Chapter 263 – Chapter 25 – The Curtain Rises
Just when clouds of war began to roll between West and East.
A very secret meeting was going on inside a shabby building in a city in the kingdom.
Some wore the clothes of an inn clerk, others a piece of cloth worn by brothel women.
Another was wearing the clothes most ordinary housewives wear.
Everyone present seems to be just a small part of the kingdom.
In reality, it was a force that drove out all forces from the underworld and took all the empty seats.
The real power of the back alley has become so huge that it uses once-prominent powers as its subordinates.
Everyone gathered here were executives and core forces of the ‘Red Tarantula’.
“You seem to be the one who takes direct orders from Klaus-sama.”
Sitting at the top of the table among them, a woman with a very alluring and decadent sensuality.
At first glance, they seem to be human, but if you look a little closer, you realize that they are not human no matter which way you look at them.
Then another woman, who had been standing silently by herself in front of her, looked at her cautiously.
Judging by the twinkling of her crimson eyes, the woman was by no means human.
At one time, she acted as a shadow under Au Pen, who was the uncle of the demon king.
Afterwards, she was caught in the hands of a man and completely changed as a result of her intimidation and pleasure.
Lire, who had now established herself as the faithful limb of the demon king and the man, cautiously opened her mouth.
“… Are you the leader of the red tarantula, Angelica?”
As the name of the woman sitting in the seat flows from Lire’s mouth, a cold light shines in the eyes of those standing around her.
Acting as her shadow, reading the other person’s presence became the basis of the basics.
Because of this, as Lire trembled lightly and was wary of her surroundings, Angelica immediately raised her hand.
Then he spoke in a sharp voice, like a growl of a beast.
“Everyone do it in moderation. I’m a guest under Klaus-sama’s command. If you’re rude one more time, I won’t let you go.”
At Angelica’s cold warning, the women around her hurriedly lower their heads.
After she uttered a stinging word to those who were wary of being outsiders during her silence.
Angelica muttered again to Lire in a languid voice.
“Yeah. Yes. I am Angelica of the Red Tarantula. However, calling her by her first name is not pleasant from everyone’s point of view, so it would be nice if she just called her the leader.”
“I understand, Captain. Forgive me if I made a mistake…”
“Not to that extent. Above all, our red tarantulas are a group that follows His Highness the Demon King, and you are the one who received orders directly from His Highness the Demon King, so you don’t have to come out too lowly.”
It could be said that it was really ironic.
He was caught trying to harm the demon king in the past, and turned around to save her life.
Thanks to that, he was recognized and respected as a subordinate of the Demon King.
If Yulia, the current demon king, had suffered her harm because of him.
Lire shook her head when she wondered if she could have been treated better than this.
I’m sure she would have used herself like that and dealt with all the people involved in her to keep the secret.
“I’m OK. Both me and the captain are people who work hard for His Majesty the Demon King. I don’t want to create a hierarchical relationship in this area for nothing.”
“Thank you for saying that.”
Angelica replied and held out her hand to her subordinate who was next to her.
Envelopes with something in her hand then came up sequentially, and Angelica, who received them, got up from her seat and approached Lire.
“This is information about the location of the villages in the northern part of the kingdom that we requested earlier, as well as the places where mid-level commanders who were active in the Confederate Army during the First Continental War worked. In addition, there are things we personally know. It will probably be of great help to His Majesty the Demon King.”
“Thank you, Captain.”
One, one is very important information. I can’t wait to see how these will be used.
However, neither Angelica nor Lire carelessly mentioned that part.
They just have to do what they are told to do and complete it, just do it perfectly.
It is not their job to collect and filter them into the sharpest weapons.
Paying attention to that is excessive greed and can be seen as an act of crossing the line.
Even though he swore allegiance to Yulia, Lire still has past sins.
As expected, they decided to cooperate unconditionally with the demon king family, but the beginning was the red tarantula, a group that did all kinds of dirty work in the dark, and Angelica.
From their point of view, a useless word or wrong step could lead to hell.
It was then that I realized that the two were in a very similar situation.
Thanks to this, in encounters outside of work, even though they are not personally meeting, they have a strange sense of identity.
In addition to that, they both had one thing in common: that Klaus saved their lives anyway.
Of course, it can’t be said that Lire and Angelica are really the same case, but looking at the results, I could say that they were able to survive and live a decent life thanks to that.
“And from now on, be even more careful. With the war imminent, it looks like they are catching all the suspicious ones and dragging them to the interrogation room.”
“Thanks for the advice. Even if it’s not, the atmosphere these days is unusual, so unlike before, we are moving in complete secrecy. Thanks to that, I’m relying more on the red tarantula side. I’m working for the Demon King, but I feel like I’m running out of things I can do.”
There were demons from the east that Yulia didn’t pay attention to.
