Chapter 324: Yumiko's Sixth Sense
Meanwhile, back in the Inukami village, dozens of foxes, both male and female, were swinging practice weapons and running around a field carrying weights.
Yumiko joined them but wore weights almost ten times the weight of the rookies.
'I miss him...'
Her mind focused on Asmodeus while she felt the burning sun on her skin, sweating heavily from the daily training.
Since she became the temporary leader, she arranged and used the martial arts and training that Asmodeus taught her about when he first began teaching her.
"Come on! Two more laps, then you can enjoy the iced lemon and enjoy dinner."
"Ugh... the princess is so strict!" A tired male complained, almost falling over.
"But, don't you feel more amazing after the past few days?" A female running with a light sweat and a smile on her lips commented.
However, there was a split opinion among the people about Yumiko's training at first. Yet, once they finally felt improvements, everything began changing.
'Phew... somehow I've been getting a bad feeling lately.'
'Something is closing in on Asmodeus, and it makes me feel unsettled.'
"When did it start... shortly after Alice and Velvet left I suppose?"
"Oi, Yumi!" Erika called out from the training area, where she would fight the trainee warriors and teach them about their flaws.
Because Asmodeus worried about an attack, half the demon knights gained during their time recruiting mercenaries now protected the Inukami village.
Erika took control of them in Fredricka's place.
Since she became a Demon Knight, she and Levia began to fight often, and now Erika wanted to find something to do. Because she worried that she didn't have anything to do other than sleep with Asmodeus.
Yumiko walked up to her while giving commands to everyone else in the training area. Erika sighed once she stood before Yumiko since she saw the dark bags under her eyes.
"Yumi, you need some sleep." She spoke up first thing and caught Yumiko off guard.
"I know, but what if he comes back, or there is word he was hurt? As the only demon saintess who can save his life..." Her mind started to drift into depressing territory as soon as Asmodeus came into mind.
"Hey! Hey! Get ahold of yourself. Do you really think our beloved will die? He's too stubborn for that."
"I-It's not just that."
The powers of a demon saintess allowed her to revive Asmodeus once if he died. In return, she would lose all of her power and have to start from the beginning again. Yet, Yumiko didn't hate this because she grew stronger just by spending time with him.
'How many times have we done it... and now I am...'
"Also, you can't keep running around like this, Yumi... It's not just your body anymore, didn't the Midwife tell you there's two little kits inside that flat stomach of yours?"
"...I know..."
She finally smiled a bit after touching her belly, which was only noticeable to others due to the slightly raised fabric on her dress. When she conceived, it happened quite some time ago, at least two months now.
"That means two cute little demon princesses for the family. You should worry about the future, not death." Erika's main reason for remaining here was this: Yumiko always acted strangely.
Because she worried Asmodeus might get bored of her, she needed nagging and reminding.
"It seems Alice is quite busy as well..." Erika sighed while stretching herself.
The duchess made even Erika feel a little insecure; the way that Asmodeus treated her was a little strange. Yet she couldn't complain; Erika knew she was something more along the lines of his girlfriend, unlike Yumiko, who felt like his wife.
'It's great for Yumiko... she could actually get pregnant, but the rest of us...'
"H-Hey!" Yumiko quickly blocked her mouth before she yelled more loudly.
"Sorry... I got sidetracked." Erika laughed awkwardly, with sweat pouring down her forehead. She then took a deep breath and then looked at Yumiko.
"If something happens, I'll stay beside you until the end."
"Nn~ Eri is the best after all!"
Shortly after they finished training, the two women enjoyed a light meal, though Yumiko began eating slightly sour things, like gherkins and yoghurt or pickles and cheese. Even during breakfast, she sometimes asked for ice cream despite the cold weather in the morning.
Erika did her best to fulfil every craving, sometimes sneaking into the town to buy ingredients to make whatever Yumiko desired.
'Hmmm?!'
Suddenly, Yumiko felt a sense of danger and a tingling sensation in her body. It was a strange sensation, but she seemed to understand what it meant, and her smile turned into a frown. "That damn bastard... he just took the virginity of another woman!"
"W-What?" Erika looked at Yumiko, confused by the sudden outburst.
"My intuition tells me he took a girl's virginity... Another demon with his power was born!" She had a sulky expression that Erika couldn't help laughing about.
