Betrayed by His Party, a Failed Healing Mage Revived Past Demon Lords Out of Spite and They Were All Overpowered Beautiful Girls - 12

Chapter 12: The Healing Mage Lodges a Complaint

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I was carried into Elizabeth’s room and laid down on her bed just like that.

“Sorry for the trouble… w-wait, um, please don’t strip my clothes off without asking!!”

“I was just about to go to sleep myself. If Valsh is wearing clothes, I can’t use you as a body pillow.”

With that, Elizabeth tossed aside her clothes and lay down beside me. Then she hugged me tightly. Her moderately sized chest pressed against my arm with a soft squish, deforming its shape.

“W-wait, w-what are you—”

“To think you’d get excited over breasts at this point. Haven’t you and I already shared pleasurable bloodsucking together?”

“Well, yeah, that’s true, but…”

“Or would you rather just have normal sex? I’m a virgin, so I don’t know if I’d be any good at it.”

Elizabeth straddled me, licking her lips with a bewitching smile.

…gulp.

“No, not ‘gulp’!!”

“How unfortunate. I thought I’d soothe you since you’re tired, Valsh.”

“That’d just make me more tired…”

“Then let’s do this. Valsh, excuse me for a moment.”

“Huh?”

Elizabeth sat up and knelt by the pillow, placing my head on her thighs. A classic lap pillow. She gently stroked my head with her slender, graceful fingers.

“Valsh, you’re so cute. I could just eat you up.”

“…Please don’t suck my blood. If you do it now, I feel like I might actually die…”

As she continued stroking my head, drowsiness overtook me.

“Elizabeth-san. There’s just one thing I want to say.”

“Are you curious about the size of my breasts? They’re a C. Meme said, ‘More like a B,’ but no matter what anyone says, they’re definitely a C.”

“I didn’t ask. That’s not it.”

What I had wanted to say all this time… It wasn’t about the size of Elizabeth’s chest—

“Shouldn’t we move Alicia’s body to another room?”

In the corner of the room sat a block of ice. Inside it, Alicia was sealed, still sleeping quietly. Her sleeping face was peaceful, like she might wake up at any moment. But a corpse was still a corpse, and I really didn’t want to sleep in the same room. However, Elizabeth shook her head.

“No. When I touch that ice, my hands sting and hurt.”

“Huh, why?”

“The ice itself must have absorbed holy power by being in contact with her body. To be blunt, I don’t think it can be moved anymore.”

Alicia possessed the blessing of a goddess. And not just any blessing, but an extraordinarily powerful one, rare even in history. It wouldn’t be strange if the ice sealing her body had taken on some kind of holy power.

“Then at least can’t we change rooms? Actually, why is she still in your room even after we moved to the Sky Demon Castle?”

“This room is my old chamber from the Demon Lord’s castle, brought here as-is with spatial manipulation.”

“Demon Lords really can do anything, huh.”

“You may show me a bit more respect.”

Still, it was a problem that Alicia’s remains couldn’t be dealt with…

“Hm?”

“What is it?”

“No, it’s just… for a moment, I thought Alicia’s eyes opened a little…”

“Your imagination, perhaps? Corpses don’t move.”

“Y-yeah, you’re right.”

Maybe I really was just exhausted. I closed my eyes, trying not to think about frozen Alicia, and drifted off to sleep—

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“Th-th-this is terrible!!”

“Pestia, please don’t shout when Valsh is sleeping.”

“Ah, no, I’m already awake, so it’s fine.”

“Oh? Good morning.”

“…How long was I asleep?”

“Roughly ten days.”

What!? I thought I just passed out for a second, and it’s been ten days!?

…Are vampires heavy sleepers or something?

“So, did something happen?”

“Y-yes, a huge number of humans have entered the Great Forest of Ruve!!”

“Oh my, the Kingdom of Halmesia moved faster than expected. The town of Sapan… has it been retaken?”

Elizabeth murmured as she stared into empty space. She was probably sharing sight and hearing with her bat familiars to check on the situation in Sapan. It seemed that a thousand knights dispatched from the capital had reclaimed the town. The townspeople must be celebrating, finally freed from their fear.

