him in front of everyone.
Her days had been dull for a while.
Still, her loyalty to Rosella was real.
Having been trusted with the most critical secrets, she felt trusted. Which was why she had noticed that the king’s decoy had been replaced by yet another Demon God. But the surveillance was non-stop.
Eyes in the ceiling. Eyes in the floor. Eyes in the walls.
If she had not had spy skills, she never would have noticed them. But when she saw the illusions hiding those ugly peepers, she almost screamed from disgust.
Beady, rolling eyes were always watching her from above.
She spent her time thinking about how to send word without letting anyone know she was onto them. Time slipped away.
To keep up appearances, she even masturbated in her private quarters.
The next day, the king was strangely excited.
He did not attack her outright. He was also careful not to blow his cover. But she had felt his gaze.
Knowing she was being watched made her masturbation strangely thrilling.
She had discovered something about herself.
Maybe it was the backlash of living as a shadow.
If Marqui had been watching, she would have been even more turned on.
Sometimes she worked without underwear.
She had also shortened her lady’s maid uniform hem.
When she climbed a ladder to clean the ceiling, the guard steadying it below was practically snorting like a beast.
But digression aside. Love stepped onto the balcony, lamp in hand.
She flashed the light in coded patterns to send messages.
Outside, a lust-aligned demon waited. When it saw her signal, it darted off in a hurry.
Yes. The emergency alert system was already in place.
”Phew. Now I just need to hurry to the throne room,” Love said.
One of the guards came up to her.
”What were you doing?” the guard asked.
She caught the wrongness in his aura right away.
”Huh? Whatever do you mean?” Love said.
”What is that lamp for?” the guard asked.
”The flame was not burning well. I was checking it,” Love said.
The guard’s eyes slid down to her chest. Men always looked there first.
”Enough pretending. It does not matter anyway. Rosella is as good as dead,” the guard said.
”She won’t die. Neither will Her Highness. Nor me. You are the one who is going to die,” Love said.
The hem of her lady’s maid uniform flipped up. Just for an instant. A kunai from her thigh was suddenly in Love’s grip.
She was not wearing anything underneath again today.
The next moment, the tip of the kunai went through the guard’s throat.
”Gh,” the guard choked.
”I will not even let you scream. Die quietly,” Love said.
The guard’s face twisted into a four-eyed demon’s. Then, as she pulled the blade free, he crumpled into stillness.
Love Harnett. Level seventy-nine.
Originally, she had been a kunoichi sent by someone to gather info on the royal family. Somewhere along the line, she had sworn loyalty to Rosella instead.
Though she still dreamed of being subjected to interrogation play by Marqui someday.
”Now then, I have to hurry to Her Highness,” Love said.
Her big chest bouncing hard, she ran. Silent as any kunoichi.
A black leather harness. Like something from a BDSM dungeon. Paired with heart-shaped nipple covers and a front panel. Completed with a witch’s cape. That was Medirina’s special outfit.
She had told her helpers to find something for her to wear. Whether by chance or design, they had found this at the fortress.
Once she had it on, it looked even more sexy than naked, so she normally kept it hidden under the cape.
The soldiers were already pent up enough. No need to make them worse.
”Master, is it really all right for your pet to wander free? Are not vicious pets supposed to be caged?” Medirina asked, tilting her head.
”Eh? What are you talking about?” Marqui replied, blinking.
”I am a dangerous pet that will pounce on your cock at any moment. Lock me in a cage, haah, haah, haah. Feed me that sausage through the bars! The ideal,” she gasped, her eyes glazing over.
She was back to not making sense again.
They had tried overwriting the incomplete crotch tattoo on her to curb her heat a little.
”Guess it is already too late,” Marqui muttered.
By his math, she should have been functional enough for daily life.
But honey was still leaking from under the heart-shaped panel. And her eyes. The eyes of a predator stalking her prey. Fixed on him.
Medirina’s gaze tracked to his crotch, drool spilling from her lips.
”Hard cock, hard cock, hard cock, hard cock, hard cock, hard cock, hard cock, hard cock,” she chanted in a low, hungry murmur.
