Dungeon Defense (WN)

called me?”

Sitri opened her eyes wide in surprise.

“I was sure that you were going to make that kind of request since you called me all of a sudden.”

“I am very curious to know what sort of image Miss Sitri has of me in your mind.”

The corners of my mouth twitched.

“Uh, but……I heard rumors that you’re quite good at it.”

“Rumors? Ruuuumors? There are rumors about me being good at sex?”

“Yeah.
Barbatos would always go around bragging to the other female Demon Lords.”

This is news to me.

“He makes you climax a hundred times in a day, he knows all sorts of positions so it’s fun to let him have his way, and he learns really fast so it’s fun to teach him new things.
The way she bragged about her lover did seem foolish, though.”

Barbatoooos!

For some reason, I could clearly imagine Barbatos sharing risque stories with the other female Demon Lords while smiling like a creepy old man.
She probably used obscene hand gestures while she talked about how satisfying the sex she had the other day was.
That lewd loli!

“Ah, I also heard that you recently opened your eyes to BDSM.”

All right.
I made up my mind now.
I’ll definitely kill that loli one day.

I’ll tie her up and tickle her to death.
I’ll tickle her until beads of sweat form on those pale armpits of hers.

However, Sitri’s bombshells didn’t end there.

“I was really surprised.
Who knew that Barbatos would take the masochist role.
I was certain that she would always take the sadistic role all her life.
Even Barbatos herself seemed surprised! What did she say again? Being dominated by a trashy bastard made it seem like she was lower than trash, so the pleasure was immense.”

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“…….”

That girl has a motor for a mouth.
How dare she recount the secret fetish plays they did to other people?

Think about it, what would happen if I went around telling other Demon Lords that Barbatos pleaded to me while crying? Naturally, Barbatos would show up the next day and whip me almost to death.
And yet, she herself placed obscene stories up on a cutting board.

It felt amazing because you felt like trash? Okay, then, you crude bastard.
I’ll receive your demand.
Look forward to our next meeting.
I won’t forgive you even if your perk butt goes red.

I developed a highly acclaimed in my mind.
While I was doing this, Sitri sat down on a chair.

I suddenly noticed the blood smeared on the edge of the armor she was wearing.
This meant that the war the Crescent Alliance was facing was fierce enough to prevent even a Demon Lord from properly cleaning their armor.
Although Sitri was acting casual in front of me……she might have exerted herself greatly to come here.

Well, it isn’t surprising.
Sitri is the Mountain Faction’s spearhead commander.
Paimon is currently injured, so, technically, Sitri has to act as the head of the Mountain Faction now.
The Mountain Faction was assigned to the vanguard, so the tasks she has to handle are most likely heavier than everyone else’s.
I have basically called for the busiest Demon Lord.

“If it’s not for sex, then why’d you call me?”

“I will get straight to the point.
I need money.”

“Sure.”

Sitri responded without even the slightest bit of hesitation.
She placed her hand against her chin and muttered to herself.

“600,000 gold is my entire fortune.
That was how much I had when I last organized my money 200 years ago, so it should roughly be the same.
If you include physical items, then it might reach 1,500,000 gold……and if I empty the jewel storage and that storage…….
I might just barely have 1,600,000.”

She seemed to have finished her calculations as she turned this way with a grin.

“Yup.
How much do you need? Just give me the word.
I can offer up to 1,600,000 gold.”

“…….”

How should I put it?

It felt like the river in my mind had widened a little.

You can’t obtain the position of Rank 12 by only playing card games.
Many things must overlap for several hundred years like your strength, resolve, and a little bit of luck.
If you really want to fall, then you could fall straight to hell.

She promised me that she would grant anything I asked for.
So, she would do anything I asked for without reserve.
This was most likely Sitri’s thought process.
However, how many people are there in the world who could say ‘so’ like this? Even among the authority figures of the Demon Lord army…….

I did whatever it took to survive for the past year.
For a mere single year.
Sitri was able to maintain her innocence in a sense despite having lived for hundreds of years.

Did she have no reason to become underhanded because she was innately powerful? Or did she continue down a path of righteousness even though she had an opportunity to descend a dark path? Or, perhaps, was she so dimwitted that she couldn’t distinguish between innocence and depravity?

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There was no way to know what was the truth.
However, there was one thing that was certain and it was the fact that the woman sitting in front of me had managed to go against all odds to maintain her position today.
Similar to how there was no reason to know what method was used to create a painting when observing a masterpiece, being awed by Sitri’s behavior didn’t mean that I had to know what sort of life she had lived.

“Please loan me 1,000,000 gold.”

“Sure.
Mm.
But there’s a bit of a problem.
My money is in my Demon Lord Castle, so I can’t give it to you right away.”

She looked sullen.

“Sorry, but can I give you the money after the war is over?”

I smiled bitterly.
This is natural.

“It seems you have misunderstood.
I am not asking you to give me money.
I am asking you to loan me money.”

“……Huh?”

“I wish for you to loan me 1,000,000 gold.
I will pay you back one day.”

Sitri furrowed her brows.

“But I can just give it to you?”

“I appreciate the thought; however, if you do that then I could not say that I am standing on an equal position with you, Miss Sitri.
I do not wish to have such a relationship.”

I wanted to obtain Sitri’s trust.
I didn’t want a relationship where we simply used each other.
I wanted us to become genuine comrades.
This is an utterly perilous world.
I would feel reassured if a pure-hearted Demon Lord like Sitri were on my side.

I grabbed Sitri’s right hand with both of my hands.

“E-Eeh?”

“Miss Sitri.
I wish to be with you forever.”

For some reason, her cheeks became red.

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TL Note: Thanks for reading the chapter.
This came out faster than I expected.
Honestly, you wouldn’t expect Sitri to be like this after everything we saw in the LN.
It’s a surprising change.
It sort of makes me more curious about what the author intended to do with Sitri in the LN.

Well, in any case, I’ll see you guys in the next chapter.