Dungeon Defense (WN)

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A few days later, Ivar Lodbrok sent a letter.

「Next Monday, I wish to show my sincerity to Your Highness at the main branch of Keuncuska in Niflheim.」

There was only one line written in the letter. It was written with very refined handwriting.

If someone else were to have read this, they probably wouldn’t have understood. Ivar Lodbrok was finally going to show me their real body. I smiled.

“What pretty writing.”

Typography hasn’t been developed yet, so one’s handwriting was rather important whether you were in the human continent or the demon world. Not only did it show how refined the writer was, but it was also a way to display what sort of person you were.

However, a majority of Demon Lords have terrible handwriting.

No, to be more exact……it was way too good.

If your writing with a brush becomes too impressive, then it contrarily becomes harder to read. It was similar to that. For example, Sitri’s handwriting flew off to the side like a figure skater skating across the ice. I couldn’t tell if she had written words or made a work of art.

There was a time when I received a love letter from Sitri.

‘I’ve been thinking of you lately before I fall asleep.’

‘It’s hard to only meet every half a month. Can’t we meet more often?’

‘It’s fine if you’re busy. Sorry. You’re always busy, after all…….’

Wasn’t this so innocent that it looks like it was written by a middle school girl?

The issue was the fact that it took me more than an hour to decipher her writing. The refreshing feeling within her letter had completely evaporated by the time I managed to read it entirely! All I had left was a headache. Sheesh…….

On the other hand, Ivar Lodbrok’s handwriting was perfectly aligned as if it were printed by a machine.

This showed the other party’s personality. For starters, it showed that they were pragmatic. They did their best to hide their personalities from others and extremely disliked showing off.

The handwriting was truly Ivar Lodbrok-like.

“Daisy, what does my schedule look like around next Monday?”

“Father has promised to meet Her Highness Paimon this Friday.”

Daisy answered while standing next to my throne.

“On Saturday, you will be participating in a banquet in Niflheim held by the archdukes of the demon world. On Sunday, you will remain in Niflheim and spend the day with Her Highness Gamigin. On Monday, you will return and inspect your territory in secret.”

“Mm.”

I gave a satisfied nod.

Daisy didn’t even hesitate for a moment to recite my schedule from memory. Daisy was now 13 year old and had the dignity of a handmaid. She was always prepared to answer my questions.

“How about Tuesday?”

“You will be visiting Mannheim to see Her Highness Paimon and Her Highness Sitri.”

“Aah, I just remembered. I have to go meet Barbatos during the weekend…….”

I unintentionally let out a weak sound. My schedule was far from being pleasant.

“How did my plans get twisted up like this? The world is a cruel place.”

“You brought this upon yourself, Father. I told you before, didn’t I? If you keep making excuses and delay things over and over again, then, in the end, you will have no other choice but to meet a bunch of people all at once.”

Daisy smirked.

“You delayed your appointment with Her Highness Sitri once 21 days ago and another time 12 days ago. You missed your appointment with Her Highness Paimon 16 days ago. This is why both of these appointments were pushed to next week.”

Daisy’s tone was polite, but that was the only thing about her that was polite. This was akin to calling customer service and being told, ‘Hello dear customer. What fucking thing can I help with you today?’ from the customer service worker.

“……You brat, your memory is needlessly good.”

“Thank you very much. It is because I have someone besides me who tortures me if I do not remember things properly.”

Daisy bowed her head. This damned bitch.

“Haa. You used to be a cute fellow who trembled before a single slime……. How did you grow up to be such a dull person?”

I naturally lamented.

“Who knows? That isn’t something the person who shoved two slimes in my body should be asking.”

“Kuh. Has Luke not been masturbating lately?”

“It seems my dear brother has finally escaped from masturbating and opened his eyes to women.”

Daisy answered unwaveringly.

“Recently, he has been switching to a new lover every month. I hear that he has slept with every prostitute in all 6 villages. I doubt he has the time to play with the slime.”

“Damn it……! Has that brat forgotten that his little sister is the best!?”

I grabbed my head and groaned.

I was wondering why Daisy’s levels haven’t been increasing well lately while training her. I raised the sensitivity level of her breasts, anus, and genitals all to 5, but nothing had been increasing. Now I’ve learned that Luke has been trolling me.

What an ungrateful bastard! His little sister was the one who taught him the taste of women! How dare you toss your sister aside and play with other women just because I scratched your head a little!? This is why humans don’t know what kindness is.

The girl smiled widely.

“How about giving up now?”

“Shut it. It’s still a hundred years too early for you to feel victorious.”

I growled. My plan to put Daisy into a mentally lower position than me by giving her an endless amount of shame and humiliation was effective.

As a side note, Daisy was obviously still a virgin. I’m not sure if it was because of me, but it seems that she developed a hatred for men.

She started to stick to Laura and ogle at her recently and I couldn’t help but find this funny. It’d be quite funny if the hero and the chancellor who were archrivals in <Dungeon Attack> were to become lovers.

Well, personally, I was absolutely lenient when it came to my vassals’ sexuality.

I don’t have even the slightest intention to restrict my partners sexually. They can do whatever they want. However, it seems like Laura has more interest in Barbatos━surprisingly, really surprisingly, Laura became one of Barbatos’ lovers!━than Daisy.

“I will cancel the inspection that was planned for next Monday. Instead, I will immediately head to Niflheim after leaving Gamigin’s villa.”

“Understood. I will inform Miss Jeremi who was going to escort you during your inspection.”

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The continent was still in the middle of civil wars, but war was like a distant tale to Niflheim, the city built by demons stacking gold.