At least she was not attacking him.
And she was not looking at any other men like this.
”Some pets just need to be free-range,” Marqui said with a shrug.
”Then a collar. Proof that I am your pet,” Medirina insisted.
”A collar, huh…” Marqui said.
They had the one she had been wearing in the Vega Merchant State’s carriage, but he wanted to pick out something new for her.
They just did not have time to go shopping in town.
”I happen to have something good,” Lili Lim announced, appearing without warning.
”Is the Demon Realm side okay?” Marqui asked.
”I left Father in charge. If I do not keep him busy, he just spends all his time with women anyway. Just like someone else I know,” Lili Lim said with a pointed look.
Marqui thought dryly that he was a princess’s underarm hair remover, aide, and stress relief. He was plenty busy, thank you very much.
”So, this collar?” he prompted.
”It is what Hell uses on prisoners. The ones Lust uses,” Lili Lim explained, showing a simple-looking band. “At baseline, it can control sexual desire. You can add all sorts of other effects too. Control ranges from one-third to a hundred times the base level.”
He glanced at Medirina beside him. If they multiplied her libido a hundredfold, it would be a disaster.
”Added effects, huh. How about absolute obedience to commands?” Marqui suggested.
”Be more specific,” Lili Lim said.
”Hmm. No masturbating without permission. No sex without permission,” Marqui said.
”Yes,” Medirina raised her hand eagerly. “Pain pleasure, a hundred times! Shame pleasure, a hundred times!”
”You just set up your own perverted settings yourself!” Marqui yelled, annoyed.
Lili Lim put on the enhancements with clear glee, chuckling softly.
Once the modified collar was on Medirina, they turned her libido down to one-third.
”Huh? Ah… n-no, this is so embarrassing, I am wearing something so. Aaah…” Medirina stammered, her face turning bright red.
She was reacting normally for the first time. Marqui was moved.
”Ugh… no…” she whimpered, clutching the cape tight, trying to hide herself. Shaking.
”Haah, haah… ghk…” Medirina gasped.
Something was off.
”Even with her sex drive lowered, her sensitivity has not changed,” Lili Lim said. “And now she is feeling a hundred times more embarrassment, so she is confused. If anything, being aroused while her desire is suppressed might cause a big rebound when it comes back.”
”Meaning?” Marqui asked carefully.
”Even at one-third, she is still being driven into heat. When we turn it back up, she will be even more of a bitch,” Lili Lim said with a mean smile.
A bitch-training cast.
For now, Marqui decided to just have her keep the cape on to cover her indecent outfit.
”The situation I am in now is already humiliating. Ahh, I am coming…” Medirina moaned, her legs shaking.
”We have made quite an amusing toy,” Lili Lim said.
Hell’s collars really were something.
”But how did you happen to have something like this?” Marqui asked.
”Hm? I had been thinking for ages over whether to use it on you or Rosella-chan,” Lili Lim admitted with a mischievous grin.
Yikes. Good thing Medirina was here, Marqui thought.
The door knocked, and a lust-aligned female demon in human form entered.
”Marqui-sama. Young miss, you are here too. It is an emergency,” she reported urgently. “At the Royal Castle, Rosella-sama has been trapped within a barrier cast by the Jealousy Demon God.”
”What?” Marqui’s blood ran cold.
Lili Lim’s expression turned serious. “Tell me everything.”
The king’s decoy they had prepared had already been killed. Replaced by the Jealousy Demon God. Rosella was being pinned down in the throne room. Demon Gods were coming in from the Demon Realm one after another to kill her.
As the details sank in, Marqui’s calm broke.
”We need to get to the Royal Capital now!” he shouted.
”Calm down,” Lili Lim said firmly. “The barrier covers the Royal Castle grounds and the throne room. But Demon Gods are still coming through from the Demon Realm. There was a gray-skinned one, was not there? If it is that one…”
”I can’t calm down!” Marqui snapped.
”Yes, yes. Marqui really does love Rosella-chan,” Lili Lim said, her tone soft despite her words.
She had practically been forced into the engagement. But now, in a crisis like this, he finally understood his own feelings.
