Chapter 300: The Forest’s Scandal
"Want to test it directly, now?"
"N-no. Later...."
"You’re concerned about me? Hehe, got it. Then do it later. Ah, this way you’d understand faster."
Estu placed a hand on Lucifer’s lower abdomen and tapped the air with a finger. It was quite fast, but it looked exactly like touching a holographic keyboard floating in the air.
"Mm, all done. Take a look."
Estu flicked a finger at me. A system window I hadn’t seen before appeared before me.
[Sowing-Magic Stone: Plant seeds. Fruit will definitely be magic stones. (※Former seal exclusive)]
[Expected Result: Lucifer (★★★★☆)]
★ 40%
★★ 35%
★★★ 20%
★★★★ 4.3%
★★★★★ 0.7%
[Death occurs if seed from anyone other than Legion Commander enters.]
"...Don’t you like probabilities a bit too much?"
"What’s it matter? Without probabilities, such deviant magic wouldn’t be possible at all. You want to make Lucifer have babies?"
"...Ahem."
Not exactly that, but even if I wanted to, I couldn’t even attempt it because I’d get looks from all over.
"...."
Look. Even with the Legion Commander and a key figure of the Demon King’s army present, that jealous succubus blatantly glaring daggers. If I had an egg with Lucifer, the legion might flip.
"Magic stones instead of eggs—good. But does one ejaculation definitely finish it?"
"Once a day? If it’s bothersome, you can insert that demon fluid thing too. The reason I came was partly for the seal, but also because of that."
"You mean demon fluid?"
"Yeah. Never heard of semen that melts magic stones. As far as I know, there’s only one thing with that effect...wait."
Estu suddenly ran to me and bent down. Got excited thinking she’d give head because she was suddenly horny, but Estu just quietly pressed her ear to my belly and nodded.
"Hmm, I see. So that’s it."
"Don’t talk like you figured something out and tell me clearly, would you?"
"Not fun if I just tell you. I’ll give a hint. You’re an incredibly special existence. You’ll...realize it yourself when you evolve to 5-star."
"Thanks so much for the hint. The evolution route doesn’t matter, right?"
"Of course. However you advance one more stage is enough. Fufu, I’m looking forward to it. Worth sending Shaitan to you after cherishing her until the end."
"Lady Estu!"
"Oh my, look at her shouting. Legion Commander, educate her properly. What the hell are you doing in bed for her to be yelling like that? Weak energy? Or are succubus bedroom skills too amazing so you’re whipped in bed?"
Shaitan sank. She was so overwhelmed by Estu’s explicit expression that she was speechless.
"...I’ll firmly establish discipline."
"Good. Even if Shaitan is the Demon King’s daughter, you’re the legion’s leader. Within your legion, you’re the Demon King. But can you live whipped like this? Even if your dick gets whipped, hold it so tight that women can’t grab any dick besides yours. Got it? Don’t think about calling other dicks to bed to try something."
"I’ll keep it in mind."
...As expected, Estu knew everything. Since I was reflecting too, I engraved Estu’s sincere advice in my bones.
"Then I’m leaving. Anything you want to say last?"
"There’s one thing I’m curious about. Do you know anything about Forneus’s whereabouts?"
"...."
Estu was silent. I’d also heard through the grapevine to some extent, so if it was Estu, they definitely knew something.
"...Directly intervening in seizure battles between dungeon owners wouldn’t be fair, right?"
"That means...!"
"Can’t say directly, but just know this. If you decide to devour all the legions, you’ll meet eventually."
"Thank you just for that."
Asked everything curious about. I bowed at the waist to Estu once more.
"Take care."
"Yeah, yeah. ...I thought you’d ask about my identity or ask me to give you one."
"Would you give me one? Our legion’s specialty is ’mother-daughter rice bowl’...."
"If you beat the Demon King? Hihihit."
Estu snapped their fingers. Simultaneously turned into black fog and disappeared into the summoning circle.