"But why are you surprised, hehehe." Erika didn't care if he slept with one or one thousand women.
Because she knew he wouldn't abandon any of them, at least the women he asked to follow him from the start. He treated Erika, Sariel, Liana and Yumiko differently from the others.
'Though Duchess Alice is a little strange, did she do something to win his love?'
Perhaps she would ask Sariel the next time they talked again since she always kept the secrets of others hidden.
The succubus liked to roam around, after all and would tell the women about any changes in Asmodeus. All because she seemed to love him and became worried he might become sick.
However, these actions seemed less calculated and more by instinct.
"Aren't you mad at him?" Yumiko glared daggers into Erika, which startled her.
"I'm jealous... But not angry. We'll find a solution sooner or later. And besides, didn't he promise to create a country where we all can live in peace? I believe that you will at least become his wife."
"Erika, you would too. Don't you understand that each of us carries a unique symbol and reason for his love? I am like the manifestation of his first love and a forbidden love. You are an innocent love, like a cherished girlfriend. Then Liana... well, she is the dark yet irresistible lover that accepts his darkness and enables him."
The way Yumiko understood the women, as she listed each woman and explained why Asmodeus loved them, opened Erika's eyes. The princess of the Inukami had a greater understanding than Erika believed possible, and she knew how each member of his harem was special to him.
'Still, I have a hunch...' Eri watched Yumiko with a gentle smile.
'He will probably marry you first... His eyes when you performed that rite and gave him a hint about your current state... I felt so much envy that I began to search for pregnancy boosters.'
Erika's thoughts ended as she continued to think about Asmodeus and the future of their family.
"I wonder what he's up to right now..." Yumiko sighed as the foxes on the field slowly vanished for dinner.
"Me too, is he doing well?"
***
At the same time, in the special world of Baku, two figures continued to entangle each other, lost in a lustuous mixture of desire and lust.
Asmodeus felt shocked that the sin that embedded itself in Lumina wasn't what he expected and wasn't greed but envy.
"Nnn~ that was some great sex, Asmodeus."
Lumina lay her human back against the fluffy spider rump—what surprised him was that the hairs didn't irritate his skin or cause him to feel strange. They were silky soft and worked as a kind of mattress when they went at it too intensely.
'A demon of greed, a goddess that is addicted to sex...'
"I wonder why you became so naughty..." Asmodeus thought while his hands were playing with Lumina's chest, squeezing them carefully.
His actions made Lumina snuggle up against his chest while using her silk as a pseudo hammock.
"Well, it's your fault... that heavy weapon changed me completely!" Her scolding voice suddenly turned seductive as she teasingly described how Asmodeus destroyed her innocence with his inhuman weapon and made her love having sex.
'Her aura is no longer twisted and filled with confusion. Though her mana became corrupt and tainted... She seems more holy than ever before—I wonder why?'
"Master~ should I give you a massage?"
"Hmmm... it's not going to lead to more sex right?"
"Haha, no way."
Suddenly, there was a roar from what seemed to be a frustrated Baku.
"ENOUGH! STOP FUCKING LIKE RABBITS!"
"Do you two have any care for a poor old man who cannot even get an erection anymore?! I just want to rest in peace, and you two demons have spent four days having sex, eating, then more sex... It's not normal!"
Baku's voice cracked because of his long shout.
However, it seemed he felt serious about this because the sky began to flicker with lightning, and grey clouds covered the sky.
Asmodeus couldn't help but chuckle before he whispered. "Baku, I'm the demon king of lust... how doesn't it make sense?"
Lumina blushed and turned away with blushing red cheeks; at the same point, she removed the webs that tied both lovers together as if a pair of coiled snakes were mating on top of each other.
"Tch... this old man ruined our mood, Master please scold this naughty cat!"
But she only received laughter from Asmodeus while Baku complained. "You brat! Show some respect to the deity that gave you shelter!"
"No, and besides, what are you if not my Master's servant?"
"You damned fallen Goddess!"
"Hmph! Impotent cat!"
Asmodeus shrugged his shoulders and ignored their fight. Instead, he thought about Yumiko and wondered if he could meet her before the next battle against the cult.
'Somehow, I keep thinking of her these days... it's a little strange.'