I Was Transported to Another World with a Male-to-Female Ratio of 1:3000 and Made into a Breeding Pet for the Demon Lord’s Army - 109

Chapter 109: Ken-chan, Our Hope and Despair

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With footsteps that could no longer conceal my irritation, I strode through my own castle.

Haah… Damn it. To think the Demon Lord had even filmed something like that! To brainwash an innocent and pure male, forcing him to say words he didn’t mean… How absolutely unforgivable!

In this meeting, I had intended to invoke the previous male as precedent and argue that demons were unaccustomed to handling males, thus demanding his return. But then came that suddenly broadcasted video of Ken-chan being NTR’d. Its content was so raw, so cruel, that it tore the hearts out of everyone present, even my own retainers.

Ugh… Just remembering it makes me want to vomit.

For us, who already found it difficult to see a man again once mating had occurred, NTR works were the ultimate taboo. Even in mating books, we had a law that had been written at the very beginning of the law code.

【If one dares write a story marketed as ‘pure love’ only for the male to be stolen by another woman in the end, the punishment is death without question!】

What if the woman after me was better at mating than I was? What if, after I finally proposed thirty years later, he had already married someone else…? For us, who could only imagine the psychology of the men we mated with, to be confronted with such possibilities.. .Of course no one could remain sane.

That was why, if that video of Ken-chan ever leaked, the entire nation would go mad. Psychiatric wards would be overflowing, and everywhere in the city there would be mass vomiting and fainting.

『Human bodies are too scrawny, ew lol. Demon bodies are way bigger and sexy~♡』

“Gah!”

That had not merely been the presentation of evidence. The Demon Lord had been making a threat, plain and clear. 

『Try anything foolish, and this hell will be shown across the entire nation.』

As always, her methods were filthy. Just as Mother had said.

“But even so… With males this rare, to pretend such a ripe one doesn’t exist is completely unacceptable!”

Even during the meeting I had thought so, and while I gathered up the papers scattered across the floor, suppressing my nausea, I tried to plead with the Demon Lord… But…

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“Handing over Ken-chan to you guys is not an option… Ken-chan is now a male known across the entire Demon Realm. If he were to fall into the hands of humans, the Demon Lord’s army would lose all credibility.”

“S-surely you could just cover it up with another male before the truth came out…”

“Such a thing would be meaningless. The whole of demonkind is already addicted to Ken-chan. They would surge upon humanity and trample them flat. Your castle would be leveled in an instant.”

“……”

“So you had best give up. Ken-chan is now with the Demon Realm itself. He is indispensable to us here… You understand, don’t you?”

And with those words, the Demon Lord left. I could not stop her. That expression of hers had been deadly serious. If I so much as spoke Ken-chan’s name again, my head would surely roll. The pressure she exuded made that truth undeniable.

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“D-damn it… If only there were more males, even without Ken-chan…”

No. Enough. Nothing is more laughable than yearning for what does not exist.

As queen, it was my duty to guide the people with the limited resources at hand. From childhood I had been taught that precious time must be spent breaking through the present reality. Still… For tonight, I should rest. Everyone else was probably already healing their minds with pure-love mating books. Later, I should—

“Eris-sama!”

Just as I was about to lay my hand on my chamber door, a young woman with one arm bandaged called out to me.

“Serena. What brings you here at this hour?”

Serena was an important figure in my castle, in charge of magical research. Her field was mainly ancient magic, and her brilliance was said to be unmatched among past scholars. For years I had tasked her with searching for some way—through magical application—to ease our shortage of males.

“I apologize for disturbing you so late. But regarding Ken-chan, there is something I must ask… May I have a moment of your time?”

“Very well. I grant it. But only a little.”

“Thank you…”

Serena bowed deeply. Dutiful as always, but honestly, I found such formal gestures a waste of time. After all, I wanted nothing more than to hurry and read a mating book full of flirting with a male!

“About that man, Ken-chan—was there not some kind of scar around his neck?”

“A scar on his neck…? No, I did not check that closely. There were more pressing matters.”

“I see…”

“But wait. I did receive something called a ‘Ken-chan Plushie.’”

From a bundle I pulled out a doll. It was shaped like a man, with a rounded face and a small body that made it quite adorable.

A doll modeled after a real male was such a rarity that it could easily be designated a national treasure. Just holding one made my heart restless. And yet, when I thought about how the real Ken-chan had fallen into demon hands, brainwashed, and forced to serve as a toy for cruel pleasure, my chest tightened painfully.

Damn it! If only I had more NTR resistance, then by now…!

“Then allow me to examine it… Hmm… No noticeable scar on the back of the neck. How unfortunate.”

“If I recall, wasn’t a neck scar supposed to be the mark of a ‘bond’?”

“Yes… Though that applies only in cases involving my younger sister.”

“Your sister…”

Serena’s younger sister, Ceres, had gone missing five years ago during a magical experiment accident. The bandages around Serena’s arm were scars from that incident. It was said there was a chance Ceres was still alive, but from the explanations I’d heard, that hope was vanishingly slim. At best, finding her bones would be a miracle.

“It would be best if the real Ken-chan bore such a mark…”

Indeed… But honestly, the likelihood that her sister had carved such a scar was almost zero. And even if there was a scar, its cause would almost certainly be something else entirely. It was high time Serena cast away such futile hope and gave up for good.

“More importantly, Serena, I hear your recent experiments have not been producing results. Half a year ago, you even mobilized many magicians, yet nothing appeared.”

There had been several other attempts before that as well, all disastrous. The “males” that emerged when we opened gates were only distorted demon-like creatures, utterly incapable of mating. Maintaining the gates demanded immense resources, too—unsustainable unless we had at least one success soon.

“It’s true, nothing appeared six months ago. But there was a reaction for a while. We are slowly getting closer to success.”

“Even so…”

Though the Demon Lord’s army provided us large resources in exchange for males, at this rate those resources would be depleted within ten years. It was not an exaggeration to say we were already in a critical, desperate state. I might even be forced to order another large-scale culling… Though I loathed the thought.

“Eris-sama! We’ve already cast out the hook to reel in a male. Just a little longer! I promise results soon, so please! Give us just a little more time!”

Serena bowed until her head touched the floor, desperation and urgency written all over her.

“Haah… Very well. This isn’t the place for such talk anyway. As for Ken-chan, I’ll have our spies in the Demon Realm rescue him. You needn’t worry.”

“Please, I beg you, make haste. Before that boy loses his life to the curse.”

“Yes, yes, I understand.”

Clack.

Ignoring Serena, who was pressing her forehead to the floor, I finally managed to open my chamber door. The long-held tension and pressure at last melted away, and the strength drained from my shoulders.

“Good grief… Nothing ever goes as it should. Now then, mating book—”

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