The archdukes of the demon world would lobby over and over again in order to prevent the flames of war from reaching them. A luxurious banquet was held every half a month. The most expensive dancers of Niflheim were hired for these events. Even alcohol that was comparable to drinking gold was also prepared without reserve.

“Haha. Miss Gamigin is undoubtedly the most beautiful in the Demon Lord Army.”

Rank 4 Demon Lord Gamigin was naturally on the list of invited people.

“Others claim that Miss Barbatos and Miss Paimon are more beautiful, but if I am to be honest, I believe those opinions are a little biased. As most people know already, the two are popular for different reasons.”

An archduke spoke while smiling politely.

“There is a lack of objectivity in their preferences. I have always believed that Miss Gamigin is the most beautiful flower.”

“Is that so? Thanks.”

Gamigin raised the glass of wine in her right hand and smiled brightly.

“But I can’t help but feel a little small before Barbatos and Paimon. Should I say that they have a type of mysterious charm?”

“That may be the case. Regardless, if I were to judge them solely based on their looks…….”

The archdukes were having a congenial conversation while surrounding Gamigin.

Contrary to her the bright smile on her face, Gamigin was feeling bored on the inside.

‘What obvious lip service. They’ll say the exact same thing to both Barbatos and Paimon but with the roles switched around depending on who they’re talking to anyway. There should be a limit to obvious flattery.’

Gamigin played along skillfully as she drank her wine.

She could feel a few of the archdukes sneak a glance down at her cleavage. Gamigin enjoyed wearing clothes with a lot of exposure and this ended up stimulating the archdukes’ lecherous desires. It was strangely fun to her.

‘A high-ranking Demon Lord like me can see through everything even if you try to control your emotions, you idiots.’

Gamigin didn’t go out of her way to tell them. Rather, whenever she met an archduke’s gaze, she would give a playful wink and show the archduke a questionable gesture. Every time she did, the archdukes would always apologize while being unable to control their excitement.

Bedding a high-ranking female Demon Lord – this was probably a dream some archdukes had.

‘Go ahead, keep looking. It’s fine if you look right at me. Hurry up.’

The archdukes didn’t notice, but Gamigin was secretly casting a charm spell around her. However, something happened right as she was about to masterfully capture the archdukes.

An attendant who was standing at the entrance of the banquet hall announced in a loud voice.

“Rank 71, Demon Lord of Many Faces! His Highness Dantalian has arrived━!”

The hall became quiet for a moment.

All of the archdukes who were peaking at Gamigin’s breasts looked away. This was rather rude, but Gamigin was the one who turned her head first, so she couldn’t reprimand anyone.

A man was there. He stopped near the door. He turned to his left and right before standing still for a moment as if he were basking in the light from the chandelier. He then started to walk again.

The man greeted the people in the banquet hall as he slowly approached.

He had long legs and a skinny body. He was lacking in flesh in an unsightly way. She wasn’t sure how other people felt, but Gamigin felt strangely bothered by the wide smile on his face. He was definitely someone you couldn’t describe as handsome.

“It appears that quite the venerable individuals are gathered here. Miss Gamigin, long time no see.”

However, his voice was special.

He didn’t talk loudly, but his words could still be heard clearly. It felt like his voice was able to find its way into people’s ears on its own. At the very least, Gamigin rated his voice highly.

“Mm, Dantalian. Long time no see.”

“I wished to visit you before, but my body was being terribly lazy. It is all my body’s fault. Please do not blame me, but my body.”

“Every Demon Lord already knows that you’re lazy, Dantalian. I understand.”

Gamigin smiled.

‘This insolent brat.’

Dantalian had just indirectly asked for sex. Gamigin and I have a physical relationship, he had informed the people around us about this. It displeased her greatly, but Gamigin couldn’t deny it.

“Come to think of it, His Highness Dantalian and Her Highness Gamigin are on close terms!”

Sure enough, one of the archdukes took the bait.

Dantalian received a glass of wine from one of the attendants before responding.

“Indeed. I personally like her quite a bit.”

“On a related note, if it isn’t rude of me to ask……. I heard that you are also close to Her Highness Barbatos, Her Highness Paimon, and even Her Highness Sitri.”

Dantalian laughed.

“What is there to be rude about? You are right.”

“Then……Your Highness, out of the female Demon Lords, who do you think is the most beautiful?”

The archdukes looked at Dantalian with great interest.

Of course, they knew that as long as Gamigin was here, he would have no other choice but to say it was her out of courtesy. Not only was that basic manners, but it was also a conversational method. However, they were also interested to know who Dantalian was interested in since he was together with several female Demon Lords.contemporary romance

Dantalian answered without any hesitation.

“Aah. Of course, Miss Barbatos is the most beautiful.”

“…….”

The archdukes froze in place.

Their facial expressions looked as if they had seen a ghost while the person in question was drinking his wine nonchalantly.

“Oh. This wine is rather luxurious.”

It truly seemed like he didn’t think much about it.

The atmosphere gradually became colder.

The archdukes didn’t know how to react to this unexpected turn of events. If it were another demon, then they would’ve scolded them, but the other party was a Demon Lord. None of the archdukes was in a position that allowed them to reprimand Dantalian. The archdukes carefully turned to look at Gamigin.

As their gazes turned to focus on her, Gamigin thought to herself.

‘Seriously, this son of a bitch.’

Even now, she could do nothing but smile.

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TL Note: Thanks for reading the chapter. I mentioned it in the last chapter, but Lunar New Year is in a few days from now, so the next chapter will be delayed. Same as usual holiday stuff. I don’t know how many of you guys celebrate it as well, but uh, happy holidays!

I’ll see you guys when I get back and finish another chapter.

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