”Yeah. I do,” he admitted quietly.
”Don’t make that face. It will be fine. I will get you to the Royal Castle’s throne room by the shortest route. Fufu. This is war, after all,” Lili Lim declared.
It seemed she was angry too.
Marqui took the hand she offered.
”We are heading to the Demon Realm first. Then it is a raid,” Lili Lim said.
Understanding her intent, Marqui nodded firmly.
Marqui had once said the foundation of combat was healing.
Now he understood exactly what that meant.
Even with three powerhouses. Rosella, the Cat Demon God, and Love. None of them were healers.
”Kyah…” Love stumbled back, gasping.
”Love, fall back. You are at your limit,” Rosella commanded.
The lady’s maid’s HP had dropped dangerously. She could not be pushed further.
The messenger should have reached the far fortress by now.
She believed help would come. But she had no idea when.
Her heart was wearing down faster than her body.
”Nyaaaaa!” The Cat Demon God howled, her cry scattering confusion through the enemy ranks.
In that opening, she landed a big hit.
”Sonic Slash!” she roared.
The blade’s shockwave tore through the Demon God horde at supersonic speed.
But their HP was higher than their levels.
She struck again.
This time, the enemies. Whose defenses had been lowered by the Stone Throne Sword. Fell.
Her breath was getting ragged.
”Impressive as always, Lady Rosella,” the gray-skinned Demon God said, his tone calm. “The power we expected. No, even beyond. But more will keep coming from Hell.”
”Lady Rosella, let us target whoever cast the barrier,” the Cat Demon God suggested.
”Agreed. Which one?” Rosella asked, looking over the battlefield.
”Appraisal. Hm? This is!” The Cat Demon God’s face twisted in confusion.
”Hahaha,” the gray Demon God laughed. “We are not the ones who cast that barrier. After all, we arranged for a higher Demon God to create a barrier not even you. Connected as you are to the Lust brat. Could break.”
The word “arranged” said it all. A Demon God even more powerful than these was involved.
The real mastermind really was the Pride Demon God.
”Hmph. Instead of these half-baked Demon Gods, why not send someone stronger?” Rosella taunted.
”Confident, are you?” the gray Demon God replied.
”Can you even see my level?” Rosella shot back.
She was level one hundred seven. At this point, no matter how many Demon Gods below level seventy she took down, leveling up was slow.
In this situation, she could see no way out except to become even stronger.
”I won’t take that bait,” the gray Demon God said smoothly. “Against someone as abnormally strong as you. Beyond human measure. Sheer numbers beat individual quality.”
”Even if you send them in small batches, you have barely scratched me,” Rosella scoffed.
”But your movements are slowing,” he said.
More Demon Gods. Over a dozen. Crawled out of the hole linking to the Demon Realm.
She had been saving her mana. Time to spend it.
One hand forward.
”Freezing Barrage!” she shouted.
The magic circle spun, firing a steady stream of ice projectiles.
Each impact froze the target solid, stopping it. Then shattered it.
Demon Gods who had barely set foot in the human world were sent straight back to Hell.
Unless special preparations are made, getting a new body and growing enough to come to the human world takes several hundred years.
”Not just swordsmanship, but you can use that kind of magic too? Amazing. What a waste, truly. Rather than killing you, I would rather mess with your brain directly and turn you into our puppet,” the gray Demon God said.
”Hmph. Before that happens, no matter how many more come, I will wipe them all out,” Rosella said.
”I told you, did I not? It is not a hundred or two hundred,” the gray Demon God said.
Just how much military force did they still have saved up?
If several dozen Demon Gods appeared at once, the best move would still be to kill them all in that instant.
But magic power had its limits.
Besides, the magic Rosella could use was limited to the Ice and Dark attributes.
If a Demon God appeared that had resistance to these, the only good weapon would be the sword.
”Alright, holding nothing back. Let us go!” Rosella said.
They braced themselves.
The throne room stayed silent.
Still nothing came.
”Wh-what is going on! Come on, hurry up already!” Rosella said.
Maybe they should take out the toad and the gray-skinned Demon God in the meantime.
