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 - 123

Chapter 123: They Call Him King Ken-chan…

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Day 3 of my captivity. Since I’d been chained with a thick, rugged collar, I assumed they were going to treat me like a pet again, but surprisingly, they had been treating me rather politely. I was living comfortably here.

Whenever I was thirsty, they brought me drinks. If I sneezed, they immediately warmed me up.

I still felt those constant, lingering stares, but since there wasn’t any excessive touching, I supposed it was better than the last castle.

【Ken-chan~! It’s time for your Ken-chan sucking~! Oho♡ You’re amazing again today!】

Still, now that that was gone, it felt a little lonely. That had been our way of bonding since before I could even speak. And even though it shaved a bit of my scalp sometimes, being hugged by those fluffy beastfolk bodies… Wasn’t all that bad.

This place was comfortable, but somehow, I still felt like I belonged in that castle. After all, I had been living there for almost a year now. 

“Still, there’s really nothing to do… Kushina-san, could you teach me some kind of game people play in this world?”

I was too bored, so I called out to Kushina-san, who was spacing out beside me.

“Even if you say that… I don’t have anything with me, you know?”

Rolling over, Kushina-san looked at me with a puzzled expression. We’d had some tension between us at first, but spending every day in the same room naturally gave us chances to talk.

Maybe I’d been forcing the conversation at first, but over time, the strained air between us softened. We weren’t exactly friends, but it felt like we’d become comfortable neighbors of sorts. Maybe it was his gentle, grandmotherly aura that made me feel that way.

“Then how about this? In the human kingdoms, there’s an old game where you use your hands to pretend they’re soldiers and battle.”

“A battle game?”

“Yeah. You raise your thumb and pinky for an archer. If you extend your hand straight, that’s a swordsman, and—”

The game she taught me turned out to be basically rock-paper-scissors from my previous world.

Except, in this world, there were two special roles outside the standard triangle—unique to this version. They were called ‘Male’ (Osu) and ‘Demon Tribe’ (Mazoku).

If you played Male in the match-up, you’d automatically win because your opponent “can’t bring themselves to fight a cute male.” However, if you played Male against Demon Tribe, you’d be immediately kidnapped and used as a breeding stallion—so Male was only weak to Demon Tribe. Meanwhile, the Demon Tribe couldn’t win against any of the normal three because of some vague excuse like “they’re weak to the refined techniques of humans.”

So they were basically a special type that only countered Male. In short, the balance was: 【Demon Tribe < Standard Trio < Male < Demon Tribe】 It actually seemed more strategic—and maybe more interesting—than regular rock-paper-scissors.

“Got the rules? You can play it safe and win as Male, go on the offensive with the Demon Tribe, or just fight normally as a soldier.”

I can’t help but feel a little hint of propaganda in how the Demon Tribe loses to human soldiers, but… Best not to think too hard about it.

“The basic rule is, whoever wins three rounds first wins the game. The chant goes like this: ‘Mating, mating… Pregnancy! Pregnant and married! Married and martyred!’”

“…That’s pretty inappropriate.”

“Well… Yeah. I didn’t get the meaning when I was a kid, but thinking back now, it’s kinda bad, huh?”

Kushina-san gave a wry smile and shifted awkwardly.

“Yeah… I know I suggested it myself, but this might be bad for your education. Let’s just not.”

“N-no! I learned the rules, so let’s at least play once! Without the chant!”

I raised my hand to encourage the dejected Kushina-san.

“So we don’t start with the chant…? Okay then, let’s go!”

“Bring it on!”

Without a chant, we awkwardly tried to sync our timing and started the first match.

Pop!

“What—!? You played Demon Tribe? Are you insane!?”

“Uh… Did I mess up?”

I’d gone for an aggressive start with Demon Tribe and actually won, but Kushina-san, who had played Male, was staring at me in shock.

“No, it’s fine. It’s just… Where I used to work, anyone who played Demon Tribe was branded unpatriotic, so people stopped using it. But technically, the rules allow it, so don’t worry.”

“O-oh, I see…”

Then doesn’t that make Male the strongest option besides Demon Tribe?

“By the way, it doesn’t matter for you as a male, but if a woman plays Male, she’s also branded a traitor. Women making males fight on the battlefield is considered utterly unforgivable.”

So basically, that makes it the same as normal rock-paper-scissors… Except with a sexist rule. There’s no way this game wasn’t made with political motives. It screams brainwashing ideology.