"...Phew."
The moment tension released, I sat down on the ground. It was a more tense moment than fighting a second battle against revived Halphas.
"Would’ve died about three times if I’d been careless."
"They seemed to let it slide because you defeated the rank 38 dungeon."
Estu openly showed signs of wondering whether to mess me up or not in between. Fortunately seemed to have judged I was still useful.
I’d do as I pleased with Lucifer, another daughter.
I’d place all legions under my control.
I’d assault Estu.
With each word I spoke, I walked a tightrope crossing the boundary of life and death. Fortunately Estu spared me without killing.
Granted Lucifer a special system so I couldn’t easily kill her.
Made her mine so Lucifer could only be used by me who won.
Met the provocation of violating with a witty joke to come back after beating the Demon King.
"Shaitan, you become a woman like that someday too. Except the last part."
"If anyone makes such jokes, I’ll go around saying I’m Master-exclusive."
"Good. That’s the attitude. Now I should test Lucifer, but...."
"Hiiik?!"
Lucifer, whose every string was cut, just became Shaitan’s slave. I didn’t know what relationship the half-sisters had, but I was on Shaitan’s side so would just do as Shaitan wanted.
"First, let’s do what must be done first."
"Yes, then to bed—"
"Need to announce victory. Our entire legion suffered so much because of Halphas’s legion."
"...Yes."
Shaitan clicked her tongue regretfully looking at Lucifer, but I couldn’t use Lucifer even if I wanted to.
’Need to rest at least a day.’
Stamina was spent recovering Luna’s magic power. To go at it like before, needed to rest at least a day—no, three days comfortably.
"Let’s return. To our home."
The war was over.
With our victory.
***
[That moment, Elven Forest.]
Crash!
The pottery dwarves sent as a sign of friendship with each exchange became trash in an instant. Luxury goods valuable enough to feed an entire territory if sold to the human world shattered in 1 second.
"Say it again!!"
The perpetrator who broke the pottery, the 1st Elder, couldn’t believe the report her only daughter brought. Shocking enough to doubt elf hearing, the information daughter Sola brought was shocking.
"The Elf Queen was a dungeon owner. That person...was Luna. The former Elf Guardian Luna."
Bang!
The 1st Elder slammed her fist on the table. The wooden table instantly shattered, and the fragments flew to the thigh of Sola kneeling on one knee.
"...She’s one who investigated taboos and ran off on her own. An elf who left the forest saying she’d expand the boundary. But she became the Elf Queen? Is there proof?"
"I saw it."
"What is that proof!"
"...There was the stigmata that symbolizes the Elf Queen."
Sola presented parchment with the stigmata drawn to the 1st Elder. The 1st Elder was shocked at the stigmata’s appearance, no different from the knowledge she knew.
"Ah, ahhh...."
Sola couldn’t access it—stigmata that should only be written in the repository of knowledge that only elders who contributed to elf society as elders for hundreds of years could access appeared before her eyes.
Since the library was set to only open for her, the Elf Queen was truly born. Moreover, not even a high elf, but Luna who was just a regular elf and guardian.
"This makes no sense.... Why would one who committed taboos be queen material...."
Could understand if Luna just became Elf Queen. After just 100 years, Luna was standing out among guardians enough to be mentioned as next elder candidate.
"What did the dark elf say...!"
But the problem was that Luna became a being who committed taboos.
Not a relatively lightly punishable taboo like simply leaving the village out of curiosity, but the problem was becoming a dark elf who fornicated with monsters.
"A dark elf as Elf Queen...what does this mean! Proof, bring proof!"
"...Here it is."
Sola took out silver hair from her bosom. Gray characteristic of dark elves with silver divine power seeping in, and Luna’s mana clearly resided in the hair.
"Ah, ahhh...."
The 1st Elder collapsed as if falling to the floor.
"1st Elder...!"