Then, from the hole connected to the Demon Realm, they saw a hand trying to crawl through.
”D-did it come? Huh?” Rosella said.
A voice came from the hole.
”Here, I will carry you for ya. Heave-ho,” Lili Lim said.
Black wings appeared, rising up.
Before the figure was fully visible, Rosella was sure.
The two Demon Gods across from them were stunned.
”Ah, Elder Sister… Marqui!” Rosella said.
Marqui, carried by Lili Lim, wore a mixed expression at his less-than-dignified entrance.
This was nothing short of a raid.
Marqui, who had gone to the Demon Realm, flew with Lili Lim to Envy’s territory.
Well, Lili Lim did the flying. Marqui was just carried.
And the speed. If you were below Level 100, you would probably have passed out, right?
The gray-skinned Demon God they had heard about was apparently named Kiwanov.
Lili Lim seemed to know where his mansion was and charged straight in.
They smashed through the window and broke in, finding thousands of Demon Gods waiting for them. That was when they learned Lili Lim’s true terror.
With a single blown kiss, she charmed every single Demon God.
Then she gave the command.
”Kill each other,” Lili Lim said.
From there, they quickly found a hole leading to the human world and jumped through. Though when they came out, they ended up crawling out.
In the end, it was faster to have Lili Lim, who was clinging to his back, carry him.
This was already the Royal Castle’s throne room.
He set his feet on the floor.
”Marqui!” Rosella cried.
Rosella threw herself at him right away.
”Oh, there there, were you scared?” Marqui said.
”Yeah. I was scared. I really, truly was,” Rosella said.
Was this really the time for lovey-dovey stuff? Actually. Did they even need to worry? Looking around, there were only two lower-ranked Demon Gods left.
With Lili Lim here, they could just leave things as they were.
”Impossible…” Kiwanov said.
Kiwanov looked dumbfounded.
The other toad Demon God, still holding its sword, had drool dripping down as it stared somewhere off in the distance.
Lili Lim mocked them.
”The soldiers you prepared? All cannon fodder. Made it here with plenty to spare,” Lili Lim said.
”To use the hole we prepared in the Demon Realm… This is, this is already…” Kiwanov said.
”Forget it. Let us have a war. I will throw the full force of Lust at Envy and Pride and crush them both,” Lili Lim said.
”Bark all you want, little girl! Your charm won’t work on us!” Kiwanov said.
Kiwanov was shaking with rage.
Still, after exhaling once, he added:
”Well, fine. I came prepared for something like this,” Kiwanov said.
With a snap of his fingers, a magic circle appeared around him.
From the magic circle came women, completely naked, their hands tied and hanging.
They were the castle’s lady’s maids.
Put around the two Demon Gods, they were being used as shields.
”You bastards!” Rosella screamed.
Rosella screamed.
But she could not attack.
If this were the Rosella from the game, she would have killed the enemy along with the hostages, without a word.
Lili Lim, seeing Rosella’s response, seemed to value the hostages’ lives too.
Then Kiwanov shouted.
”To arms! An imposter pretending to be the Second Princess is after the king’s life! To arms!” Kiwanov shouted.
Guards began to gather.
”The mind control of everyone in the castle is already done. So, what will you do?” Kiwanov said.
The fact that he had told them this on purpose meant he did not plan to settle things here.
The Cat Demon God told them.
”The barrier has been released,” the Cat Demon God said.
”Understood. Rosella, Lili Lim. We are retreating,” Marqui said.
Looking over, Love was injured. This was not the time to push things.
If the barrier was down, retreat would be easy.
They moved to Lust’s domain in the Demon Realm.
Marqui and Rosella, both naked, lay together on the bed.
Though in front of Marqui, who lay on his back, Rosella’s crotch was spread wide.
”Ahhhhn! Haaah, haaah, this smell… Ah, no, I am already gonna cum…” Rosella moaned.
They were sniffing each other’s genitals.
Grabbing Rosella’s waist firmly:
”Whoa, hell of a heat scent from that pussy… reeks of female! Whoa!” Marqui said.
Her labia swelled, her clit twitching, as she reached climax.