“Sigh… Maybe I’ll ask the guards if they have any toys we could play with.”

Maybe I could make a deck of cards with some paper. As long as the cards were evenly cut, it’d work fine.

Knock knock

“Oh, what’s up, Ken-chan? The mating preparations will be done soon, so hang tight, okay?”

When I knocked, the door slowly opened, and Hinami-san crouched down to greet me. Next to her, Kijimu-san was fast asleep, wrapped up in tentacles.

“Ghehehe… Ken-cha~n♡ mumble mumble”

I wasn’t sure what was happening, but she looked really happy. Though the sticky liquid dripping from those tentacles onto the expensive carpet didn’t seem great…

“Um… I was wondering if you have any kind of toy or game I could play with?”

“A toy, huh…? Unfortunately, the boss sealed all that stuff up ‘cause it’s dangerous if you get hurt. If you’re bored, you could play with my wings instead? I’ve got sensory-blocking feathers. They’re really fun to use♡”

“Ah, no, I’m fine…”

I had no idea what kind of “play” she meant, but the look on her face reminded me of Luna-san and Gon-san when they got that weird gleam in their eyes, so I declined.

“That’s too bad… Anyway, what kind of toy were you looking for?”

Rustle rustle…

Even though I said no, she shoved a few feathers into my pocket anyway. They were pretty, so I didn’t complain, but that pushy attitude reminded me of the animals I’d met in that other room. I wondered if they were all doing okay.

“If possible, something simple I can play with using paper.”

“Got it, got it. If it’s Ken-chan’s wish, then anything… Hey, Kijimu! Wake up!”

Thud!

“Yes! I’ll marry you~! I’ll fertilize you every day and feed you my delicious fruit~… Huh? Where are our thirty kids~?”

“How should I know! I’m going to go ask the boss if there’s any paper toys we can use. You stay here and keep watch.”

Flapping her wings with a sigh, Hinami-san looked exasperated as the sleepy Kijimu-san stretched.

“Hmm… A paper toy, huh~? Then how about using that thing we were given the other day~?”

“That thing?”

“Yes, that thing~.”

Hinami-san still seemed unsure, thinking it over.

“Ohh, that thing! Yeah, that’s perfect for Ken-chan! Alright, wait right here! I’l gol grab it!”

She said that, then took off with a powerful flap of her wings, running down the hallway.

“Kijimu-san, what’s ‘that thing’?”

“Fufufu, it’s something very fun~. Of all the games I’ve played in my life, this one’s the most satisfying~.”

Her smile gave me a bad feeling,but then again, everything in this world had given me bad feelings so far. As long as I didn’t die, it was fine.

Bang!

“Ken-chan! I brought it!”

“My, that was fast~.”

Hinami-san returned in an instant, panting heavily and carrying a rectangular box. A few of the fancy vases in the hallway had been knocked over, but… Hopefully that wasn’t a problem.

“I couldn’t keep our precious male waiting! Ken-chan, this is the hottest new toy in the Demon Realm!”

With a bright grin, she pushed the box into my hands.

【Ken-chan Battle: Volume 2! The Awakened Groom Edition!】

“…Huh?”

The cover I saw as I accepted the box showed a drawing clearly modeled after me, with some truly indescribable text printed across it. No, maybe I was just misreading it. My literacy in this world’s language wasn’t perfect yet. Time for a second opinion.

“Kushina-san, could you read this for me?”

“That? It says, ‘Ken-chan Battle: The Awakened Groom Edition.’ …What even is that?”

So I hadn’t misread it after all. I wasn’t sure whether to be proud of my improving literacy or furious that such a product even existed.

“Oh well. What’s done is done. Let’s just play together, Kushina-san.”

Since I couldn’t decide, I chose not to think too hard about it.

“You… You can look at such an abominable product and stay calm? Do you realize it depicts you being used as comfort for demons all over the world?”

“Of course I hate it. But it’s still better than being bored.”

In my old world, idols and gravure models probably dealt with stuff like this all the time. Thinking that way made it easier for me to tolerate this kind of stuff.  Sure, I felt disgusted, but as long as they did it out of sight, I could deal with it.

“Alright, let’s see what I get… Hopefully something shiny.”

“Haa… Watching you makes me think maybe it’s true… You really did come from another world.”

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