"Must see the divine tree, must see the divine tree...! Sola, support me and let’s go to the divine tree...!"
Whether Sola became queen or not was no longer important. If none other than a dark elf became queen, a bloody wind would definitely blow through the Elven Forest that had maintained peace for hundreds of years.
"Quickly to the divine tree—"
"Many ears are listening, 1st Elder."
A cold voice rang out from outside the door the 1st Elder tried to leave. The one who arbitrarily opened and entered the door glared at Sola with a hardened expression.
"Is what you reported not one bit false?"
"...Yes! I stake my life and the divine tree’s honor."
"The proof is...sufficient. Can’t be helped. This too must be the Goddess’s will."
The 2nd Elder made the sign of the cross and prayed. The 1st Elder full of venom struggled to stand and shouted.
"Are you kidding?! One who committed taboos is queen! You think the elves will accept that?!"
"Strange. Following taboos means following tradition. The one who said more than anyone that we must follow elves’ discipline and tradition was 1st Elder.... Big sister, wasn’t it what you said?"
"Hey!"
The elders threw away even formality and revealed their true feelings.
"A dark elf! Not even a regular elf! A dark elf!"
"A dark elf is still an elf. Would the Goddess have granted the stigmata for nothing?"
"To side with the Demon King’s army!"
"If that’s the Goddess’s will."
"You think that makes sense?!"
"Then what? Won’t follow the queen’s will? Planning to commit taboos?"
"Ugh...!"
Cornered. Because the 1st Elder valued discipline more than anyone, she couldn’t refute the 2nd Elder’s sarcasm.
"The day little sister came back with a swollen belly after going outside, sister insisted on discipline trying to send little sister to the Goddess’s side. Barely begged to at least let her give birth, so she gave birth. ...Became a high elf, not even knowing who her mother was."
"That was natural! The child wasn’t even born with the divine tree’s permission!"
"Yet the divine tree himself took no issue."
"He was quietly watching until the coming-of-age ceremony! To punish at the ceremony! That wicked thing just noticed and ran away!"
"...Can’t communicate. Sola, you tell them."
The 2nd Elder turned eyes sadly to Sola. Sola’s pupils who heard shocking facts trembled like aspen leaves.
"What was the first command the queen gave?"
"Th-that’s...."
Sola instinctively knew this was a situation escaping the responsibility given to her. And recalled the command of the true master who could be said to ride the queen’s back, higher than the queen.
"...The queen ’invited’ the elves to the dungeon!"
"...."
The 2nd Elder fell into thought for a long while. The 1st Elder pushed Sola away, making her fall on her butt.
"Th-this crazy...! Telling everyone to become dark elves?! Is that bitch Luna trying to destroy all the elves?!"
"...Big sister, 1st Elder seems to need calming."
The 2nd Elder glanced outside.
"Sola. You must follow the queen’s command, but she’d understand the elves’ confusion too. Don’t know how she became a dark elf, but we need time."
The 2nd Elder smiled bitterly seeing elves gathering one by one. Among the elves who came hearing the commotion, several definitely must have heard the situation.
"My apologies to 1st Elder. Miss Sola, did you enter the dungeon directly and come out?"
"...Yes."
"Then there must be some special method unique to the queen. A way for Miss Sola to maintain elven purity without contacting monsters."
"...."
Sola nodded heavily. Three of the gathered elves played dumb. The 2nd Elder swept everyone with eyes, then nodded heavily.
"Good. I’ll go as representative first. I’ll go check the queen’s intentions."
"You!"
"If I return having become a dark elf...1st Elder, please lead the Elven Forest."
The 2nd Elder smiled brightly with tears welling in her eyes.
"Because there’s no one...who wants to become a dark elf of their own will."
"Achoo!"
"Lune, what’s wrong?"
"No. Suddenly got chills...."
"Chills? I see, cold is the problem. I’ll add to today’s banquet food. Right, cockatrice soup would be good."