Suddenly, with a splash, she squirted, wetting his face.
”…” Marqui said nothing.
The reason they were doing this perverted scent fetish play was to calm Rosella down.
She had been irritable even after coming back to the fort at the border with Rule Guard, so he had tried letting her smell his crotch.
Otherwise, the soldiers would get scared.
”Haaah, haaah, the smell of your balls, the smell of your cock. Ahhhh…” Rosella moaned.
Rosella was in a state like she had taken some dangerous drug.
She grabbed his shaft and started jerking him off hard.
”I wanna smell your cum too… I wanna smell your cum…” Rosella begged.
Was his body odor illegal or something?
Even his pet. The High Elf witch. Was thoroughly put off.
With the collar’s effect keeping her sex drive at one-third, she just sat there, bright red and kneeling properly.
Since Rosella only saw Medirina as a pet too, it was fine.
As for Lili Lim, she had gone back to the Demon Realm to be questioned about why she had raided Envy’s territory.
Things seemed to be getting tense between the factions over there.
The handjob was getting desperately intense.
”Hey, not yet? Hurry up. Your cum, I am still waiting,” Rosella said.
He did not fight the feeling and relaxed his lower body.
Saliva dripped onto his cock, adding slickness, and Rosella’s hand began shaking around the glans.
”J-just a little more… mm…” Rosella said.
Rosella pressed her nostrils against his urethral opening.
He buried his face in her wet crotch in return, shoving his nose into the soaked, swollen folds that reeked of arousal, and breathed in deep.
As the scent of pure female filled his nostrils.
Spurt! SPLURT! Squirt! Gush! Gush, gush!
He shot his load straight into the princess’s nose.
”Ooohhh! It is in my nose, the cum is in my nose. Mmph, I am coming!” Rosella cried.
Splash! His face was drenched in her squirt.
Her body, pressed against his, shook, sending the force of a strong climax through him.
And this was with her Crotch Tattoo still asleep.
”Hah, hah, hah, that was amazing,” Rosella said.
Rosella sat up once, wiped her face with a tissue, then lay back down next to him.
Her face burrowed into his armpit.
”Whoa, this smell is crazy,” Rosella said.
Just how much did she love his body odor?
”This… this is the smell that woke me up. I smelled it when we first met…” Rosella said.
He did not remember letting her smell it.
”It calms me down. Makes me feel safe. Haaah, haaah,” Rosella said.
No, you are clearly getting excited.
Now, what to do next?
The enemy Demon Gods had taken the castle.
In other words, they had basically taken control of the country.
Still, if he asked for details, the near-disaster of Rosella’s dark-corruption event had been avoided.
A silver lining, he guessed.
”…Medirina, what are you doing?” Marqui asked.
His pet was trying to sniff his other armpit.
”Um, well… I was just wondering if it is really that good. Sniff sniff,” Medirina said.
”And? Your verdict?” Marqui asked.
”It stinks,” Medirina said.
”…” Marqui said nothing.
”But somehow, it is sexy! I see, so this is the kind of thing that becomes addictive…” Medirina said.
What would happen if he brought back her sex drive right now?
He was curious, but also scared.
”Your Highness, are you awake?” Marqui asked.
”Yeah…” Rosella said.
”About what we do next,” Marqui said.
He thought about staying like this a little longer, but they really could not afford to relax.
”A small elite squad to take back the castle. That is the only real option,” Rosella said.
If they brought in the whole Black Wing Corps, it could start a civil war.
”They will be waiting for us with that intent, so,” Marqui said.
The door was pounded on loudly.
”It is Love,” Love said from outside.
”Fine, come in,” Rosella said.
Rosella sat up.
She seemed to have decided that if it was Love, it did not matter if she saw them like this.
”Pardon me. Whoa…” Love said.
For an instant, Love’s face twitched. Then she smoothed it over.
Marqui and Rosella got dressed as they talked.
”The main force of the Black Wing Corps is heading this way,” Love said.
Rosella looked confused.
”Marqui, did you call them?” Rosella asked.
”No…” Marqui said.
