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Chapter 171
What About Me?
It was during the monster subjugation campaign.
The young masters had departed for war, and the young ladies and their escort knights remained at Valdrova Castle.
What could the young ladies possibly do?
Women who had never gotten a single drop of water on their hands could only huddle together in their rooms.
Among them, the young ladies with dexterous hands expressed their feelings by embroidering the clothes of the young masters they fancied.
Е n u m̂ а̃
Regardless, the men had left, and they were in an incredibly anxious and lonely situation.
Even with the belief that they would win, defeat constantly whispered in their ears, shaking their hearts.
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It was the perfect environment for those beings who wormed their way into the cracks of those hearts.
Coincidentally, such a being lived in this castle.
"Boring."
Penelope muttered with a hollow face.
Ёñ üm а .і.d
"I achieved the cherished wish I wanted to accomplish in the mortal realm, so why do I feel no sense of accomplishment?"
Her cherished wish, called 'making a garden'.
She had even succeeded in making it with precious and innocent young ladies, yet she felt no accomplishment.
It couldn't be helped.
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What Penelope did was merely throwing a net into a fish farm where meat was confined, or putting a spoonful of rice into her mouth.
'Right.'
Ẁ ebn̄о̃ v е l̄ Е nǔ ḿ а̂
Penelope thought as if she had suddenly awakened.
'If one aims to be a top-tier demon, one must be able to do it oneself!'
She clenched her fist and vowed.
'Next time, let's infiltrate the imperial court and make a garden!'
Absolute confidence that didn't even consider the possibility of getting caught.
With that resolve, she wandered around the castle interior.
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"By the way... where am I?"
Walking around like a ne'er-do-well, she didn't even know where she was.
Valdrova Castle is vast.
Wandering without thought also meant being prepared to get lost at any moment.
On the other hand, because of that, she arrived at a place she would never have seen under normal circumstances.
"Is this the audience chamber?"
Еn̊uṁа̃
The place where a nation's king officially receives subordinates.
Since it was the audience chamber of a dragon, not just any king, its scale was no less than the Emperor's.
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"Come to think of it, I've never seen this place in use."
It was the throne Valdrova should ascend, but Ferda couldn't sit in that seat with his status as regent.
He could have created sufficient justification, but Ferda refused and chose to mainly meet people in the reception room or his office.
So there weren't many people who knew what the inside looked like.
Е ǹū m̂ а́
"Hmm..."
Penelope narrowed her eyes.
A light called interest dwelled within them.
"Shall I take a little look around?"
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Penelope, fearless, opened the closed door and went inside.
"Wooo...!"
Wě b̆ňо̃ v̂е̌ l E n̄ um̆ а̇
What burst out was an exclamation.
She imagined dust covers on everything and thickly piled dust since no one used it.
But even without a king, the place was being thoroughly managed.
If the chandelier lights were lit, the structure would brighten the interior like broad daylight.
The red dragon mural behind the throne was drawn majestically to intimidate visitors.
"As expected of a dragon, it's flashy! Why has this been left alone all this time?"
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Penelope's gaze, scanning the audience chamber, fixed on the throne.
She imagined.
If she sat on that throne, it would surely be the best.
"Hmm..."
If you want to sit, you want to lie down; if you want to lie down, you want to sleep.
Her feet fidgeted and moved forward,
Ĕn uṁа . і̌d
"Ah, whatever."
She ultimately chose to be faithful to her desire.
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She climbed onto the throne as she pleased and sat right down.
"Ooh, woooo!"
The moment her butt touched the throne, Penelope shuddered.
"Is this the air that a king breathes...?!"
Ë n û m̌ а̌. i̇d̈
It couldn't be compared to the sense of accomplishment when she made the garden.
It felt like all the desires she had lacked were being filled.
Penelope recalled the past.
What was the reason she had fearlessly stolen her mother Sitri's Life Vessel?
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It was to drive out that Archdemon and become the new Archdemon of Hell.
But since the plan ended at 'what would happen if she just stole the Life Vessel,' she ended up being chased by her mother.
Ẽṅum̊ а̃
The important thing was that her ambition was still alive.
Penelope, immersed in playing queen, couldn't hold back and shouted.
"Ohohoho! You there! Is anyone there?"
Her resonant voice rang loudly throughout the audience chamber.
"I wish to declare the Penelope Harem Kingdom from this seat! Who is the woman who wants to become the first concubine of this Great Demon Penelope-nim?"
She indulged in the imagination of beautiful girls begging before her on the throne.
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"Is it you? Or you? Anyone's fine, come closer to me..."
Her words trailed off.
"...Huh?"
The imaginary beautiful girls surrounding her scattered like smoke, and she returned to reality.
Yet what maintained its form was at her fingertips.
A woman of ordinary feminine build with red hair.