They were those who surrendered and settled down in the West just before the end of the Continental War, and even before that, they had been discriminated against and suspected a lot, but since they had already left the East, they lived in silence.
But this time, they suffered a lot of damage as they drove right before the outbreak of the Second Continental War.
Nobles openly called them spies, and even commoners attacked them.
On the way, they were killed, or if they were women, they were raped and brutally killed.
For Lil, who was doing intelligence activities by hiding in the western demon society, it was like lightning.
Because of this, it was difficult to move, so the information delivered by the red tarantula was absolutely necessary.
“It’s something we do to live with each other, well. If it wasn’t for you, we would have had to sort out the information ourselves and upload it to Your Highness the Demon King, but more time will be delayed in the meantime, and if that happens, the information we’ve been working so hard for may change, so it’s a good thing for each other.”
After saying that, Angelica waved lightly, and the subordinates around her disappeared in one fell swoop.
It implies that the position will soon be broken, so we will scatter to the places we promised each other and be vigilant in case of an emergency.
And if that does not happen, they will return to their commoner form and scatter in all directions, as they have always done.
The moment when Lir, who confirmed the information Angelica gave her, is also about to leave her seat.
Lire flinched at the words of the leader of the red tarantula that suddenly flew in, and his body trembled.
“But, when I think about it, I mean. Don’t you and I seem to have one more thing in common? Your Highness the Demon King, Your Highness the Demon King But even so, you’re hiding another reason behind it.”
“… What did you just say?”
“I didn’t mean to investigate. However, it was necessary to investigate through whose hands the information we had gathered painstakingly was headed for the castle. And I found out about you. Looking back, until recently, I was active as a shadow under the traitor Aufen. I don’t know how he turned around, but what’s certain is that he’s staying very close to Klaus-sama.”
“I don’t know why his name is mentioned.”
At Lire’s words, Angelica slowly shook her head.
And she’s not trying to blackmail you or accuse you of any other evil, she said.
She said it was very nice to meet her rather she had a similar mindset to herself.
“I am the body that was saved by Klaus. So I decided to be loyal to His Highness, the Demon King whom he serves. His Highness the Demon King is of course a good person, but if I had to choose between him and His Highness the Demon King, I would probably choose the former.”
“If you say things like that carelessly…”
“Tell me honestly, Lire. Aren’t you just like me?”
“…”
“I told you not to misunderstand. I’m not rebelling against Your Majesty the Demon King. However, loyalty to the Demon King is loyalty, and grace received from him is grace. Why are you saying this? It means that I will do my best to repay the favor. Later on, if Your Majesty the Demon King or Klaus ask us about our true intentions, you should answer that. To repay the favor, I will be loyal forever. So please believe me until the end.”
At Angelica’s words, Lire suddenly realized that her Julia had given him an order.
The red tarantulas are great helpers, but be careful as they don’t know how loyal they are yet.
If you sense any suspicious energy, don’t delay and report it immediately.
It seemed that Angelica was worried about that part, in case Angelica would arouse the demon lord’s suspicion.
She seemed to be paying attention to the fact that they had not ruled out the possibility that they might change their minds and switch sides to a greater advantage since they had been living in the shadows all this time.
“We, no, I will do my best. To Your Highness the Demon King, and to Klaus.”
“…”
“How are you, Lire? It seems that you too were saved by him.”
With her smile, Angelica turned her body before Lire and she disappeared from there.
At some point, she was left alone, and Lire stared at the place where the head of the red tarantula had disappeared.
Words that, at first glance, seem like they are plotting something strange for Klaus.
But she must have known that Klaus would never repeat himself with Yulia.
Although it was a bit sharp, it was a bit dangerous remarks.
It means that he has no intention of harboring other feelings, so please convey that part.
Angelica seemed to have managed to notice that Lire was not just an errand boy or spy, but at the same time the eyes and ears of the demon lord.
“I’m not saying things like that carelessly…”
Lire, muttering to himself, treasured the information they gave him in his arms and took his steps.
Then, when she suddenly thinks of the man’s hand caressing her, her heart beats like crazy.
His hands passed over his face, over his shoulders, then down his chest, waist, and stomach.
At last, as her woman, the very moment when she went over without leaving even the most secret place is tingling.
“Ah…”
At first, I just thought it was scary, I thought it was a human like a monster.
He was himself who had such worries that he might be eaten alive by that monster.
But why can’t my body and mind forget the monster as I go?
Lire, who struggled to extinguish the flames by rubbing her thighs for a while, soon made up her mind.
This time, she said, let’s finish the job properly and go to him to get the prize.
No matter how he treated me, even if he treated me harshly, it was all good now.
If I could die at the hands of that man, I don’t think it would be too bad if he died.
While Lire thought so, he disappeared into the shadows.