He had left the main force, in Rosella’s absence, to Elmana Shie.
Had she come here on her own?
Either way, they headed straight for the fort’s rooftop.
Love and Medirina came along too. The Cat Demon God was already there.
Then they saw the approaching army.
The flags raised were clearly those of the Black Wing Corps.
About eight hundred soldiers were moving in formation.
At the front, the female knight with chestnut-brown hair pulled back in a ponytail. Elmana. Sat on her horse.
She shouted:
”I come by His Majesty’s royal command. Our goal is to capture the false princess. There, before you, stands an imposter of our beloved Second Princess, Her Highness Rosella,” Elmana declared.
The tip of Elmana’s drawn sword was pointed straight at Rosella, who stood on the fort’s rooftop.
Summary:
Love Harnett escapes the Royal Castle after killing a disguised demon guard, racing to reach Rosella. Lili Lim equips Medirina with a modified Hell collar to control her dangerous arousal before receiving urgent news of Rosella’s imprisonment. Rosella, the Cat Demon God, and Love fight desperately against endless waves of Demon Gods, with a gray-skinned Demon God revealing that a higher power. Likely the Pride Demon God. Cast the barrier they cannot break.
Marqui and Lili Lim raid Envy’s territory, annihilating thousands of Demon Gods and returning to find Kiwanov has taken the royal castle hostage with mind-controlled maids. After retreating to Lust’s domain, Marqui engages in an explicit scent-based ritual to calm Rosella’s volatile emotions, revealing her deep dependency on him. The chapter ends with Elmana arriving with the Black Wing Corps and declaring Rosella a false princess, sword drawn and aimed at her former mistress.
Trivia:
Love’s masturbation was observed by the king (actually a Demon God decoy), who became excited afterward.
Medirina’s libido was reduced to one-third using the Hell collar, but she still experiences pleasure from pain and shame at hundredfold intensity.
The collar Lili Lim originally intended for Marqui or Rosella was instead used on Medirina.
Rosella is level 107, meaning she gains levels very slowly even when defeating dozens of level 70 Demon Gods.
The barrier was not cast by the Jealousy Demon God or the gray Demon God but by an even higher-ranked Demon God they arranged to help.
The Stone Throne Sword lowers enemy defenses, enabling Rosella and the Cat Demon God to defeat stronger demons.
Lili Lim plans to take Marqui through the Demon Realm first, then launch a direct raid on the Royal Castle.
Lili Lim’s charm magic can enthrall thousands of Demon Gods with a single blown kiss, making her one of the most powerful beings in the Demon Realm.
The Crotch Tattoo suppresses Rosella’s dark-corruption tendencies; Marqui deliberately keeps it dormant during their intimate moment.
Kiwanov had already completed mind control over everyone in the castle before Marqui returned, creating a hostage crisis.
The barrier between the Demon Realm and human world was released, allowing easy retreat and potential further incursions.
Elmana Shie was left in command of the Black Wing Corps during Rosella’s absence and now leads a coup, declaring Rosella an imposter.
The High Elf witch Medirina is kept as a pet with a collar that suppresses her sex drive to one-third of normal.
Marqui’s body odor has a calming effect on Rosella that she identifies as the smell that woke her up when they first met.
Lust’s domain serves as their current safehouse, but tensions between the demon factions are escalating.
The toad Demon God appears brainwashed or stunned, drooling and unresponsive during the confrontation.
Love was injured during the conflict, forcing the decision to retreat despite the castle being occupied.
Translation Notes:
1 ↩ A subculture involving bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism. The source uses “SM” which directly references this Western cultural concept, so it can remain as-is without further explanation for US readers.
2 ↩ A traditional Japanese multi-purpose tool resembling a short dagger. In the context of kunoichi (female ninja) equipment, it serves as both a tool and a weapon.
3 ↩ A female ninja or female practitioner of ninjutsu. The term is a loanword in English but may require context for B2 readers unfamiliar with the concept.
4 ↩ The source uses “前張り” which refers to a BDSM front panel garment that covers the genitals. The translation renders it directly as “front panel” to avoid euphemism and preserve the erotic intent of the original.