Е̇ n uṁ а. i d̀
But two pairs of horns far removed from that ordinariness.
Golden eyes and vertically slit pupils.
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She had never faced her before, but even a clueless three-year-old would realize immediately.
The owner of this audience chamber, the subject of the mural behind her, Valdrova.
Right now, Penelope had not only barged into the audience chamber without permission, but sat on the throne, and even pointed at its owner.
"Uh, um..."
Е̇n̄ú m̂ а.і̇d
Her slender fingers curled like fiddleheads, and her gestures politely followed suit.
"Ah, ahaha!"
She laughed loudly as if nothing had happened.
"Well, this... I've been rude! Not knowing anything, I looked around here and there and ended up coming to a place like this and talking to myself!"
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Penelope trying to sneak past Valdrova and leave.
"Th-then, I'll be on my way!"
Е̌n̊ůmа̇
Just as she tried to dash away past her shoulder,
"Wait a moment."
Unable to cross the threshold, Penelope was caught.
She merely uttered three syllables, but her body wouldn't move an inch more.
It seemed even the flow of mana, even her heart, were all in that grip.
Penelope realized for the first time then.
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That this was a dragon.
Valdrova spoke to Penelope, trembling like a helpless prairie dog.
"Wait... can we talk for a bit?"
Penelope intuited what would happen afterward.
'Jed... I'm going ahead.'
She silently left a will.
È n ů mа .ĭ ď
'Your money was well spent. Thanks to you, I met many connections and leave. Impossible in this life, but when you come to hell, I'll pay you back then. Come to think of it, if I go to hell, I'll die in hell too.'
Penelope lamented.
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'Ah shit, if I knew this would happen, I should've just spent all that money.'
* * *
10 minutes ago, Valdrova Castle.
'It's quiet.'
Е nu m̈ а́
Valdrova was walking through the castle interior.
Normally she would have been walking around in armor, but right now she was in a woman's dress.
Since the Spring Festival, taking off her armor and walking around this castle seemed doable.
'Still, meeting people is hard though...'
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Ironically, the person Valdrova found hardest to face was Ferda.
She feared that his appearance of listening carefully and being considerate would rather be a burden.
Еň um̄ а . і̌ d
She mainly circled places people didn't come often.
That route included the audience chamber.
'This... was my seat, wasn't it?'
When she first got engaged to the Third Prince, she had only made one throne.
She never intended to rule here from the start.
That seat was originally for the Third Prince.
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She thought it was better for the Prince to rule than herself, who had gained the position of Duke King but did nothing.
The Third Prince would become the ruler, and Valdrova dreamed of a dream supporting such a Prince.
'But...'
Reality didn't flow that way.
The Third Prince who arrived at the Duke King's domain said this to Valdrova that night.
- "You're saying shabby things like love. As expected, the saying that you're nothing but a house-guarding dog was right."
Ẃ е̊ b̈ǹ о vе̇ ľ _Е̊ n̆u m̂ а
The kind morning appearance was nowhere to be found; he frowned and spat abusive language.
- "I just came to use you. After humoring you a little, I was going to put a dog collar on you. Did you think I'd really love you? You, the slaughterer of the Dragon-Demon War. A dog should act like a dog."
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He spoke hurtful words without hesitation.
That those words were spoken under some magic was certain.
Yet even so, what didn't change was that this was the Third Prince's true feelings and truth.
Hearing those words, her blood qi boiled.
W̃.е b̃ n̈ ò v́ e l̊ Èṅ ū ṁ а̇
Valdrova couldn't control her emotions, raging like a storm.
In the end, she killed that Third Prince with her own hands.
Unable to control herself, she killed someone again.
She loathed her own appearance having lost reason.
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She blamed herself, saying she had no right to be happy.
Yet just a little.
Е.n ûm̊а́ .і d
Selfishly, she just wished for a little more chance to be happy.
If I'm wrong this time too, I vowed I wouldn't have the dream of wanting to be happy anymore, for everyone's sake.
The one who came as the last was that man.
- "Nice to meet you, my heart."
The man named Ferda was the opposite of the Third Prince.
The eyes she first faced were looking at Valdrova clearly.
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He gave the strong feeling of someone who rules in order to marry, not marries in order to rule.
Why couldn't she have met such a man from the beginning?
'If only I had met Ferda a little earlier...'
I wouldn't have needed to be this scared of meeting people...
I could have mustered more courage, helped Ferda more, and achieved so much more...
I want to shake off this fear and help that Ferda.
Е̌ n̂ u̇ mа̇
Valdrova wished so.
- "Ohohoho!"
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Then, a sudden laugh was heard.
It was unmistakably a sound from beyond the door.
'What is it?'
Valdrova carefully entered the audience chamber.
Ēn̊ ũmӓ. ï d̃
There, some pink-haired demon was sitting on the throne, immersed in her role.
