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 - 121

Chapter 121: If You Truly Care About Ken-chan…

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“Kushina-sama! Kushina-sama! Please answer me!”

Bang! Bang!

Chasing after the suddenly sprinting Arz, we arrived in front of the room Ken-chan had entered and immediately called out inside.

“……………”

But there was no reply—no sound at all.

“Out of the way! I’ll open it!”

The eerie stillness made it feel as though time itself had stopped, and with a growing sense of unease in his chest, he forced the door open with brute strength.

“Ken-chan! Are you alright!?”

But neither Ken-chan nor Kushina were there. That boy—who had always looked up at me with that pure, innocent face—was gone. A cold, sinking feeling spread through my chest at the realization.

“Luna-san, look. The door’s open. Maybe they escaped through here… Let’s hurry and search!”

Seeing the window ajar, we initially assumed they had fled into the forest, and the search of the surrounding area began. Even the usually noisy monsters were oddly quiet that day, so we thought that we would find them soon—but everything changed when a single letter was found in Arz’ room.

It stated that “Today, we will come to retrieve Kushina-sama” and “return him to the land of humans.” Yes… This was a carefully planned abduction.

“Arz-sama, I have a report. Three servants were found in a nearby forest, stripped naked.”

While waiting for a servant to bring a map of the demon realm, another servant hurriedly arrived with the news. Since all of them wore identical masks, it was hard to tell who was who.

“They said they were struck from behind by merchants, and when they woke up, they were bound and naked.”

“I see… So the kidnappers disguised themselves as merchants, then as servants. Luna-sama, I deeply apologize that even Ken-chan-sama has been dragged into this mess.”

She bowed her head repeatedly, almost as if to lick the floor beneath our feet.

“The three assaulted servants will disembowel themselves in apology, so please forgive us. If that’s not enough, I too shall—”

“Wait, wait! You don’t need to go that far!”

Seeing her draw a knife from her pocket, I hurried to stop her hand.

“Still, Luna-san, you’re surprisingly calm.”

“Hmm, what do you mean by that, Fiilia? You make it sound like you have something more to say.”

“Because normally, the Luna-san I know would be screaming, ‘Ken-chan’s been kidnapped! My precious mate’s been taken! Off with the heads of the suspects! Feed them to Maru-chan! We’re taking him back right now! Abyabyaaa!’ and going on a rampage.”

“I wouldn’t go that crazy!”

Though Fiilia exaggerated, she wasn’t wrong. Normally, I would have gone half-mad by now.

The only reason I was so unusually calm was because something didn’t sit right with me.

“Besides, Luna-sama, something about this is clearly suspicious…”

“What do you mean?”

“This place is protected by strong security and powerful magic circles. There’s no way an abduction could happen so easily… It doesn’t make sense.”

With a rare serious expression, she glared at Arz.

“Only people closely involved knew Kushina-sama was here… If that letter is real, then someone in this mansion must have been in on it!!!”

Even though she was trembling, her tone was firm and passionate. When it came to Ken-chan, Fiilia’s love always overpowered her fear.

“Or, it could be that the letter is a fake! Maybe they’re actually hiding Ken-chan in some underground facility! That’s something elves do all the time! I know about this!”

“That sounds like something out of a novel…”

“No! Hiding an important male where no one can see him is a common fetish! I bet they called us here as part of an elaborate alibi while they were stealing Ken-chan! I’ll just blow this mansion sky-high!”

“Hey! Calm down!”

“Guh!”

I jabbed my fist into her stomach before she could start chanting a spell with her staff.

“Even if that were true, don’t blow it up… But yes, you’re right about one thing. The culprit is likely someone inside this mansion. You’ve realized that too, haven’t you, Arz?”

“……”

Arz opened her mouth, then closed it again, lowering her eyes uncomfortably.

“I won’t get angry. Speak.”

“…Yes. I hate to admit it, but judging from the contents of the letter, it’s highly likely that Kushina-sama himself facilitated the escape. I wanted to believe that the letter had simply been dropped during the abduction—but that may not be the case.”

“I thought so.”

The letter had been written to Kushina, and as Fiilia said, this place’s defenses were impenetrable. For someone to be abducted without anyone noticing—there was really only one possible explanation. And these demons were fanatically loyal. They’d never suddenly conspire with outsiders to pull off an abduction.

“Ugh… But if Kushina-sama really did it himself, why? He hated demons—why would he go out into the world full of demons?”

“He likely wanted to return to the human kingdom.”

“But I heard Kushina loved living in the demon realm! Was that just a lie?”

Indeed, I had read that in the Demon Times myself, that Kushina admired the diligence of demons and promoted “boosting the economy through mating,” and that he loved sightseeing across the demon realm. I couldn’t remember the details, but apparently, the places mentioned had become tourist hot spots afterward.

“Oh, that was all fake news spread by the Demon Lord.”

“I knew it…”

“Though he said it less often lately, in the beginning, he would mumble over and over—‘I want to go home.’”

Arz spoke with quiet sadness.

“I see… So Kushina really did want to go back to the human lands.”

Well, of course he would. Even if we had kindly taken him in after he was lost in the village, being forced to mate with all sorts of races every day must have been unbearable. We females loved mating, so we just assumed males did too, never even questioning it.

But remembering what Arz said about her experiences with Kushina, I began to wonder…

Maybe males actually don’t enjoy mating.

“If that’s true… Then maybe even Ken-chan, after mating with the Demon Lord recently…”

Bang!

“Everyone! I brought the map!”

A breathless servant burst through the door and spread a large map across the table.

“I see… Then I suggest we start by checking every structure that connects to the human lands.”

“But even if we check them one by one, we might never catch up to them if they’re moving between hideouts. Perhaps we should ask the Demon Lord to locate them directly. What do you think, Luna-sama? …Luna-sama?”

Two faces leaned in, peering at me as I sat in thought.

If you truly care about Ken-chan…

“…Hey. What if we don’t bring Ken-chan back?”

The moment those words left my mouth, the room froze as though the air itself had turned to ice.

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