“How many humans entered the Great Forest of Ruve?”

“T-ten thousand!!”

“That’s quite a lot. Shall we deploy the skeleton soldiers we had Elshadow mass-summon beforehand?”

“Ah, um, well… um…”

“Oh? Do you have more to report?”

As Elizabeth tilted her head at the flustered Pestia—

“W-we killed them all!!”

“…Excuse me?”

“Um, I panicked and accidentally mishandled my plague magic, and I ended up killing most of them!! I’m sorry!!”

As expected of the most feared Demon Lord in history. It seemed she had carried out a massacre on a scale unimaginable from her timid demeanor.

Terrifying.

Putting that aside, if she killed ten thousand knights and soldiers, why was Pestia so panicked?

“And, actually, a few people managed to endure my plague magic and escaped… four of them…”

I had a sudden intuition. Those four must be the ones I despise, the Hero’s party.

“I’ll go take a look… no, on second thought, I’ll refrain.”

“W-what’s wrong, Elizabeth-san? You look pale.”

“No, it’s just that I’ve been giving Valsh a lap pillow this whole time, so I’ve lost feeling in my lower body…”

“Oh. I-I’ll cast healing magic right away.”

It seemed Elizabeth’s legs had gone numb. After casting healing magic on her, I put on my mask and went to check on the Hero’s party.

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Side: Hero

Time rewound slightly.

Albert was preparing for departure at his home to defeat the newly born Demon Lord.

“This is completely different from the first journey…”

Albert muttered as he looked into the bag filled with funds granted by the king. Inside the bag were a large number of gold coins. In addition, he had been supplied with expensive potions and various other items. Compared to his first journey, where he had only been given ten copper coins and a wooden stick, the difference was overwhelming, leaving Albert speechless.

Just then—

“Albert-sama!!”

“Hm? Y-Your Highness the Princess!?”

The one who entered the room without knocking was the First Princess of the Kingdom of Halmesia. Her name was Iristella von Halmesia. A peerless beauty known as the jewel of Halmesia, with long marigold-colored hair and deep blue eyes.

“Why are you here?”

“I wanted to see you, Albert-sama, so I snuck out of the castle!!”

“I-I see…”

“If only Father would hurry and approve my marriage with you, Albert-sama, we could meet more often… My younger sister also wanted to see you.”

“Haha, I appreciate that.”

Albert was a hero who had defeated the Demon Lord. In addition to that historic achievement, he possessed a very handsome appearance. Naturally, noble ladies throughout Halmesia admired him, and Iristella, being a young maiden, was no exception. Incidentally, her younger sister—the Second Princess—also harbored feelings for Albert.

“Albert-sama, what’s that?”

“Oh, this is the funding for the expedition. It’s so different from the first time, it surprised me.”

“Ah, I know about that!! You only had ten copper coins and a stick when you first set out, right!? …How did you even manage to defeat the Demon Lord?”

Albert smiled as he recalled those days from years ago.

“I wonder the same thing. Back then, earning money was tough.”

“How did you earn it?”

“Valsh used those ten copper coins as capital and skillfully made money through business. Well, after that, he fell for some shady scam and we ended up penniless. Both of us dug through alleyway trash cans together and ate half-rotten food, which gave us stomachaches.”

“Valsh… that’s the friend who betrayed you, correct?”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

Albert’s expression stiffened for just a moment, but he quickly composed himself and nodded. Just then—

“Iristella-sama!! Iristella-sama!! Where are you!!”

“Ugh, they’ve already noticed I escaped!! Well then, Albert-sama, I’ll be going now!!”

“Ah, okay.”

Iristella gave a graceful bow, then leapt out the window.

“There she is!! It’s Lady Iristella!! Capture her!!“

“I absolutely won’t let you catch me!!“

After the noisy princess left, Albert stared intently at the bag of gold coins in his hands. Then, tilting his head, he muttered—

“Why was I talking about that useless guy like it was something fun?”

It was a fleeting question. But it quickly faded, and Albert merely shrugged.

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