'That child... was the one Ferda brought, right?'
Her name was Penelope, a demon.
She heard from Ruri that she didn't know what role it was, but she was important so he brought her.
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'...That child?'
No matter how she looked, she didn't seem like it.
Ẅe b n о́ ṽel̄ Е ñ u m ă
She looked like a thoughtless child.
"Is it you? Or you? Anyone's fine, come closer to me..."
She pointed at herself like that, and.
"...Huh."
She froze.
After that, she tried to slip away, but Valdrova didn't let her.
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"Wait a moment."
Normally she would have ignored the person and sent them away, but for some reason she couldn't just let her go.
Valdrova didn't even know the reason herself, and said this.
"Wait... can we talk for a bit?"
* * *
Penelope and Valdrova sat side by side on a bench where pale blue moonlight fell.
Ẃ е́bn о̌ v̄ еl Еnüm̄ а̊
The two sat demurely.
Not a word was spoken.
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'I want to run away.'
Penelope felt like a cushion of thorns was laid under her butt.
She was faithful to her instincts, but even in this situation, she couldn't move easily.
Penelope tried to escape this situation and opened her mouth with difficulty.
Еn ū m̆ а̌
"Th-that..."
"..."
"I committed a capital offense."
"..."
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"But thinking about it, it doesn't seem like a capital offense. I just sat on the throne, right? Isn't that so?"
"..."
Ѐn̆ ǔ.m̌а̊ .і ď
"Ah, no. Thinking about it again, it is a capital offense. Because I'm running my mouth like this!"
"..."
"Oh my, I blabbered too much, didn't I? I'll shut up."
The saying that the mouth is the gate that opens calamity was a story very fitting for Penelope.
Silence piled up again.
Along with that sound, Penelope's heart felt like it was increasingly stopping.
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"Um..."
"Y-yes! Please speak!"
This time, Valdrova opened her mouth.
"That... I didn't call you in here to say something."
"I-is that so? Phew! Of course, as expected of the generous and merciful Valdrova-nim, you have the magnanimity to show mercy for this lowly one's mistake!"
"Hmm... I was just a bit curious too."
E ǹù m â.і̇d̃
"Curious, you say!"
A hole to escape appeared.
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Penelope smiled brightly and slapped her own chest.
"This Penelope will answer anything if I can answer!"
"Then... what is that harem kingdom?"
"Huh..."
Èn̆ ǔ ṁ а
Penelope faced a huge obstacle from the start.
A question difficult for a woman to answer.
Moreover, hadn't she pointed at her and said she'd recruit her as a harem member?
"H-harem is... well... you could say it's polygyny."
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"Polygyny? What does that mean?"
"It means one man has multiple wives, and it's probably a kind of utopia that any man would dream of at least once?"
Е.ňu m а̂ .іd̈
"Huh? You were a man?"
"No, I'm a woman?"
"Then what meaning does that have?"
Right.
"Oh my, what I'm saying is I meant building a harem kingdom for Valdrova-nim!"
"But I'm a woman?"
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"Then it becomes a harem kingdom where a woman keeps women!"
"Hmm... women, huh..."
Her own appearance surrounded by numerous women.
She imagines what women mainly do when they gather.
'Something like a tea party?'
She imagines herself enjoying the sight of them conversing.
Е̃ ń.úm а
Her heart fluttered as if she was becoming the young lady she dreamed of.
"So a harem kingdom is a good thing?"
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"Huh? Ah, o-of course!!"
She must have misunderstood something, but it wasn't important.
Penelope laughed "Ahaha!" and glossed over it.
"You said you're Sitri's daughter... so you're the Demon of Lust, right?"
W e̊b n̆ о̌ v̄ еl Е̂ ńům а
"Th-that's right?"
"Then... you know men well too?"
"Uh..."
To Penelope, men were like stones lying on the roadside.
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Beings she doesn't care about, but if she accidentally trips on them, they're annoying.
Unless they're notably handsome like Jed, most were like that.
Ŵе̂b n̈ öv̌ еl̂ Е̂ n̈ u m̆ а́
"I know what kind of woman is attractive!"
Penelope avoided the unfavorable question with a different answer.
"An attractive woman..."
But that answer must have been the correct one, as Valdrova's reaction was good.
She touched her chin, not hidden by a mask.
Just as Penelope was nervous, wondering if she'd stepped in shit,
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"Do you really know women well?"
"Oh my, of course. I know well the kind of beauty that drives men crazy!"
"I see..."
Valdrova thought deeply for a moment, then
"Good."
She nodded.
Ѐ nūm а
Unlike the voice that sounded like she had made a big resolution, her action was very simple.
She took off the mask she was wearing and showed her bare face.
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"I... how am I?"
She asked shyly.
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